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TILE ROBBERY AT LORD COITTER'S. ---- --
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....minim— fittaten CavaLne REY' rw.—The 7th instant is the day at
We yesterday stated that four men were in custody on suspizion present fixed for the Grand l'avalry Review at Hounslow.
of being concerned in the robbery of Mr. Ilaines, (.nod Cowper's I The 21 division of the 24th (or Warwickshire) Regiment d
steward. They were taken down to Hertfonf on Thursday night, I Foot, has embarked at Portsmouth, for Plymouth.
and lodged in separate cells in the county gaol there. The poi- ! The flank companies of the 96th Regiment of Infantry, em-
soners on their Journey were extremely merry, and ir.dulgcd in all : barked at, and sailed from Liverpool, on the 27th ult. fur Ha-
sorts of lewd and flash (as it is called) jokes. lifas. The remainder of the regimegt will embark forthwith tor
Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, an examination of theri-
. i the same destination.
SCP:ICTS took place at the gaol, before the Rev. Mr. Lloyd. the . ia- 1 INSPECT/ON Or TILE THIIID BATTALION Or THE BRE.
gistrate. They were brought in separately, and 31e. Haines. a , xernEit GrAnDe.__uit Royal Higbee., the Commander-in.
shepherd, and another man, who were engaged in the scut'); which
Chief, attended by 31ajor-tiAeral Sir Henry Torrens, the Ad-
took place out :de of the house after the robbery, were present.—
e. , . jutant-General. Ilild several other Officers, inspected the 2d Ba-
The moment James Harris, eau Long Ned. anti James 1".", ! talion of the Grenadier Guards yesterday morning. in lirde Park.
alias James Thomas, entered the room, Mr. Haines declared that i The Battalion performed several manteuvres with celerity and
Long Ned was the man with whom he scuffled in the room, and , pr ,e
Commander-in-Chief will inspect the Ist Battalion of the
who, when he (Mr. Haines) was overpowered, tied his hands, and
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threw him upon the ground. The shepherd and the other man '3d Foot Guards this morning, in Hyde Park.
also maid they had no doubt that Davis was one of the men with 1
whom they fought. I ~.........ww......
Long scd seemed terribly depressed. and trembled excessively
when placed at the bar. The other prisoners also seemed to regartll
their situation as perilous. When bong Ned entered the room he
had his hands in his breeches pockets ; this being. observed by
Bishop, be gave a hint to Mr. Lloyd. and that Magistrate desired
him to take his hands out. Ile did so, but at the sante moment
thrust his wounded hand into his hat.
31r. Lloyd told 'oils it was of no use to conceal the hand, for his
object in doing so was well known.
All the prisoners deelaretLthat they were innocent of the crime
with which they were charged. They were int,vrogated by Mr.
Lloyd, as to where they were on the nigh: of the rubbery, end
gave nearly the same account as at Bow-street.
They were all committed for further examination on Tuesday
next, when other witnesses will be in attendance. Mr. Haines s
son was unable to attend yesterday in consequence of indisposition.
Bishop and the other officers returned to town hat night, and
proceeded almost immediately to the coffee-shop in Chancery-lane,
where the prisoners were apprehended. and took the proprietor
into custody, a warrant having been granted for that purpose by
Mr. I.loyd. lie was lodged in St. Martin's watchhouse, and will
ibe taken to Ilertfonl this day. Midfield, when he heard of the
arrival of the officers with four prisoners. betrayed great anxiety
and alanu. Ile will be examined with the rest next Tuesday.

SUMMER ASSIZES.

HOME CIRCUIT.
Before Mr. Baron Gaatt au and Mr. Justice BrittoroN.
Hertfordshire—Thursday, July 29. at Hertford.
EtaleX—Aloaday, August 2, at Chelmaftwil.
Kent—Monday. August 9. at Maidstone.
Sussel—tzaturday, August 11. at Lewes.
Surrey—Thursday, August 19, at Guildford.
OXFORD CIRCUIT.
!Wore Sir JAMES A 1.1.421 PARK atul Sir JOSEPTI ILATTLZDair.
Berkshire-31°1)day, July 21. at Abingdon.
Oxfordshire—Wednesday, July 28. at Oxford.
ii'orcestershire—liaturday, July 31, at Worcester.
City of Worcester—s;ame day, at the City of ditto.
Statfordahire—Thursday, August 5, at Stafford.
Shropshire-Icednesday, August I I, at Shrewsbury.
Herefordshire—blonder, August at Hereford.
Monmouthshire—Saturday. August 21, at Monmouth.
Gloucestershire—Wednesday. August 23. at Gloucester.
City of Glaueester—Same day, at the City of ditto.

