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HAMBUIZaII MAIL.

Yeaterlay we rneived Ilimburgh papm to the 19th
inst. The following arc the moat intere3ting extracts:—

lIAMDL'Rn H,
Aun. 14.
Captain A. !Pack,.' who arrived at lireiren on the 12.1 i, front
Greenland, hrit.gs thefiillowimt scrams: of the other slips
Captain Hearn has 2 700 tea, • John ll:incite 3,7111 do ;
Weattimeyee, 9,391/ dn. 1 whale, and 11l casks; John ilagent,
I,'llo seals seals, I whale, and 25 casks; Vennikehl. fed yealr.
All the *here from Bremen. The slims from the Übe had taken
altogether 13,100 seal., and 11 whales. The 'hips from the Mr-
feret lingliah pens, which lie knew of in Greenland, had taken
altogether 12fi whelnt, utost of them of a small size.
Beesley, Al7O. 13.
A letter from Cassel, dated the 7th, in the Bremen Gozetleof
to-day, confirms Cie account of the setting at liberty of Mr. 31ur.
lowa, by ;; Cuhinet order, lie having been found to be entirely
Innocent. .11r. .Ilanger, and other persons belonging to the police,
were still in the State prison ; whence it seems that the accounts of
their conviction and punishment, given by the South Gentian :qui
French journals, must be premature; and it is therefore advisable
not to rive too easy crinlit to reports.
31. linen. author of the history of the conspiracy, is still at the
inn at Cassel, under a guard.
l'is:exa„ Attn. 7.
ft is now confidently affirmed, that the marriage of his Imperial
llitehness the Archduke Francis 'harks, the Comemen second son,
with the Princess 31arrintie of Bavaria, is finally determined upon.
anti that the ceremony will be performed on the 26th of Septet*.
bee, in this city.
ST. P . It Ron, Aum 7.
The funeral obsequies of the late 3lajor.fieneral Prince Ott-
gory IValchonski were celebrated with gr.at pomp on the 2d. The
Prince was le2 years of sgr.
l'enteriot Kotumtw Snoilenski, widow of the late Field.Marshsl,
died lately, after a short Illness.
An Ordinance has been rublished respecting the importation of
the produce of Russia and Poland, fro it ione stet: into the other.
POINEINANIA. Aro. 14.
A great change will he made in the organisation of judicial pro.
eerelitigs in the part of romera h) by the 1..
induction of the Prussian code. It is probable that this will bit
one of the firs taubjecnt of discussion in the Assembly of the States,
which will meet at Stettin in October. The lawyers will certainly
oppose it ; but the country will be grateful for the benefits of the
Pruadan code, which protects the parties against the arbitrary Ines- 1
sum of the lawyers.
EXCIIANCR.S.

Ilastoranit. AUG. U:Li;(11116111: TO ; Two Months. 30 0.
PETEasaunott, AUG. 3. —Loudon, 9 31.41; Paris, 1001.

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Despatches, dorsi the 12th of July, were received yester-
, slay, at the Colonial :Hfice, from Jama:ca. The island
continued in a tranquil state. The following arc extracts
from die papers received )esterday by the packet:—
,
KINGSTON, JULY 1.
Ixrn .-It is with feelings ofsincere sativfactiun that we
congratulate the public on the prospect of a speedy and happy ter-
mination of the disturbances in those parts to which we have lately
alluded.

An express arrived frmn illajor-Deneral Sir John Keane, to his
filr.tce the Duke of Alinelimier, at nine o'clock, on Tuesday even-
ing. announcing that the neeroca on the different properties, lately
the scenes of apprehension, had returned quietly to their duty. Se-
veral had Item examined before the Magistrates and the Uncial
at Savanna-la-Mar, but nothing of any importance wu proved
against them.
FALMOUTR. JULY 7.
We are happy to 'tate, that tranquillity again pervades the parish
of llanovvr, and the negroes have returned to their work. The
trials of the revolted slaves who were actively engaged, and also of
others who are implicated in the late disturbances itt that diatrict,
will cintimence at Lucea next Tuesday.

