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COrEIC G.4IIKM THEATRE.

fie O'NEILL resumed her professional duties at
Tfirarre. last sight. and appeared in the charac-
cf
.I::,:rindW, in the Tragedy of the Apostate. On
was greeted by an unanimous burg of
.11 eons throughout the piece displayed
-u It en. rgy, and produced tom never-tailing
.13c audience. Mr. Youno played Make
!, v usual excellence f and CIiARLEi KENNLE in i
drew down repeated bursts of applause. Mr.
,citt WS Pescara is a perfttrir ance of consummate I
I.lrt: taivnt. The part of Alvarez, acted last sea-
„by Mr. MtatRAY, was played respectably by Mr.
, who L 3 TO was succeeded in Gomez by Mr. BON.
*N
L THORNTON. We cannothelp thinking that Mr.
,ANTos has too much intrinsic talent not to have
erred a more important part than that to which
bras cunfu:al. He, however, did all-that could be
le in such a character, and gave a fresh promise of
some day able to prove his claim to a higher
eNertica. The House was full.
Mi. KLNIISLE has been tor some time on a visit to the
rl of A BEIMELS, at his Lordship's seat in Scotland.
Mr.llew-rox's not appearing in Yhe Ilawatednewr,
the evestro, of its last performance, as the Baron
was in consequence of the death r.l his
tee in-law, Maas BAKER.
!l. 1 Aim, whom some Journalists have been
aud afflict with a hopeless deems:, did. not-
;thstauding. actually play the part of Bunke, at the
roe Fumrai:. List Wednesday night; and, as a
Of that his OW has not at least become ikaf to pity, he
s deferred his junior) into the provinces, for eh..
iris purpose of acting Manlius to.night, for the
n eta. of the purr widow of a brother actor, who
is just made his last exit in circumstances of great
istreu.

A C:ornes Council, the third which has met in
ree .11:(eseuee days,. wAs held yesterday : it eras
iratooe, y LirJ CA:•TLERRAGH, assembled at two
deck . t Fweign Office, and was attended, be-
lies irir ti. re h cretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
y the Eitt of LIVERPOOL, Earl BATHURST, thi
lIASCLI Loa lit the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. Comma.
Sin:yours was again absent by indisposition
hr Crinisil sat till near lour o'clock.
Yesterday Earl BATHURST had an audience of the
aura REGENT, at Caritoo House.
The place where the Qoegs: stopped :.n her road
Windsor on Wednesday afternoon, when suddenly
disposed, was the cottage of a Mrs. LLOYD, a short
ay beyond the Old packhorse, on the road to Kew
lad lirentlord. Tne QUEEN was accompanied
iy the l'iiiic•sses Euzaaaru and AUGUSTA. A
neat crowd was speroity attracted to the spot, wh..
hewed the Interest y in her MAJAATY% health.
:he smiles on her MaJarrw's countenance on ieturn-
tg to her carriage, shewed that her indispositi, ‘ii had
at been serious.. The Princess ELIZABETH &sued
he carriage to be driven to Kew Palace, where, as
re have brliwe mentioned, the Royal Party took tea,
tel then proceeded to Windsor.
Lend WHITWORTH and the Duchess of DonsET,
Sunday last, were entertained by Lord Dory/sums,
I Hillsborough, on their way to England, by the
cure of Doutghadee.
Yeiterda, Earl EATHUILST had an audience of the
'rots REGENT at Carlton House.
The Eats *lll4 Countess of CAItHaIkIPTON are arrived
t their house an Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, from

