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SURREY ASSIZES. WEDNISDAY, AUG. 5. Benjamin Richardson and Griffith Williams were indicted, the former for stealing ten barrels of flour, on the 7th July, the property of Christopher Dunkin . and Co. and the latter for receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. . The prisoner • Richardson, who is a young man, under zo years 'of age, lived with the Prosecutors, as Clerk; and the other prisoner is a Cheesemonger and Corn . dealer, in Tooley-street. By a voluntary confession, signed by Richardson, and which was put in and read, 'it appeared that Williams had prevailed on • him to steal the flour in question, and represented to him, as an inducement so ro do, that it would be the means of putting money 'in his pocket, and that he might clear one hundred pounds by Christmas ; and also requesting that he worildi change the• bad flour he might chance to have for some good from the • Prosecutor's warehouses, Richardson being the Clerk who delivered. ont the flour. Being over-persuaded by illiams, he sent the ten barrels in question on the 7th of July, for which he received a checque on his banker for 271. ss. being the value at 54.5. 6d. per barrel. It was proved that the market price on that .day was from 705. 6d. to 7+5. per barrel. This checque he took to a. publican in the. neigh- Ei)urhood, I,vhd gave him cash for it : he being an ignorant man, went to the prosecutors; they perceiving it was made" payable to Richardson, immediately examined him, sespeaing Fall was not right, when he macre the, confession. The " uncle to Richardson stated, that upon the disco . - very of .his nephew's misconduct, he immediately railed upon Williams, and asked him if lie knew a person of the name of Richardson ? to which he re plied, that he did not ; he begged him to recolleahinr , self, and also whether. he bad not given such a person a - draft upon his Banker;. he still denied any know ledge of such a person, and said, lie had not given a draft upon his Banker for ten days past. The witness then warned him of the ,Consequences of denying it, as, he knew that he had given a draft, and requested to see his checque-book, which he readily produced, when, he discovered the counter-part of the draft for 271. ss. Williams then acknowledged that he had purchased ten barrels of flour the .very clay before of Richardson, for which he had given him the draft,- but said that he had paid him ten pounds beside, and was to have four or five guineas more. The Witness then told him he had behaved in a most scandalous manner,io tampering with a young man like Richard son, and prevailing on him to rob his master, and that he might expect to hear further.- The .delivery of the flour at Williams's house.was proved., , , Mr. Hayes, a Partner in the House of the -Prosecutors, gave Richardson an excellent charaaer down to the resent transaction. A great number of Witnesses • concurred in giving a good charaaer to Williams, who has a wife and nine child'ren. Several witnesses were also called to prove that it is the custom .for . Clerks at Wharfs to trade on their own account ; and the Counsel for Williams submitted that this authorised him in purchasing of him, as Williams supposed that he was selling for himself. Lord KEINY9I4 said,' the charge alledged against the Prisoners was of a most aggravated nature, and therefore it became the jury to look well at the evidence before they made up their minds. The prisoner Richardson had confessed his . crime, and thereby made all the -atonement which he was -capable of; with respeet to him no doubt - could remain as to his guilt ; the only question was with. regard to the place from whence the flour was' taken ; it had ,not been proved whether tit was taken from the wharf or from the warehouse : ' the Jury would find him therefore guilty of stealing, which verdia would come within. the" Benefit of Clergy. With respect to the other prisoner, Wil liams, his 'offence, if the Jury should-be of opinion it was proved, was of a momentous nature, and required the severest penalties the Law --could in , flirt. His Lordship then read over the evidence, and advised" the