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of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland."

This may, perhaps, be considered. by persons un-
acquainted with Eastern ideas and Manners, as vain
and idle ostentation: but this is by no meant the
case. It dazzles the senses, pleases and delights the
imaginatien, gains both affection and mpat, and
maintains the authority of the Chief over an attached
people. It is a much cheaper, as well as easier and
pleasanter manner of supporting and promoting a ve-
neration for the British name and, power in India, than
the application of force or arms.
There have been instances in different countries,
even in the British Empire, of insurrections and skir-
mishes, and even wars, that might have been pre-
vented by the Governors of Provinces by affability,
nobleness, and splendid liberality of manners. They
who know the Earl of MOIRA Will give him credit
for as much wisdom ,' munificence in the manner in
which he sustains the dionity of the British Viceroy
in India. Lord MOIRA is not only a hero and states-
man, but an accomplished scholar and a philosopher.
It happens by a kind of singular and fortunate co-
incidence, that the new Governor-General of India
bas, all his life, been a student and a patron of Orien-
tal literature. It is not, perhaps, generally known,
that Mr. SHAKWILARZ, Professor of Oriental Lan-
guages in the East India College, is a protege of
Lord MotnA's. lie was sent about the year 1793,
for the purpose of acquiring the Tartarian languages
and collecting Manuscripts, by, and at the expense
of the Earl of MoIRA. He is the son of one of Lord
MOIRA'S tenants in Leicestershire.
The religious prejudices of the Hindoos—and all
their prejudices, indeed, are of a religious cast—are
most inveterate, and not to be overcome either by
instruction or authority. Among these it is one,
that it would be an impious distrust in PROVIDENCR,
to lay up grain in a fruitful, for the contingent want
of a year of scarcity. The direful effects of this pre-
judice, in 1813, were experienced in the Guzzurat
Provinces, when recourse was had to all the most
dreadful and shocking means of supporting life, that
vee read of in the siege of Jerusalem by TITUS, or
any other siege or famine, when "the bands of the
tieflsel women," It.c..—Lauferstatiotu 1 Jeremiah, iv.lo.
is no doubt of the fact. It been cossznu•
*sad by as eye-witaas.

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ECHAM RACtS, Tussialr, MOST is.
These Races were well attended tkii daj, not adty by people
from town, but by the youth and beauty of the surrounding
country.
The Gold Cup, for horses of all ages ; 3 yr olds, E. slb.; four,
7st. 10Ib.; five, Bn. oib.; six, dst. 121 h.; and axed, 9st.—
Mares and Geldings allowed Ob. The winner to be sold for
500 gs. if demanded, &c. Foitr miles.
Mr. Wood named Caterpillar, 4 yrs old 1
Mr. Dalrymple named Knave of Diamonds, 4 yrs old 2
Mr. Illakes Banqun, 4 yrs Old
H. R. H. the Duke at York's c 9. g. Aurus, 4 yrs old - 4

to 4on Caterpillar-5 to 2 agst Eurus. A very easy race.
l'ire of £5O for all ages. Heats. Two mile. and a quarter.
Mr. Turner's Rostopchin, 4 yrs old, tilt. 51b. 2 1 1
Mr. Batson's Pranks, 5 yra old, set. 1111 r. - - 1 2 dr.
Mr. Weatherlll's Congreve, 3 yrs old, 6st. 'llls. distanced, tan
on the wrung side of the post.
2 to 1 on Pranks—after the beat, 4 to 1.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24.
The rain was so excessive and constant dining the wlstila of
the races this day, that the company were confined to the mar-
quees and stands. Notwithstanding the attraction which was
caused by the horse Blucher running, but few vectored on a
soaking.
The Magni Charts Stakes of 50ga. each, for 3-yr ad cat,
bat. 51b. fillies Sat. 21b.•.The new mile.
Lord Stawell's Blucher, by Waxy . 1
Mr. T. Scaith's f. by Haphazard - • 2
Two only started, although seven were entered...-Five and
6 to 1 on Blucher, which horse carried 51b. extra, as the winner
of the Derby.—Won in a canter.
A Sweepstakes of Twenty-live Guineas each, for all ages.
miles and a quarter.
Mr. Batson's Dorus, 5 yrs old
Mr. Blake's Whipthong, 4 yrs did -
Duke of Clarence's Wilnallittofi
Duke of York's f. by Zodiac

Even betting between the Duke of Yotk's BUT and Dom.—
Won easy.

The Ladles' Plate of X5O.

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Sir C. Bunbory's Skipjack - - I S t
Mr. Prior's Rose - - - - g 4dr
Lord Stawell's Golden Leg - - - 3 Idr
Mr. Pearce's Billy - • - 4 2 dr
Skipjack walked over for the third heat.—Even betting be-
tween Skipjack and Golden Leg.
READING RACES, TUUDAY, Auctorr 16.
The Gold Cup of 90gs. value.
Mr. Batton's b. g. Donn, S yrs old - - - 1
Mr. DunEas's Mountebank, 6 yn old - - 2
Mr. Mills% Jesse, .5 yrs old - - - . S
A Sweepstakes of logs. each, for 3-yr olds.
Mr. Hallett's f. by Benningbrough . - - i
Mr. Dundas's c. by Johnny - . - - 3
Mr. Term', b. c. brother to Bluster - - 3
A Maiden Plate of £5O, for horses that never won plate, watch,
or sweepstakes; 3-vs old, nt.; 4-yrs old. Bst. 21b.; 5-yrs
old, 9st.; 6 and aged, 9st. 51b.—Tke best of three two-mile
heats .--.The winner to be sold fur 150 gs.
Mr. Brown's b. f by Orville, 3 yrs
Mr. Dikedses Clwyd, 4 yrs -
Mr. Sadler's as. by Gobanna, 4 yrs
Mr. Tate 's in. Mrs. Snub, 5 yrs .
Sir John Cope's b. g. Shorts, 5 yn
Mr. Ranisbottotn's eh. e. Congreve
Mr. George's ch. c. Piony, s yrs -
WED' ViDAY.

