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Itliede lift/fettle kkers 4 Aiitlir blin Ifni,* none is
idle house of the prisoner Maurice Noonan, upon
j searching, he, found cioncealeituudee' is 4 bed the Wen.
Itical 811()rt gun with which one of the r•bber* had
I,6red at him. NO011:11T was, immediately secured, and,
sent to gad ; and upon bring visited by Sir John
l.Purcell, 14 I acknowledged that. John' ,4 had like to
;do I,;r him," and was proceeding to shewointil Sir
John Prevented him, the wounds lie had received from
`the khife In his arm.
I . Ad accomplice of the name of John Daniel 80N-
i van WAS produced, who deposed, that lie was one of
tl4l4arty that met at Noonan's house to rob
MitHigh-
fniOuse—that they were nine in number,and had
!tunc—alai tl.e prisoner was one of the number, and
;that he carried a small grin., Upon the
,;.:un (which
!WA in Court) being produced, with which Sir John
'Purcell had.been fired at, the witness said it was that
with. which the prisoner was armed the night of the
'attack. Witness said he did not go into Mr. PurcelPs
.li ,mis,--.!hat two men were killed, and three• severely
I wounded, out of the nine of which the party
.consis.
tea.' He said he Was induced to cotne forward and
give evidence, upon hearing.tha: turd men of the
names of Cushing, who were intssent, were accused
!of twin:: of the party that attacked Sir John Purcell'S
jitsuse. He said he did not hour !,.hat informations had
1,; :en swOrn against him betwe he delivered himself
into cust,•dr. . .
t The with.-ssnthoct a long and ritrmus examinarinn
by 'Afr. O'Clixtc tip., bbt none of the facts seemsd to
he shaken, though every use was made of the guilty
character of the witness.
The prisoner made no defance, and Judge MAYNE
"then proceeded to charge the Jury in a manner the
most cipioni and perspicuous. He commended With
due approbation the bravery and presence of mind
displzyrd through a conflict go unequal and so bloody
by Sir John Purcell., The,Jury after a few minutes
returned their vet-that—Guilt/.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EDINBURGH, AUG. si.
Yesterday came on the trial of William Gates, late
soldier in the 9th veteran battalion, accused .ot shoot-
ing Isabella Hutchinson, in the streets of Kirkwall,
ion the 27th of February last. The Prisoner pleaded
, not Guilty.
t, It appeared from the evidence adduced for the
!Crown, and also from the Prisonei's declaration, that
Ihe was born at Darling: in, coun:y of Durham, was
[by trade a weaver, and was mariied, and had three
;children ; that about 21. years ago, he inli?ted, and
;had served ie the 7th and 50th regiments. of foot ;
that he had been a considerable time abroad, particu-
larly in Egypt, where he was repeatedly wounded ;,
that about six years ago he entered the 9th veteran
1 battalion, at Berwick, where he got acquainted with
ilsabella Ilutchinson • and that he lived with her there -
lin a family way. icing sent to Orkney with at de-
tachment ef the regiment, Isabella liatctainson join.d
him t het e some time alter, without being sent fin. by ow ..
prisoner; that, alter an inspection cf the armt ot the
Jetachmtnt, on the morning of the 27th Febtwiry, at '
which the Prisoner appeared 'rather the worse ofliqaty,
he had gone into. St public-honSe, along With souse of
his comrades, and shOrtly after his return home, the
dee eased.came rumng down 4:Li rs, a ppartn tly I :i great
terror. She was followed the Prisoner, who, %,14n ,
she was at the distance of betvieen SO or 40 peces troni
him, tired his umsketat 4ers when she fi4. On see-
ing
this, he went up to the &MY, exclaiming, " My I
Bella, my Bella, what have I done!" and when sere- ;
rag people had gathered round them, he said to one of!
the Soldiers, who,seieed his bayonet, " Unfortunate'
job I I have shot tray wife, the only friend I had in ti:e !
world. I only nount IJ frighten her.." 1
A number Of witnesses-were examined in exculpa-
tion, trout whose testimony it appeared, that, in his
sober moments, be was not like othei men, and, when
drunk; outrageous to an extraordinary degree, and
had even, at times, threatened to lay violent hands on'
himself; particularly-once at Berwick, when prevented'
by another soldier who happened at that time to be .
oat the room:
))r. Farquharson and Mr. Gillespie were alstaexa-
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astm;d, who, toted it as their opinion, that the pi ismer
never ha poueised a very sound jodgment, being of a
melailehohe temperament, and having a tendency t.)
by pocondri a. I
The Jury were shortly addressed on the part of the
Crown, by the Solicitor-General, and by Mr. Jeth ey
ter the prisoner, and the Lord Justice Clerk, in A t..:w
words, inietiy recapitulated the evidence. They wcie
immediately inclosed, and in a shot t time returned a
verdict, -unanimously finding, that, on the day libel-
led, the prisonerdid kill Isabella Hutchinson, by fir-
ing a loaded musket at her, of winch she died ; but i
also found, that, at that time, and since. he laboured
under a state of mental derangement. The Court de- I
lived delivering their judgment till the Ifth of Nu-
ivember next. .

. . LYCE UM Tileame..--An infamous attempt was
made ~n Monday niAl:t, by a party of pickvockets,
to raise .n alarm ,f Lie. For a short time it had the
effect of disan fling the audience, and the consequences
might have been drea ,1: 01, but that the PriPt idtors sue- I
ceeded in detectink, the vidain yin time. Tne wing were ill
turned out, and the quiet of the house restored. . 1
1 , B,UtTIZOLQ.NIEW Fain. Yesterdsy morning the
a.onn Maxon, attended by the City Marshals, &c.
went in procession, alter having partaken of .a, cool
tankard at the house of Mr. New MAX the keeper of
INlewgare, to the corner of Long-lane, West Smith-
field, where the fair was proclaimed, and ail its,,usual
din and bustle immediately commenced.
Saturday, the inhabitants at .the Wost-end of Cts- '
, ford-street were thrown into the.greatest:alarm and
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consternation.- A caravan, whieh was proceeding
with others to Bartholoniew Fair, fall of wild beaus,
• broke down. Many of the passengetsrapprehendine-
that the animals•woold soon break loork, rail at all
directions, fearful of Leing lacertted by' a tiger, ( r
devoured by` a lion. Several who boldly aided! in'
getting the caravan uptight, when its.inhabitan'•
roared inside, rail affrighted away—the ostlers in the'
neighhOurhood ranged themselves in martial arra),
with their pitchforks to geard the stables—horsemen
through fear galloped at fail spi.e.l through the street
—the haekney-Coaches disappeared, and the street
was deserted until all was ret right,' when the caval-
'rade passed quietly-along, to the great pleasure of
the aciillourhood.
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