The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-04 00:00:00

THE KING'S COURT.

His MAJESTY having appointed to hold a Court
yesterday afternoon at 'Windsor Castle, left the Royal
Lodge in 'Windsor Park, about two o'clock yester-
day afternoon, attended by the Lord Steward of the
Household, Sir WILLIAM KEPPEL, &C., in two car-
riages and four, with outriders in their state liveries,
and escorted by a party of the Life Guards. .
The Royal Cortege proceeded up the Long Walk
to the private entrance to the Castle, where his
MAJESTY alighted, and proceeded to the state apart-
ments, in which the Court was held.
The Court was attended by the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Se-
cretary of State for the Foreign Department, the
President of the Board of Control, the President of
the Board of Trade, the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, the First Lord Commissioner of the
Woods and Forests, the Secretary at War, the Lord
Steward of the Household, the Master of his
MAJESTY'S Stag Hounds, the Treasurer of the
Household, the Right Hon: JOHN HERRIEs, and the
Right lion. CHARLES GRANT.
The Right Hon. WILLIAM lIUSKISSON was intro-
d►:ced into the presence of the KING by Viscount
GODERICH, as First Lord of the Treasury, when his
MAJESTY presented the Right lion. Gentleman with
the Seals of Office as Secretry of State for the
Colonial Department.

The Right Hon. JOHN HERRIES was presented
to his MAJESTY by Viscount GODERICH,anCI received
the seals of office as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT, the Vice
President of the Board of Trade, had an audience of
the KING, at which Mr. HUSKISSON assisted. The
Right Hon. Gentleman kissed hands on being ap-
pointed by his MAJESTY President of the Board of
Trade and Treasurer of the Navy.
His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which
Viscount DUDLEY, as one of his MAJESTY'S principal
Secretaries of State, officiated as Lord President of
the Council, in the absence of the Duke of PORT-
LAND.

The Right lion. WILLIAM HUSKISSON was sworn
in before the KING in Council, one of his MAJESTY'S
Secretaries of State.

The Right Hon. JOHN HEnRIES was sworn in
Chancellor of his MAJESTY'S Exchequer.

Mr. GREVILLE attended as Clerk of the Council.
Viscount GODERICH and Viscount DUDLEY had
audiences of the KING. Lord ST. HELENS and Sir
WILLIAM KEPPEL were the Lord and Groom in
Waiting.

The Court broke up at a quarter before five
o'clock, when his MAJESTY returned to the Royal

Lodge.
The Ministers partook of a sumptuous entertain-
ment which had been prepared for them, and after-
wards left the Castle on their return to London,
with the exceptions of the LORD CHANCELLOR and
Viscount DUDLEY, who left the Castle together for
their seats at Roehampton.

His Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral

has been pleased to present a sword to the Right Hon. the
Earl of Northesk, G. C. 8., Rear Admiral of Great Britain,
and our present worthy and distinguished Port Admiral, as
a mark of his present approbation of the regulations adopted
for the reception of his Royal Highness, at his recent of-
ficial visit to this port.—Devonport Telegraph.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is
expected on a visit to the Earl of Darlington, at the fine
baronial residence of that nobleman, Raby Castle, in the
course of a short time, and probably before the expiration
of the present month.—Durham Chronicle.
- -

Lord Dudley entertained Prince and Prin-
cess Lieven and a distinguished party to dinner, on Sunday,
at his villa, at Roehampton.
The Archdeacon's Annual Visitation at Bi-
shop's Waltham, will take place on Thursday next.

A messenger left Prince Lieven in Dover,
street yesterday, for St. Petersburgh.

Alderman SPRINGFIELD was elected last
week Sheriff of Norwich by a majority of 736.
The house intended for Mr. Herries, now
erecting on the terrace in Carlton Palace gardens, is ex-
ceedingly large and capacious. When completed, it will
be one of the most splendid edifices in the whole range of
these new buildings.

The Rev. Thomas Webster, Minister 'at Ta-
vistock Chapel, London, has been on a tour throughout
the North and West of Ireland, advocating the cause of
the London Hibernian School Society.—Dub::n Evening
Post.

