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the same to Smith, whose legs were in consequence in
a ud state. Witness saw Smith's legs, which.appeared
as if :hey bad been scathed by gunpowder. Witness
gave evidence to that effect on the trial. The whole of
the prosecutor's witnesses were examined. Smith was
called on for his defence, when he stated that he acted
under cemeulsien. His witnesses were then heard ;
gr, at cumber of them were- called to speck to his pres•
pests si.d cot:flexions in England, and to his previtius
good character. The Juegti was Mr. Baron Garrow.
He summed up the case to the jury; and stated in doing
so, ibis it was quite clear that. Smith was acting
under compulsion, and he particularly directed the at-
tention of the jury to the evidt lice of Capt. Ileern of the
trig Industry. Captain Smith was instantly acquitted
after the Judge's summing up. Witness remembered a son
o• the awner of the Z-phyr, captured by the pirates with
eantib, vas examined fer the defence, and he narated the
circumstances of the piracy of the vessel, and the cap-
ture of Smith on his veyege home from Kingston, and
stated that Smith was forcibly glen away ft cm the
Z- phyr on board the pirates' vessel. Captain Smith had
ft England about eighteen maths before the trial, as
trhitt of a vessel called the llarringron, trading to the
‘;'t-;r Itit:ieb. Ile was returning home as chief- mate of
e Z ,pe)r when he was captured, Captain Lumsden
being the- captain. Witness remembered the trial of
1829. Captain Smith was then present at the trial for
tea: capture of the Prevoyant. which lasted about an
hour. The case aas tried before Lord Chief Justice
Tindal. When Captain Smith sailed he had 3001. or
400/. in the funds; and aloe he was captured he was re-
turning home to be married, and he was married very
s on afterwards.
Cress-. x:rinined by Mr. Sergeant SMEE—I am a cousin
of Captain bmith'r. lam now to practice as a surgeon.
I practised twenty yr ars in the Old Kent-road. I
ri,d a farm at one time near Windsor. I
have been occasionally engaged in bill transactions
About 15 years ago Captain Smith was in the habit of
ditcounting bills for me and other parties, to the extent
of 200/. or 300/. at a time. After 1829 Captain Smith
went to sea again, and returned to stay on land about
1834. He has not to my knowledge carried on auy busi-
ness. I have had no communication with him since that
time. I was charged by Smith and a person named
Shields for forging the acceptance to a bill of exchange,
and the grand jury ignored the indictment. I indicted
Shields and Smith afterwards for a conspiracy to charge
me with forgery; but it fell to the ground. I was not
guilty of forgery; there was 110 foundation for the charge
at all. I will swear Smith has not lent me money since
the trial for the conspiracy. At the trial in 1823 Smith
admitted in his cross-examination that both he and his
men assisted in rowing the pirates' boat, and that he
personally assisted in loading the guns. The skin was
off Smith's legs when he returned, and apparently that
had been done with gunpowder. The surgeon of the
prison, who was examined at the trial, gave it as his opi-
nion that the sores on Smith's legs had been occasioned
by gunpowder.
Mr. Gurney, senior, the short-hand writer, produced
a transcript of his notes of the trial in 1829, for the
piracy of the ship Prevoyant. The trial terminated by
the jury stopping the case.
Mr. Berkeley, a watch and chronometer maker, in
the Commercial-read, said he knew Captain Smith in
1823, and was present at the trial at the Admiralty &s-
-siolis in that year. Had beard the evidence given to-
day by Mr. Bost, which was substantially correct.
Cross examined by Mr. Sergeant SHER—Only knew
Captain Smith in the way of his (witness's) business.
Mr. John Batheroyd—ln 1823 I was a hatter. Cap-
tain Smith lodged with me six or seven years before he
sailed to the West Indies.• I was present at the trial in
1823. I have heard the evidence given by Mr. Bost to-
day. I remember Mr. Cook, the defendant, being exa-
mined at the trial. He was captain of the Industry.
Cook said that the captain of the pirates was such a
ierocious man that he did not dare to intercede with him.
The Judge in aumming up SAO "It is in this case,
like ail others; where the mind and the band don't go to-
gether there cannot be any guilt; and the prisoner can-
not be found guilty." I remember Captain Smith re-
turning to England; he was an a very destitute condi-
tion. I took him a suit of clothes on board and many
other necessaries.
Mr. Wm. Cragg—l was in China in 1836 and 1837. I
saw the plaintiff there. He had then the command of a
vessel called the Mary Ann, which traded from London
to China.
Mr. James Holmes—l am a warehouseman in Regent-
street. I know the plaintiff very well; I have known
him for six or seven years. He has resided in Camden-
villas during that time. I have always supposed he was
living in a respectable manner, on his means, and moving
in very good society.
Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—I don't know that
Captain Smith is now a bill-discounter. I never heard
of his having been tried for an assault upon an attorney's
clerk.
This was the plaintiff's ease.
L.

THE LATE DREADFUL MURDERS AT

LANGRURNE.

ect.rl) SPITALPIELDS,

F. to: liwe f year ve,y—int.7l7,(l7l77to.7sTrior, ign
P 8 t.4vr, route )14[41 51;.C- I,stz—the
rtatious into I,,ndob ha‘itqr, been only 159 tons
tram Hooch. and 30 han§yers *r! m Itotterdarn. The
e,,nrihued faihng ,ff in the a, rivals Itom Farce and
e!..eivl-1,- re, has g of v COLfidt rto rt. hou,e-growt,!-F.
al ;:ou2h 'hey ntr;ve torwatO, d shout 3 BCO tsea. Nor.
wltilSts,:dillt that. the rid is oy no to o bti,k.inees
are from 5s t 10, higher that; on this day ~e'ntoght.
Prest-tit race') as

.1 A good deal cf excitement has prevailed during
the past week in the neighbourhood of Carmar-
then, in consequence of its having been currently
rumoured that Elizabeth Gibbs, who was recently
committed upon a charge of murdericg, by poison,
her mistress, the lady of T. 13. Severne, Dq., of
Brixton, and a tellow-servant, named Rebecca Uphill,
had made a full confession of her guilt. In conse-
quence of this rumour, and of some official commu-
nications made to them, the mogistrees deemed
it to be their duty to commence an it quiry into all '
the circumstances of the murder, so as to hind over
all the necessary witnesses ; and three days were
devoted to this purpose, during which some facts, not
disclosed before the coroner, were elicited. Among
the new witnesses examined was a girl named
Mary Jones, who had lived in the service of the
Governor of Carmarthen gaol. She deposed that
she remembered the prisoner Elizabeth Gibbs being
brought into the gaol. One day in conversation
she told witness that her master directed her to go up
to her mistress, and when she went to her, her mis-
tress said to her, " 0, Betsy, why have you given
me something ? I wish I had nut taken it now."
She also told her on one occasion, that
Peggy brought her the arsenic, and that when
she asked her where she got it from, she
replied from a chemist's shop in Langharne•street;
she went from the house to get it. On another
occasion she said to witness, "I could riot sleep,
night or day, till this was done to my mistress,
or my fellow-servants." She also said that
she had seen lights passing her window, and that
it was the devil who told her to do it, and who kept
her from sleeping. On another occasion the prisoner
told witness, that one Sunday morning she bad to give
her master some camomile tea, and that she put some
arsenic into it.