Jury not to' pay any regard to the confession of Richardson as involving Williams, but attend solely to the other part of the evidence. The main part that pressed_ against him, was the testi mony of the uncle,; they would therefor* examine well his evidence, and give such verdict as would further the ends of justice : if any; doubt remained on their minds, they would, as honest and upright men, give him the benefit of it. The Jury, with little hesitation, pronounced the Prisoners—Guilty. His Lordship then said, that they had delivered a 'Verdi& which entirely coincided with his own mind, as no doubt remained with him as to the guilt of Williams, whose crime Was 'of the deepest dye ;. he had enticed a mere infant, as he might say, to commit a crime of the greatest magnitude, that of robbing his master, whose property lie was bound to protect; and this he had .done, with. a view of adding to his own pecuniary gains- in every point he was not content with inducing him to steal the flour, but he also, as the young man's confession stated; had endeavoured to persuade him to change his bad flour for good from his nia:ster's warehouses. - The young man appeared truly-sen sible of his guilt, and in consequence of the confes sion be had made, would receive some mercy. It now became his duty, his • Lordship said, to pass sentence. The Court therefore sentenced. Williams to be transported for the term of ra.,years. His Lordship that addressing himself to Mr; Hayes, asked him if, supposing he should 'be. inclined .to pass 'a mild sentence upon Richardson, whether. he would receive him again into his service ? Hayes answered, that he certainly, would. His Lords-hip then sentenced him' to pay a fine of One Shilling, and- ordered hini to be immediately dis charged. ' - Mr. Dunkin, who was in Court, said, he was ready to receive him again into his service. His Lordship complimented these Gentlemen on the huma-- - nity they shewed ; and addressing himself to-Richard son, said, that he hoped this would be a sufficient warning. to him, and that by his future good conduct lie would make atonement. His Lordship observed, that hp was bound by every tie of gratitude to exert rew- c7_ plep—pe—,_—dt2ppe COURT OF KING's BENCH. 4;re BRONTIEY v. GYT.F.S. THIS was an Aaion for Money had and received by the Defepdant for tits Plaintiff's use. The Plaintiff; the Rev. Mr. Bromley, is pro_ prietor of Fitzroy Chapel, near Fitzroy-square, the proceeds of which lie had mortgaged, and the affilir of Which got into the Court of Chancery : the De fendant was the Receiver of _the rents and profits of this Chapel, and his accounts had, up to a certain extent, been examined by the Master in Chancery'. The Plaintiff was alledged to have redeemed the Mortgage upon this property, and, therefore, that he was entitled to have all the sums which were received by the Defendant, brought to account to him, &c. It was proposed, after the case was opened, to refer the matter of account to the arbitration of Mr. LOTEN, the Associate of my Lord f: ENyorg, and Clerk of Nisi Prius, &c, as being a more expedi. tious and less expensive mode of settling the busi ness, than that of proceeding any further in Chan cery; to which there was no oblation. But be fore that was conchided, • Lord KENYON took occasion to. observe, " that these mortgays, sales ; pledges ; and traffics in Chapels, and other places for Divine Worship, were extremely disgraceful to the Religion which . , we profess. These things were ,not so at the time of the Reformation, nor were they so for a considerable time afterwards ; but he was sorry to say, that in these particulars we had degenerated sadly since the days of that Reformation.