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London, England, 1811-11-10 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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Duaux Srfsroms, Ocr. 29.—James Byrne was indicted for
a conspiracy, to vilify the character of the Bishop of Fernes.
Byrne had lived coachman with the brother to the Bishop, fur
a considerable time previous to the end of last September, when
he went away abruptly, and before another servant could be
procured, behaving at the same time with great insolence; on
which account Mr. Joscelyn refused him a character ; and it
was to extort such a character as he wished, that he fabricated
this false and most abominable charge against the Bishop. The
Jury, without hesitation, brought in a verdict of Guilty. The
prisoner, while on his trial, with extraordinary insolence, put
out his tongue A the Court. Judge Day, before whom he was
tried, observed that there was a savage insolence in his counte-
nance and in inner, which was never surpassed. He was ad-
judged to be imprisoned two years in Kllmainham gaol ; to be
whipped three times ; and to find security for his good beha-
viour, himself In 3001. and two sureties in 2001. each; to remain
in prison till such security was given.

posture and appearance which he made, dared not attempt to
destroy him. He could not, however, avoid the punishment
of death ; for the Emperor commanded him to be shot dead in
the cage.

On Thursday, immediately after Lord Ellenhorough had
taken his seat on the Bench, the Hon. E. Law (his Lordship's
son), 0. Markham, Esq. and S. i.e Blanc, Esq. appeared in
Court; and the two latter Gentlemen, who have held the office
of Chief ci rk of the Court in trust for the former during his
minority, resigned their trust. His Lordship then read the ap-
pointment of the Hon. E. Law, and of 0. Markham, Esq. to he
Chief Clerks of the Court during life; and those Gentlemen
having taken the necessary oaths, took their seats accordingly.
A party of the friends of Messrs. Tooke and Hardy cele-
brated the anniversary of their acquittal, as usual, by dining to.
gc-ther at the Crown and Anchor, on Tuesday. Among the
toasts was, 4' The memory of V. Gibbs, Esq. which was drank
in solemn silet.ce. One of the party took occasion to enter into
a review of Sir Vicary's c'nultiet ; with whit h, blending some
remarks upon his person, be said, the K-ight's countenance
would admirably gr ice a lamp-post. It is but justice to state,
that this expression met with general disapprobation.
At ittitgqon, Jamaica, on Sunday, the 31st of August, Mr.
T. Hay, 'Nine of the ship Hamilton, Reeves, harpooned in that
harbour a fish, called a Devil. From the instant the harpoon
pierced the animal, the boat was towed to Windward for about
thirty minut.s, at the rate of six knots an hour, when stveral
boats proceeded to the assistance of Mr. Hay, and by the aid of
blarding-pikes, harpoons, &c. they succeeded in killing the fish,
which measured from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail
2 feet, breadth from tin to hn 15 teet, length of the tail 5 feet
6 inches, circumference of the mouth 6 feet, and the horns 2
feet 6 inches in length.

On Saturday se nnight a man who was employed in getting
stone out of a quarry at Cl?eve Prior, near Evesham, discover( d
two large earthen pots, which, on examination, he found cot: -
tamed a quantity of coin. He was of course greatly overjoyed
at the. discovery ; hut, having got possession of the idea that the.
Lord of the Manor would lay claim to the treasure, he refused
to tell the quantity of pieces he had found : however, he has
disposed of a few, which are in t" hands of gentlemen of
I:vesliam and the neighbourhood. They prove to be gold and
silver coins of several Roman Einrrors. The gold coins are of
the Emperors Valerian, one of the Valentiniatis, Gratian, ar.(l
'Theodosius. It is scarcely possible to imagine their excellent
state of preservation; they appear as if they had just been issued
from the Mint, not the minutest mark being obliterated, though
from 14 to 1:500 year have elapsed since they were coined ; and,
what is very interesting to the :intiquarian, cousiterfi:its were dis •
covered among them, executed in a most excellent manner, be-
ing copper, plated with gold. The silver coins are those of Con-
stantius, Julian, Valentiniam, Gratian, and Theodosius: these
were not in so good a state of preservation as the gold. The
execution of these coins is of course not very good ; the art of
cutting the dies being at that period very mach upon the decline.
The man leas acknowled.;ed that he found 100 of the gold ones,
the silver ones must probably greatly exceeded that number.
The following account of the discovery of the robbers of the
Charlestown Bank, and the recovery of nearly all the money
stolen, is taken from the Charlestown Papier :—" It appears that
suspicions had been entertained by the agents of the Batik f,r
some days, that Mr. Benjamin Gray, of this city, a man of great
mercantile talents, had been concerned in the rubkry ; a war-
rant was accordingly procured on Saturday morning, the I •Ith
of October, and he. was arrested, and underwent a long examin-
ation at the Bank, before J. H. Mitchell, Esq. Justice of the
Quorum, in the presence of the Directors of the Institution, and
several other Gentlemen. We understand, that although there
was mach circumstantial evidence, tending to criminate Mr.
Gray, produced on this occasion, yet nothing appeared sufficiently
strong to convict him of the act; he was, however, cominated
to prison in the afternoon, preparatory to a farther examination.
In the course of the evening, a negro belonging to Mr. Gray, and
who was suspected t have aided his master in removing the
specie, was arrested by W. Blacklock, Esq. at whose house his
wife resided; and on being informed that his master had been
committed to jail for sobbing the Bank, and that he was known
to have aided him in the robbery. he was so intimidated that
he confessed the act, and offered, on condition of pardon, &c.
to point out where the money had been concealed. A detach-
ment of the City-guards was immediately procured, and the
mcinft was found deposited in the original boles, in the inclo-
sure.of Mr. Gray's residence, near the race-course, concealed
under a quiintity of manure, straw, &c. with the exception of a
few hundred dollars, which had been made away with. Easly
in the morning it was again deposited in the vaults from
whence it was taken. We understand that the fame keys with
which the Bank is supposed to have been entered, and a !auction:,
were found lu a leathern bag, secreted with the money."