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nople.

PErttAist-, AUG. io.—,-Arrived the 4fiza packet,
from the Brazils. Sailed the 18th of June.

[ions.

SHEERNESS; 'AUG. 13.—Sailed his Majesty's ship
Aggressor, with a convoy, for Oottenburgh.

*Yesterday; at noon, Capt. GOATE, of the Mosquito
sloop of war, arrived at the Admira',ly. His Serene'
rlighiness theiDuke of BRUNSWICK OELS had -ay..'
rived with Capt. GOATE, at the Clarendon Hotel, in
the morning. About three o'clock her Royal High-
ness the Princess of, WALEs came to the house of
Mr. WELLESLEY POLE, at the Admiralty, where
the Duke of BRUNSWICK had the first interview
With his Royal sister. Their Royal-Highnesses re-
Mained a long time at the window facing the street,
for the gratification of the public. , HiS Highness-
aPpears to have suffered by bodily exertions ands the
effea of weather : he is thirty-five years of age,- five
feet eight inches highi has extremely large musta-
chios, and whiskers on his upper lip, .and sidc of his
face,. with eye-brows of a hew colour.. He was
dressed in a dark green coat; pantaloons, boots, and
1.,14'r5, a large sabre by his side, and a leather cap,
9".aret the top, from whence hung some horse-
Lord Mo,GitAvE And the Board of Admiralty
four6eleci L
their congratulations to his Highness. 'At
o'clock, the Princess of WALES, accompanied
by the Duke, 'left the Admiralty for Blackheath, to
Pay their respeas to their Royal Mother.
On his Highness leaving the Admiralty-yard, the
populace gave him cheers.

The troops belonging to the Duke ofBRUNSINICK.
have arrived at Harwich in several vessel-s. Sorie
are in the Mosquito; as also the,wholestif the suite
belonging to his Highness. The whole of them are
ordered to proceeu immediately to the, Isle of Wight;
where they are to disembark for the present.
A very spirited subscription has already been corn-
menced in Wolverhampton, to promote a general
festivity in that populous town and neighbourhood,
n the day in which .his Majesty commences the
60th year of his reign ; and a Committee is about to
be appointed fOr the above patriotic purpose,' fo.con-
du.d a similar fete in Stafford and its vicinity.

..§P2Wir-r— /iA.b .'(jiiiiiGt-7ESE Piii'lli.
. GRENADA, Jin..4l 17.—The Gaiette. of Madrid; of
the 2pth ult. speaks of an immense mass of insures
gents in the provinces of Asturias and the Montan ha;
iwho; to the number of 11;000 . men, have-'made
their appearance before- Santander, , entering that
city, andi during a - whole day, searching for and
punishing traitors. In consequence of which,
our, troops made themselves masters of ' Santora
and Laredo„N advancing as'. far as Valmiseda. The
account given in the said Gazette of these comnio,7,.
Lions, and the exertions made to suppress their by
the French, evidently shews that the ProvinceS of
the North, so far from yielding -to .the numbers of
theenemv, and submitting to their oppressors without
resistance, are in a glorious state of insurreaion, giv-
ing great disturbance to the French, and annoying
them by every possible means. Even the Province
of Biscay, which has never been free for one mo-
ment from the troops 'of .the enemy, participates
in the same patriotic and noble sentiments, since the
' French confess that the revolutionary ;plague has
broken out in several towns of that province also.

A corps of Spanish troops attacked, in the neigh-
bourhood of the Escurial,- a French detachmeni.—.
They killed 160: men, took 500 'prisoners, r.nd a
quantity of rnusquets and other effe&s. In Gallicia
-and AstUrias every exertion is made in,forming corps
of trocips, with a view of organizing a respe&able
army of 40 or bO,OOO men, which will be completed
and arthed- shortly.

The ar:-.;7 of 'General BLAKE is assembling with
considerable activity and diligence, and it is supposed
that in a few days it will cornmen/cc offensive opera-
Nine more squadrobs of cavalry, and severa
corps of infantry, 'are raising; in which measure all
the promptitude is exerted that circumstances, permit.

