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II lite Virg 'the t:.e SEPT. 6 COUNTY ASSIZES. GLOUCESTER, AUGUST 31. At 12 o'clock Mr. Baron Garrote took his sent be the Clown Court ; Mr. Justice llolroyd in the Nisi Prius. The calendar contains sixty tight poisoners for the town and coun ty. The charges are all of the common kind, by far the greater number fur petty larceny. The Grand Juries for the county and for the city were sworn, and the proclamation against sire, protillleLC.:4. and immorality' waa read. Thu Maggots of Worcester is late! 113111 of the Conety Grand Jury ; nest to Min Efloil Lord .fps. Icy and the Right Hun. Charles Iliagge Bathurst. Mr. Baron tiaesuw.—" (it ntlemen, When I address the re. presentatives of all that is high in rank, respectable, and es• turnable in the county, I Cannot Hyoid saying something of the circumstances under which we are 'net. What I have had a plot in the proceedings which occasioned so touch trouble, and so notch unprofitable expense to this county, is to me ie /natterpainf regret. Were I conscious of any blame that of al coned be attached to my!evadiect, ur of any orglert on my part of what could have prevented the sea ions inconvenience that has an ism), I shunlil not have the cotirtige to wet yogi hese this 114 y, whatever might be the entssequenee to abyssal. At the haga,d at least of incapacitating inywelf for the per farmance of my day, I Inland hither: the highest legal air thorny lies ileciared that :so blame was impetahle to say one ; Justly among yourselves have expiessed oar conviction to .the same eaft ct. This I speak not limn otitity, lint from ale 1111%it to Whielo 1 feel to discharge my duty. At the time 1 must say. that this matter hes been to me, and will be ter some time, &source of real so t row alt .! a n el i o „ . .. Hi- I.eirdship throe pruee•edcd to make *inlaid._ observa tions fin the various chic i4es ill the. caielidae. Th e y were the result of an improved stale of the country, and of the pro gress of knualedge and virtue, which he hoped trunk' go on increasing a tole crimes of eyrie kind would hr diminishing nuaibee all I importancfs. ['here WWI oue etse in the ca. lendas (Clouts a Weld), for rains) which iegaired ;Ham! a. I attention. lie medial not to tell 'nen of their (militated naindsoleat the snore :his subject 0.111 diricessed by them, anal the less it was tliseies-ed in Court, the better for ;blithe ime reels aci d 1. 4 the justice of the comatosely. His Lordship entered at great lentils guise she peculiarities of questions of this soli. and toe toles laid'lowgirespce ing the esidenee of It by Loot Hale and Judge Blarkstimic, upon Cacti ter %betas be bestoW,tl All pimps lit esilogirint. The Grated Jury re tired, awl soon rem, vied with a pannier of trite inns. James Be tub, aged 32, Was convicted of stealing a note and some shileings out of the pocket of Jolla Voris. ft ap peared mat Oasis boil ! t, tolel4 (ter prisoner with ml/Ille ,drink, :11111 14,t hlikisell iPer•lcitr quite druid: . the promner at the same time was el greet paw. lo keep himself sfoser, and took the opportunity of steAtill./ Ike money from his drunken Malefactor. Toe girl in the public J14,11.4n saw the prisoner's hand in Davis's pocket, .111'1 imrt the e moor% .c..y t funnel upon him. 