WINDSOR, March 19.-Last e...
The Times, 1824-03-20T00:00:00

WINDSOR, Mlarch 19.-Last evening the Royal Horse meRtdof bahe atrdduring, the evening for the amuse- mei ft-Kings party. His Royal Highness the Duke of York did not'leave the Castle for London till about onie o'cock. This morning HislMajesty left the Castle soon af'ter 10 o'clock for Londion, in his travellinig carriage, es- corted by the Royal Horse Guards. L6rd aind Lady Wlar- wick are still visiters at the Castle, anid also Lord Pal- imerston. By a hasty constructioii of one senitence of 'Mr. Canning's speech, our reporter hias transsferred to Lord John Russell the courtesy addressed by the Right Hon. Secretary to Sir R. AVilsoln, whom hie c'alled hiis honiourable and gallant frienid, and declaredl the regard and kindness whlich hie had always entertained for him. It is statedI in a letter frorm Paris, dated WVednesdlay, that peace hadl beein concludedI between Persia anti the Grand Sultan. LordI Strangford is said in the same letter to hiave had a long interviewv with the Reis-Effendi, and to have receivedI fronm him asstirances of the evacuation of thec provinces on the Danube. A Jamaica mnail arrived at Falimouth yesterday morniniz. WVe are not aware of any important intelligence having' been brouight by it ; bttt we leani that Hurtado, the Coloin- bian Comm~iissioner, hias landed. By the Lancaster, W-ilding, arrived at Liverpool fromi BlTbadoes. advices are receive(I from thence, to the 14th ult., when the colony was perfectly tranquil. Intelligence had reachied there of the deatn of Mlr. Smith the missionary ait Demnerara, on the fish of Februarv...a event that has been for sonie timie past expected, owing to h;is protracted illness. Thie following account of it is ex- tracted front thie Barbadoes Mercury of the 14thi utt. :-" Demerara, Feb. 6.-Died this morning, at 20 minutes past one o'clock, in the colonial gaol, whiere he had been confined as a state prisoner sinice the 2t;th of Novemnber last, on the termiination of hiis trial by general court-martial, on a charge of hig-h treason, sentence thereon having been transmitted to hiis Majesty for his fioal decision, John Smithi, miissionary. Ile hiad been in a poor state of healthi, end had miedical advice, for a considerable timne previous. and since he took seriously ill, about three weeks ago, lhas been attendled regularly by skiilful physicians. WVe are happy to state, by- personal inquiry and inspection, that this unfortunate man hiad the utmnost attention and kindntess shown to hiim by the humane keeper of the prison (31r. Padrnicre) all the time of his confinement. Iis apartmient was airy anid cominodious ; anci he had alwrays at his commandi every coos- fort whichi his taStefanciud, or his neceessitiea required. HeI hias left a widow' to deplore his fate, anid lament hiis loss. GIUrLDIIALL.-As the worth" member for Galway is exerting riiriiseitf to extend tire powers of fsis act to prevent the cruel and improper treatmiient" of cattle, every new decision undier it becom.es a matter worthy of notice. Many have been the informations ansi coiovictions under it for " wantonly and ereellv beating" cattle but the following is the tirst case that has occurredf at this offie, w'here the ofl'ence is grounded upon the wvords of the statute, "1 tibuse or ill treat ;" andi fromi the opintion expressedl by the miagitrate.. the act, at leas~t as far as rel4tes to such anim-als as coine under the descrip- tion of cattle, should seem to require no amendmentei for the pur- pose of their protection against wanton cruelty. WVilliant .'~tirridge, the dIriver of a calf'van belonging to MNr. Wisby, a faruser in Essex, appeaTed to answer a complaint lodged against itini by Citarles WVheeler, dir. Martin's inspector. The lIon gent., however, attencled to conduct the case himself, and com- mienced withi some general observations on the ill-treatment whichi calves were subjected to oni their journey, to and frfomi Smnith- field-miarket. Nothing could be more shocking, lie said, than the reckless mnanner in wfiichi these living lumber, as tliey were consi- dered,wcre flung into the earavans,where twice as many werehuddled Itogether as the vehicle ouglht to hiold. Thiere they lay, piledl one upon anothier, withi a sort of whipcord roundI their necks, almost pro- ducing strangulation, and their ley' tied together so tighit, thiat it was wonderful that miortification di~ not, of which he had gre-at doubt, frequenitlv citsue. Nobody, he thought, would( say that this was not ill treatmenit. Charles Wvlheeler was then calledi to prnove the facts, and statedl, that hie was in Smiithlieldl-market on Fridav last, and saw the de- fendant there with a load of calves, the hecads of whiich were f'as- tened down) to thie side of the cart, ande heir teecttied together. From the violence used in cording thiem, he had frequently seen tlient drawn out quite dlead. A salesnian, who appeared as spokesman for ttir dlefendant, said the calves that Wheeler iiad supposed to have died on the road, were, in faLct, suchl as wovfe calved dead. If' any better r,ethod of carryinig these animals couild be devised, thecy would gladlv follow it; but if nonie suchl were proposed, thecy mnust be allowed io go on in tthe olt ,eav, or genitlefolks would get no veal. 'I'ht; experimienit of suffering tfierni to travel unbotund hiad been triedl not long since, and 14 out of 20 diced before they reached Edmionton. Tire tighter the cord about the calves' legs ithe better for themi, and he thought they Isv coritiortablv, enough. :Sir CraLAUDI t S.