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'1 HE DELEGATES.

The following Charge, Which we had not opportunity to 'ri-
sen' before this diy, presents a clear and cOmrelie,e!ve
outline of the case, and afloids an admirable spe'ci:uvo
the dignified candour, persp:cuity, air t wisdom, V' 1 'At
uniformly characterize the British Courts ut justice.

KING'S BENCH.-THURSDAY, lAit. 30.

FOURTH DAY.

THE KING V. THOMAS KIRWAN.

The following is a correct copy of the Charge
delivered by the LOUD CHIEF JUSTICE, in this i►O-
puttant cause, on Thursday last

GENTLEMEN OF TIIE JURY,

The importance ,of the case before you may mike
it less a subject of regret,
.that so much of the lime
of this Court, and of your own, has been occupied
with it. That a vast deal of it has been devoted to
political discussions, and even more with legal argo7.
meuts, upon questions which by no means press
upon yourcopSideration, and with which you have
nothing to do.
The la& and matter of this case is merely for
your consideration, and nothing irrelevant to that •
is to be noticed by you, the ta6ts he in a narroai •
compass. The Traverser stands indided fur art •
°di:nice, which it is your business to try if he has
committed. He is charged with having voted and-
aeled at the eledion of representatives at a particu-
lar meeting, and it 'will be for you.to say, under all •
the circurusiances to which I shall advert, wtn•ther
this fad is proved to your satisfaCtion. Tire indict-,
ment states that a meeting was held,on the .94h of
July, in Fishamble-stree,, where a number or per-
sons assembled ihemselves together, contriving: and
intending to cause and procure the appointment of .
a committee of persons professing the Roman Ca-
tholic Religion to exercise an authority to represent
that body. Tire indiament further charges that
Such an assembly should be of, a par!icular descrip-
tion, delineated by a certain resolution, which
states that such an assembly was to consist of the
C46lic 'Peers and their eldest sons; the Cathylic
thn't,nets, the Prelates of the Catholic Church in
Ireland ;. ten persons to be appointed by the C.l-
- in each county in Ireland ; the survivors of
the Delegates of 1793, to constitute au integral part
-of that number, and also of Five Persons to be ay:,
painted by the Catholic Inhabitants of each Parish
inDublin, meanint.; each district, so called a patinlr
the indictment states the objer.7l of that assembly to
_be, the procuring an alteration in matters establtiqt-,
ed bs; Law in Church.and State, under the pretence
of petitioning Parliament. The Traverser is not
charged with what was done at the meeting of the
9th or July, 1. r it does not appear he was present,
but with ad.ftz iu conformity to • the resolutions o.;
that m'a'ting, He is charge,. wi!h this, that in
order to carry such resolutions into effect, as were
pas,s.ed in litshamble-street, on the 9th of July, a
[neer ing was held on he 31s1 of tr,at month, melt-
ly•two days after in Liffey-street Chapel, in igue.r
to.appoint persons to re, resent the district in the
City of Dublin, commonly called the parish of
St. 'Mary's, and-the Traverser is charged with being
one of the persons so appointed, and of
sote•ci and a&ed at that asseinbly, which is
to be illegal, for the election of Dr. She, idati. The, kl
is a further charge in the indictment
stating the acts of the previous meeting, appires
only: to an ael done by the Traverser at the tuectiog
in Littly-street Chapel on the 31st of July, for the-
pur pose of elcding five_ persons to represent that dis,.
trra in a future assembly, which .is described as
tending to procure an alteration id matters establish,
ed by Law in Church and State, under the pietctrcri
of petitioning Parliament), and which asbembly
alleged to be an unlawful on.e under the Act ut tire
33d of the King, commonly called the Convention
Act.

