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OXFORD CIRCUIT. lIIMPOILD, MAUI 25. CRIM. CON. TUTPIII •owe OWTIIVII. RIP. V. SACIVILLI FILUDIMICIL GWYNNII, ESL This ea►e has excited an extraordinary degree of interest throughout the county of Hereford. among persons of the highest rank; and haying been Axed for trial this morning, the Court was crowded in eve►y part at an early hour. The declaration stated, that the Defendant had had criminetconversation with the Plaintiff's w if e . The Defendant pleaded Not Guilty. The damages were laid at Twenty Thousand Pounds. Mr. JERVIS stated the cave, at subsequently de tailed in the evidence. The Plaintiff was the son of as gentlemen of great respectability, who resided at Buckland, in the county of Brecon. The De fendant, Mr. SackvilleGwynne. was his fleet cousin, the representative of the family of the Owynnes, of Glatibran, and loomed of one of the largest estates in the comity, of the value of nearly 6,0001. • year. He was also Colonel of the Carmarthen Local Militia. The Plaintiff married his present wife in the month of J une, 1809. He was then 30. His lady was 23. She was young, beautiful, ac complished, and of a noble family. daughter of the late Lord Hereford, and siert to the present Lord. It was a match founded in affection. The Plain tiff took her almost without a portion. Her fortune was only 1,5001. in respect of which he settled upon lier .500/. a year. They settled originally in the neighbourhood of the PlAintiff's father. where they resided fa seseral years iii the enjoyment of perfect felicity. She then expressed an anxious desire to be settled in the neighbourhood of her Noble bro. ther. The Plaintiff sacrificed a great part of his lOrtissie to gratify this wish, orid he purchased a beautiful residence called Ilandovery, within a short distance of Lord Herfurd's, wheie he resided mini that painful occurrence took place, which led to the pelt inquiry. The distance of Ilan duvet), front the residence of the Defendant was thirty miles. Notwithstanding this distance, how ever, their visits were very frequent. On those oc casions the Plaintiff ens accompanied by hit wife, cud the Defendant, in returning the visit, by his; for be wan a married man and the father of not fewer than nine children. In consequence of the purchase which Mr. Thynne Gwynne had made, he found it necessary to make frequentiournirs to Lon. don, in order to menage the contract:lt was observed, doling these absences, and particulary at the latter ro d o f the year 1916, that the Defendant was a little more frequent in his visits at the Plain tars house than he h..d before been ; but as,on most of these occasions, he was accompanied by his wife, the suspicious of the Plaintiff were never excited, It happened in the month of April, 1816, rot one of the occarsions when Mr. l'hyritie Gwymie was in sown, and when his lady was upon ii visit at the house of the Defendant, that an occurrence took place which excited lynch of painful feeling. Mrs. Thynne Gwynn* had been there in company with wetly other visitors. She remained fur a coati drivable time longer than any ether of the guests, having been sanuogly solicited by Mr. Sackville Galrtilit to defer her departure. It was at length settled that she should return home on the 3d of iMay. Ott 0* awning previous to her departure from the house of the Defendant, the Defendant was observed to come into the room when the ladies w e re together, and to hand to Mrs. Thysine Gwynne a newspaper. Mrs. Sackville Gwynne either taw, or suspected she saw, a note delivered with the news paper to Mrs. Thyniw. Gwynne. She hastily de the paper, which was immediately given into lier land. She then demanded the note which she suspected hail been delivered by her husband; but lie (Mr. Jervis) believed this suspicion was un founded; however, such was its effect at the moment, that upon Mrs. Thyme Gwynne denying that she had seem any note, Mrs. Starkville Gwynne struck her II blow, and called her an adulteress ! The fact, as it occurred, was communicated by letter to the Plaimiff, at that time iii London ; lie rooducted 'himself still the utmost possil.le delicacy. The first pelvon whom he consulted was the person whose honour was most deeply interested, namely. jhe brother of the lady. Lord Hereford. Its con sequence of this the Plaintiff, with the Noble Lord, proceeded to the house of the Defendant, in order to get au explauation of what had happened. They were accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Cheater), who had married a Pieter of the Plaintiff's wife. The investigation which took place on that occasion ter imitated by Mrs. Sackville Gwynne signing the fol lowing declaration : t, Mary Asap Gwynne, the wife of Colonel Sackville (;.wine, of Cimarron Park, in the Comely of Caermortbee, do hereby declare, that my late cooduct towards lira Gwyeue, of Lanigan, war UMW unwarrantable, inasmuch as drat I had Inver any just cause for the aspersioos 1 east 'soma her chancier; and I moat solemnly declare, that I think her perfectly innocent of the impropriety of conduct which I imputed to her, sad that I had no foundation what ever for the charges 1 made against her. " MARY ANNE GWYNNE. " Dal ed, Map 11, 1817 (Winans) " THOMAS M 66666 L, Capt. Royal Navy. J. B. CMS/TOIL" Captain Mansell hsppened to he accidentally present. After dais the Jury would not wonder at the Plaintiff eeeeiirg Isis wife into his arms, and restoring her to his entire affection. The parties did not visit at each other's houses after this ; hut they met at the houses of mutual friends. They met at public places, and Mr. Sackville Gwynne, the Defendant, paid all those attentions to the wife of the Plaintiff. which their former intimacy and near relationship fully warvantwl. Things coutinued is this state from the mouth of May down to the 13th of October in the same year, when a moat extraordinyry ooterrence happened. On that day a fellow was obsessed lurking about Llandovery. He went to a Weber's shop in the neighbourhood, and asked where he could see Mrs. Gwynne? He was told, if lie wished to see Mrs. Gwynn', he had better go up to Llandoverrlsouse. He went to Llandovery, hut instead of going im mediately to the house, he still lurked about. He was at length seen by some of the servants, who asked him what he wanted. He said he wished to see Mrs. Thyone Gwynne. Mrs. Gwynne was not in the house, and be was repeatedly asked his bu. sines., but he declined telling it. Suspicion at length arose in the servants' minds, and he was de tamed till Mr. Tbynue Gnome s who bad been out r. r ; t ••.* AIR -.- • . 4 shooting, returned. On his 'nisei at his house he was inkrased of the mysterious messenger. The men was of course summoned into Mr. Gwynne e s presence, and was by him interrogated at to where he came from. He declined at first tell ing, bat efterw.irds said he came from Glanbriiii Park, and was desired to call there. This was con finned by one of the servants. who knew him to he in the employment of Mr. Sat Irvine G supine. Then, all of a sodden, he pretended not to understand the English language, sod declined answering any further questions. One of the servants was called in as an interpreter, when, after a great deal of he sitation. he at last acid that he was not desired to call, but came in hopes of getting some refresh ment. Such was the contradictory accounts he gave of himself, that Mr. Thyme Gwymie at first re solved to search his person ; but afterwards, from motives of delicacy, as well towards his lady as to wards his friend, he abandoned his intention, and suffered the fellow to go. On this occasion Mr. Thymie Gwynne did what he had dope before. He felt it due to his own honour. to the honour of the Defendant, and to the honour of his noble relative, that some explanation should take place on this subject. In point of fact, he sent for and consulted Lord Hereford, and after an interval of *eventl days addressed a letter to the Defendant, who, in his an swer, declared his ignorance of the transaction. The answer not being considered satisfactory. lie, in a second letter, requested further exidanstion, to which he received— SACILYIELE GWYNNE TO THYNNE CIIYNNR. " Dear Sir-1 am sorry it was nut in my power, when 1 last wrote to you, to give the eaplanation you wished. The enclosed will, 1 hope ' convince you that my former state ment was correct. The man is nut employed by me as a workman. " 1 remain, dear Sir, your obedient Servant, " S. GWYNNIL " eanbran, Noe. 5,1817." - - The Jury would hardly conceive that the en closure alluded to in this letter was the affidavit of the man who had been discovered lurking about the house of the Platutiti. The affidavit was as fol lows : (COPT OF AFFIDAVIT ENCLOSED.) "'Rees Prytherillt. on his oath, pith, that on or about the 13th or 14th day of October last, he went from hls uwo boast, is the parish of Lasfairarybrisne, in the county