According to letters from Catalonia, the enemy,
intimidated by the brave garrison of Gerona; So-
matenes, and peasantry, firiiiing all their daring at-,
tempts frustrated, havinglost a number of, men be-
fore the place, and having learnt that an army waS
colleted vo attack him, has abandoned his- design,
and - withdrawn his' heavy artillery: A numerous
'train' of .field artillery has left Carthagena for' our
army of Arragon..-4 Lisbon Diary.) ' •
We have 'received intelligence that some of our
Arragonese troops_ entered Guadalanara, where they
killed the small French garrison, and 'sent several Of
the ialiribitants prisoners to Teruel.
CERVERA, JULY 4.7—The day before yesterday, in
(he evening, our worthy Captain-General Don
JOACtirm BLAKE entered this city.—(Diario de .lia-
dajos, 30111 July.)

T4IIItACONA, 3uLY
..4,—The inbabitantsofSo
Felix de Gnijoi have just given a proof of constaney,
in their dislike to French domination. Having."-learnt
that the enemy was approaching that town, in, nurn
.
-ber 9000 infantry and 600 horse, they resolved to
defend themselves to this last 'extretnity—for which
purpose they
,embarked all the old men, worrier),
and children, with all the.plate and valuable.effetits
which were in the town, and prepared to face the
enemy, which -they effeEted, arresting him• for
eight hours; but finding themselves unable to con-
tend against forces so superior, they took the. only
part which remained for them, embarking and
abandoning the desert town ; thus ridiculing the de-
sigu of the French.--(biario de Badajos.) •

- .BADAJOZ, JULY 31.—The foll Owing particularsof
the battle of Talavera de la Reyna have been receiv-
ed here from the Governor of Mel ida
" The battle was fought on the 26th, 27th, and .
28th; on.,a.height adjoining the bridge of Alberche,,
and about a leagre and a half from Talavera de la
IleYria ; the enemy lost 14,000 men, killed, wound-
ed, and prisoners. 'err_ took' from them .8000
muskets, many, horses, and large qnantities, of
cloathina and Our army, is in pursuit Of the ene-
my.Ok
It is also known, that General Venegas en-
tered Toledo. on the 28th, with the army of La
Mancha: Our loss, was inconsiderable. This ac-
count
was communicated try the army post, which
passed the Merida tour Seville on the 30th, at three
o'clock in the lifternqou, and which was supposed
to reach that capital on the.3lSt at break- of day. It
is also said, that General Cuesta.direded the cou-
rier who carried the mail, to make this pleasing
news known in all places through which he should
pass, for the general information and satisfadion.
We are anxiously looking out for the confirmation ,;
of this intelligence by the next army. mail. Since:
Writing the above, an ottiCial account has been Te-•'
ceiVed, which not only confirms the above intelli
zence, but also, that it was obstinately contested,
and,at length decided by a large body of Spanish
horse, tinder the command of :the Duke-of Alber-
querque. The enemy's loss amounts to 2.2,0,00 •
men. It is said that Joseph Buonaparte, witnessed
the defeat of the French army, and that both Soult
,and Ney were in the aaion.—(Lisbon Evening '
Corier, Aug. 3.)
• LissoN, AU ..-4.—Accounts from the environs Of
-Gerona state, that the enemy has discontinued, on
a sudden the 'bombardment' against Oat place, and:
is concentrating his whole force in Salt and Santa
Eugenio. On the 22d -of July, the Marquis De La
Rowana was expected. at Santiago. His troops
were in high spirits, and proceeding by rapid marches
. to Ca:iito Vello, where the enemy seems to concen-
trate his forces.
. LISBOI4, AUG. s.—The loss of the Spanish army
exceeds 'lOOO killed ; among the prisoners are se7
veral officers, of superior rank, and a General. The
introsi'ye King retired .before the conclusion of the-

