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THE NEW OPPOSITION.

The New Opposition appear to have ori7inally
formed their mode of debate upon the Socratic me-
thod of disputation. This mode, consists, acent.l-
- to the Logicians, in putting questions to your
adversary, and, from his answers, assured as pre-
mises, drawing the conclusion —Exenerti Groi,
Q. Have you. very thing that you never list?
A. Yes. 4 .
Q. Did yotLevar lose horns ?
- .

A. No:
Ergo—You have horns.
In this way. the husband of the most virtnnes
woman in the country might be proved a cuckold,
to the entire satisfaJtion of every Logician. This
mode of disputation gave Socrates a great ad- ;
vantage over his ac/versary ;-.4iis premises could .
not be denied, being previoasly granted by his
opponent ; and. therefore, if the conclesion were
legitimately deduced, in proper form, there
was nn farther room for argument. The New
Opposition, however, have an advantage in this
mode of ratiocination, of which Socrates dia
not stand in need, and consequently, it afforded n. 6
temptation to him to have reChltil Se to it. It serves
to supply with ideas, a min who has none of his
own ; and affords sonterhii.g to say, to gentlemen
who must otherwise sit silent. In this course, how-
ever, a danger arises from the natural pro?lnsity of 1
some people to indulge in idle curiosity, and the
great difficulty which milers eap-rience to avoid
impertinent questions. Sot the great objeaion. to
it, as we have proved, by the above syllogism. con-
sists in this, that it is a f sllacious mode of disputa-
tion. As such, then, I would advise the Nrw Op-
position to avoid it. and endeavour by studs. and re-
&Sion, to acquire a knowledge of the suS;est opts
which they mean to sneak. If a man ic low the
way to the Parliament House, he need not inquire ;
and interrogatories alwaye prove the iinorance of
the man wMo uses them.
AK OLD I.4olClial.

DUBLIN, APRIL 12.
The Duchess of BEUioarei first drawing-mint,
last night, wa► most numerously and brilliantly at-
tended. flat announced for Tuesday, it is cit.
peSed, will, if possible, be more crowded ; and
all out Aferrhandt Du Moder, are at work for Thurs-
day, when Patt ick's Da• will be celebrated by a
grand ball and supper. The Duchess is perfeSly
recovered
Yesterday, his Excellency the Duke of BLEI.
roan. attended by the Commander in Chief, and a
otimber of Staff Officers, reviewed that part of the
German Legion lately arrived in this city.
His Excellency will give audience at the Castle
every Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and
two.
A numerous and respeßable meeting of the Rei-
man Catholic Noblemen, Country Gentlemen, and
Citizens of Dublin, was held this day t Lord Viscount
GORMANSTOWN. in the Chair, and the following
Resolutions, moved by Lord Viscount Sourrwst.E.
and seconded by Sir EDWARD lICLLEW, Bart. were
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That an Address be presented to his
Grace the Duke of Ilsoroao, to emogratulaq•tis
Grace on his appointni trit to the Government of this
part of the U.:nest Kingdom.
Rewired. That our Chairman be requested to
communicate the above Resolution to the Roman
Catholic inhabitants of the several counties, cities,
and towns in Ireland, and to request their approsaa-
tion and concurrence.
The meeting was then adjourned to Monday the
2lsr. inst.
I understand that besides the Addrne from the
Catholic Committee of Dublin to his Grate tl.e
Duke of Baoro on, another will be presented, within
a few days, by the NoMemen, and otherresp,'Sabie
Catholic iodividoals of this city and the king.trn at
large, to Which a very general concurrence of the
body is expelled.

