of which wounds he immediately expired. There was no evidence affecting the prisoner Mary Rogers, except ing that she was present.

The learned judge, in summing up, stated a distinction to exist between the cases of Cardoza and Sarah Browne, There was a quarrel and heat of blood between her and the deceased; but Cardoza came in, and, without any provocation given personally to him, attacked the deceased.-Cardoza was found guilty of murder, Sarah Browne of manslaughter, and Mary Rogers acquitted.

The Recorder immediately pronounced sentence of death against Cardoza, and directed him to be executed on Monday morning.

DEATH OF MR LEWIS.-It is with extreme concern we announce the death of that justly celebrated comedian, who died on Saturday evening at his house, Westbourne Place, in the 63d year of his age. His health had been gradually declining for the last two years; and the misery occasioned him by the death of a most amiable and beautiful daughter, about twelve months since, quite overcame him. It brought on a lowness of spirits, and a train of afflicting disorders, which baffled the exertions of his medical advisers, and finally terminated his existence, whilst in the arms of his unhappy family. As a man, he was most upright and good; as a husband, father, friend, he united all those endearing qualities which will make his loss irreparable to his afflicted widow, his affectionate children, and to an attached circle of acquaintances. The remains of this much respected man are to be interred in a family vault in Liverpool.

From the American Papers.-THEATRICALS.-Last night the inimitable Mr Cooke made his first appearance on our boards, in the character of Richard the Third. Such was the anxiety of our citizens to see this celebrated per

former, that the street in front of the theatre, at an unusually early hour, was crowded to a degree beyond any thing we ever witnessed upon such an occasion. As soon as the welcome moment arrived, when the doors were thrown open, the press for admission was so great, that it required the strength of a dozen Sampsons to keep the populace from carrying with them the doors, and the sturdy door-keepers. The pit, boxes, and gallery, in a few moments, were crowded almost to suffocation. We never saw so numerous, and at the same time so respectable an audience. At the usual hour the curtain rose, but nobody saw or heard any thing until Mr Cooke made his debut, The reception which this gentleman deservedly received, was the warmest we ever witnessed.

The Jamaica papers state the following curious occurrence having taken place in Port Royal Mountains The dwelling-house, &c., and from 25 to 30 acres of full bearing coffee, on the plantation of Mr Robert G. Dalhouse, has sunk down and disappeared, and nothing but the ridge of the house is now discernible. Some days previous to this accident, the earth was observed to crack and sink in a trifling degree, and the house to be affected by it, when Mr Dalhouse was advised to remove with his furniture, which he fortunately did. The cause is not well ascertained; but it is supposed to have been occasioned by a hollow or sub. terranean passage in the earth, which swallowed up the buildings, &c., as there was not the smallest symptom of an earthquake at the time.

The fall of snow on Friday night was so very great, as to render the northern roads almost impassable. The mail-coach from Boston could not be dragged more than four miles on Saturday through the snow; but the guard proceeded on horseback with the mail. The mail from London was

conveyed in the same manner into Bos ton about six o'clock on Saturday evening.

Saturday was one of the most piercing cold days ever felt at Stamford. The wind blew boisterously from the east, and occasioned such heavy drifts of snow as to make the great north road in many places impassable. The Leicester coach, on the way to Stamford, was upset in the snow at Burton-Lazarus, and several passengers were much hurt in consequence. The Carlisle mail was dug out of the snow near Tickencote, and with difficulty got to Stamford, with eight horses, three hours later than usual; but it could proceed no further than Thorn haugh, whence the guard was obliged to take the letter bags on horseback. Three coaches from the north lay all night in the snow, about a mile from Stamford, and as many near Wansford. With the assistance of 50 men, the road became passable for carriages at 12 o'clock on Sunday. In some places the snow had drifted six feet deep.

VAGRANTS.-Peter Brown, Joseph Webb, and John Ellis, three sturdy vagrants, were put to the bar, charged with assaulting Henry Howard, James Edrington, and John Fearson, three of the parish constables of Mary-le-bone, in the discharge of their duty. On the day mentioned in the indictment, it appeared that the prosecutors were informed the defendants were assembled at the bottom of Welbeck-street, and insulting every female who passed and refused to comply with their impor. tunate petitions for charity. The officers immediately repaired to the spot pointed out to them, where they found the three prisoners, and two others of the fraternity, who escaped, conducting themselves in the way which had been described. They were desired to quit the spot, but they refused; upon which the constables attempted to take them into custody, but were resisted by a

shower of blows dealt upon them by the defendants with large sticks which they had in their hands; and Pearson, attempting to seize one of them, was, with his opponent, brought to the ground, and rolled several times in the kennel, to the great discomposure of his gold-laced hat and coat, he being the beadle of the parish; and whilst on the ground, his antagonist, by a, skilful application of his wooden leg to the more penetrable stuff of which his opponent was composed, fractured the small bone of the prosecutor's ancle: after a well-fought battle, however, the prosecutors succeeded in securing the three defendants, and taking them before a magistrate, by whom they were committed. The jury found them guilty, and they were sentenced to six months imprisonment in the House of Correction.