Per 'lon.
Yorksh. Regents. to 100;
Scotch Regent,— SOs to
Wisbcach & Cam-
bridge
Foreign ..
Lire°lit. —s to --
Kent Shawl 7os to 75j

Per Ton.
Essex Shaws 70s to 7:5s
Kent Regents.... 70s to 8.5 s
lis,ex 7rPs to ,ris
Middling Ware... 40s to 43s
Kentish Et,tl Kid. 70s to 7!.s
Cambridge ditto COs to 75s
':.'ha s

QUEEN'S BEN C
(SLl.tiTs at Nisi Priui,

It_('r IS DA Y.)
,t Wu,!rn:n,t-u, tyior, Lord

CA BI P BFLL and a Spi 661 Jury)
SMITH V. COOK.—LIBEL.

This was an Ection to rt,e,ver conup,i.hatiun for a libel
in ebtrgittg• !he plaktitT havil.g been guiliy of pi-
racy. 'Tie defendant pleaded nu guilty, iu:d a jl.,bi6-

ef:tion.
Mr. E. Jamee, Q.C., Mr. Lut,h, and another learne(
gentleman were counsel for the plaintiff; and tte dh
fondant was reprtsvnted by Mr. &rrgeant Shoe and Mr,

• Parry.
The alleged libel on which the action was brought
was a letter which appealed in the 1 imes on tilt 20,h
June, 1850, in the shape of a setter sign( d by the de-
fendant.
This letter bad reference to certain i•tatementk
which had been made by the plaint if at a mee,b,g of
the Peace Society at the London Tavern in the summer
of this year un the subject of the then late destruction
of pirates at Borneo, at which meeting, it will be remem•
bered, Mr. Cobden, M.P., was present, and took a con-
spicuous part in the proceedings.
The 1, tier charted as libellous was as follows:
" THE CHARGE OF PIRACY AGAINST CAPA'AIN AARON
SMITH.
"TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

The prisoner, who was present during the investi-
gation, contradicted the truth of the girl Jones's
testimony, and said there were other witnesses in the
gaol, who could, if they would, prove what the truth
was.

The Magistrates said they considered the evidence
against her sufficient to send her for trial, and they
lodged a commitment against her.

" Sir,—On my return to town, after an absence of
some weeks in Scotland, my attention has been drawn
to a number of letters published in the 7 itnes relative to
Captain Aaron Smitb, but more especially to one that
appeared in your columns of the Ist inst., from a Mr.
E. Garbutt to Mr. Cobden, M.P. In this letter, the
writer, after defending his friend, goes on to state that
Captain Cook, on the first trial, was a witness for the
prosecution, and on that occasion gave the whole state-
ment of his own capture from the Industry. Further on
he says—' Captain Smith afterwards published a nar-
rative of the capture of these ships, in which he clearly
shows that what Captain Cook had stated was untrue,
and the latter party has never had the manliness to
answer it, or i❑ any way to defend himself.'
"Now, sir, as statements such as these, when given to
the world through the medium of your columns, are
calculated to affect injuriously my character for probity,
I must, therefore, beg the favour of 3 our obliging me so
tar es to insert the following brief narrative of facts,
with a few obsta vatioLs which 1 have to offer theron, in
your widely-extended and influential journal:—
" On Wednesaay, August 7, 1822, when in command
of the brie. Industry, on a voyage from Jamaica to the
island of St. Thomas, I was, alter a six hours' chase,
boarded and taken possession of by a boat from a pica
tical schooner Liar the island of Cuba, which boat was
commanded by an Englishman named Aaron Smith,
whom I rannecuately recognised by his voice, though
his lace wss blackened. This men, the moment that he
set his loot on b ard, gave directions thst a sentry
should be placed on each hatchway, and that no one
should be permitted to pass up or down. All orders
which be subsequently gave were strictly attended to by
the pirate crew. He commenced to bully and black-
guard myself, even before he came out of the boat, for
not heaving to when he first fired. Somewhat irritated
at this, I asked him also he was that I should obey him?
His reply was, You will soon find who I am.' I then
called him by name, but he denied his name, and said he
had never seen me. Shot fly aftt r this I was ordered
by the said Smith to take my ship's papers and crew,
and to accompany him on board the piratical vessel,
then a short distance off, and in chase of the brig Vic-
toria, afterwards captured also. In passing between the
two vessels we were, as near as I can remember, about
twenty minutes in the boa!, with no other or the pirate
cre a but himself with us, and we were at such a ifis'