KING/170W (JAMVCA) JULY 10.
With unfeigned pleasure we have it now in our power to state.
that one individual only, implicated in the late rebellious con-
I
limey (a negro !nun belonging to Argyle estate). hi at present in e
woods; all the others having returned cc been brought in mina
our lust.

The Accompong :Ramona, after meeting several prisoners to
Liters, have returnee' to their quarters; and nne-third of the
Western Interior Regiment in returned on permanent duty.
The imposing force brought by the Hussar will, we trust, pre-
vent any attempt being made in the suspected district.
1 From tbe Jamaica Royal Gazette of July 10.1
The Hussar, of 46 guns, Captain Hanis, having on boar.!
Major-General Sir Jahn Keane and suite, arrived at l'ort Royal on
Wednesday forenoon. His Excellency and suite landed imme-
diately, and proceeded to head-quarters. One company of the trod
Regiment returned in the limner : two companies were left at Sea
vanna-la-3lar, and one at Black River.
S•VANIYA.T.A.MAII. •111)fr
We were agri•eahly dluppointed on our arrival in the parish of
IVeatmoreland, to find all the various rumours circulated, relative
to the negroes, to be either entirely without foundation, or else
much exaggerated. Much slant: had been excited by an annoy.
mow: letter. received by Lieutenant-1 :1one! Hobson. The writer,
(whom we believe to be cracked) denounced the head negroes on
various pmperies in %Venn:. reland and Saint Elizabeth's. lie
stated, that the slaves on White Hall, S ing Vale, and several
other properties In the parish of 84 h, and bordering en
Westmoreland, were to assemble on the Sd of the ensuing month
(July). at Arkenelown, in the latter parish, where they were to be
joined by disaffected negroes front various estates of that parish.
He also geneses] several persons of supplying the rebels with arms.
more particularly a French person, whom he described as S. T. of
Savanna-la-3/ear, and said the fact could be proved by his partner,
A. H. This fudge caused long examinations at the house of his
Honour, 31r. ettstos Finlayson, and it ass said a correspondence
would be traced to Boyer. We believe that there has been elicited
but very little of importance.
That the negroes have been generally disappointed, there can be
no doubt. They looked forward to the proceedings in the Imperial
Parliament for emancipation. either general er partial, and have
expressed their dissatisfaction at the King's Proclamation. This
disappointment has occasioned the negroes in the interior of the
parishes of IVestmoreand, Hanover, and St. James's, to retire into
the wood ; but we see en reasonable grounds for apprehension in
the lower parts of Westmoreland. Tbe negroes who are suspected
usually destroy themselves.
1/n Wednesday, the 21d inst. about noon, a detachment of the
IVestern Interior Regiment, stationed et Argyle )I'i:eke, marched
to, and surrounded, the Argyle negru houses, whilst a party went
in to scare!: far the revolter*. The ringleader (Julia Read) who
had been head-driver on Argyle, was supposed to he concealed in
dune houses, and the result hewed the supposition to he well.
founded. After a long search, • black private, in passing through
some very high grass, nearly trod upon a negro, who was lying on
his side, with a drawn knife in his heed. The black private
charged his bayonet on the man, in the grass calling on hint to
surrender. John Reed (for it was he/, lcoped on the militia-tnan,
and made two stabs at him ; the other agilely sprung from the
thrusts, and grappling elm with him, called for aid ; the place
where they struggled was a deep descent, down which the two
combatants rolled, at II grasping with each other; in the mean:bile,
the voices if several militia-tnen were heard, hastening to the assist-
anee of their comrade. John Read, then holding his antagonist
with one hand, rescued the other from leis grasp. and whilst they
were still struggling, the footer made with his knife two dreadful
gashes In his own throat ; in fart, nearly severed the head from
the body. Mr. Malcolm, the proprietor of Argyle, was just be-
low, and immediately advanced towards the dreadful scene. By
the time Mr. Malcolm came up, several persons were holding the
dying rebel ; the moment he saw his master, whilst the blond was
rushing from him, and the impression of death stamped ghastly
on his face, he waved his hands three times to his master, as if im-
ploring forgiveness, and falling forwanl, expired. In fire minutes
Inns the n.oment he was discovered he had terminated his own ex-
istence.

