The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-11 00:00:00

,'~it~,irl. 1.;. , rt N t Ts I II Elt • IrCTIL4I., I NG- OFF ICE, August 5, 1817. IN-IE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING His - M4JESTY'S NAVY do hereby give Notice! 7 ' 4 at on Tuesday next, the ieth Instant, they will be ready to l 'eteiv e Tenders ix writing (sealed up), and treat for Fifty 7.0 4 of BUTTER, and Fifty Tons of CHEESE, to be de ti,iered into his Majesty's Victualling Store's at Deptford 4, the space of one Month, and to be paid for by. Bills Ncilde, without Interest, Arlo days after date. rhe Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at the Se °teary's Office. Af/ regard will Le had to any Tender in which the Price not be inserted in words at length; or that shall not i e , delivered to. the Board before. One o'Clock on the said 2 'kesday next, the 12th Instant, nor unless the Person who *Jake; the Tender, or some Person on Ms behalf, attends, 4 answer when called for. V1C777..4LL1NG OP h ICE, Aug. 6, 1517. THE COM 31 ISSIQ NEILS' for V ICTU4 L LIN G His 1114.1E,5T3"S NAVY do hereby give Notice, lira on Friday;th i e 15th Instant, they will be ready to receive 'enders in writing . (.eared• up), and treat for FIVE HUN riCtErr PIPES of good sculad SPANISH KED %VINE, sub ifct to the'usnal,WarrantY of Twelve Months. To he delivered, free of Custo»ls awl Excise Duties, in tke elsoca of Oue 21.10W1L, into Ms Majestes Virtu'tiling Sion s • 'et Deptford ; and to be paid fur by Bilk payable, without 3 Zatereat, Sixty arysafter date. The Conditions of the Coutruz4 may be-seen, at Me Secre- , e tug's gilice. o . 1 " rc&rard will be had to any Tender in which the Price that not be inserted in words at length, or that shall a he delivered to the. Board before One oClock (lathe said 4rid , .- 7 ,. the I,sth. Inslant, nor unless the Person who makes t the- render, or Sows Person. on his.behalf, attends to answer teheae calledfor. vicrtl4bt,lNG-OFFICE, 4m g. 8,1817. E COMM - SBlO NER Sfor VIC T U:11. LIN G His MAJESTY'S; N.-.11 ,- 1 7 do hereby give Nothe, That en Tucydno, the 23d of Septenz 7 ier next, they will be. ready to reavive Tenders in writing (waled up), and treat for a Oita ne y of Prime IftNa BEEF and pop.K, not exceeding, eie tke ogyregate, Twelre Tho.n.sand Tterc , s of each Species, to be cured in the ensuing Season; one eight,l part thereof to ' 1 1. 4 packed in Haif-Pandwons, sir-eighth parts in Tierces, end the remaining one-"eighth part in Barrels; to he delivered tut* his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Ports or)zett, Plymonth, - and Cork, in regular proportions of each o r xecripttou Cadks, by tie periods under-mentioned, viz.. One-third part of the ?shark?, the 14th blbruary, One-third part more k' the, 15tk dprit, 1818, And the rernA , ining third part by the 31st qra to be paid for b 0 Bills payable, without Interest, sixty ea.r . after date, Thr Conditio . ns of the Contract May be seen at the Se- Cretapy!s Office, at this Ogee; cr by applying to dfr. J. zr. Zantsierville, Agent Victualler at Cork; to the Collectors of k, Ainjestn's Customs at Limerick, Betfast, Newry, and: if d el fOrd,t . and to the Secretary to the Postmaster-General et Lublin, respectively. 21'.11. No Tender for a less quantity than 500 Tierces of Peet, and . 540 Tierces of Pori, will be admitted ; nor will rsgtred be had toiany in which the Price shall not be inserted at length, or that shall' not le delivered to the hoard before One o'Clock ou the said Tuesday, the 23d Septem-ber next ;' nor unless Me Person who makes the Truster, or some Person on his behalf, attends to answer nithcn called for. .• Rach, Tender most be accompanied by a ; Letter signed by txp responsible Persons, en,o - oging td become bound with the Party tendering in the Penal Sans. of 151. per. Ceuta on the amount, for the due performance of the Contract. . - ' ESc ! .No. 9, New Bridge-street, London lioNotta,s;n Stu, BEG leave to inform you, that ever since the year 1790, 1 had been afflicted with the Idles Vener,a; which, fioni its obstinately resisting every course medicine rrescfihed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalse‘ere courses of salivation, mid twice 4is char,ged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to be of, the most inveterate nature.. In the spring of last year spy di:sorrier had gel t.o such. a head, as atiarly,tu put a period t o m y ex i s t ence —l had a. large ulcer on the crowa of my head, one on each arm, and my legs were broke oat in a frightful mar ner;- my right was dreadfully painful, and had iiek'n•in a state of ulceration for