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late. lie was directed to pay every attention to the
pony, and he did so. He examined the body, and in hie
opinion its death was occasioned by congestion of the.
lungs, arising from the state of the atmosphere, but of
course its death would not have taken place but for the
exertion, although he had no doubt, under favourable
circumstances, it might have accomplished the task.
The CHAIRMAN asked for some explanation.
Witness—The atmosphere was most peculiar. It `vas
such a day that if you had galloped a horse ten miles, 1
would very likely have died. In his opinion the death
was occasioned by congestion of the lungs, partl °cc!'
sioned by fatigue, but as much from the state yof the
atmosphere.
Cross-examined—He was not at all interested in the
match, and in fact he knew nothing about it until he log
sent for to attend the pony. lie gave a certificate that
the pony had died from congestion of the lungs, °cc!.
sioned by the fog. The air cells of the lungs wart
gorged with blood. The stomach was very healthy, ea'
it was of course nearly empty, and merely contained a
small quantity of oats and beans. He did not observ.o
any appe2rance of the pony having sustained great rill
or torture before it died. lie did not observe any weir
marks on the horse's body.
By the BENCII—Had seen many cases where hors
°
had died from over-exertion, but it was in a great e'
wIle:
sure to be attributed to the atmosphere. lie did e
think the match ought to have been attempted on auCh $
day as this was.
John Miles stated that he was servant to the defendaa!,
a
and by his orders he took charge of the pony at BedKo
It had been under his charge for some time and wee /
excellent condition.
Mr. WOOLLER intimated that ha had other witnesse
in attendance, but he did not think they would carry te

defendant's case any further.
Mr. THOMAS briefly replied, and submitted that the
charge bad been clearly made out, and called upon the
Bench to convict. In the course of his remarks he
he had no hesitation in expressing his opinion that,!'
animal had been sacrificed for the purpose of put"°h.:
money in the pockets of the parties who made the noticat
(The defendant declared with warmth that this was
°-
true.)
The Bench having retired for a short time to deliberl;
upon their return into Court, the CHAIRMAN Said tilt)
magistrates were of the unanimous opinion that t
offence had been proved. There could bo no doubt til,„
the defendant must have been aware of the irupossibilli4
of the pony performing the task in such weather, to
Magistrates regretted that the Act of Parliament tq
not give them power to inflict a sufficient penOtrhe
mark their disgust of the defendant's conduct.
would, however, w
inflict the full penalty, which was e

shillings and the'costs. en
The defendant at first said he should appeal, but ev
.
tually he consented to pay the penalty and costs.
The information laid by Mr. May was withdrawn.i.in.
The proceedings appeared to create a good deal 04
terest, and the Town-hall was crowded by the in"
tants of Hitchin and the neighbourhood.