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY IN AID OF THE
SOUTHWARK FUND.—Yesterday morning his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury preached a sermon in the parish
church of Streatham, in aid of the Southwark Fund. The
text was taken from John xii. 32 :—"And I, if I be lifted up,
will draw all men unto me. The Archbishop, in enforcing
the duty of liberality on the cong;egation, strengthened his
appeal by adverting to the recent attempt of the Pope to
regain his ancient supremacy over this country. "Our ad-
versaries," said his Grace, " had lately shown a bold front
in assuming a jurisdiction to which they had no claim. They
had usurped the right of assigning certain districts of
England to their priests, where they might practise a super-
stitious worship,am inculcate doctrines which had no warranty
of Scripture. They were the children of darkness, but they
were wiser in their generation than the children of light,
who neglected to empley those means by which alone their
(the Romanists') designs might be counteracted. In the
faith of the Romish Church, which was now again attempt-
ing to supplant our true religion, there was much that
found but a too-ready acceptance in the human heart, not to
speak of a form of worship which was addressed to the out-
ward senses, designed to catch the eye and captivate the ear.
We know how effectively many of their practices had mis-
led mankind in past ages. It was very alluring to be told
that a man of like passions with ourselves had the power to
forgive sins—that when a true confession is made to him
with a profession of repentance, absolution is procured, and
the sinner departs in peace. Such a doctrine was not un-
likely to gain success among a population, many of whom
were as uninstructed in the knowledge of God as the natives
of a heathen land. Such were the effects of human weak-
ness on the one hand, and of Romish plausibility on the
other, that many who had known the Scriptures from their
youth had been ensnared by the pernicious tenets of Ro-
manistr. What then might be expected from those who
were as ignorant of their spiritbal condition as heathens
He trusted, in conclusion, that Christian benevolence would
be largely displayed to provide religious instruction for a
district in which there was one clergyman to 1,000 persons.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are
entertaining company at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland.
The youthful Marquis of Lothian, we h-ar, has
succeeded to the bulk of the fortune and estates in Norfolk of
the late Dowager Lady Suffield.
FESTIVITIES AT WOBURN ABBEY.—The Duke and
Duchess of Bedford are surrounded by a numerous and dis-
tinguished circle of friends at their princely seat in Beklford-
shire. Among the visitors are tke Marquis of Northampton,
the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, the Earl of Stratford,
he Earl and Countess of Sefton, the Earl Fitzwilliam and
.adies Fitzwilliam (3), the Earl and Countess Spencer, the
Countess of Kerry and the Hon. C. Gore, Lord de Manley,
Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord Sidney Osborne, Viscount and
Viscountess Enfield, Mr. and Mrs. Morier and the Misses
Morier, Mr. and Miss Dawson Darner, &c. The Countess
(Dowager) of Sefton and Ladies illolyneux, the Earl and
Countess of Mount Edgecumbe,and Viscount and Viscountess
Ebrington are among the recent departures from the abbey.
BURSTING OF A PORTER VAT.—On Thursday
morning one of the large vats of Messrs. Beamish and Craw-
ford's brewery bust with a loud crash, throwing down a
large portion of the adjacent wall The porter which it con-
tained rushed in a torrent through the vat room, and thence
escaped to the river, with whose waters it rning!ed. The
vat is said to have contained 500 hogsheads, and the damage
done is estimated at nearly 2,0001. Cork Examiner
ARREST OF THE ALLEGED MURDERER OF MR.
NORTH, J.P. -A man named Walsh, the alleged murderer
of Mr. North, some few week- since, and who had absconded
from that period, was arrested by the Wolf-hill police near
Timahoe, Queen's it ounty, on the morning of Wednesday
last, after a sharp chase. The prisoner was transmitted to
Maryborough gaol, preparatory to his removal to the county
in which the murder was committed.—Carlow Sentinel

tance from both vessels, that it was impossible
eta conversation could be overheard from either.
Then, I think was the time when he should have
opened his mind, if he had been acting under compul-
sion, as he afterwards stated in his detente; but he
never uttered a word on the subject. I steered the boat
and Smith sat beside me. On my remarking to him
how otter his schooner had changed her colours since' first
,aw her in the morning, and asking for an explanation,
he said his vessel was a patriot Kaanof-war, under the
Cart hagenian flag, but that all coloters were lawful in
time of war. Not liking such questions, I suppose, he
moved from me to the bow cf the boat. When we got
alongside the schooner I observed the deck crowded with
armed men of the most ferocious aspect, sharpening
their long knives and looking at us as if they were im-
patiently waiting to cut our throats. On my stepping
on board, a brute (whom I afterwards found to be the
chief) made an immediate attack on me with a drawn
sword. I parried hi blow with the tin-box containing
the ship'', papers, till I 'disarmed him. During the scuffle
received several wounds, not very serious. I was then
put down the hold and kept in confinement; then com-
menced a series of cruelties, the bare recital of which,
even at the distance of twenty-eight years, makes my
blood run cold. Amongst other arts practised to make me
confess to the possession of property which
1 had not in reality, I was tied to the
windlass of my own vessel, and after witness-
ing the loading of three mpskete, my eyes were
bandaged, and the pieces discharged close to my head,
which left me in doubt for a moment whether I was dead
p
er alive ; suffice it to say, that utter suffering a great
deal more than I can relate here, I was suffered to de-
art
My vessel, end the captain and crew of the
Victoria with
, after being plundered ofelothes, stores, &c.
full dno dc
ad
lel t
thatailed
osctcautrerme ednttoo fmtyh
see cl
fa, pt.
irleboef
ftohuonsde
ves"seAls
to the evidence given by
trate, at the Thames Poricee, before the
utgheussti,ttli nBg23,newaghiesn-
smith was committed to Newgate. He was tried at the
Admiralty Session, held in December following, and ac-
quitted on the first count of the indictment, namely, for
piratically running away with the Victoria; and as the
Counsel for the Crown (for reasons best known to him-
self) abandoned the second count without calling
a sinele witness, he was acquitted on that also; so that
I had not an opportunity of saying one word relative to
the capture ti the Industry, or the brutal and cruel treat-•
meat which I had experienced.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY,)
Belore the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.)

MARSH V. CRATE.

This was an action in forma pauperis brought by the
plah.tiff, who is a cowkeeper and grazier at Edgeware, to
recover the aura of 451. for money lent, and other ex-
penes incurred on behalf of the defendant.

The platn tiff conducted his own case, and Mr. O'Malley,
Q.C., appeared for the defence.
It appeared that the parties had been for some
time i❑ partnership with each other in

the management of a grass farm, and the
defendant, though admitting the account, contended that
it was incurred on behalf of the partnership. The
whole of the items were for dinners and drink paid for
by the plaintiff for the defendant, or money lent at differ-
ent periods. The defendant also pleaded a set off in the
shape of a cross account.

rrne LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left the jury to say
whether such items us these could be said to enter into
a pal tnership account.
The jury returned a verdict for the plsintifffor 301. 10s.

