of him; where Annabel has retired, and is appalled, when, after an ambiguous conversation, Julian throws aside his disguise, and at the same moment, snatches from the lifeless body of his wife the cloak under which it had been shrouded. D'Alba is consigned to the hands of justice, and Julian dies in delirium.-Such is the plot of Miss Mitford's play, in the formation of which more attention has been paid to the marvellous, to striking situations, and scenic effect, than is exactly consonant with the true spirit of tragedy.

20. Mr. Ravenga, envoy from the republic of Colombia to this country, was arrested, for a sum of 90,000l., alleged to be due from that government, at the suit of Mackintosh, an army accoutrement-maker.

BANK STOCK.-A meeting at the Bank of England took place, when a proposition by the directors, quite unexpected by the public, for reducing the half yearly dividend from five to four per cent, gave rise to a lengthened discussion. On a division for the old rate, the numbers were 43; for the proposition of the directors, reducing the interest from five to four per cent, 62. The effect upon Bank of England stock was excessive, it fell from 236 to 210. Another amendment for making the half yearly dividend 4 per cent, was also negatived. The half yearly dividend was therefore reduced from five to four per cent. Bank stock again advanced from

210 to 215.

21. PARRICIDE.-At the Enniskillen Assizes, John Keys was indicted for the murder of James Keys, his father, on the 23rd of April 1822, at Shane, in this county.

The first witness called was Ann Keys. Deceased was father, and prisoner is brother, of witness; prisoner and deceased went out on the morning of the 23rd of April last to make a ditch; they came home and dined together that day; they took out spades with them in the morning; deceased did not return in the evening, but prisoner did, and had two spades with him; the family asked prisoner, where the deceased was; he said he went a little above the house to look for a goat; prisoner supped with the family and went to bed; the family sat up later than usual, waiting for deceased to come in: he never returned; family became alarmed the day before the body of deceased was found; witness told prisoner the day before, that there would be more about it; prisoner replied, he did not value her. It was a little distance from the house where the body was found; could not look at it; prisoner was not present at finding the body; wit.ness has another brother (Thomas), who is not at home, and had not been at home for five weeks before that; witness and family were afraid to make a noise about the murder, lest the landlord should come and distrain for the

rent.

John Keys examined. Is uncle of the prisoner, and was brother of deceased; recollects the time of deceased James Keys's absence; made a search on May-day; went with others to the house of deceased at sun-rise; the door was shut went in and saw Elizabeth, witness's niece; prisoner came out of his father's house, before witness went to search; prisoner said, he had not seen deceased for eight days before, when he was ditching; prisoner said, deceased weat

neck; there were two ribs fractured. These wounds might have been the cause of deceased's death; but he has seen men more severely wounded recover.

By the Court.-Thinks the death not occasioned by strangulation, but by temporary syncope, and that the man might have been buried in that state, although not dead.

The judge having recapitulated the evidence, the jury retired for nearly half an hour, and returned with a verdict of Guilty.

After sentence was passed on him, the unfortunate man appeared deeply affected, and begged in tears to speak a few words. He said, his brother, who was accused, had nothing to do in the murder: he alone conceived and perpetrated it.

22. At Haddington, in presence of the sheriff of the county, the right reverend George Pretyman Tomline. Lord bishop of Winchester, &c., was, by a jury, of whom lord viscount Maitland was chancellor, served heir male in general of sir Thomas Pretyman, baronet, of Nova Scotia, who died about the middle of last century. His lordship also established his right to the ancient baronetcy of Nova Scotia, conferred by Charles 1st, on sir John Pretyman, of Loddington, the male ancestor of sir Thomas.

24. At the election of a foreign associate, of the French institute, in the room of the deceased Dr. Jenner, the following gentlemen were proposed :-Dr. Wollaston, Dr. Young, M. Olbers, M. Sömering, M. Von Buch, Mr. Lambton, Mr. Brown, Mr. Dalton, and M. Oersted. The number of members who voted was 44, and the ballot was as follows:-Dr.

Wollaston, 38; Olbers, 5; Von Buch, 1. It is remarkable, that, out of nine persons proposed by the institute, from amongst all the learned and talented men of the civilized world, five should be Englishmen.

25. A horrible affair took place in the back apartments, on the third floor, of a house, in the Rue de Vannes, in Paris, where lived a mother, with her daughter, aged 15, and her step-daughter, aged about 21. She was separated from her husband, who was a German, and by trade a tailor, and who, from criminal motives, had constantly opposed the marriage of his eldest daughter. After having breakfasted with the family, the monster, with a large butcher's knife, which he had brought with him, gave his eldest daughter a mortal stab, of which she died in a few minutes afterwards. The young girl of 15 also received from him a wound in the right side; the mother too was wounded in attempting to disarm the murderer, who was secured by the neighbours, whom the cries of the victims drew to the spot, and was by them delivered into the hands of justice.

FRENCH LIBEL.-The affair of the editors of the Journal du Commerce and of the Courier François (see page 32) has been decided before the tribune of correctional police. M. Cardon, the editor of the Journal du Commerce, was first tried for the article in that paper of March 11, which was denounced to the chamber of deputies by M. Frenilly. The Court condemned Cardon to three months' imprisonment, a fine of 3,000 francs and costs, and ordered, that he should be bound to insert the present sentence in his paper within three days.

