The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-22 00:00:00

TUE WEATLIfig.---At the closing of the gates
of the Royal Exchange yesterday (a quarter to
five o'clock), the thermometer stood at 68k, be-
ing 18 degrees lower than it was at the same
time on Tuesday last.

The damage done to the Plymouth Breakwa
ter by the
-
tremendous storm of 'November, is
now undergoing repair. The masses of stone
are'no longer put into their_ places rude and un,'
shapen as formerly ; but the top and 'the two
sloping sides are now built up of regular square-
block's of marble, of an immense size, and the
same ,care is taken in squaring and disposing of
them as' if they were intended for the fronts of
houses. 'The sea, will now have one Vast uniform
surfaCe presented to its influence; and we hope,
from the manner in which thE, stones are laid,
that even a ruder tempest than that of lalt
will not displace theta.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

CHELMSFORD, Jtivr 20.
In consequence of the temporary indisposition of Lord
Chief Justice BEST, who became 11l yesterda from the in-
tense heat of the weather, -Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW sat for his
Lordship to-day on the -rown Side. -It is expected that the
Learned Judge will be able to resume hie duties to-morrow.
Wm. • Richard Ilanalton, a young man of respectable ap-
pearance, was indicted -for stealing, at Colchester, on the Ist
inst., a horse, the property of Ephralni
riles. -
• It appeared that on the night of the 27th June, the prosecu-
tor lost his horse from a paddock at' Walton-upon. Thames.
On the Ist. instant the prisoner was .found at Colchester in-pos-
session of the horse, which he offered to the master of the Three
Cups Inn, in exchange for another horse, and bl. to'boot.—
Being asked where he came from, the prisoner represented that
he was a traveller for the house of Messrs. Taylor :and Co.,
hat-manufacturers, of Islackfriars-road, and that he had ridden
the horse in question for three years. Ile was taken into cus-
tody on suspicion of stealing the horse, and, when in care of
the constable, he•represented that he. had obtained the horse at
Martin's livery stables, City-road, by giving another horse in
exchange, antkpaying,:Bl.; on the 28th•J tine.-
The deferit4;set up for the prisoner was twofold—first, an
alibi; and seriontl, that he. had purchased the horse in the City-
road, on the .28th of June last.

Michael Weston, son, of a horse-dealer and 'livery-stable
keeper of London-wall, proved that he had known the prisoner
for about five years. • He (prisoner) was a horse-dealer, and re-
aided in Plummer-street, City-road. On the 27th of June he
was in his company the greater part of the day, dined with him'
by appointment at the Three Crowns in the City-road, and
afterwards went with him to visit a friend, gamed Davis, in.
Whitecross-street prison, and remained there with him until
the prison was closed, at eight o'clock in the evening. The pri-
soner had no stables °flits own, bnt used to put up his horses
in the stables of the Gray Horse, City-foad, kept by a person
named Martin. Witness never knew the prisoner to be a tra.
yeller for the house of Measrs. Taylor and Co., of Blickfriars-
road.

Mi. and Mrs. Atundelovho keep the house in which the pri-
soner lodged in Plummer-street, proved that the prisoner slept
at home during the night of
.the 27th of June, when the horse
in question was supposed to have been stolen.
Mr. Wm. Henry Salt, a coal-nierchant, and clerk in the
house of Messrs. Douglas and Co., and residing at Dalby-ter-
race' City-road, a person of very respectable appearance, proved
that he had employed the prisoner to break a horse, for which
the witness gave 90 guineas. On the 28th June he called on
the prisoner at the Gray Horse livery stables, to inpire about
his horse, and found the prisoner dealing with another person,
a stranger, for the horse: in question. Heard the prisoner agree
to exchange another horse for the hors:: in question, and saw
him pay the stranger 81., and the horses were exchanged ; the
stranger could not write, and witness, at prisoner's request,
witnessed the transaction, and signed the receipt for the money.
Mr. Sergeant Oars Low summed up the evidence for the
,Jury, and left them to say whether, under all the circum-
stances, the defence set up was probable or consistent with the
prisoner's conduct when at Colchester.
The Jury found the 'prisoner Guilty.
The prisoner being called upon, whether he had any thing to
say why sentence of death should 'not be passed upon him, de-
clared, in the most vehement terms, that he was entirely inno-
cent of the robbery, and that he became possessed of the horse
ID a fair course of dealing.
Mr. Sergeant OlasLow passed sentence of death upon him.
The prisoner left thp dock declaring, in a paroxysm of grief,
that if he were executed, he, should be murdered. A strong
sensation favourable to the.prisoner was excited by the testimony
given in his favour, as well as from his deportment throughout
the trial, which was perfectly decorous and respectful.