1 '• ' ,•• • •• ' • I • ••: I- • 1 ~t"
a9wn, and it is probable; that he immediately set
Off for Madrid, whither the wounded have beer`,
conducted. The" Trench army consisted of 40,000
men, among •whom• was a:considerableAna.ntity of
cavalry, The, allies intended advancing: upon the
enemy, and some .carps were already at Toledo',..—
Mat•shal SOult was not hi the action, nor his diVi7
sion, :Which is at Sailtintica; and M motion, againit
which the tr(oopS under the ,Ktiquis .11ornatia are
advancing.• The grCat Generalsand Mprshals of the
proud Elpire, sn:celehrated for .bravery, and
masters of the art of war; finally come,to lose their
glory in the fields of the Peninsula. •It is probable,
that Joseph ‘Buonaparte,, when helynters Madrid,
Will .he with salutes (vivas), similarto those
which •Jutiot received' when he laSt year -c t'ired this;
defeated and pursued by our arms', '.united =with the
_English.. The glory ()this Exceilency,Marshal Ge-
neral Wellesley will be as immortal in Portugal and
Spain as in his own country. In every aetton• ;le
has' diSplayed his military talents in opposition to
the, " warrio.rs of France, soldiers and Generals of
Jena and Marengo, 4isciples of the great Napoleon,"
expressions'ofJunot, with which he pestered us at
the time of his being in this kingdom. We are
anxiously hoping, for fresh victories, which cannot
be. long delayed, as the artnies are purmii*ng the
enemy,, to. drive him from ihe pYincipal positions
which he occupies. The two last days of thebat battle
were so laboriously obstinate _tor the troops; that
they scarcely had any rest, not ha% ing even an hour
fof refreshment.

P. S.---After this Paper was at press, 'certain in-
telligence .was in 'circulation, that' tht; enemy were
totally defeated at Madrid, which the Spanish Gene-
ral Vanegis had entered with his division,
al-
most all the French being put 'to the. sword, who
were found with arms in their handS. The people
of Madrid contributed greatly to the glory of, this
aEtion. - Joseph Buonai...arte fled precipitately, aban-
doning his trocps. it is even said that Victor was
killed. To-morrow we shall give more circum-
stantial actounts.,—(Lisbon
•

A viaary more glorious to the British arms' tlin •
that of Talavera, is not to,,be found in the annalS of
British history since the days of Cressy and Agin-
court. What' wreaths of never-fading laurels does
it twine round the brows of Great Britain.! What
lustre does it ;vile& upon our army ! There is not an
individual in it who may not exclaim with our Filth
HENRY, on the day of the battle'of Agincourt,
And Talavera's day shall ne'er go by,
from this day to the ending of the world,
13rd'we hi it shall be remembered.
By a French Colonel, taken .prisoner, we learn
that, JOSEtli BUONAPARTE quitted the field, with
N,TIoTOR, at half past four o'clock, and, the army re-.
tceated at

