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ANUL 4. attorney of the defendant, Mr. Lloyd Harris, calling for their production was then proved. Laid Hereford was then called in and examine , l. He stated. that he was brother-in.law to the plaintiff.—[The intercepted letter was put into his Lordship's band.] Ile Sass that letter before. In consequence of it he saw Mr. T. Gwynne. He wrote the letter which was now put into his hand. He intended to have sent that letter to the defendant is i ttt self, bitt afterwards he abandoned that in tention, and its substance was written by the plaintiff.— Ihe letters to and front Mr. Sacksille Gwyuue were put in and read.] Lord Hereford was further examined as to Isis bringing bit sister, Mrs. Tlaynne Gwyuue, from London to the nrsehlllll rhood of his own hotter ; he was in lodgings, and s online!! there till she went to Aberystwitls. The plain tiff and Ms wife lived on terms of great affection. st!. John Taylor, I ‘ndlord of the Stafford Arms, nt the p,..11's Itri tg., remembered 0,1 the morning of the 3d of June 1 ist a Lady an-sing at his hou.e with a servant. He lud since since learnt that that Lady was Mrs. Thysme Gwynn°. She proceeded to Aberystwyth in a chaise. On the next day is Gentlemin arrived on horseback; that Gen itemise had since been at his house; it was Colonel Sackvslle t;wsnne. Ile arrived at three o'clock, and ordered dinner. Ile gave di retinas on the subject of beds for the night. In the otiose 01 the evening a Lady arrived from Aheryst with, sha, , t seven o'clock. Colonel Gwyuue had said he expected her; and said she was Isis niece. This was the lady who hid called the previous day. They remained in the house mother that night. and the succeeding day and night. Mrs. Anne Taylor. wife of the last witness, corroborated his te-timony ; and added, that she sent the chambermaid to the defeat tact. He yielnt over the house ; he took two bed-rooms. They were sm. adjoining ; there was one room between. A lady arrived at seven; it was the same lady who called the day before. She had a servant-woman with her. The de endaot seemed very glad to see her. They west up stairs together to their respective bed-rooms, be tween ten aud eleven. The woman-servant accompanied her lady to bed, but came down again in five minutes. Wit ness slept in a room over that in which the lady slept. After At bad been asleep she awoke, and heard people talk in the room under her. They were the voiers of a woman stud a man. She had on doubt of this. The next mooting she went into the lady's bed-room ; she examined the bed; the Led had the it: , pearance of a m in and woman having slept in ; she observed the prints of two heads on the pillow. The defendant and the lady remained the whole of that day. They walked out together; the gentleman seemed very food of the lady. Ttwy went to bed in the same manner as on the preceding night. After witness went to bed, she heird the voices of two persons. The cieling of the r nro was so thin, that she could easily distinguish a man's from a woman's voice. In consequence of what she heard, she went into the bed room in the mooning. She assisted the chambermaid in ma kin the bell, and was satisfied that an intercourse bad ta ken place twlereets the parties. Sbe afterwards saw the lady at liristol—it was Mrs. Thynoe Gwynne. She was accompanied by the plaintiff's servant. She also saw Colo nel Gwynne at her house 'Marques ily. This witness sindero weat a long cross-examination. Richard Morris acenalpanied Mrs. Taylor to Bristol; she pointed out Mrs. Thynne Gwynne as the lady wilts had been at her house in June with Colonel Gwynne. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Dan NCST now addressed the Jury, and although la bouring under severe indisposition, made a most admirable speech on the part of the defendant. Ile said that there was mottling in the heavens above, in the earth beneath. or in the waters under the earth, which his learned friend had not premed into this cause ; and yet there was scarcely a passage or his speech which had been supported by evidence. There was no proof that the defendant was under any very parti cular obligations to the plaintiff's father. In the end he contended that thongh adultery had been contemplated by the defendant, yet that the crime had never been committed; and therefore the defendant was entitled to a