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    tS ^^^ saS , ' !^ ' ^"^ tip ^ , i ,,, ; » « , » , ti , oroS ;„ % ^ ' , tx " B ^^«^ &S p ^ L ^ TsKSvoS-iS ' It iras equally true that the loss * j . ad been discovert at -DllUgeWnter ; and it was not to be disputed that Poole and ^ ightingale took tltciv tkhctS at Bristol inatmovmug , and came down hy the mail traiu . Notwithstanding these circumstances , he would put it to the Jury whether the robberv mi « rht not ^ Jl ^ l ^^^^ ^^ . P ^^ ' whorin the Confusion that ensued prisoners , but he trusted timr ¦«•» . «„ * i ... :.. _ ' ! 7

    , cast the imputations upon the prisoners in order to screen themselves . There ^ ereotberpersonsinthesame train ; persons , it must » e recollected , vrho kid been suffered to depart without examination . The main question in the case , lowever , ¦ was the fact of the robbery having been committed between Bristol and Bridgewater . The learned counsel , after remarking upon the danger and difficulty of effecting the robbery in the manner described , proceeded to say that it -was more tban probable that the robbery was committed at the Bristol station , anA reminded the jury that before they convicted they must be satisfied that the robbery could not have been committed by other persons tban the prisoners .

    Several witnesses were called , who stated that as long as they had known Poole he had been an honourable man in his dealings . In answer to questions from the counsel for the prosecution , they admitted that they had heard that he had been dismissed from the Great "Western Company ' s service , but ihey did not know the reason . Mr . Uogebs having replied upon the whole case , LordBEXilAX summed up in a most elaborate manner , and the jury , after an hour ' s consultation , returned a verdict of " Guilty , " against both prisoners .

    Poole addressed the court . He said Mr . Andrews , the solicitor , was allowed to leave the carriage without being searched , and that he and Ithcinhart , the guard , walked away . together directly the train arrived at Exeter . —Both Mr . Andrews and the guard declared the statement was utterly without foundation . Nightingale said he was as innocent of the robbery as the child unborn . " Lord Dexmajt , after expressing his concurrence with the verdict , pronounced the sentence , viz ., transportation beyond the seas for the term of fifteen years in the case of both prisoners .

    - Mrs . Poole , who was in court , fainted at the announcement ; and Nightingale ' s friends , who were present , appeared to lie deeply affected . The case was not concluded until nearly twelve o'clock , having began at nine in the morning . The Taphouse Murder . —J . Landick and J . Mills ¦ were arraigned for having , on the 3 rd of December last , murdered Grace llohnan . . Mr . Greenwood , Q . C ., and Mr . Bevan , conducted the prosecution ; 3 tfr . Collier and Mr . Karslake defended the prisoners . Mr . GrOOnWOqd opened the ease . Three persons were engaged in the transaction , one of whom has confessed the whole story . The evidence was not the best for coining from such a source , but it would 1 ) 0 borne out by other evidence , —James

    Escott , a shoemaker , living in Exeter , said about four or five months before he was in company -with landick at the Sawyers' Anns , in this city . It was six o ' clock . Landick asked if he would go with him in the night—they wore sure to get plenty of money . —seven miles oat on the Te Jburn-road , where there was an old woman living in a house by herself . He knew she . had plenty of money . He said they would want some matches , a bit of candle , and two or three gimlets . "Witness did not give him any decided answer . Later in the evening , and when skittle-playing was finished , they went into the front room to drink some beer . The room was nearly full . AVhen witness was going to leave , Landick called him back , and said . " Will you go and set

    if you can get a gimlet , and we ' ll go on the road directly . " "Witness declined , and they separated . Had never known any harm in Landick before then . He met him as an " acquaintance as he had done before . —Other witnesses swore that Landick had proposed the samp adventure to them . —Henry Wood , the accomplice , had worked as a shoemaker . Landick was a travelling tinker , and lived chiefly at Okehainpton , Moretonhampstead . When he first saw Mills witness was lodging at Landick's house . The day after the fair , saw Landick , who said he was sorry that he was out of work , but he could put two or three hundred pounds in his way without doing anything for it if he would go with him and his lffodier-in-lair Mills to a place called Tapliouse and

    give an alarm if any one should come , where lived a very miserly old woman , who was worth a deal of money . On the night of the murder they went through Taphouse Tillage to the door of the Old woman ' s house , when Landick said , " I haven ' t shown you the best tool of all yet , " at the same time producing a tinker's anvil , "with -which he tried to open the door , but failed . He then got a post , ¦ which they fixed under the window , and witness and Mills held it while Landick got up , broke a pane of glass , and got in . Soon after he made his appearance at the door , where they were standing first , with his face blackened and his shoes off . They all went in and locked the door , struck a L ght and lit a candle , and then witness and Mills blackened their

    faces , and took off then : shoes . They all went up stairs to the room where the old woman was in bed asleep . They stood at tlie foot of the bed tv ? o ov three minntes , when she awoke , and said "hilloa . " The moment she spoke Landick flew towards her and drew the bed-clothes over her head . Mills got on the bed and held her down , keeping the bedclothes tight across her head and his knoes on her stomach . Landick began to break open some of the boxes in the room with the anvil . He went to the head of the bed and asked where her money was . She replied , ns well as she could , that she had none . He replied that he . knew better—she had plenty somewhere . Landick and witness then went to a © best of drawers , which tbev broke open . Thev

    found four silver table spoons , which witness put in his pocket . Landick went to the head of the bed a second time and asked where her money was , and threatened to cut her throat if she dil not tell . She again replied she had none . Landick asked if she knew who they were . She did not , and he said some of her tenants whom she had distressed had come to make her pay tenfold for it . They went down stairs , leaving Milk as before , and witness noticed a small cupboard between the fireplace and the window . Landick put bis hand in a small sugar Lasin on the top shelf and handed io witness half-a dozen tea spoons and two table spoons to put in his pocket . "Witness did so after remarking a coronet , or crown , or some signature , on theLandlcofone

