given her black emetic also. The term black emetic he explained by saying her discharge was black. The witness had considerable more conversation with the prisoner, during which he gave some inconsistent and contradictory account of the transaction; particularly his deny. ing being out of his house, or the deceased, when the witness saw him at the Athenian, and conversed with him. This was investigated, in consequence of its being insinu. ated that he had conveyed the child away at that time. The prisoner told him that the deceased died the day previous (Saturday), and she died on Friday. The coroner sent several medical gentlemen to examine and open the body, on Sunday; and, in consequence of the verdict of the jury, the prisoner was apprehended and confined in Liverpool prison. Dr. Coltman was called to prove some conversation he had with the prisoner respecting the transaction, some parts of which were not consistent. It was however proved, that the prisoner was much distressed in his mind at this time, on account of his brother having lost the use of his faculties. Jeremiah Steed deposed, that about last Christmas he was in company with the prisoner, at the house of Dr. Trail, to supper, when, speaking on the subject of anatomy, the prisoner said he was skilled in it and physic, and instructed some young men in it. The trial lasted till past three in the morning, and the jury ac. quitted the prisoner. At Worcester assizes a cause was tried, wherein sir John Cottrel, bart. was plaintiff, and Mr. Harris, defendant. The cause lasted for twenty-three hours, and an ad. journment took place. The leading circumstances of this case were shortly these :-Mr. Harris was the steward of an elderly lady of large property, both real and personal. She had arrived at the advanced age of 70. He had been her steward for four-and-twenty years; and by the letters and correspondence between him and Sir J. Cottrel, Mr. Harris claimed the merit of having introduced sir J. Cottrel into the family of his lady and her maiden sister, whom she survived, and, which acquaintance ended in her devising to sir John Cottrel one of her very large estates, of which she had the disposal, but which sir John Cottrel would have had in the event of her dying intestate, for he is her heir at law. This lady drew her will from a form which she had from an attorney at Henley, and wrote out all in her own hand, and duly executed it. She kept it locked up without commu nicating the contents of it to any body. On the 8th of October, she being feeble and in bed, gave directions to her waiting woman to take it out of her escrutoire, and to give it to Mr. Harris, with directions for him to open it, which he did, and discovered that there were omissions in it; that she had not left to any one the residue of her estates, real or personal; and therefore he went to her, and soon afterwards engrossed with his own hands a codicil as follows: "I, Sarah Freeman, of Henley Park, in the county of Oxford, widow, having made my will the 27th of June last, declare this to be a codicil thereto, and desire it to be considered as a part thereof. By my said will, I have left several annuities annuities to my servants and other persons; and it is my will that all the said annuities so left by my will, shall be charged upon and payable out of my estates in the counties of Worcester and Hereford, that I have bequeathed to the rev. Den. ham James and Joseph Cookes. I have also in my will omitted to mention the residue and remainder of my estates, real and personal, which it was and is my will to give and devise to my executor, Joseph Harris, of Stanford, Worcester. shire, after paying thereout all my debts, legacies, and funeral expences: and I accordingly give and de. vise the same to him and his heirs for ever. "SARAH FREEMAN. "Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the within-named Sarah Freeman, as a codicil to her will, in the presence of us, this 10th day of October, 1806.-J. Taylor, M. D.; I. Coulson, surgeon; Edward Ma. son, servant to Mr. Harris.” This lady had by her will left all the rest of her estates to those from whose ancestors she had derived them; and the single question in the cause was, whether this codicil was fairly executed by her? Mrs. White, who had been her servant for many years, and at. tended her in her last illness, gave an account of her state of health. She was ill and rambling in her mind, and talked incoherently, on the 6th of October, fancying her, self on a journey from Southamp. ton, &c. but being brought into the window of her bed-room, there seeing her servants, poultry, cattle, &c. upon the lawn, she suddenly recovered, and became herself again, and clear in her understand. ing; continued so the 9th, 10th, and 11th of October; but on the 12th she began to ramble again yet worse, and until the 24th, when she died. Other servants corrobo. rated this statement, and added many particulars, by which it ap pcared that the codicil was fairly executed; and it appeared by the evidence of many other most respectable witnesses, that Mr. Harris was on the footing of intimacy and affection with this lady. He was Mrs. Freeman's legatee under her will, before the codicil, and had a legacy of 500l. by it. In support of the action of eject. ment