of Caermarthen, to the town of Hay, io the county of Brecon, and that on his way he called at the limp.. of Thyme. Howe Graeae, Esquire, at Lanigan, is, the hopes of getting a little sefreamcot, and at that time told them that he called then by the direction of Colonel Gwynne; but now posi tirefy swears that wither Calomel Glisyuue Mrs. Gwyaur, or any other person, directed him to call there, and that it was entirely his own act, and crite out of the knua ledge of Colonel or Mrs. Gwyouse, of hi intention In tall there. "The mark X of BEEN PRYTHERICK. " Sworn and wiped before use, the sth day of Nov. 1817, " PiTes Jonas, Clerk, A.M." He should now proceed to state how a letter had come into the hands of the Plaintiff, which he should prove to have been written by the Defen dant, and to have been sent by him by the messen ger whom he had procured to swear the affidavit which he had joist read. There *ma person of the name of Samuel Lloyd, srhorwas employed to terry letters to Llandovery. The had con. trivet, to corrupt this which ' Defendant intended which Prythenck . by post, addressed fell into the hands able to read. procured a _ it for The son had intelligence that this ' although addressed to' was not for him, bot for Mrs. and it was finally put into the hands of the He should now read this letter. It was addressed to " Samuel Lloyd, Hay, Brecon," and _apPillred to have been' written at d►fferent times. .Pert ou the 13th of Oc tober, which was the day when Prytherick was de tected, and part at a subsequent time, in conse quence of Prytherick's failure in his embassy. The address was a disguised hand, and had the appear ance of having been written by an illiterate persui. It was a tedious, stupid, common-place love. letter, which, after alluding to the case of the mys terions messenger, concluded thus:— I entreat you, my dearest friend, to believe nothing should prevent my being with you but the real nose ; and that, ender these eircasissianers, I acted ss yuu would have wished. Let me hear from you MI Saturday, and answer my questions. What did H. say about the venison ? Tr It me your remarks about Jones's letter. I feel very Nervous for the safe return of the wiemeager, fearing H. may see him. I feel rertaiu that H. did not go to day. Say if that was the case. Once more, Gud bless you, my dearest, dearest, arid only friend ; you are more dear to me theta ever! I have no intercourse whatever with F.--separate beds fur the last three months. F. is very unwell. • • • I shall *rite to the old man by the post. I shall not go to bed this right. lam truly wretched. All my happiusss foe the prevent is disturbed in sot seeing you. Gust boot,* lam Miserable when from you. I hem' your dear suite say when pretest you never appear so. ludeed, I wish I was in my knave. God bless you again and *gain, nay dearest, dearest friend. • • • • • " Four rielork, au bed.—l will certainly attend my dear. est friend nest summer, as H. will be off los guard. Tell me when do you leave H ? What is H.'s plan fur rrsideuce Have you any idea of going to Loudon or Bath, or to utd H.?" In the course of reading this letter, the Learned Counsel explained its allusions, which would other wise appear enigmatical. H. meant the Plaintiff; whose name was Thyme Howe Gwyome. The 'easy captain was Captain Mansell, and F. vias the lie fetidatit's wife, whom he designated a fury ! The reference to the 19th, alluded to an intended visit of the Plaintiff to Hereford fair, which was held on that day. The pike meant a turnpike gate, et which a confidential 'edema of the Defendant's resided. After the perusal of this letter, the Plaintiff could no longer doubt (for be knew it to be the hand-writing of the Defendant) that a very impels. per correspondence had taken place between the Defendant and his wife. lie lost no time iu con sulting his nearest friends and relations as to the course which it would be proper for him to purses. Among others to whom he applied was a Mr. Wel lington, who had married one of his wife's sisters. They proceeded to Glattbran to have a distinct avowal from the Defendant as to whether thee Indite was his band-writing or not. They were accomper used by a Mr. Weller, who was an Adjutant in the local militia, of which the Defendant was Colmar!. A meeting was prepared and took place at the office of Mr. Harris, the Solicitor of the Defendant. The Plaintiff then, with a propriety which mark ed his conduct from the beginning to the end. put the letter into the Defendant's hand, and asked him if it was his hand-writing The Defendant declined giving any answer : nom which the Plaintiff said, " As you have : de. clined answering. 