To establish these fads three witnesses have teen
produced. Mr. Huddlestone has proved the meet-
ing of the 9th of July, in Fishamble-street:
swore that a number of persons were present, th tt
entered into resolutioos, one of wtich he prova.
ed to agree exactly with the words of the our, L id
in the indictment.—The testimony of Huddles one
goes directly to prOve these -facts:
To prove the fati of the second assembly, ycqt
hate the evidence of the.two others, ShepparJautt
M'llonough, It is not necessaryi Get-icemen, to
go into each of their testimony separately, as torso
of them agree in the leading points, and to 111.tot-
tetial citcumstance, that a -meeting was held in
Liffey-Street Chapel, on the 3 t th .day of July, and
that it' was proposed and carried that nee persons
should he appointed to at in th'e Catholic Com-
mittee, pursuant to the Resolution of the oth of
July.—They tell you of the mode how the rith.:ll,ffi
was earned on ; of seven persons having been riahied
a:ld receiving a list ; of their retiring and returning:
after having s:lected five names from the-.t.st et
those names, being put one by one ; of the pet soh 4
so elected returtflog thanks, and that the Travei•se:'
was one who was so cleated, and returned' thaiilo
-ah...4-aepted of the trust reposed in him. They
Were cross-examined with a view to discred't
tesiimony. It appears they were both more clear
and positive in their recollection than on the format'
trial, Owing to their ha%ing refreshed their memo-
ries front their notes and the copies of,t heir intonhad
tqX:S. Ii will be tor you ,to-say, Gentlemen, writ:
th.er they were so reduced by this crossexantina,
tion as not to be believed, and as not hat-rog
brought the tarts home to the Traterser.
spe4t to die weakness of the- case, you will ju:!ge
whether it ;s triad out at. coreing to your satisfaction;
In regard to Huddiestone'sevid.-ince you must judge
with what credit it is to be received; and ii y
have a rational doubt of the tact not being as he
stated it, there is an epd of tiie case. a 1•0
-doubt of the connedion between the two m !etiot,,siy
and,that the one held- in Liffey-street was,not• tit
coirsvouence of the resolution passed in Fiallamblvi-

street, you muit acquit the 'trotter-ger if no
doubt exists in your tnird in regard to this (but here
st mention another piece of evidence, a Proc1:1-
matinii was mentioned at the meeting of the 31st,
and that Proclamation was offered inevidence,: and
admitted by t± e Counsel for theTraverser),--it vrill
be you, Gentlemen, to judge of the connedion
bet een Mese meetings; and give your .verct:it-1 ac-
cordingly.—The fads are now before you, aid it is
for %,iu to decide if they occurred, and if toe wit-
nesses are io be believed, aM here I must say no evi-
&nre hos been offered to contradiction of them.—
Th v :iv, all that those meetings were nu-
rnerously at tekided—they have mentioned the names
of se,eral ;,er-,,,ris whom they state to have seen
preset If tin such meetings occurred, or if wrong
in the resolutions and transgtions, why, not bring
some of those numberless persons to disprove and
delay it vi ill t)C for you to think whetni:irhat
.eircuirti=tai ce does not materially stretigi hen the
witnesses evidence, and render lin in more readily to
.be nein 'tett ; and if you do believe the witnesso,
then it breornei necessary for us to tell
.ypti;*Cw
the law stands ~s applicable to it. The law on this,
and a former occasion, has received from Counsel
an able and, elaborate discussion—My Brothers and
I have had numerous meetings and repeated confer-

ences on every objection that has.beeir suggested;
nothing has escaped our consideration, and our
united opinion of the law, as applicable to this sub-
jet is, that not the fieriest doubt rests on our minds
as to the law of the Convention Act, heretofore de-
livered in this Court. "

It is not imputed to the Traverser, that, he has
been guilty of any degrading, unworthy, or im-
moral ad, or any illegal aet, abstrad'ed from the
consideration of the. Ad' of Pirliameut, which I
am going to state to you—but the question is, whe-
ther tie has violated the terms of this statute, a s:a-
tute made with great political precaution : it is like
all other ads, which we sit here, not to alter or cor-
reel, but to dispense, supposed to be made on due.
consideration, for public necessity, and on. princi-
ples of public policy. We must not question or
discuss the wisdom of the Legislature ; we must
pronounce the law as we find it. -No matter if it
bears heavy, on an individual ; it is our duty to cle-
dare, whatever we may feel, or not feel; for the
situation of the criminal. This ACS has not for its
object so much- the punishment of the Assem=bly
described, as to prevent its existence. It ads .rin
the principle, hot of its being mischievous, but
that it may:become dangerous, by meeting to alter
ant (natters' established' by Law in Church and
State.

