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ROHE CIRCUIT. the night in question, had drunk so much at walnut publie-houses, . betwevn Rumford and Widford, as to be completely intoxicated, and inser.sible to anything which could have happened to him ; and secondly, that shire the timo of the transaction in qu&tion, the prisoner had rot attempted to evade justice, although lie had leg his usual place of residence, inasmuch as he was constantly and si,i'•ly employed in tie way of his trade as a journeyman miller, with different masters between Braintree and sAndon. _ ESSEX ASSIZES. Cul:L=l'ollD, 1111:11Stiiir, Ace. S. _ _ CHELMSFORD, THURSDAY. Arc. 5. CIVIL tIDK. The civil business of these .tssiles closed this eresiug, unfi nished. 111 r. Justice lir astir tat, understanding that there was sti jsospect of his ',earned Broth.: being able to get through the (steeds , witboia his assistance. announced at the close of this days business, the: the rest of the causes must go over as 'misses' to the nest Assists. Ruth Judges, thereto's, will sit to-morrow to err prisoner.. NIT. Nolan was called upon to assist to-day iu trying some of the nii-.oe ofmces, and his aid was considerable. itiefore a Sprcial Jary.l HICKS n•. PALMER AND ANOTHER. This was an action against the defendants, a. owners of the Southend coach "Ailed the Hero, for the seglig•nt dnving of their *errant, whereby one of the plaintiff's shoulders sere dislocated. 31r. URNLV aunt 11r.ADOt.PHUS conducted the plaudit's Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the calm for the Jury, recapi. tulating the whole of the evidence on both sides, and leaving it to them, in a case of such serious consequence to the prisoner, to de. germane whether, on the balance of teritin.ony, they could art upon the single oath of the prosecutor as to the main circumstances, which were the foundation of the charge. t'onsidering all t h e cir cumstances, it was fur them to sap—first, whether the prosecutor bad been robbed in point of fact; and sccond, whether the prisoner was the guilty perpetrator of the crime imputed, a crime winch in. valved not merely an imputation upon his gratitude, but a complete disregard of every principle of humanity. The Jury delibcrited on the case fur about half an hour, and found a verdict of No; Culfra. The trial was not over until seven in the evening. CASs. It appeared in evidence that the plaintiff, who is n respectable firmer and surveyor, being at Rayleigh, 'wile an eniiiiide place ate :tie de-laden:a' coach to laitidon, on the leth Anril, 11121. lle got , en between Rayleigh and Itoeliford.aboursic in the morning, and . r aced himatit in the dickey. There were several other passengers the mot. 'she coach pmeeeded in satety until it came to the I meow of Rayleigh.hill,when dames Palmer. the coachman, and a!, relation et one of the defendants, began whipping his homes, and drove them down the hill at a furious rare. tine of the witnesses, emitter, who saw the transaction limn the stage of iris mill, said it appeared to him that the horses were going at the prodigious rate o: between eighteen and twenty mites an hoar. The velocity in oessing, the conch sown became unmanageable, ar.d after pro reeding a great many with on two wheels only, it swayed on one side, and at last fell with a tremendous ma at the bottom of the bill. scattering the unfortunate passengem m all directions. tteme. nil of them were severely hurt, and among others the plaintiff; who had his shoulder dislocated. He was taken up and carried to a tutgeon's as soon as possible, but a r.omitletiable time clamed 1 before the diskionion was 'reduced, and in this operation he suffered the' most eseruciating pain., and was for a month afterwards under the care of the surgeon, wlnnte bill amounted to lOt. Inc. The plaintiff, being a man advanced in years, was stated to be still obeering under the effects of the injury. Besides the dislocation of his shoulder, he had also sustained very severe bruises and con. tusions. For thole injuries the present action was brought. It was sworn positively drat the coachman had sat up all night, and was Muck when the accident happened s; that he whipped his horses when he got to the brow of the hill, and, that the lowest rate at Much the coach was going was between eleven and twelve miles an hour. A great proportion of the evadence erred on the part of the plaintiff was toestaalish the joint liability of the defendants, which became necessary in consequence of their haring neglected to make the usual entry at Somerset House. Various acts of oweership acne proved, which it was COldendett were SOO/6ft( to shew a joint liability. The defendants, whose names were Oeorge Palmer and Edward (Malin, were defended separately. 111 r. Sergeant TADDT and Mr. I'LATT were fur Palmer ' and Mr. ('omit and Mr. BYTIIIE WOOD for Crackein, and the defence of both was mainly founded eta the eircumstoice of their having no joint interest in the coach. Terme this seine evidence was uttered. It was also attempted to gin se answer to the charge of negligent drivir7. For this i F rruts Jones Palmer, the coachman, was called. !le positively denied that he was drank, although he admitted that he had been spend ing the previous evening with some inertia until a late hour, and sat up the remainder of the night, thinking it useless to go to bed. Ile was driving the coach down the hill at the rate of eight or ten miles an tour. and had the perfect command of his horses, when unfortunately the pole broke, and to this circumstance he attributed the sixident, which never could have happened but for that event. Losing all control over the horses, and seeing the accident Mend. able, he tailwind to draw the coach near the side of We road. that it might fall in a soft place. On his cromezarninAtion, he admitted that he had not men. toned the circur.nstei,ce of the pole breaking at the time of the accident. 114 sot know that he took notice of it to anybody. Ne in attributed the accident to the breaking of the pole until now. We. Chapman, a brother whip, and driver of Mrs. Nelson's Seithend each. proved that he was driving his coach in the rear of the Hero. The latter was going down the hill at the rate of be. teen eleven and twelve miles an hour, when he observed the coach trip for a moment In its descent, after which the accident happen. M. He afterwards observed, that the pole, though made of sound rraterials, was broken, and thought the accident was owing to that circumstance. FRIDAY. AVGEST 6. 181 7 12614AR1 . John Burrell and flenjuntin Burrell, brothers, were indicted for burglariously breaking and e• - •cring the dwelling-house of Jane (lepton, at Dimmow, in the night of the likh play, and stealing , therein • rd. Bank note, a metal watch, two crown pieces, and other articles, her property. 3lr. Klux conducted the prosecution. The proseeutrix is an 'Wetly maiden lady of irdepcneicnt property, residing with her; ' sister at Ihmniow. Between one and two o'clock on the morning of the 17th 3lay, whilst she anti her sister were asleep, she was aroused by the crash of her ebanther window breaking in. She immediately drew the bed-curtain, and saw a man getting in at I the window. Alarmed by the circumstance, she jump el out of bed and attempted to run down stairs, when she was followed by the man, who said, " You need not run away, I ant not going to hurt you ;" a n d brought her back. When she returned to the ; room she found that another wan had got in. One of the men asked for a candle ,• a e.