The Provincial Meeting of the Catholics 0:
Munster was held August SO, at the South Parish Chapel,

and was numerously and respectably attended.—Cork
Southern Reporter.

Last Wednesday, a meeting was held at the
Guildhall, Dover, G. Stringer, Esq. Mayor in the Chair,
to consider the propriety of holding Races in that town,
when several resolutions were passed, and subscriptions en-
tered into for the purpose. Three gentlemen were appointed
Stewards, and a Committee chosen to arrange the business
of the Races, which are appointed to take place on the 19th
and 20th of the present month.

Drury-lane and Covent-Garden Theatres open
on the Ist of October, and the performances, contrary to
custom at the commencement of the season, are to be six

nights in the week instead of three.

-We are happy to hear that Miss Paton is so
far recovering from her late severe indisposition as to give
hopes of her being able to resume her professional duties in
the course of a few weeks. We hope, before the close of
the English Opera Season, to see her in the part expressly
written for her in the Freebooters, with the whole of the
music selected for her, which has of necessity been omitted
by her substitute.

Miss Stephens has withdrawn herself from the
Leicester and Norwich Music Meetings, owing to the do-
mestic calamity she lately met with.

The Leicester Meeting has also met a grew
drawback in the absence of Miss Paton, owing to her in•
disposition. Caradori has been engaged to replace her.

Marshal de Mouchy contended that the flesh
of pigeons had a consoling power. When he had lest a
friend or relation, he used to say to his cook, " Have roast
pigeons to-day for dinner ; when I have eaten a couple of
pigeons, I always perceive that my grief is considerably
diminished."
ANECDOTE OF THE PRESENT DUKE OF
LEINSTER.—His Grace is quite a man of business—a real
operator ! At his palace at Carton, a relative found him
in a jacket, with a trowel in his baud, assisting in re-
building a park-wall. a HI were the owner of this park,
I would not assist in building my own wall," said the Gen-
tleman. " And if you were Duke of Leinster," replied his
Grace, " you would have had no wall to rebuild."
Yesterday morning, a pigeon closely pursued
by a hawk, suddenly dashed through the window of a
gentleman's sitting room at Ardwick, in order to seek
shelter from its merciless foe. A young lady, at the time,
was in the act of undrawing the Curtains, and was of
course much startled by the unceremonious visit of the
poor bird, who no doubt had been attracted by the gentle-
ness of her appearance.—Manchester Courier. —Quere.
Was not this bird a physiognomist?
GROUSE SHOOTING.---During, the past
week, the mountains of the county of Waterford have been
enlivened by numerous sporting. parties, eagerly pursuing
the delightful amusement of grouse shooting. On Monday
(the first day) many were on the heath as early as five
o'clock, and from that till the same hour in the evening,
the birds fell in numbers.—Waterford Paper.
LINEN MANUFACTURE.—A want of linen
Voltaire alleges as to the cause of all the disease in the
skin known by the name of leprosy, and which were so
general through Europe in the middle ages, when hospi-
tals, called lazarettos, abounded.— Quere—ls there no
danger of this frightful disease recurring from the general
practice of wearing flannel waistcoats and drawers next the
skin? Polydore Virgil says, that the Irish, in his time,
were subject to the leprosy, from the too free use of pork,
' not sufficiently boiled or roasted.

MURDER.

EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL OF J. ORTON, ALIAS STRANG,

AND l'aRS. WHIPPLE, FOR THE MURDER OE THE

HUSBAND OF THE LATTER.