PUNISII3fENT OF A MURDERER.

[From a Now York Paper.]

CASEOi-MR. O'CALLAGHAN.

Befire one reamers condemn the mode of punishment, &c. in
the foliuwing. let them read attentively tile last paragraph.
IFrom the Cheraw S. C. hinikimcce. j
Mr. Burwell Hancock, overseer on the plantation of Mr. May,
in the upper part of this district, was inhumanly murdered on
' ednestlay, the filth ult. by a negro fellow, r.ametl Isaac.
The most authentic information we have been able to obtain re.
lative to the transaction, gives the following result. Isaac corm
plaited of not being well its the morning, and made this an excuse
for not going to his accustomed work; the overseer supposed this
to be a mere subterfuge to avoid labour. and insisted that he should
go to work at once, observing. that he knew him to be a sullen rm.
cal. anti nothing but the bawl would answer with him. The negro
continued to refuse working, when the overseer struck him with his
gun, and afterwards with a stick ; he then turned from the negro,
and. as he turned, the negro struck him with the hoe on his heat
and knocked hint down, eselaiming. . I.)—n you. I'll kill you 1"
The negro continued to beat hint with the hoc until life was esti! et.
He then made pursuit after a negro woman who had observed ti .e
scene lit is said tor the purpose of killing her also), and was mak.
irg her w:-; to give information ; but her cries brought to her as-
sistance another negro, when Isaac fled to the woods. He was
taken on the Friday following, and on Satunlay was tried by a board
of freeholders, who sentenced him to be burg, have his heart cut off,
and his body burned. This was accordingly done, and his head
stuck upon a pole, and carried about as a moving monument to vil-
lainy and crime.
This mar appear to some of our northern friends as monstrous
and inlitiman ; but let it be impressed upon their minds, that our si.
tuation demands &rigorous treatment of slaves, and the most exem-
plary punishment for their offences, and that therefore we are often-
, times compelled to sacrifice feeling to necessity.

