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London, England, 1820-07-27 00:00:00

YORK, SUNDAY, JULY 23.

His Grace the Archbishop of Yalu( preached to-day in the
Cathedral, before the Judges, as is usual on the second Sundae
of the Asaizes. Many Gentlemen of the Bar attended: the •
congregation was altogether very crowded. His Grace abuse
for his text, Ecclesiastes ail. v. 13. " Fear GOD, and keep his''
commandments, for that is the whole duty of man." What !I
the men of the world say, deprive us of all the pleasteres that
engage our affections, and call upon us to sacrifice all the enjoy-
ments that sooth our feelings! As many might be disposed :o'
view religion as an encroachment on temporal happiness, and
therefore attempted a compromise between inclination and duty,
'it could only be a misapplication of time to spew that religion
was not only essential to our eternal salvation, but the only
means of temporal happiness. Religion requires not that we
svoufd 'retire to deserts, in: consume our days in clolaters.—
While religion-admitted the distinction between pleasure and
pain; it by nO means considered pleasure and happiness as one
and the same. The regulation.of our feelings was an essential
duty—we were not called upon to extinguish them. His 'Gras+
proceeded then to illustrate, with great eloquence 'ad force, the
insufficiency of worldly pursuits and attainments to satisfy the
immortal mind. The mightiest consolidations of butnan power
and wisdom, the great empires established in the world, which
promised to repel every assault and surmount every accident;
were swept away Bike a casual sand-bank by the rolling ocean.
—The sculptured monuments of the wise, the wealthy, and the
powerful, express by their outside only that such names lived ;
look within, and all you find is " earth ta.earth, a;hes to ashes,
dust to dust." But it was not merely by philosophy thlt we
read inscribed on every temporal pursuit, however laudable, the
vanity of human wishes and the fragility of human enjoyments.
Health was suspended by accident, impaired by age, annihilated
by death. Intemperance undermined and ruined it. Wealth
was insecure; and the voice of conscience, Eke the hand writing
on the wall, disturbed and afflicted its irreligious possessor.
Reputation was unavailing without the consciousness of virtue,
the love and fear of Gon, and the hope of immortal happines;
through the merits of Jaws Cutter. But reputatidn 'was not
often obtained by the unrightecons--sespicion followed them—
their. fidelity was not trusted—their alliance was not desired.
On the. other hand, the fear of Gon, sad obedience to his com-
mandments, insured cheerfulness of mind,- gentkeess of man-
ners, and integrity of conduct. Health, peace, confidence, and
esteem, were the ordinary attendants on the righteous charac-
ter : he is pitied in his affliction, and relieved and raised tip in
the time of calamity and digress. The most affecting incidents
in the lives of Abraham, Moses, and Paul, were beautifitfiy
commented on, in illustration of the truth with the statement
of which his Grace had begun his discotirse.--that although tran-
sient gleams of happiness may be snatched from the sunshine
of worldly prosperity, religion alone can secure temporal happi-
ness as well as eternal salvation.

WILTSHIRE, JULY 24. , 1
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Mr. Justice Bun ROUGH arrived'at Salisbuir on Sa-
turday evening, and opened the Commission in the
usual manner. The business in both Courts is ex-
tremely light, the calendar containing only thirty-five
prisoners, with no one crime of magnitude. There is
one prisoner charged with uttering forged Bank-notes.
MIMED W. WOODMAN. '

This was the case of a too credulous damsel, and
a false-hearted swain, and was an action, not for any
breach of promise, although the swain had subse-
quently united himself to another, but for the con-
sequences of a too-fondly indulged hope. Miss
Brewer, the plaintiff, was a maiden of about thirty
years of age, residing at Chippenham, at which place
Mr. Woodman, the defendant, carries on the trade'
of a mason. Miss Brewer was In the possession of
money, to the amount . of two or three hundred
pounds, which Mr. Woodman was in want of, to
complete a purchase. In an unlucky moment, and
without anything as a security but the hope of be-
coming Mrs. Woodman, Miss Brewer drew £250 of
her
.property from the hands of her bankers, and
consigned it over to her breaded. Her evidence of
money lent consisted in the banker deposing that
Miss Brewer -had drawn out the money in question,
and in her sister seeing a roll of notes, and hearing
die defendant say he would pay the principal and
interest, but without naming the sum. Under these
ciratimstanees, the parties agreed to a-referesce to