1 I
7 2
4 5
2 7
3 6
5 3
6 1

A Handicap Plate of 5p each, with SOp added.—One mile.
Won by Mr. Dundas's Wisdom, 5-yrs old, beating Mr. Bat-
son's Pranks, 5-yrs old; Mr. Prior's b. f. by Seim, 4-yrs old,
7st. 41b. ; Mr. J.W. George's ch. c. Piony, 3-yrs old, 6st. sab.
The Members' Plate of £so.—Not run for.

Mr. Ames gave 600 guineas for King of Diamonds,
colt, the winner of the gold cup, at Oxford, on Tue--
day sc'nnight, before he started. King of Diamonds
is four years old, and was got uy Diamond.
' About three o'clock, on last Thursday afternoon,
a carrier pigeon flew into an apartment of Lewes
Ctistle, *herein the keeper's wife WAS sitting. The
bird appeared much fatigued, suffered himself to be
easily caught,und presented, securely attached to his
neck, a label, bearing the following inscription :
"1, James Sheppard-7 o'Clock—Royal Oak—Srvenoaks."
No day of the Month being expressed on the label,
trhti fleetness of this little winged messenger (which,
no doubt, had missed his destination) cannot, at
present, be ascertained.
Thursday last, as Lieutenant-Colonel LAMB was
oa his passage from Southampton to the Sussex coast, I
in his pleasure boat, accompanied only by one man,
either in shitting the boom, or by a sadden jerk of the
jail, he seas forced overboard unperceived by the boat.
man, just opposite the hotel at Bognor, and drowned,
Saturday se'nnight, STEPHEN TEMPEST. Esq. of
l Broughton Hall, encountered a very alarming acci.:
dent while shooting upon the-moors in Craven. • Mir. l
TEMPEST had killed a bird, and, while in the act of
reloading his fowling-piece, the powder in his flask
took fire, and exploded with a report like the dis-
charge of a cannon. Mr. TEMPEST'S right hand war,'
in consequence, dreadfully shattered ; but, most pro.
videntially, he sustained no other injury, and his hand'
is now in a fair way of recovery. It is supposed that
the explosion `vas occasioned by a spark having, in
some Wa7, lodged in the gun after the discharge.—
The flasks. which was of copper, has not yet been
found, and was probably blown to pieces.
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Tuesday an In- I
quest was held at the Bull's-head, Standart, near Chis-
wick, on the body of a new-born infant, found with
its hands tied; and in a bag, with a stone appeltded
thereto, in the Thames.; and in a ditch, at the rear of
a house in the vicinity; were found some marks of a
recent acemschemerd. It appeared, that in the above
house, a lady, with a black servant, and a female at-
tendant, had been an inmate for a short time; that
for the last few days she had been confined to her
room, and had disappeared the day preceding the
discovery, keeping her new residence a secret, and
that the female attendant had been seen hovering
about the ditch in which the corroborating symptoms
were found. The Jury, after several hours investiga-
tion, adjourned to a futute day, in order to give time,
if possible, to trace out the fugitive.
Yesterday the workmen employed in clearing the
ruins at the late fire in Kingastreet, Seven Dials,•dug
out the body of the servant Maid, who was missing
with the two others. It presented an awful spectacle,
and was conveyed to the Workhouse of St. Giles, tor
the decision of the Coroner.
Thursday evening, about eight o'clock, a Lady of
the nobs of Higgans, residing in Bell's-buildings, Sa-
lisbury-square, in crossing Fleet-street by the corner
of the Market, was run over by a post-chaise, which
was going with great velocity, and so much hurt that
there are but little hopes of her recovery.
FATAL COINCIDE/ILEA—In New Orleanss, America,
on the 4th of April last, died Mr. BERTHE GYIUMA.
merchant, aged 74 years, and one of the oldest native
inhabitants of that city. Finding himself indisposed
in the middle of the night, he sent for Dr. DOMINGO
FLEYTAS, who, in two minutes after feeling the pulse
of his friend, fell down, when both expired at the
Nu= instant f

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COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST 23.
ANTHEON THEATRE.-/tX•PARTE STONEHOtJSX, 111 tilt