Mr. Allen, the Magistrate, having seen in the Newspapers of
Saturdai last, an account of a case, under the head of ••• Mansion
House, in which the Lord Mayor was represented as having
made soma observations which Mr. Allen thought demanded an
explanation, lie addrelmed a letter to his Lordship, requesting to
know whether the objectionable words had been used. M. Allen
conceived, that the words attributed to his Lordship, and which
related to the sentence upon Mr. O'Callaghan, directly affected his
own character, in common with thode ef the Surrey lagistrates,'l
who presided at the trial, at the Sessions House at Nesingion.
The L0..1 Mayor replied that any words stating that he threw
the slightest imputation upon the Magistrates were metier:et i that
the care which he had been hearing was one of an aggravated as-
sault upon a female, and drew from him a comparison between the
punishment which Mr. O'Callaghan was undergoing for having
shewn a desire to protect ladies, and the indulgence with which the
fellow before him (the Lord Mayor) was treated by a female whom
the defendant bad so grossly assaulted. His Lordship added, that
there was; at the time the case alluded to was going forward, a
good deal of bustle and confusion in the Justice-room, a circum-
stance which might account for some inaccuracy.
This statement fully satisfied Mr. Allen, who afterwards waited
En the Lord Mayor, and stated to his Lordship what had been
en in evidence upon the trial of Mr. O'Callaghan, according to
It notes of Lord Eastnor; which notes had been submitted to the
Secretary of State, and had determined that gentleman not to in-
terfere for the remission of the sentence. The following is Mr.
Allen's abstract of the case, as it was taken down and repeated to
the Jury :
, Mr. Saurin, and a young man of singularly good manners, whose
name did not immediately occur to him, were returning to town from
Deptford on the 29th of April last, from the discovery ships at
(ireenwieh, on horseback. t the Demford road a chariot with
post horses passed them. Mrs. Boyle. 3lrs. Thelwall, her daugh-
ter. and another lady, were in the chariot. Mr. Boyle and Mr.
O'Callaghan were in the back seat. In the course of going the same
road the gentlemen on horseback passed, or were passed by the car.
risge two or three times.
Mrs. Thelwall, Mrs. Boyle. and Mr. Boyle, severally swore that
Mr. Saurin and his companion looked impertinently at them, but
not one of them said that either of the young men smiled, spoke,
or made any gesture whatever towards them. Mr. Saurin and
his
companion were passing, or passed by the carriage a second or third
time (Mr. Allen did not exactly recollect which), when Mr. O'Cal-
laghan called out to Mr. Saurin that he was a scoundrel, or words
to that effect, and desired Mr. Saurin to come to him. Mr. Saurin
and his friend, however, as they stated, not wishing to hold any in-
tercourse with a person of such extraordinary appearance and man-
ners ss Mr. O'Callaghan, did what all other men of sense would
have done under similar circumstances,—rode away. It howerer
unfortunately happened, that while they were paying the toll the
carriage came up, and without the least delay or remonstrance Mr.
O'Callaghan leaped from behind, caught held of the bridle of air.
Saurin's horse, snatched a stick from his hand, and began to beat
him violently, using at the same time the most opprobrious
law
gunge towanls him, and demanding his card. Mr. Saurin not
wishing to be known as a clergyman, as he was (although acci-
dentally) embroiled in a quarrel, tore the word Rev. from his raid,
which he Immediately handed to his assailant. Mr. Thelwall,
who was in another carriage, had by this time joined Mr. O'Cal-
laghan. He immediately remarked that Mr. Saurin had not given
the proper address, and advised Mr. O'Callaghan to insist upon
having it. Mr. Saurin then took out his pencil and wrote his ad•
dress accurately. On the following day Mr. O'Callaghan was
brought to Tinton Hall office, where he behaved with much vio-
lence, and was had to bail. On the cross-examination which took
place. Mr. Saurin with some reluctance admitted, that if his friends
had thought it incumbent upon him to timee Mr. O'Callaghan, be
should not have thought proper to sheltie hmlf under his black
coat. This admission
Mesa stated in the defence to be un
to apnea um, the pan of amin, a clergymiut, that lie was ready i
to *a the blood of his fellow-creatures ;and it was also stated in
**defence that it would be proved that he hail been guilty of the
Nest perjury. So far however from this being the case, no attempt
whabsver was made to prove the charge, and no person could have
shown more forbearance and propriety than Mr. Saurin manifested
through the whole trial. One material fact seemed to have been
totally forgotton t and it was a fact in direct opposition to that
which imputed to him a sanguinary disposition. When the Jury
teroannended Mr. O'Callaghan to a merciful consideration of the
Overt, Mr. Saurin added his recommendation. The curiosity of a
man might very easily be attracted to the inside passengers of a
carriage, on the outside of which sat a person of so extraordinary a
figure as Mr. O'Callaghan, whose fare was covered with hair.
Mrs. Thelwall's appearance was also attractive, but for very dif-
ferent reasons, as it was distinguished for elegance anti grace, and
formed a striking contrast to that of this gentleman. There was no
evidence to prove that alr. O'Callaghan was in the Spanish
SETTiCC, and he was most certainly not in the English service. The
recommendation of the Jury was most certainly attended to by
the Bench, who were not to be responsible for the prison regula-
tions, which were made under an Act, undoubtedly a severe we,
a 3 far as it related to convictions, and one which required a speedy
alteration in that respect.
Mr. ALLEN expressed a wish that this statement should be
mule to the public, in order to remove the effect of the censure
(which he considered to be most unjust) raised upon the Surrey
Magistrates, upon the trial and sentence of Mr. O'Callaghan.

AMERICAN NAMES.—The Albany Daily Adrertisev
publishes regularly the canal ship news. Among the
vessels that sailed on the Ist, we observe one named
" Wilful Murder." " There is no accounting fur some
men's tatter."—New Turk l'aper.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—AII inquest was held at Sutton St.
Edmund's on the 28th ult. by l•latuuel Edwanls, Gent. coroner, on
view of the body of Thomas Martin, conlwainer. The deceased
and his friend John Redhead were amusing themselves with shoot-
ing at small birds, and whilst the deceased was running ten yards
before Redhead, the fowling-piece which the latter held to his hand
went off at halrcoek, and the contents of the gun were discharged •
into thc thick part of the thigh of Martin. Medical assistance was
promptly obtained, but it served only to protract the sufferings of
who lingered from Monday about noon until the following
lrednesday morning. Verdict—" Died of gunshot wour.da, oc-
casioned accidentally by John Redhead." The deceased has left a
widow and two infant children. Redhead is grewly dejected at the
'lots he has innocently occasioned.—Lincan 111:7 cyr y,