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.s-o-thiz is of the assembly,. of the excellence and ..,:stability of the plan ; altd., l am happy to say I I.lt it has been determined to commence an est* :shment similar to Mr. Owsw's (on a small scale) the vicinity of this town, with the least possible de .:y—Mr. Owitm having kindly offered his advice and Asistance towards bringing k to maturity. The lea, therefore, of assisting the digressed workmen o emigrate out of the kingdom, has been totally :ven up. The Proclannaticm of General BTNG, which appears ••me of the London Papers of Tuesday last, was ❑known in this part of kingdom, and is looked pon as an uncalled for and unnecessary measure-- alculated to sow dissentions between the soldiers and ;he inhabitants of the districts where they are stationed. /Co traces have yet been discovered of the assassin to intended to shoot Mr. HALLILBY, as stated in i y last letter; but as he had two accomplices, the lige reward offered will, no doubt, bring him to iglu. Mr. TwEDDial s it seems, bad a very narrow . ;cape, the villains having mistaken their intended LEIGH, AUGUST The Meeting at Leigh has passed ores each .aieter than was expected neither /Iva? nor any of L.sual itinerant orators were these. The ite l 4 u . embraced the usual topics, ending with the „foiLv of a Reform in the Commons House of•Pas% l Lament. that being the alleged source from whence 3 2 their hardships have arisen. The Cbaitman was a roan of the name of BAKU/Lao There were also Fresev t, oats H. iiattersbee ; Clure (whe was taken from the hustings by a posse of constables, on some prior chaiges against him, though not less than 3000 I •ersons were assembled. and who remained as spec resrs) ; and a min of the name of J. Smethurst, an kinerant Methodist Preacher,. On the appointment of a Chairman. IS females, dressed chiefly in white with black belts and gloves, appeared, and presented Cap, with the word " Liberty" upon it, and a Flag, ou which was printed 4 No Corn Laws," 44 Annual Farliaments; " Universal Suffrage," " Election by 'Lot: The females afterwards ascended the cart, and remained there-during the-whole of the meeting, but they took nor pit in the:debates. Several persons wha presented themselves to the, Magistrates as bail for Clure, were rejected, and he was sent off under an escbrt to Wigan jail. The town remained quiet at nine o'clock at night it it was deemed necessary to keep the ( hussars all as the crowd had exhibited great exultation, Ixed with hisses, When they were about to have turned to Boliou, and they were therefore ordered •Ic. • A rumour prevails in the City that there has been nc rioting among the Weavers at Glasgow. A Ai/ Paper of Wednesday, which we have before makes uo mention of any thing of the kind, but ths (owing to a Meeting of the People which was r be held'neat day) that on Wednesday morning, *bunt nine dclock, three troops of the 10th Hussars, under the command of a Field Officer, ;urived in dspar from Piersbill Barracks. They performed their march in a very short wpe, having left Edin burgh at one ecloCk in the morning. 1.741 S UMW'? -ASS IZ E,S. I lr~ n , SURREY ASSIZESCROIDON, AUGUST 21. This day the Summer Assizes for this County commenced here, before the lion. Mr. Justice PARK and Baron Si r W. Gattaow, Knt. Their Lordships, shortly before four, proceeded to church, where an excellent and'appropriare discourse was deliveredby 'the Sheriff's Chaplain to a very numerous and re spectable congregation, from Psalm i. v. 1: " Blessed is the man that bath not sat in the council of the ungodly, and that standeth nor in the way of sinners, and that sitteth not in the seat of the scornful." At the conclusion of divine service (nearly five o'clock), Mr. Baron GARROW proceeded to the Crown Court, when the Magistrates of the County were called over, and the Grand Jury sworn in. Proclamation being read, Sir Was. Gianlow ad dressed the Grand Jury to this effect : " Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—From the long experience I have had of Grand Juries on this ardu ous Circuit, now drawing to a close, I feel it would be useless.to detain you—indeed, I might say it would be wholly unnecessary to address such a body of Gentlemen upon the nature of their duty in this County in particular. Matured experience, educe; tion, talents, and high respectability, render the task