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We have received a copy of a Proclamation issued by
the Provisional Government of Greece, and addressed to
the Consuls and Vice-Con:Ails of the l'lwers of Europe in
the Archipelago, which is rather of a sat. uinary character.

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENI OF GREECE.

THE PMES.DENT TIIE EXECUTIVE,

The Greek llovernment lenmirg that many Captains of Euro-
pean merchant vessels. urged by interest, and encouraged by the
respect that the (heck vessels duly par to their glorious flags, hare
contracted, and do contract, at Com.tantinople, Alexandria. end
ether places, f,m the since of the Turkish squadrons, to transport
troops and munition, of war, notwithstanding the respectable Am-
bassadors and Consuls of tht ir (los-eminent,' endeavour to prevent
this measure, as opi•t.vtd to the principle:: of neutrality that their
powerful Sovereigns have declared they would observe during the
present Eruggle, have isstitil the t i lea n 4
I'iIOCI..I3IAT rS.

1. All such vessels and their cows. under whatever fla,- they
may sail. shall not be considered as htltinging to a neetrill Power,
but a; enemies; and es such SIL:11 'or tlettroyed, burnt, and sunk
to the bottom, with ttuir I,y the vessels of the °tea squad.
run, and by the whole Greek biro. into whose power they may fall.
2. The present Proclamation shall be trznauthteil to the Coat.
manders of the divisions of I tlra. eipetria, and Ipaara, and pub.
fished in the Gieek Government .1t nthal; copies. translated iuto
French, shall be sent to the iit.suls and ‘'ice.l:unsuls, and the
Consular Agents of the principal European Powers iu the Arch!.
palitgo. (Si•med)
The President Gt:tiRGES COUNDONNOTTES.
The Secretary-General, ad intetimi, P. Ci IiA.bIIIUS.
Moulins de Naupl:a, 11y, 1t;24.

LITERATURE.

THE CONCHOLO6IST•S COMPANION,
COMPRISING THE INSTINCTS ♦ND CONSTSI CTIONI Op
TESTACEMS ANIMPLi, WITH ♦ GENERAL ■RETCH
OP THOSE EXTRAORDINARY ►RODCCTIONS
WHICH CONNECT THE VEGETABLE
AXD ANIMIII. KINGDOMS.

By the Author of " Select Female Biography," Irotdas
the Vegetable Kingdotn," &e.—Wilinakvr.

We have here a small volume, which eondents a %at.
of deeply interesting, as well as most curious and atnuan,.
matter. .Every page leads the rent ctive mind to thelofti4
trains of thought, while it unfolds the ample and ins
luable treasures of the science of which it tr ats. Tye
writer claims no praise for originality; he professes to hue
done no more than to have brought together the ltuf
tion dispersed in those must valuable but voltaninour pub.
lications, too diffuse for general leisure, and too costly to
come within the reach of many persons most amtiosiel,
pursuit of the knowledge they contain. He has thee,
himself well qualified for the service he has lure ur4„.
taken, by the philosophic spirit of observation whiehie
displays. 'We really find it difficult to make any extrkt
without excluding something equally interesting. n,
felt strongly tempted to transcribe the very curious acgout,
of the " Formation of Coral Islands ;" but we extract that
which relates to the " Formation of Psaria," as betta
suited to our limited apace.
" The exterior of the Mylilux margarit !Terns gereear,
indicates the value of the getn which it contains. such
are varied and incrusted with thick calcarious sul.stanees.
and with zoophytes of various kinds, enclose the flout
pearls ; those, on the contrary, which present a smooth
surface, have only begun to form these valuable st cretioss,
and are sometimes entirely without them.

" The observation of this curious fact probable sag.
gested the first idea of forcing the Illytilus to product
pearls. It was known in the first centuries of the ibr.t.
tian era, and acted on by the ancient people who inhibit ;1
the coasts of the Red St a, as we are informed by the phi;,.
sopher Apollonins. ' The Indians,' said he, diced Ma
the pea after they had rendered it calm, and perhaps clean
by the pouring in of oil; they then induced the Mos:
des, by means of some attractive baits, to expand film
shells, and having pricked them with a sharp-pointed in-
strument, received into a perforated iron vessel the lip&
which exuded from the wound, where it hardened grids.
ally, and formed pear's of the finest water.'
" Modern naturalists are undecided with regard to the
accuracy of this narration; yet there are various reuses
to conclude, that the people who lived on the thong of th
Red Sea were acquainted with an artificial mode of pr
iducing pearls; and this opinion is additionally confirmed
by the method now in use among the modern Chinese,
who retain, with few alterations, the arts and customs o:*
their ancestors. Pearl Oysters, at certain seasons of the
year, congregate in considerable numbers on the sathee
of the water, where they open their shells, and enjty the
influence of the sun. At this period the Chinese fisher.
men throw into each of them a small string of bear;,
formed of mother-of-pearl, which becoming incrusted in
the course of a few months, present the appearance of real
pearls. As soon as this curious process is supposed to to
completed, the Muscles are drawn up, and robbed of the
treasitres which they contain. The truth of this extrur.
dinary statement may be implicitly relied on; it is cca.
firmed by the testimony of respectable travellers, and the
result of various experiments; to which Professor File,
tins adds the testimony of having seen, in the posseesiv
of Sir Joseph Banks, several Chinese Chamae, in the del
of which were contained Lits of iron wire, covered aith
substance of a pearly nature. These wires had evitient.:
once been sUarp, and it seemed as if the sagacious Museis
anxious to secure themselves against the intrusion of HA
unwelcome visitors, had incrusted, and thus rendered
blunt, the points with which they came in contact. Mee
not, therefore, the erocers employed by the ancients X
still practised> And are we not authorised in conjectur•
ing, that these lifts of iron, which probably hod slipped
from the hands of the Chinese workmen, and remained in
the animals, resembled the spikes noticed by Philosaucs
as being used by the ancient people who inhabit& tit
banks of the Red Sea, fer the purpose of prickle?
Muscles.