Mr. Grant, under which both parties Were to be exV
mined on oath as to the sum actually advanced.
WARWICK ASSIZES.
!UNCTION OF, SIR CHARLES WOLSILKY.
The defendants in the case of the King v. Major
Cartwright; Edmonds, Wooler, Lewis, and Mad-
dticks, have received notice to take their trials for a
and unlawfully electi Sir C. Wolteley

conspiracy, Jng .
Legislatorial Attorney for Birmingham, at the en-
suing Assizes, which commence on Saturday before
the CRISP BARON and Mr. Baron GARROW. Two of
the defendants are charged with using seditious ex-
pressions at the Meeting when the Baronet was
elected. There are about thirty persons subpoenaed
by the defendants, amongst whom are the Dukes of
Bedford, Richmond, and Devonshire, Lord J. Ras.*
sell, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Northcote of Exeter, Mr.
Hobbouse, &c. The trial is expected to commence
on Tuesdy.next.
WATERFORD, JULY Is.
John MiCorthy was indicted for the wilful murder,
of Robert Sheehy, Esq. on the 15th of January last,
at Bawnfewn.
Edmund Sheehy, Esq. sworn.—The deceased Mr.
Sheehy was witness's father. Witness saw the de-
ceased brought into his house by witncss's brother
itnd another man; he appeared to have been mur-
dered: his skull was cloven asunder. On witness
putting his hand under the deceased's head it sunk
into his skull: wieners fainted away. The murder
happened on the 15th of January last, at night-fall.
About a week before, witness and deceased distrained
the prisoner's father, and drove two horses from his
land : witness, who was a few yards from them,
thought the prisoner was going to strike the de-
ceased, and went to his assistance; but prisoner's fa-
ther cried out, " Let him go to the Devil, and take,
them :" deceasedipat•the horses in -pound, but they
were afterwards bailed; prisoner's father held a
lease of some land from the deceased, and on the life
of the deceased. Prisoner lived within a mile of the
deceased ; had lived there many years : the deceased
was a kind and benevolent landlord.

John Sheehy, Esq. another son of the deceased,
sworn.—ltecollects the night his father was mur-
dered; was present when the body was found ; it was
warm ; there were several wcunds inflicted on it ;
witness put his hand under his father's head to raise
it, When his hand went into the skull ; there was
much blood on the ground.
Mary Droughan sworn.—Recollects the night Mr.l
Sheehy was murdered ; saw him that eveningnear
the door of the house in which witness lodged ; it be-
longs to the uncle of the prisoner. Knows the stream ;I
witness went'after Mr. Sheehy, and asked him for
some money ; fie bade her send her husband to him,
and he would give him some; witness was returning
when she saw the prisoner behind the deceased, with
a bill-hook or plough-iron in his hand, with which he
struck the deceased behind the head ; the deceased
stumbled a fete yards; and cried out, u Oh, murder,
Carthy!" The
_prisoner followed and gave him a
second blow, by which he was killed, and he fell
within two or three yards of the small road ditch.
Nicholas Droughan, hosband of the last witness,
corroborated the testimony of his wife, as far as he
was concerned ; and further remarked, that he was
often awakened out of his sleep at night by his wife
-starting up and crying out, u Oh, murder ! Carthy !"
Ighis witness stated, thit he was prevented through
'fear from giving information, and that he never told
to any person who murdered Mr. Sheehy, but to one
John Egan.
Johrr Mulcahy, Esq. sworn.—The morning 'after
the murder witness went to the spot saere it was
perpetrated ; obierved a large pool of blood ; went
round the pool, to endeavour to trace some footsteps ;
saw footsteps leading•from the blood to the high
road: witness then saw traces of blood on the snow
to.a stone gap, which-was a feivyardsfrorn thespot.
On tracing the blood to the gap, saw a footstep be.
!teeth the field-side of the gap, and a large drop of
congealed blood, which appeared as if it had fallen
from the weapon or coat of the miiiderer; Witness
then traced the footsteps in the field ;:the distance be-
tween each step could not be made bra person walk-
ing at his leisure. Witness then traded the footsteps
to furze in the prisoner's,yard ; the furze was within
twenty yards of the house. • Witness did not know.
the prisoner; never hod the least suspicion of him.
Baron M,CLELLIten summed up the evidence to
the Jury in an.able and eloquent manner.
The Jury, after retiring about ten -minutes, re-
turned a verdict of—Guilty.. •
His Lordship addressed the prisoner in a feeling
and impressive exhortation. He" concluded by be-
seeching the culprit not to expect any mercy from
`that tribunal which now sentenced his body to be
banged, dissected, and anatomized, after the expira-
tion of forty:eight hcaurs.
The prisoner seemed much affected, and asked for
a longer time. His Lordship declared that it was
out of big power.
Pursuant to sentence, the prisoner was brought out
for execution on Thursday, at one o'clock. He ap-
peared perfectly calm and reconciled; but he was
much distracted on Wednesday. He willingly con-
fessed his guilt, and acknowledged the justice of his
sentence. After spending some tune in prayer, he
ascended the scaffold with every appearance of sin-
cere contrition and compunction. He died almost
without a struggle.