MATTER OF CALDAS, A BANKRUPT.
Mr. HART applied, in this case, for an order to vest
the Pantheon Theatre In the hands of the Assignees of
Caldas, the bankrupt, jointly With Mr. Cundee. This
application was founded on a report of the Master, to
whom it had been referred to 'say what interest Cutts
dee and Caldas, the bankrtipt, had in the Pantheons
Theatre, and who had in consequence reported that
they held it under an agreement for an assignMent
from Colonel Greviile. It alio appeared that posses-
sion of the Theatre had been taken by Mr. Cundee, by
:stating an execution into it.
,Mr. HART also prayed,
that in consequence of that poiiession having been ac-
quired against an order of that Court, Cundee, and
the Sheriff's-officer who so took possession of it, should
be committed for contempt.
Mr. HurinaesTinia on the part of Mr.tundee, stated
that Mr. Caldas was to have been Stage-manager, at
a high salary ; and that he received from Mr. Cundee
Ar4ooo, to pay the Salaries of the performers, which
he had not appropriated to that purpose ; but execu-
tions had been put into the Theatre by the performers
for their salaries. Besides these facts, Mr. Cundee had
not only repaired, but he had materially improved and
beautified the Theatre, out of his ou n pocket.
Mr. HART in reply said, that these facts should not
be stated in that way; if they were of any moment
they should have been brought forward in the form of
exceptions to the Master's report.
The LORD CHAwanxent said, he saw no mode of
his beingable toarrange this business, u ithout oadaring
the Theatre to be vested jointly in the Assignees ei
Caldas as well as in Mr. Cundee ; but he would give
them sometime, to try if they could not come to some
arrangement more beneficial to the concern, without
applying to him.
AUGUST 24.—tx THE MATTER OF JAMES LAMPREY.
Sir SAMUEL Itaratuar, this morning, at nine o'clock,
stated, that Mr. Limbrey was in Cotto pursuant t.
his Lordship's writ of halve: aqui, issued on a former
motion. He then stated the case of this gentleman,
who, he said, had been confined as a lunatic impro-
perly; and proceeded to move, that he should be
discharged out of the custody of his present keepers,
at Fisher's House, Islington. In the first place, he
contended, that Mr. Limbrey had been improperly
and illegally confined as a lunatic, even supposing
him to be so : for he had the affidavit of a physician
(Dr. Thornton), who, after he had conversed with
Mr. Limbrey, did not consider him as a fit subject
for confinement in such a house as that at Islington;
and who, after some difficulty from the Secretary to
the Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament
to inspect Private Madhouses, had found the certifi-
cate for this man's confinement signed by Dr. Leach,
who was not a licentiate of the College of Physicians
in London, and therefore town not legally sign such
a certificate. He submitted that this was an impro-
per detention, and that the man should he set at F.
berty, even although it might be necessary to seed
him immediately afterwards back to his old place of
confinement, under a proper and legal certificate of
his insanity. It was the duty alsd of the keepers of
the house in which he was confined to have seen that
the certificate was properly signed. He had the affi-
davits of medical inen that this gentleman was not
insane ; and his Lordship would judge between those
and the mere certificate. of others. He had also the
affidavit of Mr. Knrght, who had been a servant in
the House where this man had been, confined ; but it
applied more to the general state of the house than
to this particular case. He concluded by submitting
to his L irdship, that as he had a power by law per-
t avally to visit all such houses as this, whether it would
not be proper for hini to do so.
Mr. Haar, on the other side, said, that although
affidavits had been presented from medical men that
this person was not insane, yet he submitted that the
beat answer to them would be found in one of the lu-
natic's letters, written by him not long since:
The Loreto CHANCI:LLOR wished to have the affida-
vits read on both. sides.
' Mr. HART said, he had the certificates of two phy-
sicians, ( Drs. Monro and Powell,) that he was a fit
subject for confinement ; and those certificates had
been made after a former similar motion to the pre-
sent about the same person.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY said, that his Lordship would
hot receive the certificate of any physicians, however
respectable, as evidence in a case, like the present, of
shekel carpet.
The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed, that in a case like
the present, he could not take bare certificates in an-
swer to affidavits.
Mr. HART said there was mare in this case than
met the eye. The Solicitors were urged on by some,
but be had not the least doubt that Dr. Thornton
was sincere; still it was difficult to reconcile his affi-
davit with a 'letter he had written to Dr. Leach, in
which he agreed that this man ought to be kept sn
confinement, but under a private keeper at home..
As to Dr. Leach's certificate not being regular, that
gentleman was a Member of the College of Physil
sums in Edinburgh, and of the College of Suraeonsi
in Landon ; and therefote well qualified to make such
a certificate, thotrah he did not practice for gain. As
for Mr. Limbrey himself, he had undoubtedly been
a very excellent husband and father, until he began
to take lodgings in various parts of the town, into
which he brought a cettain description of women,
under the vain hope of being able to reform them.
As to the place of his confinement. the Proprietors
were anxious that not only Mr. Limbrey's friends,
but the public at large, should visit it, and then let
etery one judge for himself.
The Loan CHANCELLOR said, that in a case like
the present, he should not be proceeding according
to rule without reading affidavits on both sides. He
said this in order that he might have the affidavits on
the other side laid before him that night, and die man
might be brought up to-morrow morning.
Sir SAMUEL ROstILLY complained, that in one of
the Public Prints he had been made to say that this
than had been dragged from his home, by his wife,
in the most cruel manner, as had teen stated in a.
band-bill ; and he appealed to his Lordship if he had
ever made use of any such observations.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said.“ Certainly not—
certainly nothing like it." He then said, he was
sorry to delay this case a moment; but let the :As
davits on both sides be laid before him, as he must
not do bis duty improvidently or improperly, by do
ing it too hastily.

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POLICE!
13 '1!

. ••• , • . A., o
dUiLMIALL.....•G. Lane, whO was dirges! hl.l
rue,-
day, on suspicion cf stealing a dead bOdy, was .g: in
brought up, when a letter wal delivered from. Mr. W;
Brooke's, of the Anatomical 1 heatre,
stating, that the prisoner was one of those then cane&
Resurrection-Men, and was employed by all tlie Air •
totnisti in London to procure Subjects for dissectio
Mr. Brookes expressed a hope that the piitoner Migi
be dischaiged, as he was, in fact, a necessary
dual in the promotion of surgery. As there was no
proof that the prisoner had taken thi body from a
church-yard, he could not be detained. The Parish
Officers expressed a hope, that tbq might be paid
their expenses, amounting to preparing w.
coffin for the body. The prisoner, howeirer, said, if
the body was given hack to hith; he *meld bury it
free of costs. This, however, waunoscomplied with,
and the body will be buried at the c..xestse of thy
• .1
Ycsterd iy, the driver of n hackney:tote's' was ono.
„. ,
mowedbefore the Sitting Al Jerman,' oy.a ZentiOn34
of the name of Prowa, who ward, that *4 die even-
ing of the 12Ca instant, ataxtt ball.;past
called the defeat! la's Coach from a stand, in Welt
Smithfield, desiring him to drive to•bethuatgreen.-;
This the defenJant refuted.; but at length he
con-
sented to drive Cie prosecutor and wife part of that
distance, when he stepped, refilaing to go further,
alit:Aging ilittt his horses were tired. Tile prosecator
replied, that he acd his rife treie tited likewise,
and insisted that the coachman should prated, re:. •
frring to cin;; his coach; wherebpbn the toachsnatt
turned, and drive in the: opposite direction, int) Hol-
born, where-he sat t!tent down: tlfi'm the prosecu:
tor's coming out of the coach,.the defendant *aid;
4. How do you like your ride," accuMpanied with
other sarcasms.

