ted the murder. A gentleman, who was present at the examination of the body by a surgeon who at tended the coroner, related, that the skin which covers the cranium, with the muscles on each side of the head, were mortified to the bone. The left eye had been beaten out, and the left check-bone with the roof of the mouth, broken in ; from which it is evident she had been murdered by repeated blows on the head with a bludgeon, or some other heavy wooden instrument. It appeared also, that she had received a severe blow upon her right thigh near her knee, which was mortified to the bone, leaving nothing but the muscles which move the leg. The horror excited by this atrocious deed, is greatly heightened by the consideration that the unhappy victim was, at the time, in an advanced state of pregnancy. surgeon above-mentioned, having opened the body, took out of it, a fine female child, nearly at its full growth. The vious to her setting out, she told them (to use her own language), "that a fear had come over her that morn. ing; and if any thing but good came to her, they were to look to nobody but Robinson."-Some weeks having elapsed without her return ing, or any tidings being received of her, it was conjectured she had been murdered; and as she left Guisborough to proceed towards Mickleby (a distance of 12 miles), for the avowed purpose of meeting Robin. son, suspicion naturally fell upon him.-This mysterious affair having become a common topic of conversation, several country people, be ing at leisure on Good Friday, de. termined to devote the opportunity to instituting a search for the body, which they at last found buried in a part of Robinson's ground; they were led to examine the particular pot by the circumstances of his having about ten days before, under very frivolous pretences, made a sort of sledge-road in the part, probably with a view to divert attention from it, but which in reality gave rise to suspicion hat it was intended for a purpose different from the ostensible he; which suspicion the discovery James Scott, aged 14, had no the body abundantly confirmed. sooner ascended to the mouth of At the coroner's inquest, which the pit, than perceiving that the was held on Easter Sunday, Robin. banksman had quitted his station, 19's servant deposed, that his mas- and that an ungovernable horse at r left home about five o'clock in the gin was left to the management he evening of the day on which the of a child, he vehemently cried out, left Guisborough, and told his "I shall be killed!" which excla. mily he was going to Staiths, about mation was scarcely uttered before ar miles distant, to receive pay it was verified; for immediately his ra horse; it appeared, that he head was nearly severed from his rived at Staiths about half past body against the top of the machiae, and slept there that night;nery; and his limbs, with a perom which there is reason to believe cussion that would have destroyed at he proceeded to that place a giant, were also broken! To cdiately after he had perpetra. complete the awful scene, his man 21. A terrible disaster befel a poor lad at a colliery in the neighbourhood of Swaines Moor Edge, near Halifax, on Saturday last. Ee 2 gled gled (and almost lifeless) body was precipitated to the bottom of the pit, 128 yards in depth! 22. A deputation of the corporation of London, consisting of the lord-mayor, twelve aldermen, the recorder, sheriffs, and twelve commoners, presented their address to his majesty, at the queen's palace, which was as follows: To the king's most excellent majesty. The humble and dutiful address of the lord-mayor, aldermen, and commons, of the city of London, in common-council assembled. "Most gracious sovereign, "We, your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons, of the city of London, in commoncouncil assembled, approach the throne, with Our warmest and most unfeigned gratitude for the dig nified and decided support and protection recently given by your majesty to the Protestant reformed religion, as by law established; and for the firm and constitutional exercise of your royal prerogative to preserve the independence of the crown. as "Deeply sensible, as your majesty's faithful citizens of London at all times are, of the great and substantial blessings we enjoy under your majesty's paternal government, we should justly incur the imputation of criminal indifference, the first municipal body in your majesty's dominions, were we lightly to consider the scrupulous regard and fervent zeal which have invariably guided your majesty for the preservation of our religion, laws, and liberties, more particularly at this interesting conjuncture, or silently to withhold our loyal acknowledgments due to the best of kings, for his wise and steady resolution to secure inviolate our glorious constitution in church and state. "We contemplate, sire, with the warmest affection, and most profound veneration, the exercise of those unextinguishable principles in the royal breast, which protect in every situation the religious interests of your people, and provide for the happiness and freedom of posterity, by guarding the protestant suc. cession in your majesty's royal house on the throne of the united kingdom. "Your majesty's faithful citizens of London feel it no less their pride and exultation, than their bounden and indispensable duty, to express the sentiments of satisfaction which animate their hearts, at the wise and dignified measures pursued by your majesty, securing the glorious independence of the crown as one of the three estates of our well-tempered and invaluable constitution. "That your majesty may be long spared to us by an overruling Providence, and that the people of this land may be long sensible of the blessings of your majesty's most auspicious government in the protection of every thing dear to them, is the ardent prayer of your majesty's loyal citizens of London. (Copy.) Signed by order of the court, " HENRY WOODTHORPE." To which address his majesty was pleased to return the following most gracious answer : "I receive, with the greatest sa tisfaction, the assurances you give me of your concurrence in those principles which have governed my conduct on the late important oc casion. It has ever been my ob ject ject to secure to all descriptions of my subjects, the benefits of religious toleration; and it affords me particular gratification to reflect, that during my reign these advantages have been more generally and extensively enjoyed than at any former period. But, at the same time I never can forget what is due to the security of the ecclesiastical establishment of my dominions, connected as it is with our civil constitution, and with all those blessings which, by the favour of Providence, have hitherto so eminently distinguished us amongst the nations of the world." They were all received very graciously, and had the honour to kiss his majesty's hand. The following is a copy of the bill, upon the insisting on which his majesty's late ministers retired from office. "A bill for enabling his majesty to avail