Maaday night last, at eleven o'clock, het Royal
Highness the Princess of Waits, passed throurhs
Exctet, nn her road us Dawlist% wnere, we he v, her
Royal Highness means to pass six weeks. We un-
derstand. that in consequence of an accident which
happened to the carriage, after it left that city, Her
Royal I liqihness did nut reach the end of h:-
journey till two o'clock in the morning, which, how.
ever, was not so late, but all the inhabitants astern.
bled to testify their loyalty and attachment to their
Royal Visitor; the houses were illurnitosted, and re-
peated huzzas expressed the general joy of the popu-
' lace on her arrival.
The Dean and Canons of Witanson have appoint-
ad Mr. W. SALMON, lay clerk of St George's Cha-
pel„ Windsor, in the room of Mr. VA UGH AN, re-
signed.
Oa Wednesday ev ring were married, by `Neal
licence, by the Bishop of Coax, at the hour. of the
Archbishop of TUA sc. Tirostas Hoes, Esq. of Du-
chess-street, to M ss Louis♦ ULM' ORD, )011a.;CSt
dastAter of his Grace.
'f he Marquis of Hrnrt.v, we trust., will be specs-
illy restored to full healtn, after s iffering six years
sad a half from a wound which he received in
Holland.—A hard tumour Is id seated itself about
four inches below the cicatrice of the apparently
healed wound, its his Lordship's shoulder Phis
tumour had. for some months past, continued gra-
dually to increase in size, and on Tuesday last, it
'hewed a high stale of inflammation, accompanied
with a considerable degree of fever: formation of
matter immediately succeeded the application of
poultices, and on the I Irh. about noon, a distind
hard substance was n only felt, but protuherated,
so as to be evidently perceived by the eye ; when,
on a simple incision being made through the com-
mon integuments. a very large portion of a ball was
dischaired, along with the matter contained its the
tumour.
On the night of Wednesda♦ se'nnight, as Mo-
aoion O'Bit 11N. of Ballycorick. Esq. accompanied
by his ten, CHRIST4PHSA, were returning home
from Ennis, county of Clare, they were fired at
near Crair,brien, by home nefarious villain. by which
several slugs were L iged in the neck and shoulders
of the latter gentlemass. Atter having got ifito a
house adjacent, surgical aid was ptucurei with all
possible dispatch, but we are concczned to Jesus that
Mr. 011 assn lies danzetou:/y