the last- seven years; ttsy left hail alSo two iarge nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave stye such excruciating pain, particularly when scares in : ha, as neatly to deprive me of rest ; in this Lamentable stap, I was rcceannended by .Mr. J. ThompsOn, (Who received so great a cure by them here), ha take your Leake's.Patent Pills, which 1 began to do on the Vtl, of May ; its the course of a fortn:eht I began to receive heneiit -in little more than a input b the ulcers on my headaml arms weresound. y healed — soon after, the sores on my legs healed also; leaving, how ever, considerable diScolouration in the- stills, ;tad pain in-the Vane of the left, which, by the Ms v,ing of God, an,: a little longer perseverance iu your invaluable i',lediyine, suheided.; the nodes dispersing, the skin re l ;aining its i.atural hue, and the nocturnal pains gradually going off.-1 thus became, by lour liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all my former .complaints—have 'recovered my former spirits avid strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state hay - ng Continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew kie, I am at a loss in what terms tot express my gratitude, but lie ; ; you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make this my case as public as possible, as I shall on every occa- . ic,i; in so doing you•will great ly fablige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, very humble servant, 'ALEX. MUKKEIt. Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. • Witnesses tothe a:bore Cure:—. 4 .ohit Thompson, No. 3, New Poultry Market, Edinburgh John 'SP Intosh, Old Assembly Close, Ediabuysla Prepared and sold by the sole Pio - prietor, THOMAS TAY - !.014, Aletuk4er of the Royal COlege of Surgowns, at his douse, No. t, New 13ridge-street, London ; who e, after a ttmstant resithmce of more than 40 years, in a practice parti !ttlarly directed to the cure of Venereal CemplaiAts and those Itici(lental to the parts of Generation, with that Itcreey which men of his • profession should always observe in toci t cases, he flatters Lim if the advice and assistance he rat iiitouslv administers to personstaking this Medicine, will t. estetmed, he a discerning Public, as an advaLtage seldom attainable,. and soid of all ainhiglity. Also sold, by his appoint mein, for the convenience of those. ,tring at a -oistanee,.at the Toyshur.,,No. IC3, Oxford-street; ''DiShorouih's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxters, South-bridge, .Edinburgh ; Mi. enllwelt's, Dublin ; and by 14)e person in every emosiderable.town in Great Britain and reland, in boxes ofonly 2s. 9d. caci, stamped, and sealed up 11 '11 - 1) full andlain directions, whereby persons, of chins tr.c.y cure tiegaselves with ease, speed, secrecy, and saftity. _ ~. 1 F r Th7l ~--; „. 7 . ,74 .1_ (4:,,,e, • • et MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1817. ccorradcr FOR BUILDINGS, HOUSES, ere. AV HIS iII4JESTI"S DOCK-YeIR,D, PEMBROKE. Navy-Office, Aug. 6,1817. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COMMIS SIONERS' of HIS MAJESTrs NAVY do hereby give Notice, that on Wednesday, the 27th inst. at One o' Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for Erecting HOUSES for Officers, a HOUSE far the. Master Warden, with a .CIVIL GUARD-, HOUSE, COLONNADE, and ENTRANCE GATEWAY, COMMON SEWER, DRAINS, c-c. at his Majesty's Dock- Yard - , Pembroke. Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Buildings, and a Form of the Tender, may be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One o' Clock an•! the day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party, or an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter addressed to the Navy Board, and signed by-two responsible Persons, en gaging to become bound thith the Person tendering - , the Sum of 4,0001. for the due performance of the Contract. AGENTLEMAN, resident in London, and holding an appointment of high trust anpl responsibi lity, which, however, leaves his time entirely at his own com mand, wishes for the Loan of a Sum of Money, from One to Two Thousand Pounds. His occasion for this so:u is chiefly created by the, expence of a lawsuit, now drawing, and, as he conceives, prosperously, towards its conclusion. Toget her with the lawful interest and the insurance of his life, he offers only to replace it by regular instalments. He proposes, therefore, no negotiation to Brokers of professed Money lenders ; lent adds Oses himself to persons of elevated rank in society, who would desire, in addition to legal security, :those honourable services which he presumes to Offer.