'lite prisoner 15 CO ait'..irt 1 , )ok and received a foci y gond character from resiiertable lea. keepers. whom he had served as ethlett•ii.lll. The Jury re,' eorninctoled him to be ivy. • Mr. B4ll.ll G at ' r:'x4Ail, that there could scarcely he a ease inure aggravated than the prisoner's. Till lately the offence was eneitiel ; were it so still, he 6110111 , 1nel he the judge that would in Ilya instance reivains. rid any io.tigat tion. To the jolty the prisoner owed a eeduction of s e ven, years in the period for which he was to lee trafespoi led. Ties sentence of the Court was, that lee should be trans's,. tee' for fourteen yells. The prosecutor Ispplied for hit ernences in vain, and was severely reprimanded for hie drunkenness and misconduct. James Webb, aged 22, was eOlivietetl upon two successive prosecutions of sheep welling. He hail been turn.( art opt nig to at II the stolen sheep, and could give iio salisfectoty account how he came by them. It 0114 ronarkauie that der ling the first prosecution he asked lee questions in cruse exit nination ; beat that while he skied a coos ict and a culprit on the second pnnccuuuee, lie was active aced 1114eilluits ill Cross txamining. Charles Webb, aged 111, the person to veilosecae thee Judge had alluded in his charge to the grand jury, a:li ignored as to the rape, brit put-upon his trial for an assault. Mr. Baron Darrow ordered all thee ladies and filnales out 4,:zotiri. This order being at least very slowly complied with, his Lordship desired those that remained to cione forward that they might be seen. This iced the desired elfect. • Mary Bartow, a beautiful little girl .ut 15, was the prose catrix in this case. lier manure and appearance ice giving evidence were quite sittgoler. With the greatest, ilitn/eAt ;yet wills tw•rfect compwore, she. gave direct awl ready an swers to all tile qurstions put to leer. She Itsaettittl and denied with equal readiness end decision, whether her answer la , onred or counteracted the prosecution. Her father is .a Intonering man at Beekturfl. The prisoner is overseer of people that worked fur Squire Viakeman at that place. She worked under the eye of the prisoner for sevenpence a day. Oa the evening of the ‘4otli oft May, she was sent to Mr. Wakeman's brewlionse fur berm. 'itee pri soner there attempted to lake indecent libel tics. Next night he came to her father's house to get her father Ire assist Sine in getting some hens off the roost, with which her mother was to ga next day to market. Her father was nowt 11, and in bed, and metered her to go. She, in consenetenc.4 of the prisoner's conduct the former day, refused, but leer father threatened to break her neck it she did not go. She event. As they were g ing the pi koner attemptee indecent liberties: utter:they got Wheelie pude') where the roost w as,the prisoner threw her on a seat and violently elected his pereafie. He left her sick aced fainf,.and gut hold of the hens, with wheme he came back to her, and which she tarried home. She told nothing to her father and mother, gut worked every day with Charles as usual. for fear of °Rending her father, her mother, and the squire. A fortuight afterwards the thing was gene ran y talked of, the prisoner having necrotic:nett I:, and (the Rev. Or. had the witness examinee', in consequenceof which the prisoner was committed fur a rape. Mr. Ludlow called two yonnetnen, sell.m it is but fair to name, John Deer and Robert Smith. They' protect . eel, that proseenttax had sittfered them to take every liberty shori cf criminal interconv.e witlio , lt the least oifloce. His Lord. slip eXalitilet ti lbe•lii 0.1 et'ily on this snojcet i(tbe pte•eccetr ix bad nu coloct•I and iliry exhibited every symptom of filse• hood and iiicate.istenty. Mary Hamra was elpidll called, and readily advs ited hliat alit had r .e.l with one of this wititesaes tSmithe alit n the ttst, and in / sten v.