Sir WILLI ‘N; 'Aloft-n:lv ordered the toachmar: to
pay a line of 20s. and cos-s.
UsioN-11 1.L.--Mr. r, the dilef Mare of /hi
Lord Melville E ist Irniianian, was hrous it before
Mr. BIRNIEr charged by Wilkinson, the Carpena
ter's Mate of the same vesst:, with ttabbink hitA witft
a cutlass, in the breast, on the 16th of February hay
whilst sailing on the I.igh seal. •
John Thomas, a seaman, stated, that on ttes da
set
W
mentioned, Mr.alker. had thecoinmand of the •
the C.lpuin being on shore. There vela a qualirel bee
tween Bnrrenger, the Boatswain's Mate, and iVilkissa.
son. Mr. Waiker was at this time on the clu
deck; witness hearl him call Wilkinson aft. ands
hint point a cutlass at his breast; he heard Mr. Wahret
swear he would run him through the' body, bat
.did
not see whether he ran the cutlass into hills thew!
was no appearance of mutiny tin beard at this time,
bat Wilkinson was ordered into confinement, and he
was afterwards flogged ; wi.ri s did not fee :Joy
wound in Wilkinson's breast, but he saw his slii,t4
and there were marks of blood on it ; he did not see
the shirt till -.lfni. Wilkinson had been flogged.
James Hawkins. another seaman, recollected time*
was some quarrelling between Wilkinson and OA
boatswain's-mate, on the 16th of Febtuary Lat, but
there was not th- least appearance of mutiny. M 4
Walker was at this time Commanding Oilcan'. VAL
ness heard him call Wilkinson aft, a.id s is. he *.l' A
d—d rascal, and saw him point his tiitlass At h's
breast. He could not i-ry he saw the weapon enter
his body, but he saw Wilkinson'. shirt afterwards,
there was blond on the breast cf it, tais was previous
to Wilkinson's being flogged.
To answer the charge, Mr. Walker called the Sur-
geon of the Lord Melville, who said he was avalkirig
the quarter-deck with the Chief Mate, when Bonen-
ger, the Boatswain's-mat-, came and complained that
Wilkinson had been beating lint. Mr. Walker called
Wilkinson to him, who, in reply to the r. primand he
received, made use of most abusive and mutinous
language, and shook his fist at him. Mr. Walker
was at this time near the place where the cutlasses
are kept, and taking one of them up, he said, you
rascal, it you offer to strike me, run y(o) through,"
and pointed his cutlass at him, but tlw witness was
convinced it did not touch him, and t!!.lt Mr. Walker
only held the weapon in that way to protect himsdi
against Wilkinson's assault.
The Surgeon's Mate was also on the quarter-deck
at the same time. He corroborated the Surgeon's state-
ment, and said, the conduct of Wilkinson was highly
mutinous; he was convinced Wilkinson was not
wounded ; no application was made to' him for his
professional aid ; he never heard of the present charge
till last Thursday, after he had quitted the ship ; he
knew Wilkinson well, and was convinced, it he had
considered himself as hailing any reason for complaint
he would not have been silent.
Captain Crabb gave Mr. Walker an ucellent cha-
racter as an Officer, aad for humanity and kindness
to those under his command. On his return on board
nest day. after this affair took place, he, in' conse-
quence of the report made to him by the Oificers r.£
he ship tit Wilkinson's conduct, ordered him to be

flogged-.
Mr. Walker declared must srl. tmly, t'lat he 41
not touch Wilkinson with the cutlass. and in taking::
up he had only intended t. defend hifusalt from WI,-
kinson's violence ; he considered Wtokinson's conduct
of so mutinous 4 nature, that the ship might be cr.
dangered by it, and thersi.rc, ,:.:r.ll him into con.
finement. Witilat be was so confiaed, he dechred.
he wothi make those pay for it uho had put ...int
there.

Mr..BIRNIE strongly censtned tine cirnplainant fog
having biotight this charge, which, !e: said, was usly
of the most impudent he had ever heard. lie felt it
his duty to Sexy, he did hot di; cutlass had
ever touched him at .1l; lait it it had, and had
been wounded, his conduct was sticli wou'..:
have justified Mr. Walker. Ile : ono..
diately discharge the gentleman, la
prosecute Wilkinson And Lis ssitncsAs for a fuul
tunspira.y.

AMOTT/FR FETL—Thankb to the glory of our
arms, this is the season of letc3 and repicings—
another and snot! er still succeeds," and the last
surpassing in excellence the tnrnier tor, if the recent
festival induced many to expend some of their cash,
they may amply riimburse thenvelves by taking
share in the bew tete, to tike place Fortune's
Court on the Ist of September, wb.at tar Liittcry
drain, and those who now purchase Tickets or Shares
with spirit, may shortly be enabled to give a splendid
tete at their own manbion.

PLETCHep • CHARGE
tne GRANT) JURY ot TUN COUNTY or viEUPORDnAT
TUE ANSON *mous, 1814.

