see her righted. On the part of the prisoner two witnesses were called to impeach the testimony of the prosecutrix.-J. Field, a sawyer, at Leeds, said, he was with the prisoner when he first accosted the young woman. Prisoner and she walked arm in arm, and sometimes with one arm round her waist; she made no resistance that the witness saw. Prisoner told her he was going to the stable; she replied, she could not stop long, as her mistress expected her home at nine o'clock; prisoner and she crossed over Briggate; it was then very dark; she walked away, but witness won't say whether she was carried or not afterwards. Witness followed; never heard her make any resistance or noise; if there had been any, he could have heard it.-The jury, after retiring an hour and a quarter, returned a verdict of guilty against the prisoner. When the verdict was recorded, the foreman of the jury recommended the prisoner to mercy. His lordship asked upon what ground? but the foreman was not prepared to state any. The conviction of Hodgson has given rise to much discussion in the county, and particularly at Leeds. After sentence had been passed on the culprit, petitions for the mitigation of the sentence from hanging to transpor. tation, were presented to the judge, by the prosecutrix, her master, and the witnesses who had given evidence for the prosecution. 6th.--FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE-Yesterday morning, soon after five o'clock, Messrs Wilson, the undertakers, and the attendants, assembled in the court-yard of Burlington-house, in Piccadily, wherein they made the necessary arrangements for the funeral procession. At six o'clock the whole proceeded in at the western gate of Devonshire-house, and at the bottom of the great flight of stone steps the hearse waited for a VOL. IV. PART IL. short time to receive the remains of that much-lamented nobleman. About half past six, the body was brought out of the great saloon, carried by six men. The cavalcade then moved in solemn procession through the eastern gate for the family vault at Derby. At Kentish Town the Prince Regent's carriage quitted the procession; it then proceeded to Highgate, where, agreeably to custom, the hearse was undressed. The cavalcade then again went on, until it arrived at Woburn, where a halt took place for the night. The coffin was very beautiful; it was, if possible, more richly decorated than the late Duchess of Devonshire's. It was covered with Genoa crimson velvet, fully ornamented with ducal coronets, stars, and exquisitely chased handles. The stars were of silver, and the coronets, nails, &c., were silver gilt. On a plate of copper gilt was engraven the following inscription, viz. The Most Noble Died July 29th, 1811. A very affecting scene was beheld at the instant of the removal of the corpse. The Duchess fainted away. The daughters of the deceased, viz. Viscountess Morpeth and Lady Leveson Gower, went into strong hysterics. The present duke, who had borne previously the severe trial with great firmness, became quite unmanned; he was not without difficulty prevailed upon to quit the coffin, and allow it to be placed in the hearse. POLICE. MOCK PARSON.- -On Monday morning application was made at the Bow-street Office by a clergyman belonging to a man of war, for a warrant against a person calling himself the Reverend John Shepherd, for defrauding him of 301. under the following circumstances: A short time since the applicant had leave of absence from K. his ship, on account of ill health, and came to London for advice, and was living at the Northumberland coffeehouse, Charing-cross, where the person complained against came, calling himself the Reverend John Shepherd. He told the landlord he was just come from the country, and wanted a bed, and his trunk would be brought there directly; he was accordingly shewn into a bed-room. In a short time after a trunk was brought; the man who brought it the landlord knew to be a trunk-maker; and on enquiry learnt that there were no clothes in it, but that it was a new trunk he had just purchased. This caused a suspicion that he was a swindler, and the trunk maker insisted upon being paid: upon which Shepherd, with much confidence and address, went up to the ap plicant, who was sitting in the coffeeroom, stating himself to be a clergyman just arrived from the country, and unfortunately without cash, and obtained a 11. bank note from him. On the following morning, the landlord still suspecting Shepherd, went to him, and presented him his bill, apologizing by saying, it was his custom to have his bill paid daily by strangers.-Shepherd appeared perfectly satisfied with such conduct, and said he was just going to call for it, and in a short time paid the amount. This, however, proved to be with the applicant's money, as he obtained 51. from him under false pretences, applicant not being able to refuse a brother of the cloth. Shepherd contrived to get so intimate with the applicant, that he took him to Portsmouth with him, and introduced him as a clergyman among his connections there, who are extremely respect able. Shepherd at length contrived to get 301. of his money, and left him. The applicant met him on Monday morning in London, and asked him for his money : he confessed he could not pay him, nor had he any prospect of doing so; he acknowledged he had done wrong, and said he intended to enlist for a soldier, and he should have the bounty money. The applicant having discovered that he was an impostor, applied to Mr Read, at the above office, when he not being able to make out the case of more than a debt, no warrant could be granted. In the afternoon of the same day, information was given at the same office by a gentleman against an impostor, a pretended clergyman, who he had got acquainted with at a coffee-house, styling himself the Reverend Mr John Tucker, Recorder of Exeter, and lately of Baliol and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford. He always appeared during his acquaintance such a