" The invention of Linnmus cannot therefore be c:si-
tiered altogether new; though he was undoubte,
Europe., the reviver of this ancient art. It was anncast
to the Swedish King and Council in the year 1761, rs
an offer of disclosure for the benefit of the kingdom.
Various circumstances prevented the acceptance of Li
liberal offer, and the secret was purchased by a Gotta.
burgh merchant of the name of Bagp, for the sum of
five hundred ducats. The sealed manuscript containing tbr
receipt was afterwards disposed of, by the heirs ct tiff
gentleman, to the highest bidder; car a is said by L
Stover to bare passed into the hands of our distingui..l
countryman, Sir J. E. Stni:ll.
" The emblematic coat of arms, which typified tire f-:.
ings of an admiring country, ehi!c it ennobled the
basted Swedish naturalist, is stated to have been gir.-.m
consequence of this important invention : but it app:n
from the historian of Linnteus, that the patent M
bilitv was granted previous to the year 1756 ; and that the
pearl which superficial observers hare assigned to his arcs
was in fact an egg, designed by the blazoner, M. Tar. a
an emblem of maternal nature, after the manner of :L
ancient Egyptians. The arms of Linnmus arc,
equally elegant and appropriate. They are diridu ::a
three fields, each of which designates the three kiup.. i
of nature; the red signifying the animal, the green t!.:.‘!•
getable; the abole is surmounted by an helmet, car':
beautiful linn.ra forms the crest. The phalaena ..:*7
cella, shining with its silvery colours, is displayed m..:-
the border in preference to festoons, and below the
Fames extender( filetis,' immortalizes the active
of Linnsus."

THE VICTORY, LORD NELSON'S FLAG-SE;:-

This fine vessel, which has been laid up in ordir..vy
seven pears at Portsmouth, is now fitting tin in that itr-•
your as a guard-ship, in place of tllo Queen •CharioNe..
will be gratifying to the hontst national pride of our ret,:ce
to know, that the strongest interest is excit,el t e}!!!
Englishman visiting Portsmouth with regard to this
and that numbers eagerly retort to it to behold the spt:;:a
which the illustrious HERO or TR•FALG•it receil,(llj
last wound. It is one of those spots over which par""Tl
delights to pause, because it revives all thoe Slll-7111'..1
on which our remembrance loves to rest. 'II:: c :Y.:: Y.

British feelings arc not only gratified, but are met
congenial and correspondent warmth by the oftizrica
board, whose courtesy is manifested in a melt disn:frs:io!
manner towards all persons visiting the Victory.
ut per deck there is a circular tram plate, of very •
mansions, to mark where N L Ls o x fell !—a spot ever a''•'''
to the mental eye, t;Ln nv
" Suspends her halo crown of 'aver
and on which the animated beholder seams to stard
sacred ground, while he reads that memorable I 'I, •;
which is here inscribed, and which is so ind•dibly e"l7'"
!on the memory of his countrymen, as to hive bev•011';
of the elementary athronitiops to the guardians of ;I:•-•
!freedom in every nation—" Er:GLAND s.IrIC IS 1,,
MAN TO 1)0 111., DVI li•••
All the enthusiastic Ceilings of the gallant
fought and died with Lord Nelson at Trafalpr s.c.•
' infused into the ship's company of the Victory, Irv!' •
whom could only know of them, that
" They arc no:."
nor the great Commander himself, but by for re',xr!°. .**
,
'glorious achievements. The common sailors now
I speak of him but as "Ma! zrreJl man," while thy art
point out the fatal place where he gave his last onl(r..:•.-
signcdly still; red amputation, and triumphantly bre..a: •
I his last. 1.2%1 n the eahin where he slept still arrow.,
an objeet of their heartfelt veneration. lt is its:" 'n
siblc to visit the Victory at this moment w::b,•tit
lour best national feelings strongly calltd tor:11. a "
r.
stinctivelv exclaiming, as if his awful form wee: Tirsc:•
liiti•:(iss are BriITONS stilt, and nerr siii
That Chs-ter which t'iq patriot Woad has tali .r
We seem inspired w:th the full enrtyy of !ha! fl
which Evlishincti should never forget—ro lILVt
,1:1..:111.3 OF !NI. RY OTHER NATION, and TO

TI11711: OW N. •-
t :!,
Thecrewelswhich throng to view the Vicrvar ,
the vcneratioa w;t11 whielt the memory of \!.l s ).s ".:,
down to unborn ages, awl evince that—to use the we.
' :..
his gallant friend tilla b:ceild in ntrirsn,t— l'il r't
will be innnlrtal."