— To such a distinguished and liberal friend, he would gratefully devote whatever abilities he may . possess ; 'and he Ft - resumes that his education and studies hare rendered him not meanly conversant in classical lite . rature, in poetry, in moral - and in legal and political disquisitions. In matters also of business and ac counts, his diligence and fidelity may be found essentially useful. Should any ;ter soilage, in that rank of society which he addresSes, desire to confer on a Gentleman, thus situated and thus qaalified, so very important a favour, the closest ill y, litigation be frankly met and satisfied, by references high and indisputable, when communicated to S. L. under cover to Mr. Stoclidalt, 41, PaU,Mall ; ur at the Sun Office, 1 , 2, St; and. To the JSOCIATILD APOTHECARIES and SURGEON APOTH I CARIES of ENGLAND nod WALES. IiENEttAL NI Ern NG . ,,f the SUBSCRIB ERS to the ASSOCIATION of APOTHECARIES, and 5t714.6 'LON A Kir H EcARIE;, (if EPIGLAND and WALES, will be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on WED NESDAY the 2,1! hof A ti;ztist next, at Two o'Cloelt precisely, to receive a IMPORT of the COMMITTEE, and on other Affairs of cousitlerrilile I wportance to the Interests of the Association. ny Order of the Committee, July IS, tBl7. W. 'l'. WARD, Secretary. N.B. None but Subscribers CAII be admitted. FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS FOR TWO TICKETS OF ONE NUMBER. • ir anti J RIVEWRIGIT, in die late Lot !" • teries, were happy in heing the first Contractors to re duct. the Price of Tickets si. each,—an example so liberally followed by the present Contrac , or, in the SMALL LOT TERY, to he All Drawn the 10th of September next; and though consisting of •mly 2,900 Numbers, a Purchaser of Two Tickets of One Number may gain the immense Sulu of FORTY THOrSAND POUNDS, by • TWO PRIZES OF 20,0001. EACH. THE SCHEME IS 2 .... Prizes of .... ,C 16,000 .... are, .... C 32,000 2 2 2. 2 20 1,100 To Each of the 16,0001. Prizes are added 40001. more. ALL, in STERLING, MONEY, and ALL in ONE DAY. J. and J. S.- sold a large Virtnin of the Capitik Prizes in their late Contract, and trust" their Friends and the Public trill have a repetition of their good fortune in their future Purcbaies, at their Old Established °limes, No, 37, Coro lla], 11, Holborn, 3s, HayntArket, and, 141, Oxford-street, London. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause.AKEltS against 4KERS, the otErwroks of AKETAS AKERS, formerly . of 1-Yi'illis slreet,,Cavendish-s.quare, in the County of 'Middlesex, and late of Brnditun, in the County of Sussex, Esq. deceased, who died on or about the 12th day of December, 1810, are to come in and prrrve their Debts heforeCHAKLES,THQ,MSON, Esq one of the Masters of the said Court, at his, Chambers; in Sutithamptun-buildings, Chatierry-lane. London,. on or he fare the 7111 day of November, 1817, or, in default thereof, ttecy will be peremptorily excluded the Benefit of the Decrue. C.OTIFIELn, ' " The kn owledge iff.a Disease • FEWl 4 "wpiiies are' exempt from 5 , ..'01*-- butic Affections, so common to the British climate, which. exhibit various symptoms, as Eruptions, Ulceration, Debility, Liss of Appetite, and Dejection, all at sing from Impurity of Blood, Scrofulous or Venereal Taint.; which, whether from latent or recent infection, is certain to produce the greatest injury to the ConAtittition, and prevent the en joyment of health,and happiness. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to hor rid diseases, owing to the- unskilfulness of illiterate men, who.. by an improper treatment of this direful calamity, not nnfi-cquently cause those foul ulcerations and blotches which so often appear on the head, face, and body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears, deafness, strictures, obstinate gleets, nodes on the shin bones, ulcerated rore-throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pains • in the head and limbs (frequently mistaken fur other (its.' tiers) till at length a general uebilitfaed decay of the Constitation ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to sufferiug mortality. lo remove the cause of these symptoms, the ANTI-IMPE TIGINES, or SOLOMON's DROPS, have been found to be the most safe, sio - edy, and beneficial, and therefore adapted to the aged as well its youth of both sexes. They never fail to remove every species of.debility arising from a coot:tali , noted state of the system. Their effects are mild, safe, and 'expeditious—and what renders this Medicine of the greatest importance, is, it requires no restriction in point of diet, and