IRELAND.
THE STATE TRIALS—ROMAN CATHOLIC AGGRE.
GATE MEETING.
DUBLIN' JAN. B.—ln three hours after the announCelp
that every Roman Catholic on the jury list had been strer.to
by the Crown, the requisition convening an aggregate toestors,
of the Catholics in Ireland, was signed by sixty7five bol? so
only three of whom are Repeaters. The requisition li3t'eor
filling very rapidly, and the deepest excitement prevails/ jot
cially amongst the Roman Catholic population. The thre:/.1:1.•
names appended to the requisition are Richard Lalor Shicir it g 4
Thos. Wyse, M.P., and N. Ball, son of the Right flerl•
Ball.
" The Crown solicitor having, on 'Friday, the sth tallte:a
January, struck off the jury panel of forty-eight which 10,00
ballotted for the pending State trials, all the Roman Calsder
upon it—namely, eleven—we, the undersigned Roma-„ C
lath
lies, considering that proceeding on the part of the Crereisol/
an insult and a wrong to the emancipated Catholics of °dote
perpetrated by a Government of which the leading to
hers have repeatedly expressed their determinati°°. jir
administer justice without reference to religicatt,,Abr
unctions, request an aggregate meeting of the Li-t, of
lies of Ireland, in Dublin, on Saturday, the 1,5 t:sbe
January, 1844, to petition our beloved Sovereign, 1,11,,a 00.
may be graciously pleased to direct her attention to tiwbjects
duct pursued towards her loyal and devoted Catholic 54 Pr
by her Majesty's Government." It is intended that that ie
man Catholic Primate, Dr. Crolly, should take the ehPrirestil
aggregate meeting. Several offers of co-operation have 'Fee°
been received from distinguished Protestant Liberals; hare
and others ; but the Catholics, under the circumstanefte'seeer
determined that the movement should originate With t$
hers of that body. It has been determined to make the
versal Catholic movement all through the British OW''.
THE SPECIAL JURY. ior/
„ the silo
It has been ascertained that one of the persons es- holes,fo
list returned by the Crown, and who is set down as a ;oat,
trader, is employed as a porter or messenger in ar'" es'"
Conservative trading establishment in this city! a crest
was objected to by the traversers, but defended by the
and ordered to be retained en the list.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION. tion
A very numerous m eetinm of the Repeal Associa_ t
held this day, at the Conciliation Hall, in consequee7bio sob,
anticipated presence of Mr. O'Connell. The Honour t besit•
Learned Gentleman, who appeared to enjoy
and was certainly in the highest spirits, arrived at
nutes after one o'clock. Shortly after which— coati
C. LYNCH, Esq., of Ballycaher Castle, in the • ,
ho se
Mayo, was called to the chair.
sentence
Sir. O'CONNELL moved that the following 04
scribed on a banner, to be hung up in the Conciliatio:
" The time is come when no Irishman, having th
_P;bosio
claim to the regard or respect of his countrvree,Tbe Iss
•s, .1 de
longer hold back from expressing his sentiments- worst s,
excellenw 01,
(continued Mr. O'Connell) was a recreant of the , the o,a
scription, who did not come forward and declare lctio in the
tionality of Ireland at that moment.—( Cheers.) It `Le of
a glorious prospect for the repeal cause, when the 04'.1.00
illustrious Charlemont was found once more in the t
his country. re lOW
Mr. M‘TsaNAN, a most respectable gentteman fr°-
next came forward and avowed himself a Federalist.
oos tyy
Several remittances were then handed in, and ,d
129/. 9s. Bd. from Rio de la Plata, South Alclrea' be wi!„"ts
Mr. O'CONNELL then presented himself anu-d.
tthdeigeito"pesro,
that there should be no thronging or cross'
during the trials which were coming on ;
W to the gicer
would it make, if he were found guilty or not, 0,
cause in which they were all engaged?—(Cheers.)
tainly was not guilty of any offence but that of loving
:110
(Cheers)—and he therefore implored them by thant 1,7 0
a'.-4
)procieedingesall,oien nexotf
I%itcopor,),/,
pa at
pheorms
._e andae readar
htehaer
Martin, air. O'Connell alludedtot e period when
n h gtha
Venoms sought his patronage in London, in support of ,7.oenr,
paper called the Repealer. He came to him (Mr. 0 v.t,
tbs
and said he was going to set up a repeal newspaPert4l°
city by shares, and although he totally disapproved of te
bofp
he (Mr. O'Connell) took two shares. The conseque°c;d
ever, was, that the speculation failed in a few months, aelor./'
Montgomery Martin then became a furious anti-BO :100%d
(Cheers.) There was Mr. Montgomery Martin Or, °oleo'
(Hear, hear.) It gate him (Mr. O'Connell) gres' if Lfet
to find that the Association had taken up the subject °0
Devon's Commission, which was as great a humbug
existed.—( Hear, hear.)
The rent for the week is likely to exceed ow. er..-1,011
ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN NORTH TIPrESA-, tbrvot,
NA G JAN. 7.—This town yesterday morning wasriso °to
into great excitement by a most daring and fearful agr por
rage, which took place in the immediate suburie; oeetlog
bridge of Tyrone, not one quarter cf a mile from t°. resat too
the town. It appears as a man named Gleeson ice; t brbei
from the first mass to his house, at Lisatomy, he vcastbealtioct,
men at the above place, and, on his passing _, his of
turned quickly round and discharged two pistols at his „,00,
which took effect, the balls entering the hack o hies oot
out to the chest. On his falling, they leaped uPf°ololsiter.
kicked him, and deliberately walked off. The poor The ~er'
yet dead, but There is no hope of his recoverii;ed oeffertipt
Messrs. Power and Bowles energetically dell,°;!fo, at 11'•
petrators of the atrocious attempt on Gleeson
masses in the chapel this day.