LITERATURE.
/NCHOLOGISTS COMPANION,
in INSTINCT] AND CONSTRUcTIONS
ANIMPL.I, WITH • GENERAL SRETCIi Or
E EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTIONS
'II CONNECT THE rens:Tasks
AND ANIMAL KINGDOMS.
t, while it unfolds the ample and
and arms
o tLebrt°pg
r
he iufartlß
fuse for general leisure, and too castle 4 •
praisetoikn of )agel
1811:1:wiltalaanfarns:divig ciFsorusuecemls.v°r Etilre:huceleaaa'ureemisnnyugatYlleanmabac:co:biograocittwinilitmetirisrY.hhle°v.epi:"nili'siottl:fntlet in
lifted for the service he has litre
used -
►ilosophic spirit of observation wbithi.
eally find it difficult to make any extrkt-
ng something equally interesting. He
pted to transcribe the very curious's:pax, 7
ion of Coral Islands ;" but we extract ths
the " Formation of Pt aria," as bah;
ited space.
r of the Mytilux margaritiferno gereear,
ae of the gem which it contains. Such I',
crusted with thick calcarious aul.stanee:,
ytes of various kinds, enclose the tiotet
'the contrary, which present a smooth
y begun to form these valuable s• cretins
s entirely without them. •
ation of this curious •fact probably sag.
idta of forcing the Alytilus to product
mown in the first centuries of the Lima.
d on by the ancient people who inhshit d
Red St a, as we are informed by the
as. ' The Indians,' said he, dived las
had rendered it calm, aud perhaps clean,
in of oil; they then induced the Ras•
of some attractive baits, to expand thaw
g pricked them with a sharp-pointed
d into a perforated iron vessel the lipase
rom the wound, where it hardened gmds. •
pear's of the finest water.'
aralists are undecided with regard to the
narration; yet there are various routes
the people who lived on the shorts of tit
painted with an artificial mode of yr,.
nd this opinion is additionally confirnvi
now in use among the modern Chinese,
I few alterations, the arts and customs of
Pearl Oysters, at certain seasons of the
in considerable numbers on the surffee
mere they open their shells, and enjey the
sun. At this period the Chimse fisher,
each of them a small string of beadi,
ir-of-pearl, which becoming incrusted b
ew months, present the appearance of real
as this curious process is supposed to to
Junks are drawn up, and robbed of alit
they contain. The truth of this extras.
may be implicitly relied on ; it is en.
Itimony of respectable travellers, and ex
experiments; to which Professor Pale-.
throny of having seen, in the possettiv
oaks, several Chinese Chamc, in the `el
mtained Lits of iron wire, covered ski,
early nature. These wires had evident.:
and it sconed as if the sagacious Muschs,
themselves against the intrusion of ski
ors, had incrusted, and thus rendered
s with which they came in contact. 31:F
he grocers employed by the ancients W
And are we not authorispd in conjecter. •
lifts of' iron, which probably had slipyrd
If the Chinese workmen, and remained b
mats' the spikes noticed by Philosnese
y the ancient people who inhabited the
fed Sea, fer the purpose of prickirl
in of Linnaeus cannot therefore be cm:-
new ; though he was undoubte,.
•er of this ancient art. It was anncest
.ing and Council in the year 1761, lei
leisure for the benefit of the ling,rlorr.
tanccs prevented the acceptance of is I
the secret was purchased by a Got cr. 1,7
of the name of' Bagp, for the sum of 0,
ats. The sealed manuscript containing, the si
mills disposed of, by the heirs ct th b
3e highest bidder; and is said by
incd into the hands of our distingu:s:::
J. E. Stni:h. s•
talc coat of arms, which typified the
ing country, vhlle it ennobled the
taturalist, is stated to have been
this important invention : but it apFti
an of Linnaus, that the patent of f.f.
I, previous to the year 1756 ; and that the i
theist observers have assigned to his arcs 1
g, designed by the blazoner, M. Tilas. N
!term.' nature, after the manner of :l'i
is. The arms of Linnwus are, iuJe.d.
and appropriate. They are die
of which designates the three kinp:.l77
tel signifying the animal, the green theta.
Ile is surmounted by an helmet, arc':
. forms the crest. The phAlaena -
dt
its silvery colours, is displayed 0z..:
ference to festoons, and below the men:• s
ere immortalizes the active
?Y, LORD NELSON'S FLAG-51:;7
d, which has been laid up in ordinary
rtsmouth, is now fitting us in that dz•
ship, in place of tllo Queen 'Chariot:et. I.
to the honest national pride of our rcr.,:e:,
the strongest interest is excited titer
tine Portsmouth with regard to this sl:p,
w eagerly retort to it to behold these
trious H Eno or TR•FALG•Ii receit.a
is one of those spots over which ram""cr: 1
e, because it revives all those setr7ol..l
remembrance loves to rest. '11;:c
alreespnitiait warmth
onlyl gratified, butby the arei
or
artesy is manifested in a must distnf.7l;l.
all persons visiting the Victor!.. ,7t,,,
I• is a circular Lrass plate, of very cr.n.''
tek, ycliien ,TrieNL Lsox fell !—a spot ever Ik:''''
,ends her halo crown of 'lvey
c animated beholder seams to stanils,:•,
while he reads that memorable I
scribed, and which is so indi:liblv
of his countrymen, as to hove
iry atlironitiops to the guardians en
ivu,ys n.
with lies:ie:cert.-1x
a' ship's company of the V;c:ury, uis:7! •
y know of them, that
" They :..e-e, a.'d are trot." ,
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ROHE CIRCUIT.

the night in question, had drunk so much at walnut publie-houses,.
betwevn Rumford and Widford, as to be completely intoxicated,
and inser.sible to anything which could have happened to him ;
and secondly, that shire the timo of the transaction in qu&tion, the
prisoner had rot attempted to evade justice, although lie had leg
his usual place of residence, inasmuch as he was constantly and
si,i'•ly employed in tie way of his trade as a journeyman miller,
with different masters between Braintree and sAndon.

_
ESSEX ASSIZES. Cul:L=l'ollD, 1111:11Stiiir, Ace. S.
_ _

CHELMSFORD, THURSDAY. Arc. 5.

CIVIL tIDK.
The civil business of these .tssiles closed this eresiug, unfi-
nished. 111 r. Justice lir astir tat, understanding that there was
stijsospect of his ',earned Broth.: being able to get through the
(steeds, witboia his assistance. announced at the close of this
days business, the: the rest of the causes must go over as 'misses'
to the nest Assists. Ruth Judges, thereto's, will sit to-morrow to
err prisoner.. NIT. Nolan was called upon to assist to-day iu
trying some of the nii-.oe ofmces, and his aid was considerable.
itiefore a Sprcial Jary.l
HICKS n•. PALMER AND ANOTHER.
This was an action against the defendants, a. owners of the
Southend coach "Ailed the Hero, for the seglig•nt dnving of their
*errant, whereby one of the plaintiff's shoulders sere dislocated.
31r. URNLV aunt 11r.ADOt.PHUS conducted the plaudit's

Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the calm for the Jury, recapi.
tulating the whole of the evidence on both sides, and leaving it to
them, in a case of such serious consequence to the prisoner, to de.
germane whether, on the balance of teritin.ony, they could art upon
the single oath of the prosecutor as to the main circumstances,
which were the foundation of the charge. t'onsidering all the cir-
cumstances, it was fur them to sap—first, whether the prosecutor
bad been robbed in point of fact; and sccond, whether the prisoner
was the guilty perpetrator of the crime imputed, a crime winch in.
valved not merely an imputation upon his gratitude, but a complete
disregard of every principle of humanity.
The Jury delibcrited on the case fur about half an hour, and
found a verdict of No; Culfra.
The trial was not over until seven in the evening.