•ndle. wan procured by the other, • and they produced a light from materials which they had with them. In the meantime she had got into her bed again, when one of the men thrusting his hand under the pillow, demanded the keys j of her drawers, and mired hold of her pockets; but not finding the keys, he said, `• l'nlests you give us your money, you are a deed ; woman." She gave him the keys Cf her drawers, and pointed out the drawer where she kept her money. The men then rifled the I drawers, and took from them a AL Bank of England note, about thirty sovereigns, two new crown pieces, which had never been in circulation, and 60111 C smaller silver. After possessing themselves of this booty, they quitted the house; and on leaving the room, one of them said, , • If von make the least alarm, we will return, and it will be worse for you." Amongst the articles stolen was a small tin hoe. The prosecutrix swore positively to the person of the prisoner John Burrell, having had a full opportunity of noticing his coontennnce. She had observed a pimple or mole on the lower part of his face, which enabled her to speak with certainty as to hint--; With respect to the other prisoner, she was not so positive ' but she believed him to be the other mar. It appeared from the tes timony of other witnesses, that the two prisoners, and a third man (not apprehended) had been seen by several persons at Ihinmow, in ' the afternoon of Sunday the 111th Ala! ; that about three o'clock hi the afternoon of the 17th the two prisoners were seen together in the road between Harlow and Ongar ; that at a short distance from the former place, near the road aide, close to the spat :where they had been seen, was found a tin-box, which the prosccutrix identi fied • that the two prisor.ent end a third man were taken up by the Saffron Weldon coach, at Harlow, and carried to London the same afternoon, and that the prisoners . paid their fare with two new crown pieces, which had not been in circulation. When the pri soners were afterwards apprehended, John had a sovereign in his pocket. Under these circumstances the question was, whether the prisoners, both either, were concerned in the robbe ry . The prisoners said they were innocent, bur made no defence by evidence. Mr. Damn GRAHAM rammed up the ease with great minuteness, and left the Jury to say whether both or either of the prisoners were guilty. The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found both prisoner' Gaily. The awful sentence of the law was passed upon them, and it is expected they will be left for execution. The prosecutvix recommended them to mercy on account of their youth, and their abstinence from personal violence towards her. Thomas IJ.'pd and Jain Brerer were indicted for a burglary and robbery, on the night of the 2 nth June last, in the house of William Hunt, a boot and shoemaker, at Layton. It appeared in tvider.ce„ that the prosecutor, having had his shop t broken open, and a quantity of property taken therefrom, w) .!•e , night of the 24th of June , watched for several nights with a friend, and on the night of the .",Oth the prisoners were oblervsl examining I the shutters and windows. They were taken into custody on sus r picion, and two centre-bits, and several duplicates of the were found upon *hem ; and it was also proved that the elder pri soner had on his person a pair of trowsers which were ideutified by 31r. Hunt. . . These rem the principal witnesses to negative negligence. Mr. tivantY, in a powerful reply, urged this as one of the Mit rousted cases of the kind which had ever come under his notice, rd he demanded, at the hams of the Jury, exemplary damages, tint as a compensation to the plaintiff for his dreatittil injuries, and wend, as the only mode of making coach proprietors, and their musts. less indifferent to the lives of his Majesty's subjects. 31r. Justice lit - naotrutt summed up the el-ides:cc. the Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1201. CROWN s:IDE. (Br/jre Mr. Baron GIAITAU ) A RSO N. - - - - • The prn.oncrs protested their inr.oreace, and said they bought the duplicates and the trowsers from a man whom, unfortunately, they were not able to produce. The Jury found Lloyd Guilty. but Acquitted Brewer. R"lnrs Sabwm, aged 15,;;;Indicted f r mr.licinusly setting Ls to ?Ars, at Great liardfiald, on dsa 45th March last, belong- tiers Thomas Smith. prosecutor was a farmer, and the prisoner was a labouring lid in his neglihourhood. In the afternoon of the day meniior.ed is the indictment, it was discovered that a 133111, in the occupation of the prokeetur, was in lames, and in a short time the premises were consumed, producing considerable injuty to the prosecutor. A young man named Andrews, who had been the last person seen near the premises when the fire was discovered, was apptehended 01n:spoon. When taken before the Magistrate ha stated eircum o.ances troplicating the prisoner, to the elfoct that the latter had been seen by hint, in the afternoon of the day aboreauentioned, to put some lighted paper or tinder into a rat-hole under the barn. Upon this information the prisoner was ayprehended,and Mr. Bro. derieb, who conducted the case fur the prosecution, in his opening reforest told the Jury, that they ought to receive this testimony of Andrews with considerable caution, inasmuch as he had since varied in his story, sod had not adhered to his original statement. Andrews, who was a servant to the prosecutor, was called to peeve the case, and he stated circumstances apparently sufficient to intent the indictment, when the Crier of the Court, who had sworn him to give evidence before the Grand Jury, interposed. and reformed the Learned Judge that the witness, on that occasion, Ina declared that he had nothing to say respecting the prosecution, stailthat he was unwilling to be sworn on the subject. lb. baron GOSHAIe, upon this suggestion, interpoled, and es. Pros'. his Opinion, that It would be unsafe to proceed upon the tot: oiy of the only material witness. but whose evidence was sake:: to such suspicion. His Lordship therefore recommended the Jars to acquit the prisoner. The Jury immediately, under his Lordship's direction, found to piseocr Xvt Aadrews, the ri.oess, was ordered to be detained. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Jets &Wien, a man of respectabk appearance. by treat a alley, au indicted for avaulting John Ilasumentl on the Kings' lighwav, at Widford, on the 23e1 of March, 1823, putting him in Iva, and forcibly taking from his parson cootiey to the amount of r3r fifty pound., in cash and "ccuritine. This case excited considerable interest, and was one of the mod ' pratinent in point of enormity in the calendar. Hr. IiNOI and 311% BRODERICK conducted the prosecution, rd Sir. Jessore and Mr. Miennuose the defence. The prosecutor is wealthy butcher i living in the ck-street, 1 *• - asferd. On the day mentiomel n the indictment ßa , be hail hem to Remitted market in the way of his trade, and in the rimin g ha was returning to his home in a chaise cart, when be mew up with the prisoner on the read, who requested to ride. The prosecutor asked him wirate he was going, and he told him It oat going to Chelmsford, u; on which he desired him to tarp into the tart. On the way to Chelmsford, the prosecutor lez'oeil It severs! übllc e !worm, at each of which he drank t'+z.z. and cot considerably intoxicated. but there was nothing Lev the mallet of the prianner which indicated a disposition V: l tiat to his person or property. When, however, the prose. .ted at a pl ace called Widford, about a mile from smi e kl:?" t • dtt prisoner, wording to the statement of the former. -l b a Lam% blow on the back of the neck, and knocked hit °;;: ,°I tin cart upon the road. The fall. though it deprived G .,tu hewer of speech, did not render him insensible; be t ., 1 : e 7.:°: ?he prisoner a hilst he lay immoveable, proceeded to ' Petkets, and robbed li'm of the property mentioned in the 4 trt It appeared that after the prisonir had effected his Mx*, he sent to a neighbruring publ , c.hottse. and roused the 500ttei ...... with an Vann that a dreadful o c c ident had happened t° eth o Idy on the road insensible; and evinced a feel. h !" , aisity on behalf of die prosecutor. The land. ` , use, and the ostler, proceeded to the spot, • in a ut...te of insensibility with his pockets was taten up and carried to a surgeon, he had unstained very considerable in. !which lie had not yct recovered. During exhibited the greatest interest for the took op hi. a'nole at the public.house noinhed to rail at the prosecutor's resid. quire after his h ea lth ; but About 4 o'clocit ?scrod-31 itatidestinely from the house, and nil very recently. It appeared that when hi. ceases he lodged a complaint before to ehargh.g hint distinctly wish the in question, under the tireum. The protecutor now soon positively that him ; And although he ttlinitted that he of h;4:oor at the thin', he entertained no identify, and of the violenco and robbery MIDLAND CIRCUIT. LINCOLN ASSIZES, WroNtsDAy, .IvarsT 4. Wednesday, lames IVetheritt.aged 21,2 clthuncy.aweeper, stood indicted for the wilful murder of it'm. Berridge, of Brigg, In that county, millwright on the night of the 22d of Ju ly last. The prisoner, upon being called upon to plead, pleaded Guilty, and persisted in this plea so long, that it was with difficulty he was prevailed upon to put himself on his trial. Mr. DALOUY conducted the prosecution. After some circumstantial evidence bad been gone into, similar to that given in our last week's paper, a Air. W. Nicholson swore that the prisoner had made the ro!lowing confession to him t—" On the evening of the murder I parted with a man of the rame of Eyre. As soon as he was out of sight, I loaded the pistol, took my station in the foot-path, and saw a woman coming. 1 heard a waggon coming, and concealed myself In hind a I:cdge. The de ceased then came up. 1 let him pass without moles:nig him ; but I ran after and shot him In the back of th e head." The Jury found the prisoner 6milry,;Lillew as ordered for ex:". lion on Friday. The prisoner seemed not to be affected by the sentence : the re. tnorse and inward horror which he suffered throughout his trial, seemed to be too deep and intense to be capable of addition, and he turned almost mechanically to go back to his cell in the gaol. An abstracted lock, and an almost constant tremulous motion of the lips, indicated that the unhappy man was already seeking inter course with another world. A more high-wrought picture of hu man misery has never, we think, been seen. GRIM. CON. awn( V. THEIRES. S. S. IstYLASD. -- . This was an action of Critu. Con. against the defendant, who pleaded, first, the general issue; and secondly, the two statutes of limitation, which respectively require that the action should be brought within e.k her six or tour yea:salter the COMM/111400 of the offence. 111 r. PIIILLI"S opened the pleadings, and Mr. DExstax stated I the case to the Jury. Richard Oxlani, Esq. knew Mr. and Mrs. John in Cornwall ; lied witnessed their marriage on the 23d of January, 1810; he wu ; then High Sheriff of the County; Mr. John was his Under. Sheriff; the Lady's father was Steward to the Duke of heeds. Lrorexamined by Mr. Sergeant VAI:GMAX.—The parties sena. ' rated three months after marriage, in conseeptence of Mrs. John presenting her husband with a child, to which he thought he could I conscientiously lay no claim. Ile never lived with her after this exposure,: the marriage tank place in January, 1810, end the lady I ; was confined iu the succeeding March. Mrs. Margaret Smith, examined by Mr. READER—The wit. I I ness lived at Hainsboroogh ; her maiden name was timely ; she I I accompanied ]lra. John from Cornwall, when she came to reside with Mr. Palmer, at Resibuni. in Lincolnshire; they lived with Mr. Public/ four years; the witness then married, and settled . iu Kirton, Lincolnshire. 3lrs. John came to live with me in September, 11113. Mr. Wryland, the clergyman at Redburn, had visited Mrs. John at Mr. Painter's. His visits were very frequent to .lira. Julia at my house. !le always came on Wednesday and I Saturday, and generally remained about half an hour, sometimes he I remained nearly two hours; they were generally in the sitting. room. A servant, named Ann Smith, always answered the bell. I Mr. Weyiand sometimes visited the lady in the bed-room; but tLis was only when she was too ill to get up, and then the der. I gyman did not stay above a quarter or half an hoar. They were in general alone. One day witness went unexpectedly into the bed-room. Mrs. John was very ill. Saw Mr. Weyland turning himself round by the bed. es if to sit down. Imagined he had been praying; ins dress was disordered, and his coat was half off his shoulders; if was moth his usual way of wearing his coat. 1 • spoke to Mrs. Palmer about It; but I did not cry out " shame !" las I entered or left the room; Mrs. Palmer said, she thought the clergyman cas criminal with the lady • I was not of that opinion. IThe Rev. Mr. Wryland was martied;and be continued his visits to 31rs. John atter his marriage, but I never knew hint to go into the bed-room but when the lady said she was ill. She left Inv house in 1818. She did not bring her child into Lincolnshire with her ; Mr. John had left the care of her to her father's arrangement. / She always appeared broken.hearted and she had requested thesis I /dirties of a clergyman in her devotions, upon which Mr. Painter / introduced to her 11r. 'Weyland, the defendant. She had an üb. jection to go to church, i and the defer.dart used to read psalms, And religi ous tracts to her; gave ; and oceasionallf her the sacra. ment. le R as always alone with her, when he was reading the religious tracts. 31rs. Ann Palmer was the widow of the Rev. Mr. Palmer, alluded to by the preceding witness ; she introduced the defendant to Mrs. John ; iu 1815 or 1810, 31argaret Smith pointed out to me the impropriety of the defendant attending Mrs. John in her beds MOM f • she told defendant if it ; he admitted the impropriety of it, and promised that it should not be repeated. 3latlitas Ilinnes proved the Inutd.wnting of the following letter, which was put in in evidence: " MY DI:Au Sta.