The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-25 00:00:00

GRAND DUKE MICHAEL.

• .
itsttaSt, Attd. 21.—Yesterday, at three o'clork,
his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke and suite
landed frOm on board hiS Majesty's ship of war
Driver, at Donagbadee, from Portpattick, after
a passage of two hours-and a half. The inhabi-
tants, anxious to testify their respect for so dis-
tinguished a Personlge as the brother of our
Illustrious Ally the Emperor of Russia, assembled
in great numbers to receive him. All the vessels
in the Harbour were decorated on the occasion.
Immediately on his Imperial Highness leaving
the vessel a Royal salute was fired, vt hich was
answered by two cutters that accompanied the
Driver, and also by the vessels in the Harbour.
He was repeatedly cheered on his approach, and
that affection and good humour, which has ever
been the characteristic of the Irish people, was
most conspicuously displayed, notwithstanding
that a good deal of disappointment was experienced
by many highly respectable persons, in consequence
of the landing not having been effected at that
particular place at tvhicli he was first expected, and
where they had taken their stations to meet him.
Among the many tokens of respect paid to his
Imperial Highness, a Fh.g at the end of the Quay
was hoisted, containing the following laconic lie-
vice—" Your Imperial Highness is thrice welcome
to the Land of Potatoes." Two of the King's
Me,seogers were in waiting, one of whom was
immediately dispatched to. acquaint his Excellency
the Lord Lieutenant of the Grand Duke's arrival.
His Imperial Highness, after a short delay at
SLoares Hotel, proceeded, accompanied by some
Gentlemen of the neighbourhood, to Mount
Stewart, the beautiful seat of the Most Noble the
Marquis of LONDONDERItY, where he partook of
an elegant dinner, and in the evening of a superb -
ball and supper.—( The Dublin Evening Post,
22d Aug.)

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• '.SAbISIIEJR7Y-,- Kt la. 24.

•1; :• • • - t'. , •
Tbe .`celeitfation of otti- ittusieat Festival', kViliCli
"T'conitnimced on Tuesday evening lastct was most ntoi
-therrisly and .tplendidly .attended by families 411
- the •first distinction in this and the neighbourit4
-comities. 'Our city,-was certainly never hefOre
,by the company Of Si) many persons of
Yank and high respectability as On the present
'inces,iou ; nor (lid our Assembly Rooms ever be-
Int e ti.play 6P-brilliant an a••sillithly 01 helto y and
fashion,
• F.alor, the prima donna a>l die Opera
Ijoio,c,•thsl)l•..yeti• at oil. CA:o.ft tvinh the hap-
piesr effect, those ad:Atli-able po,vcrs And talents
ith which she. is. so atintalltitly gilled ; Rini it
teas observed by .every one how divioti'y she sou;
the beautiful Recit. and Air " Ye-Srct ed Priests."
ndeed.Wittfl e consider that it writ> the fit si time
this Lady ever took alrart in an Eniztisli Oratorio,
we cannot sufficiently itilotire the correct style and
squisit e titatsner in winch. site executed the (W-
-it-runt airs allotted !pi-her. .At. the ,A•7cteitly
• Rooms her voice anti evierut ion shone truly pre-
eminent. Site was rawourou,ly encored in her
-dttett of " Cruder percot..!. with Mr Bartleman,
t• anti in .the''air of " Ranti, Mot' ;" bolt in tine
,ITaiitilttLariette of NOn je ite'veux pas chanter,"
;her style of exec ion was sorb 35 (pile 10 enchant
• the audience, anti this atiette vas repeatcd by par-