SALISBURY, JULY 20.
Czyzz. SIDE.--(Before Mr. Justice Gasr.nit and a CornmQp
J ury.)
CALLEY v. CANNON (TIM PIrGqIST.-)
Mr. Sergeant PELL (With whom leas' Mr. AfinEwETurn)
stated to the Jury, that this was an action for trespass, in which
Galley, a gentleman of respectehilify, and owner of Burde-
rop Park, in this county, was plaintiff; and the defendant was a
person of the name of Cannon, a pugilist. In the declaration the
defendant was described as "en idle and dissolute person, not
an apprentice," and under the 4tli and sth of Wm. 111. all idle
and dissolute persons,convicted of forsaking their lawful employ-
: ments, and wasting their time in shooting, and otherwise de-
' stroying game upon the lands of others, were liable to an action
for trespass, and on conviction to the payment of all costs or
damages thereby incurred. Thee Jury might be desirous of
hearing who was the individual that was described in the pre-
sent action as " an idle • and dissolute person ;" the person's
real dame' was Thomas Cannon ; but he was perhaps better
known as " the Great 'Cannon of Windsor," or" the Windsor
Great Gun." He was 'a genetenien of considerable notoriety,
and no small celebrity in his calling, which was that of a boxer,
and among other lofty claims he had endeavoured to obtain for
himself the title of Clian-ipion of England. Probably by this
timellr. Cannon had obtained for himself that enviable dis-
tinction, as he (Sergeant Pell) understood that he was yesterday
' to have contested that honour with another hero of the fist. Not
having the honour himself to'heleng to the fancy, lie could not
undertake to compete with persons of the defendant's calitre.=
(A laugh.)—He should, therefore, endeavour to get rid of him
as expeditiously as pOssible. The Great Gun was infinitely be-
yond his range, and it gave• him considerable satisfaction to
perceive that the only opponent with whom he sheuld have to
contend on the present occasion was his Learned Friend (Mr.
Manning), who, although an excellent lawyer, yet was no pu-
gilist, and would find himself at a loss to make a successful de-
fence in this case. The case he had to prove consisted of two
branches ; Ist, that the defendant had committed a trespass in the
plaintiff's groundion sth Nov. by killing game without an ade-
quate authority; and next; that he was included in the. provisons
of the Act, and could be proved to be,an idle and dissolute per-
son. With regard to the last point; the defendant, who had
been formerly engaged in the more humble, but honester ens-
plopnent of a coal-heaver, at Windsor, relinquished his ocei-
pation, and betook himself to the idle, "dissolute, disorderly,'
but perhaps more profitable trade of pugilism. The proof of
this single circumstance would, in his opinion, be sufficient to
shew the defendant was one of those persons contemplated in
the statute, and described as idle and dissolute—epithets which
applied with particular truth and felicity to persons in Mr.
Cannon's line of life. Perhaps, indeed, there were no indivi-
duals to whom the description could with equal justice and
propriety be applied, than to prize-fighters of every deseription,
and the present -defendant among the rest. Mr. Calley had
previously diiptised of his estate of Burderop Park, fora limited
period, to a gentleman of the name of Rayne, who was also, as
the Jury might happed to know, a person of some little cele-
brity. That gentleinan had thought pro=per to io,sociste him-
self with-the 'defendant, and others of a similes character, whom'
he invited to partake of his hopitality at Burderop Park. Novo!
this would have been ale very well if the present defendant and
his companiOns had strictly confined theinselves to the enjoy.-
ment. of the hospitality of their entertainer, and not by molest-.
ing Mr. Caney, afforded grounds'fOr the present action. How-
eveP this they had net thought proper to do, but had intruded
on the plaintiff's private curate, and molested him in the enjoy-
them of .his property, by thntsting thetnielves-into part of Mr.
Calley's estate, which had not been let to ISlr. Rayne, and into
which they were not autherised to enter. When the plaintiff
remonstrated with Cannon, and 'begged of him to discontinue
the offensive conductithe latter replied with rid oath " he would
shoot whete he pleased in spite of any mail," and further eon.
'ducted himself in a most insulting and impertinent manner.
Jarram, Mr. Haynes gareekeeper .was•called for the •
plaintiff, and deposed asl follows :—ln NOVernber last I was
•
under-gamekeeper to Mr. Hayne, Btirderop. On the sth of
that month I saw Cannon, the defendant, in the great ciepse
which belongs to the plaintiff.
,He had. two setter doge with.
hir6, and I 'saw hiin On that oceamion kill. two pheaeants.
have seen- him there repeatedly, more than a score times, and.
once•with Tom Belcher along with him. I have seen him With:
the. grooth and doeteeper. 1 was discharged by Mr. flayneod
the 6th Neeetheee. On the -following:morning I saw-Cannon,
and he Offered me-10/. not to inform against him. I refused it,
Which he expected
nothe did be:'..Lre for
and he then offered nie 201,' .He 'talked of his 'Match with Josh.
lc! tgtdersto7noo, ii.h;omandhehseaaitalahede:l!?
lump
'in the head for the sake 'of that." 1 saw hits aga;te and be
then told me the plaintiff' hid warned him not to 'Shoot any
more on his grounds. He added, he' would slthot 'op Mr.
Calley's grounds in spite of him or any hotly elle. After this
frequently saw him .onMr. Calley'3 land,
Cross-examined—At this tithe Mr. Hayne was living at Bur-.
derop. Mr. Rayne was tenant of the -perk' and manor ; he hall.
rise latter to shoot over ;: Ceruithi ••-*"t at" to thoot with

