The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-01 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES.

(RECEIVED THIS MORNING.)
NORTHERN CIRCUIT._YORK, Jury 30.
ATROCIOUS HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Ananias Lumley, aged 21, stood indicted for attack-
ing Mr. John Clough on the King's highway, putting him
in bodily fear, and robbing him of four promissory notes,
some silver, and other articles his property.
The prosecutor, a butcher, residing at a village called
Bromley, about four miles from Leeds, has a shop at a place
called Atherton, about two miles further. On Saturday;
31st March, he had been to Atherton market, and was on
his return home about eleven o'clock at night, when at a
dreary part of the road he was , met by two men, one of
whom was the prisoner, and he with a bludgeon struck
him a tremendous blow on the head, which felled him to

the ground. One of them called out, "kill him ! kill him !"
upon which they commenced beating him most unmerci-
fully with the bludgeon over the head and face, and whilst
in this helpless state they robbed him of four promissary
notes for the payment of 11. each, twenty shillings in silver,
his watch and appendages. They then fled, and, Mr.
Clough as well as he was able from the weak state be was
in reached his home. Subsequently the prisoner went,
into the Wellington public-house, at Kirkgate, in Leeds,
and offered the prosecutor's watch for sale for 265. and the
robbery of Mr. Clough being generally known, he was
sent for, and on seeing the prisoner and his watch, be
immediately identified the latter, and the prisoner as one
of the men that had attacked him.

The Jury found the prisoner guilty—Death.
Mr. Baron HULLOCK, addressing the prisoner, most
earnestly persuaded him to prepare for the worst.
The prisoner appeared quite indifferent, and left the dock
with a smile on his countenance.

There are 56 prisoners in the calendar. The only case
that excites any interest is that of John Garth an apothe-
cary, and George Clarkson, for the murder of two ills.
gitimate children, try administering to them-certain poi-
sonous drugs. Their trial is expected to come on to-
morrow (yesterday.)

WESTERN CIRCUIT, SALISBURY, JULY Si.

Two men, of the names of Orchard and Hooper, were
tried yesterday on a charge of breaking into the house of
Thomas Farr, and stealing therefrom two boxes containing
silver and copper.
An accomplice, of the name fo -Salmon was called, who
swore that Orchard, and Hooper, the other prisoner, were
the persons that broke into Farr's house in company with
himself and another man not in custody. This accomplice
on being pressed, admitted that he had been committed to
prison by a Magistrate for offending his master, the singu-
larity of which phrase induced the Chief Justice to conjec-
ture that what one man called offending, another might
designate robbing. His Lordship's conclusion appeared to
be not without foundation, for after a little more flirtation
on the part of the prisoner, lie was brought to confess that
the main circumstance in his offending his master, was the
stealing a large quantity of leather, on which charge he
had been convicted, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment.
The JUDGE, in his summing up, requested the Jury to
be muttons how they received the testimony of a man, who,
according to his account, was one of the most profligate and
abandoned characters in the country.
The Jury deliberated for a few minutes, and found
Orchard Gteilty, acquitting Hooper.
• The same Salmon figured again this day as King's evi-
dence, in another indictment against two unfortunate fel-
lows, who, according to his account, made him their con-
fidant in a robbery that they committed in the house of
Benjamin Cliff. His Lordship, not recollecting the person
and countenance of Mr. Salmon, expressed some astonish-
ment at his being let into their secrets, till the witness's
features suddenly recurring to his recollection, the mystery
became explained, and no farther questions were asked as
to the mode in which Salmon became " part and parcel"
of the circumstances of the rase.

Ia the course of the other evidence, there being,some
connecting evidence with respect to one of the prisoners,
whose name was Rabbits, the Jury returned a verdict of
Guilty; while the 'Other one, Andrews, having nothing
against him, but the oath of Mr. Salmon, was Acquitted.
The Grand Jury. have returned two true bills against
Mr. Seyniour, a gentleman of fortune, in the north of this
county, and another person, one for the capital charge, and
the other for the misdemeanour, for an offence which can-
not be mentioned ; while on the other hand Mr. Seymour
has brought an indictment against some of his servants, for
a conspiracy in charging him with this offence. To-mor-
row morning, at eight o'clock, the case will be called on be-
fore Chief Justice BEST.