altogether unnecessary for me to address you as a Grand Inquest; but the duty is still more uncalled for when I look at the state of the Calendar, which your High Sheriff has thi s d a y p resente d to me . your this I congratulate you, and am happy to an , mate that you will require but little advice from .as: if you should, however, my Learned Brother and myself will be able to afford it. With these few observations, Gentlemen, I should have dismissed you ; but I feel that I should be unfit for the dignified situation I hold, if'l did not address you upon a sub ject which at present almost solely engages the pub lic attention, and greatly agitates the entire country: I allude to those measures which have called forth from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent a Pro clamation, in consequence of numerous bodies of the people having met together under the specious pretext of obtaining (what they call) a radical. Reform in the House of Parliament, but which, in reality, is neither more nor less than an intention of pulling down the ancient institution of the country, and wresting from us our only glorious 'security, the Constitution, established by our forefathers. By numbe r s, I Ave said, and not by talent or respectability, have meet ings of the most seditious nature been held through out the country, where, by the most areful means and addresses, the mi4uided have been inflamed into the reception and dissemination of the most dan gerws doctrines ; the principle of which seems to be, that the mass of the people arc not duly represented in the Great Houses of the Nation, and that, in fact, the Members of the Legislature have sold, or are delly selling, the birth-rights and privileges of the people, for their own private interests, or for some other base purpose. At one place, the seditious and dissatisfied /rave carried these doctrines to an alarm ing e4ent, and have, I might almost say, treasonably elected a Representative for what they were pleased to call in their harangues, an unrepresented place in the Commons House of Parliament. These proceeilings are, without doubt, intended eventually to aim at the subversion of established order and the Government; but if ever the day should unfortunately arrive when so desperate an attempt will be made, let it net be said that we have failed, as men and Magistrates, in doing our duty to prevent it. His Royal Highness 'the Prince Regent, as the head of the Executive Au thority, has seen the designs of the disaffected ; and has therefore thought it wise to call the attention of the country to the great importance of the sukject, and to assure us that he will direct every constitu tional power with which he is armed , to be exercised in putting down the danger that would overwhelm us in anarchy and confusion. It is for Ili, then, to second every just effort to the same end. True pa triotism,. Gentlemen, is not a cold, but warm and zealous feeling; and though some scenes to Which I have alluded have taken place afar off, will Serrey see than advance, nor resist their approach, until they pollute her very borders ? When I reflect for a momept upon the =min-able occurrences of the past century, when our valued country and its 10aerties were threatened by foreign despotism, and when the world almost was leagued in aims against us, Surrey then •stood pre-eminently forward in the enrolment of her yeomen and volunteers to repel the common enemy. Then after a struggle, painful but glorious, in common with their brethren in arms, they con quered ! And shall treason, and sedition, and dan ger, now stalk abroad and rear their heads without ! resistance ? It cannot be; and it would be but a li bel on the tried loyalty and zeal of the Gentlemen of this county, to suppose that in such an hour they would fail in doing their duty. I have said this much, Gentlemen, because the danger actually threa tens you; and I find by public declarations and ad vertisements that the place is even near 'to this spot (Kennington), where the seditious areabout to con gregate themselves, and to stir up' and inflame your peaceful county. I am gratified, however, in stating, that I have heard, and indeed know, that the Magis trates are actively adopting means, and I think them wise ones, to counteract the threatened danger. I have thought it my duty, notwithstanding, to make thess observations, not only because my brother Judges throughout the country have found it neces sary to adopt such a course, but because,' myself feel that the subject is of the most vital importance. In this sense, I am sure yon will receive and give it your earnest consideration, and I now beg leave to dismiss you in order to the discharge of those immediate du ties, which I trust will tend to the ends of justice and the advantage of our common country." Some formal business having been transacted, the Cotirt adjourned at six, to nine o'clock to-morrow morning. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Oa Thursday bis Grace the Archbishop of CAN :tranni held a Visitation for the Deaneries of Can ertary and Wust . bet*. on which occasion he delivered excellent Charge to the Clergy. After a fcw prefatory remarks as to the duties of the Parliament...3nd Clergy, his Grace descanted upon toe present agitated state of the country, skewing that it was only a continuation of that which had agitated the whole of Europe for tyre last 25 years-- r Mat though tranquillity was restored to external Eu rope, still that much rep:paned to be done in quieting *! internal of all countries. With ns, Meetings were formed, and had been publicly held in many dis ticts, which, under their mischievous leaders, were, convened for no other purpose but to disseminate in- Edelity=and, with that, sedition—that the Church and State were inseparable, must be well known and admitted. These men (said his Grace) who are trying thus to undermine this glorious and venerable fabric, are not, by their confinement in knowledge and edit. Minn, equal at all, if it were necessary, to reform zilv pan of the Church or state ; but still they had las ever would be the case, if not prevented, the ears of the still more uninformed multitude ; and he in vited every public person to exert his influence and knowledge in suppressing these Meetings, by timely and successful interference in shewing the misguided the errots and intentions of such restless spirits.— ge then eloquently and powerfully called upon the C:ergy in their several parishes, making a just dis tinition between the country Priest, whose vigilant activity was not so great, from the confined numbers, and therefore more immediate personal knowledge of • parishioners, as those who have the superinten *lance of populous parishes ;—and he remarked, that trough it would be considered as favouring too much of personality for a Priest to be busying himself in pryin g too nearly into domestic affairs, yet, in acting in conjunction with the aid of persons of influence and property in their respective parishes, much good might be effected; and he animatedly recommended upon all occasions, to cukivate such good un- Lerstairdii,g. FRIDAY, AUGUST IS. W. Churchward, alias Davis, was indicted for bur glariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house cf S. Rossetter, of St. Olave's, Southwark, on the 28th of February last, and stealing an immense quantity of wearing apparel, his property.--Guilty—Dcath. W. Tiday was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of W. Humphrey, at Ozted, on the 6th of August, in the day time, and stealing divers articles of wearing apparel, the property of the said W. Humphrey and ntbers.--Guilty—Deeth. G. Thffarion, a youth of 17, 'was indicted for as oinking F.l4icolay, Esq. on the highway, and taking • am.,...0. • . .s.7z. •talrlf. 'iv; r It.' t. . 1 . l from his person a g o ld seal and part of a gold chaii,ll harboured resentment against the Custent-house Ott on... the 4th of A ngust ,i nst . 1 curs . Smith vias'sineeyead; not in co ntest,:-.:ace of The Jury, under the diractipo of the Learned Judge, the assau l t s , but , * .Bleationed ,i 4, lo.orApeta t ageo !at acquitted the prisoner of the caeital offence, but found for his not appearing to give evidence. him Guilty of stealing ftorn the person. I Nicholas Brown, a boatman helonging to the Cus h. _Emit, a y.3ung gentleman of fortune and re-+, tom-house, was at the Custom-house Coffee-home on spectability,, was indi:ted upon the Coroner's Inqui- the ad of March, 1617, about seven in the evening. .sition, for killing and slaying W. Hill, on the 4th of: He, the landlord and his son, and Francis Fisher, June last, at Egham. • , , , , , were playing at cards and dri nk ing ale. Smith sat R. Heath said, he was rryaut,to Mr. Frost, sen. a' by the fire looking