    Of them . They went upstairs and examined the drawers again . In the same drawer they had first searched they found a small oval bos , from -winch Landick took two rings , like gold ones , which witcess put in his pocket with the rest . They returned to the bedroom and found Mills still on her on the bed . Landick said to her , " Xow you'd better tell us where your money is . " She again said , in a low voice , shehad none . Landick then took up a box about two feet long and threw it carelessly towards iicr lioad ; it fell towards her neck ; witness heard her give a very loud pant , when Landick took up a chair and threw it on the bed also . Witness stepped forward and said , "Good God , why you'll kill the old woman . " Landiek said , " that will stop her

    from hllloaing , you fool . " They went down stairs , Landick opened the door , and they went out ; they put ou their shoes and started , and then the clock struck two . They returned \> y the same road ; witness asked Landick what money he had . He took out of his pocket a sovereign and some silver , and gave him eleven shillings , which with € d . for a night ' s lodging , and fid . lor a quart of beer , was las shave . " A little past Squire ITulford ' s lodge they threw their sticks away—two to the left and one to the right . Just as they got over the moor going towards Mbreton , Landick asked witness for the things he gave him . Witness gave him the spoons and rings , which he wrapped in paper , and iaev concealed them in the hedge , about a mile

    and a half from Morefcon . Half a mile before entering the town they came to some water , where they washed their faces and went to Landick ' s house , the door of which was unlocked and closed . They got in about five o ' clock , and all went to bed . Between nine and ten in the nioming ' saw Landick and Mills , but no conversation took place till four ia the afternoon , when a man , whom Landick called for , said he had been stopped on the road , and told that a house at Taphouse had . been robbed , and an old woman murdered . Landiek -was very inquisitive about it , and said to Joe , " I don ' t believe the old woman is murdered . " Joe said , " I am sure she is ; the people in the village told me so . " Landick beckoned witness outside , and asked him if he felt daunted at hearing the old woman was murdered "Witness said he felt ready to faint , but Landick

    Said he was glad of it , and on going inside capered about as if he had heard good news . —Nathaniel Beer , the constable at Tedburn , examined , with a brother constable , deceased ' s house the morning after the murder . Saw a box and chair on the bed ! He slid back the bed curtains and took off the box from her head , fie then turned back the hed clothes and saw that she was dead , the clothes were pressed very hard against her lace . She was not quite cold but her fingers had got rather stiff . The hox wei g hed 14 lbs . and three quarters . He did not replace it again until the magistrate came . He "went down stall's , locked the door , took the key ¦ with him , and went to Mr . Fulford . She had lived "with Mr . Fulford ' s family a great number of years . Other witnesses proved having found the cottage ia a State that corroborated Wood ' s evidence .

    Mabch' 24 . Thomas Hext , constable of Ashburton , apprehended Landick on the 27 th of December in the street at Ashburton . Put him into a public-house called the Boss and Crown , "with a man to guard * " »»» whilst witness got himself ready to go to Exeter . Prisoner asked wh at he was taken up for , But witness was not at liberty to tell him . Coming

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    ova- Hiildon in a " h-: > p , " which Burnett , nn innkeeper , was diiv ng , L : inuick again asked what he was taki-n up for . Uui-iiett said there had i > c <* n a irveat ra : r , iv horses stolen lately . Landick replied t ! :. it he couldu ' t be taken up for anything except the iVlbuni murder and robbery . Witness asked wh y he made use of such words , and he replied because ho had offered some silver spoons for sale at Exeter . Mills had enlisted in tlie Slird Regiment , and was arrested in Ireland . This closed the ease for the prosecution , and llr . Collier having addressed the jurv for the defence , the learned judsre summed up anU the jury , after twenty-five mhiutcs' nlisnnrV returned a iwdietof" Guilty" against Landicfc and acquitted Mills . They recommended Landick to mercy , because they thought the murder was not premeditated . Mr . Justiee Williams then ™ V « Ti

    , sentence of death on the prisoner , in the usual form , this case , although begun the first thing yesterday morning , did not conclude until six

    prisoners , and Mr . O'Malley appeared for the four last . _ This was an indictment arising out of a ni ghtpoaching adventure , in which the ei ght prisoners were all charged to have been engaged in the " Alder Car , " a preserve , belonging to Mr . Shoulgham , a gentleman of fortune , residing at Campsey Ash , in this county . After the examination of several witnesses , tho jury returned a verdict of" Guilty " against Courins and Burrows , and acquitted the other prisoners . There being another indictment in which the same men wore charged with the ordinary oftenccofnight-poaehmginthe " Alder Carr , " on the same occasion , a fresh jury was empanneled to try them for the misdemeanor . "When the evidence for the prisoners had been given , the court adjourned .

    March . 24 . 3 Ir . Prendergast now replied on the ¦ whole case in a brief address , after which his Lordship proceeded to take the opinion of the jury , who after a patient investigation , pronounced " a " verdict of " Guilty " against all the prisoners but Palmer , who was acquitted . The Chief Baron then passed sentence on Ooimns and Burrows , whom he ordered to be transported for the respective periods of fifteen and ten years , after commenting on the highly , dangerous .. — « w ^ uuuh Aiiiutvuu \ tuu ui

    _„ VHV w « a * v * xn puruusu poaching- as that in which they , together with . Keeble , Uarsum , Smith , and the two Hatchers had been clearly shown to have been engaged on the night iii question . As to . Harsum and Smith , who had added to the offence of night-poaching the aggravation of an alibi , which the jury had discredited , the sentence upon them was that they be transported for seven yeavs ; while that upon the two Hatchera was that they should each be imprisoned for the space , of twelve months .

    Shrewsbury . —March 22 . Ciiaboe of Matricide . —Mercy Catharine Ifewton , agod 30 , was charged with the wilful murder of her mother , Ann Xewton , on the 5 tli Of December last , at St . Mary Magdalene ' s , in tho borough of Bridgnortb . —Mr . Whitmore with Mr . Phillimore conducted the prosecution ; and Jlr . Huddlestone with Mr . Kettle defended the prisoner , who ploaded not guilty in an audible voice . —Prisoner and Mary Corfield lived as servants to Mr . Dyer , an invalid gentleman , at Severn House , Bridgnorth , who died a few days after the death of old Mrs . Xewton . The . motive was , according to the theory

    of the prosecution , the earlier to obtain possession of some £ 400 , wlrich would revert to her at Mrs . Scwton ' s demise . —Mary Corfield gave a similar statement to that which has already appeared in this journal , relative to the barbarous treatment of her mother by the prisoner , which was corroborated by other ' witnesses . —Tho case for the prosecution having closed , Mr . Huddlestono addressed the jury for the prisoner , the learned judge summed up , and the jury retired to consider their verdict . It was then announced that they could not agree and they were locked up and remained in custody , " -without meat or drink , fire or candle . "

    March 23 . The learned judge took his seat in court at five minutes past eight , and the jury were brought in , looking careworn and exhausted , having been lookeu up ei ghteen hours and three quarters . The prisoner appeared as ealni as she had previously been . —Mr . Hemp , deputy clerk of assize , on the names of the jury being called over , said , gentlemen , are you agreed ?—Foreman : Ko , sir . —The Judge : The law requires that you shall be kept in custody . —Foreman : I fear there is no likelihood of

    our agreeing . —Mr . Garden : It is impossible for us to agree . We are pretty nearly equally divided . — The Judge : Do you say it is impossible . ?—Mi " . Pugh : Yes , my lord . —The Judge : In that case the only thing I can do is to discharge you , and you will be dismissed . —After a short " conversation with Mr . Hemp , the judge said : Take down tho prisoner , who was accordingly removed by tbe matron . The crier then adjourned tho court in the usual form to the judge ' s lodgings . —The jury was divided , eight for , and four against > a conviction . The prisoner will be kept in custody till the next assizes , then to be again tried on thc . charge .