verdict. Ste WU. GA RROW summed up the facts of the case with perspicuity and impartiality. lire Jury retired, and after an absence of twenty minutes, returned with a verdict fur the Plaintiff—Damages, ONE THOUSAN D POUN This case occupied the attention of the Court from eleven i„ the morning till near five o'clock in the evening,.awsl She Coat remained oppressively crowded to the last. SUFFOLK LENT ASSIZES. On Friday last Mr. Baron Graham arrived in Bury, and immediately proceeded to open the Commission for folding the Assizes for this county, the business of which e9mmenced its the Nisi Prius Court on Saturday morning at ten o'clock ; only five actions were entered, not one of whicn was of the least inmortance to any but the parties concerned. They were all tried out Sstnrday.—His Lord. ship, in his charge to the Grand Jerry, expressed his re gret at the number of prisoners whom names appeared in 1 the Calendar. 111 his opinion this originated in the want of moral and religions education and instruction, and the truentty should look to the debauchery and drunkenness in the lower orders- of society ; these to him were the things that appeared to deserve attention. Let the country gentlemen look to this, their moat truly patriotic execu tion, and they would find it tend more to amend the mo rals of the people than any attempt to reform the laws. Prisoners.—George Barrel' pleaded guilty to an indict ment for littering tut" forged notes in this town, and was sentenced to Id years' transporfat ; but no true bill was t. a id against Job Harding, charged as an accomplice in ofience.—Wen. Sy ret, alias Rouert Sayer, was found guilty of forging and tottering a check for 101. f urpurling to be drawn by J. D. Edwattls, Esq. upon Messrs. Oakes and Sim, bankers. Wm. Love, charged with having emberaled divers sums of money, the property of Messrs. Gurneys, Turners, and Briglitnett, bankers, Bungay, was found guiltyosed sen tenced to 14 years' transportation. G. S h. for stealing a poney rpm R. Reyes, of Theberton ; R. Nunn, 1 ,, r stealing 51. from T. Chippeifield, of Huntinefield ; I'. Death and R. Harvey, fi.r stealing fonr wether sheep front J. Eilwaids, of Wait 000000 ; and James Dobson, for stealing a silver watch from L. Girling, of Henley, were fend guilty. Ti lie bills have been found against John Webb, for 511001 sad R. Brook, for shooting at C. Banda. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. No Hill against Sarah Webb, for arson ; or Mary filar tin, for the murder of her male h.istard child. 8. Relations and It. Morrham were admitted evidence; Wm. Wurledge and H. Meson were acquitted. The Assizes for the County of Devon closed on Tuesday norm last. The case of Mary Woodman, aged 30, indicted for the willed murder of her husband, af forded most melancholy proof of the depravity of human nature. She had beenrtiarred to her husband, Charles Woodman, 8 years, when she left him, and went to live with a man who attended the fairs of the neigh bourhood of Okehainpion, as a fiddler, called Richard Sinallacoanhe, but better known b' the name of Smiler. She went about with him as his wife. The prisoner was a handsome woman ; Smiler (who was tried at thesame Assizes for uttering base coin) is an ugly squalid-look log fellow. Her hothaml had showr. uncommon attach ment to her. In October last, she being then i the neighbourhood of Okehampton, he sent to her, saving he wished to speak to her, when he desired she would stay at home and lice with him. She refused at first, and said she was going up the country. Prisoner said to her husband, " Can you maintain me 1" he replied, " If starve myself, I will maintain you." She then agreed to stay at home, and said to a witness, the sooner I corns home the better, as then I shall be happy ; he will be gone, and I shall have Smiler! She soon after this determina , ion went to a wedding-feast, with her hus band at South Zel.l, apparently on the hest termsof friend ship with him, when she administered a deadly poison to him. It did nor, however, take the effect she intend ed : she applied to a surgeon, who told her her bus baud was getting better, she then, when he was suffer ing under agonies that would soften the heart of a savage, contrived means to obtain a quantity of arsenic, with which. having administered it to him twice, she com pleted her horrid purpose; having no other