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viction that a principal object of the illegal concede-
rev by which this country is overrun and disgraced
was the frustration of the rights and remedies of
landlords. I remain of that opinion. It has been
(:011firrned by all I have seen. Whether this con-
federacy originated with the class whose dishonest
purposes t seeks to effectuate, or whether, having
b en originated and found, its powers were employed
to accomplish its dishonest and fraudulent designs, is
of very little moment. Suffice it to say that, in order
to accomplish the design of defrauding the landlords
of their legal rights, and frustrating their legal
remedies, scarcely any crime has not been com-
mitted. In the prosecution of that design the
most frightful murders have been perpetrated. Bu:
what shall be said of those by whom this sanguinary
spirit has been awakened, cherished, and matured ?
They have found it ungovernable, and they are theme
selves the first to feel its cruelty, and to sink under -
i,s oppression. We have been engaged for nearly
three weeks in administering the criminal law in the
counties of Limerick and Clare; and during that
time, with very, very few exceptions, the persons
aggrieved have been farmers of the lower class. Not
persons of rank, opulence, or power; but persons of
the very class and rank by whom those assassins, and
their illegal confederacy, have been supported ; and
they themselves have become the victims of the very
power which was created for the destruction of
others. I say with deep regret that the scenes we
have witnessed have pressed on my mind the dreadful
truth, that demoralization prevails to a greater ex-
tent, and to a much deeper degree than I thought
when I opened this commission. It can answer
no purpose to go into details. They can be read in
the reports of the trials that have taken place under
the commission, by those who wish to be informed
on this subject. But I will shortly, and in a few
words, advert to some of the circumstances that have
transpired. What do they show us ? That human
in some places has become the subject of barter
—that human life has had a prioe fixed upon it. We
have witnessed the attacks on human life. We have
witnessed the preparation for the attack, the consum-
mation of the deed itself, and the escape of the mur-
derers. We have witnessed the conspiracy to murder,
with scarcely an attempt at secrecy. We have seen
the conspiracy to murder plotted and planned—that
many persons were present—that women and chil-
dren, whole families, were present at it. We have
seen the assassin hired and brought from a
distance. We have seen him and his companions
stalk abroad in the daylight in a populous
country, armed, and scarcely disguised, his purpose
known to every man who saw him. We have seen
the victim approach to the place where the assassin
lay in ambush for him, but there was no voice to
warn him—no hand to protect him. The bloody
deed is perpetrated under the eyes of hundreds of
people, yet, after all, the assassin walks off observed,
but undetected Nay, as if to consummate the
atrocity and infamy of all this, the murderer is
housed, sheltered, protected, and preserved for further
deeds of destruction. I can scarcely trust myself to
speak upon this subject, or to detail to you any of the
horrid crimes that have been committed—of which
the proofs were laid before us in the neighbouring
counties. But I will give you one instance, in the
simplest words I can use. His Lordship here de•
tailed the circumstances relative to the murder of the
Hourigans, and caused a thrill of horror to run
through the court by recital. lie then continued—
Gracious Heaven ! would that those things were not,
or that we could expunge them from our memory.
Yes, there Ices seem to be a demon spirit let loose on
the land. The spirit of vengeance rages without
control. And no wonder, when those crimes are ex-
tenuated, palliated, and excused. Nay more, we see
ho.v the spirit has gone forth. People are told of the
' wild justice of revenge,' a phrase which has now '
obtained credit and currency as if it was a great
moral truth. Now, not to dwell upon the audacious
impiety of man arrogating to himself the exercise of
that which belongs only to man's Maker—without
stopping to dwell upon the profanity of the sacred
name of jastice by associating it with the idea of
revenge—see what that principle means, and what it
is intended to mean. It means this—that murder is
just—that rapine is just—that cruelty is just—that
any and every crime is just—provided only that
revenge he the motive, and its gratification the object.
I regret to think that such a precept as this should
have been issued to our ignorant, turbulent, and
excitable fellow-creatures. How do they understand
it P They understand it as it was meant to
he understood. A man becomes the judge and the
avenger of his own wrong. And the conse-
quences are what might have been expected.
the innocent fall by the arm of the assassin ;
and the assassin, his accomplices, and the con-
spirators, in their turn, fall by the arm of the law.
No w, Gentlemen, why is it that I have addressed
vou ? First, it is because, though I hope matters are
not so bad with you generally, I fear that in many
places they are so ; I would impress upon your minds
the necessity of exertion to suppress this dreadful
evil. Towards that object I will make a suggestion
to you. I would ask you whether this state of things
is not absolutely intolerable ? I would ask you whe-
ther it can be endured ? I would also ask, is there
any exertion too great—is there any sacrifice too
extensive—any price too high to pay in order to get
rid of this dreadful evil, and substitute the permanent
blessings of peace and tranquillity ? I know that
' yoawill answer that there is no price too high, no
sacrifice or exertion too great, provided that important
object can be accomplished. Now, gentlemen, so far
as respects the administration of the criminal law, and
so far as regards the prevention of crime by the
power which its punishment inspires, no person can
have stronger confidence in the administration of
the law with this view than I have, or of the
necessity and propriety of vindicating it, and of
vigorously arraying its power against its violators—
and so far as our experience goes, its speedy and
effective administration promises to be attended with
success; but I am perfectly confident of this—that
even if the law be applied in the most vigorous and
effectual manner, and if the power of its punishment
be adequate to the repression of these outrages, you
could not calculate on more than the temporary
repression of them. The experience of your own
county in particular tells you that notwithstanding the
vigorous and effective administration of the law in it
from term to term, as if the flame but smouldered, it
has broken out with renewed strength and increased
violence. Therefore, in my judgment the effectual
suppression of these mischiefs at this moment, and the
prevention of their recurrence, demand the active co-
operation of those who are the friends of peace and
order. See what the power of combination for
evil is, you should try what the power of combi-
nation is for good. I would humbly suggest the
formation of associations to preserve the peace in
parishes or lesser districts ; and that to these associa-
tions every man should be admitted who wishes to
become a member of them. I enter not into the de-
tails of the application of this association—of the
mode in which it may be made an auxiliary to the
police, or the manner in which it may be brought to
bear upon the suppression or prevention of crime.
But of this I am perfectly assured—that there are no
means immediately within your power, or within the
power of the friends of order and peace, that are so
immediately capable of being put into execution, or
that are so likely to be effectual when they are put
into execution. I would ask you to use your own
t-x.rtions to prevent crime without punishing it—to
try whether there be not within your powers the means
to prevent crime. Because, if those means are
within your power, I must say an awful responsi-
bility rests upon you if you do not endeavour to
make them available for purposes of such inestimable
importance. With respect to the particular cases
to come before you, there is only one to which I
need call your attention. That is, where a person Is
charged with being an accessory after the fact, you
will take care, in investigating that case, to be satis-
fied of two things—you will see that the evidence
supports the indictment in two main points. First,
.
that the crime has been committed—there pro-
bably be no difficulty on that ground. But, in the
next place, you cannot find a bill in the case, unless
you are satisfied that the party charged with her
pouring a felon knew he committed a felony. Net
that you must see that the accused had actual know-
ledee of the fact, but that the circumstances under
which he harboured the felon leave a natural and
probable presumption that he knew him to be guilty
of a felony. Now, in conclusion, I will draw your
attention to two clauses of two different Acts of. Par-
liament—the object of which is the prevention of
crime, and therefore of much importance. The
matter is the more important, too, because it has been
only recently brought under public notice, and be-
cause the law I refer to is peculiarly adapted to the
state of the country, and the persons by whom crime
is committed. The 50th of George 111., section 7,
gives magistrates the power to arrest strangers, and
commit them to prison if they do not satisfactorily ac-
count for themselves. You all know the importance of
that power, because it is a notorious fact that when
persons
will not perpetrate crime with their hands,
for fear of being recognised, nor by the hands of
individuals in their neighbourhoo-1, lest they also
might be known, they call in the assistance of sten-
eers, and the crime is perpetrated through their in-
strumentality. The other clause to which I have
alluded is a clause in the Whiteboy Act, which gives