COUNTY OF LIMERICK ELECTION.—The nomina-
tion takes place on Tuesday next. The Nation of Saturday
states that " the canvass of the League has been everywhere
successful ;" but observes that "the landlord i,fluence is
gradually rallying to Dickson's tally-rooms." The struggle
will be between Captain Dickson and Mr. Michael Ryan, the
tenant-leaguer; and if Mr. Gould do not resign, Captain
Dickson is likely to be the sitting member.
AN AMERICAN EDITOR'S FIRST CHILD.—The New
Englander gives a rhapsody proceeding from a western
editor, on the birth of his first child—" I am this day multi-
plied by two—l am a duplicate—l am number one of an in-
definite series, and there is my continuation ! And you
observe, it is not a block, nor a block-head, nor a painting,
nor a bust, nor a fragment of apything, however beautiful,
but a combination of all the arts and sciences in one—paint-
ing, sculpture, music (hear him cry!), mineralogy, chemis-
try, mechanics (see him kick !), geography, and the use of
the globes (see him nurse !). And withal, he is a perpetual
motion—a time-,piece that will never run down! And who
wound him up ?'
OLYMPIC THEATRE.—Among the recent visitors
to this attractive theatre were the following : The Duke of
Somerset and party, Earl of Durham and party, Earl Fitz-
hardinge, Earl of llardwicke, Eirl Stanhope, Marquis of
Clanricarde and party, Lord Garuner, Lord Exmouth, Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Louthberry. Lord Chesterfield,
Lord Seaham, Lady Talbot and party, Lady Conroy, Miss
Burdett Coutts and party, Sir Wm. Anstruther, &c. •
THE COURT.—The first of the proposed dramatic
entertainments to be given this winter at Windsor Castle by
her Majesty, is appointed to take place on Thursday next.
A seltct party of about 100 distinguished personages have,
by her Majesty's command, been invited by the Lord Cham-
berlain, and several of the Cabinet Ministers are among the
number invited.

IVIARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN A BROTHEL.—Elizabeth
Coe, a woman of the town, was brought before Mr.
Bingham, charged with stealing from the person of Mr.
Richard Rouselle, a French gentleman residing in Albe-
marle-street, a bill of exchange for 2,100 f., and a guld
pencil-case, at a house of ill-fame in Sheppard-street,
Oxford- street.

HARRISON AINSWORTH'S ROMANCES.
Vol. XIL—AURIOL.

For wiling away a winter's evening, about the fes-
tive time of Christmas, commend us to this little
volume from the pen of Harrison Ainsworth ! As
the twelfth instalment of his republished and collected
writings it will be found a delightful pendant to his
more well known productions. " Auriol" we re-
member on it appearance as a magazine story, espe-
cially that famous conceit about the " enchanted
chairs," which at the time fixed itself indelibly on
our imagination. The narrative is interesting, if for
no other reason, as a study from the literary portfolio
of the novelist—revealing to us the power,and facility
with which he can dash in those broad touches of light
and bhade which, make up the chiaroscuro of his re-
markable compositions. The perusal of " Auriol," in
this respect, is, to our thinking, invested with some-
what the same pleasurable feelings with which we
might take up an outline sketch in crayons from the
hand of Salvator Rosa. It betrays the play and
vigour of our author's mind in the creation of a ro-
mance. The materials—previously employed by
Godwin in his "St. Leon," and subsequently by
Bulwer Lytton in his " Zdnoni"—are admirably
selected, and as admirably grouped together. They
consist of a prologue, a first and second book, and
au intermean—with such headings to the chap-
ters as " The Elixir of Life," "The Hand and
the Cloak," "Tne Dog-fancier," " The Statue
at Charing. cro,s," and " The Tomb of the
Rosicrucian." After the abrupt conclusion of
" Auriol " we have two of the minor sketches, from
the same master hand, one entitled "The ad London
Merchant," and "A Night's Adventure in Rowe."
Besides these there must assuredly be other andearlier
effusions of a similar character, not yet exhumed from
the obscurity of forgotten magazines—sketches we
should gladly see reproduced in just such another
volume, and the reprint!ng of which, we are satisfied,
would be far from proving detrimental to Mr. Ains-
worth's reputation. Let us see these before the issue
of the concluding volume, containing the tale of
Pendel Forest, called " The Lancashire Witches."

The prosecutor deposed that he had lately arrived
from Paris, and that about ten o'clock on Saturday night
he met the prisoner and another woman in Oxford-
street, and was induced to accompany them to a house
in Sheppard-street, and on entering a room he gave the
prisoner 145., and proceeded to retire to rest. While
he was sitting on the sofa the prisoner demanded
10s. more, and on his refusing to comply with
her request, she ran out of the room, followed by the
other woman. Witness, as soon as ho had attired him-
self, felt in his great-coat pocket, and missed bis pocket-
book containing a bill of exchange for 2,100 francs, and
a gold pencil case. kle immediately alarmed the house,
and went in pursuit of the prisoner, but not succeeding
in finding her, he gave information to a constable.
King, 39 C, said he was on duty in Oxford-street on
Sunday morning, about two o'clock, when the prosecutor
came up and informed him that he had been robbed in a
house in Sheppard-street. Witness went with him to
the house in question, and searched the room in which
the prosecutor said he had been, but could not find any
portion of the property. From the people of the house
neTghoet
seos
nc description
nio n
defence, o ltlie prisoner, and apprehended her
said
drl
last night. as she was about entering the house.
sheby the
did
namenot stealef the
pocket-book, it was the other Levy,
as she saw her (Levy) with some papers and a gold
pencil.case in her hand when she left the room.
The prisoner was remanded, and a warrant was
granted for the apprehension of Levy.