Bayne and another servant; I know 'the greateopse is Mr.
Galley's property; he calls it his wood; I have kn;own him 16
years, and have heard him say his lands are-in life possession
of his creditors; Cannon offered me Wt. and then, 201.', if • /
would promise not to' iryfufm against him fur •shodting the phea-
sants; he said he would 'eve the 21/1. if "Mid nO more about it.
lie came to my house; and told me Ile had heard I had informed
against him I told him I had, and he called' me aside and
oiTtred nie 101. to say no more about it. '
11e-examined—Cannon made me this Offer ; he -said Mr.
Calley had spoken to him ; the wood the 'copse" is Cut every
year, and sold for Mr. Caney ; I khow it,. bedatise bills are
posted' np respecting it; Mr. Caliey's servants cut the wood;
some of these servants havc been in his employthent-30 years;
Caninin remained at.BurderOP for some time after the conver-
sation with me.

Mr. MANNING for the defence—lt had been stated on the
other side, that plaintiff was a gentleman of property, resklent
in thig county. • That might have been 'once"true, hut'wbuld
not appear to be so now, for in conseqUence of Mr. V3alley'.
embarrassments, the house and manor of Burderop hid been
let to Mr. Hayne, who,.as it would seem; had had' a-Timber of
Visitors at Burderop, and among the rest Cannon the -present
.defendant. It appeared in evidence that'ke went out with the
gamekeeper' and shot some pheasants.' 'R.- Mr. Rayne had a
right to employ anyone to kill game, he might-etriploy Cannon
for that purpose.
The Jury `returned .a ierdiktt for the plaintiff—Darnaget one
shilling.

CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.)
CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER..