—We•had' a duty to Providence to be thankful for the dis pensations of the Holy Religion which was revealed to us. We had reason to rejoice at• the mariner in which the ceremonies, of that Religion had been cleared of the dross which superstition had attached to it, by the Reformation ; but we had much reason to lament the abuses which had crept into some of the branches of the Church since that Reformation. Among such abuses his Lordship ranked all Sales, Mortgages, Pledges, Traffics, and pecuniary bar gains of Chapels, and all other Revenues which ought to flow purely in the channel whence they - ori. ginated that it, that they should be attached to those reverend persons who performed the Reli gious Duties that were'attached to such places. He could not help sving, for he could not help feeling, that a great many abuses had crept into the Church in this particular. He would go further, and say, that he was persuaded, that excellent as was the es tablishment of our Church in many particulars, an d it was excellent,. yet he was confident himself, nay, ,he believed no sober man living, who possessed any intelligence, entertained any doubt, that with . regard to, these Bargain s an d Traffics, our Church wanted reformation very much.. It was a reproach to our Holy Religion, that some of the valuable Re venues- which the wisdom of our ancestors had set apart for. the purpose of. supporting the Churcfi in external appearance,, as well as inward Piety, and appropriateci,to the use of those who performed the solemn Servicea of the Church, should become not only the subjet of Sale and common Traffic, like the coarsest article "of Trade, nay, to be_ come the subje& Of .A,,,vertisernent;• like a Horse Race. His Lordship said, he had been often aided in looking at such Publications. He saw one lately for the sale of a Living,- or.the Presenta tion to what was called the next Term, and the re commendation to the purchase of it was, that it was in a sporting Country, in which there were many Packs of Fox Hounds.—Now suppose Bishops were to take up this' spirit of traffic, and they had as much right as some of the inferior Clergy who indulged in it, what would then be said ?‘ But the conddt of the Bishops was exemplary in their abstinence in secu. lar affairs. His Lordship said, that this and other prgtices of the inferior Clergy, required much . re formation. It was a subject in which the State•was interested ; these.abuses should be remov ed ; t h e y disgriced `Religion, , and Religion was essential to the well-being "of man, considered only as a member of soCiety, independent of a future state.—Morals deper4led much on the credit of an established Church, and nothing could be more to its discre dit, than these prattices of, selling, mortgaging, pledging, and trafficking in -the revenues of the Chuyeh."• The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, 'he was well convinced of the propriety of the sentiments which were just delivered by his Lordship, and he added, that, those who might have the charge of planning the reform of those abuses, would, no doubt, have these points all in view. Here this important conversation ended,and the Account between the Parties in this Cause, was re. ferred. - The Assizes' for Devonshire, . which commenced yesterday se'nnight at Exeter, before Mr. Justices LE .13LANc and GRAHAM, closed last Saturday evening, when Ann Thomas, Peter Rich, Nath. Keen, Joseph Slade', James Batten, James Soyle, 'and Thomas Avery, for stealing sheep and lambs, the property of -various persons;. Wm. RurnbelOw, for stealing three heifers ;' James Hamlyn, for steal ing. a calf ;. Edward Barnes, for .being_ at large' while under sentence of transportation ; and John. Lock, for aburglary in . the house of J. Webber, received- sentence of death. Seven prisO ners were ordered to be transported for seven = years, and thirteen received sentence of imprisonment for va. rious periods; six of whom were for being con cerned in riots at Plymouth Dock, and in other parts or Devonshire, on account of .the high price of provisions. Susanna Mottershall, who we last week mentioned to have been executed at Lincoln for the murder of S. Glew, deported herself with extraordinary for titude, and, to the last moment of her existence, professed that she was innocent of the offence for which she suffered. She was very young and very handsome, and her fate excited general commisera.: tion. Our laß,c WAS n, ' - SATURDAY according to annual custom, elution orthe - seni t or boys educated on King I-lenQ the Sixth's FoundatiOn, at Eton School, to the San , larship of King's College at Cambridge, coninynced at Eton Colleg,e, before