OP
41400 If $
A COMPLIMENT.—" FRENCII WOODEN
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ives
00P
ENGLISH WOODEN HE A DS."—A curious statist PO •01
fact, that more than half the population of France kuobso
shoes. This is not so very remarkable when `ce wort vor,
Lord John Russell's authority, that considerablY ,tursl
the half of the population of England, the 460114, ire
lion, wear wooden heads."—Post (Agricultural raroo
TIIE CUCKOO.--Last week the cuckoo ova:
quontly heard in the neighbourhood of
131/4e
Lancaster Guardian. ---
0,,,,u1f ef
_,° goo
of
BIRTIIS.
On the 4th inst., at Kensington, Mrs. W. 13'1"log"-'
On the 7th inst., at Surbiton hill Mrs. lietiri 1 tot
- ,
a tlaughter: . $1
Or 1111 '
On the 7th inst., at Temle House, Cheeth os
Manchester, the lady of P. Lucas, E.g., of $658%.
On the 7th inst., at Great 13ardfield Vicarage, i)ire,
lady of the Rev. B. E. Lampet, of a daughter. I,lool4be'
On the 7th inst., at Heir's House, near Colneo,f i dstigoreti
the lady of Captain Atherton, late 6th Regimenit'h, Virikrdr
On the 7th inst., at Epsom, the lady of 0 f th.
o
Esq., of a son. he wife f
On the Bth inst., at Dalton, near Ulrerstone, t 1, o
it 0 the rife f
Rev. John Baldwin, of a daughter.
CaOptnaitnhepBaythnei,nst., at Plum-stead:cowl-ion, .'"6"-t' 0.
On the Bth inst., VI"
j3lca di,
Royal
theArltaidllyeryo,foAflafrseodn.B. ot
Cambridge-street, Hr de-park, of aso • .c. „, of st° L.
On the Bth inst., the lad of IsaaenWalker' ^LA'.
re 00°'
gate, Middlesex, o a son. y
On the 9th inst., at Princes• street, Hanover".squ'il' tl'e
of the Rev. Dr. Lord, of Tooting, of a daughter,'" '
' ova l;0
rs.
te'
On the 9th inst., at Montagu-street, Portman o
lady of W. Archer, E'q., daughter- srk,
e- 1 P
i On the 9th inst., at SsuGregour°gne'sw:tearrace, II)
I George Arbuthnot, of a KM.

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MARRIED.
On the 3d inst., at St. James's Church, path, ,ciot
the --e
Chandler, of Witley, Surrey, to Caroline Mary. f,',.th
eorge
ter of the Rev. John Brownlow, of Grcen-Far Piief, Ceideit
On the 6th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, the/ _.,:ia, ter
et 0100 G
Christopher Ilodgkinson, M.A., to Isabella ) 0
daughter of the late W. Spence, Esq., Of V"
place, Dorset-square.

DeP,
c s. et
DIED. tea, '-'1 oire j
At Zante, on December 11, universally la od iin
,
11,Iaria, eldest daughter of Prysc L. Gordon, E'l'aenerail
F. L. Ch aranda, Esq., Assistant Commissary-
late Collector of the Customs of that island. ;sir. 110°1'3
On the 7th inst., at Ilillingdon, Pi°
Ca
Rumscy, aged 38. ore,
On the 7th inst., at Gower-street, Bedford-04 ue
tag .
William Compton. l‘l°S 94
et
On the Bth inst., in Upper Montague-stre„_• Go/ tte,
square, Ann Martha, only daughter of the late.,l/.1:0.0-04e. i
On the Bth inst., at Upper Seymour-street, r)
1 Sercicsoe
Charles kiln Middleton, Esq., late Bengal Civ, f Jr.
near Uxbridge,
On the Bth inst., Elizabeth Penelope, wife ° 1100'
e
Granger, of Elliot-place, Blackheath. word theotg„o
On the 24th of August last, at Bagdad, on i.-_-,. 0, °iv
East India Company's steam-vessel the pliv'•utrease"_„ter
Augustus Frederick Danvers, Esq.., late First Lte
Portsmouth division of Royal slarincs.• It fliu7ce'
,ran ls ,•
,i
On the 2(1 of September, at Hong-
son ebe 10`e
Esq., Deputy Commipary-General, only son 0, t 00
Admiral Sir Edward J. Foote, K. CB. „ Vii ll
On the sth of November last, at Sukkur, in Sin'"' il
Ellice Pollard, Esq., of the Bengal Medical Serviee'iri for o'l
On the 6lh inst., at Beech-hill, near Manchester,
.ieto
ord.
year of his. age, John Edward Taylor, E'q'' '
principal editor of the 31anchester Guardian.

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