on, and Mrs. pou:s9n, the land , elitleMaeofhartaine, re ling nA Egham. He knew] lady, was busy through the room. •The defendant the deceased about nine months. Ile used to visit. came in, together with a Thomas Potts, sat down him,-however , without the knowledge of the family, near the fire, and got something, to drink. .Defen and he generally saw hint in the stable. Witness' dant said, " You have got my ship condemned at remembered the night of the 4th ofinne, when he last." Smith made no reply. Defendant repeated was alarmed about eleven o'clock by the report of his expression. Smith said, "Me !" " Yes, you, fire-arms. Soon after he saw the deceased, who was d---a your eyes," replied the defendant, who took wounded in the side. lie lived about seven hours, hold of Smith by the shoulders, and kept shoving and then died. The deceased was found at the time, him about. Witness stript and prepared to Ask, mentioned in the garden of the house, which was, but was restrained by Smith, who never struck at enclosed. the defendant at all. The defendant S• 110, " Yon Miss Charlotte Frost, sister to the prisoner, was want to pay off some of your bad debts ; you have next called, but she was so agitated as to be unable seized a ship over the water, and have drank £2O, for some time to give he: evidence, and then so faintly and only got five pounds." Defendant then struck that one of the Counsel hazi to communicate her an- at Smith's head with a poker, but Smith having swers to the Court. She stated that she did nocknow ducked, struck on his'side. Some further scuffling the deceased. Remembers that on the night of took place with Fisher and witness, who strqck she 4th of June she heard a noise in the garden,•and told defendant on the back of the head with a coal-rake. her brother of it. She looked out at the window, and . The defendant now completely surprised all by his s.:w a strange man in the garden. Her brother in acuteness, address, and perfect composure, in cross consequence went down stairs, taking with him his examining the witness : the greatest part f his esa gun. He called out three times to the deceased, who urination related to _minute citcumstances connected gave no answer, but went round the corner of the with the affray, in order to wertain the credibility hoitte. Her brother in consequence followed him of the testimony. He ailied, whether the blow with some distance,* and the other attempting to escape, the poker had been horizontally or perpendicularly he fired at and shot him. Her brother then returned directed? Witness could not tell. " And how can to the house, and while closing the door, he hrartio you tell whether the. blow that struck the side had crying out. He immediately returned, and brought' been directed toward., Ow loped?". Ile defendant in the wounded man, sent for their own surgeon, and proceeded next to put qoestions respecting the hei had every attention paid to him. When found he zure of the Ao:iqa• . - • was without his shoes, but they were subsequently The ATTORNEY-GENUAL said, they had nothing discovered in a part of the garden. Her father's to do with that. ~, . . house had been robbed before, and several attempts Defendant.—" But you introduced it, and I wish had been recently before this transaction made upcn to spew how it was done:" it. A cart load of property had been a few days be- Mr. Justice BAYLEY said, it was not evidence with Tore carried away flora the place. The gun was in respect to this transactior. consequence kept loaded. The defendant said, that the villainy of theie men The Surgeon Mut gave evidence of the state itt' had plundered him of his property, and now they must which he found the deceased on the night he was have him made a public spectacle in that Court. wounded, and of the anxiety manifisted for the un- Mary Wilkins proved that the defendant's headhad fortunate young man by Mr. Frost. He had known been cut, and his clothes very bloody. . - that young Gentleman for many years, and 4 more The defendant exhibited his bloody shirt in Court, humane young man did not exist. and also the poker and coal-rake, which he and Some Gentlemen of rank in the county gave evi- Potts had taken away from the house. 