motive or object in the world than to indulge in a criminal con nexion with the wretched object of her attentions. When she purposed her husband's death, she put him into two clubs with a view to obtain 201. to spend at his death. On the judge passing the dreadful sentence of death on her, she leaned her head on her arm, and looked hint steadfastly in the face; at his conclusion she exclaimed, to the horror of the whole Court, in a most daring attitude. " Well, I wili never forgive my perse cutors; they have sworn false, and the devil will drag them into hell ; and God will forgive me." Elie was taken away by force, uttering the vilest imprecations. On Monday morning, pursuant to her sentence, she was drawn upon a hurdle, from the door of the cell yard, to be executes!, in front of Devon county gaol. Her conduct after condemnation was twrked by the same obduracy and impenitence as she exhibited on her trial. On ascending the steps to the lodge, and air. proeching the drop, she appeared greatly agitated, but quickly resumed her former daring spirits, and ascended the platform with a firm step. Her eyes were , now ear nestly directed towards the prison, to take her last look at Smallacombe, but means had been taken for prevent ing his appearing to her view ; a disappointment which she seemed to feel severely. She still continuedinexor able against all entreaties of the clergyman to makecon fession ; but was at length prevailed on to repeat the Lord's Prayer, which she did in a manner almost inau dible, and the fatal drop fell immediately at the close of it. An immense concourse of spectators anemic , : the execution. Smallacombe had invented a plea to bring. her off ; no less than that of charging the death of her husband on himself; and a witness was to have been produced to swear that he had confessed his repeatedly . buying poison and taking it, with a determination of destroyiug himself; but none could be found hardy enough to appear in court in support of such a plea. Her body was given to the surgeons to he dissected and ana tomised. Her brother, William Potter, aged 40, was tried for an indescribable offence. Dreadful accident on the Thanees.—On Tuesday Morn ing last a party of Gentlemen, consisting of Mr. J. Pesman, belonging to the film of Messrs. Cltilder att.l Co. of East Smithfield, Mr. H. Childer, jun. and ano ther, who were going out on a party of pleasure as far as Gravesend, set out, about twelve o'clock, from %%taming, in a sailing boat.. On their arrival in Long Reach, about the middle of the Thames, a sodden gust of wind twisted the sail on the contrary side of the boat, which overturned it ; and the waterman, together with the whole of the party, were thrown into the water. After struggling souse time, they succeeded in clinging to the sides of the boat, and in that perilous shaation they hong for a length ~f time. It was impossible to ob tain any assistance, it being such a solitary hart of the river. The waterman, who could swim, was obliged to keep hold of the boat, being placed in such a situation, that the whole of the party would have beerr.drowned if he had left them. Mr. Childer by hanging miring to the boat, became sn extremely weak, that he was obliged at length, to let go, and struggle in the water, till he sunk to rise no more. Mr. Pesman, and the Waterman, having more strength, kept their hold, hang ing in the water for near art hour and a half after Mr. Childer was drowned, when the boat began to drift to wards the shore. • The waterman left his hold, and, al though very faint, endeavoured to gain the shore, and su:ceeded in saving Mr. Festoon. On getting nu, shore, they walked, in an exhausted condition. to the nearest house and changed their clothes. The laxly of Mr. Cbilder found the following:morning (Wednesday) and was conveyed for the Coroner's Inquest to be held on the body. On Tnursday sennight, or early on Friday mornilg, the ilweiling-house of Mr. Worth, St. George's Nor wich, was broken into, and a set of silver castors and other articles stolen ehereout. 111 MANSION-11QUSE.—Ressanxime - •Cisz or BURGLARY.