1 shall take it to be your letter ;" and then, although that Court was the last place in which such a circumstance should be mentioned, demanded satisfaction in a way to which it was un y I. allude more distinctly. The Defeo dint, however, declined giving that 6olibrucilow, alleging that his life was insured fur iO,OOO/. This letter being now proved beyond all doubt to be the production of the Defendant, it then became the duty of the Plaintiff toad in s manner which became his character, and the character of the family to which he was allied. He again consulted Lord Here ford, and communicated to him the improper cur mpondence which had taken place between his wife and the Defendant. From expressions in Hilo letter it war manifest that the criminal act had toot then taken place which was meditated by the Defendant. He, therefore, proposed to refer what should be done to Lord Hereford, the brother of his wife; to Mr. Chestou, his wife's brother -isrlow, who had married her sister, and Mr. Watkins. Lord Here ford declined interfering in • question of such deli cacy, and Colonel Cornewefl was substituted in his room. On the 17th of November a meeting took place between these gentlemen, and the result of their opinion was contained in the following report : Hey Castle, Nov. 17, 1217. " We, the undersigned, du berehy declare, that we have this day, at the request of Mr. Throne Gwyane and Lord Herefurd, deliberately ingoked late all the coreunistancis relative to an intercepted letter, which, though anonymous. and without direction, appears, beyond the possibility of a doubt, to have been intensified by Colonel Goyim, ot:Glen bran, for Mrs. Thynue Gwynne, of Lanigan. And our clear and unanimous opinion a, that though Mrs. Thyme Gwynn, has beets guilty aorta indiscretion in having car ried on a clandniiiie correspondence wit► Colonel Goyim., yet the 1i Her which is laid before us does not prove to our minds that any criminality ►as taken place between the parties. It is uietrvahk, that no letter from Mrs. Thymic Gwynue to Colonel Goyim appears extant. We are, there. fore, only hit by the intercepted one, and by the replies which Mrs.Thynne Gwynoe makes to the questions pot to her, which all conduce to strengthen Ibis opining. If , there fore, Mr Thynne Gwynne is satisfied with the professions of si penitence which Mrs. Thynne Gwynn now ut ters before her brother and relations, mud with the promisee which she makes to study to the utmost to reader his life happy, mud le stone by her future conduct for the levity of which idie has allowed herself to be guilty, we are of °pi llion Mr Thynne Gwynne may safely and lionunrably re ceive tier back to his confidence and affection. " G. CORN EWA LL, Jen. I. B. C H FAT° N. " WALTER WATKINS." This report was communicated to the Plaintiff. accompanied by the following solemn declaration of his wife : MRASTHYNNE GWYNNEI DECLARATION. " I, Gentiles.' Gower, do yowl solernaly promise before God, utter to haw say commuoication with Colette' Gwynoe, directly or iodireeily. I do farther promise before God, if any letter should ho addressed by Colonel Gwyane to me, that I will forthwith deliver the same to my heabood tsatopiraml. Should, however, the letter be directed in aA* ,noised Imp by which menus *might be induced, emeopeet inely, *open it, I will in that ease, upon the first discovery of the author, elme the letter, and deliver the gam wry \sabot* ounad. " GEORGIANA GWYNNE:" Signed in the preorwe of . January thl went on a of _ Clinton, at Gloucester, and they there about a month. On the nth of J servant of Mr. Chestou'e came into the parlour when the whole family were at breakfast. Mr. Throne Gwysine and his wife, and Mr. Cheston and his lady, with two letters, which contained a most extraordinary superscription. They had been addressed to A.Z. Worcester, and hid been forwarded to the Rev. Mr. Cheston, Gloucester, addressed to Mrs. Gwytme : they had come front the Post-office at Llandovery. It was the post-office to whirl' the Defendant had addressed his farmer letter. The servant asked, whether these letters were for Mr.. Thytme Gwynne ? 11r.. Gaymie looked 'it the letters carelessly, arid said, she be lieved not ; but as she knew she was going to %'or. crater, she had directed, if letters came to her, they were to be forwarded there. It was impossi ble that such a circumstance should not excite MI. iiit:loii. Dill Mr. 