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wards falsified in many points, and 

 the supicions of his being the per- 

 petrator of the crime partook of 

 rather a circumstantial form. The 

 jury returned a verdict of wilful 

 murder against him, and he was 

 committed to the county gaol. He 

 is a man of more knowledge and 

 abilities than are usually found in 

 persons of his station, but of re- 

 puted bad character. Mr. West- 

 combe was rector of Barton Stacey, 

 near Winchester, vicar of Col- 

 lingbourne, and one of the minor 

 canons of Winchester cathedral. 

 A watch and some money, which 

 he was known to have about him, 

 were taken from his person. 



Perth, Aug. 26.— On Tuesday 

 morning, a number of prisoners 

 escaped from the depot, through a 

 mine which they had dug to the 

 bottom of the outer wall, where it 

 faces the South Inch. It is sup- 

 posed that they had begun to is- 

 sue from the aperture of this pas- 

 sage about two in the morning ; 

 but as they preserved a profound 

 silence, and as the night was very 

 dark, they were not observed by 

 the sentries, till one of them at- 

 tempting to leap the stream which 

 skirts the north-side of the depot, 

 fell into the water with considera- 

 ble noise. The nearest sentry then 

 fired towards the point from which 

 the sound proceeded, and the ad- 

 joining sentries having discharged 

 their muskets in the same direc- 

 tion, an alarm was given, and par- 

 ties of the guards went in pursuit 

 of the fugitives. Ten of them were 

 soon apprehended, but we under- 

 stand that thirteen are still missing. 

 They seem to have had no plan 

 for proceeding, after finding them- 

 •elves at liberty. 



DuUin, Aug. 26 — Lord Wiiit- 

 worth entered Dublin Castle this 

 evening, at a quarter past five 

 o'clock. His lordship alighted at 

 the Grand Portal, where he was 

 received by several personages of 

 distinction, and by them conducted 

 to the state apartments. At half- 

 past five his excellency entered the 

 council-chamber, preceded by the 

 different officers of state, and fol- 

 lowed by his suite, the Duchess of 

 Dorset, many noblemen, and nu- 

 merous friends and visitors. On 

 his lordship's entrance, his inves- 

 titure to the office of Lord-lieute- 

 nant of Ireland immediately took 

 place, when the Duke of Rich- 

 mond resigned into the hands of 

 his successor the high and impor- 

 tant trust. The oaths were admi- 

 nistered by the lord-chief-justice 

 of the King's Bench. 



Friday, Aug. 27. — This morn- 

 ing, at half-past eleven, the Duke 

 of Richmond held an undress levee 

 at the Castle, which was most 

 numerously attended: many of the 

 nobility arriving in town expressly 

 to pay his grace this last tribute of 

 their respect. At an early hour the 

 streets of the metropolis through 

 which his grace was to pass in 

 his way to the Pigeon-house, were 

 lined with soldiery : and at one 

 o'clock his grace took his final de- 

 parture from Dublin, attended by 

 a crowd of distinguished friends, 

 and followed by the lord-mayor, 

 and various of the nobility, in a 

 long train of carriages. His grace 

 had been preceded a few minutes 

 by the Duchess of Richmond, the 

 LadiesLenox, and their attendants, 



accompanied by many female 

 friends. 



30. Execution of Luke Heathy at 