(lentlensen of the Gran.' Juiry—lt is with sincere
pleasure I cosier iodate tern noon the appearance of
the state of your county--I say appearance, because
I have nn means whatever a knowing any thing upon
the suhjec . except from the calendar now before me.
In 'hat calendar I filet very few numbers indeed.—
Two, it three. or fnur crimes, of general occurrence
in the smutty t saw homicide. which appeais to have
been 0-emitted, certainly with dircornstances of atro-
city t Buts as far T Can collect from ere examinations,
originating in private malice and individual revenge:
and not connected with any of those disturbances of
%el ich we have heaid so much, in different parts of
this kingdom.
I' Gentlemen—lt is a matter of great congratula-
tion, that, after a period of 30 years, (at the commence.
silent of which I first knew the County of Wexford),
I hive re isen In say, it is precisely in the situation in
which it was then. except as to an increase of wealth
and population, and an improvement in 1 griculture,
which has ameliorated its cenditinn and multiplied its
eesources. The County of Wexford was then a mor it
Curiosity. When other parts of the country walt
law-
less and disturbed, this County had a Peasantry;
dustri. us in their habits ; social in their dispositions;
satisfied with their state, and amenable to the Laws ;
Cultivating their farms withanassiduity which insured
-S competency.
44 Their conduct was peaceful, their apparel whole,
their morals improvedoheir lives spentin the frequent
interch ,nge of mutual good offices. It was a state of
things which I tell .ct upon with pleasure. Each suc•
seeding circuit :hewed me wild heaths and uncultivated
tracts, brought under the dominion of the plough, and
-• producing corn for the .ustenance of man. As it
- was then, so it continued for many years; until those
unhappy disturtances, which turst out iu this county,
with such a sudden and unexpected explosion. I
knew what the state of things was then, and how that
explosionlwas pr. duced—professionally 1 knew it ; be-
cause I eejoyed peculiar advantages of knowledge,
which other men did not enjoy. For several years I
conducted the prosecutions for the Crown at Wex-
ford ; and hence I derived an intimate knowledge of
those transactions. Besides, I was connected with no
party —I was indifferent about party. But here I stop
▪ willingly draw a veil over the events of those
days. and their causes. Go]) forbid ! that I should
tear asunder wounds, which, I hope, are completely
end tor ever closed.
• N I have new been absent from this county twelve
years (with the exception of one Assizes, when I came
here in the King's Commission, but, upon that occa-
sion I did not sit, as I now do, in the Crown Court).
-I can say, however, with the greatest truth, that at
no period from my earliest acquaintance with your
county, down to the present time, do I remember to
have seen it in more profound tranquillity—more per-
fect peace—more complete security than at present—
s uae of thugs indicating a due administration of
the laws by Magistrates, neither over zealous and too
kctive on the one hand, nor too negligent and supine
on the other.
44 Such, I do hope, is the true and actual state of
your county ; for Gentlemen, I have; I. repeat it, no
means of knowing the fact, except from the qtran ity
of elledged crime, the number of persons charged,
and the nature of those charges, as are set out in-this
calendar. aut. why, Gentlemen, have I entered into
this detail ? I answer, for these weighty and cogent
reasons—because much exaggeraton and mi.repre•
sentation have gone abroad • and the extent and
causes of disturbances have been much mistated. In
what I now say, or shall say, I do not impute .ary
thing to any individual of this county—l will not
meddle with its internal politics ; but this I know,
that its situation has been variously represented. Se-
*era' advertisements in Newspapers, now before me
• [The Wexford 1 urnals of last March and April]
—describe this county as being in 'a most alarming
state of disturbance. Other advertisements affirm,
on the other hand, that the country has never enjoyed
more profeued tranquillity. These advertisements
have been, I understand, republished in the prints of
Dublin and London; and have naturally excited
.strong sensations. It is not for me tie enquire into
the motive of those opposite statements. I know them
not. It is not my intention —it is n tmy duty to im-
pute and particular motives to any individuals; but
K is within the sphere of my public this, to state, for,
your instruction, wli it 1 have observed as the origin
and grounds let similar reports and misrepreseatatiens
in other colonies, whither the discharge of my public
duty has called me ; and abet, I have had judicial
knowledge of what had pissed. It may not be win-
structive •ci smut, what appeared so me to be the
causes of th se disturbance,, which have occasioned
• those misrepresentritions and exaggerations--together
with the reasons which have impelled the Legisla-
ture to swell the Criminal etrde, session after session,
with new statutes, for vindscating the peace of this
is ary.
In my Circuit through other parts of the king-
dom, l have seen the luwer (riders of the people
disturbed by many causes, not peculiar to any para.
cola'. Counties—operating with more effect in soave,
• but to a greater or less client in all. I have seen
them operating with extended effect in the north-west
Circuit, in the Counties of Mayo, Donegal, Derry,
Roscommon, &i. &c. These Ota* have made a
deep impressittreen my mind. My alterations, cer-
tainly, have been those of an indliridwil— bat of an
individual, seeing the same facts coming before him,
judicially, time after time—and I do now publicly
state, that never, during the entire period of my ju.
-dicial experience (comprising. sixteen Circuits) have
I discovered or observed any serious purpose, or set-
tied scheme, of assailing his Majesty's Government,
or any conspiracy connected with internal rebels or
foreign foes. . But various deep-rooted, and neglected
• causes, producing similar effects threughout this
country, have conspired to create the evils Which
really and truly do exist.
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•:-r-t. Puler—Tie cur nary ,rise , occa.
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;.iisioned.....y. the ;great and incrersing demand fur the
`necessaries of bieoand by producing large profits to
the possessors of farms, excited a proportionate avi.
dity for acquiring or renting hinds. Hence extrava.
sant reins have been bid-1..1 lands, without any great
consideration ; and I have seen these two circum-
stances operadot upon each other, like 'cause and
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eteet-i-the cause prodochYs the erect; Ana the &ea,
by resoction, producing the cause.
• a Nest, we all know, that the countty has been
deluged by an enorsnogs Paper Currency, which has
generated a new crime, now prominent upon the list,
in every Calendar—the crime of making and uttering
forged Bank Notes. In every Province, we have
seen Private Banks failing,. and ruining multitudes,
and thus have fresh mischiefs flowed from this Paper
Circulation. In the next place, the country has seen
a Magistracy, over-active in some instances, and quite
supine in others. This circumstance has materially
affected the administration of the laws in Ireland.—
In thisrespect I have found that those Societies, called
ORANGE SOCIETIES, have produced most mischievous
effects ; and particularly in the North of Ireland.—
They poison the very Fountains of Justice ; and even
some Magistrates, under their influence, have, in too
many instances, violated their duty and their oaths.
1 tiO no; hesitate to 'say, that ALL Associations, of
every description in this country, whether ORANGE.
MEN or RlRSONMEN—whether distinguished by the
colour of uranje or of Green—allcombinations of per-
sons. bound to each other (by the obligation of an
Oath) in a league for a common purpose, endanger-
, ing the peace of the country, I pronounce them to be
antral! to Law. And should it ever come before me
to decide upon the question, I shall not hesitate to
send up Bills of Indictment to a Grand Jury against
the individuals, Members of such an Association,
wherever I can find the charge properly sustained.—
,Of this am certain, that, so long as those Associa.
(lons are permitted to act in the lawless mariner they
do, there will be no tranquillity in this country ; and
particularly in the North of Ireland. There, those
disturbers of the public peace, who assume the name
of Orange Yeomen. frequent the fairs and marlizts,
with arms in their bands, under the pretence of self-
defence, or of proteCting the public peace, but with
the lurking view of inviting the attacks of the R.bbon-,
men—confident that, armed as they are, they must
overcome defenceless opponents, and put them down.
Murders have been repeatedly perpetrated upon such
occasions ; and, though legal prosecutions have en-
sued, yet, such have been the baleful consequences
of those factious Associations, that, under their in.
licence, Petty Juries have declined (upon some occa-
sions) to do their duty. These facts have fallen
under my own view. It was stacient to say— such
a man displayed such a colour, to produce an utter
disbelief of his testimony ; or, when another has stood
with his hanclat the bar, the display of his party-badge
has mitigated the murder into manslaughter !
66 Gentlemen—l do repeat, that these are my sen-
timents, not merely as an individual, but as a man
discharging his judicial duty, I hope with firmness
and integrity. With these Orange Associations I
connect all Commemorations and Processions—pro.
diming embittering recollection:, and inflicting wounds
upon the, feelings of others ; and I do emphatically
state it as my settled opinion, that, until those Asso.
ciations are effectually put down, and the arms taken
from their hands, in vain will the North of Ireland ex-
pect tranquillity or peace.
" Gentlemen—That moderate pittance, which th*
high rents leave to the poor Peasantry, the large
County Assessments nearly take from them ; roads
are frequently planned and made, not for the general
advantage of the Country; but to suit the particular
views of a neighbouring Landholder, at the public ex-
pense. Such abuses shake the very foundation of the
Law—they ought to be checked. Superaddekt to thole
mischiefs, are the permanent and occ rsional absentee
Landlords, residing in another Country,. not known
to their Tenantry, but by the's. Agents; who extract
the uttermost penny of the value of the lands. Ii a
lease happens to fall in, they let the farm by public
auction to the highest bidder. Na gratitude for par
services—no preference of the fair oiler—no preitil.c-
(ion for the ancient tenantry (be they ever so de-
serving) but, if the highest price be not acceded to,
the depopulation of an entire track et country ensues.
What then is the wretched peasant to do I Graced
from the spot where he had gist drawn his breath—
where he had first seen the light of Heaven, incapable
of procuring any other means of existence—vexed
with those ex fictions I have enumerated, and harassed
by the payment of tythes—can we be mrprised that
a Peasant, of unenlightened mind, of uneaucated
habits, sh,uid rush upon the perpetration of crimes,
followed by the punishmerd of the rope and the gibbet?
Nothing (as the Peasantry imagine) remains for them,
thus harassed and thus destitute, but with strong hand
to deter the stranger from intruding upon their farms;
rtirsti to extort from the weakness and terrors of their
'Landlords pions whose gratitude or good feelings
they have tailed to win it) a kind of preference for
their ancient tenantry.
of Such, Gentlemen, have been the causes which It
have seen thus operating in the North of Ireland, and
in part of the South and West. I have observed, too,
as the consequences of these Orange Coeobinatioos
and Confederacies, men, ferocious in their habits, nn-
educated, not knowing what remedy to resort to—in
their despair flying in the face of the Law,. miming
into dangerous and criminal counter associations, sad
.endeavouring to procure arms, in orda to meet, upon
nal terms, their 4:orange-assailants.
,4 To these several causes of disturbance, w* may
pdd certain moral causes. 'There has existed as an.
cent connection, solitary in its nature, between the
Catholic Pastor and his Flock. This connectjuoihas
been often, with very little reflection,inveighed
by those who Call themselves friends to the Constitu-
tion in Church and State. I have had judicial op.
portunities of knowing, that this connection between
the Catholic Pastor and his Flock, has been, in some
instances, weakened, and nearly destroyed; the
Flock, goaded by their wants, and flying in.* face
of the pastor, with a lamentable abandonment of all
religious feeling, and a dereliction of all regard to
that pastoral superintendence, which is so essential.
to the tranq of the Country. For, if men have
no prospect here, but of a continued series of wallet
and labour. and privation ; and if the hopes and.
fears of a future state are withdrawn from them, by
an utter separation from their own Pastor, what must.
be the state of society ? The ties of religion and
morality being thus loosened, a frightful state of
things has ensued. Perjury has abounded. The safe-
tity of oaths have ceased to be binding, save where
they administer to the passions of Parties. The Oaths.
of the Orange Associatious, or of the Ribbon men,
have, indeed, continued to be obligatory. As fur
Oaths administered in a Court of Justice, they have
been set ai uau4lit. Another deep-rooted cause of ;tn.