" So far from regretting this (to me, and, as I have
reason to know also to the prisoner) unexpected termi-
nation of the trial, and though I did not acquiesce in the
verdict, yet I can truly say that no one in court,
not excepting the unfortunate man at the bar,
rejoiced more than I did it it, as I was thereby relieved
(tom a painful recital of facts which I then believed and
still believe would have been fatal to the prisoner.
" It will have been observed that the prisoner rested his
dt fence upon having been compelled to act as he did by
the pirates. On this I could remark, that if he was
acting under compulsion during the time he was in my
company ( judging from the zeal and spirit in which he
performed the part assigned to him), he acted so admi-
rably that, for my life, up to this hour, I have never
been able to divest myself of the idea that he was a real
pirate and no mistake. And yet, sir, I am not sub-
ject to nervous delusions, nor do I know the meaning of
the word except by the name.
" It is quite true, as Mr. Garbett states, that shortly
after his trial the captain published a book containing
sundry grievous charges against himself, and had they
not been reiterated by the ?ones, they might have re-
mained unanswered till doomsday. But I promise if the
captain will only favour the world with a second edition
Of his most wonderful work, that I shall amply atone
for all past sins of omission by reviewing his book,
and proving it to be a tissue of falsehoods
interlarded with a few unavoidable facts. I
new, sir, leave the matter in your bands, merely
ob-
serving that., in publishing this document, I am actuated
by no vindictive or personal motives, my only object is
to defend myself from a wanton end, as I think, a most
injudicious attack.
" I wish it also to be most distinctly understood that I
am in no way connected with the Peace Society, nor do I
coincide in the views and opinions held by it as respects
the late destruction of pirates near Borneo. On the con-
trary, I hold that as pirates are the common enemies of
mankind, so it is duty of every man to root out, destroy,
or bring them to justice wherever they can be found, no
matter whether in the Eastern Ocean or Gulf of Florida.
" Apologizing for the length of this letter, I am. Sir,
your obedient servant, " W. Come.
_" Scottish Equitable-office, Cl A, Moorgate-
street, June 15."
Mr. E. James having stated the plaintiff's case, called
the following ssitnesses to suport it:—
Mr. Delete, the solicitor to the Times, produced a let-
ter turn the Times office, of the date of the 15th June,
1850, and also a letter dated the 18th June, 1850.
Mr. John Burton, a clerk in the London and Joint
Stock Bank, proved that Mr. Wm. Cook, the defendant,
has an account at their bank. He is a private gentle-
man. Had &ten seen the defendant's handwriting.
(Shown the letter dated the 15th June, 1850.) That wets
the defendant's handwriting. (Shown also the letter
dated the 18th June.) That was also in his handwriting.
Mr. David Bost, a surgeon, residing at Hartford-
bridge, Hurneshire, said ho was a connexion of the
-
plaintiff's. Knew Ceptein Smith in 1823. Remembered
his arrival in England about the middle of that year.
He was brought home in custody on board a frigate. He
wes in the greattst distress, and had no clothes or
money. Remembered bls trial at the Admiralty Sessions
iu that year on a charge of a piracy, in piratically
boarding the brigs Industry end Victoria. Saw the de-
fendant there as a witnies. He gave evidence for the
prey( cutien. Witness heard that evidence. Captain
Cook was at qui, ted. Remembered his cross-examination.
He "mi. ted on one occasion that the captain of the pirates
pointed a pistol at him,
and he believed be should
have been shot had not Smith pushed his (the captain's)
arm on orje bid*. He elso wait d that he and his men
assist. d iii rowing the pirate's vessel to cheee and take
the ship Victoria; .and that if,,tbey had not done so, the
pi ates would have-jut te:areate
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RUTLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting of this society for the show of stock was held at
Oakhain on Wednesday.
first prize in the all England class for sheep and oxen. About
80 gentlemen afterwarda sat down to dinner, Mr. Talbot
Clifton presiding. The Marquis of Exeter took the

On Saturday Lord Chief Justice Campbell enter-
tained at dinner a party of her Majesty's Counsel, compris-
ing Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., Mr.
Chilton, Q.C., Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C.,
Mr. Crowder, Q.C., Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., Mr.
Greenwood, Q.C., Mr. Keating, Q.C., Mr. Knowles, Q.C.,
and Mr. Watson, Q.C.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
at dinner on Saturday, at Carlton-gardens, the Russian Mi-
nister, Baron Brunow; the Belgian Minister, M. Van de
Weyer; Baron Batheman ; the Duchess of Inverness, the
Duchess of Somerset, Earl and Countess Grey, Lord and
Lady Truro, Lord and Lady Ashley, and Lord Stanley of
Alderley. Lady Palmerston received a large party in the
evening, comprising most of the leading members of the
corps diplomatique and many fashionables. His Excellency
the French Ambassador, his Excellency General Radowitz,
his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, his Excellency Prince
Castelcicala, Baron Koller, the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires,
his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, &c., were among the
visitors.

DISCOVERY OF COAL NEAR CLIELTENHAM.—A
covert' has just been made which is likely to be of immense
importance. to the town of Cheltenham and neighbourhood.
Last week some men were sinking for water at Hatherly, on
one of the estates recently purchased of the Rev. Dr. Roy
by Mr. Thomas Pickernell when they came upon appear-
ances which gave evident indications of the existence of coal.
An engineer was called in, who examined the strata, anti,
his report being
s
THE ROMISH ARcumsHop 01 DUBLIN.—The
tatement which appears in the daily
_highly favourable, arrangements are now
being made for sinking a shaft.
papers to the effect
that the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Arch-
bishop of Dublin, had been a cardinal for some years, is
wholly incorrect. I\l6 such appointment could take place
privately, nor without the fiat of a convocation of cardinals.
It is understood, however that the archbishop could have
had the distinction conferred on hiin some years ego had he
chosen to accept it.

We have good ground for believing that the Portu-
guese Government contemplates the raising of a loan to the
extent of about two millions sterling, bearing an interest of
three per cent., to be guaranteed upon tho sinking fund,
which at present yields 400 contos of reis per annum, a conto
being equivalent to 250/. sterling. The sinking fund, there-
fore, producing an annual amount of 100.0001., and the inte-
rest on the proposed loan taking from this a sum of 60,0001.,
it seems highly probable, according to arithmetic as under-
stood in England, that only 40,0001. will remain annually
applicable to the gradual absorption of the already existing
public debt of I'ortugal. If we be correct in this little cal-
culation, we cannot persuade our elves that English capi-
talists will easily overlook the facts from which we have
drawn our inference. In our country, at least, a proceeding
similar to the one contemplated by the Portuguese Govern-
ment would not be held likely to fortify the national credit,
or to add to the security of the national creditor. Post.

DISMISSAL OF THE SECRETARY BY THE BOARD OF
GUARDIANS or ST. MARYLERoNE.— On Friday a very large
meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of St.
Marylebone took place at the board-room of the workhouse.
for the purpose of considering a motion, of which notice
had been given by Mr. Macbie, " That the board, at their
next meeting, do proceed to act upon the resolution passed
unanimously on the 22d ult., and confirmed this day, that
the office of secretary to this board be declared vacant."
Sir James Hamilton moved, out of delicacy to the feelings of
the secretary, that he be permitted the option of retiring, if
he thought proper, during this discussion. Mr. Thorne
said he would rather remain. Mr. Mechie then brought
forward his motion for the dismissal of the secretary,
stating his reasons. He was in hopes that the secretary
would have saved him (3lr. Mechie) the trouble, and the
board the pain, of hearing him, by going out of office volun-
tarily, sad he would have advised him to have resigned kis
office. Mr. Powell seconded the resolution. Mr. Thompson
said, under all the circumstances, it was impossible that the
conduct of the secretary, notwithstanding his length of
service, could be justified. Sir James Hamilton said, how-
ever much he deeply regretted and sympathised with Mr.
Thorne in his present position, he must confess there were
some parts of his conduct which deserved censure; and when
he (Sir J. Hamilton) remembered his past services, he more
deeply regretted that he was compelled to acquiesce in that
censure. After Mr. Thome had been heard in defence,
in the course of which he said his services of seventeen years
had been referred to, and till this unfortunate occurrence he
hau never had even the whisper of an accusation against
him; but the proceedings of the board put him in mind of
the complaint of the poor boy—
" Twice I did right, and was told of it never;
Once I did wrong, and was told of it ever."
The question was then put, and on a show of hands there
appeared--for the motion, 13; against it, 8; majority for
the dismissal of the secretary from his office, 5.

