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London, England, 1819-07-28 00:00:00

DROGHEDA ASSIZES, Jour 20.

TRIAL APO CONVICTION OF CAULFIELD, FOE
NUMMI, AT THE LATE ELECTION.

The Assizes opened here on this day, before the
Finn. Jostler Mazxe, at nine o'clock; and the
trial of On/Yeti, the watchman, fur the murder
of Peter Pentoity. by shouting at him from the
welch-house on the night of the 49th of June,
IRIS (the first day of the election, at which Mr.
Ogle and 31r. Wallace were eisetilidetrii), was
immediately proceeded on. The trial naturally
excited • deep interest here, connected as the
affair orie,iiially was with the election, anti as it had
subsequently become with the application made to
the King's Deitch by the father of the murdered
m4ll, for a ciiminal information *ping the D:og.
little Magistrates, fur their alleged osiscooduct its
screening this Caulfield from justice, after they, or
one of them, had known,on his own etile.sion, that
he had co •tteil the crime. The interest was'not
• little heightened by the recollecting. that on the
affidavits of the Magistrates. the King's Bench had,
• few weeks hack, refused the application spiral
those Magistrates, with COMM.
The Court was extremely crowded, mid a most
respectable Joey impannelled.
The firing of the shot by the Prisoner frau the
watch-honse, the death of the deceased by that
shot, and the wounding of another person, who was
produced as a witness', were fully proved; and it
was then proved that at the time of the shut being
fired, the street was perfectly quiet, though • few
stones had been previously thrown at the windows
of the watch-house by some persons passing, And
it appeared that there ware at that time 18 persons
well armed in the watch-house, with blanderbussee,
caibines, bayourts, swords, &c. &c. A decimatina
by the Prisoner, when armed that day, that he
would have blood before he parted his arms, was
•Isto proved.
The Prisoner went into evidence, sided by three
Gentlemen of the Bar, suit produced some wit.
nesse* to shew that there was disturbsace in the
street ; but their evidence foiled utterly in proving
that at the time the shot was fired there was any
'wise or disturbance whatever that cultist excite any
alarm, or in any way justify the tiring.
When the evidence on loth sides closed. the
Judge charged the Jury, by giving a most minute
detail of the evidence, and explai • gto the Jury as
lie proceeded, the distinetion Its-tweet. Illwrder and
Manslursiter, mid filially, left the case to them.
after pressing is; them every observation that
the facts and the law suggested favouralble to the
j Prisoner.

Tilt* Jury, who were snoot respectable, ale► about
as hour's deliberation, reword with a verdict
Grill, of Murder.
The JUDGE theta, after expatiating is a very
prroolve snanstarr on the facto that were proved, pro.
notinced the dreadful mutt-nee of the la.w, exhort.
Wig the Prisoner tint to Hatter hionvell wills any
Wiper of pardon. Being a cape of murder. he WHO
seittenced to exit:adieu ou Tharoduy, mud Isis body
ordtred for disitecnoto.

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• T$E SE/ SIIRPEItiT4
The ow serpent, which turned out to be a horn
Mackerel, has made Its appearance again. I
Saida Gouge/ or the 1 Ith ult. there are t
affidavits of different mariners who swear ti!,v
it, during their it:oiling'. from New Vosk to Soler.
The following descriptions of elute doubtful
'ter are from the 'epsomite affidavits of two
tww.
" The colossi' of lb!' thmogliont, as far as
be seen, was Marti, red the mu fiser appeared to he smoirm,
without onalmr; km head was alarm as ton as a lan
sod was a proper auski 'a head tip re was • degree of nat.
neat with a slight hollow on the trip of has bead; the ryes'
were promisee', toot stood oat cuosiderably nom the sac.
face, resemblhag w that respect the eyes of a toad, mad were
nearer to the istorth of the animal than to the back of the
head. I bad a fail view of him for 'ever or eight ultimates.
Ns was movie, in the same direction with the sloop, and
abort as ford. The bark was compostil of trenches alma; the
size of a dinar barrel, and were apparently shoal three feet
•part—wthey appeared rut to be hoed, bat might be occsaiss.
ed lay the motion of the animal, and Molted like • atm/
of casks or barrels lied tug. ther ; eke tail was out visibla,h,t
She part which could be set,. was, I should jad=e, 50 het as
length ; the 'motion of the hunches was undulatory, b..t
the wake of his tail, which be evidently rooter
'hewed a horizontal or sweeping unmoor, proilm mg a *raw
as large as She vessel made. He lassie., hag krill.' tau tit
there times slowly mead, toward smut from the vessel, as if
taking a view of manse object on board. I wrist up tor the
rigging, fur the purpose of taking • vi. wof I • form
above ; hat before I had reached sty si Allan, hr sank lielow
the surface of the water, and did rut appear spirt."...
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