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*totality Imbed! Ilse opeeation of the bounty Present-
ment Cade of tatland—abused,as It has been, for the
purposes of trend and peculation► fill you not be
astonished, sellea I assure you, that I have had in-
formation judicially, from an upright Country Gen-
' tlernan and Grand Juror of unquestionable veracity
in a Western County, that in the general practice,
not one in ten of the Accounting Affidavits was ac-
tually sworn at all 3 Magistrates have signed. and
, given away printed forms of such Affidavits in Maxi,
to be filled up at the pleasure of the party. This
abuse produced a strong representation from me to
the Grand Jury; and'had I known the fact in time,
I would have made an example of those Magistrates
who were guilty of so scandalous a dereliction
of duty.
" Another source of immorality may be traced in
the Registry of Freeholds. Oaths of Registration
are taken, which, if not perjury, are something very
near it. The Tenantry are driven to the Hustings,
and there, collected like sheep in a pen, they must
poll for the great Undertaker, who has purchased
them by his Jobs; and this is frequently done, with
little regard to conscience or duty, or real value of
the alledged freehold.
41 Another source of immorality lay in the hasty
mode of pronouncing Decrees upon Civil Bills, which
WAS common before Assistant Barristers were nomi•
nated for the several Counties. All these concurring
causes, however, created such a contempt for oaths,
that I have often lamented it to be my painful lot to
preside in a Court of Justice, and to be obliged to
listen to such abominable profanation.
" I now come to another source of vice and mis-
chief, with which you are, perhaps, unacquainted—
• Illicit Distillation." ' Frem this source, a dreadful
torrent of evils and crimes has flowed upon our land.
The excessive increase of rents had induced many
persons to bid rents for their farms, which they knew
they could not fairly or properly discharge; but they
flattered themselves, that, in the course of years, the
value of those farms would rise still higher, and that
thus they might ultimately acquire beneficial interests.
In the Mean time, they have had recourse to Illicit
Distillation, as the means of making good their rents.
Hence :the Public Revenue has been defrauded to the
amount- of millions. Nay, it is a fact, that at one
period not far back there was not a single licensed
Distillery in an entire Province—namely, the North
West circuit, where-the consumption of spiritous
liquors is, perhaps, called for by the coldness and
humidity of the climate.
" The old powers of the law having proved una-
vailing, the I. ::)-,,,islature was compelled to enact new
laws, which, C.,ough clashing with the very first prin-
ciples of evidence underour nappy Constitution, were
yet called for by the exigency of the times—laws,
which qualify a prosecutor to be as a witness. in his
own cause. If he feared not the consequences of per-
jury, he gained the suit, and put the money into his
pocket. Hence, a kind of bounty seas necessarily
tendered to false swearing : and, we all know the Re-
venue folk are net very remarkable for a scrupulous
feeling in such cases.—These oaths were answered
again by the oaths of -the parties charged, who, in
order to avoid the fine, denied the existence of any
still upon their hinds.
Thus have 1 witnessed trials, where, in my judg-
ment, the Revenue Officer, who came to impose the
fine, was perjured—the witnesses who came to avert
it, perjured—and the Petty Jury, who tried the cause,
p.ajure4—for they declined to do their duty, because
tin y were, or might be, interested in the event : or,
orcau►e the easy procurement of those illicit sp:rits
produced an enct eased consumption of grain for their
uenefi.. Ihr resident gentry of the country generally
winked with both their eyes at this practice, and why
—because it brought home to the doors of tilde te-
nantry a market for their corn; and consequently in-
creased the rents of their lands—besides, they were
Vienne/yes Consumers of those liquors, and in every
town and village them was an tudiceuced house for
retailing them. This c-nsumption of spirits produced
such. petnicious effects that at length the Executive
Powers deemed it hi6h time to put as end to the
Istem. The consequence was, that the people, ren-
dered ferocious by the use of those liquors. and accus-
tomed to lawless habits, resorted to force, resisted the
Jaws, opposed the military, and hence have resulted
riots, assaults, and murders.