Gentlemen, I shall read you the preamble of the
Statute. It is entitled, an Ad, "to prevent the
election or appointment of unlawful assemblies,
under pretence of preparing or presenting pun:ic
petitions, or other addresses to his Majesty or the
Par le:inivnt," and Gentlemen, I must observe to you
that tire objechof this Att wa, not the dispersion or
prevention of assemblies meeting tor crmainal
purl ose, acting Illegally or authorizing illegal acts,
for these require no. new Statute to punish such
violation of the Law ; bur it was because they
might become criminal and dangerous. There be-
ing this apprehensiort, therefore; that mischief might
result from assemblies Tepresenting she people un-
der the pretence of creparing petitions, the remedy
with uteri the legislature meets the danger is, to
prevent the possibility of it occurring by destroy-
ing then- existence, to punish every step towards
their formation, by declaring them Unlawful assem-
blies, and ei.joining all peaCe officers ,to disperse
' them.—This mischief being the danger to be appre-
. bended, the Stiture has .etia6ted—" That all As.
sembhes, Committees, or other:bodies or, persons
eletied, or ill any other manlier consii.uted or . ap-
pointed, or assuming a right of authority to repre-
sent the people of the realm, or any member or de.,
scription of the same, or the people of any province,
county, city, town, or other district within the sante,
under pretence of petitioni;l4 for, or in any other
manner of procuring an alteration in matters esta-
blished bylaw in Cl.urch or State," and the Ad makes
it lawful for arty Magistrate to disperse them,. and
even the publishing any notice of the election of
any representative at any such assembly constitutes
g mater of offence. Gentlemen of the Jury, the
objection relied upon by the Traverser's Counsel on
the word pretence, in this Statute, is that it means

fake pietence, but the word pretence is used with
natio .s mr•aning, in different Statutes; as to the
epithet false, several instances have been produced,
whereit is not necessary. • In my mind, very strong
instances, the English, Statute of Car. 25, which
states, that no person shall repair to the King or
Parliament upon pretence- of presenting or deliver-
ing any petition, &c. There is another Statutei,vhich
I 3nr iethinded every day of in Court. 1 revert to
an A 6 th tt tsas tna,-tcd in the same Parliament as
the Convention Bill and passed the same day—it
was the Statute for the " Repeal of the Penal Laws
against ihe Catholics of Iteland." There the Ca-
tholic obtains his .priVilege upon taking an , oath,
tvbernin he disclaims any hatred or evil design
apinst any person, fur and under the- pretence of
being .a heretic. A thousand honest men have taken
that oYth, and did one one of them- think it meant,
fake pretence ? The meaning of it was; under the
colouror pretence; under ti:e cloak, or under -the.
allegation ; bet it was r 1,4 because the idea of, false-
pretence was ridiculous' in that Act, that it would
be so in the Contention Act. This also is for the
decision of the Jury.
Gentlemen, in this case you were told, that' the
verdict upon the former trial was had upon the wit-

neSses—but it is nut for me to say whether that ver-
did was right wrong you indst at upon your own
judgment.; you must act. for yourselves ; if you dis-
believe the et idence, you must acquit the Traverser.
But in case you are of opinion that the facts existed,
as stated by the witnesses, you must convid. It is
necessary for me to have your information upon an:-
other tact—that you will tell us if the election' in
Liffey-street was confined to the inhabitants of
the said boui'ds of the city or was intended to
extend itself to the representation of the inabi7
tants of the whole Roman Catholic Parish of St.
Wary's. -

Ass to the evidence with respal to that fa& cir-
cumstances have appeared in one of the resolutions,
which shook' be the subjed of yOur consideration.
However, in case 5 ou should be of opinion that the
whale case is established, then you will inform :us;
it you btlieve the, eiet:iton in Liffey-street was to
tepreeot the Catholic inhabitants s lath) the bounds
this city, or to extend to the whole parish, The

The unfortunate - and unexpeaed surrender of
'Valencia has excited considerable apprehensions for
the safety of Alicant, towards which place_ a por-
tion of SUCHET'S army had already advanced. The
divisionSi of Generals MARY and FICEYRE have te-
tired-ro Alicant; and, we trust that, if the• French
besiege it, the defence will be more vigorous than
that of Valencia. The following letter has been
received from Alicant, dated the 1 Ith ult.:— .

" We are in a state of confusion here, owing to
GeneralsfrlEYßE and MAHY having been driven into
this town by a French division, under tht! command
of General D'AttmAcata, who has been before this
place for three days.' We are as yet ignorant of the
state.of Valencia ; all we know is, that it, held out
on the Bth inst. Our merchants do not consider
themselves any longer safe ; already many have
taken the alarm, and_are preparing to quit this
place for some of the adjacent islands. It is 'not
thought that we can make,a long defence, as provi-

sions are scarce."