'dente to the same effect. The ATTORNEY-Gzszaat, animadverted at consi- derable length on the incredibility of the defence. The Jury retired for a considerable time, and re turned with a verdict of Guilty, but stron*ly recom mended the defendant to the greatest possible lenity, in consideration of his sufferings. Mr. Justice BAYLEY said, that he would certainly transmit their recommendation. It was highly proper, and the same thing bad presented itself to his mind, CARLOW ASSIZES. Denis Notvlan and Edmund Furlong, were put to the bar, charged with stealing 301bs. of tobacco, the goods of Thomas Condell, of Hacketstown. William Halfpenny. apprentice to Condell ; lived with him in July last ; recollects the night the to. bacco was stolen ; witness was the first person who discovered the robbery ; saw a hole in the roof of the house ; the door was -locked ; often saw the prisoner Furlong in his masters shop ; never saw the prisoner in the store where the tobacco was. James Ferris, is just come out of the dock ; knows the prisoners at tho bar; witness has two brothers, John and Peter; recollects the robbery ; he went to it with hik brother ; Mr. Furlong, the other prisoner at the bar, and witness's brother John, were present; witness placed his brother sentry at the door ; witness went in first ; Mr. Furlong followed ; they stripped the house ; witness could not open the press himself, but called Furlong to assist 'him ; when they had got the - tobacco, they handed it out to Nowlan, the party kept three rolls ; Furlong got two ; witness sold his own share. Cross-examined by Mr. GREEN.—Wit ness is just come from Carlow jail ; he has not been in more than two jails—once in each. How many robberies have you been at altogether? Together— (laughing)—why, sure I could not be at more than one at a timt. You certainly have knocked me down by that answer—(Loud laughing in Court.) — Come pray now, tell us how many you have been at ? I never put them down ;for I never thought it would come to my turn to give an account of them. By virtue of your oath, Sir,* .will you swear that you have not been at fifteen ? I would not !—( Witness laughing.)Would yon swear that you have not been at twenty? I would not !—(Still laughing.)—Do you recollect robbing the widow Byrne in the county of Wicklow? The widow Byrne, who is she? May be it is big Nell you mean? Oh ! I only took a trifle of whisky from her—that's all ! Was it day or night ? (Laughing)—Why it was at night to be sure. Did you not rob the poor woman of every article in the house, even her bed clothes—and the clothes off her hack ? I took clothes, bat they weienot on her back. Do you recollect stealing two flitches of bacon from Doran, the Wexfbrd carman ? Faith I do ; and a pig's head besides—(Loud laughing in Court.)—Do you recollect:robbing Johir Keogh, tn the county of Wicklow, and taking every article in his house? You're wrong there ; I did not take every thing ; I only took his money and a few other little things!— (Witness and t'e auditory laughing immoderately.)— Mil', you're a mighty good-humoured fellow ! There is not a better humoured fellow in the county—there may be honester. Do you know old Mr. Furlong ? I do ; he summoned me before a. Magistrate for rob bing his tenant. Pray, Sir, don't you know that in consequence of your giving testimony here today, your life is to be saved—and that, by agreement, you are to plead guilty to another indictment ? I do not. Did not Mr. Condell propose so? He did not. Other witnesses were examined, but his Lordship did not see one particle of evidence to criminate the prisoners: The Jury instantly acquitted:the prisoners, to the manifest satisfaction of a very crowded Court. James Ferris, the approver, was then indicted for stealing 301bs. weight of tobacco, the pi operty of Tho Mas Condell. Ile pleaded Guilty, and, while the Clerk of the Crown put the usual question to the pri soner, " what have you to say why sentence of death and execution shall not be pronoun* against your' the fellow pleaded the benefit of the Statute, and laughed in his face. Mr. Justice GA Ram charged the Jury to the effect that there was nothing v.4iatever, either of murder or manslaughter, in the case. Nor could the slightest imputation rest'on Mr. Frost. The Jury immediately acquitted the prisoner the Judge as instantaneously discharged him. T. Stedman, and Elizabeth Long, alias Stedman, were indicted for stealing a quantity of table cloths, sheets, handkerchiefs, linen, wines, &c. the property of W. Jones, Esq. Mr. ADOLPHUS, in stating the case to the Jury, said, the