ALBANY, NEW YORE, JULY 25.
Joseph Orton, alias Jesse Strong, was arraigned at
the bar, and the indictment charging him in the
usual forms, with the murder of Mr. Whipple, read
by the District Attorney, to which he pleaded
" Not Guilty." Strang is a small diminutive man,
with nothing peculiarly striking in his looks. His
face is rather sharp and prominent, with dark brown
hair, blue eyes, and apparently a high forehead,
though covered with hair down to his very eye-
brows. From his general appearance, one would
suppose his disposition rather amiable than other-
wise. His age is probably 28 or 30. During the
whole time he was in Court, however, with a
momentary exception, which will be noticed here-
after, he did not manifest a single emotion, or any
other feeling than that of indifference. Sometimes
he leaned his face partly upon a handkerchief in his
hand, but generally he looked about with more ease
and unconcern than many of the spectators.
Mrs. Elsie D. Whipple was next arraigned. She
was introduced into the court-room from the inner
door leading into the State Library, and the anxiety
of the multitude to obtain a sight of her was very
great of course. She was in deep mooring, how-
ever, and her veils were so thick, that not a glimpse
of her countenance could be seen. Her form is
light and graceful, and a gentle tremor ran over her
as she entered the bar, supported by an officer. The
indictment, charging her with having been accessory
to the murder of her late husband, before the fact,
was read, to which she pleaded " not guilty," and
was immediately conducted out of Court. She was
not placed within the criminal box, but sat imme-
diately in front of Strang. She appeared to weep,
but did not sob aloud; aad there was a moment
while the prosecutor was reading the indictment,
that Strang's countenance indicated considerable
feeling, and some conflicting emotions.
The Court now demanded of Strang whether he
was ready for his trial, but his Counsel, T. J. Oak-
ley, Esq. replied, that he should not be ready before
to-morrow morning. A list of about 50 witnesses
were called over for those trials; and as Messrs,
Abraham Van Vechten and Williams are the Coun-
sel of Mrs. Whipple, a powerful attempt will be
made to procure her acquittal. Mr. Foot is asso-
ciated with Mr. Livingston, the district attorney, and
both sides of the case will therefore be conducted
with ingenuity and ability.
The unfortunate father of Strang is here, making
what efforts he can for his guilty son, and several
others of his relatives, or those of his deserted wife,
are also here. Strang, the father, is a very respect-
able and wealthy farmer, residing in Duchess county.

ALBANY, JULY 26.
This morning the Jury were empanelled, and the
trial proceeded. After the Counsel for the prosecu-
tion had stated the case, the following witnesses
were called : _

Ab. S. Van Rensselaer, sworn—Resides at
Cherry-hill. Was there on the 7th of May, at ten
o'clock. Was part of the time in the cellar. Was
in the second story, and then went into the third
story. Was with Mr. Whipple in the room in which
he was killed, in the second story. Whipple was in
the room between nine and ten o'clock, busy with
sundry accounts. Was writing at a table. Witness
was on the opposite side of the table ; the room is
the south-west room. Whipple was about seven or
eight feet from the window. While sitting there
heard the report of a rifle or gun. Witness thought
he heard it rain upon the stoop near the window.
Looked out, and thought he saw a person's face, a
white man with a black hat, and also thought he
saw something shine like a rifle or a pistol, or a gun,
could not tell which. At this he sprang from his