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'lel seat, Pain's-bill, Surrey. .
The Earl and Countess of SPlttiCga and family
!rived this day at their residence St. James's-place,
rum thrit woo, Althorpe, Northamptonshire.
Sir FRANCIS &amyl.% popularity increases in
Ireland. On Tuesday, the 4th invent, he was re-
ceived, in company with Mr. Romuttut O'CoNtroa,
with applauses and bonfires, at Rattikeal. On the,g
Widnesday rte was at Limerick. At Nenagli he had
also received the honours eat popularity. He eiprei•
sed his it ish to give the populace five hurts of piney,
uhich, n is stated in the bosh Journals, was declined 1
through Irish feelings, not being accustomed to wel-
come strangers at their expense. On leasing Lime.
rick fir Ballinasloe Fair, he was shown at Thomond !
Bridge the tablet on which were signed the Articles
of the Limerick Treaty. At Ballmasloe a grand en-
tertainment was given to the Baronet, which was
accompanied by toasts and speeches. Sir Fnatrets is
stated to have said, he looked for an opporl.snity of ;
returning the distinguished hospitality ot Ireland in
his own country.
Ipswich has been this wt. k honoured with the pe-
nce of his Royal Highness the Duke cil Vona, who
his bren on a visit to CHABLIts GRIUMWOuDo Esq
about a mile thence.
Tuesday, at the Quarter Sessions for the County
olOxfoid, Joseph Harris, of C .mbe, convicted of a
misdemeanour in refusing to sets. ,h. ..IE e or Over-
seer ot his parish, was fined 410, is sentenced to
le imprisoned one month, and ientie'tb. Hite be paid.
At a Meeting of the General Court of Guardians,
at Norwich, the 7th inst. it appeared, that since Mid-
simmer, the number of poor in the workhouse had
decreased upwards of WO; that the application for
out door allowances were also much decreased; and
that the mulct for the present quarter will be 1116ini
less than the last quarter, by which a redaction ot ls.
EL in the pound will take place in the Poor Rates.
Letters received from Liverpool this morising,
dated the 16th instant, state that they ate still, with-
!ln arrivals Isom the Wnited States, which has caused
a great depression in the Flour market. The Weeds
of vessels born the United States into that pin, from
the tat ot January to the slst of September, inclusive,,
Were 4uB, in the same period last year the) amounted
to 308. As soon as the wind gets round to the west-
'lord, the arrivals from all parts of the werli into
that port is expected to be immense.
It is observable. when the Funds afoot the ad-
vance, the Lottery Offices are sure to be thriving ;"
indeed, it is very•nataral, When a man's property in-
creates, independently of himself, that be should eon-
sider himself Isc4y, and then try to what extent Dawn
Itortease may be disposed to bete ientl him. Certain it
its there is at present a very brisk demand for Tickets
and Skates, particularly at SIV tw RIGHT% OifiC*s, for
since he set the ex •mple of lowering the price, and of
adding to Me intriasic value ti) a Vette, he has been a
Peat favourite with the Public, and haying sold tilt
Last C:20,000 Prize, many think li.s Luck will conti-
nue, and that some of the Siz hazes of .1120,0G0 in
the Lottery which begins 7th of Wit Month; will also
or sold by Sivinvuoo.

STATE TRULL. Continuo I)