14th.--PLYMOUTH.- -The brig Unanimity, of Dartmouth, captured by a French privateer on her voyage from Lisbon to Cork, with fruit, and recaptured by the Niemen frigate, Sir M. Seymour commander, arrived here yesterday, the prize master of which states, that in the last cruise they fell in with the wreck of the American ship Orion, Captain Sims, from America, laden with timber, and picked up the captain, who was the only survivor of her whole crew, which consisted of eleven persons; the remainder having either perished, or were washed off and drowned. For some hours after the captain was got on board the Niemen, he was so far spent as not to be able to speak, and with scarce any signs of life; but by the kind and humane care and attention he received, he afterwards recovered sufficiently to tell his name, together with the ship's. When the Unanimity left the frigate, there were still fears entertained of his recovery, owing to the great hardships he had undergone.

An inquest was held at the King's

head, in Cheltenham, last week, on the body of Jane Cook, of that place, who poisoned herself by swallowing arsenic, mixed in tea, on the evening of the 9th inst. So determined was this unfortunate female on self-destruction, that she first procured a quantity of laudanum, which failing in its operation, she made a second application, and effected her fatal purpose. The cause assigned for this act is supposed pregnancy, which on surgical examination proved otherwise. The jury returned a verdict of Lunacy.

A French officer on parole at Northampton, named Oraison, was apprehended on Monday, on suspicion of forging a 11. cash note of the town and county bank. He acknowledged his offence, and pleaded poverty in extenuation, saying that he had only made nine, which he performed entirely with a pencil, pen, and India ink. The notes were, on presentation at the bank, known to be forged, but paid in order to lead to detection.

On Wednesday, a poor chimneysweeper's boy lost his life in a most shocking manner, in a chimney, at a house in Orchard-street, Westminster. He went up a chimney to clean it, and got out at the top. On his return, he got into a chimney belonging to the same house, by mistake, which had a fire at the bottom, in which he stuck fast, and was suffocated before relief could be rendered him.

A dreadful accident happened a few days ago on board the Jason, a vessel of Boston, lying about four miles from the town, in a part of the Deeps, called Clay-hole. Mr Massam, the master, was on business in Boston; but before he quitted the vessel, he had carefully locked up the cabin, in which were some swivel-cartridges and a quantity of gun-powder. The mate of the vessel, to relieve the tedium of waiting for a wind, imprudently broke open

the door during his master's absence, took out some powder, and went from the vessel to shoot sea-fowl, leaving on board only a boy of about fourteen years of age. The youth, thus left, amused himself by getting a handful of gunpowder, and throwing it in small quantities into a fire on board; but having, it is supposed, scattered some between the cabin and the fire-place, the flame ran along the train, and in an instant, by the tremendous explosion of all the powder kept for the guns which the Jason carried, the whole stern of the vessel was swept away, and she sunk with a full cargo of oats on board. Providentially the boy was not hurt by the explosion, and was taken from the sinking vessel by a boat which was put off from the Tre Madoc, lying near.

CHESTER. Tuesday se'nnight, the chief magistrate (General Grosvenor) gave a most sumptuous entertainment in the Exchange, to his cousin Earl Grosvenor, several gentlemen of the county, the corporation, and his friends in the city. The Town Hall was most tastefully decorated with variegated lamps. The tables were laid out in the following manner: Two long ones down each side of the room, joined at the top in a semi-circular form, and in the intermediate area, smaller tables were laid across; in the centre was placed a fine baron of beef, ornamented with appropriate devices, encircled by the motto "O! the Roast Beef of old England, O! the old English Roast Beef." On its right was a Christmas pie, weighing upwards of 200lb., containing four geese, four turkies, six hares, a leg of veal, a leg of pork, sausages, &c.; on its sides were the heraldic bearings of the house of Eaton, supported by those of the general, with the family motto; on the left of the baron of beef was a sallad, tastefully displayed, with the motto

"Prosperity to the Trade of Chester." This table was surmounted with two elegant transparencies, representing the east and the north gates of the city. About five o'clock dinner was served up, to which above 200 sat down. The following is a copy of the bill of fare:

BILL OF FARE.-Sixteen tureens of turtle; 8 boiled turkies; 3 hams; 4 dishes of a-la-mode beef; 5 pigeon pies; 3 saddles of mutton; 13 plum-puddings; 6 dishes of muranade pork; 8 French pies; 4 roasted turkies; 8 dishes of rabbits; 3 legs of mutton; 4 geese; 2 fillets of veal; 10 dishes of chickens; 4 dishes of veal sur

prise; 3 beef-stake pies; 3 dishes of sweetbreads; 6 hares; 6 venison pasties; 8 dishes of ducks; 6 oyster patties; 6 dishes of mutton caserole; 6 dishes of pig; 6 lemon puddings; 8 dishes of haricoed mutton; 4 neats tongues; 3 dishes of collared veal;

a round of beef.

Removes-Ten haunches of venison;

10 necks of venison.

Sweets-Thirty salvers of whips and jelly, 20 moulds of jelly, 40 moulds of blancmange, tarts, cheese-cakes, mincepies, puffs, &c. &c.