    Kixgsto . v , March 26 . The Game Laws . — "William Strudwick , 22 , was indicted for feloniously attempting to discharge a loaded gun at William Peters , with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension , and in a second count his intent was laid to be to do the prosecutor grievous bodily harm . Mr . Lilly prosecuted . Peters is an assistant ' gamekcepcr to the Earl of Onslow . The jury returned a verdict of "Xot Guilty . " Mauch " 27 . An IxcEXDiAitv . —James Stevens , 28 , pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously setting fire to a corn shed and other buildings in the parish of Cobham , the property of George , Lord Vaux , of Uarrowden . The prisoner was strongly recommended to mercy by Lord Yaux . Coventry , March 26 .

    Pbize FicniKsc . —The Assault ox C . B . Adderlet , Esq ., M . P . —Seven men , named Lancaster , Clarke , Hill , Richards , Trott , Sudbury , and Hanison , were charged with riotously assembling at Kingsbury , and assaulting C . B . Adderley , Esg ., M . P ., a magistrate of the county , and two police officers , in tha execution of their duty . Three of tho prisoners pleaded not guilty . The others pleaded guilty . Mr . Adderley proved that on the 26 th of December last he ascertained there was to be a prize fight in the parish of Kingstmvy , and went to the ground to mit a stop to it . A ring was staked

    out , the pugilists , Clarke and Trott , fought , and his endeavours to prevent the combat only ended in himself and the police being stoned , and struck with whips and other weapons . Sudbury was acquitted , and all those who had pleaded guilty were discharged on their own recognizances to keep the peace . Clarke , one of the combatants , was sent to gaol fov four months , with hard labour , to enter into his otrn surety of £ 20 , and to find two other sureties in £ 10 each , to keep the peace , or be imprisoned until such sm ' eties were found . Lancaster was ordered to be confined for one month , and find the like sureties to be of good behaviour .

    Liverpool , March 26 . The Boiler Exw-osion at Preston . — Goverxmexx Prosecution . —Roger Fogg was indicted for having caused the death of Mary Hart , at Preston , on the 31 st of July last , by his neglect as manager of a cotton mill . —Mr . Knowles , Q . G ., and Mr . Croinpton appeared on behalf of the prosecution , and Mr . Serjeant TTilkins , Mr . Segar , and Mr . Germon defended the prisoner . —It appeared that the prisoner vas employed as the manager of the cottoB mills of Messrs . Cobner and Garrington , at Preston , and in that capacity it was his duty to take care that the engines , boilers , and machinery of the mills were in proper order , and capable of being safely worked . On the 31 st of last July a boiler exploded at the

    Brunswick-mill , which was driving the machinery , and scalded to death and suffocated seven persons who were working in the mill . In that case it was established at the inquest held on the bodies of those killed that the boiler was worked at a higher pressure tban was safe for its construction . It was safe to work sucha boiler at 111 b . tol 21 b . the square inch , when the steam would blow off by the register feedpipes attached to the boiler . These pipes had , however been removed , and the engine boiler at the time of the accident was working at a pressure of 181 b . to 201 b . the square ineh , and the prisoner had been warned that this was not safe . The prisoner , however , paid no attention to those warnings , and the result was the melancholy accident mentioned . —Mr » Knowles said the prosecution had been instituted b

    y the government , in order that the law on the subject might be known . —Mr . Serjeant Wilkins said , he could not materially alter the facts given in evidence and that as the learned counsel for the crown had intimated that he did not wish to press harshly against the prisoner , who had been the victim of his wrongheadedness , he should advise him to withdraw his plea and plead guilty . —The prisoner bore an excellent character . —His lordship said , that if a person caused the death of another by his wrong headedness , he was guilty of manslaughter . As , however , the prisoner bore a good character as a humane man , ana a reference to award compensation to tho unfortunate sufferers was going on , he should only fine the prisoner £$ , ana order that he should enter into bis own recognizances in the sum of £ 100 to keep tie peace for two years . —The

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    prisoner having complied with these requirements , was discharged . Charg e of Mcudeb . —Mary Ann Smith was charged with the . wilful murJer of Hush V aison , at " vcrpool , on the 3 rd of March hist , —Mr . livuit appeared for the prosecution ; tlie prisoner was Jiot dcfvtided . —It appeared that on the Ovd of March last , a bout llillf . j ) : ist 0110 o ' clock in tho morning , tlie deceased was walking near Spitalfields , much intoxicated , when a woman of the town , named Hall , got hold of him aud led him to a house of ill-fame i " spitalfields . On knocking at the door , it was opened by tlie prisoner . The prisoner immediately

    put her hands into the waistcoat and trousers pockets of the deceased , and took out his money , She tlion struck him a violent blow on the face , which knocked him backward off the steps which led up to the door . The deceased eried out , " Oh , oil , must I be killed in this way ? " The . prisoner then told the other women there to go into the houac and put out the lights , and all would be right . If they made any noise , the police would come . Next morning the unhappy man was found dead at the door , by a workman going to his work , with his skull fracture ! from the back of the head to the eyebrow . — The jury found the prisoner " Guilty of Manslaughter , " and his lordship sentenced her to bo transported for ten years .

    March 27 . Curious Charge op Anso . v . —William Cornforth Demaine was charged with having , at Liverpool , on the 6 th of November last , feloniously set fire to a certain shop and warehouse , with intent to defraud tlie Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company . Mr . Sergeant Wilkins and Mr . Joseph Pollock prosecuted , Mr . James and Mr . Pashlcy defcuded the prisoner . —It appeared that the prisoner had for some years carried on the business of a pappr ruler , at Swift ' s-court , in this borough , occupying the upper part of a hoiiso , of which a printer , , named M'Gowan , was tenant ; who carried on business in the lower part of the premises , letting the upper part to the prisoner . The nrisoner had . in the yoai

