The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1826-03-30 (London, England)

MARCH 20.—The labours of the Sligo Assizes continue to be severe. The business, both civil and criminal, are very weighty, but the latter is most unusually heavy. In the Record Court, Judge Burton has generally sat for nine hours at least, being usually in Court before ten o'clock in the morning. In the Crown Court, Baron Smith sat for eleven hours and a half on Thursday, thirteen hours on Friday, and for nearly twelve hours on Saturday, taking the bench punctually at eleven each morning. Numerous , cases of importance have come before him, and among them several convictions, capital and fur transportation, have taken place. There are charges of murder, burglary, robbery, rape, ribbonism, whiteboyisin, administering unlawful oaths, &c. One case of a very uncommon kind occurred, the indictment for manslaughter of a Physician, on account of the death of a woman whom he had attended in her confinement. Some very extraordinary and unpleasant facts caine out. The Learned Judge seemed to share in the impression of the Jury, who showed much displeasure at the transaction. He advised them against convicting of manslaughter. They returned a verdict of Excusable Homicide.—Waterprd Mail, 25th inst. At the Assizes at Cork, after the usual address by the Baron to the Grand Jury, and they the Grand Jury had retired, his Lordship proceeded to receive burning petitions.—Southern Reporter, March es. The utmost alarm has lately prevailed at Stratford-uponAvon, owing to the many houses that have been set on fire in that neighbourhood by incendiaries. Many of the inhabitants who haul neglected to insure, have applied to get insurances effected; but the different offices have refused all applications from that quarter, in consequence of the heavy losses that several of them have already sustained, and the claims that are daily coining in. A man has within these few days been apprehended, of whose participation in this dreadful conspiracy very conclusive proof has been obtained, and it is hoped that through his means a clue may be got to the discovery of the other offenders. A letter from Wick states, that a fellow has been apprehended in that place, while in the act of receiving from on board a vessel which had just arrived, a large box of base coin, of Birmingham manufacture, to the nominal value of about SOL They were principally half crown pieces ; and were invoiced by the dozen, at 3s. 9d.! ! He is now in gaol. Ps: av it.--Monday se'nnight, the spirit distillery of Messrs. Ramsay and Co. at Craigie, in the vicinity of this place, took fire; and, before the flames could be subdued, the malt kiln and roofs of the adjoining granaries were consumed, and about 100 bolls of malt and rough grain were destroyed and damaged. The loss is estimated at about 3001. The property, we understand, was insured. About four o'clock, on IVednesday afternoon, Donald Cameron, travelling merchant from Fort IVilliam, was accosted by three men on a sequestered part of the road between Erskine Ferry and Paisley, who, each presenting pistols, demanded his money, on which he tendered them a guinea note. " No, no (said they), that won't do, you have more ;" on which they searched his pockets, and finding nothing, they searched the lining ofhis clothes, and discovering something bulky in the waistband of his trousers, they cut it up, and found eighty pounds in bank notes, consisting of three twenty pound bank notes, and twenty one.pound notes, of the Bank of Scotland, which which they made oft: The poor man stood rooted to the spot, when he saw one of the party returning, with the intention, as he supposed, of blowing out his brains, but on a signal from his companions, he suddenly ran off.—Cakdonlan Mercury. Mr. James S. a gentleman of distinguished wit, is an attorney, and lives in Austimfriars. As ill luck would have it, another Alt. James 8., also an attorney, came to live in the same house. The consequences. of course, were very inconvenient to both. After Innumerable mistakes, the 111 r. S. who had come late.. to the house, called on his namesake with an open letter. " You see, Sir (said he), 1 have opened a private letter of yours—lt is very unpleasant that I should do au : against me last week, and as the christian and surname art both at the same, I do not know how these disagreeable things are to be avoided, unless one of us leaves the house." Of course (said the punster) it muu be you, for as yon have come here last, being James the Second, you should abdicate."  A