tienlar desire.
Mrs. Salmon. who f b-re a 'omit' di,tinv,ished
part vocal department of _nor Frsrval, cer-
tainly exceedt;fl the expectations, •iii>zth as they
• Were, whitli had formed Of her. The exohe-
rant sweviness of her-voice, and the correct taste
sbe invariably evinced throoghont the
.vrholeof tile,five perfnrmances, stainn her, in our
opinion, decidedly the first tent de British .singer
of the day: What is prehliarly' remarkable in
Mrs Salluon'ssioging; is, that. her ,tioisite ex-
pression is, equally displayed, w bether in the sa -
;cred songs of llitndel or in tho lighter airs atlXpt-
et' to a; Concert Boom. Mrs. S. was encored.
itt
,the pathetic .ballad nt. " 0 softly sleep,", and,
yained universal applause- in the- airB " S(weet,
Bird," and " loilgiug is on ibe cotd giro.stind.!!
tiartleinttn„alrhoo,4l :evidently labouring
Mintier. indisposition, was as great a ever ; the
amazing powers 'of his fline bass" Voice, chastened
by liis peenliar taste,-.shone transeendantly con-
.
'spiiUotis in all his performances, 1)111 more parti-
'colafly in l'eygnlesi'.s, inimitable air,, "Q Lord,
'have" mercy %Ton ';" in I lor.dcv's, fine song.,
" Servant'Of God ;" and CallcotCs " Angel of
Life." "
Mr. Bellamy and Nlr. Vatilhan were very much
admired ; the former Gentleniatt met with a ge-
'neral encore in " Haste thee Nytnph ;" and Mr,
VituOian, in the, Cantata of" Alexi,s," riettont-
:pitied by 1.,,b0!rq on the violoncello? was heard
'with the gre.:itest adMi.ration, are - sorry our
limits will n'ot allow nsio partieidtiiiie the no 7
Inerous in which 7,11i,s Mr.
Harrington, and ...\ll. Hawes sticeessfittlyeNercised
,their talents, and o.,tailleti, the ,p;',aise rwhicb was
thost jitstiv In, to (heat. •. • . •
01 the I;,,stri,mental I).4lortnets it is out of emir.
..po\i'er ..,!eytaie toms Of praise; -..,:r111c.t'
It to 'that tite composii iobsot
Bectlkß.veo, &e. ptkf,;sio,:t;
%;nd assentWv-lorwi•:,_ ;3.31,1 of.
'which wound p e,ent iooLtlinArybands,'
-livett bete ex, ctite,tl with ;J:1 tpt apt:
ficience,,whieh bone bat :i c(tottination of fits.t•
rate talents Contdi connint'd. ccam“.,.the
'leader, -B)l(lMr..tod.er, of Ba'b,, were, as
'very great ;.a.t.-:(1 the CO e o- performed by Mr.
Lindley on ;tlie Vi:dontello, liy Mr. Gticsb.Ach, on.
the oboe, an(( by Mr. ,the bassoon,
were beard higkest -10.virotion, and e.N7
cited the MoSt rapturous 'applvi.se: ; - ;
The very superior. atanner is wbich all the
cliornse3 (reie executed, iinfint:ti the I.;teat est de-
light to the , aotlienr:cs. both ati the .Cathedral
end in the room.; ; ;4114 it Ivas atlo.wed 1)57 coin-;;
itetent that their etft:Ct could .not be stir-

'iassed.
111Ozlr's.1); ain;f4l requiem " Benedictns," pet--
4661.mA at the Cathedral ()11 Wednesday morning,
,oru ,
a-n(e sv leer ton from "1/A o aseroso ,"
at tire assembly,:roonts the_ some evening, were
particularly admired.
Somesklea will be formed by our Readers of the
Timbers who attended our-re-S7tival, when we in-
form them, that 353 persionV-artenfled the first
COncert and Ball at the AsSembly-rooms "on'Tifes-
day evening 4.07 at the. Concert on Wednesday
tKening ; and 678 at: the •Concert and Ball ,on
Thursday evening. . On, Ote
rooms were crowded to:excess, and many persons
could not obtanr AdMis4roil:',,Th'etstePectlon of sa-
cred music at the Cathedral_nii Wati.e‘dav morn-
ing was attemted.by 919 persons ; and ,the sublime
oJatorio of the. Messiah ern-=Thursday morning
was heard and admit ed WO legs'than one thou-
sand one hundTeo aid sgvenitzniversqns.
it is with greet pleasure we. have to state, that,
the whole ot,the.pet}Orttrances this Meeting,
were arranged
_and conduereirhy Mr. A. Corfe,-nt
as manner that has given Universal satisfaction.
bat Gentleman's aclinowledged taste and judg-
ment were cert'oinly never before moreeinisp'fcn-,
ously oronore successfully exerted than on this
c?ecdsion aml the most unqoalified praise has
been bestowed on hini by all persons, tor his ex-
Cellent d scrisnintition*.i-n the ~select ion of sacred
music for our Calbcdral, and for iris choice of the
mariedTieces perfot men • at' on'i'fi.3setnbly Rooms,
the whole of whicli Were admirably calculated to
elicit and .he talents of the performers.
lt would be-great irjustice_in were we not to
add, that the numerous perfr.i:ners, one and all,
certainty exerted themsulves to the inmost in every
part allotted to them.
Amongst the too»erous persons rifrank and fa-
shion,who visited this city on the above occasion
were the following : _ _