It has been since ascertained, that his object In coming back to
the negro houses was fur the purpose of murdering his half-bro-
ther, who had first given information of the conspiracy to Mr. Mal-
colm ; indeed. lie haul attempted to way-lay his brother the morn.
ing after the I rommtion had been given to Mr. :Malcolm. sus-
pecting the object on which he had been seen communicating
with his owner.

The detection of this dangerous character Is entirely to ba add-
butts! to :he admirable arningeosentsi of Colonel I'ampbell, of the
r Western Interior, who had so judictously stationed the militia un.
der his command, that escape aso impossible. The country, we
understand, Is highly indebted to this gentleman.

By • letter received yesterday from l'alpersiso, dated
May 21, we learn that the Eng'lib Consuls and their
faMilies had reached Chili.

arc without any late intelligence from Greece. The
nide of Saturday, however, contains fresh accounts of
•
great lows suffered by the fleet of the t'apitan niche in
various engagements with Hydriot, Spczatot, and even
Ipsariot vessels, and says that the latter saved a gnat part
of their ships and riches.
The letters by the Jamaica wail communicate no news
from Colombia. The Speedy and Lion cutters, with'
300,0001. in specie on board, for the Colombian Govern-
tr.ent, arrived in Port Royal, Jamaica, on tit... 9th of July.
On the 11th they sailed for garthagerui, notice convoy of
his Majesty's Ilstp, Isla, of .50 got a.
aLetters from St. Helena mention that 'a huge tom of
overhanging rock, just below the barrier gate of the upper
side of the road from Ladder-hill, gave way on the 19th of
June, and fell in large fragments into the vale. The con-
cussion greatly alarmed the inhabitants of the town of St.
James; but the destruction which was apprehended did
not ensue. (Inc sutall house only was seriously damaged,
and one man was killed.

The entter Lion, having on board a quantity of specie
for the Colanibian Wverninent, arrived at Jamaica on the
loth July last.
It andwais that fears try Frill entertained of pirates in the
West as we perceive in the last pipers that convoy
is regularly appointed to protect the trade through the

HOME CIRCUIT.

SURREY ASSIZES, Cumirostro, Moxnar, Au0..21

CR()WN SIDE.
INAre Mr. Jisslice lluaaoron.
.T9when gifrawid waa convicted of stealing at Ilennondaty,on tine
S:hApril. a 1.-own g tiding, the property of James eleere, of
Plionpatead, in Kent.
The sante prisoner was again Indicted with Thomas .Iferri-k, for
stealing on the same day • brown mare, the property of Daniel
%Vitt bins.

Upon this ludiament he WWI found Nut Guilty, but Merrick
was conv.vetl.

IVtt. Ars and Peter Murkreis were indicted for an suiting
%%Intern on the King's highway, at Wandsworth, on the
"9th June, putting hint in fear, and taking fruin his pCflOll three
sovereigns, and 15s. in silver.
Mr. Law conducted the prosecution, and Mr. wnaswe the
defence.

The transaction which •a+ the subject of the indictment, took
place at last Wandsworth fair.

The prosecutor swore that he was attacked in the fair, pushed
against a wall, struck with grunt violence by the prisoner Ilittg*.
knocked down, and three sovereigns taken from him. At first the
prosecutor treated the attack upon him rather as an a.ssaitlt than as
a robbery. Ile got up, and atlilressing himself to the prisoners, he
said, that if he had but nee assailant to cope with he would be a
match for him. In saying this he held out some silver in his hand
openly, as if by way of bravado, when the prisoner slaclaren struck
hls hand with violence, and knocked Co: money on the ground,
which he prisoner stooped and picked up.
Several witnesses were called to corroborate the prosecutor's
statement.