brought by Sir John Cottrel, as heir at law, it was contended that this lady was not in her right mind when she executed this codi. cil; that Mr. Harris imposed upon her for his own advantage. The chief witnesses in support of this were doctor Taylor, the physician, and Mr. Coulson, the surgeon, who had attended her. The substance of their testimony was, that although she was not lunatic at the time she executed this codicil, she was not, in their opinion, of such a sound and disposing mind as to be capable of bequeathing her estate; and that had they been aware this codicil passed away her real estate, they would not have attested it; but they thought it was only to supply some legal defect in the will, and give it vigour and effect as a legal instrument, &c. The jury, after having retired for some time, returned a verdict for the defendant. The Pope.-The public are in possession of the substance of a series of documents respecting the outrages committed by the French at Rome, and the seizure of the ecclesiastical states. Some additional particulars G 3 have have since been published; among which is a note from cardinal Gabrielli, dated from the Quirinal Palace, the 19th of May, and addressed to Signor Cavaliero Aldini, chargé d'affaires of the kingdom of Italy, the substance of which was not previously known. After noticing the annexation of the four provinces of the ecclesiastical states of Urbino, Macerata, Ancona, and Camerino, to the kingdom of Italy, and enumerating all the wrongs inAlicted upon the papal government by Bonaparte, it proceeds to protest in the name of the pope against this conduct of France, in the following terms:-" He strongly protests in the face of the whole world against the usurpation of his states: he declares solemnly that it is unjust, vain, null, and of no va lue; that it never can really affect the imprescriptible and legitimate rights of sovereignty; and of possessions appertaining to his Holi. ness and his successors in perpe. tuity; and that if force despoils him of the enjoyment, he is determined to maintain the integrity of his rights, the actual enjoyment of which will be recovered when it shall so please a just God, who .combats for justice, and who is the King of kings and the Master of those who govern. "At the same time, his Holiness addresses his ardent prayers to the Father of Mercy, to inspire his subjects withdrawn from his power, and who are and will be always dear to his heart, with a spirit of patience and resignation, in order that they may obtain from Heaven consolation and peace, and that they may always preserve unim. paired in their hearts religion and faith. "The God of Israel will grant to his people strength and virtue." 8. A poor weaver, who had a wife and several small children, and resides at Bolton-le-Moor, has lately come to an estate of upwards of 4000l. a-year. He has obtained it from a very wealthy uncle, who had not seen him for a great number of years. It appears that the uncle did not forget his poor rela. tion while living; for he wrote a number of letters to the nephew in question, which did not come to hand, and it is suspected they were intercepted by a designing servant, The uncle, however, left a will, bequeathing the estate to his nephew, the poor weaver, provided he claimed it within six months after his death; and in case of his failing to claim it within that time, the estate to go to the servant, who is suspected of having intercepted the letters. The will, being of a novel nature, became the subject of conversation; and so it happened, that two travellers at an inn in Bolton were conversing upon the subject at the time the poor wea. ver was in the house, and within hearing of their conversation: and he, knowing that he had a rich uncle, although he knew not where to find him, soon learned that the deceased person was his uncle, and had left him the estate; he, in consequence, communicated the cir cumstance to some friends, who undertook to see into the business, and he proved to be just within the time limited in the will to put in his claim. Dreadful Catastrophe. A boatrace for two silver cups, given by J. Templar, esq. of Stover, near Teignmouth, which were to be sailed for on Tuesday se'nnight, induced induced the rev. Mr. Buller, of Saltash, and Mr. Baker, of Plymouth, to become candidates for the first prize. Their two beauti. ful pleasure-boats, from ten to fif. teen tous burthen, accordingly started from this harbour on Monday morning. In Mr. Buller's boat were, Mr. Josiah Thomson, of Plymouth; Mr. John Foster, of Salt. ash; his apprentice, and Mr. Bul. ler's boy. Mr. Baker's boat followed. They had proceeded as far as the Bolt Head, when they were overtaken by a most tremendous squall, accompanied with heavy rain, which lasted nearly half an hour. At this time, Mr. Buller's boat was near two miles a-head, and from the thickness of the storm could not be discerned; but on its subsiding, being still invisi. ble, Mr. Baker concluded she had borne away for Saltcombe, as the wind continued to blow hard, with a prodigious swell. After keeping the same course for half an hour, Mr. Baker determined to bear away also, and on nearing the shore, saw something like crab-pot marks, but did not particularly regard them, until a shriek