—l have to thank you for your delicacy in cote:ding to 3lr. Ilachlessley the execution of a painful duty (the . ervk , wr i t in this a ction). It is in vain for me to say, that I wish every part of my intercourse with Mrs. John was known to the whole world. I have been the victim of misapprehension, but . I fear I cannot help nivielf. Spare on., if Possible. the pain of a trial at l.incoln, r 1 vri,h to have the business concluded as Lou. don. The damages. of course, with a woman so infamous, will be only no/nivel. State Ong expliyitly. in order to satisfy my! ;rind. I cannot but think it hard to be singled out as Mr. John a defenei, solmuly declared fiia innocence, ttv . perrreq , ,riT had taken him into his chaise idol% et he had net ilirecly or indirectly . rdq him ; stdl less had he deprived him of loim A. a proof of his innocence, aanity csinced by hint when the prosecutor, I.au: fallen cut of his cart, and had cape iriwy. The et rc.e% of his departure tc.floime way. that seeing the presvcidor in he though; further atte- tinr on his part on ', the person t:^eribed he the prose- Jury whether he would have shown that wt Itare of the iir,,trutor It:tire& it was a - bevi teunifestrd by him on the occasion in 'ere eallcd fur the prtsnner. whose testimony Wins— fest, tt: :hat the prose:Myr, on victim, when Smith was often heardao declare, that Mr. George. he wanted. Charles said he was gone to Portsmohth. Smith then Foster wra discovered in bed with Mrs. John, at nine o'clock in went to William Vinson, and after looking at him, said he did not the morning. I want him either. fin the 17th they returned to They " To Mr. Buxton. Attorney." knocked at the door, and old Vinson put his head out of the win- The witness Smith woo called to prove that she never had dow. Tozer asked hits, jokingly, if he had not spent his box of stated what was asserted in the letter respecting Mr. Foster. money, but the s u p erv i sor , w h o was w i t h Tozer, rebuked him for This ended the Plaintiff . * case. his conduct. Witness remembered Smith corning to a boy named 111 r. Sergeant Vise OttA N contended, that the evidence did not Chase, lifting up his hat, and asking him if his name wa s Vinson. afford a shadow of a foundation for the case stated by the plaintiff's Chase said " no, " and Smith said. then you are not the man." Counsel, and that the action was Drought merely in facilitate the Thorium Chase remembered lifting up his hat, and say proceedings of the plaintiff in his ef•iirts to obtain a divorce. ing that he was there. Witness said, he was not there. There The J DDZ commented at considerable length upon the insuf- were two carts in the yard, neither of which Smith said was the one ficiency of the evidence to support the plaintiff's aize; and the he had seen on the road. Jury immediately returned a verdict for the defendant upon the' William Mitchell, a master carpenter in Portsmouth Hock-yard, general issue. stated, that Thomas Vinson came to his house on the 14th February at eight at night, and slid not leave it till nine the next niorning. He knew it was the 14th February, because they joked about Valet:- tine's-Jay. Cross-examined by Sergeant WILT/E.—They joked about I's lentine's-tlay. and the girls seeding Valentines. A labourer in the dockyard at Povisnimith also proved that he was at the last witness's house on the 14th of February, and saw Thomas Vinson there from eight till twelve. Charles Vinson, father to the defendant, confirmed what had been said respecting Tozer and Smith on the 15th and 17th Feb. His son IVil:iatn was apprenticed to a pastry-cook in Chichester, and had been ill at home some time before the 14th February. lie was then so weak as to be obliged to go to bed at hall-past six o'clock. The other went to bed at ten with the rest of the family. He slept with ICillism, and their bed was by the side of the wit. news. They could not have got up in the night without his know. Mg it. The wife and daughter of the last witness confirmed his eri- WESTERN CIRCUIT. WINCHESTER ASSIZES. fiwasixtr, AvbasT s. CRIMINAL. COURT. SHEEP STEAUNO. Tr. Woodhatch Rai charged with Wesling a wether ahem the property of Arthur Budd, on the 3d May, in the parish of eon stoke. J. IV ioscll. Budd's shepherd, stated, that a sheep was ndssing! in his mister's flock tin the 4th May, and he afterwards saw the skin, head, and a iece of the liver. hung on a tree near the farm. The prosecutor 's son deposed, that he partied on the business of a butcher. lie went with the last witness to the spot where the skin was hung, and afterwards went to the prisoner's house, where he found a quantity of mutton, not cut as a butcher would cut it. It was in the prisoner's bed.rrionr. (ioulburn. a constable. saw 13 pieces of fresh mutton, sprinkled with 'eh, in the prisoner's bed-room. He put the neck to the head which was given him by Mill. and they exactly fitted. He also found a shirt (in a sack) marked with blond under the bed. He took the prisoner into custody at Weybill Farm. Upon telling him something had been seen in his house, he said, " I did not steal 31r. Burial's sheep ; 1 found it, and I will shew you the place where." The prisoner pointed out a place where there were no sheep marks. The next day his wife came to him, and asked him if lie had told any thing? He said "No." His wife said that was right, and if he kept his awn counsel nu one could hurt him. The Jury found the prisoner Gai:ry. Marrs Anthony was indicted for stealing two sheep. the property of W. Lane, in the parish of Little Sombome. The prosecutor stated, that lie tnissed three sheep from his flock in the latter end of the wear 11122, and that he afterwards saw one of the skins. 11% Newman found four sheep skins in a well near the prisoner's house. James Andrews (an accomplice) said, that he knew the prisoner, I and saw him in a house where he lodged, at the cod of 1822; but he denied ever going out with him sheep-stealing. When the man in whose house he had lodged was tried, he (.\ndrews) appeared against him, but he did not recollect whether lie then said that the prisoner and Shepperd were together. If he had so said, lie sup-'I posed it would have been swearing falsely. Louisa Shepperd (a woman of colour) was the wife of the man who had been transported for sheep-stealing, in the beginning of ' the year 1823. Prisoner lived next door, ard there was a commu nication between the houses. She remembered Anthony calling on I a rainy night. Shepperd asked him where he was going ? he said, to get a bit of meat. Andrew., who was p-esent. raid it rained too hard; but Anthony said he would go if it rained pigs and dogs. They all went out at seven o'clock, and a!mtlt eight the prisoner returned with a sheep on his shoulder. The prisoner stripped the sheep, and Sltepperd held a basin to catch the blood. She saw a red spot on the sheep, but nothing was said as to the person it be longed to. The Counsel for the prosecution not being able to carry this case further without the aid of the accomplice, The Jury, under lily Lordship's directions, Acquitted the pri x caner. AoAony was again tried upon ann!her indictment, for !gelding tso sheep, the property of H. Bailey, in the parish of king rionibome. WII.I.IAms said that was his case. 31r. ADAM then observed, that under all the circumstances of this