TRIAL OF 'DUELLISTS.—Lieutenant Lambrecht, Mr. Cox, and Mr. fgley, were
tried at Kingston, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Baylev, for
e murder of Mr. Oliver Clayton, on the 8th of January last. Mr. dummy ted the case for the prosecution. Mr. Lambrecht had termed Mr. Clayton hypocrite ; Mr. Clayton demanded an apology, or satisfaction ; a verbal pology was tendered, and refused ; a meeting was the consequence : before he parties fired, the offer of a verbal apology was again made ; but Mr.
brecht's second would not allow him to sign a written one. At the first e, Mr. Clayton was mortally wounded, and died in the course of the (lNy. hese facts were proved by the witnesses ; and it was proved, further, hat Mr. Clayton had expressed himself sorry for his obstinacy in having re. fused the apology that was offered him. The prisoners read, severally, gong defences, and called several respectable witnesses to their characters. 1X)n retiring, the Foreman of the jury asked the Judge, whether they were 4bound, if they believed the evidence, to find a verdict of murder. Mr. Jus- etice Bayley said; that if their verdict was "guilty," it must be "guilty of ssurder. ' Nothing had appeared in the evidence to reduce the offence to pandaughter. The jury, after having been absent two hours, returned to Oake inquiries as to the evidence : they again retired, and after consulting for an hour and a half, returned a verdict of " Not guilty" with respect to #1.1 the prisoners. Blgley, who had been very much affected during the
• trial, thanked the juryfor their leniency., Lambrecht and Cox remained un., Moved throughout., -
2i-Cmanter'sliry has returned a verdict of "wilful murder" against Cap- tain Moir. We stated the newspaper version of the circumstances last week, but we have reason to believe, that the accounts in circulation give a very false colour to the affair.
Wilson, the master of the merchant vessel, who was lately charged at the Thames Police Office with murder, and who contrived to escape, has given notice that he will be forthcoming on the day of trial, his object being to avoid imprisonment in the mean time.
The Earl of Chichester's coachman has been committed to Newgate, for ',sing over Mr. Payne, whose death we noticed last week. THE BARNSLEY lip:yrs.—Four of the persons charged with destroying the furniture and attempting to fire the house of Mr. Jackson, of Keresford Hill, near Barnsley, in August last, were tried on Tuesday at York. A number of persons were examined, who swore positively that Ashton, one of the party, incited the weavers to proceed to Keresford Hill, and that the others were present and active in plundering the house and attempting to set fire to it. The whole of the witnesses were, however, as deeply involved in the riot as the persons they accused, and had turned evidence only to save themselves from the consequences. The prisoners received an excellent character ; and the Jury, who seem to have thought that the witnesses against them were not worthy of belief, found them "not guilty."
THE LATE DUEL IN DUBLIN.—The Coroner's Jury have returned the following verdict :—" We find that Standish Starner O'Grady came to his death by a pistol-ball, fired at him by Captain John Roland Smith, of the 32d Regiment, on the morning of the 18th instant, at a field near the Grand Canal, near Kilmainham Commons, in the county of Dublin ; and that the said Captain J. R. Smith is guilty of manslaughter ; and the jurors do fur-
er find, that Captain Frederick Markham, of the same regiment, was Biding and abetting the said John Roland Smith, and that Lieutenant rederick Macnaniara, of the 8th Hussars, was present, as friend to the eceased, and that the said parties are not forthcoming, and that the value f the said pistol is 2.0s." There will not, it is said in the Irish papers, be y prosecution by the friends of the deceased. There are, however, circum- stances in the case which seem to require a military investigation.
TRALEE ASSIZES.—Mary Kirby was indicted for stealing some silver us, the property of Captain Kippock. The case was clearly proved ; the property was stolen from Captain Kippock's rooms. During her exami- tion,. the prisoner bawled out—" Ask him, my Lord, whether he did not send for me." Mr. Baron Pennefather—" Indeed I will do no such thing ; ask him yourself ?" Prisoner—" Oh! sure, my Lord, he cannot deny it." Captain Kippock—" Well, I'll never send for you again." Prisoner—" I have been with better fellows than ever you were." Mr. Baron Penne- father—" Come, come, no more of this." Prisoner—" Faith, then, I'll send ome a thumping boy from Botany Bay." Captain.Kippock—" 'Well, do, d I'll bring him up better than you were brnught up." EXECUTION IN IRELAND.—On Wednesday sennight, the three, men, fagrath, Clune, and Sullivan, convicted at last Assizes of cutting out the tongues of the Doyles, were hanged at Ennis. When Clune and Ma- th were about to be turned off, the trap on which the latter was stand- fell, and a chain obstructing his fall, left him suspended by the arms. tine, by an effort, partly removed the cap from his eyes, and, stooping down; assisted in raising the unfortunate sufferer, after whiqh they were th taken in. Some time having elapsed, they again appeared. After their les had been taken down, Sullivan was brought out, and met his fate th the 'utmost composure.
were tried at York on Saturday, on a charge of attempting to poison their mistress. The poison was stone vitriol, which they had mixed with their mistress's coffee; and the reason assigned for this diabolical attempt waa, that if she died they should get new gowns, and not be " ilyted" about their work any more ! The prosecutor, from a mistaken feeling of humanity, did not call the lad who saw them put the deleterious substance into the coffee ; nor was it analysed ; and they were in consequence acquitted.
CLEM/LIKE DOINGS.—A/ Bury, on the 30th, two clergymen, father - and son, were charged, along with a pauper, with assaulting a constable and obstructing him in the discharge of his duty. The constable had bean di- rected to arrest a person named Smith for the maintenance of an illegiti- mate child, and proceeded to execute the warrant in a cricket-ground where the two reverend gentlemen were. Smith offered no resistance, but the elder clerk asked what they (the constable and his man) wanted him (Smith) for ; adding, " What do you mean by taking him !—you have no right to take him ; you are ci—d rascals !" Then turning to the crowd, many of them his own parishioners, he said, " Don't let them take him ; they are d—d rascals." The crowd obeyed, and a riot ensued. The constable was thrown down, but he was assisted, and the culprit was secured. The re- verend gentleman's son then took the cricket-ball, and, pointing at the plain- tiff, said, " D—n you, you rascal, I'll split your head." An iron-handled whip was then brandished by the reverend father, and handed by him to the defendant Reeman, (the pauper) who struck plaintiff a blow on the head. The Jury found the elder clergyman and Reeman guilty—damages 301.; and acquitted the son. Fessons IN BEER.—On Monday, a publican named Stockham, of King Street, Westminster, was fined 100/. by the Excise Court for adulterating porter. He confessed that he was in the habit of mixing with a butt the moderate quantity of twenty gallons of water ! The colouring.matter was liquorice-juice and sugar.
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