EARL SPENCER. AND THE PRICES OF .AGRICUL-
TURA', PRODUCE.-We have been favoured with a copy of
the following letter
.addressed by Lord Spencer to Mr.
Beasley, in reference to his Lordship's recent communication
to his tenantry :

" Althorp, Dec. 5.
" My dear Sir,—The letter I wrote to you on the subject
of rents, not intended for publication, has found its way into
some of the London and some of the country newspapers, and
I understand that an expression in it has been considered to
convey an opinion which I certainly did not intend it should
—namely, that my expectation is that prices of agricultural
produce will be lower than they now are.' What I meant
to say was, that I was inclined to believe prices would be
lower than they had been before the alteration of the law. I
believe prices will be higher than they are now. For a con-
siderable time I have stated that belief, and you know I have
acted upon it on my own farm.
" I am, my dear Sir, yours faithfully,
" SPENCEE.

THE GAME-LAWS.—The poachers connected in the
Scarcliffe-park affair were committed to Derby gaol, on Sas
turday last, for trial at the March assizes. In this affair
there is another plain illustration of the evil effects of game
preserving and the severity of the game-laws. The exces-
sive preserving is a strong temptation to poach, and the se-
verity of the law for night poaching prompts both poachers
and keepers to severe conflicts. In this Scarcliffe affair the
head keeper (who is recovering from the attack upon him )
was nearly killed by one of the poachers; one of the
poachers was shot and died in three hours afterwards; and
it came out before the magistrates last Saturday, that the
principal keeper would have been shot by a poacher had not
another poacher interposed. Consequences ~uch as these ate
almost weekly happening; families are thereby rendered
miserable, a heavy charge i thrown upon the county purse
(and often upon parishes), ana all for what?— the propensity
of many of the aristocracy for exce.esive game preserving. In
no county is that propensity more displayed than in the
" Dukery" small county of Nottingham. tia
EcursEs IN 1851.—There will belEur eclipses in
the forthcoming year, the most prominent of which will be
a great and visible eclipse of the sun. The first is a partial
and visible eclipse of the moon on Friday, January 17,
commencing at 40 minutes past three in the afternoon, and
terminating exactly at six o'clock; nearly one-half of the
moon will be obscured. The second is an annular eclipse of
the sun on Saturday, Feb. 1, visible to us. The third is a
partial and invisible eclipse of the moon on Sunday, the 13th
of July, and the fourth is the great eclipse of the sun on
Monday, the 28th of July; the greatest solar eclipse we
shall have in England until.. Mayen 1858. It 'l:Bgins' 2h.
18a 3m, • .
. • • • fir* •
T#E. LAST• PirE.—" Will the Thatcher," who was
seen proceeding Trom Bonvilstone, with a lighted pipe, in his
montln'on Thursday alight last, was found next morning
burnt to death by.. the roadside,, supposed to have resulted
from placing his lighted pipe in his pocket, and his clothes
igniting, while he slept by the hedge.--Monmouth

" Mr. John Beasley, Chapel Brampton."
Northampton Mercury.

LEEDS AlscliANlCsl INSTITUTION AND LITERARY
SOCISITY. The recent discovery by Dr. Faraday that all
bodies are influenced by the magnetic law, formed the subject of
a highly scientific lecture on Wednesday week, by W. Sykes
Ward, Esq. It had been formerly supposed that iron, and
a few substances besides, were exclusively the objects and
conveyors of magnetic force, but Dr. Faraday, in investiga-
ting some of the more subtle properties of light in connexion
with electro-magnetism, was led incidentally to suppose the
existence of the universitality of magnetic action He found
that a large number of bodies were repelled by both poles
of the magnet, and further discovery showed that the mere
aggregation of particles would serve to render a body mag-
netic or diamagnetit. These curious phenomena were very
ingeniously txhibited on a screen by the aid of the hydro-
oxygen light, and among other things a piece of fresh meat
was shown to be subject to the magnetic current, and no
doubt a man would be invotuntarily turned about if sus-
t ended between the poles of a very powerul magnet. Mr.
Huggon moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Sykes Ward for his
excellent lecture, which was heartily responded to.,—Leeds
.21Jercury.
~ . •
•
ESSION TO. ROMt► %......The Rev.' ' *3*.'
M.A:, of 13rasenose College,, Oxford, and Chaplain 'to the.
dAtird,fligli :Commissioner rof the lohian Islands; 'Was received
into' the. Catholic. Church. at Rome :on the 23d of November
last. This gentleman was fortriVrly warden of the fiouse-cf
Charity in Rose-street, Soho.

REDUCTION OF RENT.—The governors of Bethleak
Hospital have estates in Lincolnshire producing a rental of
6,0001. a year, and (with Lord Yarborough and other land-
lords) they have returned to the tenants 15 per cent. upon
the last half-year's rent, on account of the depression in the
price of agricultural produce.
A very sudden death occurred at, Caine
yesteray
morning. Mr. James Bewley, of the Marsh, retired :to bed
ti
.01:1, Tuesday •night in ,his .nsual health; and wlin Mrs:.
--BQwleY:rase in tiny morning she observ'ed no Change' in' him.,
The servant-girl turving occasion to go, upstairs, heard him
rroaning Medical aid was promptiy aelit, for,. but before
Cartwright had'irlived, he had ceased to breathe.
Toe deceased was seventy-five years of age. Wiltshire
Independent,

1011i:a

TM?. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DEC MEET 9, 1850.

MAGAZINES, &c.—t CON TIN UED.)
NEW MONTHLY.