- H UNTI]I.-Then wretched is theirlhappiness. It appeared tire dlefeniilant liad only pruc:h the same conduact to these aritials as lie had lonig been accustomed to witness amiong the trade in generall anti titus iinthrihikinigly practised whatt he (Sir C laudhius) hiad always conisidered crritelty, arid wvished for air opportu- nity, judicially or otherwise.. to reprobate. HeI shouldI now, there- fore, do no snore than give the dlefendant and hiis fraternity waaming, that if' they persisted in over crowding their carts, arid tying the calves as hati been described, so as to cause pain, he should consider them offeiiders under Mlr. Alartin's acet. BOW-STREET.-YeAterday George Tloiezas, a tall antI remiark- bly ill-favouved young nran, was brought before Mkr. HALLS, by l)uc and Mason, charged on suspicion of' having stolen 301. i'n bank notes, and a quantity of tools anti other property, froni the house of' Mlr. Thonias Faulkerrer. The prosecutor is a poor infirmi old man, carryinlg oni the trade of a sm ith, in Duke-strect, Bloornasbury, and abhout two vears ago thle pirisoner. who is a tailor, hiired apar-tmients irn his hottse. Hie was regarded as ani indcrstrious and nsloral younig man, at least such was his riemeaniour, and he contrived to gain tire afieeion of one of thle old man's dlaughters, and made hronourable proposals, to whichi no objectionis were offered. Atsout 1i nirontirs had elapsed, when the youing womian was found to be pregnaznt, andi the prisoner did riot fuilfil his avowedi intentioni of nmak- irig her his wife. It was strbsequrent1v discovered, that he badi a very powerfLul reason I hr neglecting the fulfilmnent of thiat promnise, inasmuch as lire had a wife living, and wras also keeping or co- habiting withi a womian of tire towi. Alr. Faulkener seine weeks agorecei)vetd a check for 301., whichi he sent to the Bank to get csed by his unfortuniate (laughter, and plsacd the mioney (sx Il. notes Yin his bureaui. Withiin the last, ten days the acco'ucire- 1-nnt f te (aiihtrtook place, ard siubsequently Mlr. Faulkner fuiItitte301. had been stoleni, anid also that a considerable I ua~ntity of tools hiad beeri removed from hiis shop. Suspiciso f'ell upon th~e prisoner, who was apprehended, and several of the missing Itools were fourd at hiis lodgings. 'Some other articles wiere found, 'whichl however, proved to he the lproperty, of the daughter, and were in all probability given to himn by hier. MVr. Butler, clerk to Mr. Harmer, who attended for the prisonier, contendedi withi some earnseutness that there was no pretence for charging Iiis client with felony. There couxld be no doubt that the articles prodiucedi were coniveyed away by the daughter; and with respect to tfre misiing notes, there was no evidence whatever one way or the other. Mr. HALLS, said he was afraid there was considlerable truth) in the objection, althoughi there couild he nodoubt that tire prisioner had been guiltv(of the basest conduict. Prt isone (siirg)Will you allow mie to speak erpoir that sub- Mir. LIA L m.-No, Sir ; I shall not call upon you to defend your mnoral character. )unke, the patrol, stated tirat somie of the 5I. noteo stclen from the old mian hiad been paid into the Bank ; and it was highly sxps- dient that time shiould be giv-en to trace thient to the firSt Utterer. Mlr. HALLS observed,that unsierall theciscuinstances,henshould feel himself justified in detainiii the prisoner for further examination. The interests of itustice demanded it, and such a. man as the pri- sover could riot suffer niuch by a few days' imprisonmnent. Theprione wa reandtl illTuedaynext, and whien beck. onedby he urney,helft milng,andwasfolios-ed to tIre lock-up. roont y the onsanof thetown ithwomn he is cohabiting. Elle Croer, goo-looing ounggirl, was chiargeti on sosipi- cior ofstelin a old atc, cain ard seals, tire property of somie Teprisoner welnt into the Grapes public-house, in Bow-street, abou 12 o'clock on Thursdlay night, and with an air of triumph shiowedI a very elegant g-old watch and appendages to sereral persons, who were drinking thiere. She had also two new silk handker. chiefs tied round* her neck. The landlord, dir. AMathewson, supecting she had stoleii these things, called in Avis, one of ,he patrol, whio questioned her as to liow she came by them and she said that they were given to lIer by the gentlemali who se- duced hier, and by wrhomi sire had a child a short time ago. It was only three weeks since she gave birth to the child, and having madis a claim upon him for mnoney, lie gave her tire watch ia lieu, and tied the handkerchiefs round her neck to prevenit cold. She refused to tell his name, and said at first that he was gone to Ireland ; then that he was on his journey to Yorkshire ; and next shedeclared that Scotland was the place oflhis destinadion. She wa~s leeked up in a watchhouse, and y'esterdav, when before the magitrate, she saidt that else received rt from s Captaini Talbot, an Irishman. Oil ex- amining e-ne of tire seals, it was foundt to have a thistle engraveni on it, with the words"1 dimia fbrget," a tolerably strong proof thiat it was the property of a Scotchnman. Avis stated th;tt he had received information thiat thte pirioner robbed a ~entlernan of the watch aud handkerchiefs under crreum. stances ot violence. He bad also learned that she was formerly a servnt n th faily f Lrd Dneanon, and that she had hut Tir risoer asasked evralqustinsby dIr. HALLS,tal of wichsherepied "Ishal tot ell~ t al