Star.
London, England, 1825-08-13 00:00:00

!7EJV JURY BILL.

The following Circular has just been issued from the
home Department to the Clerks of the Petty Sessions,
directing them to procure the Justices of their respect
tive Divisions to fix a Petty Sessions within the Las-
seven days of September, and pointing out the business
to be then transacted :

WHITEHALL, ACIGI7iT 10, 1325.
" Stmt—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Peel to refer
you to the Act of the last Session (cap. 50), for consoli-
dating and amending the Laws teldti7e to Juries-and
Jurors (a hich has bt en circulated by the King's Printer
in the usual manner); and to remind you, that it is
necessary for you, without delay, to procure theJustic3
acting (or your Division to fix a Petty Session, to be held
w-ithin the last seven days of September next, for the
purpoie of carrying this Act into effect; so thdt, before
the 20th of that month, you may give notice to the
High Constable of each Hundred, and to the Church-
warden: .I,ld Ov:rseers of each Parish within your Divi-
sion, of the time and place fixed for holding such Petty
Session.
" You will find, by the 10th Section of the Act, that
at the Petty Session so to be held, the parish officers
are to produce the Jury lists prepared by them in con-
formity to the Act, and to answer upon oath, such
questions relative thereto as may be put to them by the
Justices present ; and that the Justices are empowered
to suite out of the lists those persons who are not qua-
lified or liable to serve, and those who are disabled [rotas.
serving by imbecility of mind or infirmity of body, and',
.also to insert the name of any qualified person omitted
by the parish officers, and to reform any errors or omis-
sions in tl:e description of the parties. No such kilter-
lion, however, or correction is to be made, unless the
patty affected by it is present, or has had notice that an
application o ill be made for that pur pose; but the Jus-
tices are empowered to adjourn the Session, and to di-
sect notice to be given to the party in the meantime.—
When any list is duly collected. it is to be allowed by
the Juttices present, or two of them at the least.
" To the Clerk of the Petty Sessions
for the Division of
-Upon the subject of the qualifications, which have undergone a
ntaterial alteration by this Act, it may be it to explain to you that
they stand thus
• T.very maa between the ages of twentrone and -sixty (unless
falling within the exemptions which are specially set forth In the
id section of the Act) is qualified and liable to serve on.luries, and
is therefore to be inserted in the Lists:
1. If he has a clear Income of £lO a-year, arising. from lands
(freehold, cepyhoid, or customary) within the county.
2. If he has a clear income of £2O a year, arising from *Machold
lards within. the county, provided the leasube for twenty.este years
or more, or for a term of years determinable with a life or lives.
3. If he is a householder, rated to the poor rate for his house at

€2O a-year.
4. If ha is &householder. assessed to the Inhabited house duty
at LW a-year.
5. !the is a householder and occupies a house with fifteen or
mote windows.
You will observe; in regard to the qualifications de-
ptnding on the poor rate and on the house duty, that
they are made to depend entirely on the value at which
the house stands in the rate or assessment, t ithout en-
•tering upon any inquiry as to its actual value; and you
will see, that by the 11th Section of the Act, the Justices
as well as the Parish Officers have a tight to refer to the
• Rates and Assessments for this purpose.
I ani. Sir. your obedient Servant
H. HUM-IOUS&

Rome, Jut.Y 17.—The Pope having been informed
that there lived in the environs of Perouse, a man 119
years of age, gave orders to the Archbishop of that
.d.ccese to Visit him, and to arord him some assistance,
asshe was destitute of the means of existence. This re-
. syleciable prelate, accordingly, repaired to his place of
abode,..Uberehe•founchthe poor wretch stretched upon
the ,or, coveted• with straw. His name; It
app ars, is HypoliteJoseph rindo, and he is, in fact,
ye.rs and a. half old, as attested by the register cif
hii parish, and some papers found in his trunk. This
Masa e audst-of .the mcst ptcforind•mimy, still
presirefs..all the giietfof his.yeuth; hats ilur.d coun-
tenance, and his sit ht and. hearing are perfect. He is
err eslively load•ot chatting over a-glass of wine. He
eittereditito crnve: sation with the Prelate withinit ie-
str:tint, anchwhen pressed by him to quit his hovel for
a place lucre suitable to Itis age. " Nu (said Le), I will
rat be unfailhlul to my old Lot, where 1 have paste)
st-, many happy and peace:al yews." In tact he would
r.'n quit it,- but ilie*vrilly.Elciesiastia gave him such
a sum of money asnill guarantee him against lutnre
v. ant. This venerable personage has seen the-holy,
year five times; and when he was told that the rope
i:stl authorised the curate of his pal ish to obtain the mck
Fe.). fur LLA expei..ses cf are j..bilre by di:lA:mations, tio
e4.:&1 a joy. . .

suripireicr.
Tn NUM), Jowl is our painful task to. tekte one pf the
must distressing cases of shipwreck that we belie* has occurred
in these seas for some time past. On Sunday evening, by the
schooner Express Packet, from La Bray, a man of the name of
Noah Gales arrived, describing himself as having lately been a
mariner on board the schooner Rebecca, 75 tons, Gamma Cause,
master, from Baltimore to this Island. with flour, stores, &c. and
reporting that about fourteen days since, in endeavouring to wea-
ther a point in the Serpent's Mouth, the schooner struck on a reef
of rucks, at about eleven o'clock at night, and went to pieces in
about three-quarters of an hour, by which unfortunate catastrophe.
the niabter and all no board, excepting himself, consisting of two
sea:..en and the conk, perished. The survivor almost admen-
-1o• eat pcd the fate of his compittiuns, by floating uu shore on
the tnpatl-yard.

A REPRIEVE AT A ClariCAL MOMENT.

