The National Register.
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

•letter, came into hts Lordship's possession in a certain way,
sod it would involve the interests, nay, even the lives, of those
who helped hi►n to that intelligence, were the mode in which
it n•as route by divulged. Besides, it would he a gross breach
of confidence, and a violat►on of all diplomatic faith. Ile
concluded by moving an amendment to the Address, leaving out
the private letter to Mr. Secretary Canning.
Stscrardny Cis.vvio said, he 'should he unworthy his
situation if he di.elosed, or gave up, letters which had been
written to him privately. There were many secret communi-
cations which could not, with safety, be made public in any
shape.
MR. WerirstarAn replied with great animation ; when the
House divided—For the amendment Il4—Against it 50. The
original motion was of course lost.

On the Report of the Reversion Bill being brought up, Mr.
Whitbread observed, that he wished to defer, till Monday, the
motion he intended to make respecting this Bill, which was of
great public importance. The amendments were then read a
second time, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed, printed, and
read a third time on Monday.
Sir John Newport moved, that there be laid before the
House a List of the Appointments which had been granted in
the Linen Board of Ireland, since the Slst of December last,
together v. ith the qualifications.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer postponed. till Tuesday.
the further hearing of evidence on the Orders to Couneil.—Ad-
journal till Monday.

IRELAND.

The trial of Mr. Alcock and Mr. Doreusv, his second, was
commenced on Monday se'nnight, at the Wexford Assizes, on
an indictment charging the former with the wilful murder of
Mr. Colclough, and the latter with aiding and assisting. The
witnesses fur the proseeutioa stated the circumstances of the
duel, and that Mr. .Alcock wore spectacles on that occasion,
which he declii.ed to take off. On the part of the prisoners it
was stated, by Lord Valentia, that he was deputed by Mr.
Alcork's Committee to carry a message to Mr. Colclough (in
which Mr. Alcock acquiesced), stating that they considered Mr.
Alcock as the representative of a party, au.l not of himself,
that they would wish therefore that the business should he post-
poned until after the election, and that if any loss of character
resulted to Mr. Alcock from withdrawing the challenge, they
would take it on themselves. The answer given to his Lordship
by Mr. Colclough's friends was, that since Mr. Alcock had
committed himself so far, he must meet Mr. Colclough in half
an hour. Another witness deposed, to an offer of accommoda-
tion having heen made on the part of Alcock's friends, which
was refuses: ; and a third stated, that the effect of the glasses
worn by Mr. A. on a defective eye was, that the object was
made clearer, but not more defined, and that it was dimished in
size and light ; he did not think the hitting a distant object was
thereby rendered more secure. Mr. Baron Smith having sum-
med up the evidence, the Jury retired, and in about three
minutes returned a verdict of not guilty.
Thursday se'nnight came on to be tried before the Hon. Jus-
tice !lasne, and a respectable Jury, at Ennis, W. Hammond.
Esq. of Dublin, for the alledged murder of W. Foley. Esq. of
Shepperton,county of Clare, in a duel fought at Six-Mile Bridge,
on Saturday. the 23d of January last.—On the part of the
Crown, the following witnesses were examined :—Ensign Tay-
lor, surgeon Thwaites, Mr. Patrick Falvey, and M`Ma-
hoe ; amt after a most impressive charge from the Judge, the
Jury refired, and returned a verdict, at seven o'clock at night,
of Manslaughter.—The following sentence was pronounced oil
Saturday by his Lordship :—" that the said William Hammond '
be confined 12 months in the county gaol, and burned in the
band."

APRIL 11.

TO TEE EDITOR or THE NITIONIL REGISTER.

