The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-16 00:00:00

THE.STATESMAN

IRELAND.

Lumina, JAN. la.—Tbe lollowik are the particulars
of the attempt to assassluate Air. Neagle, as stated in our
last.

Mr. Neaele lives at 13211ir.acar, barony of Coshma
He had gone to his estate hell'. Petiorq to re eive his rents,
and os his return to his house, lie was attacked at his
Hall-dour by Sullivan and Alec:flan, for the porpoise of
robbery and murder. A angst deserting resolute woman
(Anne Atblerly)leaped out of a two story high window,
and called assistance, one of whom ran for three police
from the town, who captured the two culprits on being
pointed out to them. It was under providence, by the
girls exertions, the diabolical murder was prevented, and
Eyre Evans, Esq. was erabled to commit to the county
gaol these two wretches. Every praise is due to the poli. e
for their exertions on the UCCAlllo.l."—(Linierick (Aro•
nick).
ATTEMPT TO INTERRUPT A ROMAN CATVOLIC CIARGr
MAN IN PRAYING OVER The DEAD.—We have heard Mill,
some concern, tuat an att.mpt was made on yesterday to
interrupt the Clergyman who made the ususl prayer at
the funeral of Mr. J. 1). Murphy at Carrigroloan Church
Yard.

We can scarcely credit the report—we are convinced
that such an outrage rout& Dever have emanated from the
liberal aril enlightened Prelate who presides over this
diacese—he has been a long time amongst us, and his
conduct has been uilforinly governed by those mild and
tolerant principles which have secured him the respect
and veneration of all classes of his fellow citizens.--
We know not to whom it can justly be attri•
buted ; but if there wet. a fiend upon earth, pos-
sessing the semblance of our nature. and vested
with a little brief authority, it was just the occasion to
show the infernal malignity of his spirit. At the moment
when an afflicted faintly was plunged in the oleeptst anguish
—when ev ry feeling was agonised by the pi mature death
of a b. loved child—at the moment when affliction was
severest, and public sympathy highest—to have aggravated
calamity by such an outrage, r quired a spirit which ee
can scarcely believe to reside in the bosom of man. Fei•
tile as this uofortuuate country has been, in all that is
monstrous and inhuman. we ili•l not conceive it could
have generated such a wind as that which exhibited itself
on yesterday.
We wait to ascertain the certainty of this report, and to
trace the author of the outrage, that if lie be worth
public scorn and abhorrence, we may exalt him to the
highest poit of infamy which baseness and cruelty can
deserve. We beer heard with pleasure, that this vile outrage
was treat al with the contempt which ft deserved.— (Cork
Curynie(e.)
DuiLs.—Last week a meeting took place at the rear of
the New Barracks, Cork, between Mrs. Walshe and Mons.
both oldie Permit Office, of the Excise Revennel)..part-
Meta, 'slid the former brother to Mr. liolorell Walshe,
the Barrister. ney were attended by Messrs. N. Scot-
lard and M•Carthy. The parties havin4 taken their ground
heed by signal, sithout effect. An ineffectual attempt at a
reconciliation was then ;mule, and a second dtscltarge of
pistols took place, when Mr. Walshe had a narrow escape,
the ball Iron, his adversary's pistul having grazed hie side,
the mark of W hick was visible on his clothes. The
snoods then waiked their respective friends off the
ground without further couituunication. A surgeon was
in attendance.

An affair of honour took place on Icriday at Kilcrea,
between .11r. ll—r—y and Ale. llb—n. The parties ex-
changed shuts ; that of the latter lodged in the collar of the
coat of the former, without injury, when the affair termi-
nated to the satisfaction of all parties.
On Thursday morning, a meeting► took place about two
miles from this City, between W. W— aid
The former hot returning the fire of his adversary (which
di.l nut take effect) the affair, we understand, ttas auneably
settle d.—(l7nterjOrd
. On Wednesday last a meeting took place at Einlyfail,
near Ballyinqte, between John Thompson, Es4l- and Win.
Soorlock, Ksii. of Alount Irwin.—lt was agreed that the
parties should fire by signal; however, Mr. hlierlock's
pistol burned priming, and we have heard that that lien-
tleman's side was gras•d by his 11, Iversary'q hall. The
friend, of both parties intriferred, and happily terminated
the I a•iness.—(Cork Mercury.)

We understand that it is in the contemplation of the
Board of Adm;relty to Issue a circular letter to the Lieu-
tenants of his Abjesty's Navy, calling opoo them to make a
return of their shility and desire to verve, should it be
necessary to order then. afloat. The onject of this return
will be to separate the effective hoot the non effectite
list, so that when the services of the former tuay be
it will at once be known how to obtain them,—
Courier.