This morning, soon after eight
o'clock, the followili inalefectors were brought out
of Newgate, and executed, pursuant to their sentence,
opposite the late DebtoTs'-door, in the Old Bailey,
viz. Samuel Gardner, Peer Miller, andlienry Brown,
for uttering, and having in their possession, forged
Bank .of England Notes; William Wilkinson (a man
of colour), for extorting money from a Gentleman,
under very aggravated circumstances.; and Henry
Cumber, fcr sheep-stealing. The first four seemed
eas
to meet their fate with a becoming decency mil for-
titude, but the conduct of the latter was violent its
the extreme-: he ascended the scaffold with gr '
levity, danced on it, and was obliged to be held by
Several men while the executioner was yetforming
ibis ditty, When the fatal signet was given-by ilk
yl
'Rev. Mr. COTTOIio one of his feet, which he had; b
some means, contrived to make fast to the scaffold,
was.obliged to be extricated. ' The wholewas a seem
of horror to as greats: crowd as his been known fOr
some time. The Rev. Mr. Carron and. th4l:6.
Mr. Devenzux (a Citholic), attended the nohow
men in their last moments..

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Gasistat.—A tfeceitt-looldng labouring Man, named Santee,
Andel, was brought up yesterday before the Sitting Alderman,
Sir C. S. H11)4214 charged with felony. The prisoner had pre-
viously undergone examination on Monday last ; but at that
time no other evidence was produced against him but that of
Dawkins, the Officer who had Mm in charge, and who staled,
that he took the prisoner into custody almost at his own ilksitc,
ig comet:resift of his coming to him, and after inquiring if he
(Dawkins) had heard of a robbery in Cloth-fair? and being an-
swered in the affirmative, confessed that he w..s the man who
committed the robbery, and that. the handkerchief then round
his neck was part of the property stolen. No motive appeared
for this confession on his part; but, as he did not contradict the
statement of the Cacer, iteras judged right to remand him, that
further inquiry might be made.
When placed at the bar yesterday, a labouring man, of the
name of Burgess, st.tt ed, that the prisoner lodged in the same
room with him, at Mr. Turner's, Cloth-fair; that his box had
been opened in his absence, and several articles of Wearing ap.:
parel stolen thertfrom, among which was the handkerchief found
upon the prisoner. No suspicion, hbivestir, had fallen upon him,
and he continued to lodge there mil he had.giveh himself nit to'
the Officer. The handkerchief Burgers Was able to swear to
no other part of the prt.perty had been found.-
The singularity of the prisoner's conduct was act:manta for by
a tlr. Rogers, a shoemaker in Church-street, Bethnal-green,
with whom he had formerly lived, and who said, that from all he
could learn about the prisoner, he believed it was his wish to go
to Botany Bay, and that ever since last Good Friday he Fad
been committing divers thefts to get himself transported; bet
as his practice was to confess the robbery, and give himself up,
be had in some instances escaped prosecution. He had t. etc
trietat the Old Bailey last Sessions for stealing a watch, but as
it appeared he had of his own accord confessed the theft, and
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stored the property, it was conceived to be an act of contrition nll
his part for the offence, and he *as tined one shilling and di,-
charged—much, as it should seem, against his inclination, as he
had a Petition ready drawn up in his pocket, praying to be trans.
ported.—The prisoner appeared gratified at being committed.

Msitsion-Honsz.—Daaixo Rossmues.—Yesterday a young
man, a Jew, underwent an examination before the Loan Macon,
on a charge of having committed two robberies on the highway.
An elderly Gentleman, named Rainson, deposed, that be was
going down Houndsditch about three weeks since, at about half-
past nine o'clock in the evening, and was passing the cor-
ner of Cutler's-street, whitu a man came, and, pressing again::
him, laid hold of his watch-chain, and attempted to take his
watch by force: but the watch-chain,
retained his hold with oh Ai.
nacy, and in the struggle the chain broke, and the prisoner ip t
away with the seals and part of the 'chain. There was a g..-
light near the spot, and the witness had a full view of the facer f
the robber. He firmly believed the prisoner to be the man, bu',
from the length of time which had elapsed, did not like to swear
positively to him, although he had a retharkable face.
A Gentleman named Furnee stated, that on Monday last, :t
' about one o'clock at noon, he was passing down Cornhill, and
met the annual procession of the Weavers' Compitny, which was
followed by a mob of idle persons; such as usually attend at
such spectacles. As the procession was moving past, the wit-
ness was laki hold of by a man, who seized his watch, and en-
deavoured to get it away, but the values' knocked him down.
They, were instantly surrounded by a gang of ten or twelve ruf-
fians, who succeeded in getting of the man, and in taking the
gold chain and seals from the witness, who, as Soon as be could
disengage himself from the gang; rim after his first assailant,
who had in the meantime been pursued by a sailor, and was
then closely *engaged with the rullan, but finding himself mate .-
ed, he drew a long knife out upon_his gallant assailant at the
moment when the witness came up, They were about to secure
the robber, when the gang vino firtt rescued hint came up, and
surrounded them a second times and, after further fighting, the
whole got clear off. He believes the prisoner to jte the man,
but could not swear positively.
The Loan bialoa.—And was all this done in the open day ?
Mr. Furnee.—ln the open day, my Lord, at abont one o'clock,
in Cornhill.