no privations to the ordinary avocations in life. It is well established as a 'fact, that au impure or scrofulous taint will remain in the habit for years,, nay, for genera tions, undiscovered, and will invade the noblest organs of the human frame, before the Patient can be aware of his dan ger. The Anti-Impetiginles strikes at the root, not at the branches, and with this peculiar advantage effects a cure when other Medicines fail. Sold by Macon and Co. too, Oxford-street ; Ward, 324, Hol born ; Leigh, If, Strand ; and Mr. Goatley, 133, Minories. Sold also lay every reputable Vender in all Market '!'Owns throughout the Kingdom, and all other Medicine Venders, price his. a bottle; or family battles,,containing four sit lls., for 535. on which I Is. are saved.—With each bottle is given a copious bill of directions, and select illustrations of the efficacy of the Anti 7 lortigitres,-Ant more commonly denomi nated Solomon s Drops, the Government label or stamp of which has the words " Saud. Solomon, Liverpool," engraven thereon, to protect those who buy from the iutrusi9u et coutr. terieit ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK, FRIDAY, Auo. 8. TRIAL OF. ABRAHAM THORNTON FOR THE MU.R, DER OF MARY ASHFORD. So great was the public curiosity to bear this trial, that the street in front of the County-ball was crowded before seven o'clock, When the gates were opened at eight, the rush was tremen dous. At that hour, precisely, Mr. Justice Hot.- aoYt• entered the Court, and the trial commenced. The prisoner, a builder and .bricklayer, is about five feet seven inches in height ; his natural thick ness, is:greater than common, but his excessive corpulency has swollen his . whole figure into a size that rather approaches to dsforraiiy. His face is swoln and shining, his neck very short and thick, but his limbs are well . proportioned. He was well cheStS:d, in a long black coat, yellow waistcoat, coloured breeches,.and stockings. 11is countenance seemed unmoved during the whore trial. Mr. CLARKE, Serjeant COPLEY, and Mr. PERKINS, were counsel for the prosecution; M r . READER and Mr. REYNOLDS for the prisoner. . The.' prisoner was arraigned upon a charge-of having assaulted Mary Ashford, and thrown her into a pit, in which she was dawned; he was also arraigned upon the Coroner's Inquisition find ing hint guilty of the murder,. He pleaded not guilty. Mr. CLARKE opened the case to the 'Jury in terms to the following effect : Gentlemen,--Mary Ashford, a young woman of irreproachable eharacter down to the event w!lich terminated in her death, was on the 27th of May last found drowned in'a pit near Etdington. The task is imposed upon you to find whether the prisoner had thrown her into that pit. The . following facts are to 'be laid before you in evidence :—The unfortunate yocing woman went on the 26th from her Uncle's at Langley, where she lived, to Birmingham. On her way she called upon Hannah Cox, at Erdingion, and arranged that she shoold be back early in the evening to go to a dance at Tyhnrn. 'ibis was an annual feast, and a dance always followed. She was not in the habit of attending dances, but she did attend at this dance.. The prisoner was there, admired thefigure and general appearance of-Mary Ashford, and was heard to say, 'f 1 have been in timate" (1 won't use the coarse expression he made use of) with her sister, and I will have connexion with her, though it should cost me my lite." He accompanied her from, the dancing-, room, and was seen with her at a stile about 3 iu the morning. At 4 she called at her friend CoX's, and was calm, composed, and in good spirits. On her leaving Erdingtou at this time, between. 4 and 5 in the morning of the 27th, the fatal deed was done which now torms the subir rt of your iu quiry. Gentlemen, it will be nt o you that the footsteps of a man 'and a woman were traced front the path thiougha harrowed field by which she was going towartb Langley. These foot- Walks exhibited proofs of running, chasing, and struggling. They at length led, to a spot where a distinct impression of the human figure was, orind, and a large quantits! of Coagulated blood was also discovered ; in the same place were seen the marks of a -males • knees and toes. — From that spot, the blood was distinctly traced for a considerable spike on the grass by the side of the pathway towards the pit where the holy was totted but along with this bloptl tio footstep was, traced. There was duty 'upon the grass, conse quently haul any foot One along there the dew would have been brushed away. • It appeared: plainly as if 'a inati had walked along the foot way carrying a body, from