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OLD BAILAr SESSIONS.—A!Ait 13. '
. .
Heg4 Mack, a serjeant belengink to the 1111elt
Regiment of Foot, was capitally indicted', Withal
murder of Timothy Kirby. on the a fah March luta 1
The Prisoner, along with an 'Officer, Cot porakh
and 20 men of the same regimens; took charge otel
16 deserters at Ilchestrr, to escoite them to Loialon,
'Wang whom was the deceased. from the evidence
of Thomas Lee and John Cooke, twit of the desert-
ers, it appeared that they had been brought from
Ireland, by Chester, and haring marched from ll-
chester to Northampton, they there halted, and
while the officer sought tho• Gaoler, the men grum-
bled at not getting their allowances ; the Prisoner
I &noted them fur a pack of Ireh rebels, saying
they should be all put to death, and swore he would
have the deceased's life, calling hirer a deserter ;
the latter retorted the charge against him. The
next day they reached Newport Pagnel ; on Shur-
day they marched to St.•Alle, n's ; and on &m-
-il IV arrived at Barnet. In going through the
(-talk Hills, near Dunstable, the Prisoner and
Cot d ceased had some more high and abusive
ii 'ie -d.. mutually accusing each other of desertion.
a 'l'. an• ironer drew back, held up his halbert, and
swore he would run the deceased through ; the Cor-
fL.p toil laid hold of him to prevent him, and he was
Merl ordered by the officer into the front. The
sizwee deo:oars were handcuffed two and two, and
were marched the whole way in that order, with a
Inpe tied to the two in front, which passed along
the line to the rear, so that they were all, it may be
said, tied to each other, the scildiers, with fixed bay-
onets, marching at each side. They had had no re.
.fteshment from the midday of Saturday, till the
same hour on Sunday. When they -Carrie to Bar-
net, all halted opposite the Red Lion public-house,
and the officer asked who halted them? when they
answered, that he had premised to halt them there
for that day ; he, however, commanded them to
go on, and be should stop at the man public-house
I on the roar ; but finding he did not do so, they
halted again, e ithout orders ; the officer again de.
sired they should go on till they cam.. to Highgate,
l but the deceased and three others, declared they were
unable to proceed without some refreshment. At that
moment the Prisoner canoe up,and the witnesses heard
high word: pass between him and the deceased, and
the lie an 1 liar were rec-ived and retorted ; when
the Prisoner, who had hefore carried his halbert on
his right shoulder, raised it in both his hand., and
struck the siecrased a violent blow en the head with
the groove, of it ; he rnade several attempts to take
is out of the sold, betore he could force it away,
carrying with it the hat, which he had cut through.
The deceased called OM, that he was killed; begged
t his hand.eria's might be taken off, and his wife and
child. elle were behind, seat tor. After a iioacon
hatseea him, arid dressed the wound, he .v-.s con-
s•yed to town in a cart, a” ' left at the N . • ~• raison,
where he lauguished rili the following 1 hursday
morning. and then di, d.
The testininny of these witnesses, so far as it re-
lated .. -he transa'ions at Barnet, were corrobo-
rated by trig evidence of 'Thomas Webb, an inha-
bitant, and Walter Smith, the headborough of that
phew ; the former in sleseribing the manner in
which the flow was given, said it was done its the
same way a butcher would fell an oz.
Hobert Satredere, a post boy, who drove the
cart with the deceased into London, said, that ha
I ,y quite insensible, with his head in his wife's lap.
the whole way, while she endeavoured to manage
the child at the same time.
Mr. %Vallee Morrison, a Surgeon, of Barnet.
proved the natere of the wound; the blow had pe.
netreted the scull about an inch, and entered the
brain, part of which was exuding from the wound,
which he thought very dangerous, and told the 01-
11-er en.
Mr. Henry Worthlc.s, Surgeon, of the Savoy,
- stated, that the deceased appeared very well on
the following Tuesday and Wednesday morning,
but grew worse towards night, and died on Thurs-
day morning ; he opened the head and examined it,
i and had no doubt hut the deceased had died in
con:aquence of the weend.
Peggy Kirby, alias Moor, the unhappy widow
of the deceased, proved his death.
• The prisoner being called upon for his defetree,
•stated. that when • he took charge of the deceased
and the other deserters, he was informed that they
ware a dangerous set of men, and had endeavoured
to break out of Seaffora Gaol, and this made
him the more cautious The deceased, and one
Cook-, were very refraelory the whole march, and
when they gat to Barnet, the deceased polled
the rope, made the rest stop, and used very
aa....-, language to the Prisoner, and ran near
I .1. )Ards out of his ranks to strike him ; upon
..• ..a Ire rote his halbert, merely intending to give
him a blow with the wooden part of it, but the de-
ceased drew back, by which the steel part tell on his
. head, arid mode the wound.
Thomis Wilson and Charles Gilbert, two of the
- solders who emoted the deserters along with the
Friomsee into town, in part corroborated this defence,
as to the rafraftory conduet of the deceased, and

the mannrr in which the blow was given. They
wire on their march hack to Litchfield, when the
. prisoner was rd by a Bow-street officer.
Lieut. William Wiltshire, who commanded the
escort, deposed rr.uch to the same effea, but did not
I say that he saw the deceased attempt a blow at the
Prisoner, before the latter struck him with the hal.
hen. Ile had received the Pris.mer as a volunteer
from the Lancaster Militia, and, from the good
character given of him, be was soon after appointed
serjeant. He had been at the Isle of Wight, and
got leave of absence, but was taken up, a-suspicion
; having arisen that his pass was a forgery, This
I gave rise to the report of his being a deserter.
? Lord Et.tensisaousam, in summing up the evi-
dence observed, that the question was, whether the
act was innocent or justifiable, and lilt was clitible
of explanation, so as to reduce the malignity ? It
was neutral to use all necessary means to pre-
serve due sabordination on the march. If any dis-
/ broke .atinous condo& ap-
warranted in taking
1 the force .ex-
unnecessary
the party
, out if the Jury
harboining in frs
rt purpose or

• virsance broke out or any mutinous 4
peered, the officer would be warranted
every ,Iskr„ishp of quelling it, and if the
ceeded- I.a7rtnAtimt given; or t
seveft ront in either case
leo }tighter only ; but i
".74 '< a adt, harboul
iipre-cooceived