    1840 , insured his stock in trade in the Yorkshire Fire aud Life Insurance office fov the sum of £ 500 ; This ; tho prosecution contended , was more than double the value of the articles insured ; but it was afterwards proved that the prisoner had goods on the premises not mentioned in the policy , the destruction of which by fire , even though ho should have obtained the : full amount mentioned in the policy , would have left him a very trifling gainer . The prisoner employed six boys in his trade , two of them apprentices , who generally left off work about seven to half-past sevon o ' clock . They did so on the night of the 6 th . of November last , the prisoner having left a little earlier . About twenty minutes past eight the police on duty discovered that the part of the house occupied by the prisoner waa on fire . They broke open the door (

    nobody being in the house ) , and in about an hour the fire was put out , without having extended beyond the prisoner ' s rooms . The prisoner sent In hw claims upon the insurance-office , who , not being satisfied with the circumstances connected with the fire , set inquiry on foot , and they found that shortly before tlie lire the prisoner had sent one of his apprentices to borrow a long bell-hanger ' s gimlet , telling the boy , if asked ^ what it was wanted for , to say that it Tvas for boring a hole in a walking-stick . This , it was contended , waa a blind ,. bccauae it was in reality wanted to enable the prisoner to . run a small copper wire through the difterent floors of the house , trom the street-door up to the loft at the top of the house , where the prisoner kept loose paper . The apprentices and boys had suspicions that the wire was the cause of the fire . The next day tho

    prisoner went to the house of one of the boys , and told him not to go near the burnt premises , and to say , if he were asked , that he knew nothing about it . Ho told the two apprentices that he would set them up in business if they would hold their noise about the fire , and he did eventually take a shop for them , and gr . ve them several paper-ruling machines , together with other- articles , and also £ 5 in money . An agreement drawn up by an attorney was signed by the prisoner , releasing the apprentices from their

    apprenticeship , and agreeing to set them up in trade . In addition to these tacts , tho prisoner had told different stories , amongst others denying that he was at the premises on the evening of the five , whereas he was proved to have left at ten minutes past seven .- ^ Witnesses having been examined , Mr . James addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , -when the judge summed up and the jury returned a verdict of " Isot guilty , " which caused an expression of feeling in tnc court . One man was committed for clapping his hands until the rising of the court .

    Hereford , March 24 . Attempted Murder . —Samuel Garrett , aged 35 , . 1 coachman ,. was indicted for having , on tho 1 st of November last , at Ross , in this county , feloniously fired a certain pistol , loaded with a bullet , at one Ann Phipps , with intent to kill and murder her , Mr . "W . H . Cooke conducted the prosecution ; Mr . C . Smith the defence . It appeared that the husband of the prosecutrix kopt a public-house , called the Half Moon , at Ross . The prisoner was formerly in the habit of frequenting it very much . Of late they did not like to serve him , and repeatedly told him not to come there . This irritated him , and on the day in question he went to the house , stood in

    the street , and drawing out a small pocket pistol , fired it at her ; and then drawing out another , fired it into his own mouth . The ball penetrated the pallet , and where it afterwards went no one can say ; the surgeons not being able to determine whether it is deposited in the back of his head , or whether it fell out immediately . He did not hit the pvosecutrix , but the ball passed close to her . On being told that she was not hurt , he said he was sorry he had not killed her outright . These facts having been proved in evidence , Mr . Collins Smith addressed the jury in defence of the prisoner . Tho Judge summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of " Guilty . " The prisoner was sentenced to be transported ' for tbe term of fifteen years ,

    Murder of a " Wife . —T . "Whit-ford , aged 45 , was charged with the wilful murder of his wife at Brilley , in the county of Hereford . On the prisoner ' s first appearance in the dock , he appeared totally unconcerned ; but , as the case proceeded , he wept bitterly , and sat down during the greater part of his trial , It appears that a neighbour of the prisoner , on a morning in October Jast , went to the doov of tlie prisoner s house . Knocking , and not obtaining admittance , she called out " Betty , " which was the namo of the deceased . A voice Awn within ( which Mrs . Price knew to bo that of the prisoner ) answered "Betty is dead in tlie bed . " Mrs . Price asked for admittance ; but prisoner answered that he could not open the door , as

    Bethhad locked the door , and had got the key in her pocket . Mrs . Price immediately gave an alarm to the nei ghbours , and after some of them bad arrived and asked for admittance , the prisoner opened the door by pushing back the lock . A most horrible scene then presented itself . In the kitchen lay the corpse of the unfortunate decoased ; her skull hud been beaten to atoms . About a yard from the corpse lay the murderous weapon ( the portion of a ladder , consisting of a part of one of the sides and a portion of the rounds ) , with -which the horrible tragedy had been enacted . After the door was opened , the prisoner walked out of the house , and continued pacing to and fro before it , his mind being evidently greatly disturbed . IIo told the persons

    present- " that he thought he had heen fighting with the great goddess Diana , and at the bottomless pit , " and said that if he had known it had been his poor wife , he would not have done it fov the world . The prisoner also went into the room again where Jay the mangled corpse of his wife , and fetched out a Bible and Prayer-book , reading a chapter from the first , and the 109 th Psalm irom the second . He also pel-formed many other extravagant actions , which , without it could be believed that he assumed such behaviour , plainly indicated that he was insane . It appeared that fifteen or sixteen years ago the prisoner was similarly afflicted , and was then labouring under the idea that some person , as he ^ i a ... i 1 . 11 *!¦ «> fill

    * expressed it , " nau cast a spell avouna mm . lho unfortunate deceased likewise shared in . this superstitious belief , for she observed to some of Lei nei g hbours , " the spell was coming on Thomas again , and she waa determined to have it removed , cost what it would . " She had mentioned to several parties the alteration in her husband ' s conduct , and had told them that she was afraid to live with him , as his conduct had become so strange . The jury , under the direction of the learned baron , " Acquitted" the prisoner on the ground of insanity . —The Judge ordered that he should be kept in confinement until her Majesty's pleasure should be Known respecting him .

    High-way Robbery . —Elijah Lewis , John Symonds , Henry Williams , and Thomas Thomas , were indicted for a highway robbery , with violence , on the person of Thomas Ball , on the 17 th of f ebriiary last . The prosecutor on the night in question , on his return home from the city of Hereford , when within a mile out of the town , was knocked from his horse , and robbed of three sovereigns and some silver by four ruffians , two of whom he clearly identified as the prisoners Lewis and Williams . It appeared that a confederate , of the namo of Turner , had given information to the police of a robbery intended to be

    perpetrated by the prisoners on another person on the same spot that night , and that , therefore , they were on the alert ; but only arrived in time to hear the cries of Mr . Ball , and see the persons who attacked him make their escape . The prisoners were taken into custody irithin a few Jiours , and a long chain ef direct and circumstantial evidence clearly connected three of them with , the robbery . For the other , Symonds , witnesses were called , who established an alibi ; ' he was therefore " Acquitted , and the others being found " Guilty" were sentenced to fifteen years' traneportation .