'fliymie Owyritie, with the risme delicacy which had ctiaracterizeil his conduct from the beginning—instead of taking the letters in a ruffiaii.like manner from the hands of a beautiful woman. went out of the room, and beckoned Mr. Cheston to follow him. in order that he might ask his advice. by Mr. Clieston's advice he ;cleaned inituediately into the room. and demanded, in delicate and gentlemanly terms, the possession of the letters (rum his wile. She had taken ample care, however, that they should not be forthcoming, and in violation of the sacred pledge which she had given in the presence of the Almighty (;011, never to open • letter which cause front the Defendem, she opened theme letters, read them cursonly, egad observing from whom they came con• signed them to the flames. It was no longer a sootier of doubt that she had received letters lams the Defendant, iii defisuce of her pledge ; and. of consequence, the Pleintiff deteimined to part with her. He did not, however. turn her out of doors, but conducted himself with a firm. ness which was really to be wondered at, after what bad been stated. He accompanied her himself to town, in order to place her in the handl , of her bro ther. Lord Hereford. Lord Hereford was front home; and he left her in the care of Lady Cock burs,, one of her own sisters, who had married Sir James Cockburn. She remai ned there with • suita. ble allowance made to her by the Plaintiff' for such a length of time as was found agreeable to Lady Cockburn ; sad, at last, was conducted by Lurd Hereford to the neighbourhood of his own house, and placed in a suitable residence. She continard there until the 341 of June s when. accompanied fiy a serenest, she went to a place called the I)eiil's Itridge. on the road to Aberyldwith. She entered into particular conversation with the buidlady of the house at winch site stopped at that place, as to whit. they she could be accommodated with bo. d and Wahl. She then proceeded to Aberystwith.— Ois the next dry the Defendant came to the De vil's Bridge, mud desired to be sliewa iuto a sitting room; lie also desired to be 'hewn some beelsroonse, saying he expected his niece. He ordered two metes rate bed-rooms, ant adjoining. but on the WM! Agar. At first he wade choiceof the largest bed for hisaself, bet afterwards altered Ina mind, and said it should he for his niece. After dimser a lady arrived, who upon her alighting war immediately recognized as the lady who had stopped the day before on her way to Aberystwith. It was very soon discovered that they were not uncle and niece, for a lady who happened to be in the house knew them to be Mrs. Tit line Gwynn and Mr. Sackville Gaynor. Thec retired to separate beds, but from the II ss of the ceil ing, the landlady, who slept over the room to which Mrs. Thysine Givyinie had gone, was led to believe that they did not pass the night sepa rately. The landlady, in fact, distinctly heard two voices in the laity's bedchamber, sod was convinced that one of them was the voice of a mom There was no doubt that the criminal act took place between them then. In the morning the landlady went into the room, and there saw appearances which Itft no doubt that they had alert together. They wandered about the wood the whole of the n►xt day, and slept together the following night. A similar investigation was made by the landlady the succeeding morning. roc compacted by her servant, whi. h confirmed her for. rater observations. When he proved those facts, no doubt could exist as to the completion of the adul terous intercourse. The wife of the Defendant died in the May preceding this adulterous coo lier maiden twine was George, and the Defendant had put it out of his own power to du justice to this nottelt-itsjored lady, for he had himself married another lady in the mouth of De cember lest, and with that lady had received tO,OOO/. The witnesses were then calltd,and their evidence fully confirmed the case as stated. Mr. DAUNCET addressed the Jury au the part of the Defendant, but called sin witnesses. After • charge from the Judge (Sir WM. G*a. KOH). the Jury retired, and atter an absence of twenty anionic* returned with a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damage*, ONE THOUSAND POUNDS. This case occupied the attention of the Court from eleven in the morning till near