'Tife Margois and Mateltioness of Lansdowne ; Earl and
Conatess of Pembroke ; Outfit WoronYoW '; Earl and Coun-
tess of Aylesbury; Earl and Conntes Nelson ; Earl and
Countess of Nortlieslt ; Lord rind Lady. Folkestone ; Lord and
'Lady Falmouth; Lord and. Lady Brid port ; Lord and Lady
Arundell.; Dowager Lady Rivers: Right Him, Sir Arthur
and Lady Augusta Paget ; Right lion. Sturges Bourne; Hon.
and Rev. Archdeacon Lcgge and family; Hon. Ailiniral Corn-
wallis ; Hon. Captain Pouver;e; HMI. and Rev. F. Bouverie
Hon. P. Botwerie ; Hon. Mr. Fox; Lady Bulkeley and
family; Mr. and Lady Charlotte Lemon; Sir John and Lady
Smith ; 'Sir Charles' and L►dy Hulse; Sir 'John and Lady
ronen ; Sir Alexander and Lady Malet ; Sir James Gardiner;

& Ft T
tic intcun ant'l Clmr)r, ati:l Lady hich
lAtiy.Stattatim L qur velytalple..l.ord iii..hoir and family; the,
nigh sbei-iit r,nci My; the ;he Dean of Salisbury,.
Lady Enz. l'alhot, and fmnly ; Lady Fratice3 Somerset ; the
Rte. Chancellor Dffinzlas and faniili ; the Rev. Canons Hume
Coxe, and Ogle, and-their fawiVies; Rev. Archdeacon Hook
Reeds. Dr. and, Ileat,h,,,•c. \‘'ndhalu and families; W. L.
‘Veileslee,'M. I'. and Mm Paul Methuen; Mr. and
Mrs. Portman; Mr. Wadham Wyndham, M. P.; General
Alichrl and -Lady ; General Popham, &c. &c. &e.

WARWICK ASSIZES, AUG. :20.

CROWN SIDE.-11APE.