    Beaumaris , March 24 . Feloxious STABBINO .-Samuel Smith was indicted for feloniously stabbing Wham Williams oa the 8 th of September last , in the , town of tamara , with intent to murder him . It appeared from the evidence tot * wt tt » day named in the . indictment ,

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    . c prosecutor Wiv > tjuietly mss / u" the prisoner and another man , when the \ kuov strut * him , and on tho pios . 'cutor mnonsstmiJjtf tho prisonw cimo up , "'' ir' * ;^ ot ' *> ' IMiori frvcxrlheprosecutor on tho ; r .-. nmd , U ^ cil hi m * ovd-, lv a ., d STUCK " 11 " with stones . The prisoner was tlie more active Mffi-e&sor . () u tho prosooulor i-L »« r ho SS l ) Z COat t Y , Wulw ™«« 2 »'>» "sailed bv itCu nOi ; k ' - tl ! linul ° ™> knelt ou his breast , anil tried to loreeout his eyes . After this ho became senseless , rhc Parties vrevo all move or less tipsv Ihc learned Jud ge Living aummed up the case tSe " jury retired , and on their return gave in a verdict of ' Guilty ' on tUc second count of the indictment —stabbing- with intent to do some grievous bodily harm . The Court then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years . On hearing his sentence the prisoner fell on his knoes hi the ° dock and prayed iov mercy , but , the learned Judge said he could not alter his sentence . i-hIi . hi » i » - ^ , . i . i ..... i . ...- »

    -Axotjiek Charge of Stabbing . —A Spaniard , named Jabez Peros , pleaded " X © t Gtliltv" to ma . f mi y >^ W J 0 >'" Hughes , in Ifolvhead , on tlie WtU of February last . It appeared that the prisoner formed one of a crew of a vessel from Ilavanw i i ? W 1 f . scvml other saiIors > Spanish and Welsh , was drinking in a pnblie house on tho night in question . In the course of the evening the prosecutor was attacked from behind , dragged into the passage of the house , and there stabbed . The knife was seen m the prisoner ' s hand . All were tipsy . I SI r xf 0 was translated into Spanish for the boncfit of the prisoner . Verdict— " Guilty" of common assault . Bontcnco-Tliree months' imprisonment . i

    Norwich , March 27 . The Stanfield Uail Murders . —The business of the crown court was commenced this mornine . lhe usual proclamation having been read , Baron Kolie proceeded to charge the grand jury . In reference to the prisoner Rush , he said , having carefully read through tho depositions , I think 1 shall best discharge my duty by saying very little upon the subject , and for this reason : the party in custody is charged with the commission of one or two murders , and . one or two other acts that are . very much analogous to murder . In this cases of parties charged with murder , it often happens that questions arise of . great nicety and difficulty . It is often difficult to ascertain how death has " boon caused ,

    whether by any sueond party , or by a visitation of God-. There are other cases of nicety and difficulty arising from the distinction that must be drawn between murder and manslaughter-. Other-difficulties with regard to the causes of death might easily be suggested , and in all cases where they occur I consider it niyduty . to point out to the grand inquest what is the exact line of demarcation , so that the inquest may be enabled to arrive at a just and reasonable conclusion . But in this case no sort of difficulty arises . It is clear to demonstration that murder was committed , by somebody—that will be proved . in evidence . There is no . doubt whatever as to the cause of death ,. and the only thing you have to consider is who committed the ' murder , whose was tho hand that intiietod tho deadly bW .

    Evidence , as I have said , will be brought before you which will guide you on that point . Persons will come forw&rd ¦ who , so to speak , were more or less present at the time the murders wore committed , and that ovidence . will go directly to the identity of the-party who perpetrated tho murder . That is a sort of evidence which the human mind eagerly grasps , and which , therefore , pqi'haps ought to be move carefully inquired into . Evidence ought probably to be looked upon with more suspicion , which goes directly to the point—tile point of identityfor nobbing is so likely as that people may be mistaken as to tho person by whom a great outrage has been committed , more especially when they are in a state of tho utmost confusion , and have little

    time to see , or at all events , to pay much attention to , what is going on . But this is a mere general observation , which , in the present case , is very much weakened , inasmuch as several persons speak to the identity . of the murderer . There will be other evidence ,. at least so it appears in the depositions , tending to fix the crime upon tbe prisoner , and making his previous conduct inconsistent with his innocence—consistent with his guilt . It will show that there were motives in his mind that might induce him to commit this mui'dor . But here I may s ; iy that the apparent absence of motive will not conclusively show that the prisoner did not commit the crimo . Who can dive into the human heart to know exactly what people ' s motives are ? You can only judge in such a case by a careful combination of till the circumstances which will bo brought in evidence before you . In this case you

    win nave evidence with rospoot to his previous conduct—the ct priori evidence , if I may use the term —then with , regard to the events of ' the time , and then as to his conduct afterwards . When , therefore , you have viewed the whole case , as I have no doubt you will , calmly and dispassionately , dismissing from your minds all you have heard and read , you will decide whether the evidence before j ou satisfies you that tho prisoner ia the guilty party , and if so you will find a bill against him . If you think the evidence is not satisfactory and conclusive , your duty to your country and to the prisoner will induce you to reject the bill . I think I need not trouble you with any further observations , as the case is one in which no difficulties are likely to arise , 'flic grand jury then retired . Mr . Sergeant Bylcs , Mr . Prendergast and Mr . James , will conduct tho case fov the prosecution .

    Cimho £ or JSTABBiira . —John Richardson was charged with stabbing John Emms , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm , on tho ISth of August . Mr . ' Palmer appeared for the prosecutor . Tue prisoner is a journey man butcher , and it was shown that he was drinking at tho house of tbe prosecutor , in tho parish of St . John Timberhill , in this city , on tlio 18 th of August , when ho got into a quarrel with t , hc ostler , on ffhOM lie Ul'OW his bu tchcr'a knife , threatening to do for him . The landlord very properly interfered to protect his servant , and after a long struggle with the

    prisoner , he took his knife from him and gavo it to the ostler . The prisoner , however , would seem to have got hold of the knife again , for he once more began to brandish it nmong tlie company . This produced another scuffle with the prosecutor , in the course of which the prisoner was seen to "job" his knife at the prosecutor , who shortly after discovered that he had received a slight wound on his left hip , The loiumed Judge left it to tho jury to say whether the wound was accidental ; and if not whether it had been inflicted by the prisoner with . any such intent as that charged in the indictment . The jury having found the prisoner "Guilty" oi a common assault only , he was sentenced to two months'

    imprisonment . Forgery . —William Kiddle Warren , a respeciaUelooking farmer , pleaded " Guilty" to two charges of forging bills of exchange for < £ 25 . Mr . rainier , fov the prosecution , recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his previous character ; and Mr . W . Cooper called several witnesses to the character of his client . Mr . Baron Rolfc , however , thought that his duty to the public imperatively called on him to pass » severe sentence on the prisoner at tlie bar . JTot many years since his life would have been forfeited for this offence ; but the Legislature had thought proper to mitigate the severity of the law , * ind he ( Mr , Baron Rolfc ) could never bring himself to throw discredit on tlie change by shrinking from carrying out tho law as altered . The sentence of the Court , therefore , was , that the pvisoncv should he transported for ten years .