character as a clergyman ought to be; he had seen some of his sermons that he said he had written, and when he had called upon him he appeared very busily employed writing other sermons; and he had gone to church to hear him preach. He had obtain ed several sums of money from him, and this applicant had just ascertained that he was not a clergyman, and was a most gross impostor. From the description of his person, there was no doubt entertained but that he was the same man against whom information had been given by the clergyman of the man of war in the morning, but going by the names of Shepherd and Tuc ker. A warrant was issued against him, and Rivett having learned that he was about to enlist for a soldier, by diligent enquiries, and with the assistance of Colonel Robinson, at Pimlico, it was ascertained that he had enlisted into the 21st regiment of light dragoons, representing himself as a young gentleman of highly respectable family, and when it was known that he was enlisted he should be bought off. In consequence of this representation of himself, swearing him in was delayed, and he had been living at the expence of the ser jeant, to the amount of upwards of 11 On Tuesday he was taken into custody by Rivett, and, in the evening of that day, underwent an examination before Mr Nares. Previous to the commencement of the examination, the magistrate enquired for the prison er, and, to his great surprise, found he was sitting close to him. He enquired if he was not a clergyman ?— he acknowledged he was not. The prisoner, with much presumption, continued to keep his seat, till Mr Nares ordered him to stand; when, on interrogatories being put to him, he frankly acknowledged that he had preached, married a number of couples, and executed the duties, in several churches, of a clergyman. に Mr Nares expressed his horror at the wickedness and mischief his conduct would occasion, as all the parties must be married over again. The above charges were then gone into, and he was committed for further examination. 8th.-MR SADLER'S ASCENT IN HIS BALLOON. This venerable and in trepid aeronaut made his seventeenth excursion into the regions of air yes. terday, from the gardens of the Mermaid Tavern, at Hackney. He was accompanied in his flight by Lieut. Paget, of the navy, the gentleman who was to have ascended with him from Cambridge, on the occasion of the installation, but who, from unavoidable circumstances, did not go up. Exactly at eighteen minutes before three o'clock, the signal being made, the balloon gradually arose (clearing the trees) in a slow and truly majestic manner; Mr Sadler and Lieutenant Paget saluting the spectators as they ascended, the spectators returning their salute by reiterated shouts of applause, and clapping of hands. In this manner the balloon kept slowly ascending, taking a south-east direction for near 20 minutes; during the whole of this time the travellers were distinctly seen by the naked eye, Mr Sadler waving his flag, and the lieutenant waving his hat, to the great satisfaction of the spectators. The balloon then ascended higher, still keeping in sight for upwards of ten minutes, until it became no larger in appearance than a bird, and at length was lost to the view. The balloon followed the course of the Thames, and after a flight of one hour and a half, descended at Tilbury Fort, opposite Gravesend, at ten minutes past four. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.- On Monday se'nnight, a coroner's inquest was held on the body of Charles Skinner Matthews, Esq. A. M., second son of Colonel Matthews, of Belmont, Herefordshire, and late Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, who, whilst bathing in the Cam, on Saturday preceding, became entangled in the weeds, and was most unfortunately drowned. The superior talents of which this much-lamented gentleman made an early display at Eton, carried him successfully through the usual course of academical competition at Cambridge, where he was much distinguished at Trinity College, by his excellent abilities, and great attainments in classical literature. The extent and variety of those attainments were subsequently still more strikingly displayed by his triumphant competition with many rival candidates of both universities for a fellowship of the new College of Downing, to which he was unanimously elected. He was only in the fourth year of his enjoyment of this envied distinction; about to be called to the exercise of that profession (the law) to which he had early devoted himself, with the fairest prospects of extended reputation; enjoying life, and rendering it valuable to others; when the above fatal accident abruptly terminated his short but honourable career, at the early age of twenty-six. At the examination of the Grammar School of Dumfries, a young lady, from the parish of Kirkmahoe, supported the honour of the Greek class, and completely demonstrated the fitness of the female faculties for receiving a classical education. She made Latin and Greek exercises and versions, read Homer with ease, and answered every question which was put to her in philology, antiquity, or grammar, with accuracy and promptness. 10th--EXETER ASSIZES.--Jane Cox was indicted for the wilful murder of John Trenanman, an infant, 16 months old, and Arthur Tucker, as an accessary before the fact. The latter is a The latter is a respectable farmer, living at Hatherleigh, in this county, and the infant was his natural child. It appeared that Jane Cox had, on the 28th of June last, administered to the child a quantity of arsenic, by putting it into the child's hands, and which it put into its mouth and ate; in consequence of which it died in about two hours. The pri soner, in her written confession, had implicated Tucker, as having persuaded her to do the fact; and stated his having taken the arsenic from under the roof of a cottage and given it to her, and promised her a one-pound note if she would administer it to the child. The prisoner, Jane Cox, after a trial of seven hours, was convicted, and ordered to be hanged on Monday next, and Tucker was acquitted. He called a great number of respectable witnesses, who all gave him a very high character. NEWRY.