T: on an American Journal called the Brookville (Indiana) Inguiivr.
banurel Fields had been convicted of the crime or
murder, and sentenced by the Court to be executed.—
Friday last, the 27th of May, the Sheriff of this county,
pursuant to the sentence of the Court, at about twelve
o'clock, opened the prison door, and exhibited to public
view one of the most awful spectacles the human eye
could have beheld—it was Fields. He was lifted by
four or five men upon a platform erected on a waggon,
.4nd seated in a recumbent chair, which was censidered
necessary on account of his bodily debilitation. A pro-
cession was formed, and the waggoner drove towards
the place prepared for his execution. lie was clad in
Write, the usual habiliment. The old man, with
snow wr,i e locks, and a countenance that had lost its
expression in wrinkles, whose manly frame had been
visited by eighty-biz winters, and whose candle of life
was just flickering out, was conducted through a sym-
pathetic throng of thousands to the gallows. Here he
was halted in vie midst of three or four thousand peo-
ple, u ho assembled to witness the solemn scene.
The Rev. Augustus Jocelyn rose and delivered an
eloquent and appropriate sermon, and then stated that
he had frequently conversed with the old man during
his confinement, and that he had always found him
truly penitent. Some Kell adapted remarks were mad*
by the Rev. Mr. --, and Divine Service was then cow
eluded. Tne Sheriff told the prisoner '4 he had but
twenty-three minutes to live." At this time all was in
readiness to suspend the old man, the rope round his
neck and made fast to the gallows. Every eye was
riveted on the unfortunate object in breathless expecta-
tion. At this crisis a noble feeling prevaded the whole
assembly—the impulse of humanity was visibly disii
picted its almost every face.
Even at this moment, the numerous multitude bo;
held in Fields all that was characteristic of a brave,
patriotic, and active Officer of the revolution, and a
man who had fought and bled in support of our in.'
stitutions, and had wasted the flower of youth in con-
quering and dispelling the enemies of our common coun-
try,and who, for the first time in so long a'life, had been
charged with crime—forced by human authority to ex-
pect nothing but to meet his Goo! No pardoning'
power was known to be present, willing to interpose
between the veteran and the grave.
At this critical juncture, just as.theSheriff was about
to perform his duty, .his Excellency James B. nay,
acting Governor of the state of Indiana, appeared, and
addressed the prisoner in words to the following pur-
port:—" Samuel Fields ! You have been convicted of
the crime of murder by a Jary of your country, and
sentenced by the Court to be executed on this days
Your last hour is just expiring: You have petitioned
the only human authority on earth that has power to
save you, to permit you to live. Your 'petition has
been received, weighed, and investigated. Your whole
case has been examined and matured. In making thin
appeal, you have imposed upon me the peiformanci
of the most responsible and important duty of my life.
If, in coming to a conclusion on this subject, I had
attempted to consult popular feeling, I must have been
lost in the variety of opinion. Duty with me is above
all other considerations, and my conscience must be
my guide. Though you stand convicted, a majority
of the officers of the Court that tried you, and about
800 of your fellow-citizens, have petitioned in your
behalf, including the Clergy of your county—men
well known for their attachment to good Government
and to law—men who would never identify themselves
with your case if they thought you a wilful and man.+
cions murderer. Your own and these petitions have
had weight with Me ; but let me assure you, that you
have had a still More powerful advocate. The blood,
you freely parted with in our struggles for independence,
and your infirmities and scars, speak for you Thoset
soldiers who fought with you for our common country
who now stand around, are powerful orators and suc-:,
cessful advocates for you; and I almost fancy that
hear the voices of Washington and Warren calling fort
mercy in your behalf. Take this, Sir, (handing him
pardon,) and remember, that by exercising this big
constitutional power, I am responsible to my country
for your future good behaviour. Though I view trout
as a child in intellect and as a dying-man, yet should
you ever, by the favour of Heaven, be restored to
health, remember that I am security for your coa-
-1
duct. Whilst lam willing, under all 'circumstances,'
to restore you your life, I do not do sin under the belief
that you have committed no crime. No, my opinion
is that you might have been convicted of manslaughter.
But as the verdict stands against you, yr:lu must either
be hanged or pardoned. I have no power to commute
—to charge your punishment—no, none, but to for-
give you. In doing this I may err. But to err is
human, to forgive, divine.' "
Never bad electrisity more influence upon the human frame than
this act bad on the prisoner and the spectators. The throb at ani-
serval approbation was instantaneously felt, and some oven shouted
with joy. The poor old man raised his heed from the most stupid
lethargy, and at once became animated; gratitude was immediately
seated in his heart. But few seem dissatisfied with this magnani-
mous act of the Governor.

Papers from Rio Janeiro say, that on the 25th May,
82 Spanish Officers arrived there from the late army of
Peru, viz.—One Biigadier•General, eight Lieutenant-
Colonels, 15 Captains, '23 Lieutenants, and 35. Ensigns
Total, 82. The Senate of the city of Rio de Janeixo
1 stay applied to the 'Emperor PEDRo for leave tdAstlij
the first :tees towards erecting a statue to him, st•
founder of the Empire of Brazil. The rend& lying
granted, the Senate, on the. 'l3th df May, publisher& a
Proclamation announcing ale fact, and stating that the
means of carrying the proposed measure into- effect
would be taken into condderation at a'general niteting
of the Chamb r.
A FAULT IN CatiroLes..Ralph Wewitzer cnclatng
a box of cand 7e:. said lie hoped they. would be better
than the last. The chandler said he was very song to
hear them complained of, as they were as good as he
cou!d make. "Why," says Ralph, " they were very
well till abeut half beirnt &Wit, but after that they
woult2 not burn any longer."