TO LIEUT. COOK, R.N.,
PATENTEE OP THE LITE ?RESERVER FOR CARRIACES.

"Hawley, Dartford, Kent, July 27, 1827.
" SIR-I have great pleasure in being able to assure you
of my entire approbation of the Life Preserver, which I
have now had attached to my gig three or four months.
I have made repeated trials of it on the road when proceed-
ing at a fast pace, and find it.to draw the horse in quickly,
but steadily, and that it has not the least tendency to make
him restless or uneasy. I Teel satisfied that in case of a
horse running away, he would not be able to resist the
steady, and gradually increasing check, which would be
imposed upon him. But-I consider one of its principal
recommendations to be, the security which it affords to a
Lady, should she be accidentally left alone in a gig or
phaeton, since by its means the most timid female may
stop the most impetuous horse with the greatest facility,
as it requires no exertion of strength to put the Life Pre-
server into operation. I shall at all times feel happy in
repeating this testimony of its worth to any person whom
you may wish to refer to me.

" I rgnain, Sir, your obedient servant,

" WM. T A SKER. "
The( Life Preserver is alike applicable to stage-coaches,
to carriages, and to gigs. A lady inside can, with ease,
safety, and certainty, stop a pair or four horses in the
event of their running away. The whole cost of attach-
ing the invention complete, with cat-gut rein, &c. is, to a
gig, 10 guineas; to a carriage, 20 guineas. Any vehicle
can be fitted at the manufactory, 127, Long-acre, where
other testimonials in favour of the Life Preserver may be
seen, and where a chariot•and a etanhope, with the patent
attached, may be inspected. Orders have already been
received for the East Indies, as well as for the Continent.

The Duke of DEVONSHIRE arrived in town
from-the Continent on Monday, and yesterday departed for
his seat in Derbyshire.
On Monday his Excellency Baron BIJLOW,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his
Majesty the King of Pitussia to his Britannic MAJESTY,
jointly'with Mr. N. M. Roniscumb, in the • presence of
bfr. BoloritT, notary-:public, cancelled and deposited in
the Bank of England the sum of 21,3001. in special bonds
of the Prussian Loan of 1822, being one moiety of the
sum fixed for the redemption of bonds in the fourth year,
and also the sating-of the interest on the 153,2507. re-
deemed to the let of January het inclutive.

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MAGAZINE DAY.

BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

The review of Mr. Huskisson'eSpeech on the
Shipping Interest, though well-written, is, as
usual, bigotted ; it is fraught with no new sug-
gestion, but simply contents itself with abusing
" innovation." To the initiated it may be amus-
ing, but to the general reader it must appear
heavy and elaborate. " The Song to the Lady
Bird " bids fair- to be popular in the nursery,
with which its intellect is exactly on a level.
" The Graves of the Dead," by Delta, are
sombre and somewhat prosy ; but " Reverses, a
Tale of the Past Season," is a powerfully written
and well-digested anecdote, from which we quote
the following admirable definition of matrimony
—" marriage is an act of generous self-devotion,
for the benefit of the circle among whom we
move." The article headed " Napoleon Buona-
parte," has the true Croly cut about it, it is elo—
quent, exaggerated, and filled from first to last
with deductions drawn (after the Irish fashion)
from wrong premises ; its moral goes to prove,.
that whoever, or whatever, sets himself or
itself in array against England, is guilty
of every atrocity, divine or human. Byona-
parte was the foe of England ; ergo lie
was a daemon. Mr. Croly may, perhaps, act dis-
creetly in thus panipering the self-conceit of
Englishmen ; but whether or no he compromises
truth and j ustice.is another question. For the same
reason, " the Duke of Wellington', (an eloquent
paper written .manifestly by the same masterly
hand) is extolled to the.skies ; set down as •one
of the first of statesmen--the very first of war-
riors—the flower of morality—the cream of po-
liteness and the Graces. "As a statesman,"
says our author, " the Duke stands second to no
man in England." Certainly not ; no one ever
accused him of standing the second among Eng-
lish statesmen ; unless, indeed, one counted se-
cond from the bottom. But enough :.such ex-
cessive adulation is perfectly nauseating, and can
reflect back nothing but degradation on its
author.