DERBY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER he.
The ArrortNlY-GINERAL stated to•the Jury, that
they were placed in the box, where they then sat, to
perform a most solemn and important duty; to de.
tide on the guilt or innocence of a fellow creature,
charged with the highest crime which any member
of society could commit. Other offences ut great
atrocity were frequently sebniitted to the decision of
a Jury ; but these fell far short in enormity of the
crime of High Treason. He solemnly declared that
it would be his object now to state correctly the law
applicable to the present case, and fairly to detail
the facts which he proposed to prove by evidence.—
It was fortunate for him, that in stating the 1.4 w, he
should speak under the correction of the Judges ;
and he wished the Jury always to remember that it
was from their Lordships on the B licit that they
were to take the law, and not from the Counsel on
one side or the other. He then described the counts
in the indictment, and 'hewed, that the acts charged
in them were made High Treason by various statutes.
By the 25tH df Edward the Third, it had been m ide
High Treason " to compass the death of the King,"
and to compass, he contended, was not meant to
accomplish. In law the word " compass," was not
held to have the same meaning that it had in com-
mon language ; for a person saying, " I have, coin-
passed, my design," was understood to assert that
be had effected it. To 0 compass" the death of the
King, meant, in law, to imagine or to intend the coin-
Mission of the crime. Such design was proved by
levying war against.the King, and hostile meetings
of persons. with or without arms (it was 6t he should
particularly state this), for the purpose ot effecting
some general purpose, was in the, eye of the law
High Treason, even though the actual object of the
pasties were not to effect the overthrow •4 the Con-
stitution. On the authority ot Mr. Justice Forster,
he contended that all combinations to break down
enct.sures—to force open prisons—to d :troy pro-
perty, or to compel the King to change his mea-
sures, were levying of war against the K _nig, and of
course High Treason. He should now proceed to
state the facts of the case, and leave the Jury to de•
tide what fair inference was to be drawn Iron the
acts that had been committed, and from the decla-
rations which would be proved to have Accompanied
them. The prisoner at the bar might not have been
present at many of the outrages which had o:cuireJ,
hut he should introduce bins to the Jury al having
been present at that assemblage, which tie considered
to form the most prominent feature of the late in-
surrection. It would be observed, that in the indict-
ment the prisoner was described as the Nowa:ham
Captain. That he was so called, proved the wature
of the transactions in which be tad been engaged—
and at would be 'hewn, that not only a rising in that
comity had been contemplated, but a general insur•
rection throughout the kingdom. Part of the force
provided to effect the designs of the conspirators was
raised in Derby shoe, and other parts of it were to
come from different places, and in particular from
Nottingham. Nottingham Forest was the place Ap-
pointed for a general rendezvous on the night of the
9th of June. It would be proved that on the Stb,
Brandreth was at Pentridge, where he went to receive
the insurgent s, and to point out the course which they
ought to pursue, in order le effect a RcVOlllllOll9 And
to wipe off (such was their own phrase) the Govern-
ment of the country, through the medium of hostile
force. On the day mentioned, Brandreth went to
publ:c house at Peutridge, kept by a woman of the
name of Weighto.an (mother to one at the priso-
ners), called the Wnite tiorse. He there met ether
conspirators—pointed out to them from a plan of the
country what ought to be done to ensure success.
and described the different places in which he ex-
petted of the people would take place to join
them, when what they called their " grand army"
should be formed. He (the Attorney General)
cared not whether the representations made on toe
subject of the co-operations to be expected from other
parts were falser or true. Whatever these might be,
Brandreth was tuning himself to stir up his fellow-
' citizens to rebellion, and his guilt was as great in the
' sue case as in the other. He would spew that the
prisoner had presided at the meeting of which he
had spoken ; that he came Isom Nottingham to lead
the conspirators—that he did lead them—that he sat
anlong them as their leader, and took upon himself
the functions to Generalissimo, as directly as ever
any General of a regular army. had done. There
were iwveral villages in the neig-bourilood of Pen.
wow, from weich the insurgents expec e.. to he
jroceo by considerable numbers. Brandreth and
George. Weightntan came from Nottingham, to meet
111.45 e who were expected to rise against tie Govern-
ment They went, accompalied by another MAO, to
Hunt's Barn, at Soutnwingfield, where they met
some of those whom they sought, armed with mus.,
kets and pikes. Not onty did they find armed con-
spirators ready to join them here, bat at Hunt's
Barn they found a supply of arms provided for those
who were disposed tb engage in the insurrection.—
Thence they proceeded to a place called Ttioopson's
cinse. It was their object to procure a homer supply
.1 toms, by proceeding from house to house wherever
cif), knew the owner to have a gun. Te..y did this,
and compelled those-who had arms to give mem up.
One of tne rights of Englishmen, claimed u) the people
at the glorious revolution of 1688, was this, every man
should oe aikiwed to keep arms for his own defence.
Little did the wise men, of that day, when standing
up for that right, in order to pretest the subject
against mummy power, imagine.th..t they were put-
Ling Imo the hands of such men as Brandrett., And his
accomplices, the means of taking arms by force from
their lawful owners, in order to turn them against the
Government and Constitutiou of their counity. But
'this was nut all not content with taking arms tor-
, cibly thou those who would have scorned' to use
them, in furtherance of the objects they had in view,
they endeavoured to press the owners themselves into
the service. If a man would not go with them him.,
self, his son must go; and if he had no son, his me-
want must acc...mpany them. Their object was to
obtain a man and a gun from every house. Disap.
pointed in their expectations of meetieg a party they
had expected to join them at 'lliumpson's-close,
George Weighinsan was sent towards Pentridge to
Ascertain the cause ot the delay. 11,Andreth atter-
, . wards marctied to the house of Mr. Elijah
Mere having demanded a gun, they also demanded
one dl as sons.. Ur. son was extremely relm=.