CASs.
It appeared in evidence that the plaintiff, who is n respectable
firmer and surveyor, being at Rayleigh, 'wile an eniiiiide place ate
:tie de-laden:a' coach to laitidon, on the leth Anril, 11121. lle got ,
en between Rayleigh and Itoeliford.aboursic in the morning, and
.raced himatit in the dickey. There were several other passengers
the mot. 'she coach pmeeeded in satety until it came to the I
meow of Rayleigh.hill,when dames Palmer. the coachman, and a!,
relation et one of the defendants, began whipping his homes, and
drove them down the hill at a furious rare. tine of the witnesses,
emitter, who saw the transaction limn the stage of iris mill, said it
appeared to him that the horses were going at the prodigious rate
o: between eighteen and twenty mites an hoar. The velocity in-
oessing, the conch sown became unmanageable, ar.d after pro-
reeding a great many
with
on two wheels only, it swayed on one
side, and at last fell with a tremendous ma at the bottom of the
bill. scattering the unfortunate passengem mall directions. tteme.
nil of them were severely hurt, and among others the plaintiff;
who had his shoulder dislocated. He was taken up and carried to
a tutgeon's as soon as possible, but a r.omitletiable time clamed 1
before the diskionion was 'reduced, and in this operation he suffered
the' most eseruciating pain., and was for a month afterwards under
the care of the surgeon, wlnnte bill amounted to lOt. Inc. The
plaintiff, being a man advanced in years, was stated to be still
obeering under the effects of the injury. Besides the dislocation
of his shoulder, he had also sustained very severe bruises and con.
tusions. For thole injuries the present action was brought. It was
sworn positively drat the coachman had sat up all night, and was
Muck when the accident happened s; that he whipped his horses
when he got to the brow of the hill, and, that the lowest rate at
Much the coach was going was between eleven and twelve miles an
hour. A great proportion of the evadence erred on the part of the
plaintiff was toestaalish the joint liability of the defendants, which
became necessary in consequence of their haring neglected to make
the usual entry at Somerset House. Various acts of oweership acne
proved, which it was COldendett were SOO/6ft( to shew a joint
liability.
The defendants, whose names were Oeorge Palmer and Edward
(Malin, were defended separately. 111 r. Sergeant TADDT and
Mr. I'LATT were fur Palmer' and Mr. ('omit and Mr. BYTIIIE-
WOOD for Crackein, and the defence of both was mainly founded
eta the eircumstoice of their having no joint interest in the coach.
Terme this seine evidence was uttered. It was also attempted
to gin se answer to the charge of negligent drivir7. For this
i F rruts
Jones Palmer, the coachman, was called. !le positively denied
that he was drank, although he admitted that he had been spend-
ing the previous evening with some inertia until a late hour, and
sat up the remainder of the night, thinking it useless to go to bed.
Ile was driving the coach down the hill at the rate of eight or ten
miles an tour. and had the perfect command of his horses, when
unfortunately the pole broke, and to this circumstance he attributed
the sixident, which never could have happened but for that event.
Losing all control over the horses, and seeing the accident Mend.
able, he tailwind to draw the coach near the side of We road. that
it might fall in a soft place.
On his cromezarninAtion, he admitted that he had not men.
toned the circur.nstei,ce of the pole breaking at the time of the
accident. 114 sot know that he took notice of it to anybody. Ne-
in attributed the accident to the breaking of the pole until now.
We. Chapman, a brother whip, and driver of Mrs. Nelson's
Seithend each. proved that he was driving his coach in the rear
of the Hero. The latter was going down the hill at the rate of be.
teen eleven and twelve miles an hour, when he observed the coach
trip for a moment In its descent, after which the accident happen.
M. He afterwards observed, that the pole, though made of sound
rraterials, was broken, and thought the accident was owing to that
circumstance.

FRIDAY. AVGEST 6.
181712614AR1 .