Cherie ,i Matedesley, aged 35, a tall athletic man,
Was pot upon -his trial for assaulting and ravish-
ing Betty Clitheroe, wife of John Clitheroe,
at
UphoHand.
.Mr. CowlTastay stated the case to the Jury.
lie mentioned that the prisoner and John Cli-
theroe were poor labouring men in neighbouring
townships.
Betty Clitheroe, a modest simple-looking wo-
man, stated, that site is the wife of John Cli-
theroe, in Upholland. She has been six years
marf led, has three children, stitch is now very near
her time. On the II th of June, about eight in
the evenin,, she went to see her mother, who
lives in Orrill, a township about a mile from Lip-
hollaad : there is a public way and a path through
the fields ; she' left her mother's house at niue,
carrying a basket with coals, coffee, and bread,
and took the path through the fields towards her
own house ; she met the prisoner in the fields,
and they passed without speaking a word ; she had
never seen him before ; it was quite light, so ass to
distingotot the tare ao,i teaffires ()aim well. he
afterwards met Thomas Goss, and they passed
without speaking. When she had goue about a
quarter of a mile she beard steps behind her. It
was a remote, solitary place. She turned round,
and was like to scream when she saw the prisoner
reaching his hand towards her shoolder. She
•' God bless toe, bow you frightened
Me." lie knocked the basket riff her head, laid
hold of her, and took most indecent libertii;s with
her, which she resisted With both her bands, and
screamed out, lie said if she would not hash he
vvotild kill her. She was screeching as hard as sae
could. She said, " Do, good man, have mercy,
for I am with child." . After the most brutal not•
rages lie effected his porpo,e. lie then ran lie
way he had come, to►vartls Orrill. She went
home, and found her husband laid on his bed
in
ells clotheS. She said, " the (haste) 'thee Cli-
theroe, and get thy hat, and go Wi:11 Me, for 1
have been so abused with a man as I never was
before," (or" as nobody ever Could be.") lie got
up, and tvoidd have gone his hat, bat she
made, him get his hat. They went together, and
as they Went she told him bow she had been used.
She s'ahl she'was.certain she could find him, it she
could either see hint or hear
.his voice. She
could swear to the man. They %t ent.on the way
to Thomas Giss's, at Orriil. lie was not gime to
bed. They asked hira who the malt was that he
'wens after (followed when she had met hint com-
ing 'with two milk-cans on the path). They
asked whether he knew the man that he followed
' from his mother-in- ta w's fold. lie said The believed
his name was Charles Mawdesley, Who Worked at
Mr. Blundell',, an'd fiv...d in the Nook:. Guts said
it, " is O'er, any thing to aft ?" ‘Ve
toldltim he would come`to no burt;it
the twin's name. She told him that a ?Mau had
beet, ill-nsing her. They went to Mr...Atherton,
a pablicatt, who had used to be ‘a ctinst ttlle. They-
did not see hits. They went then towards John
Witistanley's, and on their way met Neville and
another Man. Neville had ceased tO b&ft tot:-
Stable that thimar,' and informed thrill that Wok-
sttinley was the constable. They went to him,
aceotnpanied by Neville and the other Wan. Mil-
stanky•s wife said her husband was not at home,
bitt.`they heard him speak. His wife then said,
he would not get up at that time of night for any
one. The man who was with Seville said he
knew Mowdesley'S, and would go with them.
They went and found his house in the Nook. They
mettle a noise; the Prisoner answered. hus-
band' asked, if one Charles Mawdesley lived there?
lie said, " Ay'e, I 'believe so." She .said, " That
is the man ;. I'll swear to his rttlgtie it' I should
never see hint." Her husband asked, if he would
be at home to-morrOm ? he said he would for
might he knew. They went again to' Winstan-
fey's to gerhith to take. Mawdesley into custody,
Inn- he would not get up. She and her husband
went to hey mother's. A number of persons
came together there. Her mother and other per-
sons went out, and returned with Mat.Vdesley with
them. When she saw him she asked his; where the
(doilies were which, he had on when be abused
her ? He said she was mistaken, he was not the
than. ...She said he Ira:: the man that bad ill-used'
her, hut those were not the clothes he'-had on,
and asked him why he changed his clothei? Flr
said those bad lain upon the box ever 'since-Sun-
flay, they were the readiest ; he said, if there was
any thiog to do he would put on the otlrer clothes.
She said she could swear In hint in those as well
as in the other. She saw the'scratch on his right
cheek which she had made with hher right hand in
the strnegle with him ; she told the people in the
house that she had t,cratched- him ; he heard her.
He was with othea: PeoPle about the house all night.
lie was taken into custody on Friday night , t hat was
the 'next day, ltod brought before the Magistrate
on Saturday, She went before 'Mr. Woodcock,
at Wigan, ou Friday, was examined on oath, and
signed her exatitioattion ; she had been '2O minutes
or half a hour struggling with the prisoner ; he
skinned the inside of one of her knees ; she
showed it to nobody but her husband ; she could
hardly walk to the Justice's, and frequently stop-
ped to rest herself.
She Was doss-examined 'by Mr. Williams at
great length.; she knew Jane Gaskill very well,
and remembered that she complained two years ago
of a titan ill using .her ; site never did sac to Jane
Gaskill, that site would. go before a Ja'stice and
swear against the man, and that she c, old get
some money : the titan of whom be had com-
plained was Mechison.
Mr. ConaTaatay objected to this examination
to a collateral point.