On the part of the prisoners the defence set up wax, that there
' was no intention on their part to rob the prosecutor, but that the
transaction wax a mere tight, in consequence of some misunder.
standing with the prosecutor. Kreeral witnesses alto were prt•eent
gave that complexion to the transaction.
Mr. Justice Bus a ni•Gri Funimed up the evidence to the jury.
leaving it to them to determine whither the attack upon the time*.
vase was merely an assault or a higr.way rubbery, dirtied by force
and violence.

The Jury immediately found both prisoners, Not Guilty.
The prisoners were also acquitted of an assault, with intent torub
the same prirecutoe.

John 1.4,01141 was indicted for assaulting John Shacklock on the
King's liiiihway. at Camberwell, on the deli July, put•ing him in
fear, and forcibly taking from his person, and against his will, a
kid leather purse, containing four sovereigns and a half sovereign,
two boxes, and other articles to the value of 201.

Mr. IbtontmcK conduct.... the prosecution,and Mr.Axottrees
the defence.

Mr. Sharklark stated, that he was traveller to Mr. Thomas
Emmett, a hardwareman, of So. 27, llolborn. On the :oh July
last lie had been to Sydenliam on business, and was returning home
about eleven at night over Forest Bill, with a carpet bag, contain.
ing two ,totes of goods in the way of his employer's trade. IVhen
he get to the bottom of the hill three men came up to him, and
one of them struck him a violent blow on the side of the face. which
brought him to the ground. It was a moon.light night, though
the moon was young, and at the moment of the attack It was oh.
scored by a cloud. Two of the men seized his catpvt bag, and
the third stooped down by his side as he lay. 1111 the gronmi,
and took a kid skin purse, containing four sovereigns and a half
from his pocket. The man who thus stooped down was the pri.
loner : was quite positive as to his identity. After he was robbed,
the men ran away. lie then proceeded to the Peckham watch.
house, and returned with a watchman to the spot, where some
pieces of the boxes, which had been broken, were picked up. Al-
most every day. for a week after the robbery, he went in company
of a constable to look after the persons who robbed him. Ile saw
several men whom lie could not identify. But at the end of the
week he saw the prisoner working at the top of a hayrick, at Sue.
wood ; and immediately recognised him as the man who took the
money from his pocket, and the person who had knocked him down.
Was quite positive the prisoner was one of the men. The prisoner
being called from the hayrick, anti told by the constable that he
was charged with robbing a gentleinar. on the night in question, at
first hesitated, but came down the ladder, and said he believed he
was at home and in bid on the night mentioned.
Crag-examined.—Bill go to his grave with the Impression on
his mind, that the prisoner was one of the men who robbed him.
Before he saw the primmer on the hayrick, lie had seen two other'
men, who he expressed his belief were the other persons concerned
in the robbery, but those men had been since discharged. Enter-
mined no doubt whatever in his own mind that the prisoner was the
man. !le was very much alarmed at the time of tie robbery.
The prisoner denied his guilt, and called witnesses to prove an
alibi.

The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found the pri-
oner—Nut Guilty.

CIVIL. SIDE.
iltjhre Mr. Banns IiaARAN.
WICKS V. COTWORTIL

Thls was an easeactlonWtie agaln;tthTtlefentlart, for the rie.
gligenre of his servant" in leaving a hole open in the public high-
way, in the Borough road, whereby the plaintiff fell in and was
greatly, injur.d.—Plea, Not Guilty.
Mr. Sergeant TAMIL' and Mr. AsnAnex comitteted the
plaintiff"' case, and Mr. Gull NET and 31r. PLATT, the de.
tending's.