taut to go, but he was so threatened with their ven-
geance if he•did not consent to accompany them, that
he (the Attorney-General) did nut wonder th ►t in the
end he should gn with them. This person, however,
returned to his home as soon as he could, he
(t e Attornee.Generel) was gl:id for :he purposes
justice, the• Mr Hell had been compelled to go, es
through that circumeance he had bad an opportwaity
of witnessing their proceedines, and thus evidence of
them would be obtained from a witness, lie could
confidently say it, as honest and as uncontemeteted
as any man in that Court. Mr. Hall was ferced to
accompany them; and in their progress the insurgents
next came to the house of a Mr. Walker, where they
demanded a gun. Me. Walker was as unwilling to
comply as Mr. Hall had been; but the gun was, from
necessity, given up. Some one of the party knew that
Mr. Wal ktr had pistols, and these also were demanded.
Mr. Walker, at first, denied that he had any ; he then
remonstrated with them on the injustice of taking hie
pistols from him, as well as his musket; but WAS
forced, in the end, to comply. The pistols were taken
by Brendretio and be immediately stuck them in his
belt. That weich served hum tor a belt was a *bite
apron which he that day were, tucked close round his
body. From Mr. Walker's the conspirators went to
the house of a Mr. Beetwick, and thence to lb it of a
person of the nime et Hepworth, and here murder
was committed. Before be enlarged on this fact, h..
beggid most solemuly to disclaim any wish that the
prisoner at the bar should be found guilts of High
Treesen, because be had committed a murder. Ar-
riving at the house of Mrs. Hepw•ortn, they katicktel
at the door, and demanded to be supplied with guns
and pistols. She with a courage that did not always
belong to her ser, refused to open the door. Brasusi-
reth went round the house, and et; last saw a man-
servant through the kitchen windoW, who was then
drawing on his half-boots. Tf.t prisoner lire ke the
window, and tired at the seivaiit, who received the
shot in his sheuldei, and of this wound lie died. Fit e-
arms were then obtained from the house of Mrs. Ilep.
worth ; and the conspirators went on to other houses,
and when sesistence was offered, Brendreth held up
ire terreresa toe act of atrocity which he had committed,
excl timing, " I have shot one man alreasly, and
will shoot you if you refuse compliance." It would
hence be seen, that he had in a manner gloried in the
action, and used it as an argument to induce otheis
to join with him and his accomplices, in the insurrec-
tion. Having visited in a similar way several other
houses, they proceeded to a place carted Greenwich,
where many of the patty finding vie country was not
so ripe ter a revolution As they had expected it would
be, began to be frightened. George Weightinen,
in this state of things, was sent one lo see if the Not-
tingham men were coming towards l'enirisige.
t ok A poney from Mi. Beetles sesole, and proceeded
on this errand. Biandreth in the mean time assumed
the command of those who came from Sloth Wing-
field, Ripley, and other places in that neighbourhood.
He acted as leader or ceptem, and others served un-
der him as interior officers, io pick up stragglers, and
keep the party t. getfier, many of whom hevit•.g been
forced from their homes, mere anxious to get away.
Those who wished to go, it would be seen, the pri-
soner had pushed back into the ranks, and threatened
to shoot them if they attempted tis escape. Aube
different places to which they detected their steps,
Brandreth repeatedly declared that a revolution, and
the overturning of the Government, were the subjects
which he and his companions had in view. Geeroe
Weightm in returned, held a private conversation
with Brendreth, after which he rade op to the other
conspirators, and told them that every thieg
, going on 64ht—that the soldiers would net Aimee
their barracks, and that it was desirable for them to
advance towards Nottingham as fast as they could.
fhey marched oa ; but finding that they were not
joined by those th. y tap cted, many began to drop
off; and at Eastwood, on a report that the yeomanry
were coming, the whole body began to duvet sr.--
Wade these things were passing, between nine and
ten o'clock on Monday night, and nine and ten o'clock
of the following morning, great agitation was ob-
served in the town of Nottingham, and matey men
were found in the forest, who, it was beyond all
doubt, had repaired there for the purpose of j .leing
those who were expected to advance from Pentriege.
It would be proved that Brendreth had been styled
the Nottingham Captain, and that he had acted as
C enmander ; his person would be identified, though
Isis present appearance was very different Mona what
it had been at the time of the insurrection, as he had
not that length of beard then which he had now, and
which he understood him to Save obstinately re-
tained. His dress, too, was different ; but if he
thought these things would prevent him from being
recegniz..d, he (the Attorney-General) would tell
him he thought he would find himself mistaken.--
-The facts which he had thus stated, he contended,
would, it proved, constitute a levying of war against
Me Xing, or he did not know what levying war was.
Whit answer would be given to the charge he knew
not. He did not know whether it would be etteropt.
ed to alter the character of the acts committed, or
whether the Counsel on the other side would try to
prove that Brendreth was not concerned with them.
He could not conceive that they would succeed in
doing either; but it, contrary to his expectation,
they could shew that the prisoner was innocent, he,
for out, should rejoice in his acquittaL
Tile first witness was then called.