inagi,trates the power to compel persons to give in-
ft rmation—d mean the 15th and 16th George 111.,
chap. 21, section 22. That Act authorises justices of
the peace to summon any person suspected of being
able to give evidence under the act, to examine him
on oath, and bind him to prosecute at the assizes ;
and if he refuses to submit to examination, or to be
bound to prosecute, then the magistrate is authorised
to commit him till he is discharged by due course of
law. Gentlemen, there are powers for the prevention
of crime, and to enable magistrates to procure infor-
mation, and they are very important provisions—they
should not be allowed to remain a dead letter on the
statute-book. If they are properly carried out, they
will be productive of great benefit, and tend most
materially to repress crime and disorder when they
first appear. His Lordship concluded with some
general observations upon the duties of grand jurors.
The judges took their seats on the Bencis this
morning at 10 o'clock, and immediately afterwards
the grand panel was called over. The attendance of
jurors was pretty good. A great number of those
summoned to serve as petty jurors were gentlemen of
the grand jury class.
MURDER OP MR. WILLIAM ROE. —John Lonergant
a man about thirty years of age, was placed at the
bar charged with the wilful murder of Mr. William
Roe, at Boytonrath, in this county, on the 2d of Oct.
last, by indicting a mortal wound with a gunshot ;
a second count in the indictment charged that an
unknown person fired the fatal shot, the prisoner having
been present aiding and assisting.
A jury having been sworn after several challenges
on' the part of the prisoner, the Attorney- General
stated the facts of the cam?.