case he should not press for a verdict ; and he wished it di-- tinctly to be understood, that neither himself nor his Learned Friends, when representing the King's Attorney-General, ever wished to gain a verdict. In the exercise of their duty they were always better satisfied when they could, as in this case, give up a verdict. The Lonn CHIEF Jr ST lc r. said that the Learned Counsel had conducted himself precisely as might be expected from him. This was a case of so much doubt, that looking at the whols of it, it certahly was most prudent to adopt the course pointed out by the Learned Counsel. The defendants were accordingly acquitted. ASSAULT ON A COUNSEL. This afternoon, as 31r. C. F. Williams, the Counsel, was re turning from Court, in company with a friend, he was suddenly attacked by a person who, it seems, had been laying in wait for him, and sho struck him a violent blow with his list on the side of his face. Two of his brother counsel, who were near at the me t merit, seised the perpretrator of the outrage, and some of the per_ sons near would have inflicted atimmary punishment on the un manly and cowardly fellow ; hot 31r. assured them that be was deranged, and begged that he might only be seemed. !tome gentleman, however, urged the necessity of an application to tonne Magistrate, that he might be restrained from attempting any fur ther violence upon the Ferson of Mr. Williams. It appears that six or seven years since, Mr. Williams azted in the capacity of Counsel for the person who has in this instance attacked him; and on that occasion, Mr. using his own ideas of his client's case. declined to call some witnesses,' on whose testimony he (Mr. Williams) could not rely. After a I lapse of seven years the present attack has been cowardly made upon him, without the slightest notice. The man, whose name is Iturridge, was committed to prison till I he gave bail to answer for the outrage. In this case Louisa Shepperd's testin.onv was confirmed Le that of die constable who brought the prisoner from Taunton gaol. In converging with him about the sheep he said, that he should not have done it if it bad not been for the black woman and her hus band, who told him what they hml done at St. Helena. The prisoner wished Jan:es Andrews to be examined as his I witness. Andrews was called, and said, that he had often heard Louisa Sheitperd declare, that she would do for Moses Anthony or his wife. There was a hole in the wall between I ley pert! and Anthony's hotises, which was railed up during the day, but open at night, for the purpose of sheep stealing. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. His Lordship ordered Andrews to be detained nntil the Grar.tl Jury should have decided upon the hill, which the Counsel for the prosecution had intimated their intention of preferring against him. In answer to a question from the Foreman of the Grand Jury— The Learned Judge said, that although there could be no doubt of the privilege of a Magistrate to admit an accomplice as a wit- nes:4 for the Crown, and that such accomplice was entitled to an exemption from punishment if he made a full disclosure of all he knew, yet if he LAW to fulfil the condition on which alone mercy was extended to him, he was remitted to exactly the same situa tion in which he stood before his admission as ling's evidence. His Lordship cited the case of Hunt at the trials at Hertford and also a ease that had taken place before himself at Leicester, in illustration of the practice. The prisolier had been admitted King's evidence, but he denied every thing in Court that he had de p osed to before the Grand Jury. He directed this man to be detained — he was after wards tried and convicted on his own confession. That conviction was affirmed by the twelve Judges, and he would have been ex ecuted had it not been for his (Heron fiarrow's) interposition. Richard .Ifissiughdm was indicted for stealing two sheep, the property of Mary Lewis, of l.adshot, on the Yid of April, and Mary 2lfiuinghata was indicted for receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen, The sheep were clearly traced to the prisoners, who were both found Guilty. CIVIL. SIDE. wiannoca 7.. SLIGHT. This was an action to recover the price of a piano -forte. de:ivcred to the defendant, deducting :01. admitted by the plaintiff to have been received by him. The plaintiff is a musical instrument maker at Portsmouth, and the defendant had formerly been a chemist in that town. The delivery of the piano was admitted, but the de fendant's witnesses proved that the plaintiff being in want of 504 ',lr. Slight had lent hint that sum, and had received the instrument in !ledge for it. It was also proved that the plaintiff had requested the detendant to say, that he had either purchased the piano or that he had it on trial, lest it should injure his credit if it was known that he had borrowed 50/. of the defendant. The plaintiff' gave • promissory note to Mr. Slight for the 501. payable six weeks after date.—Verdict fur the defendant. e 4 '). r . o. o u r t 1 .1 publi -- e-bou 'l se ..te F 4, 41 p 4.1 th e proycuter toittside out. He 1 ....141_,I : eppeared that I 7 • 1,. m thr tfreets of , ho ,1 0 to- • be me '' , the i ~,,,, ..."" . ite, t. Cu Of, I of _ 4,1 Apnea. end 14 ...a!, t t tromieg to trig '".. ~,e It nmg he aba. 7 , PP r eheadta tint • ' , ,ps .4 .leCt.t jr._. , _ ,,. 0r reccv / t kfl , r.. 4e. • ..e !Puns[ th sit ' i:e , r . ;li „ • Al., n t i vz • .),...119` re" ~, tr, . ., „ t , ve stated. 1 it'd ! , ; .., n . : had robbed 71 ..r tt,e it.flue be t: . ,b t —. . r . 4ce ..c. F . , tht timaner's i oi - ~1 . 1 in: i - . :.',:r 3 oTier. ' n his I it. - .4.1'... that ailth..o .h t L is., ...t!le,inirht inrcitttcs' t-- - a _ • Y gime^ ,r 7,.. 4 .., 1 _ ma.,,, lowan Ir ktd the * 10 ha ......... c et:tr.:bu m t} , e 7 ,.,. ,of iiitiaication flit .._ r ;I - • sic! , rattie p • Lis Z n il teem th,. pa I, "' 4e .: of bis :tien'. Ili'. t.. ..I p; ' ; . :'!,• Had hr h'ec; 40 i„ he it to ' I gt,. 4 _ .e . the 11 01 _ 11 : un .. e>.t tr. the izt.g „... all hands Laid u 1 B e l =la; a- , a te , .tite...l ra. . 4 :tet:,i ta, ...„, . po `,. PINE r.CAATrR. Mr. Sergeant PELL ( who was — specially retained by the plain tiff) stated, that this was an action which. although of trifling con sequence al to the amount to be recovered, involved a question of the very highest importance to the public. A man named S belonged to a society at Portsmouth, celled the " General& T lN Vision Society," and on sonic account was expelled, and denied the pecuniary aid the other members of it enjoyed. Ile applied to Mr. Carter (the defendant in this action), who was a Magistrate of that town, on the suliirct ; and believing that authority was vested in him under the 334 George 111. the defendant issued warrants for the purpose of levying a ilistre:s on the plait:MT% goods, for 31. tits. and 2/. 