From the article " Napoleon" we quote the
following rapid and spirited sketch :
The system of the French Emperor was felt to be a
declaration of war against mankind. In 1805, a coalition
was formed by England; Austria, and Russia. They de-
manded of France the independence of Holland and SWit-
zerland, the evacuation of Hanover and the North of Ger-
many, the restoration of Piedmont to the King of Sar-
dinia, and the withdrawing of the French armies from
Italy. Those terms were haughtily answered by a decree
for calling out a conscription of 80,000 men, and the in-
stant movement of the army from the camps of the Chan-
nel against Austria. The troops marched thirty miles
a day, while the enemy had calculated their advance at ten.
The campaign was thus a surprise, the most decisive in
the memory of man. The Austrian van 'of 20,000 men
Was surrounded, and forced to lay down its arms at Ulm;
Vienna, the reward of the victory, was entered in triumph
by Napoleon on the 13th of November. Austria concen-
trated her last force with the Russians on the plains of
Moravia. The Allies and the French were equal in 'Am-
ber, each about 75,000 men. Nothing shows more clearly
the utter surprise of the Austrian Government by the
promptitude of Napoleon, than the fact, that the whole
native force in this combat for existence was but 25,000.
He attacked the Allies at Austerlitz on the 2d of December,
the anniversary of his coronation, broke through their line,
which had rashly attempted to outflank him, slew or took
prisoners 20,000, and laid Austria at, his mercy. The
treaty of Presburg deprived her of the Tyrol and Vorarl-
berg, which were given to Bavaria, and of Venice. which
was united to the kingdom of Italy. The Electors of
Wirtemberg and Bavaria were made Kings. Such was
the first evidence of the imperial sword of Napoleon—an
empire prostrated in a six months' campaign, and by a
single battle.

But it was when the sword was sheathed that the true
conquest began. No campaign since that in which Caesar
decided the mastery of the Roman world, was ever fol-
lowed by results so wide. The Austrian power, with all
its faults, was the true defence of the Continent. Anti-
quated and unwieldy, it had yet stood, a great armed
figure of the days of knighthood ; the crowned and hel-
meted champion of the multitude of the German Sore-
reir,nties. But the keener weapon of France had reached
the heart through the armour, and the whole vassalage fell
with the fall of their chieftain. Napoleon saw his victory
to the utmost, and he determined that Austria should
never again stand in front of the- Empire of Charlemagne.
The Confederation of the Rhine was formed, and the title
of Emperor of Germany finally extinguished.
in the pride of conquest, Napoleon took upon himself
almost the name of an earthly Providence. 'By a stroke
of his pen, he alienated and distributed kingdoms. From
the Cabinet of the Tuileries, covered like the ancient
oracles with laboured mystery, he promulgated commands,
to which Kings and people listened as to their fate. Dia-
dems were the reward of submission, slaughter and chains
the punishment of resistance. Secrecy, terror, and splen-
dour, combined to make the Throne of France the most
magnificent and fearful seat of imposture that had ever
overhung the world.

NEW MONWHLY *MAGAZINE.

Mr. Campbell's Classical Letters to the
Students of Glasgow, are, as usual, fraught with.
instruction, conveyed in, a piquant and agreeable
style. His remarks on Herodotus, 'are very
apposite and happy ; and we are glad to find
that he does justice (in this number) to the
majestic perfection of Sophocles. We think he
rather over-,rates the powers of Aristophanes ;
he had poetry about him certainly, but not to
the extent that Mr. Campbell would insinuate.
We cannot remember his " feats of sublimity,"
unless, indeed, " omne ignotum pro magnific©"
is to be taken as a sample. In cursorily alluding
to Herodotus, Mr. Campbell has the following
poetic vassage :
" The genius of History appears in his writings as if
she were going zealously abroad in quest of truth, and yet
as if she had so freshly parted from the gardens of poetry,
that their odours still remained upon her robes."