was heard from thence, when Mr. Bul. ler was seen with his head above water, supported by a topmastspar, which fortunately was in the boat when she went down. Every exertion was now used in saving Mr. B. who was almost gone, having been in that situation an hour and a half. On being carefully drawn on board, every means were used to renew that life, twice apparently gone; which was at last effected. During the time, Mr. Foster's apprentice, and Mr. Buller's boy, were perceived at a little distance, holding by the ends of an oar; and on picking up the latter, the other, being quite exhausted, loosed his hold and sunk to the bottom. Every eye was now strained in looking out for Mr. Thomson and Mr. Foster, but without success; and after beating about for a considerable time, they regretfully left the melancholy scene, and ar. rived at Saltcombe. Mr. Buller, when recovered, said they had shipped a sea; and that Mr. Foster was in the little boat a-stern, casting off the painter, when another sea filled her, and she went down by her stern. Mr. B. recol lects Mr. Thomson swimming up. right, but a little under water, for some time after she sunk. He has left a widow, with five children, and a numerous circle of acquaintance, to lament his loss. Mr. Foster was unmarried, but a respectable and worthy character. Melancholy Accident. - Gijon, Sept. 13.-Yesterday arrived here his majesty's ships Cossack and Comet, the former from Santander, the latter from Plymouth, with near a million of dollars on board, part of which are for the service of Spain, and with the remainder sho will sail in a day or two for Oporto. In the afternoon arrived the Swallow brig, capt. Milner, convoying cight sail of transports, sent here to receive on board 2000 Me. rino sheep, presented by the junta of this principality to his majesty. Soon after the Swallow came to an anchor, a boat put off from her with the captain, the hon. capt. Herbert, Mr. Creed, and the agent for transports, and seven seamen. Just as they were upon the bar, a sea broke over, filled the boat, and plunged them into the sea; the greater part, by taking hold of the G4 boat, boat, saved themselves, and supported themselves on oars and planks till the boats, which immediately put off from the shore, picked them up. Unfortunately, however, they were unable to save captain Herbert and Mr. Creed, who sunk before they arrived. These two gentlemen came out for the purpose of visiting this country; the former was son to the earl of Carnarvon, the latter to Mr. Creed. - Ireland.-Dublin, Sept. 15.-. Extraordinary Catastrophe. The circumstance which we are about to relate, though of a most extra. ordinary nature, has been communicated to us from such authority, that we have no doubt whatever that it is accurate in its general outline; we forbear to mention names and places, for reasons which will be sufficiently obvious to our readers, A few miles from this city, in a village which consists of but four or five houses, a house of entertainment constantly afforded refreshment for those travellers who made it a resting place. A respectable farmer, a very few evenings since, having been at the Dublin market, resolved to return home early, and left town before dinner. Having reached this village, he put up his horse at the inn, and ordered some thing to eat. His meal, &c. being finished, and the evening coming on, he paid his bill to the landlord from a parcel of notes, one of which he changed, and then departed on his road home. At about the distance of one mile, his horse dropped a shoe, and as a smith's forge was contiguous to this part of the road, he dismounted, and finding the door closed, and the smith gone to bed, he knocked until the farrier got up, and opened the door. The shoe being replaced, the traveller offered the smith an half-crown picce, desiring to get the change, which he declared at that hour' he could not procure. The traveller feeling that he had occasioned some trouble in dis turbing the man, told him that he might keep the entire. The poor smith, affected by this unexpected generosity, eyed him with caution, and questioned him which road he had come, and on being informed that he had stopped at the village ́inn, asked him if any money had been seen in his possession in that house? To which the traveller replied, that he certainly had a large sum of money in his possession. He immediately cautioned him to turn back to Dublin, for that not two hundred yards on the road be fore him, at a bridge, which he described, he was certain to be stopped and robbed. To this, the traveller replied he was well prepared, having his yeomanry pistols charged in his holsters. The smith told him that if he was resolved to proceed, he had better examine his arms: the precaution was attended to, and, upon opening the pans of the pistols, the priming of both was not only thrown out, but water ap peared to have been poured in. The traveller was resolute, and understanding from the smith (who he had now reason to believe was really in the secret), that he should be attacked by one man only, the pistols were recharged, and he set... forward on his journey. On his arrival at the bridge, a fellow jumped from the hedge, and stopping him, demanded a large sum, which he said he knew he had about |