the extremity of which the blood dropped upon the grass. At the edge of the pit, , ber shoes, her bonnet, arid her-bundle were toond, but only onefoot step could be seen here, and that was a man's. It was deeply impressed,acid seem ed to be that of a man who thrust one foot forward to heave the body lie had in his arms into the pit. When her body was. examined, there were marks of :laceration opon it, and both her arms had the Visible marks of hands as it they had pressed them with violence to the ground : in her stomach some chickweeds were found, which proved thai she breathed after she had been thrown into the wa ter, but the small quantity merely shows that she had not previously been quite dead. The evidence of a skilful surgeon will show that down to this violence site bad been a - virgin. It is therefore natural to suppose that the violent agitation and outrageous injury of such an assault stunned her, and deprived her of animation for the mo ment ; that in this state she was thrown into the water ; and that the animation restored for a moment was instantly cut off by drowning. nititerto, however, the prisoner is not connect ed with the act , but you will not, only find him with her at three o'clock, you will also find by his otyn at;mission that he was with her at four. You will find the marks of the man.'s shoes in the running and struggling correspond exactly to his. You will find his own , admission that be was intimate with her, and this admission made, not before the Magistrate ; never till the evident • proofs were discovered on his clothes : her clothes, too, afford most powerful evidence. At her friend Cox's, at four in the morning, she put off her Glancing dress, and put on the dress irm which she had gone to Birmingham. The . clothes she put on there, and which she had on at the time of her death, are all over bloody and dirtied. The surgeon will tell you that the coagulated blood could not have proceeded except from violence. Therefore time case appears to have been, that be had paid attention to her during the night—shown perhaps those attentions which she miglitnatu 'rally have been pleased with, and particularly, from one her snperior in life; but that afterwards he waited tor her on her return from Fading - ton, and - i•t 9,, ,, r , '..%1.L: 0 , i ce ) 'N', ', ..,14V;, • -.•••&-.-.Y k ,-.% , s : : 7.- - - 7 - 1 7 , ..• ~, ' , 4 :4 - ;. --- f - -,- - - -- . tz. A . 4 moo- ‘, ........ , cp t* .::,- ' , 'i l "'"H . 7, o ‘t.',, : i • \‘ 4/I d/ j // firl\\‘\ [PRTe SEVENPENCE; first forcibly violated. her, and then threw her ap parently lifeless bddy into the pit. It will be attempted to show you, that be returned htime, and that some other person must have met her, and brought her to-the dismal end she met with: but, Gentlemen, as tootsteps were traced through the harrowed-field to a stile leading to hint tather't by the very course he took, and he attinits in inti macy with her, that is. 3 cirettmstance of the it most impot tatter, ; and ion , - ill in mind that: he did, not adthit this till the proofs were adduced a;!ainst him.- (Here Mr. Reader expostulated with Mr. Clarke for making such observations): Gentlemen, the evidence will be laid before you. •Frour it. yon will form your judgment, and I de: sire you to lay out of view every tni;) ; .; that I may have said:, buless 'it. shall - he-confittned by .the Learned Judge who presides at this trial. The statement of the Counsel was supported, by the testimony of Hannah Cox ( 7 frien:f of thei deceased), Hompidge, Thcnnai Asnbory; John Chesterton, Joseph D , rhomas, 13roadhurst, George Jackson, Jo!,“ I3itd, 34rnei ..,‘:3sitnirions, Joseph Wei )1 ter. Mrs. bavet.sal Mary, Smith.--These witnesses. except the women,. scribed the time whiCh they saw the de(Tased, previous to the theadful event, and the bloody, state of the glaoiii i, as well as the tooestepi persons who had been running one fro:o as, other, and the traf..es of a man's-shoes, which cx-. aetly . . correponded ;yid) those.of the prisoner.— The prisoner had confessed that he had been (.6" •mioally connected With the deceased, but by her. ()%vt) etinsent. The confess on was proved by se venal wit nesses.—We shall conclude the evidence_ for the prosecution with Ca'. testimony of the last. witness, and the opinion of the Surgeon, and. state that in favour of the prisoner, that our Reaneri r11;i1r see what proofs of' innocence could justify the . I;Verdict of ACQUITTAL.. • Daniel Clarke, on beari)ag of Mary Ashford's death, went ,immediately to Castle Bromwich. lle net the pi isoner on ,pony, at the chapel. He said, " What has/become of the' young woman that went away with you over night she is: ,murdered and thrown into a pit. The prisoner exclaimed iu ;some confusion, " Murdered'. I was, along with her till . ;four o'clock this morning." 