Anthony Morten was examined by the SOLWITOR-
GENERAL, and cross.exammed by Mr. Cams. Shirky
Ashbary, examined by Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN, erns-
tx.intit ed by Mr. DOLMAN, and re-examined by Mr.
Serjeai t VAAJOHAN. The other witnesses ex ttnined
here, Janes .shilonan,Thoisa 7'st)ner, Henry/ onolinson,
And Lajah Hall. The Court adjourned at a z o'clock
till eight to-morrow morning.
DERBY, FRIDAV, Oet. 17, half-pact S. p. in.
The Court opened at eight o'clock this morning,
and the uuriness began immediately, there were
several wineries examined r—Miry Epwotth, thi
mistress of the servant, Robert Walters, who war
shot by a gun fired through the window ; Samuel
Fletcher, Wbuse house bad been broken open, and i
who was forced to give up his gun and his servant to
the rio:ers; Wihia.t, Shipman, the kervent so forced
away, and who gave an account of the marching and
.countermarching ut there nutrageous vagabonJs ;
, Henry Hole, a farmer, who bad been forced to juin
them, and who deposed to a speech, saying that now
the time was come to fight or starve, and whom the
mob encouraged to accompany than by the promise

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or magi beef and die, and a fresh gnearnmenf, *balk
Mr. CROSS. in his cross-examinatic.n of this witirs‘
called A trovisir.nd visas-mem.
l4'iili .m l 3
,uth, .n 'her person forced away, also
th.p,oA cots ,:ernrar, hes , f the rioters.
George managir of the iron-series at
Botterly, Jepioest to the general appearance of the .
rint•rs, their order. and v cir arms. Li was he who
took the ammunition from one of them, and which,
by A CIItiOUS WiiiddenCt• yid, Witt Case, cots..
sisted of bullets putty thrust i..to 0 e toot of an old
stocking, and th • r.-st lying ia an of ' sack
altogether it zoosi,ied of alviut 84 pound,: Wei:Flit.
William r .also bore testimony to the regular
array of the riot,-N.

Mr. lt,lleston. a Magistrate of Nottingh .m, and
Captain hhtllths. t the 'rub Dragoons, ttepo•ed to
the easy dispe,•iori r t the ranks of zt.e itoturs, and to
the subsequent ,pprrhelision of s• vetal of t rn.
11.%e evidence for the pros,cutoio vatclirded a little
before rwelv.• o'cl,ck The Jury 'raving retired ant
returned in a few minu.es—

Mr. Crviss began his speech for the de'crice exactly
at twelve o'clock. '111,• learned Counsel spoke for
about two hours. He began by staling the taw a
treason, and es:,ressing It's dissent fr,an the doctrines
had down b) the Attorney General, bon !ed an the
expositi,,n of the Siaiute ut Edward 111. by Justice
Foster, anJ other Levi. authorities. He tiered the
progress ~I the taw from Edward dowtswaid, and
the various encroachments made in the reign of Ea.
'maid VI. and Queen Mary. He spewed loss• the
famous flnoite tit Edward 111. had been rendered
nugatory by kneed interpretationti and arbitrary co*.
:unction., or what were called constructive treason*.
At the acce.,s.oo of the frig:laity family to the throne,
' the liiiit Act had b,e.i made, and constsucive tree;
:::•ns were au .Itsileci. flats celebrated Act, by aPply:;•
ing .1 particular punishment to riot, and describing.
what was to be concidered- as tuniult.or 6,4 as distin-
guished Iron treason, rendered the doctrine of cnn-
strue,ive trtasun useless for the protection ol the
public peace, and sutruiintly ezelained what was
meant by levying ... .r. Levying of war was different
from mere Month; and the prisoners, thou: i, guilty
of the latter, were not affected by any eviden.r that
was brottetlit to prove th• m ws;lty et rite .0imer......
There had been uials in Derby for high treason, bet
these happened alter a rebellion, in obit,' ttiere was •
a great army employed on the side nt the reb-ls te-
overthrow the CI vernment. There had been billy
two attempts at constructive treason since the acceOs
sir'n of the 8tu.,,,, ic k tardily, and th:•se happened in
the case of L rat G.. 01-4e Gerdon, ai.d in the trial of
Watson in Westrnins!er. Bath -attempts were dci.
fated, though the most vtoleht oult.t;:es by tumultt);•
on% assemblies wire amitotic-A in bot:i cases. The
learned Counsel then went over the cirtutosthnces of
the case before the Jury, and contended th.st they
came only under the description of riot, and nut of
high treason. lie g4Ve a detail of the causes of the
(discontents
of last )ear, and spoke in severe t.frnis of
Cobbett and his cheap pu!)lteat:rats. He c••toine,n.ft‘t
i Lord Sidinnuth's circular wth respect to the taw of
Ilibel, and thought that such publicatitais as Cu'abees
should 111411 C been sir Airer stopt.
When the learned Ctititsel coacludeci, a wi:-.ese
S was called to prove that the prisoner had recto/y.l
i'arish aid.
(sir. Deslrmv began his speech for die prisoner
a:rout hat:-past two, and was left. cp.. airing at tilt,*
it'il.,tiC.

