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was desired to take one of the children of her master

out for an airing] she did so, and in a field she saw
Leonard digging potatoes with a three-pronged fork.
Witness afterwards saw him put a bag an his shoUlder,
and go on his way towards his home. Witness went
the other way. She had not gone far before she heard
a noise. She could not liave been more than 15 roods,
from the place from whence the noise proceeded. She'
saw the prisoner and the deceased struggling together.
The fork and the bag which the deceased was carrying
both lay upon the ground. She saw bdth of the men fall.
She then made her way towards them, and saw the
prisoner stoop and pick up the fork. The deceased said
" Hold;" when the prisoner snuck him with the fork
over the left side of the held, and repeated the blow.
Witness saw the deceased bleeding; the blood flowed
from his ears. 4She then continued her way towards
home. The prisoner followed her and said to her, that
be had struck John (the deteased), but he did not think
that he bad hurt htnt so much as he thought, and re•
quested witness to walk back with him, She did so;
and found deceasediying on the ground quite senseless,
and was curled up, bleeding very much. The prisoner
was greatly distressed to all appearance, but did not
say so. Witness went liorne; and sent a cart for the
purpose of conveying the deceased to his home. The
fork Was given to the officer. The deceased was lying
on the ground at the time he was struck with the fork.
Wm. Jones, a seaman, saw two persons, as he thought,
fighting ; he made towards them, and saw something
lifted in the air; when he came up to th.na, be found
that it was a follcrwhich was covered with blood—The
prisoner said the; had been fighting, and afforded every
assistance to the deceased.
Mr. John Staples Kiddie depoied to the nature of the.
wounds; he was of opinion that the death of the de-
ceased was caused by a blow inflicted on the head by
some blunt in,zrunient.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he had been
fist struck by the deceased with a spade, and that he
had bitten three pieces out of his fingers; but he denied
he was on the ground at the time the deceased was struck.
TbeJury found the prisoner Guilts, and he was sea•
tented to two yeirs' imprisonment in the House of Cor-
rection,:and there to by kept to hard laboir.
; • Several other cases were tried, but they were not of
*articular interest.
It is still expected that the trial of the woman for the
**der of bet child may come on.

Ile original portnrit of Simon, Lord Lovat, was
painted by- Hogarth, on a deal board, whilst the Noble
Lord was detained for three days, by a pretended ill-
ness, at the White Hart - Inn, Barnet. Lord Lovat is
represented as sitting in conversation, and relating on
his fingers the number of his fortes, and his command,
in the battle of Culloden.
A gang of swindlers have been practising with suc-
cess lately in the neighbourhood of Hatton Garden, and
probably it many whet places. Their plan is to
take a house for a number of years, giving a reference
to another of the party, who lives in a well furnished
house, and has the appearance of being in respectable
circumstances. They request the proprietor of the
house to recommend them to a baker, brewer, tailor,
&c. and after having lived comfortably• for that
time at the expense of others, and obtained goods of
almost every description .to a considerable amount,
they decamp in moonlight about the time the first
quarter's rent becomes due. This party some months
ago took a house in Kirby-street, and referred the
landlord to a “Gentleman ' residing in , some street
in Kennington.* A.few days ago be was surprised
to find his house desertediand, on inquiry at " the gen-
airman's,' in Kennington, it was found that he tqo had
gone off, no one could tell whither. Great numbers of
tradesmen had furnished them with goods, some to..the
amount of 101.11. and others of SOL for which they ac-
cepted bills; end such is the security with' which these
swindlers carry on their trade, that one of them had the
impudence to call on the landlord,, apd offer to give up
the keys quietly.. on condition that he would allow
them to carry off some bulky articles,. wh4.11 they could
sot have removed before withoet exciting suspicion. It
is td be regretted that such worthless characters should
contrive to live in every sort of luxury at the expense of
respectable tradesmen, although the latter much to
blame. Many of them, indeed, are
_so infatqatatl
to be inclined rather to give credit to swindlers than to'
bate* men.

eptIOUS II!SCOVERY.

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There has been lately discovered at Dpaolly. its
Argyleshile, the seat of Caprainslll.Dougall, R.N. an
interesting subject tor antiquarian examination. Some
workmen employed in removing the soil from a spot
immediately under the rock upon which the ruins of the
castle stand, and occupied for at least a maw, past as
garden ground, came, at the depth of about five feet,
to a bed.rif ashes, covering a considerable surface. A
layer of loose stones, abOut tour fret deep, Otribeilecl,and
upon being removed, showed tire top of Solid
oniony/oil, running parallil with, and closely attached
to the castle rock. Curiosity led to the remotal of Parfig
tie wall, and the irouble was recompensed By distueor
ing the entrance to a spacious cavern. the ark* interior
of which was ornamented with the most beautiful eta.
leeches. But whet will excite a deeper feeling, the ex.
cavatori Found they had broken in upon 'll4 slumbers
of the dead; for, placed regularly round the bottom of
the cave, lay many mouldering remnants. of mortality.
In the centre of the charnel house was a large flaa-
stone, coveting an opening not unlike amodert grave;
but nothing was found in it to diclose the puipose for
which it had been reserved. A few yards Isom the
carte, anothei wall, similar to that ahich incidsed and
concealed it, has been discovered; and an apertlire has
. been made, but is not yet sufficiently large loldietit'o!
further exploration. Among the ashes in the cave al-
ready opened, were the bones of various animals, piece,
of iron, remains of broadswords, a few defaced coin.,
and other vestiges of the cunning hand of man. There
is no existing tradition of the cave, or of thlt use
to which it had.been dedicated. It 'is believed, finiv-
, ever, that the notions-of antiquarian will hardly admit
df the supposition of a Cekic catacomb.