Many of the Letters frOm- Lisbon state, that a
battle of a very decisive nal ure is daily expected be-
tween Lord WELLINGTON and MARMONT. The
latter, it is said,'is adVancing by forced marches,
and General DORSENNE has left Salamanca for the
purpose of joining him; and finally we are in-
'formed, that General HILL has began to move for
the purpose of joining Lord WELLINGTON. We
stin, however, entertain some doubt whether a battle
,is likely to take place so soon as these writers seem to
think. We are quite sure, that neither MARMONT;
nor any other French General, will risk a battle
with the British, unless they possess an immense
superiority of numbers, and that superiority we do
not think IVIAtuatoNT possesses. The rapid advance
of the British Army, and the capture of Ciudad Ro-
drigo, has, perhaps, alarnied MARMONT for the safe-
ty of Salanitanca, where he has large magazines;
and we are inclined to think that the movements
he have made are rather for the protection of that
place, than with the intention of fighting Lord
WELLINGTON.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice, in the
Court of King's Bench, Dublin, on Monday last,
that it was not his intention to proceed farther against
any of the persons who offended against the Con-
vention A. The Jury who found Mr. KIRWAN
guilty, have had their lives threatened by anony-
mous letters. Such is the mild forbearance of the
_people, whose cause is patronized by OppoSition !

An OppO,ition 'Print of this day declares, that
there has not been for many. years such a display of
powerful ‘eloquence as in the. late debates on the
Catholic Question ; it alleges that the eloquence
was all one side, modestly intimating that that side
was its own. But eloquent as, in the opinion of
that Paper, the Opposition Speakers were on the oc-
casion alluded to, their eloquence. rather consisted
of high sounding words and warm appeals to the
passions, than solid argument 'and- a proper re-
spe& for those guards to the Constitution which
the wisdom of our ancestors provided, and by
which it has hitherto been secured from open
and from secret foes. If, then, the eloquence , of
Opposition was not directed to the support of
those guards, but 'rather to their 'cleitruction,
and, for aught they know, to the destruction of the
Constitution also, we can only say of such eloquence,
..that "all is hollow," and that we prefer the _more
useful elUquence displayed by the friends of Govern-
..
ment, who, though not averse to grant conces-
sions which may relieve any part of the people from

*hat they tbay deerri Unjust tdsliictiorit, in ot Ber;
if possible, to unite the whole in a C.onimon inte-
rest and cordiality, yet do not lose sight of the Con-
stitution, but requite, in Marti, what may ttind
to secure it from the artifice and influence of
any foreign povtren. Such is the eloquence Which,
though it may not please a Party, is. calculated
to convince the people at large, 'and increase
their esteem for, and confidence. in, those whcse
patriotism is not to be 'shaken by clamour, and
whose judgment, is not to be fleceived' by subtle-
ty. But the Opposition Paper alluded to deoares,
that " the chief delusion which has been at-
tempted is to contend that the objet of the mo-
tion, and the p.oint of the reasoning was, :the
condemnation of the Irish Government for their
late proceedings..
.towards the Catholic Body
not the emancipation of the Catholics themselves."
This we pronounce to be a fallacious statement;
and we appeal to the Speeches of %hat- is called the
Ministerial side of the House, in order to prove that
tlyntixhipalter the violent and repeated attacks which
..Vrjrllll..
ITiel/WirEmade upon the Irish Government, it was
ljtiAl,hi-oper to. vindicate that Government, and'

tosieW that it would have deserved censure if it
:had Ail aeled'precisely as it did, that all the friends
of Government then directed their attention to the
main question, and freely uttered their sentiments
upon the subject. Mr. WELLESLEY POLE was so
much implicated in the conduct of the Irish Govern -
rmnt, and had been the object of so many personal
attacks, grave and sportive, that it is not wonderful
if he particularly directed his attention towards the
condutt of the Irish Government and of himself. It
would have-strewn a want of respea for the Irish
Government, and a strange indifference to his, own
reputation, if he had not copiously adverted to that
subject. But we•refer to the, speech of Mr. PER•
CEVAL, of which we gave a renewed report yester-
day, whether he, whose opinions, indeed, consider-
ing ilk situation, are particularly entitled to notice,
and which the Opposition must have chiefly regard-
ed, did not freely discuss the main question, and
manifest a liberal feeling towards the Irish Catho-
lics, though with a due regard to' the Constitution,
and a just expeflation of such, securities as may pre-,
serve that system to which we have so long been
indebted for national 'happiness and security.