himself of the services, of all his liege subjects, in his naval and military forces, in the man ner therein mentioned. "Whereas it is expedient that his majesty should be enabled to avail himself of the services of all his hege subjects, in his naval and military forces, for the maintenance of the rights of his crown, and of the interests, honour, and indepenCence of the British empire: "Be it therefore enacted by the king's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritu and temporal, and commons, in this present parfiament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that it shall and may be lawful for his majesty to grant or confer, or by his royal sign-manual to empower the proper officer or officers to grant or confer, any military commission, warrant, or appointment whatever, either in his majesty's sea or naval forces, or in any of his majesty's land or military forces whatsoever, to or upon any of his majesty's liege subjects, without exception; and that every such commission, warrant, or appointment, so granted or conferred, shall and may be lawfully exercised by such his majesty's subjects in all places within or without his majesty's dominions, any law, statute, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding: provi. ded that every such person shall, within months after his accepting the said commission, warrant, or appointment, take, make, and subscribe the declaration oath hereinafter mentioned; which declaration and oath shall be engrossed on the back or at the foot of the commission or appointment so granted or conferred, and shall be there attested by the signature of the magistrate or officer in whose presence the same shall have been subscribed, and by whom the said oath shall have been adminis tered. or And be it further enacted, that such oath and declaration may be administered by any court of record, or judge of such court, or by any justice of peace or other magistrate having power to administer oaths in any part of his majesty's dominions; and that, if the party taking and subscribing the same shall, at the time of his so taking and subscribing the same, not be within his majesty's dominions, the same may then be admipistered and attested by any general or commanding officer of his majesty's land forces, or by any admiral or commanding officer of Ee 3 his his majesty's naval forces; provided always, that in this last case, the person holding such commission, warrant, or appointmen:,shall, within months after his return to any part of his majesty's dominions, again take, make, and subscribe the same oath and decla. ration in presence of some court of record or magistrates, as aforesaid. "And be it further enacted, that no person, having so taken, made, and subscribed such oath and de. claration respectively as aforesaid, shall be liable to any pains, penalties, or disabilities whatsoever, for having exercised or acted in or un der any such commission, warrant, or appointment, any law, statute, or usage to the contrary, notwith. standing; and although such person shall not have complied with any of the directions of any former statute respecting the qualifications of persons holding or exercising offices within this realm. "And be it further enacted, that the said oath and declaration, to be so taken, made, and subscribed, shall be in the words following, viz. I, A. B., being by this commission appointed to be--(here set forth the appointment) do hereby solemnly promise and swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to is majesty king Gcorge the Third, and that I will do my utmost to maintain and defend him against all treasons and traitorous conspiracies, and against all attempts whatever that shall be made against his person, crown, or dig. nity; and that I will, to the utmost of my power, resist all such treasons, conspiracies, or attempts, and will also disclose and make known, the same as soon as they shall come to my knowledge; and I do also promise and swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will, to the utmost of my power, maintain and support the succession to the crown of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as the same now stands limited by law; and that I will also, to the utmost of my power, maintain and support the established constitution and government of the said united kingdom against all attempts what. ever that shall be made against the same. "And whereas it is expedient that his majesty's subjects, however em. ployed in any of his majesty's sea or naval forces, or any of his majesty's land or military forces whatsoever, should be allowed the free exercise of such religious opinions as they may respectively profess: be it enacted, that no person employed in his majesty's sea or naval forces, or land or military forces, and having previou-ly signified in writing, signed by himself, to his commanding officer, his dissent from the doctrine or worship of the church of England as by law established, shall under any pretence or by any means be prevented from attending, or be subject or liable to any pains, penalties, or disabili. ties, for attending such divine worship or religious service as may be consistent with and according to his religious persuasion or opinions, at, proper and seasonable times, and such as shall be consistent with the due and full discharge of his naval or military duties; nor shall any such person be compelled or compellable to attend the worship or service of the said established church; and that any commission ed or contrary to this provision, shall, upon conviction thereof before a ed officer, acting in violation of majesty's service, or to such other punishment, not extending to life shall award; and that any warrant general court-martial, be liable to be suspended or dismissed from his or limb, as the said court-martial or non-commissioned officer so of in the year of until the And be it further enacted, that ral or regimental court-martial. our Lord nishment, not extending to life or limb, as shall be awarded by a genefending, shall be liable to such pu this act shall be and continue in force from the year of our Lord the Comparative Statement of his Majesty's Ministers; in January and April 1907 President of the council Lord high chancellor First lord of the treasury (prime minister) Secretary of state, home department foreign affairs. -, department of war and colonies Lord chief justice of the court of king's bench Chancellor and under-treasurer of the exchequer. A seat in the cabinet without an office. President of board of control for affairs of India of board of trade . Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster Secretary at war Joint postmaster-general Lord Henry Petty. Right hon. Geo. Tierney Lord Auckland Earl of Derby Right hon. H. Fitzpatrick.. Sir James Pulteney, bart. Right hon. R. B. Sheridan. Right hon. George Rose. S Earl Temple Lord Jolin Townshend. . . Right hon. Charles Long. 5 Earl of Buckinghamshire. S Right hon. N. Vansittart Sir Samuel Romilly Duke of Richmond. Those marked ", are of the cabinet. |