seat, and exclaimed, " Oh !" and at the same in
stant the piece went off. Deceased instantly sprang
from his chair,. and exclaimed "Oh Lord !" Both
started for the stairs. On the second stair de-
ceased's hand on the bannister slipped, and he fell.
Witness ran down stairs. Mr. Whipple died almost in-
stantly. Witness seized a piece which they kept, and
was going out, but was prevented by those with-
in, because Orton had said a few days before that
there was a gang about there. He did not see
Whipple fall, because he ran down a-head of him.
Returned to Whipple, and he was gasping—just
olive, and that was all. The ball went in on the
back side of the left shoulder, and penetrated the
chest. Strang, a few days before, told witness that
there were persons lurking about the house who
meant no good. He had seen them sit the court-
yard gate, and once in the back yard. Strang said
that he thought they could have no design upon
witness, because they could have no chance. He also
cautioned witness not to tell the family of it, lest they
should be alarmed. Witness told his mother and
sister, and he believed all the family. Mr. Whipple
was absent, but shortly expected to return at this
time. He had been expected before, but when he was
absent it was uncertain when he would return. Had
conversed with Strang about the murder, on one oc-
casion, when he was making a final settlement with
Strang. Strang was hired on the 28th of Aug., under
the name of Joseph Orton. A few days, i. e. less than
a fortnight before the murder, Strang and witness
came to the city to sell some old iron. Strang
boasted of having been a pretty good marksman
with a rifle, and inquired of Mr. Fay, and of Mr.
Moore, as to the price of rifles. On the morning
of the 7th of May, Strang had a piece of lead in
his hand, which he said was the softest he had ever
seen. On the 14th of April, Strang said he was
going to Troy, to collect a ":sum of money due to
him. He was absent all night, and returned the
next day. Witness could not of his own knowledge
say that Mrs. Whipple was absent on that night
By Mr. LIVINGSTON—Strang went up to town
between sun down and dark, to buy cloth for a pair
of pantaloons. Witness told him to get some oil of
spike. Strang came into the house in fifteen or
twenty minutes after Whipple was killed.
By Mr. OAKLEY—Saw Strang come in about
fifteen or twenty minutes after Whipple was shot;
witness was standing at the top of the stairs when
Whipple fell ; Strang came up, and wjtness told
him that Mr. Whipple had been shot. As Strang
looked on the body of Whipple, he turned as white
as a sheet, or ghost, and witness then suspected
him.—(Here the prisoner smiled.)—Strang was a
member of the Coroner's Jury that sat upon the
body, and witness testified before them.
Dinah Jackson (black woman) sworn—She lived
at Cherryhill, and was at home on the night of the
murder. Witness had beard Strang say that there
were people around the house; she thought he did
it to try to frighten her away, but she told him that
was her home—her proper place—and she should
not go. Witness had heard Mr. Whipple inquire
about the people whom he had seen of
nights Strang
a about the house, and asked him why he did
not shoot them. Strang asked what would be done
with him Nile should shoot him (Whipple) by mis-
take. A good while before, Strang asked witness
what she would ask to poison Mr. Whipple. Why
he said, she would not do it for the State, or the,
whole world. But she thought he was joking with'
her, and she thought no more of it until after he was
killed. Recollects well that Strang went away on
the 14th of April, about ten o'clock a.m.; Mrs.
Whipple went away about four o'clock, as she said,
down to Mr. Fobes's. Both were gone all night.
The witness having left the stand, the Court
directed a recess, and officers were sworn to take
charge of the Jury—to take them to some conve-
nient public-house—give them proper refreshments,
but suffer no person to speak to them, excepting by
permission
Thomas
L.
of the Court.
Pemberton
(coroner) was the t
witness called and sworn.—Examined the premises
after the murder. There were marks showing that
a person had climbed up on the north side of the
shed, by means of a box about four feet high. By
the tracks on the ground, and on the box, the person
must have been barefooted or in his stockings. The
prisoner showed great agitation on the inquest, on

which he was one of the jury, and made many state-

ments as to the person or Persons said to be about
the house. lie said that he thought the individual
looked like Mr. Arms. Witness was with the party
which found the rifle. It was buried in the mud,
the barrel four or five inches in depth, and the
breech covered with leaves, perhaps a bushel of them.

. _
(The rifle was here produced, and identified by the
witness as the same.)
Cross-examined by Mr. OAKLEY.—The conduct
of Strang while on the coroner's jury was singular.
He appeared to be uneasy; walked to and fro; in
and out of the room ; folded his arms, and stood
much looking out of the window.
Edward Fay was next called upon the stand.—ls
a gun-smith, residing in Beaver-street, Albany. Is
not personally acquainted with Strang; but after
he was in gaol went to see him, and recognized him
as having seen him on the evening of the 3d of
May, at his shop, about a quarter before 10 o'clock.
Witness then sold him the rifle now in Court, for

which he gave him fifteen dollars.
By the Prosecution—The bullet-mould (now
produced) would fit the rifle. The surtout coat
(now produced) appeared to be the same one which
the man had on when he bought the rifle. He
noticed particularly that it was very full in the
breast.—(Strang laughed.)
Cross-examined by Mr. OAKLEY.—When he
saw him in gaol, he had other clothes on ; but
when they put those clothes on him, he at once
recognized him.
By the Prosecution.— The ball now shown wit-
ness is about the proper size for the rifle.
John Becker, (gaoler) sworn.—ldentified the
rifle as "(Ring the same as found by Mr. Pemberton
(with whom witness was in company), on the 16th
of June. It was buried up in mud, in a ravine,
N.W. of the 'house [On being asked under what 1
circumstances he found the rifle, Mr. Oakley objec-
ted, as involving the preliminary question of the
circumstances under which Strang might have been
induced to make confessions. Mr. Foot modified
the question, so as to remove the objection.] Wit-
ness proceeded—They never should have found the
rifle, if Strang had not sent for him. They found
the rifle in consequence of the directions of Strang.
They had once to return for further instructions, and
found it on the second attempt. It was so concealed,
that every shower would have buried it deeper and
deeper in the mud. Witness also went where
Strang directed, and found the poison. The parcel
(now produced) resembles it. It was in a back
house, concealed behind a brace.
John 0. Cole sworn.—Testified to the finding of