The tribunal then proceeded to try separately the accusations against the editor of the Journal du Commerce and of the Courier François, for having given an account (without being authorised) of the secret sitting of the chamber of deputies, on the 8th of February, for the discussion on the Address, and for having, besides, excited the citizens to hatred and contempt of the king's government, by attributing to the president of the council of ministers language which he did not hold, viz.-That M. de Villele, replying to Messrs. de la Bourdonnaye and Delalot, had said that the French government has, relatively to Spain, done all it could to favour the insurgents.

The king's counsel, after some observations, prayed for judgment on both the accused, and that they should be sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and a fine of 3,000 francs each.

The Court sentenced Messrs. Cardon and Legraiveux, responsible editors of the two journals, as they refused to give up the names of the authors of the articles, to three months' imprisonment, and to a fine of 2,000 francs each; declared the seizure of the numbers of the 9th of February to be valid; ordered the copies to be torn to pieces; and condemned these editors also in costs.

TRIALS FOR RIOT.-The affair of the young men arrested in the tumults of the 3rd and 6th of March, was divided, and tried by the court of correctional police, on two separate days. On the first six persons were tried; viz. Blochet, aged 40, tailor; Choffard, apothecary's pupil; Arnout, aged 33, merchant's clerk; Evrard, cutler; Diolot, 26; and Claitte, traveller. M. Bellot, the king's advocate, gave a summary

of the grounds of the accusation. Blochet was accused of having violently resisted gendarmes, who wished to hinder him from crossing the Pont Louis seize, and of having insulted, by gestures, a commissary of police, in seizing him by the collar. The others were accused of having added seditious cries to those of "Vive Manuel!" "Vive le Côté Gauche! Vive la liberté.' The witnesses being called, most of whom were gendarmes who had assisted in arresting the prisoners, one deposed that Diolot had cried, "Down with the huzzars of the guillotine." M. Blainvillier, a young advocate, in his defence of Choffard, pretended, that the assembly of the 3rd of March was not seditious; and was interrupted by the president, who told him, he was preaching resistance to the armed force, and was defending the sovereignty of the people. After hearing the counsel of the other persons, the Tribune condemned Blochet to 2 months' imprisonment and a fine of 50 francs; Choffard, 8 months and 100 francs; Arnout and Diolot, each 6 months and 50 francs; Evrard, 2 months and 25 francs; and Claitte, 15 days' imprisonment, and 16 franes fine.

LOSS OF THE ALERT PACKET. "We sailed from Dublin," says one of the passengers, in his narrative of this event, "at half-past eight o'clock on Tuesday evening. There were, as nearly as I can judge, about fifteen passengers, including myself, in the cabin. Among them were three ladies. We had a favourable breeze throughout the night, and made the Welch coast early in the morning. About ten o'clock, however, the breeze died away, and the packet was driven, by the force of the current, towards the

West Mouse rock. Captain Morgan immediately ordered the boat ahead, in the full confidence that it would succeed in towing the packet out of danger. But in this he was disappointed, the vessel being driven by the strength of the tide on the fatal rock. It was about half-past ten o'clock, when she struck. I was in my birth, in the cabin, at the moment. The shock, though not very violent, was sufficient to rouse me. I started up instantly, and found the passengers in the cabin in a state of confusion and alarm. I immediately ran upon deck, and found it in a similar state of confusion. I returned to the cabin, and discovered, with feelings not to be . described, that the water had, in the meantime, made its way into it. The confusion and alarm among the passengers below increased with the increasing danger. The ladies were screaming with affright; and even the gentlemen were alarmed at the imminency of the peril. I immediately quitted this scene of horror, and making my way upon deck, ran up the shrouds. At this moment, the water had risen to a considerable height in the hold, and baffled every exertion which was made

by the passengers and such of the crew as remained on board to bale it out. I now saw, for the first time, the boat ahead, a short distance from the extremity of the bowsprit, with several of the packet's crew in it. I came down the shrouds, and making my way towards the bowsprit, endeavoured to get into the boat. I was, however, prevented by some of the persons belonging to the packet around me, who stated, that if I were allowed to get into the boat, there would be a general rush towards it, by which

means it would run the risk of being swamped, and thus cut off the only chance of any person being saved. Determined, however, to renew the attempt at a favourable moment, I remained partially concealed in the fore-part of the vessel. Espying my opportunity, when the boat was a yard or two from the extremity of the bowsprit, and when I had seen the last seaman get into it, I ran along the bowsprit, but in attempting to get into the boat, I unfortunately fell into the sea. I was taken up by one of the crew, who pulled me into the boat, being the first passenger who was received into it. At this moment, several other passengers made their way along the bowsprit to endeavour to get into the boat, some of whom succeeded in gaining it, whilst others fell into the water and were drowned. The captain next attempted to reach the boat, by plunging into the water from the bowsprit and swimming towards it. A rope was thrown towards him by one of his crew, which he was so fortunate as to grasp, and was pulled into the boat. As soon as he caught hold of the rope, several passengers, who had plunged into the sea at the same moment as the captain, were observed to cling to his body, in the hope of thereby saving themselves; but such was the crowded state of the boat, which was already almost level with the water, that the crew dared not venture to take any more into it, and they were abandoned to their fate. There were, at this moment, seventeen of us in the boat. When we rowed finally off, we left four or five unfortunate men struggling in the water, with no chance of escape. A boy, about 14 years of age, was