The plaintiff was • publican, living In Illackfriare-road, and the
defendant a master bricklayer, employed by the Commissioners of
Sewers fur Surrey in repairing the sewers in St. George'sdields.
In the evening of the 11th of January last. the plaintiff, who is a'
lusty man, was returning home in a gig with a friend named Wil.
son. and on going through the llormigh-road, near the Obelisk in
St. lieorge's-fields, where the main sewer had been opened, fir the
pur,ose of bring repaired, lie fell into the hole, and his fri n 3 and
iwtse after him, leaving the gig on the bank. Ile watt hurt con-
siderably in the fall: a gash of several inches in length was made
in the scalp of the head, and lie was taken up in • state
of insensibdity. His chest was also injured, and for four
weeks he was confined to his bed, in consequence of the injuries
he received, from the effects of which he was stated not to have
yet recovered. No less than seven witnesses, including
Mr. Wilson, deposed solemnly that as the place where
the plaintiff fell into the sewer, there was no railing or other pro-
tection against accidents. At each end of the excavation, and on
the opposite side, scaffolding poles had been placed, but the spot
in question was wholl unprotected. A lanthorn, which affimled
but a dun light, had been placed at one corner of the excavation.
The gas lights at the Obelisk gave a considerable light, but not
sufficient to enable a traveller to avoid the danger which happened
to the plaintiff. Mr. Wilson swore positively that the plaintiff and
himself were perfectly sober, although they had par'aken of three
glasses of brandy and water that evening with a publican, a friend
of the plaintiff. After seeing his friend home he returned to the
spot and heard a man nantedllulies, the foreman of the weeks,
say to Sullivan, • watchman in the employment of the defendant,
" I can't be everywhere; d—n your b.—d, why not have the lights
up?" After the accident precautions were taken to prevent further
mischief, by putting up a rail at the spot, and stationing a watch-
man with a light to warn the unwary passenger. These were the
principal circumstances proved in support of the plaintiff's case,
on behalf of whom considerable damages were claimed at the hands
of the Jury.
Mr. tit este. said, that no man could more deeply deplore the
accident which had befallen the plaintiff, than the defendant, but
he undertook to prove that the defendant was free front blame, and
that the iniafortitne was solely attributable to the plaintiff himself.
Ily the New Surrey Road Act, provision was made for guarding
the public against accidents arising from the negligence of persons
employed by the Trustees. In this instance it would be proved,
that the defendant had done everything in his power to prevent ac-
cidents, and had, in fact, exceeded his duty, by taking estrum.-
dinary precautions for that purpose-
Samuel Ilughes, Daniel Sullivan, John Harvey, John Mahony,
John Mounary, servants, employed under the defendant, anti Jo-
seph Shergold, and Henry Motley, patrolea employed by the trus-
tees of the New Surrey Road, were taco called, and they wet/ally
proved, that on the night in question, the excavation where the ac-
cident happened had been railed in on all sides, so as to prevent
accidents, and that at the side where the plaintiff' fell into the
sewer, a mound of earth, four feet high at feast, hail been thrown
up, at the top of which was a long wadrolding pole, fastened
at one end to a c 7031 bar at the east end of the excavation,
and the other stuck into the earth so as to prevent accidents.
It was sworn by several of these witnesses, that 31r. Nilson was
stupidly drunk; that before the accident happened the gig was'
going at a furious rate ; that the plaintiff' and his companion were'
loudly called to before they approached the sewer, but instead of
stopping, the horse was if tggeti ; and that the accident hanpened is
consequence of the hone being driven over the bank, which pre
vented the gig from being also drN.:gitl into the hole. The witness
Hi ;hes denied that be reproached Sullivan for nut having lights
up. In the opinion of all the witnesses, the accident happened from
the negligent driving of theaplaint iff. and that it could not have oc-
curred if he was driving with ordinary care.
Mr. Sergeant l'anus replied upon the evidence given by the
defendant's witnesses.

31r. Baron I.:nautili' summed up the eviJence for the Jury,
aml left them to determine to what cause the acculem was
, attributable. _

The Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff. llstnaga 123 L

Tits 11/1101E PT.—The tout two or three days have been
very unfavourable for harvest. Those Eriners who have
capped the shocks of their wheat in the field will have ex-
perienced great benefit, as the corn will be found compara-
tively dry. This pract;ee is universilly recommended in
ticklish seasons, but it is not sufficiently attended to.
These rains, however, will ensure large crops of turnips,
and a great year of autumnal grass, at the same time that
they operate against cleaning dirty fallings—an operation
which has gone on bit slowly summer, anal many will
never be cleaned at all Chroniele.