13a. nib The question of the Magistrates power In this instance involved great difficulty, as it appeared by a clause In the first Act, that powers were re , erved to the members of these Societies to make rules fur settling their differences by arbitration, and that such arbitration was to be final, and not subjected to the control of Magistrates. The Learned Sergeant and the Counsel on the other side eon suited. and it was agreed that as the facts were not disputed, aces should be submitted to the Court of King's Bench, in order to - . gain the opinion of that Court respecting the powers of 31agistrates over the conduct of Benefit Societies. THE. SING V. TIIO3IAS, CHARLES, AND WILLIAM VISION. This was an information pled at the ihstance of the Attorney_ General, against the defendants, who are brothers, for assaulting and obstructing, in the execution of their duty,two Excise Officers, near Ilavant, in this county. Wm. Torir deposed, that he had been an Excise officer fir 27 years. In the evening of the 14th February h., ucconti anied by Smith, who was receiving instructions from hint, went to a place nanted Roland's Castle, and as they returned between 11 and 12 o'clock at night, they met three men with a cart. It was a moon. light night, a.til he saw the men distinctly. There was a remark- I able dug under the cart, which he afterwards saw, as well as the coat, at Vinstin's. IVitnrcs desired to search the cart, as he sus pected that contraband goods were in it. The cart was a covered one. l'on this, one of the men struck him with a bludgeon. tharlesVinson forced a pistol out of his hand, and he and another struck the witness. Smith was attacked by another man, and was covered with dirt and blood. He clearly saw the faces of the de fendants, the colour of the cart and dug. Ile went on the 16th to where the Vinson% live, and there he saw two of the defendants and Thomas, the othtr. he usderstood, was at Ports , mouth. . Cross.exatuined—The dog was under the cart ; it W2l p er f ect ly light t there was a hedge on each sides f the and ten or twelve feet high; witness on the 16th had Itawlit s an officer, with him, mid the :Supervisor; on that day they were about Vinson's house for sonic time ; he knocked at the door; the father lacked out, and witness said something to him in a pleasant way, about spending his box of money ; he did not see a man named Chase there, neither did he hear Smith say to William and Charles Vinson, " neither of you is the man I want." George Smith, who was in company with the last witness, con firmed his testimony, with this difference—lie said the dog was before instead of under the cart. In his cross.esamiration, he denied having said any thing to Chase when he saw him at Vinson's on the 111th, and also denied having said to Charles and William Vinson, " Neither of you is the man I want." _ _ Mr. C. F. %Ft I.L !AWL on the part of the defence, in has ad. dress to the Jury. observed upon the inipmbsbilities of the testi mony of the two witnesses. It way also worthy of consideration, that the dog appeared to be perfectly still during the s'tempt to starch the cart. and every one a ho heart him knew that the nature of Moe dogs prompted them to attack any one scuffling with their masters. The Letirned l'ounsel then said that he could prove a complete r.li6i as to all the defendants. John Rawlins stated, he lived at Chiehester. and accompanied Tozer, Smith, and two other persons, to Vinson's. on the 16th; William and Charles l'inson came down stairs, and Smith went up to Chucks, asked hint his name, anti said (lifting up his hats " von are net the man 1 ww:t." lie then said, it was his eldest broths NORTHERN CIRCUIT. YORK SUMMER ASSIZES, TnuespAr, Avo. S. CROII -7 N SIDE. (Before Mr. at;retati.zocit.) CUTTI NG AND 31A 131 ING—EXTRAORDI N.lRl' TR I A L. Step/sae Darnall stood capitally indicted under Lord Ellenbo. rough's Act, with cutting and maiming Elizabeth I /small, his wife. on the Bth of June. 1821, at Ecelesall ISierlow, in the parish of Sheffield. in the West Riding, with a razor; and with wilfully, maliciously, and unlawfully stabbing his wife, with intent to murder or maim the said Elizabeth. rise prisoner's age was The Court was crowded to excess, and the case appeared to excite considerable interest. The prisoner pleaded Not chitty. 31r. lIARDY stated the cue on the part of the frown, which was one of a capital nature by the Statute of the 43d of the hue King. The Learned Counsel then called Elizabeth Darnall, the wife, and examined her to the following effect:-She is wife to the prisoner at the bar; has been married to him six years. Has two children by the prisoner, one live years and the other five months. I Her husbind and herself have not lived upon the best of terms latterly. Ile said he would be the end of her; he would trick her, and put her to bed with a spade. Ile is a labourer, a working ea, rdener. They were at hotne together on the Bth of June last. He came home a little after 12 o'clock at noon on that day, and ' went no more to his work; went out about three o'clock after. wards, and returned about four; he remained in the house until the evening ; went out again more than once and returnial ; she was nursing her child arid doing the business of the house. She and her husband had had words about three o'clock; she after- I wards went out, and he followed her at a distance; she went to j see her brother at the furnace; ha brother worked there; she did not see her husband until he came up to the gate ; lie after wards went home, and got into the house first; lie told her he I ai been taking a pair of gardener's shears to sell ; he said !:c had been follnwing her, as he thought she had been going some where else, end it she had, the prisoner said she should have seen what he would have dune. 11 hen he went to bed he locked the door and put the key in his pocket; I asked him what he did that for, and said, " I don't think myself safe in your company, as you sail you would put me to bed with a shovel, and I was afraid of my life." Ile had been mending shoes on that day ; he !aid he was not going to do anything to me. I said, " Let me feel what you have in your pocket ?" This was in the bed-mom. Ile took out a knife and flung it on the floor; be said he hail nothing else, and said, will that do, and flung the knife in the other room. I afterwards saw him stoop down and take something from under the carpet; he was then undressed and getting into bed; 1 was undressing myself to get in likewise. I felt disturbed, and pt:t my hand into his bosom and took out a razor; I said, dear one, here is a razor; he said, it is not, and snatched it out of my hand and put it in his bosom again. I took up a bit of wood and knocked : against the wall that divides the next cottage from ours ; he then rose up, and seized the razor, and began rutting me; he eiderd me with his left hand by the cap and hair, and with his right head began to cut ray neck; I held my head down; he caught me afterwards and cut me near the mouth: she could not say if he cut her more than once; she had a child in her arms; she let it fall on the floor. Could not say how sh: got away ; she sernamedl I out ; Mrs. Thornton came to her assistance, and she was taken through the window. The Learned JuDGE asked the prisoner if lie wished to ask his', wife any questions ? Prisoner—Yes ; not guilty ; she is impertinent; she wanted to I know where my sister is ; she had left me. Prosecutrix examined by the JUDGE — Yom had lift your hus-; band ? Yes ; I went to live with Mr. Ilihorean ; he has a wife. She sou a year there ; she saw her husband many times afterwards. I She applied to her parish, and they forced her again to live with him; they had no misunderstanding before; bad many euarrels I after. He knew pet-fatly well what he did t he was a sober man. but not so right as some men. He was regular in his labour. Ile was jealous of her without cause. Ibbotiein is 40 ; his wife has no children ; they are dead ; he has been jealous of her ever s'.nce they have been married. Here the prisoner said he wished to ask the Judge a question. , J 1" DGE—W VII. " His wife clouted his head as he sat on his bed ; his wife got up at four o'clock in the morning, and said, Blast you, you devil ! and threw scalding water over him." JUDGE to Proseintrix—lt Wu on Whit-l'uesday • don't know ' if they lied words on the Monday, but they had on die Tuesday. John Winterbottom examined.