We learn from one of the papers of the day, • that a
lofty at d magnificent column is to be raised on the
Windmil' Hill, in Drvonpurt, to celebrate her change of
name; and to be surmounted by a statue of the King, in
remembrance of the. Royal grant. This place stems as
vain of its altered app. Itatian as any one of the nymphs
of its Windmill Row, when by a change of nine she
thinks she Is made am honest woman. By what association
of ideas was it, that the inhabitants resolved to plate the
statue of " our Religions and Gracious King," at the top
of this Windmill Row?

The Professor of Hebrew at Oxford in rommenling
lately on the original language of the text from which he
preached, frequently made mention of "Radical 'cords."
After the sermon two bed wilier); were walking together
out of the church, when one was heard to observe—" I
say. Jack, how he touched up the radicals, did'nt be ?"

There was an error in the paragraph in our Paper of
Wednesday, relative to the In :Li Hoard. Mr. Wittwer
(not Whitwer), who has retired from office, was nut
Secretary, but Accountant to the Beard. The Secretary
is Thomas P. Courts nay, Esq. 111. P. fur Totem.—
(Morales' Paper.)
St. ANDREWS.—The abolition of the Scottish Commis.
airy Courts took place on New Year's Day. In a few
instances will this arrangement be the more telt than here.
The commissariat of St. Andrews was very extensive : it
included almost the whole county of Fife, a considerable
part of Forfar and Perth shires, besides several parishes in
other parts in Scotland. The Court was pea; its
proceedings consequently were but little known. It was.
however, a relic of past greatness, and that was .enough to
endear it to our citizens. The measure, it will be recollect-
ed, was rung from the Lord Advocate (who seemed to have
a kindred feeling) by. the perseverance of Lord Archibald
Hamilton. The business now comes within the jurisdic.
Lion of the Sheriff Courts.

The change of the place of execution' Edinburgh, is
not yet determined on, but we understand a model of an
apparatus had been directed to be made for the approval of
the 'Town Council. It is not intended to erect it on the
roof of the entrance to the Calton Hill Jail. but to project
half circular platform, connected with the tower on each
side of the gate, which would be seen a great distance on
the road east and west, without crowding the bill.—Scots•
mae.

Coal has been found at %Mate. about twelve miles from
Jedburgb. The seam Is about two feet thick, and the
quality good.. The first cartload raised was brought to
Jeliburgb, and burned on the street as a bonfire, the bells
all the while ringing a merry peal. The town has hitherto
been supplied a ith coal from a place at nearly double the
distaoce.—(Caleefortion Meroury.)
LOSS or a Liv•RPooL TR•Dia.—We regret to have to
state the loss of the Liverpool Trader, Beano°, Captain
'Owen, Prnthebe Island, on Friday, the 9th instant, on her
paasfge from Liverpool to Dublin. —Crew saved.—Dublin
Mercantile eldnertieer.

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SPORTIpG INTELLIGENCE.
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BETTING AT TATTERS iLLII—JAN. 13.
RIDDLESMOIRTH.-3 to I agst 'Reformer-9 to 2 apt Pra-
denee—b to 1 apt Quadrille-7 to I apt Don Carlos.
DER or.—l Ito 2 agstSwiss-15 to 2 apt Reformer-11 to 1
agat Agnes-14 to 1 apt Banshee-15 to I agst Ridicule-17
to 1 agst Cressida-17 to 1 mgst Dnn Carlos-27 to 1 sgst
Hurly Burly-32 to 1 sgst Sir Gray-33 to 1 apt Cydnur..
OAKS.-9 to 2 apt Prudence —7 to 1 agst Lyrnessa-7 to 1
agst sr to Sailor-9 to 1 agst Barrosa.
NT. I,lloell.—No alteration.— Takers of 4 to 1 about Swiss,
with a pror.so that he wins the Derby.

PIiDESTRIANUM-G. IVEST'S MATCH, 224 MfLEI IN 76
Hourts.—This pedestrian, who stvr•ed at 12 o'clock on
Wednesday to perform the above task for 200 sovereigns,
reached Wheatley (48 miles) at 11 at night, and halted an
hour. lie proceeded on to Chipping Norton, 74 miles,
having made temporary halts, and he arrived there at
10 o'clock yesterday. He was in bed when our informa-
tion left him. Much money was betted on the match
yesterday at even.