Maria Green was' put to the bar, indicted for the murder of
her new-horn male child, on the 2d March, at Caine, in this
county. The prisoner was a pretty, simple-looking girl, about
20 years of age, of an interesting appearance, and at the'time
of her arraignment, and afterwards during the progress cf the
trial, she appeared Much affected, and deeply sensible of her
unhappy situation. '
Mr. Hu hcomßE stated the case to the Jury, and observed
that the most conclusive evidence was necessary to establish a
charge of such a nature as the present. It was first requisite
to prove that the infant had been born alive, and in establishing
that fact there might exist considerable difficolty, as the test
formerly relied on, that of the lungs floating in water, had been
since exploded. However, if the Jury did not think the mur-
der proved against the prisoner, it would be then for them to
consider how far the prisoner appeared from the evidence to
have concealed the birth of the child, which was a crime punish-
able-not by death as•the former, but by imprisonment for such
space of time, not exceeding two years, as the Court should
think proper to direct. If the Jury thought the prisoner guilty
of the capital charge, they would say so ; or if of the other of-
fence, they would-find their verdict-accordingly.
Caroline Wheeler--I am servant of Mr. Heath, of Quemer-
ford, in the parish of Caine, in this county. The prisoner at
the bar was my fellow servant; she' was housemaid, and
lam nurserymaid. On the evening of the Ist of March, I
was taking my tea with the prisoner ; prisoner said' she was
very poorly, and thought she should go to bed as soon as
she had her tea. This occurred between five mad six o'clock
in the evening. The usual time of going to bed was nine or
ten. I don't know whether prisoner went to bed at that time,
but I saw her about eleven o'clock, and • asked her how she
was ? when she said she was much worse, but hoped she should
get better soon. This was in prisoner's bed-room. I left her
there after I had spoken to her. Prisoner slept by herself that
night, Mary Smith, who generally slept with her, having gone
home to Compton to her friends the day before. I next saw
the prisoner about six o'clock the following morning, cleaning
the parlour. We had no conversation then. Mary Smith came
home soon after, and went up to the prisoner's bed-remit, and
called mein. re observed certain appearances that excited
our suspicion, and communicated them to my mistress, Mrs.
Heath.

Mary Smith—l was alervant at Mr. Heath's on the Ist .of
March ; I am under dairy-maid ; I know the prisoner, and
was in the habit of sleeping with her. "returned from my
friends on the 2d of March, and observed the same appearance
as the last witness, which 1 communicated to my mistress. Be-
fore and after this I ssw the prisoner, who was about her work
as usual. •

Crops-examined-»I was in :he habit of sleeping with the pri-
soner before the 2d of March, and she never communicated to
me any thing about the state of her health. lam 18. I know
nothing of the prisoner's situation.
Mr. U. S. Ogleby-1 am a surgeon at Caine. On the 2d of
March 1 was sent for to the house cf Mr. Heath. I saw a dead
male child above stairs. Prisoner was in an adjoining room:
This was about ten in the forenoon. I observed marks on the
neck of the child ; they were bruises, as if it had been grasped
firmly by a hand or hands • there were considerable marks of
violence. The skin was abraded, and there were marks of ex-
travasation of blood tinder the skin ; there were little scratches
and pinches 'externally. 1 opened the child, and examined the
lungs. I also examined the neck, and ascertained the extrava-
action of blood to exist, the marks of which I had seen exter-
nally. In my opinion the child was not prematurely born. I
think it was born alive. I form that opinion from having exa-
mined the lungs, which I took out and placed in a basin- of
water, when they floated on the surface. From that circum-
stance alone it is that I form my opinion of the child's having
been born alive. If the woman had grasped the neck of tha
child in the pains of delivery it might have occasioned its death.
From what I afterwards observed I have no doubt-the prisoner,
had been recently delivered of a child.

Cross -examined--The lungs of the infant were not sufficiently
expanded to fill the cavity of the breast, and on that account'l
think it extremely probable the child might have died in the
course of the birth, or immediately. after. The marks I have
described, and attributed to a compression of the neck, might
have been accidentally occasioned. The ;lotion of the lungs
floating or not in water, forming a certain test of the state in
which the child was born, is very prevalent; in my opinion it
forms'ahnost an infallible test. An inexperienced female might
not have been aware of the full extent of her situation as to the
exact period of delivery. I think the lungs would not have
floated in water, had not the child been born 'alive.