Under the exprieaced editorship of Mr. Harrison
Ainsworth the veteran New Monthly still continues
to flouri,,h es it hes continued to do, more or less,
during ninety volumes. Its second title, that of
" Humorist," is sustained not ineffectively from num.
her to number by two of its oldest contributors, Mr.
Jolly Green and Mr. Soapy Sponge, one in his
" Sporting Tour" (by this time, we should conjecture,
drawing towards its conclusion), and the other this
month in a bizarre and ludicrous "Account of the
late Papal Aggression " Foremost, however, among
the articles adorning the pages of the New Monthly
for December, foremost at once in point of position,
importance, and interest is the first contribution,
containing the five Brat chapters of a "Memoir of
the late Sir Robert Peel—by the Dean of York."
This most attractive memorial will be found fraught
throughout with new information as to the life and
character of the great statesman, information such as
justifies yet more the popular admiration for his
genius and integrity. Hia dauntless courage is illus-
trated by the following anecdote :
" I went with him and his father (says the Dean) to
!oil at a❑ estate in Herefordshire, called Hampton
Court, which Sir Hobert thought of purchasing. We
slept at the inn in Leominster. It was full of company,
and only two bedrooms could be obtained. Young Peel
was obliged to sleep on a seta-bed, in a kind of cupboard
attached to the principal room. Soon after he got to
sleep be was awakened by a light, and saw a man stand-
ing by his couch with a drawn sword. The man being
questioned, bid him not to be alarmed, for that he would
not hurt him, but that a freemason's meeting was being
held i❑ the next room, and that he was placed there to
prevent any intruders from breaking in upon their ce-
remonies. Mr. Peel turned round and went instantly to
sleep again. I asked him if he bad not been frightened?
He said, No—that he was surprised at first, but did
not suppose the man would do him any harm.'
" Oo inquiry from the waiter in the morning, we
learnt that the armed man had remained three hours in
the room where the tearless youth was soundly and
eilmly sleeping."

Of his imperturbable self-possession the Very Rev.
Biographer observes,—

" I never knew him to be in the least excited by any-
thing but once, and that was at the death of Mr. Per-
cival. He (Mr. Peel) had assisted to secure the mur-
derer; he had supported the head of his dying friend,
whom he greatly admired and loved; and when he came
out of the House of Commons his face was certainly
flushed, and some emotion shown; but less than would
probably have been shown by any other person under
such powerful excitement."
His quarrel with O'Connell, his course of action
in regard to the Catholic Question, and his refusal to
join the Canning Administration, are all referred
to, and new light is thrown upon each topic by
private letters hitherto unpublished. From what we
have here remarked it must be evident that the "Me-
moir" is both a valuable and attractive feature in the
magazine. Besides the articles already particularised,
the New Monthly for December contains an histo-
rical narrative of "The Revolt of Naples i❑ 1647," an
amusing fragment about the appearance of " A
Frenchman in Cairo," a continuation of Nicholas
Michell's'novel of " Hester Somerset" and another
instalment of "Paul Masterton's dventures." Added
to these, we have, as poetical contributions, a ballad
called "The Dying Bridegroom," by William
Charles Kent, and a song of the month for December,
by J. E. Carpenter. The number is brought to a
conclusion by a more than usually lengthened notice
of current literature.

COLBURIV'S UNITED SERVICE.
The recent work of Sir Francis Head on the de-
fenceless state of Great Britain is, as might have
been expected, largely commented on in this number
of the United Service, and as warmly commended.
We have the first of a series of " Random Recollec-
tions of a State of Griffinage in India," which pro-
mise well ; we would, however, advise the author to
eschew all classical quotations for the future, his
ram avt do not betoken any very intimate acquaint-
ance with the language of ancient Rome. " Lady
Sale and Lady .Harriet Acland" is the title of a
paper giving a very interesting narrative of the heroic
conduct of Lady Sale during the retreat from Caubul,
and of the equally heroic conduct of Lady Harriet
Acland, who, during the American war of Indepen-
dence, shar..d with her husband, Colonel Acland, all
the privations and dangers of General Burgoyne'a cam-
paign. When her husband was taken prisoner danger-
ously wounded in the action at Stillwater, she at once
embarked in open boat and proceeded during the
night down the river to the enemy's camp to request
permission to attend upon him. She was ac-
companied by a clergyman, Mr. Brudenell, by a
female servant, and by her husband's valet. The
American sentinels stopped the boat, and threatened
to fire into it if it stirred before daylight, and Lady
Harriet was detained the whole night on the water.
In the morning she was permitted to land and join
her husband in his captivity, and was treated by the
American General Gates with every respect, humanity,
and kindness. The whole story will be found nar-
rated i❑ General Burgoyne's history of his disastrous
campaign, and every admirer of female heroism will
feel obliged to the editor of the United Service for
having again directed public attention to it. We
have in this number a minute account of the action at
Ramnuggher, preceded by a review of the circum-
stances which led to the second Seikh war, in whicb-
the errors of those in authority in the Punjaub are
unsparingly exposed. There are several other excel-
lent professional papers in this number.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, DEC. 7.
The Qucen and his Royal Highness the Prince of
Vales drove out in a pony phaeton this morning.
Colonel Eouverie was in attendance on horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing this morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C.
B. Phipps and Sir Frederick Stovin.

The Royal Family took their accustomed airings.
The Royal dinner circle at the Castle included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny
Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Mr. Birch.
The Queen's private band attended after dinner in
the Castle, and performed the following selections :---
Overture, " Les Chaperons BlanCs" . . Auber.
Selection, " La Part du Diable" Auber.

Romance, " Guido et Ge:,evra" Halevy.
Andante, Minuetto, Trio, and Finale Mendelssohn.
DEC. 8.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning
in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took walking exercise in the
grounds around the Castle.

Her Alsjesty and Ms Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and the
ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the domestic
household, attended Divine service this morning in
the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wclksley
officiated.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also al
;ended the service.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, and Baroness de Speth, left
her residence, Clarence House, Si. James's, at half-past
one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for Kew, abd
visited their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mack-
lenburgh Strelitz. Her Royal Highness afterwards
proceeded to Froglnore.
The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview
with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at his official
real lance in Downing-street.
Mr. Case and Mr. Townsend, from Birkenhead,
had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday,
at the Home-office.

The Right Hon. R. L. Sheil had an interview on
Saturday with Lord John Russell.

Mr. liindrnarsh (of the Temple), and Mr. Macrory
(of Duncairn, Belfast), a deputation from the Dundalk
and Enniskillen Railway Company, had an interview
with the Curcmitoioners of Railways on Saturday, at
their office in the Board of Trade.