" Can you wonder, that, in such an immoral state
of things, all tranquillity and obedience to the•law,
,were banished front those countries ? Absentees, too,
have increased ; disgusted with the state of things,
they desert their post in the time of peril—but, yet,
should a farm happen to fallout of lease, keeping
strict eye that it be set up to the highest bidder. These
things have produced dis:tubances every where; but,
Gentlemen. whether they apply to your county, to
any extent, or at all, is for your consideration.
-14 I have thought it right, from the false colouring
that has been given to those things, to remove all such
illusions, and to state the plain facts.
" Gentlemen--I have heretofore, with good suc-
cess, called upon the Grand Jury of a great nothern
county (Donegal), when private distillation had.
reached to an intolerable excess, to chew some sense
of their own interests by the suppression of that prac.
tux; and I. am happy to say, that call was attended
to, and produced useful Public Resolutions. I am
glad to hear that this• mischief is a•straeger in your
county, guard against its introdectidn, it is out
lof toe greatest practical mischiefs—the revenue is
plundered by it—the morals of the people depraved
—and their conduct rendered riotous and savage :
establish, in the room of whiskey, a wholesome malt
liquor, and you will keep your peasantry in peace, in
healthi and in vigour.
" Having thus given you a sort of sketch of what
I have seen upon other CirCuits, 1 shall advert to
what I have seen upon the present Circuit. The .first
county of this Circuit, which was the object of his
Majesty's Commission, was Kilkenny. The country
had been previously alarmed, with such rumours and
stories horn that quarter, that the order of this Cir-
cuit was inverted, for the express. purpose, as was al-,
ledged, of meeting the supposed exigencies of that
county by an ratty Assizes. I did not preside in the
Criminal Court there,_ but I have been iniormedtby
my hrother Judge (Day) of what. passed, 1.. ,ur ca-
pita convictions wok ploceo f winch the subject mat-
, trr arose from two transactions only. One of thcie
transactions, comprising two of those conviction,
was of uo recent date—it occurred early. in 1813
and had been already tried .at the 4tinsmur Assizes at
Kilkenny, in dad/ear. .At that Assizes, the two