It has been observed in a Morning Paper, that on
Lord MORPETH'S motion, neither Mr. ADAM nor
Colonel M‘MAnotv voted. Mr. ADAM certainly
could not have voted, having vacated his seat in
Parliament ; and Colonel M‘MAnoN did ,not vote,
because he paired off with Sir J.. NEWPORT. -

Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR and Mr. PER-
cavAL. had audiences of the PfttNce-REGE-NT'fit Carl=
ton House.

The SPEAKER'S first PLirliamentary Levee will be
to-i►►orrow_evening.

On Tuesday, the Duke of YORK held a Military
Levee, at his' Office in the Hors'it- Guards, - which
was attended by Major-General Cole, on his return
from Portbgal ;- Lieut.-Gen. Campbell, Major-Gen.
Cameron, Major-Gen. Stevenson, General De Wat-'
teville, General- Hodgkinson, General GascOyne,
General St. Leger, Gem Ferguson, Major- Gen-Ker, .
Gem Ross, &c.
• • The Duke DEL INFANTADO will set out in a feae
days for Cadiz, to take upon him the-high and im-.
Portant situation of First Member of the New Coun-
cil of Regency. Don VINCENTE DE DURANGO, Se-
cretary of the Em.r•assy, will perform the duties of
Ambassador to the British Court till -the appoint-
ment of a successor to the Duke.

Lord W. RUSSELL, son of the Duke of BEDF.MID,
has asrived in town from Pot tugal.
Among the late arrivals from Portugal are Major
Gregory, of the 44th regiment, with Lieutenants
Ssiaderson and Burney, Of the same regiment.. We
understand they are returned on the recruiting ser-
vice, and the Major is to take the command .of the
depot, which has lately been removed from Here-
ford to Horsham, in Sus Sex,

Letters from St. Petersburgh, orthe t t th ultimo,
mention no news of any political moment, but
simply state, that the exchange had, again risen
to iii.

It appears from a letter froM Falmouth, that the
Errdy►nion and Foriunee frigates had not been suc-
cessful in • their search` after the French vessels on
the 30th el,.
- •_Ito]AL ACADEMY.--Mr..-TURNER'S 'last Lee, ore
chiefly rela,ed to Chiar' 'oscura, which he il:ustrated
by a reference to the works of the earlier and later
Masters, as well by Drawings; tb skew the princi-
ples, and by others, of a more finished nature, ma-
nifesting the pra&ical etfed of those principles.—
The whole was pertinent, judicious, ancrinstructive.
We have heard very little, ,till lately, of Mr.
WEST BETTY, who a few yearS past was the univer-
sal object of admiration and attraction at almost
every Theatre in the United Kingdem. The profits
arising from his extraordinary talents were, it seems,
laid out in the-purchase of a considerable estate in-
his native county of Shropshire, where the youth and
his mother reside, himself the. bes,t mounted and
boldest of she sons of Nimrod—occasionally visiting
Sir W. W. WYNNE and the neighbouring Gently-,
and gi%ing the powers of his uncommon genius to
the aid of their private theatricals. He is si6ken of
by those who have witnessed his performances with
equal rapture as formerly,: and in a manner that
makes one altriost lament that his fortune renders
it unlikely the public at large will be gratified by an
exertion of his talents in their service.
This morning four men broke out of the House
of Correction in Cold-Bath-fields ; their names are
as follow ;--John Cole,'''tGeorge Doran,
Haw-
kins, and Thomas Tucker'. They had their prison-
dresus on. '

tils brace the Lord Lied, jot irelfid Lai
conferred she honour of Knighthood upon the
following Gentlemen :--4ohn Pu,cel, of Charleville,
in the county of Cork, Esq. ; Captain William Ati;.
gustus Smith, of the RoyarEngineers : and Williatif
Alexander, of Londonderry, 04. Yesterday a Meeting Ws; held at, Lloyd's for tht
the purpose of taking into consideration the situa-
tion of the widows and of phanS of the unfortunate
men lost in 14% Majesty's sliirs of war. lately
%.6.&.ked in thert pagage from the EaLic. Lor;i
GAMIIIER and 'Sir JAMES SAUMAiIEZ; were Inc.
sent, and subscribed each t went) "guineas. A very
hatidsorne sum was c-JfeEted in the course of the af-
ternoon.

LIBUINANT-GENEALCHAPIVAN.-.-TbiSOfficeti .4
who belonged to the artillery, died on the 2d inst. at.,
Kingston, near Taunton, Sumersershire. He vtai-4
hot n in 1743 .and en'ered the service in 175 b. He':
sewed many years in Am6rica and the West
with honour to himself and advantage to his coon.:-
"try. We regret to add that an amiale widow, and
a numerous family, have on this occasion to hment
thelbss of a truly estimable husband, parent, arti
friend.