SI R,-A t this season of the year, it may be of service to pub.
Hob the, following fact :—ln April, ISM, I bad a ewe from
which had been drawn, with great difficulty, a lamb that had
been dead within her nearly a week. In some hours afterwards
her pains returned, and continued very violent ; upon which I
gave her 30 drops of laudanum, in a little milk pottage. This
dose I repeated, at intervals of eight or ten hours, as long as the
pains continued violent; and afterwards, for a week, I gave
her 15 drops night and morning. keeping her in a warm stable
during the night, and letting her wit into a good paaure during
the day. In three weeks she got perfectly well.
Yours, &c. Y.
A lamb which had lost its dam, has bOen reared on a farm
near Swansea in the following manner, which we understand is
frequently practised in Lincolnshire :—The skin of a lamb which
had died soon after being veaned, was taken off, and the other
lamb carefully sewed up in it; the ewe took to it immediately
and continues to suckle it with as much fondness as if it had
been her own.

On Friday se'nnight, was shot at Kirkandrews, near Carlisle,
a most singular woodcock. It was of an extraordinary large
size, and was furnished with only one leg; and from the most
minute examination of the bird, it was evident, that it must have
been formed in that state.

On Tuesday a conger eel was taken in the Wash at Yarmouth,
by a fisherman, which measured six feet in length, and twenty.
two inches in girth, and weighed three stone seven pounds.
This cel, on finding no way of escape, rose erect, and actually
knocked the fisherman down before he could take it.

A few days since, as some workmen were digging a small
court at C
Ateltenhain, they found, within sixteen inches of the
surface, a fresh-looking brown earthen pot, containing between
14 and 150 shillings of the reigns of Edward VI. Philip and
Mary, Elizabeth, James I. and Charles I. The whole were
in tolerable good condition, and the pot, except from its shape,
(which somewhat resembled a raisin jar) appeared as if but
lately burred.—From there being no coin. however, amongst
them since those of Charles I. it is probable that the owner
concealed this little treasure during the dissentions that followed
that reign, and, falling a victim, never returned to reclaim it.
Thursday last John Clayton West, and another person, were
tried at Shreashury Assizes, for picking the pocket of E.
Fellowes, Esq. on last Lord Mayor's day, of a pocket-hook,
containing VOOOl. in bills, &c. They had changed one of the
hills at the Shrewsbury Bank; shortly after, they were pursue,l
and taken. \Vest was found guilty, and sentenced to be tran•
ported for seven years.
MURDER.—At Stafford Assizes, on Monday last, William
Hawkeswood was found guilty of poisoning his master, Mr.
Parker, of Swindon. in Staffordshire, by administering to him
poison (corrosive sublimate) in a cup of camomile tea. The
prisoner, when called upon for his defence, offered a written
paper, wherein he acknowledged his having administered the
poison, without the knowledge of any other person, but that he
did not do it with an intention of injuring any one ; that he
thereby meant it as a " trick upon the old woman, the house-
keeper." He also spoke very highly of his master's (the de•
ceased) kindness towards him. The prisoner was found guilty,
and executed on IVednesday morning.
A shocking occurrence took place at Newnham on Saturday
se'nnight : as Airs. Matthews, wife of Mr. Al. an attorney of
that place, was standing with her back to the fire, her dress
caught the flames, and in a few seconds she was so enveloped in
them as to exclude the possibility of extinguishing them till the
whole of her apparel was consumed. Mr. M. who exerted him-
self to extinguish the flames was so much burnt that his life was
despaired of.—The Clerk also suffered from. his exertions in the
same attempt. What added 'materially to the rapidity of the
flames was her rushing from the room in which the accident
took place into an adjoining passage, where the &lift of air
considerably aided the progress of the fire; she only survived
the melancholy accident about three or four hours. This is
another of the mournful effects produced by fire, of which not a
week passes put two or three instances occur.
We understand that Mr. Alexander Angus, a person of con-
siderable respectability in the mercantile and insurance line at
Liverpool, has been committed to the county gaol of Lancaster
to take his trial for the murder of Miss Burns, who had been an
inmate of his house, and who had been nearly related to his late
wife. Some suspicious circumstances attending the death of
Miss B. led to an inquest, and under the direction of the Coroner.
her body was opened, and found to contain a considerable quan-
tity of poison, which was pronounced to We magi:wed Lcr,