• at' the prisont . r ; but most decidedly .111 d pintitivesy denied any dieporpet liberucs h c a; heels ta. cot with leer Os either of them. Mr. Ilaufn G irrovr summed np the evidence at great length, lied enter Isen.e.f we 1n nosic.s sever ity an the eondaiet of the pl &nate We cannot Rieke his Lordship'soloserratisons iutclligeble ouaccouut ut tiro dr2o,orry of du soluecl. thigi they ken ing Till; NATIONAL REGISTER. a rape they mom acquit the primmer, whatever might he their moral conviction, since the. nn happy girl concealed the cir cuntslarme so long. They were apt to judge irmorrectly by Trying the conotnet of hoinlole, private and low iodic illll3lA, acroroling to the rooks of her classes. That she set nt with the prisoner under the free of ',mental antiomity, that she concealed her misfortnue from mistaken fear of offending persons who load power over her, were eircumstanees by no memos unaccountable. The case was clear beyond doubt.— It had been insinuated that this girl of 15 had hero a wanton, and two young men gave evidence to support that insinua tion. They went to Moe her after the prisoner bad been coin. raitted. If their testimony was true, they weo v. dicgraeed by their conduct t certain it was, they disgraced themselves in that Court. The jury at once timed him Guilty. The learned lodge addressed the prisoner ill terms nr the severest censure and reprobation. 11, s tuo.l in mor e ic,p; , ei s than one in the relation of a guardian to the otdortim..te ;611. 01 this relation he had moiled loineoril t o :. g o, her virtue and harmor. He honour, for pet ,l):/• it: her sit oil tion bad hennur as well as ',cosine: tot higlier ranks, and fen the loss of it pc' soaps the more severe!v, as they Irul tout the same circumstances to relieve them. Hr. hiti disrobed her of what was valuable to her as life, and then bullly boasted of his atrocity. The sentence of the Court was, that he be' imprisoned for 12 calendar months._ His Lordship theta iiat,lieied Mary Pariorr with mocli " Re not intlucc:l by harp etietl to be a naughty gill. ILlo twine, and tal.a care tat' 3ciir3elf."—Atl• journal' at S o'clock. CROWS SIDE. -Tur..4my, SEPT. 1. - Edward Tim lily. evil.,., and Willi-not Cooper, aged 50, sere convicted, clikitiy upon the etidtnce of an accomplice, el tirea4iing into barns and sicaling corn. Mt. Baron Ciai row, before passing senteaee, said, that it was fortunate Ibr them that tilt• houses they had broken into were not dwelling houses. If they were, he should nes tainty' have left Near for en ee.:tion, as he was.d..tersnined to enturee lie utmost rigour of the I.sw wherever he found going fur•li its gangs and 'littlish...l with instruments for Isreakiivz into houses, dishsrhiii ihr seesiritv awl endangering the lives t (inset asid honest ,gen. Up in the evidence by which they were convicted he st reisiaik, awl he wished to Gad that it was deeply isisnrrssed upon the hearts of' mesh that thieves were not so taiseli in danger fre4ll the 111111111e1 hiss, of the true shut, or 1 . 10 , 15 114.1 traps and spring' anus, 44 fume the traps sin' spring gnus set in the breasts of their associates, who in the hour at tletvelittil reit lily heti ayeil theal tit order to s tve themselves. They were sentenced to teansportation for .e res. y es+ s. • SINGVLAR lihritAlfilrY —John Rinker. aged 11. was charg ed wit:, .teali-.g 4 Vl4lett fruit a dwebitig-liouse. He was %cell e 0111.114 .411 of the house, m u d the trivet' wirstound upon iiim . Mr. Itri 10* Oa , raw, riddreti , intl - the .jury, said they had 'peruse team a most incisiewhol).epeetaide. - . Colowoogliam,govc, our of the caul, begged his Lordship to tool. at the .10 %I CJl•Meoteroll in the ealenotar. trivis Garrow ii.l :te was notiont lona .eoll to the very •11.41114.114:sle. grui wadi) t his sooggrostim. It .appeatred that this child w s ado locoed toy an unnatural mother. jory roon!,1 have 110 doom of the child's guilt, NMI follVit , tin perhap'• the greatest useicy. they could MUM 10 bun. —Guilty. .11s Lordship then aollresse.l Itimself.to the child. H.