Mr. Justice LITTLEDALT—Are you not aware that many
eminent medical men think differently, that the opinion you
entertain has been exploded; and that the majority of the pro-
fessiOn lay no stress upon the appearance of the lungs subse-
quent to death ?
Witness--The test I referred to has been sometimes lightly
treated in Courts of Justice by professional men, but I consider
it as an almost unnerring one.
Mr. Justice-LITTLEDALT—You do not appear old enough
to have seen the late Dr. Hunter, but you must know that be
was one of the most celebrated surgeons in this country, and
that he asserted that no dependence was to be placed on the test
you rely 0n...
Witness—l am. aware that was his opinion, my Lord, but -I
entertain a different one ; and I believe mine is now the re-
ceived theory among Medical men.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE —Then it mast be within the last
year or two if it is, for I have heard some of the most•eminent
•of them deny it.
His LonDstite then proceeded to chare the Jury, and told
theip that be was not of opinion the capital_ part of the charge.
had been supported by evidence. peen allowing the theory of
the medical witness, one part of his evidence went rather to
disprove the charge of murder, as he had intimated his opinion
that the child might have expired in thetourseof the birth, and
heforiit had been completely born. It was, however, his duty
to inform the Jury, that under an Act of ParliaMent passed..
few years back, the concealment of the birth of a bastard child
was punishmenthy imprikonment : and he was of opinion the
concealment had been perfectly established against the prisoner.
The Jury found the prisoner, Not Guilty of Murder, but
Guilty of concealing the birth of her illegitimate child..
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALM sentenced her to be imprisoned
siX calender months.

CUTTING AND MAIMING.
Stephen Blake was put to the bar,, indicted under Lord,
Elkn boron g for having atlthsraliciotiity stabbed
and cut Ehzabeth Blake, his wife, with intent to do tier some
grievous bodily harm, on the 9th May last, in the city of Salim-
ury.—Nr: BATLEY stated the case to the Jury:
Elizabeth Blake (a pale emaciated female) was then called,
and deposed as follows. I am the wife of the prisoner At the bar ;
he called on Me at a quarter before three in the afterntiOn of. the
9th :Alay, at the workhouse in this city: Prisoner asked
".why I had not come out as he desired?" anti I replied;'' the
time he had appointed was uct yet expired ;" he remained in
the gateway for a few minutes in my company, and continued
coining buck and forward till a quarter-past eight. He IV XV
soinetiniei very civil, and at others abusive. He said, " this,
Would be the lest interview he should ever have with me acid
the children;" he said, " that the halter was a family gar_
meti t, and he did not fear to wear it. On going away, he wad.

• , .
44. he would make mellow! Or it before teno'clock.thakoight;
I had given no provocation, and the only
_reason, qir vib-
lence•wis "that- he Wished•mb'iokO Ott with'hirt),- itS)tt‘r rd`' fused. • He returned again.at a: quartcr..before.:Mite;
lying in hed,in. the long-room, where the kmalifiig,p—
thred. of my • children 'Were in IA" with 'Nrhetf"/
.the prisoner enter.the,fooni,• I sat up' in the llied;' andtasket!
!riot " why he had returned, And .not.gone home to Pp4,?%'-!-
lie cape over to tile bed, and. asked Why'/ had caeca
tern u rogue:?" I said, " I did itOt—l only called 'him tk
blackguard!" kla then said,—" You are. going to,sweity.thq-
peirec ?" I answered, ". hid ...kard nastier) , Lie tot
told the to put the child out of my arms, which •I'refu*kl'.
went round to the Other-side of the :bed,. And told 'ikain:,l2.,
do,so, and I again retnsed. He said, then
With the child; and tinarter you afterwards."' lie took a Vnife
from his left hand pocket: . I then jumped out of 'bed, ati4 its
tabbed me twice wite the knife on the belly and thigh...,T&
other woMeiicittne to toy assistance, and the knife was likea•
frnm ‘him:• I took' it from his' hand 'Myself. It witftiltitchr:eli.
killing knife. It was not sucha- knife is.my husband was act,
customed to use., He might occasionally for cutting np,
no such one 41f-his-own. Ile works in the Market. I• Wad-
said nothing to irritate him.
• Elizabeth Narks,-,-I. saw the .prisoner in . the
_morn of
'work-house where the women Sleep; abbut nine'o'elock
Ilth ' 1 observed what passed between pritiorleraud hi9e
wife on that occasion. It was Just the same as described ;by,
the last Witness. In addition to .his attack on his wife, the
prisoner Stabbed me in .the side; when' I went to assist her.. 1,.
heard no provocation given bylatzabeth Blake. ; .
By the prisoner-4 didn't tell two or, three different .stories, de:
swear prisoner stabbed his wife twice -While in' bed. '1 toil t Magistrate lie had two kniVes; ilarge and a small one, with
which lie stabbed me. I didn't see.what he did with the 1:-,,rtio
knife.