ROIIPERY OF THE HOUSE OF MR. HOLMES, ALP

Yeterday, W. Holmes, M.P. attended at Marlborough
Street Office, to relate the ci•eam.tances attending the
robbery of his house in Grafton Street, on Sunday morn-

With respect to Ida own servants, Mr. linestea said, 11^
had rot the slightest suspicion of any. The butler had
under his tare at the very time, upwards of two thousand
ounces of plate, which, hail he hero concerned, would, no
doubt, not have escaped, as it had done; and besides, he
had the night before told the servants to call him at six
o'clock, nearly. the very time at which the house was
broken into, and of course, if they knew any thing of
s telt an intention, they would not have selected that hour.
If be had any suspicion of the watchmen, it arose chiefly
from the diffrulty and length of time the thieves irtuq
have taken to break in, as the window which they attempt-
ed to force, was secured inside by three strong iron hart
crossing each other, and which all their exertions failed
to force off; am' they at length only gained admittance
by picking oat one of the pannels of the shutter with• a
centre bit, the whole of which orration must have
occupiiil a great length of time indems ; Jr. Holmes said,
that although his I ss as it was, had been very consid •ra-
ble, having 1/el.ll plundered of a valuable gold snuffbox.
gun, and gun-case, together with a large a-sortinent of
wearing apparel, the whole marked with his name, and
which 11411 tire night before been packed u,, to take with
him that morning to Brighton • yet he considered himself
peculiarly fortunate from the folios ing circumstance :—A
friend of his in the Temple, who was going into the
c iiintry, had a few dais before, requested him to take
charge of a quantity of gold, to the amount of 2,709/. until
his return, 3n#l the xlitile of his money, contained in a hoe,
was ilepo4l!ed in the very roam that had been plundered,
until the lay previous to the rolibery,'when lie had it sect
to a friend
„at the Tower, for the better security, as be
• himself was leaving Marva for some days, an that this rich
booty very narrowly escaped being carried off; and strange
Ito say, the box in which the money had been, and which
still lay empty in the room, was the only one which they
hail nut opened or examined.
The watchman being now called upon, sail, that at 1'..!
o'clock on Siturilav night, lie came front Loid Stowell's
. house, near which his box stands, and passed Mr. liolines's
house to proreed upon his rounds, and at that time all was
site. At three o'clock all 141411 safe—and at five o'clock
• all was safe also ; lint at half past live, lie observed that
I the lamp over lar. floli7•es's door had suddenly gone out.
and soon after saw two men come out of ..he house, who
approached and passed bin, but he supposed them to be-
Lung- to the house, ani the window of Mr. Holines's house
beirg a large bow one, and the burglary having teen
committed on the off side, from where lie stood, he could
not at first observe it, although he sew the street door
o;ten, but by this dull the two men had got completely
away. The moment he sate the situation of the window
lie sprung his rattle, and another watchman, named
M'Norton erne up, who told him that two men walking,
at a very quick pace, had just passed him in Bond meet,
hut they did not appear to hate any thing with them.-.-
Both watchmen then entered the house anti a rung their
rattles in the ball to alarm the family. On examining the
premises it was discovered that the door of the room in
which the butler slept had been locked on the outside by
the thieves to prevent his interruoting them; so that it
would appear the robbers knew something of the interior
arrangements of the house.
The other watchman corroborated the s'atement of
Craft as far as lie was concerned, and under all the cirolim-
VARCed Mr. Holmes said that be felt satisfied by the state-
ment of the watchman that he hail no knowledge of the
robbery, and therefore no longer suspected hini, althatigh
he felt •h at a loss oh whom his suspicion should fall.
Mr. Uyaa, the Magistrate, said that every ext•rtioa
should be made by the officers to trace the property, and
as it was all marked with the initials of Mr. Holmes, it
was not unlikely but they might he successful.

The purveyors of ice have been on the alert, end began
to „ gather" their slippery commodity so early as Tues.
day, is hen the films were little more than a quarter of an
inch thick. Yesterday they worked with encreased activity,
from an apprehension that the frost was giving way. This
morning, however, dispelled their fears, as the pools were
encrusted afresh. Our thermomete► which, at nine o'clock,
yesterday morning, was one degree above the freezing point,
was at the same hour to day on• degree below it. Yester•
day the ice, carrying in fur store, was more than an inch
thick.