the poison, which was delivered over by witness to
the district attorney. That appears to he the parcel.
Edward Livingston (district attorney) sworn.—
That is the parcel delivered to me, and has not been
out of my possession since.
Wm. Wilson sworn.—At the time of the murder,
witness was a labourer, residing at the farm at
Cherry-hill. Some days before, as witness and
prisoner were walking from the barn, prisoner pointed
at the window and said it was a fine place to shoot
he. Witness replied that it was a shame for him to
think of such a thing. Strang did not speak of the
shed, but pointed at it. At the breakfast table the
next morning after the murder, witness asked
Strang if he did not recollect what he had said about
shooting in at the window, and he said, " Yes."—
Strang then turned away his head, got up, and went
out of doors. (Here Strang smiled again.)
_

Frances Hill sworn.—Witness lives in Watervleit,
on the turnpike which leads from Schenectady to
Troy, and her husband keeps a tavern at the corners,
where the road from Albany joins the Schenectady
turnpike. (When asked if she knew the prisoner
at the bar, she turned to look at him. He at first
attempted to stare her out of countenance.—
He then began to laugh, and had to stop his mouth
with a handkerchief. The witness was confused and

frightened.') She believed that she had seen him
before at their house, but could not swear positively.
She had seen him while in gaol; in company with
her husband, Mr. Van Sehoonhoven• and the gaoler.
She had no doubt then, in her own mind, nor has
she now, that he is the same man whom she saw at
her house. He came to her house with Mrs.
Whipple. Had not known Mrs. Whipple before,
but has seen her since, and has no doubt that she is
the woman. They came a little after sun down, in
a one-horse waggon. It rained that afternoon. (So
the black woman testified, but we omitted to note
the circumstance.) They stayed all night.;,.-They
slept in the same room. There were two beds in the
room, but only one had been used. (Here the pri-
soner enjoyed another laugh.) The time was in
April, but she cannot recollect the day; but there
was a remarkable thunder-storm, and it was on that
day.
Cross-examined by Mr. 011CLEY.—Went to the
prison at the request of, Mr. Cole, to see if that was
the man who was at her house. There was no other
prisoner in the room.
Nancy Montgomery (a girl) sworn.—Lives with
Mrs. Hill, at Watervleit, and thinks she knows the
prisoner at the bar ; was not willing to swear posi-
tively, but his countenance favours that of the man
who came there, and she has no doubt that he is
the same; he came there in April, in company with
Mrs. Whipple, as she believes ; the lady that has
been shown to her since as Mrs. Whipple, she has
no doubt is the same person who came there with a
man whom she has no doubt is the prisoner at the
bar; they represented themselves as man and wife;
the prisoner had on the same coat and pantaloons then
as now.
James Hill sworn.—Keeps the house in Water-
vleit ; on the day of the great thunder-storm, in April,
prisoner and a lady came to his house with a one-
horse waggon ; he had on clothes like his present
suit.
William Russell sworn and examined—Was one
of the Grand Jury which found the bill against
Strang. Strang was sworn and examined. In the
first place they found a bill against Strang, before
visiting him at all; then a committee of six called
on him, in order to find out what they could respect-
ing
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the woman; then the Grand Jury went in a
body, and he was sworn and examined with regard
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Dopinion of the Grand Jury as to his own guilt.—
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Does not recollect that he was told that Mrs.
Whipple had sworn against him. When they went
into the prison they found Strang engaged with a
Bible; the foreman took the opportunity of express-
ing the pleasure he felt at finding him so well em-
ployed, and some excellent remarks were made to
him about telling the truth. Believes that. Strang
intimated that Mrs. Whipple was knowing to it.
--john Becker.—On Wednesday evening, the 15th
of June, Mr. Strang sent for him. On entering the
room, Strang said, he had sent for him, to make a
confession, as he was so full he should burst. He