On the 20th of June, Lieutenant-General BECK-
W 1 ri was' invested by Rear:.Admiral Sir
COGIIRkNE, KA. with the Order of the Bath, which
his Majesty, had been graciously 'pleased toibestow
upon ihAt, distinguished General, as a mark of his
Royal approbation, for the eminent services render-
ed by him in the capture of Martinique. The cere-
monyWas_perforrned at the Government House, in
Fort Royal.:(where.bis Excellency Lieutenant-Ge-
neral Sir GEORGE BECKWITH resides)`, in a 'private
mariner, , the Heads of Departments', Captatns 'of
the Navy, :and Field Officers or /the Garrison only
being present. •.:His Excellency the- deneral after-
wards gave a grand". dinner to all the Officers whO
had been .present at the ceremony.
'Lord' and 'Lady
,HoLiaiiin; and .Lord Rus-
SELL, 'arrived at Portsmouth on Thursday, in the
Lively frigate, of 38 guns; Captain 'AVKINLEy,
from their visit Co Spain, and 'set out for Holland-
House-,, where they 'arrived on Saturday.
A. letter from an Officer. onboard the Eagle, 74,
states, that both that ship and. the Jmpeteu.v have re:.
ceived so much datnage.,by running foul of each
other, that they must come home to repaired.—
Thelmpetaeux was on shore 3u hours, and the Eagle
nearly twice that time. •
THE Aters...—That excellent establishment the
British Institution, so honourable to the liberality of
its pittrans, was opened again last week for the stu-'
dentS. His Majesty aul;several distinguished ama-
teurs have supplied it with.sorne-of the"best works
Of art. Hence the students, who are allowed to
make partial copieS 'of these piEtures, or to enter into
a noble emulation with the great masters by, teak-
, ing companions to their respedive works, will_ have
ample scope for the exertion Of, their talents, and
may eminentlycontribute to refine the taste and im-
prove the arts of their country.
The statue of the Deke of BEDFORD does honour
to the artist, but it ought to-have been .placed in .the
middle of the square, where it would much have.
increased the beanty,of, the scene, and would not
have been exposed to wanton malignity.
Mrs. and Miss MuniF, have been performing with
`considerable success at Bet w ick-u pon -Tweed. Tliey
concluded on Wednesday last tor their • benefit, and
-the house was crowded in all parts.
The (allowing circumstance occurred on Thurs-
day last, in the' neighbourhood of Croydon
quantity of oak being to be cut down, the: peelers
:'were as usual employed to strip_ the trees of their
bark ;. a Gentleman who has an'unluckly monkey,
'remarkably so with respect to barking of trees, often
'procuring a knife for that purpose, had the curia;
sity to see'.how it would- behave itself among the
,bark-peelers, and took it to the wood where the Men
were at. work.: After obserVing them with .great
attention, the monkey seemed'eager to be with them,
and Elle' Genilethan offered it one of the smaller 'ln-
streinentS: used in peeling. The 'monkey imme-
diately, mounting the tree, began with all its might
to tear off the bark, and in' less than half an' hOur
'it had, to the no Stnall suiptise .-of they few Who
were eye-witt4sses of this uncommon -scene, un-
barked a' large arm of an °akin a regular' mapper,
all tile' while making 'a Chattering noise, as irhighly
"Plead.
•
Thete is now in full blow, in the Green7housel at
Ardbracan, a YuCca Aloe- Folia, sUpppsed to be
the' .second that has ever blown, in Ireland. It has
thrown up a Stem .fotir feet and a halt high, with ba-
rizontal shoefs, bearing 132 umbellated flower's, in.a
conical shape ; the ground colour white, with pur-
• pie•stripes. The colours are not brilliatu, but the
flowers are elegiultly formed and grouped. It has
been PlaMed, from 3s to 40 years.

-74*
XOLTItf.

IMP mp

ON THE LATE PREVALENT RETORT OF, THE. 3;r;k4A.,
of MISTER WILLIAM cbmtitT, OF torrtg;

. .
Pray tell me, -Sit CreikNClS, if tOBIIRTT be Sr—
ABSCONDED, thy turbulent Knight of the quill ?
" Absconded and turbulent ? foolish enough !
" It dell he'll lie quiet, if ali;te iie;0111."
Botley, Aug. I, !Soy.. K. t.

, •,.
A very lucrative trade has been for some time
carrying on bets een Nova Scdtia and New-Yt,rk;
for plaisier of Paris,whibh the Ameritan agricultural-
ist's find e*tremely beneficial as a manure. •