A deputation from the Metropolitan Commissioners
of Sewers, consisting of Viscount Ebrington, Mr.
Lewes, and Mr. Woolrych, had an interview with
Sir George Grey at the Home-office on Saturday.
Viscount Ebrington had au interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Sir
Alexander Spearman had also an interview with the
Right Hon. Baronet on Saturday, at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.

THE DYING BRIDEGROOM.
(From au- New Mcnthy Magazine)
BY WILLIAM CHARLES KENT, AUTHOR OF "ALETHEIA."
The lattice trembled open,
And cool the summer air,
Thro' the woodbine wafting sweetness,
Stirred the dying student's hair,
And on evening's purple silence streamed,
His voice breathed like a prayer:

" Come nearer, Alice, nearer;
Lay your hand upon my brow:
I am free from suffering, dearest,
And my thoughts are calmer now,
And I love to feel you clinging,
Like the blossom to the bough.
" Let me clasp your blessed fingers—
There—l press them to my lips:
They are thin with all this watching
How Time's sand too glibly slips:
Mine were warmer when my fancies
Felt the fever's dire eslipse!
" Nay, shudder not so wildly;
It is past—that gloomy strife !
All my mind's delirium vanished
With this ebbing out of life:
I'm a very child in weakness now,
My gentle-hearted wife
"Draw your arm around my shoulders—so
Andtlet me lay my head,
Weary—weary, love, but loving,:
On your breast—my sweetest bed;
And perhaps sometimes you'll fancy me
Still here when I am dead.
" Shall you find it very lonely,
When the twilight drawing 'round,
You will watch my empty corner
On our hearth's beloved ground;
And you pause to hear—alas! in vain—
My tongue's familiar sound?
" Oh, weep not, Alice, weep not!
I cannot bear those there;
I would staunch them with my kisses,
And dispel your better fears,
With our memories of bygone hours,
And hopes of happy years.
" How sweet the breezy vesper
Spreads abroad its faint perfumes,
Fanning thro' the open window
Where the honeysuckle blooms:
Think you, Alice, there are blossoms
Such as thot.e among the tombs?
"Nay, do not shut the lattice,
Fur the mild air sheds a balm
O'er my temples. 'Tis not chilling;
Anti the eve is bushed and calm,
And its fitful murmur rises
With the sadness of a psalm.
" Hark! the village bells are chiming—
Do you hear them down the dale?
They were joyful once, beloved,
When they told our wedding tale;
But their merry sounds ring harshly now,
With tones of no avail.

" To me their plaintive music,
As they vibrate to and fro
In the ivied belfry aninging,
When the winds of evening blow,
Seems like the solemn dirges sung
O'er friends gone years ago.
" Yet think not idlo sorrows
Such as these I now can feel;
No, my heart's adored treasure!
Other gri, fa around me steal,
Thoughts of agonised affection,
Broken words but half reveal.
" I am thinking, 0 my fairest!
Of those days almo.t divine,
When to these poor arms that beauty
You were willing to resign,
When our virgin faith you plighted,
And I found you—Alice—mine.
" Mine, unworthy in my weakness;
Mine, though humbly, I could own
Not a rood of lair possessions
Where the leaves ,f God are grown:
Mine, though pool est and obseurtst—
MMe, my Alice, mime alone!
" Brief and Odell are the moments
That have vanished s;nce that morn
When hither to our cottage
From ihe bridal you w-re borne;
Scarce, since then, three moons have jpei e I
Mtiky greenness in the corn.
" It has pleased the Gi:d who made us,
In Ilia wisdom to afford
But few glimpses of that rapture
That we dreamt of and aoor.d,
When you chose me from all others
For yi:ur proud though lowly lord.
" Yet, with all my pangs of anguish,
While I see you by my sine,
Looking down with tender patience
On the love by death denied,
I am filled with glad emotions,
0 my glory! O my bride!
" All the fame I yearned to vanquish,
This frail mind no more oan seek.
Clasp me nearer to thy bosom—
Let me kiss thy pallid cheek.
Oh, my Alice, grief is stronger,
Though my tailing voice be weak.
" But the chalice of my sorrow.
God is filling to the brim.
Kiss my forehead, Alice, quickly,
For my eyes are growing dim;
Kiss my lips, love—closer, closer.
Oh, my senses faint and swim!"
She is bending o'er him fondly,
Shedding fast the briny rain;
On h;s heart her palm she presses,
And—like madness in her brain—•
Feels, oh God! it beats no longer,
Knows it ne'er can throb again. ,

CAMBRIDGE.—The fines imposed by the borough
magistrates on the Proctor (the Rev. John Fenwick, M.A.),
and his two attendants, Boning and Robinson, for an assault
upon Miss Thompson, at the hearing on Tuesday last, were
paid on Saturday. The matter had remained in abeyance
till that day, in consequence of the absence of Mr. Hyde (the
Rev. Proctor's legal adviser) from Cambridge. The Rev.
Gentleman declined to pay the money until the form of cap-
ture was gone through, in order to afford ground for an ac-
tion for false imprisonment, which it is alleged is to be pro-
secuted on the part of the University against the borough
magistrates. Mr. Frinwick was according formally appre-
hended by the superintendent of police, with whom an ar•
rangement bad been made for the purpose, in a room in Mr.
Ilyt:e's office, and he would in due course have been con.
veyed to the borough gaol if the line and costs had not been
discharged. A cheque tor tha amount was handed over, and
the Rev. Gentleman was released. The same form was then
gone through, but in another room, with his subordinates,
ot• ".bulldogs," and the matter was concluded. The Town
Council will, of course, support the magistrates, and so "a
very pretty quarrel" may be expected.

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- MONUMENT TO LORD d EFFERY.—The committee
of
.subscribers to the monument to the memory of .the late
Lord Jeffrey met on Friday to . decide whetberthe mernoriaL
should be a work of 'sculpture or of, architecture.. The 406"
[lion wan in favour of sculpture. A anti-committee
was accordingly, appointed to take measures forprocuring a
statute of the late lamented judge and critic.. The subscrip-
tions in the hands of the committee amount to 2,2001., a
sum which,
statute, and to leave enough besides for the erection of a
it is hoped, will suffice to defray the cost of the
alight monument over the grave in the Dean Cemetery. The
I statute will probably be placed in the Outer Parlistuent
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