    March 28 . Tho grand jury having had the bills against Bush laid before them about half-past two o ' clock this afternoon , returned into court about half" an hour afterwards , finding' true bills for wilful murder against tlie prisoner Hush . There are two indictments for wilful murder , and two for assault with intent to murder . Only four wit-nesses were examined hy the grand jury—the cook and tlie butler at Stanfield Hall , Dr . Dickson , the medical attendant , and Emily Sandfovd , otherwise tho Widow' James , Eliza Chostney has just been brought into Norwich from Stanfield Hall . She was carried in a swing cot borne by four men , she being so weak as to be unable to boar the motion , of a carriage ,

    Mo . wuouru , Maiich 27 . Desperate Attempt of a Prisoner to Escape from Custody . —F , Williams , aged 22 , was indicted for having cut and wounded John Morgan , constable , of Langstono , in this county , -with intent to kill and murder the said John Morgan . —Mr . Huddlestone jyvosDcuted the prisoner , who was nndefended . The prisoner was taken into custody by Morgan , upon a charge of stealing a pig ' s cheek ( to which charge he pleaded guilty at these assizes ) , and was bomg conveyed \> y him to U 3 k Gaol . The prisoner had behaved , it seems , in a most orderly manner till begot near to Usk , and was conversing with the constable upon the mountainous state of tho country when suddenly he struck Morgan , i severe blow upon the head , which stunned him , and then threw Kim heavily upon the ground , falling upon him . As soon as Morgan was a little recovered a desperate struggle ensued between him and the

    prisoner , the two being linked together by the handbolts . Tho prisoner was evidently the stronger man and had the best of the encounter . While the con-: stable was upon his back on the ground the prisoner knelt upon his chest , drew a large knife trom his pocket , and _ endeavoured to cut the constable ' s thi'Oat > and , indeed , inflicted two slight wounds upon it , the one just over the carotid artery . He also cut him through the car and on tho cheek , and Morgan was literally smothered with blood . The prisoner then endeavoured to cut his own throat , but was prevented from doing so by the constable , who , in preventing him , had his bunds severely cut . the contest continued until a gentleman , who rode by on horseback , sent assistance to the constable from m A "J *" ' named Morgan , a cousin to the constable , and one or two others , going to the "scene of action , the witness Morgan said that when ho went to thespot he did not know the constable Morgan though lie waa Ms cousin , as ho was covered b 6

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    thicklv wicli blood and wounds . This witness took t ! io knife from the prisoner . The prisoner , in \\ u ( lcfeiicc , sait ! that lie was Mibj ' .-et la tUs , \\\ w \ that his head was affected , and at un . es lie did not know wlnthewas doinf , which \ v ; i . ? the case v .-licn he attacked the constable . Tito jury found him " Giiilfv , " and Mr . Justice Colfiniiii sentenced Iiim to be transported for fifteen years . Sruiiii . w a AVife . — John Rees , a cripple , asrod r > S , who was carried into court , was charged with stabling and wounding ; his wife , Mary JRces , at Bedweltv . Kees was jealous of his wife , and on the evening of the 22 nd of August had had a quarrel with hoi . Prisoner , after he w ; is in bet ! , asked fvr a pair of scissors , to cut his wife ' s wedding-ring out of the collar of Uis coat , in which lie had sewn it . About five o ' clock the next morninp ; , a man and liis wife , who were lodgers in prisoner ' s house , Iienrd . »> ^ »»<» . »^ . ,,,,.. M ^ . ^

    the prosecutrix cry out in Welsh , " Oh , God ! The man immediately hastened to the prisoner ' s room , and pulled his wife out of bed ; she lind been stuUtad thvoxigh the nose , on the neck , and at the bottom of the abdomen ; and the witness described the floor as covered with blood from the wounds . The prisoner was heard to drop something out of bed on the flooiv and » pair of tailor ' s scissors or shears , with which tho wounds had evidently been inflicted , was found . —A surgeon who examined the wounds described them as not dangerous . —The woman said she did not wish her husband punished ; she had been chargeable upon the parish of Badwelty , and the parochial authorities had caused the prosecution to be instituted . —The jury found the prisoner "Guilty , " but , in consideration of having already suffered nine months' imprisonment , he was only sentenced to undergo a week ' s fuvthev incarceration .

    Warwick , March 28 . Prosecutions foh SEDmos . —Mr . Mellor applied to the Court-on the part of the Crown , to discharge the recognisances of tho witnesses fov the prosecution against George White and Edward Ring for sedition . White was now under confinement for a siniilar offence , and as the peace of the town of Birmingham had not been disturbed , the Attorney-General did not think proper to prosecute the indictment . His lordship assented to the application , and the recognisances wore discharged .

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    SURREY SESSIONS . —Mabch 2 i . Crim . Con . asp RoBBBRr , —R , Wardley , a smartlooking young man , was indicted for stealing at Kingston-upon-Thames , a bedstead , six silver teaspoons , a metal teapot , and other property , belonging to John Bevan , a market gardener . —Mr . Charnock defended the prisoner . — -Tho prosecutor , an elderly , man of rather curious appearance , stated that he resided near the Defford station , on the Birmingham Railway , and , in the beginning of September last , he took some Uuul at Kingston , for tho purpose of removing his business near to the metropolis . Having completed moat of his arrangements he despatched his wife to Kingston , with the property mentioned in tho indictment , intending to follow her in tho course of a-few days , but she sent him several letters , telling him that things were so

    dull in that part of the country , that he had better stop at Deftovd a little longer . On the loth of January , however , he started on his journey , and when lie arrived at Kingston , he was much surprised to find that his wife had quitted the place with all his property . He made inquiries in the neighbourhood , and soon ascertained that she had eloped with the prisoner on the 15 th of December ; ana , after considerable trouble , he traced them to the prisoner ' s houso , at Bladall , in Suffolk . lie arrived at tho latter place on tho 3 rd of February , a little after eight at night , and was admitted into the house by the prisoner in his nightdress . While he was talking to him his wife came from tho other room , also in her night dress , and wanted to embrace him . He pushed her away in disgust , and handed

    her paramour over to the police . Tho whole of his property was found in the house . — -Mr . Charnock : You arc well acquainted with the prisoner , and had heen on friendly terms with him ? Witness * lie once lodged in my house ; but ho is a single man and I suspected him . —Mr Charnock : Your wife is a very pretty woman , is she not ? "Witness ( pointing * to his wifo in the body ' of tlie court ) There she is , look for yourself ; she has beenupvetty bad one to me , any how . ( Laughter . )—Other evidence having been given , Mr . Charnock addressed the jury at some length , contending that no charge of felony could bo made out , as the wife took the

    goods away from her husband . —The Chairman , in summing up tho ovidence , said that the property lliid been found in iho prisoner ' s possession , which made it a felony . Tho jury had nothing to do with the inuaorul cowluet of the pwrtics , Vmt to consider whether the prisoner was guilty of stealing the property . —The jury , after a few minutes' hesitation , vetuvned a vordict of " Guilty . "—The Chairman commented severely on tho prisoner ' s immoral conduct , and sentenced him to two months' bavd labour at Brixton . —On heaving tho sentence , the prosecutor ' s wife rushed out of court , vowing vengeance on her husband .

