The National Register.
London, England, 1822-09-01 00:00:00

TRI.4L OF CAP7AIN ROCK.

CORK ASSIZES, AUGUI? 23.
The trial of Walter Fu.sinautiee, alias Capt. Rock,
who hid been transannted
Callaghan, John Sheehan, W Tierney, John Ready,
William Costello. and Daniel Bresnahan, was called
on for the abduc of AIL-s Gould.

Mr Jackson stated to the Court, that an affidavit was
preparing on the part of Walter Fitztnaurice, to post•
pone his trial till the next assizes, on account of its
absence of Mr. Blennerhasset. the magistrate to who=
he had surrendered.
The affidavit bting produced and read,
Mr. Quin. • sel for the crown, opposed the post•
pournittil of the trial ; and
Toe court, under all the circumstances of the case.
did not conceive there were sullicieut grounds laid to
warrant it in postponing the trial. The trial must go
on.

Mr. Jackson.—" Then, my Lord, if such be your
lordship's determination, I am instructed to plead guilty
on the pan ot Walter Fi.zniatirice, who throws himself
on the clemenc) ot the government."
Mr. Quin.—" My Lord, before that plea is recorded,
we, for the crown, wish to hart it publicly and dis.
tincily known, that it is put in without our knowledge,
and without any understanding with us on the subject ;
and we now caution the prisoner against the curse.
9m•nces of whit he offers through his counsel."
Mr. Jackson admitted that it was without the know.
led3e of the counsel of the crown, but said the prisoner
was decided.

Court.--" If the prisoner pleads guilty. I can only
look to the illdictinvnt against him, and his plea.
cannot interfere, or take it into consideration ally thing
that has happened heretofore; and am lx d to pro.
n .once judgment, and on that judgment sentence of
esecution. Any application to we after that would be
perfectly useless. Let these things. therefore, be coin.
municaled to the prisoner Wore the plea is fully re.
corded."

Toe prisoner was formally made acquainted with what
ILO teen stated by his luruahtµs but persevered in plead.
nu guilty.
Tile clerk of the crown said-4 Walter Fitzinaurioe.
are you guilty or not
Piisoner—" Guilty. my lord. I throw myself on
your lordship's mercy."
Court—" Nut on mine. I hate no power. 1 can
only look at what passes in court, and act accordingly."
Pris tttt er—" My lord, you know I gave myself up.
and it is a hard case when I surrendered myself to go-
vernment."

Conn-1 know nothing of it ptisetter."
His lordship then observed to the istisoner's counsel,
that the man ought not to place any dependence nit a
remission of punishment. l'he persdits concerned for
the crown had thought he should be brought to trial,
and that there was Mailing in his case that should arrest
the usual course of j ,stice. He wished the prisoner to
be warned or his pica, as he still might be allowed to
withdraw it.

Mi. Jackson—" My Lord, I have put the matter int
every way to the prisouer, who perseveres in his deter.

The Court—" The situation of the prisoner. and the
plea he has put in, are so momentous, that I find I can,
without prejudice to the public or the state, postpone
this trial till tu-morrow• morning, which will afford hint
time to consider the !object.'
AUGUST 24.—This morning Walter Fitzmaurice was
pm to the bar, and still pers.' 6in his plea oh guilty,
the trial was proceeded in.
Ali% Quin stated the case for the jury.
Houma Garda was then sworn.—Site identified Fos-
matiriee, and deposed to his share iii her abduction ••••
Whell she cried, he swore that UllintS she held her
toilette, he would have her life. The et 'deuce of this
In:treating young lady did lint mairriilly diner front that
given on a 10Imo trial at Limerick.
Several °Mt r whiles, a were eXolllllllell, after which
the learned jiides charted Ike jury, who returned a
verdict of guilty against Fuzioaurice and Coltelln, who
immediately received sentence M. death; but itu day
was hued for their execution

The ancient vessel disc,,ver, d in the Rather, Kent
Since our last notice of this singular remnant of anti-
quity, it has been perbely cleared lion the sea said and
so as to render its external and internal parts
via:llle, and is found to he in a state capable of being
floated: several sum-carpenters have consequetilly beret
employed to repair alit' in it, so that it may be conveyed
ny water to London, it here, et itli the ant'que remains
mood in it, it is intended to axnibit ii. "It will indeed
bo. (says our correspondent) a very novel and astonishing
occurrence, to ate a ship which was last lin° years ago,
raised Irani what was 011:e the bonnet of the sea, and
pt.rhn ming aninher voyage on its proper element." ‘Ve
ly agree with 011 f Corm"' patient as to the novelty and
any of the occurrence, Ott we cannot concur
wait him that the vessel is in that remote rime which
tic hal fixed, much Irsi With others, that it is one oh the
iessel, used by the Danes m their attack oa this country
in 895. We are more in I llrtl to ailiirie to our Infuser
co j enter, Mat it is of Dutch ur Dmish origin, and
wan wrecked 111 time areat tempest of lYtifl., which M.
t-r t.l me Mother, ruin Its anti lit ;u its present channel.
A few days since, a reset tab's coolie, inhabitants
of D..rllield, presets ea their chs/d at
tile ludiisawl imit 01 Illeir parish cinticit.--They have
leess married 1%3 yeas, and the mother has breu de.
In, red of a chili, ett.tv tett months. There stave Levu
nu ins, and the eldest and youngest are the ott!y cues
Its itt.

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