, .
• The passengers by -t he' vessel which -arrived oh
Monday from Heligoland, stat,r, that, the expecta.
tions on the Continent are less pacific than they.
Were, and that it is not supposed the a;•inisiiee
be lolloWed by a peice,
. „ .
The following. article was in the Gazette of Satur-
day last Tne Prince of ',VALES has been pleaE=e4.
to appoint the Rev. ITIOULTON HARTWELL, of Ne 4.%
"College, Oxford, A.M. to be one 'Of. his Royal High.
ness':Chaplains in Ordinary."
- On Friday Robert Hunifries, a triethanic; in Lit-.
Suffolk-stree:, Chating-cross, underi6ok for A
considerable Wager to run round St. James's Park in
25 minutes. He stai ted from tl e Horse-guards; and
ran along Whitehall, through King-,,tret-t and T.)-
thill-street,' paSsing. Buckingham-gate,, alt*m.::
Pimlico, then through Grosvenor=place, a Id alty:2-,
Piccadilly, down St. James's-street, ai;d throno
Palkniall and Cockspur-street„ into Whitehall, and
ended at the Horse,guards„ -completing his la
sit minutes and a half, being -three inihutei and
half within n
the time allowed. A gentleman o
• horseback, who had some bets against.hrn, accom-
panied him to see that he performed the task fairly.
The same man not long ago undertook to run frotli
the Blackmoor's Head, in Whitcomb-s-ree,, over
the three bridges, and back again to the same-public-
house, in 45'minutes ; he run along the Su-an A, in
'a direct line to St. pail's, passing it on the right, and
'Straight to London-bridge, returning on the Surrey
side to Biackfriars-bridge, which he went over, and
~'returned again through Pedlar's-acre, over Wiest-:

rninster-bridge, and to the Blaamoor's Head, iii
Whiteonib-street, performing tliis difficult task iii
forty-one minutes, being four minutes within the
time allowed.

. .
. The great and long-depending question betwceri
the Ear' of Carlisle and the Corporation of Morpeth;
was on Thursday last decided at the same Court,
in favourbf his Lordship, in an aelion of ejeament
in-which it was finally determined that the whole
of Morpeth High Common is the property of lalS
Lordship.
Britford Fair, near Salisbury, was held en.Sature.
• day. The number, of sheep and lambs peneed;
amounted to 2'0,000, and but very. few remained
unsold. The sellers anticipated a brisk sale, and in
this instance were not disappointed, owing to the
,very produaive season fur turnips in the tiplend
countries. ' The prices were full 4s. per heid dearer
than last year ewes fetched from 245. to 355. per -
_
bead; wethers train 3.55, to 465-. per head ; lamb's..
from 15seto ".2.5. per head. The prefereie e was
still decidedly in favour of the.south-down'stoelee
There were but few good horses; and those said at
very high prices.
. • Yesterday the party-wall of a publielhonse -in-
Gratton-street, -Seven .Dials, gave way, atid per of
the floors, the har, and staircase, descended to the
cellar. Several persons had just time enough' to
escape the ruins. All the -itmabieults were corn.-
pelled to make a hasty retreat from the premises.--e.-•
No lives were lost. . --- .
~
One of the' Hononiable Members'ef the Font-in.;
band Club lately on his return to totidoi, stopped
at the Red Lion Inn, at Breetford. An eld wo-
man wanting to go to London, event, to the Etotiour=
i able Driver, sup..osing him to be the -Coachman (be
! being standing close to the horses, in a true coach-
! man-like style) and the carriage to be a stage-coach,
and asked him to take her to Loudon ; to- which he.
agreed, but persuaded her to get inside, obser:eieg
that they should not fall out when thee got to Len-
' don about :the fare. The groom, who 'was acting
-the 'part of the guard, opened the door ter' her; and
she went off in grand style. s . ,
On Friday night
,last, about nine o'clock, the .•
steeets of Glasgw,v were most brilliantly illuminated
by. meteor Or ball of fire. ' Its passage wAS'almost - ,
instantaneous, and the appearance Was very similar
to that which would have been produced by intlani-
. ing a quantity ,of gun-powder at a 'considerable
height.
An inquisition was taken on Slthrday at the Goat;
Hammersmith, on the-body of Mr. Cloud; who met •
his death by accident on Thursday evening.. It apt:
peered On testimony, that the deceased and three
other persons were all in a'one horse chaise; with A
second horse before, in 'the tandem style ; that iii
grossing 'some gravel nearebe turnpike gateat Han§;
the driver was thrown out of the chaise, when thee -
horses dragged the vehicle with so much violence
..
against the gate, that ,the deceased was also thrown
out, aid so much hurt, that he expired,the next morn:-
ing.—Verdict, accidental death. .
STATE LOTTERY:PersOns who hare bespoke
~ -particular Numbers at Swirl' and'Cre's Otficiis, are
i respeafullY informed; that those Numbers are nova'
• ready for delivery, arid that if 'they wish to secure -
them at the present Prices, they mast take them be-.
fore the lgth AuguSt, as after that day, the Prices of
Tickets and Sharesevill be raised; and if the present
• .
demand Coptinues,, must.. be tnuet • higher before Inc-
,day of drawing.,
.
'I CORN-EXCHANGE, AVG. I,6,—There, are middling
Supplie,s.Ot Wheat to-day-e-the samples chiefly second
and ordinary, and fine is .some•whet dearer ;'EarleY
in short stapply, and, with -Melt,- maintaitis'..litsf
prices;. Beans of the two kitids likewise; the -sup"=. - •
. plies of Outs are inconsiderable, and: this article ii.
'quoted rather dearer ; *prices of 'Flour at our . lest.
' currency, and some further arrivals from AmeriCa.
' i Wheat -75 s a Sits a 98's I Tick Beans •.- -• 45s a 511
'• . Fine ditto -, - stcz's a toss Oats -•- 26s a 3 s a 353
Rye _ - - .. .462 a 52s Poland ditto -.- 38s a,413
Marley ... - -36 s a 445 P ... btatoe ditto , •—s .1,423
, Malt .. :. ~ -. 74s a' 80s i Rape Sccd - - /Si a szl, '
• r White Pease - Bos a 905 Hue Flour ,- Fos a 851
i l Grey ditto - - Os a szs SecOnds --. :. -75 s a psi
1
Buns. . .., , . 465,a 62,5.
. ..