the Rev. Dr. SVMNERi Provost of King's College. In the evening the Etonialis, in 'celebration of the event, and as '2 prelude to the commencement of the eleetion yaca; tion, had a grand Regatta on the Tharnes. The' boats were decorated with silk flags, and the rowers appeared in the same superb dresses as prt the.King'g Birth-day ; their. aquatic excursion extended td Staley Hall, and, in an opposite meadow' they , re; freshed themselves with an ahwidanr cold coliatiod and plenty of the best wines. The beautY of the evening attraCted a great number of ,speCiators to both shores, and the old bridge Was not destiture of its usual visitants. After passing under the bridge; and saluting the company by reiterated huzzas, the amusements of the evening were concluded by the rowers coming on shore, and retiring to College. r MAci3 El - 0, like many more, whose mind's dis ease is. past the reach of Medicine, indignantly ex claimed, when drugs were spoken of, " Throw physic to the dogs, I'll none on't." Thus, despe ration embraces prejudice, and he who is lost - to the Physician's aid himself, precipitately consigns to the sewer the wholeMateria iVledica. But turn ing to the other side, where help is wisely sought by. those who need it, and the afflided has. not been so mastered by his sufferings as to lose sight of hopc:, and say, " All. recipes are vain, and all prescrip tions bootless, I must die." To such, and such alone, the healing hand may be. with. confidence extended, and Death may he deprived of vidimg daily, where Patients lose not confidence in. Medi eine. This Observation applies to the Valetudinary of all descri• t nions' but to none SQ f orc ibl y as t h ose who feel the dire eircas of Nervous DiseaSes ; Dis eases, which, not subdued, must render life .a burden, and its load of.miscries - inSupportable - . And .to such sufferers, in fai t hf u l con fid e n ce o f t h e i r re- .1 lief, we recommend that . long:tried, and rarely ever-failing remedy, the BOTANIC Syt.uP,. or the NERVOUS CORDIALOf the -cel e b rate d .1-I...Koi)tym, whose Cures have swelled our Papers so .repeatedly, with strings of affidavits froin tnultitudes.restored; . and whose all.:healing skill has not alone kept hoary.. age from paying long„ago .the- debt they .owed : to . Nature; . but has lik.ewie rescued thousands, in the flower of youth, from, the dread blast of " Evils ~ premature," and felicitously saved them from an untimely .grave ! • , IRISH STATE 'LOTTERY. FOURTEENTH DAY. No. 3996, a Prize of soool. No. 912, a Prize of Fool. SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, AUG./S. Passed by—the Sampson, from Koningsburg; Endraght o from Einbden ; Friendship, Trigg, from .Norway and jonge Hendrie, —, from Rotterdam. Sailed - the Jane, Reynolds, for Hambro' ; Endraght, Ja cobs, for Embden ' Amy and Maria, --, for Rotter 4- dam ; and Friendship, for Fechamp. MARRIED. PRICE O. YESTE Rank Stock' T 661 71 Navy ;.per Cent. 93M-i S' per Cent. 1797, 93 4 0 7 1 Irish - 3 per Cent. 4 per Cent. Con'. 79iin 3 per Cent. Red. 394 3 per Cent. Con. 39* 8j 9 Ditto Scrip Bank Long Ann. 18 7-16 Ditto Short Ann. 3 1 , 5-16 Ditto Scrip LONDON : Printed by BUCHANAN Rl 6 M 1.1. A Nof Cow-Street, (:ovenN Car.ten I ; and VUNlishad by WILLIAM am Alia; Gist SCR 1 rrs (ot tiorse-terry.roati, Vv'estininstc%); At the NvN..Ortteg,- No. uz, otragri.; where ddvertueffunts, Ora'crs fur the Pater s Lamers for the ovt.p i ;di s , must be atiorosed. • • Yesterday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, bf the Rev. J. A. Carr, William Blackett, Esq, only son of Sir Edward Blackett, Bart. of M at l en , in Northumberland,to Miss Keen; eldest daughter of Benjamin Keen; Esq. a Westoe Lodge, in Cambridgeshire. The same day, Thomas Cresswell, Esq. of Could-square* to Miss Old, of Newington-place. • 'F. STOCKS, .ILDAY. India Stock • . Exchequer 13illc s. .s.dis. New ditto s. dis. Lottery Tickets Irish ditto Oniniuni 71 7 Inver. 