George Roe, Esq., examined by the Solicitor-
General—l am cousin to the late Mr. Wm. Roe,
and was his agent. I remember the time the pri-
soner's holding was taken possession of by the sheriff
for non-payment of rent; on the day my cousin was
shot, I heard of the murder at about twelve oclock.
The holdings of the prisoner and his brothers were
opposite my place at Belleview, on the other side of
the road, and a mile and a half from Rockwell, 'Mr.
Roe's residence. He usually lived at Kingstown,
but was two days in the country at the time of the
murder. He got possession of the land held by the
prisoner, and was on it the day before the murder, and
was going to it the day the murder was perpetrated.
On going to my place he should pass James Loner-
gan's gate and the widow Lonergan's house. There
were at some distance the ruins of Kate Daly's house,
and the body was found between that and James
Lonergan's house. I heard a shot some time before I
heard of the murder, but my attention was not ex-
cited, it was so common to hear shots at the time.
When I heard of the murder I ran towards the place,
and saw some persons round the body.
Cross-examined by Mr. ROLLESTON—The action
brought by my cousin at the last assizes against the
prisoner was not defended. Kate Daly, the ruins of
whose house I spoke of, was badly off, and I got
possession from her. I gave her a pound to go to
America. There were other houses also thrown
down, the owners having got money to take them to
America. I had a conversation with the prisoner
about getting compensation from Mr. Roe. I offered
him 101. before the record to give up possession, but
he refused. After the habere he asked some com-
pensation, but Mr. Roe then declined to give him
any. I told the prisoner I wculd speak to Mr. Roe
again and endeavour to get him something. That
was a day or two before Mr. Roe went to Dublin.
The prisoner said he wanted to go to America.
Samuel M. Going, Esq., swore that he was sub-
sheriff of the county at the time the habere was
executed. The prisoner kicked a vessel of water out
of the hands of one of the bailiffs, with which he was
going to quench the fire. Witness gave him into
custody on his doing that ; and before he went away,
after giving Mr. Roe possession, he asked him
whether he would send the prisoner to gaol, but Mr.
ltoe requested him not to do so. The prisoner before
that had some angry altercation with Mr. Roe.
Judith Grady, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENE-
RAL—I lived at Carrigeen in September last. I saw
the prisoner in the house of John Lonergan (Maurice),
some time before the murder. Other girls and I
were working for Mr. Roe on land that had been
taken from him by the prisoner's brother. The
prisoner asked for pen and ink from the man of the
house, who asked him what he wanted with it. He
replied that he would tell him by and bye. I said
that Mr. Carey had given notice to a great number of
' persons at Carrigeen, and to the Lonergans among
others. The prisoner said, "If they meet one person
honest, they will not find others so ; and if there was
a few blackbirds' lessened, the rest would be easy—
it's only a made up matter between them. Mr. Roe
was the first to begin ; himself will be the first to
fall. I hope he won't reign long—l think he won't."
The day before that I saw him in his brother's, next
to his own old house, with fire arms in his hands.
Halloran, the steward Mr. Roe put over us, and others
saw him also.

John Elliot deposed that on the day of the murder,
about eleven or twelve o'clock, he saw a man he took
to be the prisoner coming from the direction of Boy-
tonrath towards the Golden-road through the fields.
He pulled up one of his stockings and appeared to be
a little red in the face, but he always thought him to
be a little red.