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    MONDAY , MaikuSO . HOUSE OF LOR ]) 5 .-. Coi . o : ; j . M . Toi . lCY .-Li ) il . ' . takimv j > , v , v .- » i ,- () ; , usiitu-u ficm N <\ a ^• I ' tm , iu . m lainiuir w i ! if c / m ; cf . Vr . F ; iiib ; m ! c < , ai'ilofihi-way in which ( he n'hminstr .-ition of the province is » -om ! ucti-J . Tlie i : c ; ti it ; lli-, s complain' d ihaj . Mr . Fairbanks l , ; ul teen lemovul IVol- the coloinal-tiv ; isui (! i > iiii . by a party who Laii conic hdo po « -ei » -iiito the colony , without compensation , and in violation of an und-maiiding , that tl ; e office was not to be held by a po-itical tenure . The noble lord also went into the general que .-tioii of responsible

    governmev-t in the colonies . Until a comparatively recent period the government at home kad been carrit-d on by responsible heads of iltpai tmente , without requiring the unity of action which now seemed to be necessary . It was not easy to finii members of cabinets in this country always united upon various political questions—C hear , hear , " awl a laugh ) —and if it was difficult here , how much more must it be where tlie number of persons was smallwhere there must be wanting a large in mber of properly qualified poisons , in sufficiently easy circumstances to enable them to devote tUeir time to lhe public service , without making a political lite the means of obtaining and jobbing for political emoluments . ( Hear , hear . ) He need inly instance the august assembly which he was then addressing , and without which it would be impossible the j : overnni ' nt of this countrv could be carried on , to show

    that without such a " check democratic forms of government must be inevi'able . And with how much gve&ter force wou il such nn argument apply to a colony ? ( Hear , hear . ) If their kuthhips' House did not exist , what poivi r would there b" to prevent an unbridled democracy ? and without a similar check to the government of a colony the same evil must ensue . He maintained that by the present system there was no such cheek . The colony of Nova Scotia consisted of 250 , 000 persons ; and the popular assembly was composed of fifty-one members ; the legislative council consisted of a varying numbtv appoint- J for life ; but if the principle of pai ty government was adopted in the colonies , the legislative council became the mere tool > agent , and echo of the UoAise of Arsembly . In fact , the constitution of the legislative council was such as to give no effective check over the popular body . The executive council roust command the confidence of

    the assembly ; and the governor , in every instance , was bound to act by the advice of iris executive council . He need hardly say . that in a body of sixteen or seventeen persons , composing the legislative council , it was not difficult ( o obtain pa m ; ij ( iily ( o whom the government would be bound to listen . If , therefore , the executive council could have no check on the assembly , the governor himself could hot . If tlie governor bad to net on the advice ( f the legislative council , appointed as k was , ani \ being a mere echo of tlie assembly , what power cou d he have over the latter body ? The . Sicrctsry i f State , thet efore , was bound ' to give his protection and prevent the tyranny of a small majority ; and if his support failed them , the colonies had nothing to

    look to , and the power of the crown would be utterl y void . They might as well declare at once the absolute independence of the colonists , and leave them to unmitigated democracy . ( Hear . ) 'Ihe petitioners complained that ( he government had dismissed fi-eni offioii more than a hundred justices of the peace , without any sufficient cause being assigned ; and act iig , of course , nn the advice of the executive c uuc ; li Any measure which was pussud by the liberal nwjoiity in theAss' mbly would alsob- passed by the liberal ma jot it y of the legislative c > uncil , as a matter of course , l he lieutenant-governor must act on the advice of his cabinet , and therefore his power was a mere echo of theirs . This was the representation of the petitioners . The petitioners entreaied the House to take into consideration the facts thev set forth , with a view to the lay . 'ng down of rules by which they might obtain a just control over their affairs , and be able to protect themselves

    from the oppressions of < v despotic power . He did not shrink from admitting the difficulty of responsible government in our colonies , but unless some stand be now made , some definite means l : e taken by the Secretary of Suite , the authority of the crown itself would gradually become mil , not only in Nova Sotia , but iheneighbouring colt nies . ( Hear . ) The consequence of the d > ctrhie now held , was that the government there and the crown here were both irresponsible , at d that however revolting the measure might be to the loyal inhabitants of the province , or to tiie feelings of the count ) y , parliament itself wag t (> bb powerless , tbe Secretary of State dumb , the majority of the provincial parliament was to prevail , and tlie fiat of the crown to be given to an ei actment which stnmped previous rebellion with lhe character of law , and siiguuui ed the loyal inhabitants of the province for their successful and devoted resistance to rebellion .

    Earl Ghky said tliat , as his reply was based upon thu foundation of tmth , lie did not fear to encounter the noble lord's superior powers , and , instead < -f beginning with Mr . Fairbanks , he thought he should make the csve move easy of conrpveheus ' ion i > he explained his views upon onr system of colwiial legislation , and pointed out their application to the case before them . The noble lord admitted that there was great difficulty in reconciling tlie exercise of conti ' i'l by tl . e crown , the maintenance of its due authority , and the enjoyment i f those privileges of self-government by the colonists in their own affairs ,

    whicli tli- y vnlui ' duo Jess than we did in this country . Ilia noUtt irienri , Lord J . Russell , \ vl ; en holding the offii-e of Seen tary oi' State for ( he Colonies , said it was easy to point out contradictions and difficulties from the extreme vug oi power posseted by tlie differ * nt au liorities in our colonies , lie held that the same was equally tine in this country . If the Sovereign used [ lie po « cr slie possessed—if the House of Commons pushed to extreme the right nf vofusing the supplies-if-their lordships'house wire to use their equally undoubted right of rejecting those measure * of which they disapproved , —if those great iuithuriti's in the state were to strain to their

    utmost , the powers they possessed , it was clear that our hallowed system of institution would in one month be brought < o a stand-still , aud Uw who ' c competed system of our institutions be thrown into hopeless disorder . IHrar , h' ar . ) To Hie the expressive words of his no * le friend , it was the wi > e modsrauon with wfiicb these constitutional powers wove exercised that secured their successful operation . Each in his turn gave way somewhat to the other , and by forbearance and good sense , by adapting their conduct to circumstances , notwithstanding those theoretic difficulties by which youinight prove with great ea-. e that the British constitution could not possibly work , b , v these means that conslkution had flourished for generations to tlie infinite advantage

    of those who had the happiness to live under the protection of our noble institutions . So it was with onr colonies . If tbe governor had invariably acted upon his own judgment—if the Assembly on the other hand insisted on having their views c rried into effect-if the Secretary of State was to say what were the best measures , he would at once say that sucha system of government could not possibly work . But if , acting upon a different principle , tlie power of the crown was used , nut to resist by force public opinion in tlie colonies , not to drive but to influence and lend , then the system might work fmootlily and well , with infinite advantage to the colonies and great bin' fit to this country . But it depended entirely upon the discretion used in the exercise of those