3 per Cent. Ditto Ann. it/ Bank for Account India for May • Consols fur Acc. 5919 VI R. CHRISTIE respeafully informs the Public, IVI that the ESTATE !near ASHBURTON, DEVON), advertised for Sale on Tuesday, next, the . - 13th inst. i 5 POSTPONED TILL FURTHER NOTICE. WANTS A PLACE, A S GAMEKEEPER and BAILIFF, a Middl e . aged Man, free from incumbrance, with a good Cha rader ; is one of the best Sh o t s in Enland ; no oirjedio!l to any part. Letters direited to R. Y. No. 1 , N e W T errace, T a b e r. nac:e-row, Will be strialy attended to. ALAD Y . , of a chearful, aaive disposition, whose conned:ions are most respedable, would be happy to meet with a Situation to take the charge and Edu cation of a Young:Family, with or without the management of the House. She can produce the most undoubted testi monies in favour of her disposition and abilities,. as an 111- strudress in French, English, Histoiy, Geography ? . and Accompts, and most kinds`-of work, as also for a strid economy and good order in domestic concerns. She would be found.acceptable as a, Companion and Attendant in Sickues3l where tenderness and confinement would be requisite; her Wish is.to make herself useful, 'and•salary. lay •no means the principal objed.. . . Letters or Inquiries for A. B. at 11trs. ButroWs's i No. 9, HaymArket, .will be immediately attended to.. • - :-.• TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, • . On Monday the zest Day of Septemb e r nex t, at t h e .Wool , - pack Inn, at St. Alban's,- in the County of Hertford, be- • tween the ; hours of SiX and. Nine in the Evening, either together or in Four Lots, aS.shall be then ag re edon, and Subjed to such Conditions as will T:s.prcxluced previous to• the Sale; TWELVE ACRES - little more or closed GRASS LAND, from which . the Land-Tees" had been redeemed, situate In the Hamlet - of -Tettenharigeri' in- the Parish of St. Peter's, adjoining the-Yards pfiti3C White Hart and Woolpack Inns, and ot. Five other. Houses. • in the Town and Borough of St. Al'uan's, and bounded f't • upWards of a quarter of .a by the. two great Turnpike. Roads leading trout St. Alban's towards London, one .vi which communicates with a public Road.exteliding.to the Line Of. an intended Navigiition from the Grand funeliou • Canal. to St. Alban's, . for. the niak.4 . lg of , whieh an Ad bf.. Parliament has 'been obtained.--The whole is in Tenure of MessrS. David .and George Watson, who are under notice to quit on the 29th Day of September n xt, wheti.possessioi may be had, under proper Conditions ; and further ParrieplArs. • may be known by application to M. 'Maxwell, at Hetton Lodge, near Stilton, Huntingdonshire. • • Mr. Page, at the Woolpiek Inn,. St. Alban's, who hai ;. Plan of the' ihtended Lots, will .whew the Premises, are extremely desirable for building upon. as - .v..cli ouaccotol of beauP d roSpes as with A -view to Trade. - whicht, ------~ _ ivinced — a sense of feeling an ot humanity that it would well become him to endeavour to merit. Richardson assured his Lordship, that as this was the first error, it should be his last. The Prisoners both wept while his Lordship was addressing them; • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. THE Assizes finished thiS morning, when the fol lowing capital conviels received sentence of Death _. Charles Watson, for feloniously making, forging, and counterfeiting the current coin of this Realm, called shillings and sixpences. He was inditqed with Samuel Watson and Mary Watson, his son and daughter. Lord KENYON, in passing sentence, told him his crime was greatly enhanced by his bringing up his children to the same iniquitous trade. William Waits, alias Ottolvay, James Smith, and William Richard Bush, for burglariously break ing and entering the dwelling-house of William Width)"Wes, in the parish of St. George, South wark, and feloniously stealing a' large quantity of wearing apparel, his property. Thomas Brindle, for burglariously breaking and entering a dwelling-house. John Feas . ly- and William Pivett, for burglari ously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of. Robert Miles, in the parish Of St. Mary, Newing, ton, and stealing a box, containing cash and notes to the amount of upwards often pounds. John White, for feloniously breaking and enter_ ing the dwelling-house of Thomas Stump, in the parish of - Nbrth Elsted, no person being therein, and stealing a silver watch and a