The prisoner (who displayed great-ingenuity in croSs--examln..%
ing the witnesses)—That does not correspond, my l.totd,, with
what she said awhile ago.
'Mr. Wm.: Sutton—Mr.: Burbidge delivered' Me a ltnife',en-
the 23d 11-lay, which I now produce. (The knife was handed
up to the Jury, and appeared
,a formidable-looking weapon,
about Binches long,' with a sharp point, and brOadlri proportidn.)
Miss Ann Nash— I .am daughter of Mr: John Nash;a cutler
in this city. I know the prisoner, and sawihim on the evening
of the 9th May in my father's shop; it was between eight and',
nine o'clock. He bought a killing; knife' such' 'as this.; (rad':
knife was here handed to ,the witness.)—This is the knife ;,it
has the price marked on it in my writing. • I am certain of it.
is a knife for killing cattle.
:The case for the prosecution being closed, and: prise Per
called upon for his deferge, lie said he had procured the knigie‘
for his necessary occupation ;' and did not purchase it for the
purpose of stabbing any one, which was unnecessary, as he had,
a large clasp, knife at the time. He further stated, that he acted
under the influence of intoxication, having drank more ale than
was good for him. in addition to that, his wife had reviled and`
exasperated him, and he was too far gone in: liquor to be master
of himself at the time. fie merely recollected leaving
workhouse, but nothing that happened there, and had no'cle..
sign whatsoever to commit any injury upon his wife or any--
other. person.
, . „ - • • /
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up tne evidence, and
the Jury immediately fouhd'the'priSoner:Gitiliy.
Judgment of Death was recorded against the prisoner. r

YORK, JULY 29.
CROWN SIDE.-MA NSLA COMER.

John Robinson, aged 32, was' put to the bar, charged wi‘.t
killing and slaying his -wife,- at New-Mhiton in this county, on
the 23d March last.—The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. HgLT, in stating the,case to the Jury, observed that the
prisoner had been in the service of the venerable Earl Fitzwil-
liam, at whose expellee he would, be this dardeferOS: He
did not mention this eircomsance either to prendicg, Or to
benefit the prisbner, but merely with a view that lis,sholvtigial.
unjustly suffer under a Charge of so atroCiong *4O;
„a.. 4
murder of a person who stood in'the near relation to
,him•
'of hik
Wife. 'The story was brief, and he would now' proCeed. to dair
hii witnesses.

Mary Budgeham—Saw the prisoner on the day in question .
with an axe in his hand. The door of his likii6.wasshut, ard.
he broke it open, saying as he entered that if alis, body forAi44,_
him he would chop them with the axe. lie fastened the dours
and windows, and said, as he was. master of the hotie, this!' hif
wife should not come there any wore. Next day.WittiestisAlik
the prisoner in a position to strike at his wife,. Vut, witness sak
no blow struck then. However, she saw the' 4e Sease<if:fall.
When prisoner afterwards struck the decased, W'itnes's told hill
-to recollect. he was not striking a beast; to •which he repiieo,--,
" D—n you, if yoti don't hold your tongue, -I'll gi've.you.i.4
much." Upon the deceased falling, witness heard some pe . ,
say, " poor thing, she is dying," to which prisciner:replied,—
" D—n her, if she does not die make -her die before night..
After the fall the prisoner's wife never spoke.
Cross-examinM—She believed the deceased had 'Snipe
that morning. The prisoner was often.. obliged to go‘, 441,
home, and in his absence Tom Hythe used to go' andlive will)
the prisoner's wife. •
Several persons gave the prisoner an excellent e It.krac.er. •
• ''
The Jury retired for about ten minutes, w4hen th'eyr'e(arneFl'.
ri verdict of Guilty; but strongly recommended him, to..iiie•Ny;
on the ground of the extreme pro Vocation which he had teyl
ceived.