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criminals had Wee tositd °tin etten* et as.
sassination—a most atrociodt.Wrige indeed. Their
execution was suspended by an arguinent upon
legality of their conviction =the ecnviction was proved
illegal; and of course they were, for the second times
tried and convicted at the late Assizes. Bat how Rich
a ease could warrant the. extraordinary colouring
which was given to the -*Hedged disturbances of
that county, or called far any peradt or bustle, I
am wh;tily at a loss discover. 71)12 other of those
transactions was, also, of a itigitioits itatnre—it sal
a heinous burglary, crnriiitted by the two other era.
minds, in the house of Mr. Sutton. They evert eon:
victed, and have suffered the punishment due to dieji
crime. But was this a case for exciting public A
or spreading national disquietude, or fur causing t
ordinary course of the Circuit to be inverted, an
leading every person to appre.hend machiliatithis a
conspiracies of the most deep and Japers& kind ?—:
From Kilkenny the Commission proceeded Ici Cleo%
mel. There I presided in the Croon Conn—the C
lendat presented a sad list Of crimes—one hundted
and twenty names appeared upon the face of thit
Crown Book. There were several Government pro:
secutions— conducted by able Gentlemen of the B ir,
and by the Crown Solicitor ; at the appointm-nt, and
by the direction of the Government--who had been
alarmed for the peace of the country. Yet, notwith-
standing all this formidable array of crime. and this
multitude of Prisoners, I had the good f.rtune to dis-
charge the gaol of that county in two days and a half.
Two persons only were capital.y colivicted at that
Assizes. One of them was neither the ite.jeet of a
public prosecution, nor of a private one. as t .se
upon Lord Ellenb. rough's Act, 'fee ami.tuito,g with
weapons (in that case with a pitch-torsi) wish an in-
tention to kill, mains or disfigure. The ti brunet*
man had been out upon bails and. supposing that he
had made his peace with his Prcs coot, had surren-
dered himself, not apprehending any prosecution.—
The bail bad forfeited their recognia.t.tce at the As-
sizes preceding—and I mention this fact. lest it night
be imagined that the conductors of the Crown Prose.
cutions had slumbered on their posts, or had bow».
miss in their duty. Ido believe they knew noshing
of the Prosecutor's intention to appear.
The prisoner was compelled to come in by the
Magistrate who had bailed him, and who had bees
at the preceding A.ssiaes, fined one hundred pounds for
thus bailing a person, charged with a capital felony.
The prisoner had the benefit of able Counsel—Ai,
trial was not hurried on—'a Jury of his Coeutryoser
der the superintendance of a Jake (I hope. cot du.
void of humanity). found him guilty. Bur.* ate
ask. what had all this to do with public disturbances/
A people ferocious in their habits and violent in their
animosities—.when intoxicated with whiskey—termed
into factions amongst themselves, Awed by bar.
berms appellations, may bruise each other with sticks
or even slay each other with mortal weapons; but
would ask any man, what connexion could the cos.
VigflOß of that criminal (under Lord Ellenbrough's
Act) have with associations egoistic law, order, and
the Government? . (n be Continent)

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On the 14th instant, at Alderley, in Gloucestershire, I.
Theodosia Hale, of a see- '
Sunday se'&nibt, at All Cunnings, near Deflate, t/.e lady
the Rev A. Methuen, of a sea.

MARRIED

Ott the 18th inst at Cheltenham, Capt. Oatlaw. of the Him
East India Ctesparty's se vice, to Miss Fanny Turquad, aser
daughter of tiutton Torquan.., Esq.
At Kensington, on i uestlay hst, the Rev. W. D. Conybeare.
to Sarah Anne, second daugher of the cats Charles Rankin, Es%
of the Hoe. last India Compaal s service.
At the Earl of Buckinghamshire's home at Highgate, is Tues.
day, Mr. Rqhinvon, to Lady Hobart.

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Suddenly. on Thursdas , the t 1 tb instant, whist on a attic sr
Mr. J Doughty's, of Brnitdish. near Ha:4room, Norfulk, Mrs,
Means, the wile of Mr. John Mean-, of Rood-lane. Feeteloseeis.
street, in the 47th year of I.er age. As 0.. m lived retyreted son
beloved by all who knew her, so is I.er %lath as universally bw
talented, but most by those who cats bat mums to &r erase.
Vary worth.
Aug. 12, Robert Blennerhassett. Esq. of Firtfir i (Korey)—.
lie was returning to his lodgings in *frets..., A;ita ad ly an p. rtes
health, its company wit:i another gentleman, and when w..his a
few yards of the house., leit lifeess to the ground
Ou the 17th, aged tht. Amelia C. Mackay. wlfs of Dr. Wm.
Mackay, R.N.
IT has been too frequently thi subject of just and
1 general repftbition, that raven destitute of the dements of tie
medical art have 'arta therncelves as candidates hoe public pa.
trohage In the profeosion of Physic. For the purpose sidings kw
Hem to the nook of our 'balks and esperienes, audio poem us
hem being classed among those empiric* whose intpusleat.pre-
tensions have, unfortunately for society, been too isvouraidy re.
ceived, weiseg leave to submit to the liberal and enfighteuesl, a
faithful %torment of our pumice aid ectdroments.
After having received a regular medical education, as tbspepb
of Messrs. Grindal and jiBlsard, whom lectures sal provice ow
carefully attended, as Profession and littrocons of the London Hos-
pital, we entered ourselves as student& in that potty ce4edira7ad
school for medical acquirements, the Royal Cello e of En*.
burgh, and weft instructed in the different breeches af Anasemys
Surgery, the Theory and Practice of Physic. Conaiddry,
wifery, Botany, &c. &c. site. by those antnent Da
Monro, Oregnty, Bloch, Hamilton. Duncan, and Rutherieen.
We tam me shall not be darned pr estoomatme to eavyiag. *Ma
our profideney and acquirements at *not Inconsiderable. Haase
fur a long series of years made
and the various diseases of DEBILITY, the pectleatar otOrt
our r udirs and practice, It will, we hope, be sneered that we L..
acquired 'superior knowledge of their matinee: *tat we. ha
slight and recent cases of infection, a perfect re-esuibilteintrat is
completed in the short period at two days, and in those as oho
utmost inveteracy, where ether prectitioufts hove had of (m-
-eets, a proper perseveraice in our plan of bluntest (moreover
the patient a safe and radical cuft.

,A-mhist the tnelaneholy voider of tlisc,edges which are the
recta el a habit hog and aunt wahappey pursued by the fonds d
both sizes, there are mummer, atamniog or more distramaragtis
those dellehmosies and debilities which trossently regent er
eas-
bitter the roabinsenlal state. Po such persons it mast be a 4:0•°
sulag relkttion to know that they may now, bra new and ads&
Nu mode of ematment, be restored to that greatest of all hums
blessings, a strong, manly, and mien*, mud:miss In an aro
,ddebihiy, from whatever cause &mina. w7ll as la every at
tics et venereal infection, we may be consul,ed. by pat:lints at
either set with the greatest secrecy and heseer. Hour, of
astis-
saltation at home from tau se.three, and from dais the avenue
till tin at night.
Parents is the country are remiested to state ptrilcular'd
their case, age, and general habit of living, &c. Inelq•lttg a tr:tit-
tance for advice and medicines, when the .-,me w.fi begiv.-n
Oat to any part of the kingdom. "i (a ensure that, secrecy Aar-Alittial .nor undertaking, de
postage or letters may t.: a ;,'
1,4 y, account for me es.
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