—lle is a cutler; was at home on the Ilth ofJazie last. Lives about le yards from the prisoner; was alanued by a noise or scream of murder; it appeared to be at I ; Stephen Darnall's door. I heard her say—he has cut tuy threat. j The screaming continued. I broke the window open, and I jumped ;in at the window. I could not find the k:y. I Mood the prisoner lin the next room cutting his throat. I said—" You have eat your wife's throat, and now. you vi ll ain, you are cutting your own." ; I The prisoner said—" How do you think any ;sewn can live, she has been knocking my brains out with a poker.' I took him, and ' I gave him in charge of a constable. The prisoner said the key was lin his rotten I said you have bid the key you villain. 1 after ; wards found it in his breeches pocket. du known the prisoner some years by sight. He has been in the parish a long time. Ile ' ; don't look bright, but witness considered he knew good fmni evil. To a question put by the Judge, witness said they had lived in the house about eleven moot! a, but he could not speak upon what ; , terms. PTIXITICT—rt is a false tale; a chap threatened to thrash his bones. She has been living with another man. She clouted tue on the head. she did. Martha Thornton examined—She is the wife of John Thornton ; lives directly opposite the prisoner's future. Itemembers the Bth of June; she was in the garret of her house. when she heard the screams of murder. I got in at th•• window. six saw the ptibonir's wife; she said, he has cut me throat. She was utilte.sed, and had nothing but her night clothes on. Iles heard them hate words ; don't know wLcthcr he is right ; l.is wife is w decent woman. W. N. Kirby examined—lle is a surgeon at Sheffield ; he was called in to see the proseeutrix un Whit Tuesday. at half.pas. eleven o'clock at night; she was at widow Sot k's Louse, She appeared very faint; her upper clothes eery stained with blond. There were wounds across her throat, check, and neck ; they ap. heared to be done by a clear cutting instrument—a razor would ave inflicted such wounds. The first was a alight one, in an oblique direction : on the cheek it was an inch and a half in length, and cut through the mouth. The back of the neck was the word— it was down to the hone; the razor appeared to host been carried backwards and forwards within the first incision. Ile sewed up the wound, and she et well in live week's after. The wouad on the back did not yield well; he thought the bone might be slightly injured. The Jrnoe—lleve must have been considerable force us.d. 11'itness—Ves; I saw the prisoner a few days slier; there wery nine scratches upon his neck. I thought him a weak man, but he appeared to me to understand what he bad been doing, and seemed sorr_y for it. I tleorge Makes_lle is a ccnstsbls ; the prisoner; he has 'he east. Lis assistant s:TrehtNl:cl NiMd‘ The instrument Mae yeroddeed, and handed to the Jury. The JuDcr—Now Is the time, prisoner, for your defence. Prisoner—She is a very impertinent woman ; she heed at Shef. fold; I got her cried; the wanted a home; she theollanetrto thrash my bones; she tried to scald my eyes out, and to fire me out ; she would not let nie eat nv live in peace; she has foot chil. dren by another man; two arf• dead. Mr. l.yddell examined as to el:waver—lle Is • shoemaker, living tat Sheffield ; has known the prisoner teii or twelve yeas : he was known as a steady industrious man; considered hint as possessing inferior intellects. William 11'elaster. a solicitor, examined—lle has known the pri. Wan eighteen months, and never knew any thing against him. The Learned Judge charged the Jury, and said the prisoner at the bar was indicted under a wise Act of Parliament. with the of. fence charged in the indietnient, a capital offence. which, before it passed into a law, was only a misdemeanour. The question for the Jury now to consider was, whether the prisoner, at the time he committed the dience, was in possession of his proper senses. and knew right front wrong; if he were, then lie was guilty of the crime laid to his charge, which made it death. It w a s quite clear that the wife had a cte d wrong, but that had nothing to do with the act itself. The indictment chargii him with an attempt to murder her, or do ha some bodily harm; the Jury would therefore con.ider of their verdict, and bring in such a one as would satisfy the law on the subject aid their own amscientes. The Jury retired fir a short time, and returned with a verdict ci Griiit9-11eath. The prisoner was recommended. to mercy ity the Jury, on re. coma of the weakness of his intellects. The °rand Jury, in the course of the examination, informed his Loolship that they had found all the bill. for the county before them, when his Lordship thanked the Gentlemen of the Jury for their patient attention and the zeal they had shown during the at , duties duties they had to perform at the Assiee. Thomas Mortimer, aged 21, stood charged by the Coroner's In. quest, on the view of the body of Wm. Needham, lying dead at the parish of Leeds, in the West Riding, with killing and slaying *he said Wm. Needham. Mr. Mit.wEa stated the case on the past of the C7Ollll, and Mr. JONI:3 called Mary Booth, examined on the prisoner's behalf—She is an innkeeper's wife, residing at Leeds. The deceased had a quarrel at her house with his wife and stint ; the deceased was a violent man ; the prisoner interfered with the deceased, and remora. *trued with him for striking the woman, on which the deceased wished to fight the prisoner, which he declined to do on that day, 2d June. She has known him a number of years, and has always considered hint a quiet man. Benjamin Wilson examined by Mr. Metre—ls a dyer at Leeds ; was at the Rose and Crown on that day ; Ne - dbam was quarrelling when the prisoner came in t he interfered and endca. roared to part tke women, teeing them ill-used ; on this the. deceased exclaimed--" To, rn wilt thou fight me?" prisoner sai d he would not that day ; th e deceased said he must for love or mo. they. Needham said he would fight him for • guinea, and put ss. on the table, which the prisoner covered, hating first borrowed it of • person in the room. I held the wager. Needham went out, and his second afterwards fetched the prisoner ; he came in after wards, and said the prisoner had won. Cross.examined by Mr. Jousts--The tieceaesel had the night befeee been put hi the watch-house for outrageous conduct and being in liquor. W. Coxsuaw examined.