John Burrell and flenjuntin Burrell, brothers, were indicted
for burglariously breaking and e•-•cring the dwelling-house of Jane
(lepton, at Dimmow, in the night of the likh play, and stealing ,
therein • rd. Bank note, a metal watch, two crown pieces, and
other articles, her property.
3lr. Klux conducted the prosecution. The proseeutrix is an
'Wetly maiden lady of irdepcneicnt property, residing with her;'
sister at Ihmniow. Between one and two o'clock on the morning
of the 17th 3lay, whilst she anti her sister were asleep, she was
aroused by the crash of her ebanther window breaking in. She
immediately drew the bed-curtain, and saw a man getting in at
I the window. Alarmed by the circumstance, she jump el out of
bed and attempted to run down stairs, when she was followed by
the man, who said, " You need not run away, I ant not going to
hurt you ;" and brought her back. When she returned to the
; room she found that another wan had got in. One of the men
asked for a candle ,• a e.•ndle. wan procured by the other, •
and they produced a light from materials which they had with
them. In the meantime she had got into her bed again, when one
of the men thrusting his hand under the pillow, demanded the keys j
of her drawers, and mired hold of her pockets; but not finding the
keys, he said, `• l'nlests you give us your money, you are a deed ;
woman." She gave him the keys Cf her drawers, and pointed out
the drawer where she kept her money. The men then rifled the I
drawers, and took from them a AL Bank of England note, about
thirty sovereigns, two new crown pieces, which had never been in
circulation, and 60111 C smaller silver. After possessing themselves
of this booty, they quitted the house; and on leaving the room,
one of them said, , • If von make the least alarm, we will return,
and it will be worse for you." Amongst the articles stolen
was a small tin hoe. The prosecutrix swore positively
to the person of the prisoner John Burrell, having had
a full opportunity of noticing his coontennnce. She had
observed a pimple or mole on the lower part of his face,
which enabled her to speak with certainty as to hint--;
With respect to the other prisoner, she was not so positive' but
she believed him to be the other mar. It appeared from the tes-
timony of other witnesses, that the two prisoners, and a third man
(not apprehended) had been seen by several persons at Ihinmow, in '
the afternoon of Sunday the 111th Ala! ; that about three o'clock hi
the afternoon of the 17th the two prisoners were seen together in
the road between Harlow and Ongar ; that at a short distance from
the former place, near the road aide, close to the spat :where they
had been seen, was found a tin-box, which the prosccutrix identi-
fied • that the two prisor.ent end a third man were taken up by the
Saffron Weldon coach, at Harlow, and carried to London the same
afternoon, and that the prisoners
.paid their fare with two new
crown pieces, which had not been in circulation. When the pri-
soners were afterwards apprehended, John had a sovereign in his
pocket. Under these circumstances the question was, whether the
prisoners, both either, were concerned in the robbery.
The prisoners said they were innocent, bur made no defence by
evidence.
Mr. Damn GRAHAM rammed up the ease with great minuteness,
and left the Jury to say whether both or either of the prisoners
were guilty.
The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found both prisoner'
Gaily.
The awful sentence of the law was passed upon them, and it is
expected they will be left for execution.
The prosecutvix recommended them to mercy on account of their
youth, and their abstinence from personal violence towards her.
Thomas IJ.'pd and Jain Brerer were indicted for a burglary
and robbery, on the night of the 2 nth June last, in the house of
William Hunt, a boot and shoemaker, at Layton.
It appeared in tvider.ce„ that the prosecutor, having had his shop
t broken open, and a quantity of property taken therefrom, w) .!•e
, night of the 24th of June, watched for several nights with a friend,
and on the night of the .",Oth the prisoners were oblervsl examining
I the shutters and windows. They were taken into custody on sus-
r picion, and two centre-bits, and several duplicates of the
were found upon *hem ; and it was also proved that the elder pri-
soner had on his person a pair of trowsers which were ideutified by
31r. Hunt. . .

These rem the principal witnesses to negative negligence.
Mr. tivantY, in a powerful reply, urged this as one of the Mit
rousted cases of the kind which had ever come under his notice,
rd he demanded, at the hams of the Jury, exemplary damages,
tint as a compensation to the plaintiff for his dreatittil injuries, and
wend, as the only mode of making coach proprietors, and their
musts. less indifferent to the lives of his Majesty's subjects.
31r. Justice lit-naotrutt summed up the el-ides:cc.
the Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1201.
CROWN s:IDE.
(Br/jre Mr. Baron GIAITAU )
A RSO N.
- - - - •

The prn.oncrs protested their inr.oreace, and said they bought
the duplicates and the trowsers from a man whom, unfortunately,
they were not able to produce.
The Jury found Lloyd Guilty. but Acquitted Brewer.

R"lnrs Sabwm, aged 15,;;;Indicted f r mr.licinusly setting
Ls to ?Ars, at Great liardfiald, on dsa 45th March last, belong-

tiers Thomas Smith.
prosecutor was a farmer, and the prisoner was a labouring
lid in his neglihourhood. In the afternoon of the day meniior.ed
is the indictment, it was discovered that a 133111, in the occupation
of the prokeetur, was in lames, and in a short time the premises
were consumed, producing considerable injuty to the prosecutor.
A young man named Andrews, who had been the last person seen
near the premises when the fire was discovered, was apptehended
01n:spoon. When taken before the Magistrate ha stated eircum-
o.ances troplicating the prisoner, to the elfoct that the latter had
been seen by hint, in the afternoon of the day aboreauentioned, to
put some lighted paper or tinder into a rat-hole under the barn.
Upon this information the prisoner was ayprehended,and Mr. Bro.
derieb, who conducted the case fur the prosecution, in his opening
reforest told the Jury, that they ought to receive this testimony
of Andrews with considerable caution, inasmuch as he had since
varied in his story, sod had not adhered to his original statement.
Andrews, who was a servant to the prosecutor, was called to
peeve the case, and he stated circumstances apparently sufficient to
intent the indictment, when the Crier of the Court, who had
sworn him to give evidence before the Grand Jury, interposed. and
reformed the Learned Judge that the witness, on that occasion,
Ina declared that he had nothing to say respecting the prosecution,
stailthat he was unwilling to be sworn on the subject.
lb. baron GOSHAIe, upon this suggestion, interpoled, and es.
Pros'. his Opinion, that It would be unsafe to proceed upon the
tot: oiy of the only material witness. but whose evidence was
sake:: to such suspicion. His Lordship therefore recommended
the Jars to acquit the prisoner.
The Jury immediately, under his Lordship's direction, found
to piseocr Xvt
Aadrews, the ri.oess, was ordered to be detained.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Jets &Wien, a man of respectabk appearance. by treat a
alley, au indicted for avaulting John Ilasumentl on the Kings'
lighwav, at Widford, on the 23e1 of March, 1823, putting him in
Iva, and forcibly taking from his parson cootiey to the amount of
r3r fifty pound., in cash and "ccuritine.
This case excited considerable interest, and was one of the mod'
pratinent in point of enormity in the calendar.
Hr. IiNOI and 311% BRODERICK conducted the prosecution,
rd Sir. Jessore and Mr. Miennuose the defence.
The prosecutor is wealthy butcher
i living in the ck-street,
1*•-asferd. On the day mentiomel n the indictmentßa, be hail
hem to Remitted market in the way of his trade, and in the
riming ha was returning to his home in a chaise cart, when be
mew up with the prisoner on the read, who requested to ride.
The prosecutor asked him wirate he was going, and he told him
It oat going to Chelmsford, u; on which he desired him to
tarp into the tart. On the way to Chelmsford, the prosecutor
lez'oeil It severs! übllce !worm, at each of which he drank
t'+z.z. and cot considerably intoxicated. but there was nothing
Lev the mallet of the prianner which indicated a disposition
V:ltiat to his person or property. When, however, the prose.
.ted at a place called Widford, about a mile from
smiekl:?"t• dtt prisoner, wording to the statement of the former.
-lb a Lam% blow on the back of the neck, and knocked
hit °;;: ,°I tin cart upon the road. The fall. though it deprived
G.,tu hewer of speech, did not render him insensible; be
t.,1:e7.:°: ?he prisoner a hilst he lay immoveable, proceeded to
' Petkets, and robbed li'm of the property mentioned in the
4trt It appeared that after the prisonir had effected his
Mx*, he sent to a neighbruring publ,c.hottse. and roused the
500ttei...... with an Vann that a dreadful o
ccident had happened t°
etho Idy on the road insensible; and evinced a feel.
h!",aisity on behalf of die prosecutor. The land.
`,use, and the ostler, proceeded to the spot,
• in a ut...te of insensibility with his pockets
was taten up and carried to a surgeon,
he had unstained very considerable in.
!which lie had not yct recovered. During
exhibited the greatest interest for the
took op hi. a'nole at the public.house
noinhed to rail at the prosecutor's resid.
quire after his health; but About 4 o'clocit
?scrod-31 itatidestinely from the house, and
nil very recently. It appeared that when
hi. ceases he lodged a complaint before
to ehargh.g hint distinctly wish
the in question, under the tireum.
The protecutor now soon positively that
him ; And although he ttlinitted that he
of h;4:oor at the thin', he entertained no
identify, and of the violenco and robbery