-TRAGICAL CATASTROPHE. It is our melancholy task to record one of the most calamitous events that can be found in the local disasters of a country. On Sunday se'nnight two daughters, with a daughter-in-law and a grandson, of Mr Macgowan, of Newry, went out to walk in the fields, where they picked a poisonous fungus resembling a mushroom, of which they all most imprudently ate. They were instantly attacked with the horrible symptoms attendant on taking vegetable poison, and notwithstanding assistance from most eminent medical aid, they all fell a sacrifice to its virulence. The grandson died at eight o'clock, the daughter-in-law a quarter before eleven, on Thursday evening; the youngest daughter, of fifteen, a quarter before one, and the eldest at ten on the following morning. a A lady, in high dress, attended by footman in livery, went on Thursday night into a box in the Haymarket theatre, and begged pardon for intrusion, as the box she had engaged was occupied by a genteel party, whom she did not wish to displease. She was politely accommodated, and after the first act, conversed ingeniously as to its incidents with one of the ladies in the box. At the end of the second act she attached herself to the other lady who was fascinated with the brilliancy of her remarks. The fair stranger was observed never to move her arms, and to be considerably advanced in pregnancy. The third act commenced, when she pretended to be seized with the fits of the mother, which brought to her aid the two ladies and a gentleman; she soon, however, recovered, and refusing to be escorted home, ordered her footman to call for a coach. ladies soon after wished to know the hour, but their watches were gone. As she never moved her arms, there was reason to believe that she had false ones, and pregnancy was assumed by the aid of a bolster. The alarm was given, but the Bow-street runners were unsuccessful in discovering her. The MERITORIOUS CONDUCT OF A BOY OF TWELVE YEARS OF AGE.-On Wednesday evening week, three little boys, from eight to ten years old, had got on a log of timber in the basin, Grangemouth, when it canted round, and they were all three precipitated into the water; the two eldest found means of getting on a raft which lay near them, and immediately gave the alarm of their young companion being in the basin. David Crauford Swinton, a boy of twelve years of age, being at some distance, no sooner heard the cry than he darted to the spot, over rafts and spars which lay in his way; and having thrown off his jacket as he ran along, dashed into the basin and saved the little boy when he was just going down, apparently for the last time, having been down and up several times before he could be got at. D. C. Swinton is son to Mr Swinton, merchant, Grangemouth. 20th.-INSOLVENT DEBTORS.SURREY SPECIAL SESSIONS.- -The Baron De Weichter, a Danish nobleman, was this day opposed, under the 36th clause of the act, for having obtained goods under false pretences. Mr Lawes, counsel for the opposing creditor, stated, that the prisoner came into this country in May, 1808, and from his rank soon became intimate with the first families in the kingdom. Amongst others with whom he became acquainted, was the Marquis of Hertford, at whose table he often sat, and who introduced him to Monsieur De Ton, a gentleman well known in the political circles of London. To this gentleman the baron represented himself as a person employed by the Danish government to enter into a negociation with the English cabinet, for the purpose of concluding a treaty of alliance. This representation Monsieur De Ton fully credited, from the nature of the baron's introduction. In March, 1809, the prisoner begged Monsieur De Ton to introduce him to a silversmith who could supply him with a service of plate, which he wished to purchase, in order that he might support the appearance his diplomatic situation required. Monsieur De Ton without hesitation introduced him to Messrs Smith and Co. of Burton-street, as a person of rank, who wished to give them a handsome order; an introduction for which these gentlemen felt themselves peculiarly grateful. The baron immediately gave directions for the manufacture of plate of the value of 14001., half of which he desired might be got ready without delay, promising at the same time that he would, on the delivery of the articles, pay for them by a bill at three months, on the discharge of which, and not till then, the remaining half of the order was to be put in hand. This proposition appeared so extremely fair, that Messrs Smith at once agreed to it, and immediately put the articles in hand. In a few days, however, the baron called again at their house, and appeared extremely anxious to have the whole of the order completed forthwith, alleging, as his reason for this hurry, that he was desirous of making a display adequate to the importance of the situation he held. Messrs Smith expressed a desire to comply with his wishes, and used the greatest expedition in completing the order. Notwithstanding all their activity, however, they were too tardy for the baron, who, under pretence of giving large dinners, took away himself a pair of massive silver candlesticks, and other things of considerable value. When the order was about one-half completed, Mr Smith began to entertain some suspicions of the respectability of his customer, and under this impression called at his house in Baker-street; where, instead of finding, as he expected, an establishment of servants, he only saw a man and woman of mean appearance, and a house not one-fourth part furnished. In despite of this circumstance, however, upon consultation with his partner, and on considering the nature of the baron's introduction, he continued to send in plate till the quantity so sent amounted to 12001. In the month of July, |