• was ~ p.aonoil a what .w so; called m p 'slimestt, but what he Isiior.l wool I be a o.esOitz to Will. W1141.Y: bold saV.• him fruit the oast omit, from the unhappy practices in a Inch he Ha% trained, aoure,all fr.i.o the advice and e ommok of a cm. and niowstretta I ,a rent. .By lhainstitlilionrof his e.iiiiiiry ilii• Court woold hero lie his .p on at. and take eare that hi• shottl.l have insirtsetiou cotter ti.m. 1-1.• might indeed, its little more than tvro year., s..r hint again at that bar; utt , lie hope be ter thing,. It was slat possible fur him to beemite a good, honest, and it.eful man. His sentence %vat, that he shook! be coldhaeilinthe Penitentiary House filo two bear.. 5.111131. —,,Lismrs G.traoer, eigt.ti 35, %as courict• ed ut stealiii4 five wi-ther tegs ut Ere , tleaelt :Harlin. There war no:lting Aitigstl4r in the pr..of. Tito sheep wets missed, and tisesal to a man alio bought them flow I'i' pi imam.. lie war again dried upon a second iadietineut far a similar of. fence, and convicted. The Judge immediately pronounced sentence of death, and assured the prisoner that no 1111tigA that be slion11(1 be left fur execwittii: 14 , 11 e m, WCULZ Wilt) bad been convicted cpon two indict asents, was afterwards breitsbr up .tad Ibils addres‘ed :—You have been convicted of two separate Acta of sheep This kind of property k seatteied in initnewe r limbers over the countiy. It forms one of the staple coon 444444 i 4 ies It: . the island. From its nature it ti exposed to dent;•ilatiotet, and the kw most th. re 7.trc extend to itant pos.i.de -prottl'lloll. The severity with which shee t , lten4lic has 'wen pin:kited cannot be relaxed until it produce refoi in. You are tiow• to receive sentence of death, and le: ilie.tiolue you that can expert no such mitigation as I Hui) always happy t 11.• 1,0111:11Vt1•1 Mli,re that can be done. I-lete the prisoner cried for mercy, Iklyt Ou ilia knee , . and applied his handkerchief to Ins eyes to stop his tears.) No mercy can be extended to you. yon to prostrate yourself on your knees to the _neat God whoot von have offended, and to. prepare fur tile fate that is h.::: c.,hle. John► aloyo, as• d t 19, and Daniel Powell, aged 28, were convicted of steattag in it dwelling house, under the value of 40s. They were sentenced to transportation for 7 years. It appeared 11141 blayo had formerly been sentenced to death for a burglary, but had his sentence initigatA to* few months' impren tttttt ent, He had afterwards heen outplayed by Nledulows, the hair dreer, who keep• 4:!e lodgings ter the Judges in Gloucester, and had actually *ailed upoutheir Loudsl.tps. Mr. baron( Darrow rolled Meddows into the witness•s•box, reprimanded " severely. and:, 'id, ilia! !e hr !tad knowb of it, be should have directed the High Sheriff to find 'Lea► other lodgings. His Lordship took occosion to mention during the day, tint on the summer circuit lost year( which was the Oxford circuio lie had hod secosion to pass sentence on 383 persuns, sod scntt•nce of died, on 1211. Cur Gr:mtl Jury frond trait bills for perjury against T. Welles, U.U. (one of Ile: acting Magistrates of the county,) and Eliz.soeill Wars, widow. Tri , ll'l.er, 421 . 