five o'clock iu the evening, and the Court remained oppressively crowded to the last. SUSSEX ASSIZES. CUTTING AM) MAIMING. ✓mu bile., aged about is, vra• ',dieted under lord •Ellestssrouglis Act, for felossisiody said wisliciossly stabbing sad cultist/ George Gibbs, with knew to murder or As hiss souse grievous burbly harm, us the 1511. install, ■t the parish of Sturringtos, is this county. The trial In this case excited UPI MORSHAM. mAace 9.5. CROWN SIDE. On singular circumstances, and the anaccountahle occasion of the sangnivary act fur which Ilse Prisoner was brought to the bar of justice. Grow Gibbs, a youth abaft IS, the unfortunate victim eif the Prrwner•a ferocity, appeared is the hos, dreadfully enesciatini, and still labouring under the effects of the out rage which be had suffered, his wounds being yet greets, and gam the following statement. His fattier was Park keeper to Lord De la ;ouch, who lived at Parham Park. In literven ' 15th appeared ha have interest, frnm ‘Vheu the _..--rn which Weer; was then alone, but • young roan, molted ham he araa about to wish him a Ir .- ni - the Curvier struck him over the head sod face with his stick which be carried. He was nearly attuned by the blow, which being re. pealed, be was knocked down, and from the violence of the blow, the stick was broken. The witness immediately cried out—" Oh! Jemmy Gibbs, don't minder ate;' and begged fur mercy. The Prisoner then went round him, sod imme diately pulling out a pocket knife, cot hiss twice under the , chin; but his sanguinary design having failed by these means, he stabbed him behind the right ear with the sums weapon. Wilms* struggled to gel from him, and in doing so, disarmed him of the knife, and in the scudle, the Priso. tier drew it through his hand, and wounded several of his fingers. The Prisoner then look him round the waist, and dragged him 10 • gate-post, and endeavoured to swing his head against it. Willie«, cried out for mercy, and called " :Warder!" upon which the Prisoner caught hold of him by the throat, which he gripped with hoth his hands, in order to prevent his ntakiug any noise. He immediately after. wards ler go, but again seised his throat a second time, soul theta the wittier, lust his eelllee, and remembered nothing afterwards; when be recovered, lie fuwud himself with his friends. He swore positively that he never had any quarrel in his life with the Prisoner; that they were name sakes; they were nut related ; that lie had known the Pri soner as • passing acquainteitice, awl had seen him occa sionally; but he was by no means intimate with bins. He could in no mangier account for the Prisoner's attack upon him —This evidence was corroborated by several witinuses. Mr. Justice BAYLEY asked the Prisoner what he had to say in his defence ?—The Primmer said, " I don't keel, that I can say any thing." Julio Gibbs, the father of the Poisouer, canoe forward in • stateof pitiable agitatiuts, so lunch so, that he could nut eland, and stated that he was a labouring man, that his sou and be west in the habit of working for Sir. Emery, • farmer at Parham. On the day mentioned in the isidicinient, after Ire and his son had performed their daily labour for their employer, tiny came home to do souse work in their owe garden. He observed that there wee something singular to the behaviour of the Prisoner, who seemed nut to work with his casual cheerfulness. At supper time, in the erot ism, about seven o'clock, the Priestlier seemed low spirited, and ate very little food. He kept Lack from the fire; instead of cuittiog forward as usual on such occasions to juju in the humble ebeerfuluess of their meal About half past to yen the Prisoner went oat and never returned. He did sot kitow of any quarrel betweru the Prosecutor and his sou. The mother and aunt of the Prisoner gave similar testi mony. Mr. R. Emery, a respectable farmer at Parham, slated, that the Prisoner worked for him bins three or four years. He was an extremely good workmau, and a very industrious, anew ive lad : lie always bore the therm:lir of a civil, kiwi. hearted young matt, and was uever knowu to quarrel with any body. Mr. Justice Bayt.gy then stemmed sip the whole of the VIM with great minuteness, and, suveitiug to the defence which bail becu reit cap, told she Jury, that if they were of opinion that the Prisoner, at the tone he committed the dreadful °deuce imputed to him, was possessed of sufficient reason to distiagnish right from wrong, he