Major General K`KINNON, who fell so gloriously
on the breaiih ot Ciudad Rodrigo, is a younger son.
of one of. the first families in Scotland, being an,
uncle to the Chief. of McKtNNoN which family trace
their origin from the Kings ot Scotland, many hun-
dred years heloye the Conqu,,tSl. He 'entered at aov.
early age into the Coldstream Guards. His first cam-
paign was served under the Duke of YOIiK, in Hob.
bind. During the rebellion. in" Ireland, he w2l'Brigade Major to General Sir GEOLIGH NUGENT,
where be was remarkable for his courage, humani-
ty, and good conduct. The Gazette of that flaw
particularly noticed him.. He served in the expedi-
tion to Egypt ; after which he was in Germany, un-
der Lord CATHCART, as well as the taking ot Co-
penhagen. He again einbarkek', in 1808, for the Pe-
ninsula. To the most undaunted courage he j(nr ett
the soundeSt judgment. In 'short, this, promising
young officer Wos
,universally esteemed by his ac-
quaintance, and beloved by those under hiscommand.
The. General married, in. 1804, the youngest daugh-
ter of the late Sir J. COLT, Bart. His wife and two
infants have to bewail the loss of a beloved husband
and father.

NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.—On Monday a Court
Martial was assembled on board his Majesty's ship
Roisonable, in Sheerne.s Harbour, whereof Captain
Fellowes, of the Conqueror, was President. The
Court proceeded to try Lieutenant Cornelius Las-.
celles, on the under-mentioned charges exhibited
against him by Alexander Rennie, Esq. Captain of
the . Trinculo brig,. viz. For a violation of Elie
23d and 27th Articles of War, and for being of a
combination against his captain." The Court were,
of opinion, that the Whole of the charges against the
prisoner were proved, and did therefore adjudge the
said Lieutenant Cornelius Lascelio.s to be dismisqed:
from his Majesty's service, and rendered incapable
for ever of serving his Majesty, his heirs, or sac-.
CCSOI-3.

A few evenings since the following dating at'
tempt at robbery was made at Rev. Mr". Oldersha'A '5
at • Starsion, near Harleston : As that Gentle..
man's nelihew, Mr. Douglas, was reading in the'
library, the door of which opens into the garden,
and was not fastened, a man, masked, entered tb
room, and presenting a pistol to Mr. D. demanded
the money in a,binean which stood in the room ;
Mr. Douglas replied that there was none in. it, :311d•
that he 'had 'but very little in his pocket. The v•l'
lain immediately seized Mr. D.'s gold wateb,
which accidentally laid: on the table, when Air-
Douglas very coolly observed, that if he took the
seAS-it Might-lad-to a discovery, 'but the
robber persisting, and still holding Abe pistol in
a menacing manner, Mr. Douglas instantaneouslY
seized the poker, and made a despera►e. blow at
the %Wain, whose pistol missed fire, and Mr. D. re-
peated his efforts, which the fellow avoided, and
drawing a large knife from his side, p!unged it at
Mr. D.'s body, who luckily drew back far euongli
to prevent the atrocious intention, but ripped °peg',
his' waistcoat and shirt. The servants and [f r. Ol"
dershaw being now alarmed, aft: man fled, but was
so Closely pursued as .to drop Mr. Douglas's waret'
in the garden.

Yesterdac morning as Lord DUNDAS. was in his car-
ridge opposite the King's. Mews, the fore axle-tree
broke. The coachman was thrown with great, vio-
lence, and having fast hold of the reins, he was drag'
.ged for several yards, but was not_mdterially hurt.
His Lordship, e are happy to state, did not receive
any injury.

A tire broke out at the house of Mrs. COTTEY,
the Fulham-road, on Tuesday night,
occasioned bY
some clothes taking tire in the laundry. It was got
under witt.wit destroying the house.

Thirty-tour thousand guineas ill g6ld,_ the pro-
perty of a Gentleman dece•sed, wese offered for sale
on the 'Change at Belfast lately.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB. 7.
This d Market bad but an indifferent supply
of the different kinds of Cattle; Veal sold at last
prices; Beef, Mutton, and Pork are cheaper, and
the trade, for the MOS! part, was somewhat flat
the sales, in the Hay-market were inconsiderable
Hay obtained last price, (lover has got up in prices
Straw has linen in price. The following prices and
numbers are a correct state:::ent.