DISSECTION OF THZ Bony Or THURTELL —The erotv.l
in front of the Hospital, in which the dissection is going on
continue so great, that the Magistrates have hero ...palled
to for an additional number of constables to protect the pub'
1k against outrage and robbery.
Jo.grit Ilusr.—We understand that it has been deter•
mine by his Majesty's Government to commute the sen.
truce of Hunt for the murder of Mr. Weare from death to
transportation for life. No intimation of this merci:u I
intention has, as yet, been given to Hunt, wits, to use di
words of the Chaplain of the Gaol, is •' deplorablj lox spit
rited."—(bforning Chronicle.)
Tug Paciagam.—The report of the apprehension of
Mr. and Mrs. Prohert, appears to have been groundless.—
A cotemporary alleges that Probert has certainly since his
liberation from Hertford gaol, been lodging at the Rose
and Crown public house, in Saville Row, Lambeth walk,
the landlord of which (Mr. Hobbs) was one of the bail for
Mrs. Probers; and a Morning paper is that he has had
tbe impudence to appear on the Royal Exchange, and to
address a Wisq Merchant, whom he bad known before his
late exposure. It is scarcely necessary to say, adds the
writer, that his salute was received with contempt.

Coate Excu &NOE, JAN. 16.—The arrivals this week, are
moderate. %neat, 2800; Barley, 4530; Oats, 9700 qrs.
Flour, 3230 sacks.—There is not much good W beat for
Sale, and the prices of Monday are fully supported for this
artirie. Barley for Malting, sells freely, and readily com•
mends last quotations. Beans and Peas are rather dearer.
The weather being sharp, occasions a good demand for
Oats, and they sell freely at Monday's prices.

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SMITHFIELD MARKET, JAN. 16.—There was a godd sop.
ply this morning, particularly of oxen, and owing to the
weather setting in cold, last market days prices were ob•
rained for cattle of good Tidily, but the Inferior sorts
were not much sought attest

Every part of the Conrt was exceedingly crowded at its
early hour this morning. A considerable proportion of
Ladies were in the back seats for Counsel and in the Stu-
dents' i3ox. Every pes.a4e was (rite full.

THE VISION OF JUDGMENT.

THE KING V. JOHN HUNT.

The following Jury were sworn :—Robert Rogers, Mat:
thew Lloyd, Robert Cook,. Richard Horsrpool, and Char.
Constahlr, Esnrs. Mr. Ailaiphas prayed a tales, ant
the following Gentl..mrn an=merr.l t., thrir names : James
Chanib•is, John Ir. -.on, Wi:liain flussey, Thomas Jones.
l'homas Hpattire. George Edward ailton, William Trougla
and William t.

Alt. PATTISOit opened the pleadings!, and the indictment
having been read, Mr. Adolphus rose to state the case for
the prosecution.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, on commencing to address the Jail'.
observed, that the law protected the good fame of the dead.
as well as of the living ; and by protecting the good fame
of the dead, it gave security to the living, Without which
they could hot pass through the world, and discharge their
high and.arduotos duties with confidence. That this libel
was scatidaloue, disloyal, and impious, no man could dii;
pate. Nothing could he said in defence of the libel.
whatever might be said of the responsibility of the de-
fendant. Thi libel was one affecting the King and his
family. lie was aware that it would he attempted to
censure the prosecutors, and it was much easier to censure
the one party than to vindicate the other. It might be said
that the Attorney lieneral ought to have prosecuted if the
libel really affected the Royal Family. But there might
hr many' things affecting the Royal Family wnich the
Attorney tireer..l might not find it fit to prosecute, but
which public spirited individuals would not stiffer to pass.
The wily question for them and for him was, whether 66
was a mole of prosecution by which the defendant 'wise
more likely to sustain injustice than auy other. Now it
was quite the contrary. A (hand Jury had found the bill.
It CAMP before them too this day, not with the authority,
the power, or the ability of the Attorney lieneral.
There was a very high advocate Counsel for the defendant.
If (continued the L-arned C011114(.1) the Crown prosecuted,
it would have the 'right to reply without evidence being
called on the other sid•: ha: in this case, as no witnesses
' would probably be called, Vie eminent Counsel on the
other side would tiara the advantage of addressing theist
last. This to:!ic, he knew, would be pressed upon them.
hut lie tritstod they would then bear in mind the ohsetva-
lions he li!ol m id,. and they *odd find that in reality the
defendant had no cause to complain, If it could be shown
that his instrut tors were mistaken—that the slew he rock
of this s,:liect was a mistaken one—if it could he shown
that it was not scandalous, if not disloyal, if not iinpions,
none would r• joice more than he, or re:ire with more satis-
faction to find that the memory of his late 3la:,esty ur is not
affected. It wor known to the Jury that 0 .orge the Third
died in Ind, ,ft,rr a reivi of GO years. For a long period
before his decease he was ::flirted by the hand of Heaven
—he the deprivation of his understanding. At the end of
his fifti-th year, his reig r was celebrated by pnlilic rejoie
legs. Such was Vie suiject selected by his libeller for the
exercise of his talents. Was there a man in any ordinary
case alto would not express sympathy with the sufferings
of another so afilicteit ? Yet throe suff•rings were the
topics asteet.ai as the ground work of the Ares, of worth
by this libeller. Fir a long- time is was thought fit to
mike personal attacks upon his present Majesty, but this
plan of operation nos changed. and in pursuance of the
new system, a publication, entitled .* The Liberal, or Verse
and Prose from the South," appeared in the beginning of
the year 15.22. The word Liberal had a specious sound,
and was used to imiciliate favour. One hundred and fifty
years ago, it was used as signifying irreligion, and indeed
the same principles which characterise the present publica-
tion. It was a production sent forth by those whom die.
tance maws valiant, and indifference to character tegardlets
of consequences ; and who, from a spirit of malice, were
capable of ootraging all feeling and ransacking even the
very grave. In the first number of the Liberal, there is
a poem, called " The Vision of Judgment." In this poem
the author preserver to lay the scene in Heaven, and with
a degree of levity 4n.1 wantonness—a depth of impiety
teat would disgrace a pot house, showed an utter disregard
of that reverence which was due to the Supreme Being,
and a total nee{ al oldie awe which his idea should create.
When he (4r. Adolphue) began his address, be was ad-
monished in 3 whisper not to go beyond the chsige in the
indivniptit ; hut if kr found that the libel had had another
character besides that ascribed to it in that document, and
one that lie could only regard with horror, be did nut
know why he sliaald not advert to it. lie would not have
expected from any English writer a production ofsuch a
charact-r as this, in which the scene WAS the very floor of
litavon, and in which the author's profligate muse afforded
a striking example, that
•' pools rush in where Angels fear lo tread."