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.

LINCOLN ASSIZES, WroNtsDAy, .IvarsT 4.

Wednesday, lames IVetheritt.aged 21,2 clthuncy.aweeper, stood
indicted for the wilful murder of it'm. Berridge, of Brigg, In that
county, millwright on the night of the 22d of July last.
The prisoner, upon being called upon to plead, pleaded Guilty,
and persisted in this plea so long, that it was with difficulty he was
prevailed upon to put himself on his trial.
Mr. DALOUY conducted the prosecution.
After some circumstantial evidence bad been gone into, similar
to that given in our last week's paper, a Air. W. Nicholson swore
that the prisoner had made the ro!lowing confession to him t—" On
the evening of the murder I parted with a man of the rame of
Eyre. As soon as he was out of sight, I loaded the pistol, took my
station in the foot-path, and saw a woman coming. 1 heard a
waggon coming, and concealed myself In hind a I:cdge. The de-
ceased then came up. 1 let him pass without moles:nig him ; but
I ran after and shot him In the back of the head."

The Jury found the prisoner 6milry,;Lillew as ordered for ex:".
lion on Friday.
The prisoner seemed not to be affected by the sentence : the re.
tnorse and inward horror which he suffered throughout his trial,
seemed to be too deep and intense to be capable of addition, and he
turned almost mechanically to go back to his cell in the gaol. An
abstracted lock, and an almost constant tremulous motion of the
lips, indicated that the unhappy man was already seeking inter-
course with another world. A more high-wrought picture of hu-
man misery has never, we think, been seen.

GRIM. CON.
awn( V. THEIRES. S. S. IstYLASD.

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This was an action of Critu. Con. against the defendant, who
pleaded, first, the general issue; and secondly, the two statutes of
limitation, which respectively require that the action should be
brought within e.k her six or tour yea:salter the COMM/111400 of the
offence.

111 r. PIIILLI"S opened the pleadings, and Mr. DExstax stated I
the case to the Jury.
Richard Oxlani, Esq. knew Mr. and Mrs. John in Cornwall ;
lied witnessed their marriage on the 23d of January, 1810; he wu ;
then High Sheriff of the County; Mr. John was his Under.
Sheriff; the Lady's father was Steward to the Duke of heeds.
Lrorexamined by Mr. Sergeant VAI:GMAX.—The parties sena. '
rated three months after marriage, in conseeptence of Mrs. John
presenting her husband with a child, to which he thought he could I
conscientiously lay no claim. Ile never lived with her after this
exposure,: the marriage tank place in January, 1810, end the lady I ;
was confined iu the succeeding March.
Mrs. Margaret Smith, examined by Mr. READER—The wit. I I
ness lived at Hainsboroogh ; her maiden name was timely ; she I I
accompanied ]lra. John from Cornwall, when she came to reside
with Mr. Palmer, at Resibuni. in Lincolnshire; they lived with
Mr. Public/ four years; the witness then married, and settled.
iu Kirton, Lincolnshire. 3lrs. John came to live with me in
September, 11113. Mr. Wryland, the clergyman at Redburn, had
visited Mrs. John at Mr. Painter's. His visits were very frequent
to .lira. Julia at my house. !le always came on Wednesday and I
Saturday, and generally remained about half an hour, sometimes he I
remained nearly two hours; they were generally in the sitting.
room. A servant, named Ann Smith, always answered the bell.
I Mr. Weyiand sometimes visited the lady in the bed-room;
but tLis was only when she was too ill to get up, and then the der. I
gyman did not stay above a quarter or half an hoar. They were
in general alone. One day witness went unexpectedly into the
bed-room. Mrs. John was very ill. Saw Mr. Weyland turning
himself round by the bed. es if to sit down. Imagined he had
been praying; ins dress was disordered, and his coat was half off
his shoulders; if was moth his usual way of wearing his coat. 1
• spoke to Mrs. Palmer about It; but I did not cry out " shame !"
las I entered or left the room; Mrs. Palmer said, she thought the
clergyman cas criminal with the lady • I was not of that opinion.
IThe Rev. Mr. Wryland was martied;and be continued his visits
to 31rs. John atter his marriage, but I never knew hint to go into
the bed-room but when the lady said she was ill. She left Inv
house in 1818. She did not bring her child into Lincolnshire with
her ; Mr. John had left the care of her to her father's arrangement. /
She always appeared broken.hearted and she had requested thesis I
/dirties of a clergyman in her devotions, upon which Mr. Painter /
introduced to her 11r. 'Weyland, the defendant. She had an üb.
jection to go to church,
i and the defer.dart used to read psalms,
And religious tracts to her; gave ; and oceasionallf her the sacra.
ment. le Ras always alone with her, when he was reading the
religious tracts.
31rs. Ann Palmer was the widow of the Rev. Mr. Palmer,
alluded to by the preceding witness ; she introduced the defendant
to Mrs. John ; iu 1815 or 1810, 31argaret Smith pointed out to me
the impropriety of the defendant attending Mrs. John in her beds
MOM f• she told defendant if it ; he admitted the impropriety of
it, and promised that it should not be repeated.
3latlitas Ilinnes proved the Inutd.wnting of the following letter,
which was put in in evidence:
" MY DI:Au Sta.—l have to thank you for your delicacy in
cote:ding to 3lr. Ilachlessley the execution of a painful duty (the
.ervk, writ in this action). It is in vain for me to say, that I
wish every part of my intercourse with Mrs. John was known to
the whole world. I have been the victim of misapprehension, but
. I fear I cannot help nivielf. Spare on., if Possible. the pain of a
trial at l.incoln, r 1 vri,h to have the business concluded as Lou.
don. The damages. of course, with a woman so infamous, will
be only no/nivel. State Ong expliyitly. in order to satisfy my!
;rind. I cannot but think it hard to be singled out as Mr. John a

