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SURRY SESSIONS. JAs. 17.

Margaret Marlin was indicted for assaulting,
and wounding with a poker, Sarah Fyddinninn, au
infant ender three years of age.
The circumstances of the craft as detailed in evi-
dence, were as follow
Mrs. Martin, the Defendant, resides in Clem.
ceder-street. Lambeth, and the infant Prosecutrix,
is the child of one of her neighbours. In August
last, a young Lady, who resides in Mrs. Martin'.
house, having a dispute with another fair Ludy,
who resides in the same street, they were publicly
discussing the subject on which they had disagreed.
sad 111%661116nel of their argumenits had collected
■ considerable number of auditors around them,
and, amongst the rest, a butcher. on horseback, had
stopt, in hopes of edifying somewhat by their slo-
gging... Mrs. Martin, the Defendant, it appeared;
whose progress was well known in the ne►ghbour-
hood. feeling litrself called upon in honour to .up-
port her lixl4er, sallied forth from the house for
that purpose, armed with a long heir-broom, and
the butcher being the most prominent s.bject among
the mob. because the 'first point of attack.—
The broom, however. not posorsrang 110Vitf suffi-
cient to set the butcher's horse in motion, Mu.
Martin determined to adopt the Irish mode of
aborting hire ; and, relinquishing the broom to her
fair ally, retreated into the house, last soon re-
timed, armed with a ponderous kitchens joker;
this she loraedished far some strands, wills ithlerie
arm, to the great terror of those who stood near her,
and at length launched it full against the horse said
his rider. The poker, however, unfortunately tak-
ing a wrong direction. struck the infant Prosecu-
triz, who was standing by its parents' door. and in-
flicted a dangerous wound on its furehead. The
defence set no was, that the Defendant had no
intention of injuring the child, and had expressed
her sorrow for the accident.- immediately after it
happened. .
The Chairman, Mr. KENDRICK. observed to
the Jury, that it was quite inimsterisi whether the
Defendant had intended to injure the child; the
accident bad arisen in consequence of her having
made an improper use of an unlawful w. own. and
she must he answerable for the mischief arising
from. her own indiscretion.

The Jury found the Defendant !milli', and the
Couirr sentenced her to be imprisoned in the
House of Cor►ectina for six months, sad, et the ex-
piration of that time, to find *mirky for her good
behaviour for five years, herself in 1001. and two
sureties in iii. each.

After the sentence was passed, ►he husband of the
Defendant came forward, and, addressing the Court,
said, that he was willing to give the parents of the
child forty guineas. and to find security for the
Defendant's good conduct. for five years, if the
Court would remit that part of the sentence Illa-
tive to imprisonment, and that the father of the
child was satisfied with the proposition.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that the parties cons
cerned might fie satisfied but it was necessary, for
the satatiction of public justice. that punishment
should follow conduct so violent as that of the De-
feo/tiara had hero : the Court, therefore, could
Dot sanction any sorb compromise.

COAL MARKET, lax. 17.
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Copy of a letter from the Lords of the Privy
Council to the Lords of the Treasury. in wormer t•
the Meniorisl of the Cotton Nlimuhicturers cud
Spinners of the City of Glasgow. revecting the
exportation of cotton wool to the Continent of
Europe.

,4 Council Office, irbitrhall, Jan 3, 1010.

" The Lord* of His Majesty's Must How Privy Council,
having bad smoky their CORSI& ratio's ■ Hiusowird of the Ma-
aufartureos of Collor Wool at !Osseo*, tratooottted 'Nor
letter of the ?nth of Deres.sher, praying, that the Export of
that article may be prohibited, I II 111 directed to atupisiot
yo., for the inforaration of the Lot ds Coutuousion.ts of His
Majesty's Trvaatiry, that the: Lords of the Cowirti hire sr. s.
prowled the tgraotira Licenses, to &Dow the Exportation ut
Gilboa Wool to the Coottotot of Europe I em, dic
" liar, imrs, 4. fIM. FAW ESEIC"