Cross-examined by Mr. RommTow—The man be
took to be the prisoner had not his coat off; he wore
a grey frock coat.

Miry Lonergan, the little girl, was here placed
upon the table again, and asked by the Solicitor-
General if she saw any person in the plantation whom
she knew, but 'lee still continued to cry, and made
no answer.

CHIEF JUSTICE.--4elher go now; she has made
up her mind to swear that, and there is no use in con-
tinuing this scene.
The SOLICITOR. GENERAL—WiII, if you did not
see any person in the plantation, did you in the field
near it ?—The witness made no reply.
CHIEF RFEICR—Come, stop crying; you must
answer the question.
The question was repeated a number of times, and
every effort was made to obtain an answer, but she
still refused to reply.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL told her that she should
be sent to prison unless she answered the question.
Mr. ROLLESTON objected to any coercion being
used towards the witness.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said there was no coercion at-
tempted. It was perfectly plain, from her informa-
tions, and what now appeared, 'that this was an at-
tempt to defeat the administration of justice.
The witness was then removed, and ordered to be
brought up again in the morning.
Michael Cantwell, a boy about eleven or twelve
years of age, was next called, and examined by Mr.
SAUSSE.

He deposed that, on the morning of the murder,
he saw John Lonergan, the prisoner, lying on the
ditch between his brother's field and James Kirby's.
He left that, and was going towards James Loner-
gan's gate, when Mr. Roe, who wa: walking, came
along the road with a gun in his hand. In ten minutes
after that he heard a shot. He saw Mr. Roe on the
road after dead.

Cross-examined by Mr. ROLLLESTON.-1 live witk
the police now, but they did not tell me what to
swear. Constable Connor gave me an orange as I
was coining on the table to swear, but he never gave
me one before. I never told any person that Mr.
Itoe shot himself. It was before my breakfast I
saw the prisoner in the ditch. It was after breakfast
when I saw him again.
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The case is still (six o'clock) being proceeded
with. It is likely to occupy a good deal of to-morrow,
it' not the whole day.

A POLICEMAN MURDERED.
Nonwicu, Jsx. 26.—A case of this description, in
which an assault has been made on a police constable,
has just occurred in the county of Norfolk, and it
seems impossible, according to the opinion of Mr
Crickmay, surgeon, who was called in to attend, that
the man can live the night out. The Catton division
of the rural constabulary extend to the separate
jurisdiction of Norwich, and about one mile from this
city is stationed police-constable Emms, No. 109.
Another village in this division is Hasford, and here
reside a family of labouring men, named Willernot ;
one of this family was robbed about a fortnight ago of
a considerable sum of money, and suspicion fell upon
two of his nephews. Application was made to a
neighbouring magistrate, and warrants were granted
to apprehend the younger Willemots, on
suspicion of having committed this offence.
These warrants were given to police-constable
Emms, and he, in company with another officer, named
Garrod, went a few mornings since, very early, to
the house where they resided, for the purpose of
apprehending them: They found them at home,
and in bed ; but they refused to let in the officers,
who in consequence broke open the door, and pro-
ceeded to take theta into custody. The Willemots
prepared for active and determined resistance, except
one, who made his escape by the chamber window.
Even the mother, it seems, resisted, though she re-
mained in her bed, and was observed by Emms to
have armed herself with a bludgeon. The remaining
sots commenced a desperate fight, from which
Garrod fled, leaving his comrade to battle it with his
opponents. Emms succeeded in capturing them, but
not until he had received a severe blow on the head,
which, however, at the time, was not considered
mortal. The two Willemots were taken before the
magistrates, and remanded to the Castle, until the
evidence should be more complete, and Emms should
be able to appear against them. He has since been
getting worse, and is dying. The magistrates, with
their clerk, Mr. Kerrison, are about to proceed to
Ernms's house to take his depositions, and the
relatives of Emms, who reside in this city, are also
about to proceed to Sprowston, to take, as they ex-
pect, their last farewell of him. The Willemot who
absconded has not yet been apprehended, nor are we
aware of any reward having yet been offered for his
capture.