great - coat, his property. _ _ _ Thomas• Southby, for burglariously breaking and _entering the dwelling-house -of Elizabeth Bedwell, at Dulwich, and stealing a variety of articles. Thomas Wilbourae, for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James Hull, in the parish of St. Olave, Southwark, and stealing twelve paper parcels of rabbits wool, and other things, his property. John Harris, for feloniously assaulting John Beddy pn the,King's highway, leading from Rich mond to Putney, and taking from his person a gui nea and a half in gold, and other monies, his pro perty. loseph Briscoe, for stealing iat Abinger, the carcass of a sheep, the property of William Baker. Thomas Turner, for stealing, in • the parish of Kingston, a weather lamb, the property of James 'Row. Wm. Harriion and Wm. Stedmdii; two Soldiers, he one aged 18, and the oihdr 2z, for 4,14 e on he person ofSarah, Berry. Thus concluded . the Home Circuit. NORTHAMPTON, AuGusr t. Yesterday were executed here, pursuant to their Sentences at our last Assizes, William Walters, alias Waters, alias. Blueskin, for stealing a bay gelding, the property of. Mr. John Wrigh t , of t hi s Town ; and William Higgason, for stealing eleven Sheep, the property of Thomas Barker, of Road. They were taken in a mourning coach to the place of execution, ,where their behaviour was such as be. came persons in their. unhappy situation ; and they. were launched into eternity amid a large concourse of spetators. Higgason left in his cell a written paper (which he .desired might. be published), in which he acknowledged his ow n.guilt ; but solemnly proteited that John Webb, who was suspeded of having been concerned with him in this and simi. lar offences, was perfally innocent of the same. Walters did not. make any parlieular confession, but acknowledged that he had been guilty, of many offences against the Laws of his Country. Walters was a native of Staffordshire; and Higgason, of Hanslope, Bucks. CHINESE TELEGRAPH AND STOVES..-.--11l the " Travels of JouN BELL, of Antermony," from St. Petersburg to Pekin, in 1720; he describes two ingenious inventions, which were then in use in China; and the Reader will probably recognize in them, the Telegraph of modern days, and the flue-stoves ofthe-celebrated,culin ar y ceconom i st. -- " Near the populous City of Siang Fu,, (says our Author,) we met with many turrets upon the road, called post-houses, crated at certain distances from one another, with a flag-staff, on which is hoisted the Imperial pendant.--These turrets,are so con trived as to be in sight . of one another, and by signals, they can convey intelligence of- any re markable event. By this means the Court is in formed,-, in , the speediest manner imaginable,' of whatever disturbance may happen, in the most re. mote Provinces of the Empire. These posts are also very useful, by keeping the Country trey from highwaymen; for should a person escape at one house, on a signal being made, he would certainly be stopped at the next," :What was the-peculiar construction of these signals Mr. BELL does not state ; but as 'hey were' capable " of conveying intelligence of any remarkable event in the spee diest manner imaginable," they must have been something more than mere pendants, on a flagstaff. But to return to- our Author, who now writes from a village within four miles of the Capital of China : " My lodgings in this village happened to be at a Cook's-house, which gave me an opportunity of observing the ingenuity of these people, even. on trifling occasions. My Landlord being in his shop, I paid hirtPa visit ; where I found six, kettles, placed in a rocw, on farnaces, having a separate opening under each of them for receiving the fuel, which consisted of a _few small sticks and straw. On his pulling a thong he blew a• pair of bellows, which made all his kettles boil in a very short time. They are, indeed, very thin, and made of cast-iron, be ing extremely smooth, both within and without. The scarcity of fuel near such a populous City, prompts people to contrive the easiest methods of dressing their yiluals and keeping themselves warm during the Winter which is . severe for two months." ? { I