1‘1!-. Baron !Noon calf! he might pot the qt!es
*tions, btu he* must he satisfied with her oniwers
he cotilit not.call witnesses to contrHdict her.

roe witness gave the teadiestanfl firmest nega
tir•e to the questions as to her stivising Jane Cii;s

. .
kill to trWelr ravishment, anti that
it Ai►e
only opened her Month she would get 3/. Iler
mother ,was tiatlieritie Taylor ; she had not shown
the injuries she had received to her Mother, or to
any but her husband. Oil re-examination, she
said she dirt not know of any injuries she'had suf-
fered but that on her knee. /
John Clitheroe, husband of the former witness,
*gave the sante evidence as his wife, so far as he
had the means of krioviink. On their way his
wife pointed out the spot' whet e she had been ill-
used : he saw nothing that night,; it was rather
Clark ; next day he saw some coals scattered at
the place.
Thomas Goss, on coming into the box, com-
plained that he hail Only got It, for his expence :
his Lordship said that was enough ; he might get
more if the Court thought proper. Being sworn,
he said, he had on a Thursday met a woman in
the path ; he knew Mrs. Clitheroe by sight ; he
had DO words with her; a man had gone before,
him soon attcr the witness had passed the wo-
man ; he saw the man crouching down in a ditch-
bottom, and thought he was doing something for
himself. jle said, •4 A floe w3rin night :" the
man " Aye." He believed it was Charles
Mawdesley, but was not positive ; lie then stated
the same circumstances as to Clitheroe•and his
wife calling at his house afterwards..
On cross-eXareinatiou, he said he had formerly
known Mrs. Clitheroe by sight, but did not know
that the woimui he saw •passiug with the basket
was she. , There was a hedge behind the ditch,
he might have got' over it vet y easily, he could
not then have seri+ him : seen berme.
lie had known the prisoner fur three or four years;
he hel,eved The leis'a wife-and children ; never
saw them ; lie never heal d any thing before against.

the man's rhaiRC(CE.
1111 e l'ilk'ngt on, farmer's wife in UphoHand,.
kootcs tGe fields 'thtniiith which the path goes.
She lives nearly a utde from :Nonlls's fOld, and a
tpoirter of mile from the path. •Ou the evening
0, the II th of June, between nine and ten, she
heard maoy a shriek. They were very dismal.
They continued for many winutti. She could
out tell whether they were a man's or a woman's.
They appesred to come from the fields %yhere the
path, was. She stood there harkening to it. There
was only a poor woman in the house, who board-
ea with them, and who had not all her senses.