TUE WICIIFI•11 Mr nor it.--The exertions of the off:-
cos to discover the persons concerned in this transaction
have not yet been attended with success ; the most dili-
gent search is making. On Siturday afternoon, Taunton,
the police officer, was informed that a labouring man hail,
at a public-house in the neighbourhood of Dulwich, con,.
fessed himself the murderer of the gardener. Taunton
discovered and took the person into custody, for the pur-
Tose of undergoing an examinstion before Sir Wand
Birnie. A rusty gun was found at the loilginio of the self-
acsused .

NORTHERN CIRCUIT
NORTHUMBERLAND ARSIZEiL
NEWCAOTLE-crux-Tr,:c, Tut/SWAY, Auucir 14

Retre S:r J. BAYLT.• and Sir J. IfuLL of g.
On T unidny, afternoon the Judges left Durham fur this place,
where they arrived &hoot half-past "c o'cloc+, at a spot called
Shertr-hill, distant about a mile and a ball trout the luau 41
Nes castle.

The form of the procession wag at follows ;—The High Sheriff
(E. I...Ringwood, Esq.) proceeded from the Turk's Head !nat. a:a
County Court, where his tenantry and others met him. Huyir g
tnrn:eil themselves into a body (joined by the Under Sheriff, P. G.
Ellison, El.) the procession moved forward to meet the Judges
at sheriff-hill, where they got nut of their travelling carriages
into that of the Jl,gh Sheriff, and pmeeede4 to the Ty.ie bridge,
where the Mayor sod Corpora•om joined the cavalcade, and the
procession slowly proceeded to tiand-hill, where his 3lajesty's com.
mission was read for opening the Assizes; :Aux which the Judges
proceeded to their respective Courts.
The calendar is by no means heavy, nor i, there a gnat deal of
there not being more than twenty causes entered ea Ott
Civil Side.

The tollowing are the most prominent on the Crown s'de :
Alixoader lidertsms, aged 34, committed on the ILh March.
by the Rev. F. E. Clark, status charged with suspicion (Watt:slow
three sheep, value 4L the property of William Redhead. on the
• 10th of March—Committed by the same 31ngiwtrate on the earns
I day, on atomiser charge against him, for stealing sit stir?, value
I 10t belonging to C. Harvey, Esq. and others.
Julia Limb!, aged 29, committed oar the 7th April, by T, H.
Iligge, Esq. charged on the oath of Lawrence 31abony and other*,
with feloniously marrying and taking to wife one Jane Brown,
einiAe woman, h;s former wife, Mary 3/aliony, bring then alive.
Thomas Trr(ter, ruroll 2:1. committed ow the 14th May. by Win.
• Clark, Esq. by virtue of a hill of indicts In found against him at
the Summer Amstres in 1021, for a certain) higway robbery cow..
milted by him on one George Brown, at the township of Westgate.
Thomas Booth, aged 33, rommitted on the 7th of July by Simon
Mewburn and Henry . Richmond, Vols. on the oath of Thomas
I Thompson, on suspicion of feloniously stealing, taking, and ear-
eying away front • fold yard of a house on Stagshaw bark, in the
parish o'Corbridge, on the sth of July last, a dun gelding, being
the property of Thom... 'lnn:noon.
Jobs (Wreck aged 11, comnutted on the 20th July by the Rev.
Frederick Ekins, on the oath of William Heron and others, with
having feloniously ettile:.„ taken, and earned away use silver watch
of the valise of 20s. with i:. appendages.
Thomas Jobling., coonoitt...,l to the gait of Durham on the 27th
Mardi, and received into the gaol of 31orpeth on the jth August,
and removed by Habeas Corps's to the last.mentior.ell gaol, on the
oath of John Turnbull, with having, some time in the month of
October, ft lortionsly uttered, published, and disposed of a eertaid
false, forgot, counterfeited rote, guarantee, or agreement, pur.
porting to lie of the hand-writing of 3lichael Jobling, well knowing
the MIMIC to be forged.
Fattier. AUGUST 20.
Mr. Justice Itavar.y sat in the County Court at tone o'clock,
and shortly after the business of Assize commenced.

