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thst the .ury *ere ofOld Llie P moue
ball tfeen 4:eisetiosei foessrly subject to ternp.r*y
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monad derangement; but there was no eesdeirre
of his IminWinsone at the time the act nil
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asitted:
• The Cuter Justice informed the Jury, that it
was a fact foe them to deterutitor, whether or not
shy Prisoner was insane at the time of the set being
immenitted ; and if they And that he was of ',mud
mind at the time he committed the act, they must
then pronounce hint guilty.
It was stated on the pert of the Jury-, that if com•
pelted again to retire, they could bring no other but
so issocooditional verdict of guilty, since they
theisilst it a deliberate act on the inlet of the Pri-
soner, and there was no evidence of his being incur
at the time it war committed.
The Cuter Juries recommended the Jury to
make op their mind-.
In consequence of which recommendation the
Jury again retired, and having returned after being
absent about two or three minutes, the Foreman
pronounced a verdict of Guilty.
Sir FEANCIS M.NAGHTEN said, " You do toot
' withdraw your recommendation to mercy ?"
One of the Jurymen answered, on the part of the
Jury, '4 No, my Lord."
After the verdict being recorded, and some con-
versation between the Judaea on the Bench—
It was stated, on the part of the Jury, that on ac-
count of the Prisoner " being very respectably con-
nected," they regretted that the evidence brought
before them compelled them to pronounce the ver-
dict they had given, and they strongly recommend-
ed Isis to mercy.
Mr. Ferguson then took up the indictment, and
pointed out to the Court, that after the words
George IV. there was an omission ; so that there
was Dotting; to determine who George IV. was, that
therefore there was no indictment.
The Cum? JUSTICE said, that Mr. Fergana°
might state the objection en a future occie.ion.
The Court their adjourned.—(Caksitio Joarisol.f

TI.IIL'S TELASCOPE FOR 1824..
JANUARY.
' Mercury will be in conjunction with Georgians
Sidus on the 4th, when the former planet will be
44 win. south of the latter. Mercury will also be
its.his superior conjunction at IS min. past 7 its the
evening of the 22d. The Moon will be in con-
junction with io Taurus, at 17 min. past 7
in the evening of the Sth; with a in Leo at 44 min.
past 2 its the afternoon of the 10th ; with es is
Scorpio at 34 sin, after 7 in the evening of she
lath ; with Mercury at 1 min. after 6 in the morn-
ing of the 23d ; and with Venus at 9 min. past 4 its
the afternoon or the 26th. Mars will be stationary
on the 10th. Saturn will be its quadratur4, at
45 miss. past 9 in the evening of the same slaty ;
and Jupiter will also be its quadratura at 13 min.
after 6 in the morisinK of the 12th.
THE NATURALIST'S DIARY FOR J A NUARY, 11121.
0 sire of storms! whose savage ear
The Luplassl drum delights to hear,
When Frenzy, with herb......1.e150t eye,
Implores thy dreadful deity—
Arcliaapd pewit of desolation,
Fast slisreading as thou art,
Say, heal mortal low/nation
Spells S. Mach tby stony heart!
TIM sullen Winter, beer my prayer,
An 4 gemly rat the rained yews
Nee shell the wanderer's homes bare,
Nor frees, the werteh's falling ter;
To ableriug Weal's ummastled bed
Thy herme.breathing aloes Cease to INA
And wifely*, the sepias head
Of Innocence amend ! lt:
Bat chiefly spare, 0 king or time, "
, N., . The sailor in his airy sbrowde—
Po L., Ries wrecks sad beacons strew she steep,
And spectres walk along the deep.—essirsau..

The meet intense cold is usually experiemia a@
thisannoth ;—of late years J.inuary has poises
saiblesieipt et, but is eeklots free from high
and mem* There are, however. exceptions ; the
winter of 1819-20 was very early in its commence-
ment rigorous in its season, sod severe in its termi-
nation. imch as foe several years has net visited.our
region of the earth ; deep snows, n.lis4 Ala.
linuotion. destroyed • portion of
at the same time, a considerable nuniAiin dfit
itrairllest besets of prey, as the martisnintlefirmir••
(See our last volume, p. 24.) tfi
Of the uses of snow, sod of the ..11waisdki.,ep•
peonies:, of frost. we have repeatedly sprier ie
oar preceding volumes; we may now add. that the
elfect which is sometimes produced by frost on the
walls of as outhouse is the garden is very ceeisus,
being entirely covered with small crystals, which,
on introducing a candle at night, glitter as if set
wadi jewel.. The following singular uppeavance of
snow is recorded its the Edinburgh Philosophical
Jammu, (vol. v. p. 396). In Jessurry, 1809, the
Rev. U. A. Clark observed in Morris Town, New
Jersey, • regular formation of cylinders of sum.
When • deep snow was upon the ground. • shower
of rails fell. sail. its consequence of a sudden cold,
the rain was congealed on the *Lidice of the now,
sod formed upon it is cake of ice. Another shower
of snow fell to the depth of three-fourths of an
inch, and, the sky lisvtog suddenly cleared, the
cold became very intense, and the wind blew u
gale. Nature now began to spurt with her fancy
Irim-work. Particle* of the snow moved upon
the icy crust from 19 to 20 inches, and then be-
gan to roll. waking a track upon the ice. The
balls enlarged according to circumstances. stud,
aided by the declivity of the ground, the rolls were
of the size of a barrel, and some even larger. Thus
she whole creation, as far as the eye could see, was
covered with snowballs. differing in size from that
of a lady's muff to • diameter of 21 or 3 feet hollow
at tech end to almost the very centre, and all as
true us so mossy logs of wood shaped iu a lathe.
in January the numerous tribes of birds quit
their retreats in search of fond. The red-breast
Isylria 'sheen/al begin* to sing ; larks (alma&
arrensis) congregate, and fly to the warm stubble
lor shelter ; sod the nut-hatch (sills earopea)
is heind. ' The shell-less snail or sing (lissaz)
wakes its appearance, and commences its depre-
dations on garden plait's and green wheat. The
some! thrush (surdas viseisorus) begins its song.
This bird mop between the flying showers, ad
coutinees its note till the beginutug of August.
The hedge-sparrow (visits nsodalaris) and the
thrush (surdas ninsieus) now begin to sing. The
wren, also, " pipes her pei runlet lay." crew sum%