—lle was at the fight ; it was in a field near Pomfret lane ; they had three. or four rounds there; Mr . Green, a constable, parted them. They after Wards adjourned into anieher held, and fought for nearly halt an hour; the prisoner beat hint. After the battle, the deceased appeared sick ; he stripped him and put him to bed. The deceased said, " Will, now thou mayst leave me." I said, " No, I will not." This was about half-past nine o'clock. (:ross.examined by Mr. Jorits.—The prisoner's wife held his clothes whilst her husband fought ; never heard her say," d —e, Bill, take 4,:r thy boots, and thou wilt fight better." Saralt Needham, the widow of the deceased examined.—Sbe was present when the battle took place. She carne home from her work at half.past six o'clock, and went to seek for her husband. Sbe saw him knocked down ; she saw biro struck in the throat. and he said he would have no more. she got home about bait ' past nine o'clock, and found him in bed. He said his head. ached. She laid on the bed. About half-past tWo o'clock lie said.' I " Sarah. I shall never see any person more in this life." Be died at twenty minutes after four the following morning after the fight. :She had been tied to him two years. He was buried on M'hit.Sunday. lie was sober when lie was knocked down. He fou4ht in hoots • site advised hint to take them efi: Si,. wished him to go home, but he said he would kill her if she was not quiet. slr. 3lusgrove. surgeon, examined.—lie resides at Leeds. . examined the body. Ile tried to ;man a vein, but co blued came. Ilia throat was a good deal swelled; there were two or three bruises about the neck. lie recommended the Jury to have the body opened. His death was occasioned by the blows about the neck. Re-exam:nod by Mr. Jun Es.—The liver was not soon[' ear-. tion m:ght bring on apoplexy ; there was &severe blow on the jugu• lar vein. Two persons gave the prisoner a good character for humanity. The Learned Jr no w charged the Jury, and said, that the act of fighting was unlawful ; it mattered not how the gorsel arose. nor whether the prisoner was a quiet man or not. The ques._ two for the Jury's consideration was, did or did rot tlfe deceased come by his death fiom the blows Intlicted by the prisoner at the bar? and if he did, then he was guilty of man. slaughter. The Jury brought in a verdict of Guilty; and 'n co , semienee of the prisoner's having been in custedy two month.. he was sentenced only to one month's further imprisorinent in Yin% castle. These trials excited considerable incest, and die Cotot was crowded during the whole time. SPANISH REFUGEES. TO THE HORTTR,Vitrr - 031MITTEE FOR THE REIJI F OF THE SPANI H REFCOEES. MY LORDS AND OEXTLEMTN, At the moment when you are about to retire from the noble and benevolent task you have so klndly and zealously discharged, the relief and support of the Spanish refugees , we, the mem bers of the Committee, elected by our countrymen to be the chan nel of communication between them and you, hasten to offer you in their and our names the tribute of our lively and deep gratitude. It is peculiarly gratifying to us to renew the expressions of dim, feelings which are common to every one of our countrymen now England, and which more than once we have been called upon to testify, for your incessant acts of kindness. Aliens in the land, under the pressure of that unavoitlab:e a:.l poignant affliction, which the loss of our country must have spired to persona fully acquainted with the charms of so sweet a name, we hare found in your generosity, net only those consolati:na iinparted by friendship and benevolence, but that rice feeling delicacy which softens misfortut.e, and renders benevolence equa:'r delightful to " him that gives, and to him that receives." To your assiduous attention and constant labour, of which we hat.: beat witnesses, we profess ourselves indebted for the relief of our past distress, and even fur the prospect of a better fate in future. Be pleased therefore to accept with your wonted goodness tl:i heartfelt manifestation of our gratitude, with which we will 'lwo s cherish the remeinbrance of British benevolence, and of the nantsl of the illustrioos members composing your f'ommittce. We hare the honour to be, with every feeling of respect, My Lords and Gentlemen, Tour most obliged and humble Servants, (Signed) PHILIP 13.1 URA MARIANO LoaAsrA ANTONIO A. GALL% Ncr - - ....... .... JGAQUIN LORENZO VILLANU EVA DOM. RUIZ DE LA VEGA. Loodor, July lL 11:Z4. 'From the I.;,:taerwrreirt. Aug. 6.1 COTTON.—Tbe holders have evinced some disposition to sas. mit to lower prices this week, and, in consequence, there has bee-s a revival in the request ; one contract of 1100 Surats w.O reported on Monday, et prtees a shade lower ; since then several sales are reported, but limited as to extent, and generally the buyers hate purchasedou rather lower terms, though no general decline in O.: market prices do be stated. COFFEE.—The demand for Coffee by private contract revire.l on Saturday and on Monday last, very extensive purchases of lir:- tish Plantation descriptions were reported, Generally at the advass:e of 24. pet cwt.—The public sales this week, which were e.atersive, did not however go off with the expected briskness, bat the i::.. ' prorement we have stated was maintained ; St. DoMingo has beet sold extensively at 60.. a 61s. The priers of Coffee co:sauce t., fluctuate; there were two public sales brought forward to-day. and the prices g enerally have advanced 2s. on the currency of yeste:. ' day , and a brisk market. 111'31, BRANDY, and ROLLA:NOS.—The accounts from France cantina, unfavourable as to the appearance of the vines. sal the prices asked are considerably higher. These reports have considerable effect on this market, and there are now few sellers eargoes to arrive; Brandies house 2s. Bd. The Runs market et little varied; for proof Leewartli. Is. :td.,is offered, and there it still much business doing for shipping.; generally no alteration i a the prizes can be stated.—Geneva is avaried. TALLOW.—The priers of Tallow bare improved. and t! market la brisk; candle Tallow here, is parcels, uott.i: 3.15.„ and lac arrival, :Wis. na. . _ OILS.—The accounts respecting this year's fishery are so late arririnc. that the prices of Whale Oil are advancing; for Gren. land Oil to arrive 231. is now asked. Mr. Brown, the City Marshal, leaves town this day, f the purpose of delivering to Mr. Justice Burrough, wa) tried the two men, Marshall the elder and Marshall :11r younger, for the robbery at Berkhampstearl. a petitio:. ' from the latter, praying for mercy. Mar,hall the elder, it appears, is reviled. Mr. Gordon, the prosecutor. strok,fy joins his recommendation for mercy ; and Mr. Brown, in order to give all the effect possilik to the recommendatio:.. made a most minute inquiry into the conduct of the r beth before and subsequent to the rohbcvv. a.: has ascertained that it has been unexceptionabie. the robbery he has been employed at 15s. a week in taki-...g care of some paintings. a presumptive proof that he pre i (erred a life of industry to one supported by plunde-. There are other circumstances to be stated, which will tend to add to those proofs that the unfortunate man is euthled to a commutation of punishment. 1 11 rt tk 4 I 4