defenei, solmuly declared fiia innocence,
ttv.perrreq,,riT had taken him into his chaise-
idol% et he had net ilirecly or indirectly.
rdq him ; stdl less had he deprived him of
loim A. a proof of his innocence,
aanity csinced by hint when the prosecutor,
I.au: fallen cut of his cart, and had cape-
iriwy. The et rc.e% of his departure
tc.floime way. that seeing the presvcidor in
he though; further atte- tinr on his part on-
', the person t:^eribed he the prose-
Jury whether he would have shown that
wt Itare of the iir,,trutor It:tire& it was a -
bevi teunifestrd by him on the occasion in

'ere eallcd fur the prtsnner. whose testimony
Wins— fest, tt: :hat the prose:Myr, on

victim, when Smith was often heardao declare, that Mr. George. he wanted. Charles said he was gone to Portsmohth. Smith then
Foster wra discovered in bed with Mrs. John, at nine o'clock in went to William Vinson, and after looking at him, said he did not
the morning. I want him either. fin the 17th they returned to They
" To Mr. Buxton. Attorney." knocked at the door, and old Vinson put his head out of the win-
The witness Smith woo called to prove that she never had dow. Tozer asked hits, jokingly, if he had not spent his box of
stated what was asserted in the letter respecting Mr. Foster. money, but the supervisor, who was with Tozer, rebuked him for
This ended the Plaintiff.* case. his conduct. Witness remembered Smith corning to a boy named
111 r. Sergeant Vise OttA N contended, that the evidence did not Chase, lifting up his hat, and asking him if his name was Vinson.
afford a shadow of a foundation for the case stated by the plaintiff's Chase said " no," and Smith said. then you are not the man."
Counsel, and that the action was Drought merely in facilitate the Thorium Chase remembered lifting up his hat, and say-
proceedings of the plaintiff in his ef•iirts to obtain a divorce. ing that he was there. Witness said, he was not there. There
The J DDZ commented at considerable length upon the insuf- were two carts in the yard, neither of which Smith said was the one
ficiency of the evidence to support the plaintiff's aize; and the he had seen on the road.
Jury immediately returned a verdict for the defendant upon the' William Mitchell, a master carpenter in Portsmouth Hock-yard,
general issue. stated, that Thomas Vinson came to his house on the 14th February
at eight at night, and slid not leave it till nine the next niorning.
He knew it was the 14th February, because they joked about Valet:-
tine's-Jay.
Cross-examined by Sergeant WILT/E.—They joked about I's-
lentine's-tlay. and the girls seeding Valentines.
A labourer in the dockyard at Povisnimith also proved that he
was at the last witness's house on the 14th of February, and saw
Thomas Vinson there from eight till twelve.
Charles Vinson, father to the defendant, confirmed what had
been said respecting Tozer and Smith on the 15th and 17th Feb.
His son IVil:iatn was apprenticed to a pastry-cook in Chichester,
and had been ill at home some time before the 14th February. lie
was then so weak as to be obliged to go to bed at hall-past six
o'clock. The other went to bed at ten with the rest of the family.
He slept with ICillism, and their bed was by the side of the wit.
news. They could not have got up in the night without his know.
Mg it.
The wife and daughter of the last witness confirmed his eri-

WESTERN CIRCUIT.

WINCHESTER ASSIZES. fiwasixtr, AvbasT s.

CRIMINAL. COURT.
SHEEP STEAUNO.

Tr. Woodhatch Rai charged with Wesling a wether ahem the
property of Arthur Budd, on the 3d May, in the parish of eon-
stoke.

J. IV ioscll. Budd's shepherd, stated, that a sheep was ndssing!
in his mister's flock tin the 4th May, and he afterwards saw the
skin, head, and a iece of the liver. hung on a tree near the farm.
The prosecutor's son deposed, that he partied on the business of
a butcher. lie went with the last witness to the spot where the
skin was hung, and afterwards went to the prisoner's house, where
he found a quantity of mutton, not cut as a butcher would cut it.
It was in the prisoner's bed.rrionr.
(ioulburn. a constable. saw 13 pieces of fresh mutton, sprinkled
with 'eh, in the prisoner's bed-room. He put the neck to the head
which was given him by Mill. and they exactly fitted. He also
found a shirt (in a sack) marked with blond under the bed. He
took the prisoner into custody at Weybill Farm. Upon telling him
something had been seen in his house, he said, " I did not steal
31r. Burial's sheep ; 1 found it, and I will shew you the place
where." The prisoner pointed out a place where there were no
sheep marks. The next day his wife came to him, and asked him
if lie had told any thing? He said "No." His wife said that
was right, and if he kept his awn counsel nu one could hurt him.
The Jury found the prisoner Gai:ry.
Marrs Anthony was indicted for stealing two sheep. the property
of W. Lane, in the parish of Little Sombome. The prosecutor
stated, that lie tnissed three sheep from his flock in the latter end of
the wear 11122, and that he afterwards saw one of the skins.
11% Newman found four sheep skins in a well near the prisoner's
house.