Cross. examined by Mr. ROLLESTON—My father is
dead, my mother lives on the public when she can't
get hire. We have so land. I lodge in Clontnel
now, in the house with the police.
Mary Quirk, examined by the SOLICITOR-GerfintaL
—I was servant to Mr. Lonergan, at the time of the
murder. Between ten and eleven o'clock on that
morning I was sent for water, and had to pass by
James Lonergan's house at the plantation. The first
person I saw after I left the house was the prisoner,
John Lonergan, standing beside Paul Cantwell's
house, inside the road. He came out on the road,
saluted me, and passed oa in the directioi where the
body was found. When I got as far as the widow
Lonergan's gate, I saw two boys come out with an
ass and cart, and met Mr. William Roe coming from
Rockwell, near the ruins of Holly's house, which had
been pulled down. Mr. Roe passed me on the road,
and went on in the direction of where his body was
found. On my return with the water I met John
Lonergan, the widow's son running towards Hacket's
house with a hatchet in his hand. As I was going
home I saw the body of Mr. Roe on the ground,
and saw a man whom I did not know passing the
body. I left the water in William Lonergan's
house. I went to Belleview to tell them of what
happened.
Cross-examined by Mr. ROLLESTON. —I was taken
up by the police for the murder of my child. Mr.
Roe (not the deceased) was the father of that child.
I had four children, who are all dead but one. I
never was married. My children all died young. The
police told me that there was a reward in this case,
813/. Con Loughnane was taken on the same day
with me; James Quirk was also taken, but John
Lonergan, the widow's son, was not.
To the SOLICITOR. GBNERAL—I was only kept in
custody one night on the charge about the child. .1
never was sworn against for it.
Thomas Norris, examined by Mr. SCOTT, Q.C.—
I was in the employm ant of the late Mr. Wm. Roe.
On the day before his death I was on my way from
Rockwell to Belleview, and near Maurice Lonergan's
house, I met James Lonergan, brother to the ipri-
soner, and near the widow Lonergan's gate I saw the
prisoner come out upon the road from the plantation.
When I came up near him he went in again to the
ditch. He came out twice on the road, and looked
towards Rockwell. 0 a returning from Belleview to
Rockwell I saw the prisoner going through the plan-
tation from the direction of the widow's house. Be-
fore that I met my nu tster on the road opposite the
plantation, near where the body was afterward found,
and accompanied him stlong the road towards Belle-
view. I was walking el the plantation side of my
master.
Cross-examined by il' [r. ROLLESTON—I didn't see
the prisoner:in the &tell, but convenient to it.
Edward Mahony, a I Doy about twelve or fourteen
years of age, was exam fined by Mr. SAUSSE, and de-
posed that on the MO' 7ning of the murder he was
minding turnips for his master, Timothy Loughnane,
opposite Mr. Roe's pl ant ttion, when the prisoner
passed down from his b rother's house. As he passed
he told witness that an 3 r one could steal the turnips
while he was there. A fter that, he saw the prisoner
lying on the top of the 4 litch, between James Loner-
gan's and Kirby's. In about an hour after that he
heard a shot up near the plantation, and saw the smoke
of it. On coming to th e road after that he saw the
body of Mr. Roe.
Cross-examined by l ROLLESTON —My father is
dead, and my mother I iv es on the public. Since the
murder I have lived w ith the police at Cahir. They
are better masters the n Tim Loughnane. The
trousers I wear I got fro .m the police.
Judith Sullivan was the next witness. She was
examined by the Attorney-General, and deposed that
on the day before the le turder she was in the house
of James Lonergan, broi her to the prisoner, and
him
the latter fixing a gun i n the room. She saw m
the next day at eleven o'clock in the outhouseolef
John Lonergan, where i
to lived. He came in while
she was there, and told hem (his wife, the children,
and herself) to go out. He left the house before he!,
and when she went out she saw him taking off his
coat (a blue frock), and throw it inside the ditch. In
about half an hour after that she heard a shot, and in
some time, while she Ws ss sitting in James Lonergans
house, she heard the not se of a person passing by the
back of the house.
Cross-examined by ROLLESTON—Jams Lo-
nergan's wife is my ant It. The prisoner never charged
me or my sister with t toiling money from him. It