" Drafts on La Fitte,"is apleasant anecdotical
paper, from which we extract a characteristic
Incident in the American adventures of Cooke
the actor:—

" He was certainly by nature arbitrary and overbearing ;
and, when filled with the god,' gave vent to his feelings
fearlessly and decidedly. Even amongst the tyrant-hating
republicans of America he rode the high horse, and was
allowed to ride it trampling down all in his way, the very
Thurlow of the stage ;—like the Marquis bf Londonderry
in St. Stephen's,
,defying all around him ; he was the
essential Zenith to Kean's Nadir there ; it was Old
tngland against New, and he was just as spirited and un-
compromising with a Yankee audience, as if he had been
calling on Blanchard for his twentieth glass of brandy and
water at the Wrekin. On the first night of his perform-
ance at the Boston theatre, Richard was the part he had
adopted; and so strongly bad he fortified himself for the
kingly task, that he deemed himself the very monarch he
was destined to enact. The theatre was crowded in every
part : expectation was on tiptoe : anticipation as to his
person, voice, and manner, was announced by the sibilating
6 I guess' heard around, and pretty considerable' agitation
prevailed. The orchestra had begun and ceased, unheeded
and unheard ; nor could one of Sir Thomas Lethbridge's
best cut and dried have produced less effect amongst the
irreclairnables.' The curtain rose, and amidst thundering
plaudits the welcome stranger advanced, iu angles, to the
front of the stage, and, as Sir Pertinax has it, booed and
booed and booed ;' but greeting could not endure for ever :
well justified curiosity assumed its station, and at length
silence, almost breathless silence, reigned around, such as
attended Irving in his Zoar, or Canning when he lately
produced his budget. The hospitable clamour was over;
but instead of Now is the winter of our discontent made
glorious summer by the sun of York' being given, Cooke,
in a respectful but decided tone, requested that OA save
the King' might be played by the orchestra prior to the
commencement of the play. The proposal at ,first but
excited mockery and laughter, which, however, gave way
to far different feelings, on Cooke firmly and composedly
declaring, that, until his request was complied with, he was
determined not to proceed; and, should It be absolutely
refused, he was resolved to retire. The fury; of the
Bostonians was at its height menace, accompanied by
every vituperetive epittnt rag, could suggest, was istyislied

2 calm and secure as
honistohwenacntoartiv;
ebiusltalnide kseept tinhi:sthstae station,
seas,
until anger
gradually subsided through very weariness ; and every effort
having been ineffectually used to wean ' the tyrant' from
his purpose, the political antipathies of the audience began
to yield to their theatrical taste; and, after much argument
and delay, the unpalatable demand was reluctantly assented
to. Cooke, however, whose nature it was, when opposed,
only to become more exigent, was not himself appeased ;
for, as the notes unpleasing to 'a Yankee ear' were
sounded, with a majestic wave of his hand he silenced the
unwilling music, and Standing, if you please,' was as
dictatorially as, fearlessly pronounced, to the consternation
of the audience. So much -had, however, already been
accorded, that it was not deemed matter of much moment
to concede the rest_: and however ungracefully the atti-
tude of respect was assumed, the national hymn was per-
formed amidst grimace and muttering ; Cooke beating time
with his foot,—nodding as significantly and satisfactorily at
Confound their politics,' as Eldon himself at the late Pitt
dinner ; and occasionally taking a pinch of snuff, as in his
royal robes, he triumphantly contemplated the astonished
and indignant audience. It ended :—' Richard was him-
self again,' and ' Now is the winter of our discontent made
glorious summer' was given with equal emphasis, feeling,
and effect."

" The Recollections of Maturin," are worth
reading ; he was a poet and novelist of consi-
derable energies both of thought and fancy
disfigured, however, by such repeated violations
of good taste, that to the fastidious judgment of
an educated Englishman, he was insufferable.
Yet we have heard Mr. Godwin say, that he
would sooner make a pilgrimage to see Maturin
than any writer of the age; and such praise from
the first-rate author of " Caleb Williams" and
" Saint Leon," speaks volumes in favour of his
talents. The article " Mr. Sergeant Blackburne,"
is carefully and spiritedly written, with no slight
dramatic 'effect : the casual introduction of the
Burning of the Sheas,":—one of the most
tremendous instances of malignant revenge on
record—is very impressively conceived. " Rus-
sian Travelling Sketches," have an appearance of
truth about them that lends them great interest.
the character of Catharine 11. is well sketched
(though briefly) and her favourite " Mornonoff"
alluded to with appropriate insignificance.