was soiswei able to the law fur the act be had committed, mid the penal conse quences which must follow a COUViCeIOII tut that act, must he visited upon his bead. The Jury, after a few moments' dclib.ration, found the Prisoner—Gat//p. The Learned Judge immediately pronounced the awful seutence of Death ins manner so implicative and pathetic as to leave no dry eye in Cool t, bolding tout to the Prisoner no imposer mercy. The Prisoner, during the whole of the trial, was sensibly agitated by actinium, sod apparently usaffieeted Artie he was velour. J fount the bar, the Prosecutor aid his father appeared to the witness bus, sad earuesi:y viewed the Linseed . Judge to spareads life, and mitigate the gentility of the law to trawspoptalJoo; but Mr. Justice BAT liar said, that Ms duty was imperative, and that if he dared , - - - rit °swum .- It ,as rg..-.“ .uns ... s a,c a apuuto, WOO lIVCSI at faralll4l ar. in MCC - Well- very. The Defeo.lout had con. I Heastoao, lag of rhea 15th of March, about right o'clock, Lis father this man, and the letter which the 1 Nov. 1711 4 1817, Hay Castle. sent him with a message to the Crown public-bowie, a short rd for Mrs. Thytine Gwynne s *ld In . consequence of this declaration. the . Plaintit . "'time 6 "" 1 Park.,.,, when be wet the Prisoner, near the . Ans‘ of his father • garage. lie Prammer bad $ Mock had bean tulk to elsiiiirreegik tc ido hai d e , asoisi into bi•Liuni. Ism- OM hfa itandder mid ' dm I 1 / 0 FrilrOU ' il LloYar. 0 . 14 4ter twlTntil the month of January following the he cou l d him . by die light of a lantern w r t:ich be . ther dart, i of Lloyd', son. who bring gw. livhd together with uninterrupted happineN. Ow ried in his band. Uhe Plifelbef was then alone, bat :ured a wren is read it for him. th• Ist of January they went on a visit to the appeared to hare park hero soother young man, unwed ligene• tit perceive that this letter s of Mr. Clinton, at Gloucester, and they re Duke. When the Priimiev approached him he was about rd to h* 'tither, was not iutended there about a month. On the 28th of January • o to ,nr wi t s h h e h h i ra m it a a g l i a iud d fa n c i e gh w i lti v i iite hi n s p il l i i e nk fu whi er ch Il b i e ru ca ck n l i a e im t Mrs. Grtyune, and it was finally servant of Mr. Cbestou's came into the parlour H. was nearly rimmed by the blow, which being re. sof the Plaintiff. He should now when the whole fancily were at breakfast. Mr. prated, be was knocked down. and front the violence of the to eclat: Me severity of the law, he tilowthl west coneyof ois the pan of the Prltilealilif *II pomp. act to which he was IlliNfliliV iliSpelled by his owls f rhi, g , ensmiseelition for the fishily! esetirt. lint 1u ant, fur the sake of the public, soopestil that I f merry timid be eitteo-led to the Priestlier, it roula only h.. attained by ao applicatioa to the Secretary of Ststi.. IXR fER ASSIZES. The Anises for the County of Devon i lia ~.4 close until Tuesday noon last, having enittii,a-1 from the previous Tuesday. Mr. Jn•iiee first w,, obliged to retire, from fatigue, ou Tilli ing, when Mr. GENELBE set in if C coml. Mr. Justice BEET appeared to slitter greatly f t ,„, acute sensibility of mind, produced by the ti o . r ,,i nature of the chitin tried, and the tommi n i o f pi ,. nishment he felt it necessary to inei'•t on the in,. feeling perpetrators. Twenty-seven f'r%nnrra r,. ceit•ed sentence of death, but they weresll except Mary Woodmen., whogras executed on day, for the, murder of her husband. Exeter was very full : not Idle than 1,4h0 are undertiood to hare attended the Assizes hr.% different Innis of the county. The cense Goon Plymouth, that had excited se much curiosity, tai which a young military Peer was sued for thunizes on a charge of seducing N young roillwer, we. not heard. We understerittdhe Defeiniant suffer-,t judgment Fay &fault ; a that the ntetrinett of , tat dentures will shortly be isesessed before the Utak'. Sheriff. DEBBY LENT ASSIZES. At three Aesiaes 17 prim:mere received @entente of &Mb, Gummi whom 1/116 Hannah Bottling, Air adeniiii.iti poison to Jane Grant, the yoatiger, at Litton. The viii 16 were reprieved. EXECUTION OP HANNAH ROCKING. It is upwards of sixty years since the public est-cotton of a woman was shitacsstd in Derby; and the wonsaul dreadful occurrence attracted, as might icier been exp. - Eh-4, a large concourse of apt claims fi.an the adj.iceal cuaninr. The limr.d crime perpetrated by the criminal. coupled