'Witness asked Jinn to come ahing `with him and clear himself; he replied he could• soon clear: himself. He went with the artivess . to 'l') burn, put his, pony into the stable, went into the room and eat and drank. There. teas not. a word said of the murder. prisoner seemed not' 'disposed to speak ,of it, and the witness 'did nut press it. They spoke of the crop and the weather. He never proposed to go to Sutton, where the hody, was f , und. Mr. George Frere,' a surgeon, in Birmingham; gave a very. particular account of the state of the body, Which of course cannot be published. ,He gave it as his decided opinion, that . .sliehad been a v,rgin till the last fatal intercourse. The la cerations and the quantity of blood evidently betokened vio lence, She had died of drowning. Another surgeon, whu ha,d been present, the Counsel for the prosecution said it was quite anntecessury Here the case for the prosecution closed. . William Jennings. a milkman in Birmingham, his wife, John Holden the younger, and JalIC Eaton, swore that the prisoner passed . by Ilolden's in the morning of the 27th, and. waled slowly. They had seen him pass, and lu s or. 'a quarter afterwards Mrs. Jennings asked Miss Laton the clock, and she said 17 minutes to 5. Hulden's,cl(tek was ~ext. 'clay ascertained to be %sob Birmingham time. John i-kydoit' sass the prisdner at Twainley's stables 5 minutes bclore 5 This he knew by recollecting the sin he left his own 10-uue - , and by taking a wilco and walkiog over the SMltegrotind that he had walked that corning. John Woodcock, miller to •ZacChitria Twandes, at Bromwich, and James White, scrvaut at . Castle-Bromwich, saw the prisoner there at 21'J minutes past 5: by conipai ison of watches and clocks, it was shoat that Mrs. Butler's flock was too fast by 41 'minutes: the dis tance front Mrs. Butler's to t.uA pit is one Mile, 2"furhin:: as yards; and (coin the pit. to !olden's, 3 miles, 4 furloo.:s, 3S yards: the argament was therefore thus—Mary Ashtord lett Mrs. Butler's :it IQ minutes past 4 : the prisoner was a: Holden's at half-prst 4, a distaucii of mM e t Mu . three • from the pit; therefore, the deed charged coald not have . been done by the prisoner, since he conid not hare ilm,e it, and wAlked more than three miles, in less than lu minutes. Wm. Coleman was called to say, that his gia,t4-slaucte7 had not slept in his house on the nigift in question. The 14:.arned - JUDGE' summed t,p tl,e evidence• in an achntis of two hones. He dwelt upon the. impossibility . of the prisoucr bavi»g coininitted the act chargetl, it his mitnesses sp,,ke truth. confession was fair as tar as it ‘veist, though no account had been given of the foot marks. The Jury would banish all impressions received out of doors, and recollect that the question wKa, not whether the prisoner had acted im , properly, but whether he had committed the act 'charged. If, they - were Convinced of his guilt, they would con vict him in consequence as a matter of justice to the public ; if they entertained any reasonable doubt, justice to the prisoner demanded an ac-. quittal. The Jury in five thinntes returned a verdict of—. Not Guiity. fie was then, pro _forma, arraigned for the rape, and acquitted. It came out incidentally during the trial, that - thebnlilan - form was not capable of being moulded into finer symmetry than distinguished the peroo.- of Mary Ashford. ner age was:2o: she w as 5 feet 4 inches high, and she was remarkably . sprightly: all her friends are in indigent circum stances. he Court, though flie Ladies were necessarily excluded, was cloWded to excess throughout the day. The trial lasted from Bin the morning till half past 8 at night.—Thus. the Midland Circuit cloSed.. A sboa time since the Members of the Western. Circuit presented Mr. Sergeant LENS with a very superb silver inkstand, with his arms engrave! ion one side, and the following expressive lines on ilkei other :—'` To-JOHN LENS, Esq. one of his l‘Lif jesty's Sergeants at Law, from the Members of the Western Ciicnit, in testimony of their respect and, regard for him, and their regret at the loss of, example and society : 1517." - A reward of 401. is offered in Saturday's Gazelle for the discovery of the person or persons who, i n the night of the ;id inst. stabbed three horses in a field occupied by Mr. L. WiLmoßa, in En derby, near Leicester; and a free pardon is pro. wised to any accomplice making such .discovery. .I=7li; 06' K[