A Gentleman named Alien, and a young woman, named
Louisa Stewart, who Was viewing the procession, corroborated
the former evidenee.

The primmer protested his innocence of this latter charge also,
and said he could prove ansdiki by Ilfr. Israel and
Moses, who could prove, tharat the dine the robbery was said
to have been. committed, he, was taking a comfortable dinner
with some friends.—Mr. Jacobi said, he had dined with the
saner at the time in question. The prisoner was rananded
farther examination until Saturdayaext.

broceire.—An Inquest was held at the Art May Barracks'
Chatham, on the body of H. Adams, lats.& privata.in the Anil.
ley,. who was killed in the affray between some soldiers -
Turks, as noticed in a former Paper. It appeared by the
dente of Souther', a buglenuin in the Artillery, that he. was
the tap-room of the Fountain. poblic-house, where a woman
sitting. A Turk, who had been drinking in the parlour, - came
n, and wished the woman to go and drink with him, which r'
refused, when be struck her severely with a large tobacco-pipe.
Soother took her part, and a scuffle ensued,sin which the This
drew a isdletto, and the begieman his weed, which, however,
bent en the first thrust he made; and the Turk being joined 1-
a countryman of his own, named Hassan Hussein, Souther U-
lla sword taken from him. He got out of the house, and,
having found a stick, prevailed, after considerable entreaty (and
retreading them that the Turks might be murdering the people
'inside) the deceased and another AltMeryman, whom he -
in the street, to go in with him, and recover his sword. As soon
mite got into the passage he met Hussein, whom be keockei
down with his wick ; and the latter . again drew's/ his stiletto,
which the deceased made a blow at to koock out of his hand,
partied that stroke, and stabbed the deemed throoghtbe chest,
us that the weapon came out on the other**. Adams imme-
diately staggered out of the house, and was conveyed to
. Hospital, whore be soon after died, having previously made .
to the effect, of .1-tether's testimony. Hissehl, being
powerful man, rehired to surrender, and stabbed several
awe,' but of deaseesseti, before he was overpowered by
meg% sr bis lode. Verdict—Justifiable Homicide; and
Jury remarked on the imprudent conduct of Souther.—Sir .
Csalswe, the Oemmander of the Garrison, has issued an order
that all Turks coming on shore for * future dull be searched
by a military guard, aid deprived of 4ms oewhatever deserip-
- doo.—The body of Hugh Adams was soasigned to the grave •
Chstimm Church, with the usual milker" konours.---An I
quest was held yesterday at the Jew's Harp, Regent's Park,
*body of a new-born _female Want, which was found in
Ctifwrappe4 up in a bundle along with two bricks. Verdict.—
Wilful Murder against some person, unkoown.
-... Yesterday some bricklayers were -employed In taking down
a number of old houses in New-Inn.pesage, at the back of the
New-Inn, St. Clement Danes, when a most unfortunate acci-
dent occurred, in consequence of e builder (who a short time
ago commenced taking down the home > having begun at
lower part of the premises, and leaving the whole weight of
roof to be borne by the ceiling joist,. The men were upon
joists of the fourth floor, and the teilieglell snap them Ow -
number), and one man's legs, thighs, sad arms, were most
shockingly mutilated ; he was carried tp the Hospital in a dying
state. A second, seeing the dangerliefonithe roof fell, dropped
to the third floor, and caught by a brunt with his hands, where
he was suspended till a ladder was Moodie his assissinne. The
other three received but trifling injury. -
A Swiss guide, who beldnged to a opeporty of Botta tra•
yellers, was lately struck by lightnhsg intabotop of album kW,
and killed en the spot. None of the 1110014 son, who were by
his side, were in the least degree hurt.. t•i. •.
Last week, a boy about 12 years
ileefontoin W, Lomb.
Immesh, of 13ettingholme, who had'. ' jar a, for
dour, approached too near the mill bitikt s. of AA blush
him on the head, and caused kb alnise),Bistin*death..

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