1 i 22, was cons tetra of horse stealing. FL, Lot dship, befire pmnuuancing 311 . U1e/ICV 01 death, noel, Gat , he had remion to believe ,not the prisoner had be:4, crupluyrd his master to commit the felony. Servants wen• not obliged, anti were not excused, by such w i c k e d co „,. moods. The sentence of death, however, should not lie ear tied into execution. The ulmu•l instigation might be ex pected, if he in the mean (tic condor:led himself properly, which the very humane gentleman win, superintended the gaol ('1:. Cuupinghau►) would vise► ec. !-;i POI. IC I.:. MANSION HOUSE. Timmslay the Justice Room %vas mar(• than usually crowrir4, it being pretty generally known that u ease of vrry gross imposition was to be investigated. Andrews, the Barrister, *llc:islet/ for the pi - risco-titian lie said the charge ;I•4ailist the pi ismicr was der idcilly of a felonious kind, and that the art anti cow ti to render it a of ;;lent public lute' c-t. i( brio, pnlbal .c that by such au ariittigcuicut of sirristirstances the most ex periences/ might he ilevclvcil. A well-dressed Jew, l41:11 r:lfile was Leigh, was lint to the bar. lie was rf.pi don the prosecution Sl , he AS !ravine several names, awl having appear e d b e t'," e thtl public 11 1 )011 several ,14.111% . 1.q15. His prosecutor, JOA1 1 •11 )4111in:reit, a jeweller, reshlcut in St. iNlary Ase, stated, that ilia prisoner came to hint it mouths a ao, mid had dealings t.ii i hint for jewellery to the a:1101111i 91 whieli stun was paid ihern opou delivery. SIMII after. wards the pri , uner again C.lfile to him and oh:sines! a very line watch, chain, awl seal-, old diamond broards , rine, Coe which he said he would give him the acceptant rut' a tever. table solicitor. The prisoner in the youtse of votivetsation said, that lie was a merchant fa um Calcutta, and lied coins over to this country with a fortune of 11,0091. in hills nod in vestments in the tonse Of Campbell and Co. He showed the prosecutor several papers on the louse of Forbes, is place, w Itichlt.4l notlou bt upon Milliagen's mind thatille.repre sentation was correct. The watch, chain, and seals, val... 2M. were then delivered to him. The prisooes then protiticel a bill drawn upon the solicitor to whom we have alluded Cm: . upwards of G9l. The only thing it wanted was the The Lora Mayor.—Da you know that the prisoner is not from India, and t h at he is nut a C l ive: ta meicha t d ? . . lreusreutnr.—l never knew him; he casne LI) We as nen:or min Leicit, Lmi and war a compkte .Mr.H4r.ner....-Wl:y dill ,vet: not, 11,•)(N) atria :; . that the pri %oner did not return front liation-,-itrden, knack at qty and alit me about the neeetnunve To tbil no Jammer m as ietutiit.4. It N 44 übn►►tted. upon of the prkonrr, that the neuter Wll conducted irs the ozpooer of a emu) ui inraineie the bid of parcels having &pen regoir!ly prot•ured. Alr. Atitheoa said, that atr:►tngetu proved the Mouluur• A letter Gant the proseentor to tho prisoner woo pun.lnee.4.. It was written month after the trinsact:on, and ncipit: r4 l that the writer conceiveJ the primmer hail Hut dune 44, mischief intvntionally.. _ • The pausecutor fait, the reaspo be had not prrseented betiare tiiti. was., Mot the nrisuner had promised tab stile Cam . 'natter. Al the same time. the pri-otu r drii.seed that behall ttwd Ilr Manure. 'inge nojit•titirbly. Auilrews.-11 a iraile3maii clues not du all ,that Me matlit to du, that surely does cut purge the efi r ence. I All eourinced it heroines Mr. Millicagen to p.useciate :411111. utmost, and I trust yetar.J..ostaship will t;a't bi.n P.II• oppoitimity of doing so, ny ruuuuUliii this rout fur :be felony. If not, you may rely Oil it that such bail will be .Murat an as will praverg public justice. _ _ Tlie . lord,Whyor.