Loss OF Two LIVES AT Bow BEBWRRY.—YOS•
terday Mr. Baker, the Coroner, received information of
the following melancholy occurrence, which took place
on Tuesday evening last, at the brewery of Messrs.
Abbott and Son, Bow, by which two men of the names
of Wm. Clark and Richard Simms, who were in the
employment of the firm, unfortunately lost their lives.
It was their duty to clean out one of the vats, in the vat
department, which contains about Eel barrels, prepare-
o•ry to being
filled with ale. They were last seen
about five o'clock, when they were going to the vat to
remove the grain in it. About an hour afterwards, as
they were not to be found anywhere, it occurred to a
man sawed Tabes, who observed their candle in the vat,
that they had fallen in. He looked down, when he ob-
served them both lying at the bottom of the vat, which
is a depth of twenty-five feet. He gave the alarm, upon
which several men ran to hie assistance. He (Tabes)
was lowered by a rope tied round his body, when he got
them both out, but at a great risk of the loss of his own
life. They neither of them showed any signs of life.
By this time Mr. E. Abbott heard of the distressing ac-
cident, upon which he sent for several medical gentle-
men, who were promptly in attendance, but could afford
no assistance. It is supposed that, as Sims was m the
vat under Clarke he must have gone down first, and
that being overpowered by the mephitic or carbonic
acid gas, that Clarke went to his assistance, when they
were both overcome. Clarke was foreman of that de-
partment, and had been in the service about five years.
lie was well acquainted with the danger, and was often
cautioned to be careful. Ile has left a widow and three
children.
MEMOIRS OF MADEMOISSELLB DB MONTPENSIIIN•
—WRITTEN BY IlEnsms.—An English version of this
remarkable work has just been published by Mr. Col-
burn, The chronicles of Courts have always a strong
and peculiar attraction. They enable the humble many
to dive into the recesses of palaces, and to obtain seeoerd-
rect idea of the every-day life of the great
few. Among the treasures of this kind no woreknep h p
ral, or
could be found more likely to interest thf, &moire
of
instruct the curious reader, than the and prineir ga s
Mdlle. Montpensier," niece of Queenl Henrietta Maria,
whose sayings and doings sh.-
with whom she was on termsof
frequentlyeo se intimacy,re2ords Heranci
of the Court, and the political and love
memoirs are so full of the stirring incidents that arose
out of the cabals
intrigues of the time, that they may be said to present
one of the most striking pictures of the period ever
given to the world. The frankness, too, with which this
high-spirited Princess relates all her own remarkable
adventures, and the curious anecdotes she relates of so
many royal, noble, and distinguished personages, in-
cluding in particular Charles the Second, give an irre-
sistible charm to the work.
ADVENTURES OF A MRDICAL STUDENT.—The

lovers of the wild and wonderful will peruse with great
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above title. It is the production of a surgeon in the
Royal Navy, embodying his own experiences and adven-
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have been submitted to the reader since the celebrated

" Diary of ;Late Physician."
THE GREAT BRIDGII 01.1 TRH RHla➢.--=The waters
of the Rhine are at present so low, that the foundations
of tht, were of the great bridge, which the Emperor
Constantine bad built over the river in the year 108,
are visible. Active search is at present being made to
discover some remains of the bridge thrown over the
Rhine by Julius Caesar, but hitherto without result.

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was close by his own house he threw off his coat ait(i',..,
went towards the field where they had been wintuSie7
~, , -- •
ine• oats. I heard of the reward, but don't know
6''.i,Y
much of it I'm to get. :"
Mary Lonergan, niece to the prisoner; a '.71'44
pr 15 years of age, was next exarni
wept bitterly when put oa the table and while er
txtina
10
examinatio.n. In reply to the Sonicrrow GENERAL
she deposed that she heard a shot on the day Mr. Hie
was killed, and looked towards the plantation.
1 SOLICITOR- GENERAL—Did you see smoke there ?
Mr. ROLLUSTON—You have no right to ask he I
such a question—ask her what she saw.
SOLICITOR-GEXERAL—Indeed I have a right to put
the question.
Mr. ROLLESTON—WeII, I submit it to the Court.
The CutEr JUSTICR said he saw no objection to the
question.
The question and others were then put to the wit-
ness, but she continued to cry and asked to be let down.
CHIEF JUSTICE—You must have done with this—
you must remain there until you answer.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Did you see any person is
the plantation ? Witness—l didn't.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL—You did, is that it ?
Mr. ROLLESTON—No, but that she did not.
SoLtcrroa.GENEßAL—Well, leave it to herself.
The question was repeated, but the witness, who
still wept bitterly, would not answer.
The CHIEF JUSTICE then ordered her to be re-
moved for the present, and that another witness
should be called in the meantime.