NISI PRICK.
0111•1 V. SMITII.
31r. PAR= ripened the pleading'', and Mr. lflandiatt•is ustad
the nature of the action, which was a cross one in trespass,
bmught by the plaintiff against the defendant, fur pulling down a
wall which he claimed a right to.
Mr. ALDERSON said thee admitted the thl:, and would can"ms
themselves to the gable wall.
The plans of the plaintiff's and derendan.'s houses were then
placed on the witness's box.
Juotte—lVhat, the old plan, Mr. Alderson, pictures brought
into Cart, eh ?—The Learned Judge then asked if there WAS a
•view ? '

116:i Lilt RIION—:q0, my Lord. there Is no wall.
The urrioe—l think this rase hail better be ft:fared to soma
gentleman at the bar; when the place can be seen.
Mr. S • • —I think so to.

Mr. B110111GH•114—We have eye.arltnessea. (A laugh.)
The cause then proceeded from nine o'clock until after three, snd
during the whole Aix hours there was not a particle of interest, and
it was at last referred. ,

The &rt:ai;tijjoumeti at four o'clock until to-mnrrow morning
at nine. The Ju ge, attended by the High Sheriff, proceeded to
the 31atutinn House.

Mr. Karon /1 u 1.1.0 e a presided at the Guildhall, where he di -
posed of some minor offences of no interest whatever.
The Learned J vim E adverted to the few causes on the calendar,
bat made no particular charge to the Grand Jury.
To-morrow his Lordship will take in the C•unty Court the c •
mina] cases adverted to.
The Judge left the Town hall at two o'clock fur zhe Mansion
Home.
The following Gentlemen compose the Grand Jury :
Thomas Wentworth Beaumont. of Revell, Esq. SEP. Foreman,
fir Charles Miles Lambert Honk, of Belsay Castle, II•rt.
Sir Matthew White Wiltey, of II agden. &rt.
Sir David William Smith, or Preiton. Bs-t.
Charles John Brandling, of Giseorth House, Esq.
Thomas Clennell„ of Ilarbottle Castle, Esq.
Prideaux John Selby, of Tusgell House, Esq.
Charles William Bine, of fondest, Esq.
Ralph Redden, of Chee,eburn Grair,e, Esq.
Jolla Blenkinsop Couliton, of Blenkinsop CastL,
George Silvenop, of Al inater Acres, Esq.
Sanderson Dittman, of Ilderton, Esq.
George Adam Askew, of Pallinshill, E.q.
George Thomas Lesion, of llambleton,
William (lark, of Belford hall, Egg
Addison John °repeal! Baker. of Woodham Esq.
John Clattering, of Callaley, Earl.
Edmund ( 'raster, of Preston, Esq.
William ',instill, of Tynemouth bodge- Esq.
George Anderson, of the Westgate, Esq.
Disoo Brown, of Lon* Benton, Esq.
Edward Charlton, of Sandhoe, Esq.
31ark William Carr, of Hesham, Esq.

IRISH CIRCUIT

CLON3IEL, Arovs: 18.

CONVICTION FOR BURNING THE SHEAR.
The l'Huer JuscricE WWI yesterday net-opal! in the Record
aide of the Court-house, from the sitting of the Court till past ten
o'clock last night, in the trial of William Afither and Dark,
Maher, for the above offence.