—Tlie thing is def. Kee ; there- is no d fora felonious elutrze. , I eao see wb.si the prim:onyx 6. but I cannot commit trim for a felony. Andrewi.—► f.‘noie ut jwoiee nity nrive from your .node of pmeeedeog, ray .Lord. leo rote entertain. a &mho whether a pei bola INIOUId he eon ttttt tied hail felony or a fraud, it as ill% duty to coolant for tile felony. The Lord e•cose me. kit never do so. Yon would Out liEtt lemperiog ju‘tire with mercy. .11r. An.lrene.—Tile power of .m•nsig iltu•e qualities does not elist in the coiimintstig Aidgiltr.ite. lie noultiog to . do with the nirreifol oho. We must built ig little taiclier for that. The Lord Alp:tr.—lll taLe.bail ear the agenee, notwitti- - standing. Notice of bail %vas ordered to he given, and Ole prisaaer was delivered into the Cale of au cfiieer. MARL/WWI/Cal STRRET. • Sarah Keadey was 3aauglii I' elferreal on sit•pieion of stealing .4 ,z.., :144! plop •rt:, of her master. . Mr. Newt fliti,l he residrd a /U. Upper ilerkele.street. Ov going to bed about I o'clock u l Tuesday into mai!, lie laid I'vo 11 notes tile table of hi, dressing-room ! .dionsing hisdn el-room ; be (...se ammo d, and I . lii t wo outs pound notes only.. On enquiry 111• found the • I .(: , oner only had been in the room; he 11.141 been inclined to susucct the prisoner from several equivocal acts before COM. dotted. His statement was in twat soppoited by the evidence of Ehsabellt Hammond, hot mil fully. The r risoner denied thr citAs Stu: %415 Ibex tellidotiled. Jldrihrw Hall, IVilliam Barkley. and Williaw. Joisnson, lure! L : l'wguards , orn, weir eliirged with a violent assault opoo Robert Uhrimes. The complainant, who is a watchman, said, that about I o'clock on tvedoestivsy morning, a person, named Wilson •Coolun,,: had Rive n^ the tirstmann .1 pi isoner, Hall. into custody, upon the charge of having robbed him of his pocket-book and four U. motes, in Oxford-street. He saw owe guardsuien standing by Saunders' s Hotel. Buckley insulteti him, and, assisted by several others, knocked Imo doe n and stripped him of his coat, awl csideavonied to rescue 1-1411, who was CA urged wins the rubbery. Mr. Cooke (lid not appear to prosecute for the robbery; Hall was therefore fll.eitargrtl. Buckley dna Johnson were ordt red to fiud bail :re. he assault. HATTON GAP DEN. . Mr. Brown, brewer, sit ISrinulf• , wavi snnimoned up to aIINVICr .1 vim rge agc.olt him by the o'beers of the e% came, cloireed with having w lii possession, cs.htraly 10 act of pirniment, a 1111411tIty nicol,inr, for the pat - pose vg . ... , b3urb tlat• d.lll beer. Tilt ultie. i . / cask full, wait part o f souther, which ',ee l to,, i ,gbr away With them. rie caeo living proved, the netendrat was convicted t o tl•e mitigated penalty of SOI. On Wednesday afternoon, o deceally dressed, woman, aryl ing herself Mrs Steven-„asiiiiili dealer, in Jacob Street, Dock flead,orderi.J from .di. 'Cooley Street, tea and sugar ninolinting to 9t. %%oleo she to p4y wt deiivery; arrived, alie K that w 4). in th.: %imp ro g 4 %kis Ihe NJ to 4 o..ighirry.latg puhtic house wheie her a.is, and sell lion to I,i, toe aiounist of the bill the utwolipectiug 14 , 1 to rut with th.• 1/0141 told him 10 .„ .1) 1V•I eitgaged ; however. di,. 1.01 returned instau ly o mit to on si ci .1:1 was goat, except they had onl y take n day befoir, , the IJrrdlhiy Ir.J &skull raCP:IICC *Jiro !mut.. sake a loth, in old Eng. sow.: aid en have le. or arc in Cr the of u ren in whm tches. hat it cf I c,n -c ht ci o the and ; bean not a niur- trzair ', al- re of for h i v o the t the me 3•. lead the at rate art ,r. tie mg was tq , a pur- 11213 set) From tar.: d to and t: - e inct.