    great powers , and into whoss hands they were confided . He scrupled not to say that our _ JNorth American colonies had reached a stage in their progress when public opinion and that of the colonists themselves must ultimately be supreme , and decide upun all measures of internal policy . He believed it not to be either praetieab ' e ordesirable that any other rule should prevail , and he was persuaded that if the t > owers of the crown were used in that sense , knowing how far we could go , and how i ' ar we could not go . that the gvcatesl advantage would accrue io the colonists , and that the colonists themselves were of that opinion . In a despatch moved for in the other house of parliament , he had endeavoured as c ' early us he could to slate his views to the . governors ef tho ? C

    colonies ; but so far from saying that they were to consider themselves free from responsibility , he said that a great aud lush responsibility was placed upon them ; but , on the other hand , under the form of government given to those colonies , it was impossible to shrink fvom the conclusion that public opmon must decide disputed question ? . The noble lord having read an extract from the despatch alluded to , in which , addressing Sir & ¦ Harvey , he pointed out the manner in which lie should exercise tig authority , adding tint , that which enabled him to refuse his sanction to measures of theiocal legislation depended for its efficacy on being used sparingly and with the greatest possible discretion , proceeded to observe that if parliament was not prepared to support the

    government of our North Amcviccn colonies upon these principles , he , for one , would , say they could be supported on no other . They were the principles and -views he had uniforml y maintained since be had the honour of a seat in either house of parliament . They were the principles which , with the full concurrence of his colleagues , he had endeavoured to apply as impartially and as fairly as it was in his powec since he held his present office ; and , he must say , that whatever mistakes might have been committed , and lie was ixsfc presumptuous enough , to say tk& aoae had been committed , the actual condition of our northern colonies was tlie best proof that these principle wore , ' in the taaia , sound ami just . Tie noble earl went on to refer to what the noble lord said .

    when Lord Stanley interposed by observing thai he had charged the noble earl -with not having acted up to . the full spirit of his own instructions . Eatl Gbky was much mistaken if the noble lord had not strongly insisted upon the duty an d necessity of the home government maintaining , » n « fi $ < KW « m . to the strongest feelings and opinions of the wtiawtarita and legislature of the colonies , their mmriev * of cexttoU-queBtions , dwj&gso , vn ftst , tatfwfc « V « .

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    WIio ' ll tubs the Ghisdstose . —When I was a little boy , I remember one cold winter ' s morning I was accosted by a smiling man with an axe on his shoulder : "My pretty boy , " said he , " has your father a-grindstone ? " " Yes , sir , " said I . "You are a fine ' littlo fellow , " said he , " will you let me grind my axe on it ' ( " Pleased with . Ms compliment of "fine little fellow , " "O yes , Sir , " I answered , " It is down in the shop . " "And will you , my man , said he , patting me on the head , "get a little hot water ? " JIow could I refuse ? ¦ I ran , and soon brought < i kcttleftil . " How old are you , and what ' s your namo V continued ho , without waiting for a reply ; I am sure you are ono of the finest laas that ever I have seen ; will you just turn a few minutes for me ? " Tickled with the flatterv . like a

    little fool , I wont to work , and bitterly did I rue the day . It was a new axe , and I toiled and tugged till I waa almost tired to death . The school - bell rang , and I could not get away ; my hands were blistered , and it was not half-ground . At length , however , tho axe was sharpened , and tho man turned to me with "now you little rascal , you ' ve played the truant , scud to school or you'll buy it . " Alas ! thought I , it was hard enough to turn a grindstone this cold day , but now to ho called a little rascal , was too milch . It sunk deep in my mind , and often have I thought of it since . "When I soo a merchant

    over polite to his customers—begging them to take a little brandy , and throwing his goods Oil the counter , —thinks I , that man has an axe to grind . When 1 see a mnn frittering the people , making grout professions of ' attachment to liberty , who is in private life a tyrant—mothinks , look out good people ; that fellow would sot you turning grindstones . When I see a man hoisted into office by party spirit—without a single qualification to render him either respectable or useful , —alas ! methinlis , deluded people , you aro doomed fora season to turn tlvo grindstone for a booby . — Franklin .

    TlHlEATEXIXO TO COMMIT A MAGISTRATE . —ThoLent Assizes for Berkshire have been customarily hold at Beading , but in consequence of the refusal of a section of tho magistracy to build now Courts ( so that all persons having business may bo accommodated ) , the assizes havo been transferred to Abingdon . In his charge to the grand jury at tho latter place on ~ the 27 th ult ., Baron Platt alluded to the subject . Mr . B . Wroughton , one of the grand jury , who had entered tho witness Vox , said ho Jiopoti his lordship would allow him to answer somo observations made with respect to the courts . ( Cries of " Ilear , hear , " from others of tho grand jury . ) Baron Platt replied , that representing her Majesty , he would remind the gentleman that a monition had

    been read to the Court , which was , that any person interrupting tlie judgo in his address to tho grand juvy was liable to imprisonment ; therefore he little expected , when addressing them upon a public subject—a subject which came quito within the province of a judge in addressing a grand jury—he should have boon interrupted ; and ho ' certainly little expected to hear a murmur of approbation proceeding from other gentlemen present . He would have them to understand that , -whatever might bo tho situation of any gentleman , the law would be justified and uplield as much in his case ns in the case of a poor " man standing in the crowd in his humblo jacket , and if the interruption waa continued it would bo his duty to commit him .

    Viscount Barrington subsequently addressed the judge , out not till "the charge' / had been concluded . Seizures tor Church Rates . —A correspondent of the Leicester Jfcraiw writes : " Tho quiet village of Kirby Muxloo was disturbed a few days ago by ono of those disgraceful scenes which so frequently spring out of episcopal tyranny—tyranny which ever attaches itself to any dominant sect armed with secular power , and which calls go loudly throuo-h the length and breadth of tho land for lowislative redress . Mr . George Hall , a gentleman of high respectability residing in that parish , and who had previously offered a subscription on the voluntary principle more than the amount of his rate , was nevertheless distrained upon for the sum of

    £ 7 0 s lOd for which the enuvenwaruens , Messrs . I . Hookc and S . Bvewin , adzed seven sheep worth £ 15 ' A poor man of excellent character ur tho same village-William Copson— -was also visited by these modest supporters of this widely-detested aystun , and for Into ° f & . 8 d . Ll » V ttlc ^ oiae - though it has beon an Englishman s boast to conside / hishouse as his castle-was forcibly stripped of most of those articles of furniture ho had long laboured hard to secure , viz ., six chairs , one diningtablc a deal table , one barrow , and two blankets , valued by the churchwardens at £ 2 11 s ., but in reality worth double the mo . nej \ The Brighton Qazette saya tho botough gaol at Rye is now thrown open for an airing , xliere is not a prisoner of any kind in it ; and nwy it 1 ) q long ere it is w » auv occupied !

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1516/page/7/