Mary Kelly was sworn—ls wife to Philip end mother to John
Kelly. She lived about three fields from Shea's house, and knew
l/arby and William Molter, the latter of whom is a relative
to het husband. She neat stared that %Valiant Maher came to her
house a few nights before the bunting of :MICA'S house, and called
her to light a candle and send her son John into the room ; while
they were there, she went in, and saw some slugs. William Maher
said he wanted the slugs, as he was going to taka the arms at
Ned Shea's. Maher next directed her to tell Pat MuHolly, who
was a servant at Shea's, provided she thought he could be trusted
with a secret, that his assistance would be expected to take Shea's
arms I this she told Pat Maher also having met Ca..
therine Itlunally, a servant girl of Shea's, at witness's house, made
inqairy of her as to what time the family usually went to bed, and
other particulars regarding the Sheas. Ile told her that if Pat
Mullen), would do what lie wanted, it would recommend hint to
the friendship of all the boys in the country. The witness neat
stated, that on Monday night (the night of the burning) she saw
Billy Maher and two other men coming towards her boost; she
had been waiting up for Maher; her husband was then two or
three hours in bed. The witness, Mary Kelly, who kept liquor
and beer fur sale, imagined they were routing to her house. She
went two or three time, to see if they wire [Wiling in—hot on the
third time. she saw five or six men facing tip the hill towards Darby
~,,, se, with their hacks to her, of whom she knew 1t .
Maher to be one. ll'hen they went up the hill she watched them,
because Pat 3lullally told her to have an rye to them. She thee
followed them a little in a ditch, from whence site saw three ones
more join them front a different direction. She then went towards
Ned l'altill's house, in order to send him to Ned shea's, to let the
Mollifies know at that house that the parties were policing to
N to Shia's; but when she got near Cahill's, she heard voice.,
and was obliged to conceal herself in another ditch, from which
she saw five or six men more, and they all went up to Darby
Matters house. Witness being afraid to go to Cahill's, staid a
good while in the ditch, from whence she saw sisters or seventeen
men come out of Darby Maher's, and lice in the direction of Ned
shot's, and pats within twenty-aevi h piers of where she was;
they had amts—lt'illiant Maher a blunder-buss. They had fire
also, for she saw the blase and sparks as they prised Jong, and
saw the tire after she lost sight of themselves. Al'hen they got to
Ned Shea's, she perceived fire in three plat 's; the fires very soon
became all in one. Had no idea that it was Shea's house that woo
set on fire, because Billy Maher had given her his hand and wont
that nothing should happen at Shea's. but to take the arms. She
neat heard six or seven shots from shout Shef% hause, one if
them in the eirectien of lrhiL 1/illoo's. She 0:341 ia the same
place till she saw some of the rarty comirg hick; among
them were Billy and Darby Maher; they were cursing and talking
about merry. She heard a cry from sfie.i's house ; there was sum
a light she thought it was day. though it did not dawn for an heur
and a half after. She was then afraid to quit where she was till is
was clear day ; she then went to Shea's house, and saw four or file
men dead inside the door. She then went home and told her *O3
and other people who were working in nlorrismor's garden—when
they all ran off towards Shea's after. As they went near Jena
Maher's house witness saw !today Mabee. standing near the end
wall of it ; he had the colour of death on him ; on looking at hint
she felt she was not the better for it ; witness saw Billy Maher for
the first time after the burning on the far day of Fethard • it was
the day hot one after the burning ; her son was present ; she called
Billy :Walter a murderer, and told linn she bettered he was the but
would molder her people. Billy Alalier replied to her in Irish, that
the devil might choke him if they were not rodliog out to the people
in Shea's house to throw out the arms, but they would not. Ile
told her not to go to the funeral tot that morning, for fear she would
be saving any thing. She did not go in conaemtence• but went to
the fair of Fedi-ad, and the Moltallys were sasinst her sinew for
doing as. Saw l)arby Maher in same titre after. Ile told witness
to keep her tongue to herself, or site would be served as her riaa..
times had been. Ile had come to her door to tell ice so. Her boo-
b...nil and son heard biro say the same. After that she used I. be
hiding abroad, for fear of the Maikirs. Atterwr.nls went to reside
in Slitliinahone. Did not tell of the munler and horning soon
after thee occurred. Would not wish to tell on Billy :ilatier.
Told it to a priest about twelve months offer. I:e was not bee
parish priest, hot she toll 11... r seldt ink"( wan aft:er that, that
11.4 knew sone of the persons concerned to the murder of the