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she did not like to swear that she knew him to be the
mah who came to her house with the lady, but she
believed he Was. The Counsel for the prosecution said—
" Will you swear positively, madam ? Look at him !"
Here Strang, who was sitting within three feet of her,
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closely appeared
exeaarme(ilnetdo
turned himself partly round, so as to look her full in the
face—drew himself up, and thrust his face forward towards
her, with the most impudently diabolical look that was ever
beheld. His eyes became prominent, and seemed literally to
be lighted with sparks of hell. Airs. Hill shuddered and re-
coiled from him, as though he had been a basilisk. " Look
at him !" repeated Mr. Pepper, one of his Counsel. She
was choked with horror, and could not speak, but burst
into tears, and a thrill of sympathy for her, and of abhor-
tence at the conduct of Strang, was manifested throughout
the immense concourse of spectators. The Court inter-
posed at this point : 4, Cannot you answer the cplestion,
madam?" asked Judge Darr. " You are an innocent
woman, and have nothing to fear. You must not be
stared out of countenance. ' But still she shuddered at her
proximity to one of whom she had such a dread. Her
seat was thereupon removed across the bar, and next to the
bench. Strang turned back again to his usual position,
with a demoniacal laugh at the painful scene, which cannot
be described, and the testimony proeeeded—Mrs. H. feeling
herself more composed and safe under the immediate wing
I of the Court.

said he had purchased a rifle with the express 'view
of shooting Mr. Whipple, and he had had that plan
in mind for about six months. He then proceeded
to state the plans which he adapted, to make the
public believe that he had not done it. He took
the rifle home, loaded it, and kept it in the stable—
and on the evening when he committed the murder
he went to town for the express purpose of deceiv-
ing the public—purchased some cloth for pantaloons,
and also bought some 'oil of spike, and in ten mi-
nutes after he left the apothecary's shop, he be-,
lieved he had shot Whipple. He went home—
went to the stable and got the rifle, saw a light in
Whipple's window, thought he was there ; took a
box, and raised it up against the shed on end. Wit-
ness has forgotten when he told him that he pulled
off his boots. When he ascended the box, he laid
his rifle in the eaves-trough of the shed, ascended
the shed, stept to the window, and saw Mr. Whipple
sitting; stept back and took his piece, returned to
the window, cocked his piece, took deliberate aim mid
fired. He heard Mr. Whipple exclaim, " Oh Lord
He threw his rifle from the shed, mad in jumping
after it, almost broke his neck, seized the gun and
ran to the head of the street—hid the piece, returned
to the Whitehall Toad, where he fell in with the
people going to the house ; joined them and returned.
He likewise stated that he had previously purchased
some arsenic, for the purpose of poisoning him. The
arsenic was the same as foend. He has generally
stated, in all his confessions, that Mrs. Whipple was
at the bottom of the whole. The money with which
he purchased the rifle, he said he had borrowed of
Mrs. Whipple.
John H. Williams—Saw Strang a few days after
he made his confession, and asked him why he had
delayed making the confession so long. He said he
had delayed because he hoped Mrs. Whipple would
bring it out herself, but he found she was not going
to confess, and he was so full he could not hold in
any longer.
Josiah Sherman, sworn—Had a conversation with
prisoner since his confession, on the 19th of June.
He was informed that prisoner was under great
exercise of mind, and had been found with a Bible
in hishand; and in tears. Witness found that his
distress of mind arose from having confessed his
crime. He should not have done it, but from his
extreme weakness arising from his imprisonment and
loss of appetite.
Here the prosecution rested.
His Honour Judge DUF.R then committed the
cause to the Jury in an able and lucid manner. After
being absent twenty minutes, they returned with a
verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner received the verdict without change
of countenance or agitation. His demeanour this
morning was more grave than yesterday. He did
not smile, nor has he wept.

The famous Prince Eugene, of Savoy, used
to say—" Give me a Bible, and the English
Shakspeare, and I want no other library to fur-
nish forth the mind of a perfect soldier.'
_ _ _

Eighty tons of native copper ore were shipped
from Tralee for Swansea, last week. The ore
was produced at the Killarney mines working by
the Hibernian Mining Company.—Tipperary
Free Press.