After being reminded by the Chief Justice that Rho
was sworn to tell the truth, tho question was repeated,
and she Raid, "I did not."

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mi. Z. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street,

Portland-place.
THIS EVENING
'WYO ill be perfbrined Shakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT
Leen** Ur Dot Pedro, Mr. J. Vining ; Don John, Mr. Coortney ;
. Cooper; Claudio, Mr. Conway; Benedick, Mr. Da-
TertPort ; Antonio, Mr. Neville; Beraehio, Mr. C. Fisher ; Dogberry,
Mr. Compton; Conrad, Mr. Norton ; Balthasar, Mr. Mucklow ;
Terges, Mr. S. Cowell ; Priest, Mr. Wynn; Beatrice, Mrs. Mewatt ;
Hero, Miss Susan Cuslaraaia ; Ursula, Miss Roark° ; Margaret, 3liss
Somers.
kfca
which, a new Farce, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW.
Iltrank. Mr. Compton; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley.
To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD
FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons.
Dress C e, 51.. Boxes,
l •
48.; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, Is.

FRENCH PLANS.—ST. JAMES'
S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street.
bast lilakt but Two of the Engagement of Mona. Bocage.
THIS EVENING,
The Entertainments will eommeuce at Half-past Seven, with
PREMIER MALADE,
After which will be revived MoliersnrCorneale of LE TARTUTFE.
Tarter°, M.:.ocage (his last appearance but two).
Le
To conclude with the
Mdlle. LagierVaudeville of UNE FILLE TERRIBLE.
Bo2es,stalls, tickers, and season prospectuses, may be had at Mr
33, Old Boad-street.
INITCLIELL'S Royal Library,
so,", fie. ; Fit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 38. ; Gallery, 24

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE,"
Daiwa, Mrs. F. Davidge, N.. I,
D viadge-terrace,Re,,,into
Surrey. t-road,

rnder the Management of Mr. Bunn,
TRIM ATENI.NG, the performances will commence with the
salettraterd t)pera of
Ttriz DATTGITITEII OF THE REOIMENT.
Ckaraoters by Messrs. H. Phillips, King, Honacastie, Rafter, Att-
sroae, Wilahon, and Miss Poole.
Iro eoaelacto with A new Pantomime, entitled EATTLIZDOOR and
81111ITTI.1COCK. ; or, Harlequin Trap, Eat, and Ball.
A distisset entrance to the private boxes has been made (which
Plave bean re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the
malpal Librarians ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is
WWI daily hers Ten until Four.
Boxes, 3d. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will to performedTH7 LIGHTEM
OrMall *1 Bermondsey. Characters by
of BANKSIDE ; or, the
;Messrs. al
Snots, Searle, teriaan, 'Jiggle; Miss Vincent, m rDs.Le, Henderson,
ee,gnd3i
iss
aarroughenere.
liber which DEAREST JOHN.
To •oncluto with the grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime,
tektite/ TUX WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and
be
tel Origin et Printing, with wonderful scenery and decorative ap-
pettets. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moroi;
la tlpelt.A IL Lupine; sprite, Signer Mollno; Columbine, Mdlle.
.9. 1 Pit, id.; Gallery, 4d. Xe Half-price to any part
St tle Imam
baoss c at Aw, to corarneace at Half-past Six.

ArsTLEY'll ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
rimrietor and Manager, lir. William Batty.
Mr. Batty's performing Elephants
Estßaled7irronllo Night This Evening, when; the Ps.atereinte
will be played first.
Tremendous hit of Lavater Lee, the renouned double Leaper, our-
Damsel tie Bounding It all.—The greatest Jumper in the
world will
asp ea every lEvening in his extraordinary Gynanastie Exercises, in-
Aiding his astounding double leap over twelve hones, a feet molar' al-
argil slue eke days of the celebrated Ireland.
THE
,
Tv* `rani Spectacle of THE CAMP( OF SILESIA.
gitirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented
Ile telasiiskaacat, in the earious modes of equestrationArtistes of
Re aoudads with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled
HAICIAIQUIN DOCTOR STNTAX AND HIS DIPPER GRET
JARS, in which those popular artistes Herr Denlin, 3Edlle. Theo-
dore Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine,
441;11' and Pantaloon, which will exceed in spleadowr and street
Itsaser priedaetleus at the Amphitheatre,
Box-office open from 11 till 5
Actin awl Stags Manager, Mr. W West.