—A young man named Fitzgerald was charged under the following circumstances : Mary Alin,. of the Cock and Bible publie:hoese, HOundsditerh; said. the prisoner had been lurking about her house, on the 26th ult. in a suspicious manner. Ile had been drinking beer in the early • part of the day. and in RI. evening lie walked into a private parlour, where heist under pretence of having his pipe. filled, and looked up at the sky. • .light in an odd way. A second time he entered the partourand eyed the sky-light. The servant itirl some time after, on going up stairs, found every thing right, but in paying a second visit to the bed room soon lifter, fobrid the door of one of them had been broke open, surd the drawers rifled of property to a great amount. There was a sulphuric smel) • in the room, and she suspected the robbers were under the bed, but was afraid to look there. She ran down and called for help Nobody was found in the room. On looking at the window, which was just over the sky-light, it was seen that a pane of glass had been taken out. The window looks into a back lane, through which escape could be easily. effected. A few days after this Fitzgerald came again to the house, and was taken into custody. He was greatly agitated on being charged with the robbery. Remanded. BOW-STREET.—Two: very fine-looiing lads, brothers, in sailors' attire, were brought before Mr, Birnie, charged under the following circumstances:— The prisoners, it appeared, were about to embark• in an East Indiaman. and a few days since they met with an old school fellow at Wapping. They slept together at a house at Wapping, whence they team to James-street, Covent Garden, and tool a bed at. the Nag's Head on Thursday night: Fairy morning the young prisoner gut up very early sad went-down stairs, and-upon his return said be bid • lost a one-pound note. The prosecutor alarmed at this searched for his breeches, and found them on the floor, but a pocket book, containing a 51. note, of the ssez and Suffolk Bank, and 18s. in silver had been stolen. He was about to go for an officer, when the young prisoner conlcued he bad coca. • mitted the robbery, and had placed the pocket book on the top of the bed, where it was found. He took the 5/. note the first night they slept tgoether, and the silver on Thursday night, and told the story of losing the IL note by way of cover to the trans.. action. The prosecutor did not miss the 51. note till yesterday morning, when the younger prisoner said he had laid it out in the purchase of clothes fur himself and brother. _ _ Goodwin, the Patrole, whdapprehended the pri soners, said their connections were highly respectable. The elder prisoner denied any • knowledge of the robbery, and said his brother, when he purchased the clothes, said his uncle bad given it to him fur that purpose the preceding night. Mr. Birnie ordered the prisoners to be detained until their relations could be apprised of their situation. HATTON GARDEN.--On Thursday was brought up for examination, a youth, an apprentice to Mr. Robertson, a jeweller, .26 Villiers.street, Strand, being charged by his master with having robbed hint of various articles; in confirmation of ' which charge, on his lodgings being searched by Wm. Read, sen. numerous articles were discovered, consisting of unwrought gold, stones, tools, &c. his property, but from the apparent conVitilm of the prisoner, and the supplication of the parents, after a severe reprimand from the Magistrate, the master • declined prosecuting, - - CARE OF VERY GREAT DiSTRESS—.-Mary .Sul livan was re-examined, on a charge of robbswg her - furnished lodgings. A pawnbroker attended, and produced a blanket which he had taken in pledge for ls. The case • of this poor woman was peculiarly distressing, as stated by two gentlemen, (Mr. Hall, of Old-street, and Mr. Fawcett, of Hos ton.square,) wbo attended solely from motives of charity, and unexpected by the unfortunate object of their commisseration. It appears, that about IS months back her husband sold out 1,5001. from the public funds, and shipped the produce of it. with considerable other property, on board the Zod ac, to proceed to America, with his wife and family.— When they arrived at Liverpool the ship had sailed about two hours, and they were thus separated from all they possessed; but before they had time scarcely to think • f their situation, intelligence arrived that the Zodiac was lost, and every soul tut five permits perished. Thus re .uced from comparative affluence, the husband having prt speets in America..obtained a passage for that country ; and his wife and child*a returned to London, in the hope of supporting