On Wednesday last, some labouring men,
making a gullet, near Lixna, the ancient and
once beautiful seat of the noble family of Fitz-
maurice, Earls of Kerry, found an earthen pan,
containing various coins of great antiquity.—
Tipperary Free Press.
For the last two years the Rev. Dr. Moodie,
of Clackmannan, has required no assistance, from
his brethren in the Ministry, at his Sacraments.
Though he now seldom preaches, being very
blind, yet he performed all the exercises on the
Fast-day, Saturday and Sabbath, and on Mon-
day, to his parishioners, v,ith the exception of
the evening sermon on Sabbath, which was
preached by Mr. Cooper, his assistant. The
Rev. Doctor, in former days, used always to read
his discourses to his congregation ; but now be
gives out the Psalm to be sung, and passage of
Scripture which is the subject of discourse, and
delivers his thoughts with as much freedom as
ever he was accustomed to do previous to the
decay of his eye-sight.—Stirling Journal.

AUTOGRAPHS CF THE BUONAPARTE FA-
HILY.—Among the lots in a late sale of auto-
graphs, were those of some members of the
Buonaparte family. Buonaparte, before he
omitted the u in his name, when General-in-
Chief of the army, 1795, which sold for 11. 3s.
His signature " Napoleon," to a private letter,
with the address on which the word presse is in
his own hand-writing, addressed to General
Durosnel, Lis confidential Aide•de-Camp, Bth
March, 1812, 11. 4s. A letter from the Em-
press Josephine, dated the Bth of June, 1809,
addressed to " Mon cher Lavalette, 16s. Sig-
nature of Eugene Beauharnois, 7s. 6d. Two
letters from Lucien Buonaparte, one relative to
his own works, dated June 14, 1811, which
sold for 21.55.

' HASTINGS, AuG.3l.—On Wednesdaylsoon
after one o'clock, Prince Leopold, the Duchess
of Kent and the Princess Feodore, accompanied
by a gentleman, drove to the Castle Hotel in
an open carriage, and having alighted and taken
some refreshment, the Royal Party promenaded
Wellington-square and the Arcade, anti appeared
highly gratified with their marine visit. At four
o'clock the illustrious visitors quitted Hastings
for Tonbridge Wells. Prince Leopold expressed
himself delighted with the interior of one of the
houses which he inspected in Wellington-square.
Upwards of 300 fashionable& assembled at the
Pelham Arcade Musical Promenade on Monday
evening. The Earl of Chichester was amongst
the distinguished party, and was particularly
graceful in the quadrilles, which were greatly ire
vogueen ts
present, during
n ant( appearedhie esTning.
to Sireti
oenjoy Astley
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amuse-
ments. vas
the following day Sir Astley left us,
we believe, for London. During his stay, Sir
m
Astley humanely gave his gratuitous advice to
the indigent and necessitous sick.
Dr. William Hunter used to relate the fol-
lowing anecdote :--During the American war,
he was consulted by the daughter of a Peer, who
confessed herself pregnant, and requested his
assistance. He advised her to retire for a time
to the house of some confidential friend. She
said that was impossible, as her father would not
suffer her to be absent from him a single day.
Some of the servants were, therefore, let into
the secret, and the Doctor made his arrange-
ment with the Treasurer of the Foundling Hos-
pital for the reception of the child, fbr which he
was to pay 100/. The lady was desired to
weigh well if she could bear pain without alarm-
ing the family by her cries ; she said " yes,"
and she kept her word. At the usual period
she was delivered, not of one child only, but of
twins. The Doctor, bearing the two children,
was conducted by a French servant through the
kitchen, and left to ascend the area steps into the
street. Luckily the lady's maid recollected that
the door of the area might, perhaps, be locked, and
she followed the Doctor just in time to prevent
his being detained at the gate. He deposited
the children at the Foundling Hospital, and paid
for each 1001. The father of the children was a
Colonel in the army, who went with his regi-
ment to America, and died there. The mother
afterwards married a person of her (IsWll
Wadds Memoirs,