It s. erns to be a general op►ini=m, that AS far as the
facts of tt.e case go, they are fully proved : b it no
the towei.ce of *ASV, wh.tl►er ACES ate to be
denoutioAted sign utattia or riot ? Oleic is touch dif-
I,reoce of
opitutn.. _ _

Whether il.e trials will go on. or eild with the first.,
Mill depend on the verdict t it it be one ol guilty.
the Ctctvu %, ill r,o doubt proceed to try two or three
more ; if a se:dict of acquittal be returned, the firs 4
tri will probably he the list. The prcteid trial is
expected tu,tetmioate t4-morrow (thus) itrirai ig.

DISTURBANCE AT TIIE DERBY TIIIIATnE.—We 1.
nesday Theaire of thi.:uwu was crowded
In every part, to witness the periormance of Mr.
Boom, who is engaged for tutee Tbe bills
lor the night`announced for iepresenia!ion, The bon
Cheri. the part of Sir kdetturel[Mortimer by Mr.
Boom, and the talce of What Aidxt ? lii the inter.
val between the conclushat the play arid the com-
mencement of the Atierpi. ce, several of. the Auditory
the boxes called for" God S eve the Kiiig," which
the Orchestra imme:hately began to play. The gal-
lery, which was crowded by the lower and working
classes of people, expressed some opposition by -his.
sing, groaning, kiceing :loins' the seats, and crying
out, .6 Britons go free." These symptoms of vio-
lence w.re instan ly overwhelmed by an unaidthoos
thunder of ApplA• se horn the boxes and pit, the Ai-
tors having simultaneously stood up, (the Gewlemeo
with their Inds off), when this celebrated air con,-
menced ; a mutual emulation tic tween the respectable
part of the auditory and the gallery ensued, and coif.
tinued for some time. the tornier enAtilehling decided
approbation, and the 'Aw:r tutbuituous oppJsition.--
At length the boxes arid pit triumphed—the
Anthem was played with the usual oemonstrations of
respect from the respectable and weli.affected part of
the company. But at the conclii:ion the Risher dip
of gentry in the gallery joined a chorus of groanioh,
which continued for some time, until completely dis
tested by the other parts of the house.- The reltatill
der of the performance went un in quietness, and Ea
an early Wait the auditory tetiled to their respeatVil
habitations.

41brahaniThornion, nil,. was acquitted at Warwisil
Assiut for the murder of Mary Aiihturd, IG to be
tried again, it is said, in the Court of King's Beach,
the beginning of nest month.
A reward of COO has been offered on conviction
0: the persons guilty of the murder and robbeg of
Mi. R. Wean, sen. of Wells, near Norwich, AS briefq
tii,ntioned in the STAR yesterday. It is strongly sus.
ix cted that two young men, of suspicious appearance,
who were teen in the course cl that day, narking
about on the road leading from %Lallans •to Creak,
And near Wells, were guilty of the aboNe tiorrid crime.
Saturday evening last, as Mr. ROBERT Claims
was returning irqua l'eutetdca to Aslienden, he was
stepped by a man armed wail' a lase bludgeon, whe
demanded his money and pocket. book, which latter
• Mr. Own's delivered to him, containing notes to
the ammo' of sr, with which ti7e robber mad* of‘