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SF. GREY ASSIZES.

CROYDON, 'AUG. 14.

NIU:WER.

James Cooper and Mary Cooper, Ms 'mother,
/led 71,- were inditted tor the wilinJ murder—of Jo-
seph Hollis, at Compton, in this county; on the 4th
of May last.' The first 'count of the indiatment
stated the murder to have been committed by, frac=
luring the skull, and the second
,by cuuin the
throat. .

Mr. GURNEY and the CommotsT SmtszANT, pro-
secuted the cas,,., which wits of rallfer"- a singular
nattne, anal der..hded. On circd,cstances wLieit were
pros ed by a number of ditierent 'witnesses, and the
i:ivestigation lasted nearly the whole day., The de-
ceased ..was a twin possOising more property Ahab'
is usual with persons in his class of life. He lived

in a small cottage adjoining to the 'Prisoners ; in-
deed it had been formerly but one cottage, and had
lately been divided into two tenements, the one
occupied by the deceased, 'and, the other by the
two Prisoners. There was a door of communication
between the two tenements, but it-was proved, that
Whatever passed- in ',one house could be distinetly
heard in the other; and, as one of the witnesses
stated, the-clock could be heard to. th.k. The. de-
ceased, 'Hollis, was an old reap of near ?0, but was
hale and heaity ; he was of very penurious habits,
and bad. saved money, which he was fondeof dis-
-playing. One of the witnesses described- hint as
ate2ays carrying three canvas bags, in - one ;of
which he kept notes, in another gold and silver, and
in a third copper-money; and if he wanted to pay
only a sixpence, htewould tip all the gold and silver
into his hand ; •tind the witness added,- he had seen
him with one hundred pounds in his possession. The,
evh:}le cottage in which be lived was 'his property;
and the ,•Prisonere Cooper, was his ' tenant for
the part which he occupied. Nobody lived in
Cooper's part-but himself and his mother, and'
Hcllts,,the deceased, Jived alone; a woman of the
name of
,Wisdom coming to him daily to perform
his little household arrange'Anents. On Wednesday,
the ad of May, the-day preceding Guildford fair, he
had desired a person of the name cf Goddarli, to go
with hint to the fair, as he Wanted to 'buy some
sheep; Goddard told heti he could not go.witir hint,
but advised hint to be early. On .this he declared
his intention of breakfasting and setting off the next
.morning by four o'clock ; and having declared this
to Mary Wisdotn, he told her she need not come to
him the- next day, as, he slioolde.be at the lair;
he therefore did not oft the Thursday make her
daily visit, but oe the Friday, about ten, she sent
her bauentee, a girl about thirteen. The child found
the dour` unfastened, and, on opening it, she saw
Hais lying dead on the floor, with a great- deal of
blood abouvhim. Site rail out and saw Moore, the
constable, crossing the common,
,and he immedi-
ately returned with her. A sureeou was sent for,
and several people soon came. The body was lying
(et the float With the leg; crossed, and. the head ly-
log on the arm, evidently composed to that attitude
by the murderer, after the deed. A cup of coffee,
half Wank, was on the table, a piece, of tobst.before
the fire, another piece, -partly eaten, lying-on the