A MESSENGER SHOT!-It has been a custom to fly pigeons as conveyances of news; and Tom Belcher, who is one of the first in the fancy, being unable to attend the late fight, one of his pigeons was sent out of the ring, but it fell a prey to a cockney sportsman, in passing over Wimbledon Common. A label, with Silverthorne's name, was tied to the bird's leg.

On Tuesday morning, the 15th inst. when the men employed at the limekiln near St Catherine's, Waterford, went to their work, they found a man and a woman lying dead on the edge of its eye. The parties were soon recognized; the young man having lived in the immediate neighbourhood of the kiln, and the unhappy woman, who, we understand, was the widow of an industrious carpenter, at no great distance from it. The wretched youth was known to have been drinking at a

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late hour in the neighbourhood the preceding evening, and it is thought the parties must have found their way into the yard, at low water, through the sluice at John's Hill. Incapable of reflection, they had suffered themselves to be so much attracted by the heat of the kiln, as to seek repose on its very crown, where, rendered senseless by the mephitic vapour, they were retained till death closed their mortal career. When found, one side of the man was literally roasted.

15th.-DEAL.-A more gallant action than that recorded in the following letter, has not been fought by a merchant ship against the enemy's privateers this war, or in any preceding

one.

The Lords of the Admiralty have, in consequence, been pleased to express to the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, their Lordships' satisfaction at the gallantry exhibited on this occasion, and their intention to grant to each of the crew of the Cumberland, as a mark of their Lordships favour, a protection from the impress for the space of three years.

"On Sunday night the ship Cumberland, Barrett master, arrived in the Downs from Quebec, under a jury foremast and bowsprit, having pitched her bowsprit and foremast away in a heavy gale of wind off the Bank's of Newfoundland. From seven till eight o'clock on Sunday morning, she was attacked by four French lugger privateers, between Dover and Folkestone, the first of which hailed to know if he wanted a pilot; Capt. B. having suspicion of her, replied in the negative. Immediately after, another privateer ordered him to lay back his mainyard; and the whole of them commenced a fire of musketry, and two of them ran alongside and boarded the Cumberland; previous to which the captain had ordered all the ship's crew into the cabin, they being armed with their boarding-pikes. As soon as about

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twenty men came on board, the captain ordered the ship to be sheered off from the privateers, leaving the Frenchmen no good retreat, and on the ship being boarded, the privateers ceased firing in the mean time the ship's company rushed forward, and cleared the deck; the greatest part of the boarders being killed, and the remain der jumped overboard. Immediately after, another came alongside, and told the captain they would give no quarter; on hearing this, the ship's company cheered them, and they were boarded and cleared in like manner. This was repeated three times afterwards, with the like success on the part of the ship's crew, and their taking three prisoners, two of whom were wounded, and one has since died of his wounds. Immediately after this, Captain Barrett discharged three of his carronades, loaded with round and cannister shot; the first was seen to carry away the mainmast of one of the privateers, and the second carried away the bowsprit of another, and it was supposed destroyed many of the men, as they were heard to cry out, and the shots were heard to strike the vessel. They then made off, and the Cumberland proceeded for the Downs."

17th-WINDSOR.-His Majesty's health is materially improved; he is gaining daily. After dinner this day, his Majesty, attended by Drs Baillie, Heberden, and Willis, walked for more than half an hour on the north side of the terrace, during the greater part of which time his Majesty was in conversation with those gentlemen. His Majesty felt much refreshed by the air; and, upon the whole, derived much benefit from the walk.-In addition to this important change, it is said his Majesty, within these three or four days, has experienced some faint glimmerings of returning sight, so that he could perceive some glasses

with drink which were given into his hands.

18th.-CORONER'S INQUEST.-An inquisition was taken yesterday on the body of Frederick Bede, who was killed in a pugilistic combat with a young man of the name of Smithers, in Newington-fields, on Monday afternoon. It appeared in evidence, that the combatants were two clerks in very respect. able situations, and a quarrel arose in consequence of a dispute at cards. They retired to combat in the warmth of temper, and Bede refused to settle the dispute in any other manner. After fighting twenty-five minutes most determinedly, Smithers gave his adversary a blow under the right ear, which knocked him down, and he died in about 20 minutes. The surgeon gave it as his opinion, that death was rather occasioned by the fall than from the blow; but death having ensued in an illegal act, a verdict of Manslaughter was returned.

This being the anniversary of her Majesty's birth-day, the guns of the castle of Edinburgh were fired, and the flag displayed. The guns of the Leith battery, and the ships of war in the roads, were also fired upon the occasion. The usual birth-day assembly did not take place, on account of the indisposition of his Majesty.

On Sunday evening and Monday morning, there was a violent hurricane at Edinburgh from the west. A number of cans, slates, lamps, and trees, were blown down. The canvass roof of the show of wild beasts on the mound, was blown to pieces.

At a fox hunt, on the 8th instant, in the parish of west Kilbride, a young man fell from a place called the Three Sisters, the highest point of that elevated and precipitous ridge, called Arneil Banks, a height of about 130 feet, to the bottom, upon a bed of small stones; and, astonishing to tell, was