soh bur sex and her youth, was calculated to excite a powerful interest in the minds of the spectators. This unfortunate woman was scarcely 'awe than sixteen years of age when she committed the crime fur who it she suffered. Duals; the might preceding her tlt (11111.11, she slept soundly, amid when the ;sone arrived att . the light of heaven was t o be witlultawn from ha , tyro., sh e ascendsd the platform with a steady step. The sokrah•iirs renal on these occasions were prolonged us little as possil.ls, bet during the whole she maintained a CtilllipoNeff visit, in her instance, could be referred only to n device of 'bit in.. *eligibility which had marked all her prevlosug elfosestnotir. She had repeatedly implicated settee, of her relations in her guilt ; and her sister, • yoang woman of it. heate health is now suffering dreadfully snider the imptilation dims attempted to be east upon her. These &meow too. site solewinly retracted, confessed her own aid sole guilt, sail ocksitirktered t h e justice of her illbutswee. NAVAL INTELLIGEiheE. PORT7IMNRA, %Miff( VI. Pareerl np Channel the Latona, Lovie, front Ileen rare. Salted the Jane, Bp) *a, for Loudon. IM.T1101;111, MARCH 2S. Caere io the !Minerva, Mills, and Ruse, M•Taggert. truss Loudon fnr Madras, sod remain wind-honed iVita the (ewes, Davis, ft.. Liverpool to Masee, leaky. WiLLT, ■ARCM Z. The sloop Mary, Harris, from Youghall to auutharupton. with oats, struck on a rock near the eland of on, the night of the 20th umlaut, and is totally lost with all the cargo; the crew got on the ruck, and are sated. Sums part a( the materials are saved. LllfraPool., MARCH 25. Arrived lbe Minerva Smith, Allen, Crum Clnu Ireton, *ailed 27th February; on the 2d instant was struck by Waving, which killed tote lean, and knocked down the Captain and fourteen teen. MEETINGS OP CREDI7YM9 AT GUILDII.4IJ, II ■ C. Frkker, jun. late of Stoke Newington, merchant.. 3 11 W Cobbett, jun. Mark lame, corn-merchant . . 3 In J. Johnsen., Liwasotreet, merchant. F. Wright, Budge-row, merchant .... J. Lunar, Fetter-lane, tavern-keeper M. O'Hara, Watford, innkeeper .. 3 11 W. Vfoods, late of Hankie.-.freer, merchant 3 In J. E. Houghton, Feiler-lame, builder 2 1 I B. Framer, Fesichurch motet, Amor-favor .1. Hoffman, M ite.eud.road, brewer ........ ........ 2 it W. Peat se, Oat-lane, Blackwell-hall-Neter I I l DIVIDENDS. E. 114.11.1 y, Chark•.square, factor N. C. Morrison, Totteilliam-rourt-ruad, oilman J. Moore, Si. Juhu-sqsare, brandy-otrchaut C ERTI Fl CATES. T.Twynant, of Plymouth, fluor-factor.—J. David, ..f Threadneedle-street, ',widen, merchant —W. Collin , . o f Two-mill-hill, St. George, Gloucestershire, piii.aitu turer.—J. Churchill, of Staahope-strei I, Core-marlin, dlesex, commoo.brewer.—P. G Longmars,of Norwich, nisit• ster —G. Hart, of Norwich, iroismonger.-1. lic4.lli. hie of Kiag`s-Lynti, ard OW/ of Snetteshani, Nuifolk, linen draper. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. 3 perCt.Ceso....74tit I EA. Bills, 2... 4 3 5 thy. per Ct. N. Aim... 105 I Lottery Tickets la. I 1041 105 I Coos. kit Acc..7si MARRIAGES, At Humble, Haute, on Thursday last, by the Rev../ C Griffiths, the Hue. Frederick Lumley, secostil hnorbrr of the Earl of Scarborough, to Jame, saved daughter of Ike lat.. Admiral Bradley. On Tuesday morning, the 18th of March, at the Cathedral Church of Ferns, by the Holt. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ferns, Frederick Shaw, Esq. of Bushy park. Comity of Dublin, to Thomasine Emily, sixth &night' r Pr the late Huu. George Joyeelya, sad niece to Me Ruda:. DEATHS. On Thursday. the 18th instant, Mrs. Swift, wife ut Mr. Swift, fen., of the Poultry. On Thursday evening, at her hoar iu Raker•street, Pull msmsquare, the Ri;bt lion Lady Elia both widow of the late Henry Druoinsood, gas and mint to 11,e 'reseal Marquis of Northampton. Os the 18th lament, at his house in flutiaortsquarr, Dublin, Richard Maunsell, Esq. Barrister al Law, en the 36th year of his age. On tbe 30th November lait,of • decline, at Vera Cruz, in the 18th year of his age, Hume kk.ipham, second am Rear-Admiral Sir Hume Popham. - - HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON /tamer. AU:wails( 10 atter 4. I Evvoia! 26 arta 4 LONDON: Printed sod Pahfished el t►r tHfice, AN. IV, Stroud; •►ere Advertise',trots ate received, awl Late,. (poot.pold) wool be addres.rd..— C. 1•721T1L Nu. I, Cletneat's leo, Priotee.....l WHITE, N. Ili, tioroott. Pelltidier. 1- 1 iii i