The prisoner was then sentenced 'to six months', impfbont
ment in the House of Correction.'

. .
HORSE STEAEIXOTH,L Robinson: aged 68. J..Robins.-14;'•
jun. 33, and W. Robinson, 14; .were found guilty of stealing a, .
bay mare and abilY:geldihg,frOm the preousestif a farirke fit
the neighbOurhood of nalifax. The only; interest e3cOted
this trial was the singular fad; that the elderprisen'er
then of one of his guilty companions, and the father-inlays
the other. His appearance denoted great infirmity, arid Dile
the other 'prisoners is blind! The horses were missed front .tt.g
,owner's stable; and found in the pos,iession of auk Prlsbitees:,,,.
who said that they were only employed to lead theta into
fax, in order to be restored to the rightful nw;ler. T&
disbelieved their story, and found them all Guilty.

-1! SIR ALTEit SCOTT.—SIE W ALTER SCOTT ,
c 4 the ' pink of Ireland op 3londay ; l'e then' proceOe'rie;
reaideno of the Provost, and wa introduced IT* tioki•osl: •
lege libTary. The tioQr of the library was guarcleti by a..14r1y
porter; and not even the ladies who came to cacti a:gificlOslVik
the " Great Unknown" could 'obtain - trtilts.'"tS
worthy of that college where a system of
,ex.'Clusiop,and
rality has long prevailed—a systeni
of literature, .and tii's;raCeful to the'coiinqy:-4: 'etir Mtdc' cirf
curnstance occtirttd ddring Sri Walter's b sit one at~Triial+ttL":
the library ailjoining
,St. Pi4ticle's Cati!eoV4.!; ffie l/FkiitV
Librarian, who happens to be a collegihrs.biviptkot
yeitiation with the " rireat pbknOivn," whaled 'to take' hft)i^ilk
surprise, and thereby prove his' own dOefeilty.
view he exelairneel, " Oh, Sri Walte,i—de ten,t;vi
•
only lately I have had time to get throt4ThyoUr Tte4424/2i:iti!'
Sir Walter.—" Sir, 1 never'''met with such 4' hood." t'l he
lihraiitth stood rebuled, and said nothing fit Waltir:i;yk.:'
ceedingly lame. The lameness, we' shotin thin k;by.
nq of walking, proceeds from a hip-dieak,
was probahli afflicted in his youthfill
of lam in Peter's Letters is 'e*treinely'fatthful. f
a dijeune at the Provost's, aM dinetl in*theleMiing with
W. flartstouge.--:(hubiiii Morning Registei.) •

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SVIWIN DEATH.—At the cloi Of:-the Suerek*
Sessi9ns psterday, the prtsnners.agamst,,whow.
no prosecution was preferred, were as usuicallefil-
iuto Court and discharged. One of(hesi;,oY thgr
name of John While, was sitting at the time in ,
the day-room smoking his pipe, and on ricing:AY.
enter the Court, he suddenly All'
expired. . ,
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'l'hursduy niebt, between ttte-hours of:lttisgtot
and nine; a vast crowd of men and bey's were dfayli tOgethei'il*
the High:street, by the singulat appearaneeiif.a than
the shirt and breecheSoripping ,idorig the street's ifri)e-huia-
been the representative of MercurY. On' heir* •eitiettiotrett virlh'
regard to his motive for this singifiak tobiliiCtr•he'§titted ihat-ht.
has started from Glaagovi at the ktrn6 ifae • with the
merely far the piwpoie of.aSeertainirig
for him wheat it, %o that he might atsof/lie fkittire pealed {rr,i~
•for a wager: The experiment W F.;'S tuCe44lllll),heliii*iiikleffeheio:,
Eiliniourgli 20 minutes before the miiirii.vaiNizgyet•ifeterve'l,