The Vision of Judgment began
" Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate,
Ilia keys were rusty, and the lock was dull,
So little trouble had wen given of late;
Not that the place by any means was full.
But since CI I Gallic era " eighty-eight,"
The devils had tu'en a longer, stronger pull,
And • a pull a,torether.' as they say
At sea—whin drew most souls another way."

And so it goes on. The recording angers wings are
plucked to malce pen., and he has six cherubim. ap-
p..innqi to he his clerk., with a dozen under clerks; and
in this way doe. this libeller proceed. It then goes on to
state that a general noise and rustling is heard, and on
inpairy being made, the answer is, that George the Third
Is d ad. One of the parties then gives this account olit
hint—

In the first year of freedom's second dawn
ed George the Third ; although no t• rant, one
Who shielded tyrants, till each sense withdrawn
Left Mai nor menial nor external sun :
A better farmer ne'er brtish'd dew from lawn,
A worse King neegr left a real undone !
Ile died—but let his suhjPets still behind.
One half as mad—and /'other uo less behind:
He died !—his death made no greet stir on earth ;
His burial made some pansp ; there was profusion
Of velvet, gilding, brass, and no errs, dearth
Of aught pat tears—save those shed by collusion:
For theimthblgs may he bought at their true worth:
Of elegy Shad wee the due infusion—
Bought also ; and the torches, cloaks, and banners,
Heralds, and relics of old Gothic manners.
Forto'd a sepulchral melo-drtree. Of all
The fools who llock'd to swell or see the show,
Who eared about the corpse/ The fatten!
Made the attraction, and the black the woe,
There throbb'd not therea thoaght which pierced the pall
And when the gorgeous collie was laid
It seem'd the mockery of hell to fold,
The rottenness of eighty years in gold.
This was a handsome board—at least for heaven;
And yet they had even then enough to do,
So many conqueror's ears were dell/ driven,
So many kingdoms fitted up anew ;
Each day too sl,w its thousands six or seven,
Till at the crowning carnage, Waterloo.
They threw their pens down in divine disgust—
The page was co bes.ueared with blood and dint.
This by the way; 'tis not mine to record
What angels shrink from : even the very devil
On thik occasion his own work abhisred,
So surfeited with toe infernal revel;
Though he hi nseif had sharpen'd every sword,
It almost quencti'd his innate thirst of evil.
(Here Satan's sole good work deserves insertion
that he has both generals iu reversion.)

- RT 4)F K1N011• BENCH, JAN. 15. '