hearth, the butter bason broken, and the pat of
blekter on the tle" or, near the feet:ef the deceased. The
chair in which lit hadbeetisitiing-wa, overturned, and
his hat lying nar, from whence it appeared be had
beeen attacked while he was sitting at his 'breakfast.
The body was most shockingly mangled—the scull
was fractured in two places,. the jaw broken, a anger
broken, the anus bruised, end_ the throat cut so as
altni,st to sever the head from the body. Under
the be 4 was found a- clasp-knife, almost covered
wale bloed, and a poker, which fitted the bruises
made in the chimney7piece. As front tlese circum-
stances it appeared that some struggle must have
taken place,
.Which the Prisoners must have heard
in their cottage, if it had been done by ate‘ stranger,
-they e ere apprehended on the Friday evening, and
their house searched, but no evidence of their guilt
was found_ The -trunk of the- deceased had been
rteuaraeed, and as only two shillings were found on
his person, it was presumed that the murderer had
carried off his money. The Magistrates, on e'x-
a:bin:llion,. finding nothing but suspicion against'
the Prisoner's, discharged theta, but on,subsi:gdent'
inquiries; they were again apprehended, and the
foeowing circumstances were given in' evidence. ,
About a '<fortnight before the emurder, the de-
, ceased and the prisoner, James Coopers' had been
quarrellieg,""upon which the deceaSed declared, as
'Cooper had not paid his rent, he would_have him
(jut of the cottage, and he aetually aptAied to a' per,
son to distrain upon him. In this --qoarrel, as,
Cooper went in -doors, he said to Iris mother, " that
once within a l'ortniLihti he. would .be upsides with
naothet &claimed " God forbid 1". his
answer was, if she did-not hold het tongue he would
serve her so too :—To which she replied, ".well, it
is no great matter, for nobody likes the old fellow."
lii fad the mdrder was perpetrated within that time-?-
Miry Wisdom proted, that on the Wednesday
evening si.e told Dame CoOper that,Mater Hollis
was goctig- to the fair the next day, and -that she
Should not come again until the Friday, and she also
meetieeed that he was going dt fOur in the morning.
Whea the knife was found in the r(a)in under the
body, the Prisoner, Mare Cooper, exclaimed " that
old knife;" upon which a Me. stieillPiece,
in: ho root n, 4i'Liserved, cs you Cannot have seen
•enough of the knife to know it :" and indeed it was
cuv•aed with blood tleit•eo person could have
recoe:nised it in its- then elate. Mary WiSdom -Proved
it ,eas not Hollis's knife., and that his knife was
foetid in the 'corner of the rpoul, Deobably knocked
- out-of his babd in the setae.

A person of the name of James ,Wigmau
that he verily, b lie%ed the bloody knife to be the
Prisoner's, that he had bortowed Coorer's knife a
few days 'before, When they were at work together,
•to cut stn tallies, and he verily,,believed that the
bloody knife prOduced wa3 the same knife which
the his,,ner then lent'him.

then. RiA;liaced, and, Mary Wis.-
dow &Ili, she never knew Master Hollis to have any

poker.

Another vtornan,. mimed Elizatiwth Hart, said;
she twice a week at Cooper's, and she be-
ic.cvt-LI it •to be the same poker wbicii she 110 seen at