James Andrews (an accomplice) said, that he knew the prisoner, I
and saw him in a house where he lodged, at the cod of 1822; but
he denied ever going out with him sheep-stealing. When the man
in whose house he had lodged was tried, he (.\ndrews) appeared
against him, but he did not recollect whether lie then said that the
prisoner and Shepperd were together. If he had so said, lie sup-'I
posed it would have been swearing falsely.
Louisa Shepperd (a woman of colour) was the wife of the man
who had been transported for sheep-stealing, in the beginning of
' the year 1823. Prisoner lived next door, ard there was a commu-
nication between the houses. She remembered Anthony calling on
I a rainy night. Shepperd asked him where he was going ? he said,
to get a bit of meat. Andrew., who was p-esent. raid it rained too
hard; but Anthony said he would go if it rained pigs and dogs.
They all went out at seven o'clock, and a!mtlt eight the prisoner
returned with a sheep on his shoulder. The prisoner stripped the
sheep, and Sltepperd held a basin to catch the blood. She saw a
red spot on the sheep, but nothing was said as to the person it be-
longed to.
The Counsel for the prosecution not being able to carry this case
further without the aid of the accomplice,
The Jury, under lily Lordship's directions, Acquitted the pri-
x caner.

AoAony was again tried upon ann!her indictment, for !gelding
tso sheep, the property of H. Bailey, in the parish of king
rionibome.

WII.I.IAms said that was his case.
31r. ADAM then observed, that under all the circumstances of
this case he should not press for a verdict ; and he wished it di--
tinctly to be understood, that neither himself nor his Learned
Friends, when representing the King's Attorney-General, ever
wished to gain a verdict. In the exercise of their duty they were
always better satisfied when they could, as in this case, give up a
verdict.

The Lonn CHIEF Jr ST lc r. said that the Learned Counsel had
conducted himself precisely as might be expected from him. This
was a case of so much doubt, that looking at the whols of it, it
certahly was most prudent to adopt the course pointed out by the
Learned Counsel.
The defendants were accordingly acquitted.
ASSAULT ON A COUNSEL.
This afternoon, as 31r. C. F. Williams, the Counsel, was re-
turning from Court, in company with a friend, he was suddenly
attacked by a person who, it seems, had been laying in wait for
him, and sho struck him a violent blow with his list on the side of
his face. Two of his brother counsel, who were near at the me-
t merit, seised the perpretrator of the outrage, and some of the per_
sons near would have inflicted atimmary punishment on the un-
manly and cowardly fellow ; hot 31r. assured them that
be was deranged, and begged that he might only be seemed. !tome
gentleman, however, urged the necessity of an application to tonne
Magistrate, that he might be restrained from attempting any fur-
ther violence upon the Ferson of Mr. Williams.
It appears that six or seven years since, Mr. Williams azted in
the capacity of Counsel for the person who has in this instance
attacked him; and on that occasion, Mr. using
his own ideas of his client's case. declined to call some witnesses,'
on whose testimony he (Mr. Williams) could not rely. After a
I lapse of seven years the present attack has been cowardly made
upon him, without the slightest notice.
The man, whose name is Iturridge, was committed to prison till
I he gave bail to answer for the outrage.

In this case Louisa Shepperd's testin.onv was confirmed Le that
of die constable who brought the prisoner from Taunton gaol. In
converging with him about the sheep he said, that he should not
have done it if it bad not been for the black woman and her hus-
band, who told him what they hml done at St. Helena.
The prisoner wished Jan:es Andrews to be examined as his
I witness.

Andrews was called, and said, that he had often heard Louisa
Sheitperd declare, that she would do for Moses Anthony or his
wife. There was a hole in the wall between I ley pert! and
Anthony's hotises, which was railed up during the day, but open
at night, for the purpose of sheep stealing.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
His Lordship ordered Andrews to be detained nntil the Grar.tl
Jury should have decided upon the hill, which the Counsel for the
prosecution had intimated their intention of preferring against him.
In answer to a question from the Foreman of the Grand Jury—
The Learned Judge said, that although there could be no doubt
of the privilege of a Magistrate to admit an accomplice as a wit-
nes:4 for the Crown, and that such accomplice was entitled to an
exemption from punishment if he made a full disclosure of all he
knew, yet if he LAW to fulfil the condition on which alone mercy
was extended to him, he was remitted to exactly the same situa-
tion in which he stood before his admission as ling's evidence. His
Lordship cited the case of Hunt at the trials at Hertford and also
a ease that had taken place before himself at Leicester, in illustration
of the practice. The prisolier had been admitted King's evidence,
but he denied every thing in Court that he had deposed to before
the Grand Jury. He directed this man to be detained—he was after-
wards tried and convicted on his own confession. That conviction
was affirmed by the twelve Judges, and he would have been ex-
ecuted had it not been for his (Heron fiarrow's) interposition.
Richard .Ifissiughdm was indicted for stealing two sheep, the
property of Mary Lewis, of l.adshot, on the Yid of April, and
Mary 2lfiuinghata was indicted for receiving the same, knowing
them to have been stolen,

The sheep were clearly traced to the prisoners, who were both
found Guilty.
CIVIL. SIDE.
wiannoca 7.. SLIGHT.

This was an action to recover the price of a piano-forte. de:ivcred
to the defendant, deducting :01. admitted by the plaintiff to have
been received by him. The plaintiff is a musical instrument maker
at Portsmouth, and the defendant had formerly been a chemist in
that town. The delivery of the piano was admitted, but the de-
fendant's witnesses proved that the plaintiff being in want of 504
',lr. Slight had lent hint that sum, and had received the instrument
in !ledge for it. It was also proved that the plaintiff had requested
the detendant to say, that he had either purchased the piano or that
he had it on trial, lest it should injure his credit if it was known
that he had borrowed 50/. of the defendant. The plaintiff' gave •
promissory note to Mr. Slight for the 501. payable six weeks after
date.—Verdict fur the defendant.

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