prosecutor was Mr. Jones, the Marshal of the King's Bench : the prisoners had been in his ser vice, the man as butler for five, tht female as Lady's maid, for 15 years; .in the coui'se of their service with the prosecutor, they 'formed an attachment, and had resolved upon marriage, and sealing in life. With this view, they took the Regency Tim-Gardens, in Battersea-fields, and were about to launch into bu siness. In this speculation, they had every piomise of support from the family of Mr. Jones. It was dis covered, however, that they were stocking their in tended premises too fast ; and good grounds of. sus picion arising, .a search-warrant was obtained, and Mr. Jones, in officer, and others, went to the Teo gardens. Here the suspicions which had been raised, were confirmed; the whole of the concern being stocked with little else than the property of the pro secutor. The plunder consisted of bedding, fnni turel linen, %tearing apparel, plate, chiqa, wines, lie (pots, cleise, and even soap and candles. Mr. Justice gAitßow interposed and said, he did not know but it would be almost compromising the justice of the country, not to direct an immediate ac quittal ; and order bills before the Grand Jury for the capital ?fence. A. case more enormous cm the part of servants, he had never heard. Mr. Jones earnestly desired that his Lordship would not oblige him to prosecute capitally. To this, after considerable hesitation, his Lordship assented. G. Spicer, servant to Mr. Jones, proved having received a large canvas sack from Elizabeth Long, filled with linen, and having carried it with Stedman to the Regency Tea-gardens. He marked and iden tified the property. Mr. Jones spoke to the immense plunder found at that place, and also recognized it as his property. Lewin, an Officer, who took Long into custody, on her way to visit Stedman in Horsemonger-lane, said, that on their way to the Magistrates she enquired if he thought the result would be transportation. If sti, she sincerely prayed that Stedman and herself .41iEht go together. ~ The prisoners (particularly the woman), dining ,the trial, seemed much affected ; Long, who is a su perior looking female, deeply so. Mr. Baron GARROW having charged the Jury, the latter instantly pronounced both prisoners Guilty.— They were immediately sentenced to transportation for seven . years each, and the Learned Judge inti mated' that had it not been for the mistaken lenity of ' the prosecutor, and that they had been tried and con victed capitally, he would most assuredly, at least as to the man, have carried the law into full execution. As to the wish of the woman that she might be tran sported with her guilty partner, he would take care that that desire should not be gratified. DURHAM ASSIZES, AUGUST fo. REX R. PERRY TIIELWALL EDWARDS. This was an information against the defendant for An assault upon Customhouse Officers in a public house in Sunderland. The defendant presented him 401f in the witness-box, and said he had no Counsel or Attorney. He is a very stout athletic man ;he Was plainly diessed, and held his right hand slung, a red handkerchief. Mr. SCARLET? (Attorney-General for Durham) stated the case to the Jury. This was an information for an assault upon John Wall Smith, a tide-surveyor, at Sunderland. • The defendant had lost his ship, the &Ana, for smeggliag, end on this account he had , and 411 L I G r.lat it I 0! :shiner the tic -ssistanci idea, tht to emig vteen ul The 1' in some unknown upon as calculate the inLat No trt who ante my last I large re light. 11 t victim. The 14 quieter tt t.sual l iras etnt asbii.v . of Lament. their I a man o present, c from the prior cLa yersons v rains); iinerant of a Chai a v.ith blac a a Cap, I ' . Cu wliich a Farliunie g 13.11i0t." and rema but they Scc era d Nagistrx k was sent The to but it wa 4 raised teturned back. Arum WSW riot tdego w as, make c. , tes (ov Ir; be he abut nit under th Glasgow their mat a burgh at ns ▪ A Rai /11 to On Ti • :tray RI tertiary an excel] After • the Parli • the pres ✓ that it agitated that then 113 r rope, stfl q ;4,a inter • formed, g ; ticts, a. convent Edelity= kt and Sta • admittei • thus to of are not, A cation, • arts pat • RS ever of the I e knowle and sm the ert lie the C:ergy • t.nctior ifs activitl and thi ad ;Nis pat of *Lance tf.ougt of pert prying ;at in con . tO and pi Might te them, I ! ii I A i , "" t 1