Mary Kenyon, a very young girl, was sworn.
She sit;„ she lived. in 'Upholland, at her father's
house.' She heard a noise
_on a Thursday night.
To the best of her thin ling it was bettveen 9 and
10. She beard. a "sheltie,: It was kept 'agate
.(going) for some time. It came from the fields.
She looked out at-the window, and afterwards saw.
a woman passing by their house. It was Betty
Clitheroe. She carried coals in a wisket on her
head. She was going home. She said nothing
to her.
Mrs. Clitheroe. was again called, • and said she
had seen the last witness in a room window, and
said she had heard a shriek ; witness said it was•
she, aril a mau had been very ill using her.
The prisoner. was now called upon for Itis
defence ; and only said that he.was not a.stiity.
HenryFairyman,.a farmer in lipholland, knows
the prisoner, who has' takietrsome pOtatue grotinds
from him. On: the Timr-.l4kty evening- in question,
he saw sail t!,st ground...taken for potatoes.l He
saw at nine, itad,w-orsked till atPer ten.
came to their. door, asud Hiked the 'time of tht
night. It bad 'struck ten about five minutes.•
-He had seen Nita in the field working at ten., He..•
bad seen him from !One to time Irsnn twine till five
minutes fialbt., ten. lie is very particnher about Isis
allowed none to- wind it up but hisnselr, anal
it was asgood-aS any deck inThe.parish. •Dming
Ihe.d.iy,:l;e;worked with Mr. BlUndell, and bad.
only the evening for himself he knew him very'
his it te,if,.! and'three children.
cl,•s-examiowintt, Ire said there was a path
through the fields in the prisoner's way home.
He sometimes set' hi.: clock by the dial. .1-le did
'not' set -it by /any public clock. • Ue 'would swear
it was the time of the day. 'rite dials weie in
Unhand, two miles oft, and Wigan, five tunes off,.
-Which he saw on market days. They arc in
•churcis-yards, open to all children.—(To the
Court.) He did not bringbk clock to the diets,
but lie took a particular acconnt baek.—(A
Thomas Harmer lives at ()rill!, had ho4irtess:
with the prisoner on- the 1 i tit Jime, waited for
him at' prisoner's house till after 10. He went
out to the end of the house after 10 till he came.
lie
ranee a quarter or 20 minutes past ten. He
saw nothing- wrong about him , no flurry'.
He
knew hitn four years. ' Ile is a married man, and
has three -children. Ile never heard any thing,
against him before. On cross-examination, he
said Fairytuan's was better than a mile frdin the!
,arisoner's.
Mr. Fairyman, called 'again, sstid, that the dis-,
ranee was a good mile, an old mile.
Jane tiaskill knew Betty Cluheroe very weir
She is a single woman. She rementheted a mall.
of the name of Mechisori taking liberties with httr?
An objection was now repeated, bsit his Itotd-
--ship.thought it was not altogether collt;teral, anti'
allowed the exam'ination to go on, giving liberty
to call up Mrs. Clithetoe again.
Witness said, she had told the liberties taken to
John Clitberoe. alter.vards said to her,
that if any man had used her 9(1; WOtilli give,
him the law. She,tlid not say-stile would swear a'
ravishment againstfhim.
His' Lordship rets:sed to allow this•examination
to be carried farther, it; not relevant. -
Mr. argued ttlion " the Ring tiga.inst
Vewin" and " against Tippeth"' (2 Camp-`:
hell, 637), that evidence' was admissible as its the,
prosecuta ix leaving ever gi‘en'ati'vice how to get
money by a prosecution of ti, is kind.
- Mr. Baron \\Toon said; that lie was'of opinion
that this evidence was.not admisiihte. It was
•relevant to call witnesse4 tt.provethat she had.
ever expressed an intention to ss ea? ravishment
against a man. That was
.asked, Had negatived.
It was not relevant to ask 'questions as to any
advice giveir for taking, money.
• His Lordship then summed ap the evidence.
When the evidence Os to the sera.tching was rend,
bis Lordship said that this was a most important
cireninst ante for their con,idyration.
Mr. WI Let A\l4 said, Will- yostr Lordship forgive
ilia saying,•that 'toothier witness speaks to that ?
Mr. COLI RTEN MI will your Lordship al-

inue me to snY,l,7:\i);-'asento.iclZ;;ol'
single question 'of another witness as to that ti`.-ttif
eviden
In conelitsiah, his Lordship 'Seemed
to think the evident against the prIOne:•:011
tremely It for the Jury to ta—en
a
the circumstances into their consideration,
give a verdict according to the evidenee• r Ceti
The Jury, after ,eonsuiting in the huk fn tei
minute', retired at lilf•patt one. A few 11/„.1111
past tmu they returned with a verdiet of ("tit
but recommended to mercy. • ,
•
pri-oner stood in a State iorr4v.' j cool
era;posure during the trial. When the J"dgeli nt
sitniming op, he sucked his cheeks with ev-,;
appearance of the utmost anxiety. Lie hears in
verdict in Silence, but the quiveriog of histd
(heated the state of his mind. Ile was dresseusl
a cortioroy jacket, and th-e,-torro )onding BPPar
• I
of a labouring man.
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The two persons who accidentally shot have
in tiagnigge;-wells-fields a few clays 30::ier,
made A pecuniary compensation to the 1311 to
who, as his child is recovering, has consentdir
drop proceedings. The Maoistrfes have ;0.
clertaken to prevent the techrtence of such u‘'
•
germ's sport in the fields alluded to.
Tuesday morning, a hatcher in Eilinh
market, while hanging tip a piece of 10"t'ciftocti
down dead. In the vet of failing the hodY
in contact with sme hons one of which Pe:t
trated the side, and he bonkg, susoended
few secoOd3 ;' tint it ofipears he had been. °—
previous to trilling on tire hooks.