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GUILDFORD, Avower so.
CHARGE OF MURDER.
William Plikinoon was tried on in indictment,
charsing him with the wilful murder of Montague
William Hynes, at the Red Lion pnblio.liouse,
iu the Mane, Southwark, on Friday ae'onight, by
discharging a pistol loaded with ball. -
Some particulars of this mesterione business hare
been already before the public; From the report
of the Coroner's inquest, it will be remembered
that the pritotier, who Married the daughter of the
deceased, was alone -with Hynes iu the parlour of
the lied Lion. puldit-hoose, when was
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tresses celled ou the part of the prosecution, but
none of them could prove how the act wes..eissi,tt
mined. The wily materna evidence was the as.'
sertiou of the deecused, front the time of hi,* harlot.
been shot, mail he died, in which he veried-vety
nistkvirkly. After he had received the wound, he,
in the utmost rage and agony; accused the pri--
toner of having committed premeditated murder,
by pointed expressions, such as ,1 You have killed
the hest of Whirs; you putted theretol trigger," ike.
It however apitettrril, that in the moments when

gerous society.
tented to be imprisoned twelve months.
HIGHWAY ROBBtraY.
AM Crypt., was indicted for assaalting John
Trudge, on the King's highway, and robbing him
of his pocket-book, contaiumg two one pound notes..
Mr. Trudget, the prosecutor. was totally
he nevertheless gave very correct evidence et the
transaction. The form of the oath was written,
which he rend aloud and articulately. but from a
defective formation of the tiepin of speech, he was
o olifged to compress his lips with his Auger*, to ena-
ble hint to produce distinct tows. He gave the
following account of the' tea:unction :—Being at
Epsom races, he had put his horse up. and
walked to the ground ; he supposed there hail been
a call to clear the course. but, as he was deaf, he
did not hear it. He was led. however. to think so,
from all the people running off the ground; he
turned rand with a view of tieing the state., when
he was surrounded and hustled by several men.—
The Prisoner held his anus up. while some other
hand took his book from his pocket. It was head-
ed wo the Prisoner, and by him over his shoulder to
another. He seized the Prisoner by the colter. and
the gang made • violent effort to rescue hint ; he
.itald him fist till other persons came to his assist-
aner.—The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty.
Mona* Roberts- was indicted for the murder of

Charles Linton. It appeared that the prisoner
and the deceased, on tha 23d of May last, were
'drinking together at the Prince's Head public-
!lease, at Streatham. They at last got into a
quarrel, awl immediately went out of doers to box.
The second blow the deceased received, unfortii-
freely proved mortal. The Jury acquitted the
prisoner of murder, but found hint guilty of Mon-
slaughter. He was sentenced to pay a tine of one
shilhug and to be discharged.
John Allem was found guilty of stealing a bay geld-
• ing, the property of Williern Liley, from a field
at Frunlev.
Jam Luck Pemser, a respectable farmer and
sheep-dealer, was indicted for steeling a lamb, the
property of William Jay. The prosecutor 'mated
that he had lost a lamb from off Nardteston Com-
mon, and as be was leaking after it, he tact the

efeinteter.
The prisoner himself, in his docent+, only
he wield trust to his character in the dourttry, sod
thought no out who knew- hint coilld
capatile of inch as act.
Him Lordship told. the Jury that they would 'Me-
eider first, whether this etia.tule of, tiip reisonsir'a
own stray bawls rettirlied > and if notothetlitt the
t'risneer mightnet honestly dettake Thk'owe of
them! !neither of which smile
course acquithite.' .
The Jury said they behaved the hiaiistefie
but acrittlei the Primus., of any. iotesitaii of
His Lordship theft vowed 'oldest"' of reoth ins
four capital convicts; Wet it is not knows wheal"
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any will be left for tmeentiou.
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vived. It is trite, Sir'
of at the Cape, nor from Smith
is yet probable that. although he
get to the Cape, he may have I
Holland, or run his ships ashore
mediate island and in this Cade
dents are upon tamed), a bug
before any recount may reach India.
" That these ships survived the gale, tittle
be little dqubt ; they /eight, indeed, hive al
wards been tam in an attempt to ,•etch the (
Sr St. Helena ; and this apprehension derives
force from the circumstance of the craw-tree%
Dutch-built frigate having been picked up
the Cape. with the Dutch mark upon it.
Such a the information that has reachet
sad ar the fate or obe many brave men nabsedl3
cites the liveliest anxiety is every reeking aired
consider it our duty to submit tbe albeit tf
readers, who will draw their own info/mom
the facts stated." .
The .s•lst Reiciment,
strong,

w•atato, 7Q marched into i'ortsee
on Thursday, from eh/cheater, and embarks
Spain.
On Monday last, an inquest westaken on the
of an Officer of the King's German Legions
was found in a ditch, at Fritt ttttt near Pen tsst
na Sunday se'unight, in a dreadful puts
state, with a rotor in his hand. It is suppose
ha had lain there three weeks,—There was n
but the skeleton of his head remaining, ths
having eaten the flesh off from every t
body that was unclothed.—lt arpea he
on the testimony of an officer of the Gene
gion Artillery, that the unfortunate mai
' was Atursyus SLOTSEN, a Lirutetsaat iu
Battalion of the Klutz's German Legion
rived at Spithead in the expediesno froM
burgh, on the MI, ult. seine ou shore imni4
afterwards, and had been missing ever sine.
long been in a los melaucholy rat'. and the
doubt but he cut his tbreso.—Tliere was
found abourhini but • saver siosch.
little ealse.—s-Coroner's verdict—bower,

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Paper. mid from removing the laid trade wilhhinale The teemeieltestienaptpmpe • elites asarltiok
from the preinisei where the same ii and hartbeest
for many years carried on, and from setting lip any to a parsieutat ewe. car this toth..dalthad
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they believed it h., his toe of their tiro utrayhMafil, .
Paper called ne Sash Jestrosi• or say other H*4 'Which had returned...A repsained fee isainevrise
per in continuation thereof; and also from enticing
sewirtdthemthat, asondutewohanenh
jitterne4'Pristeniettnr tanwt•iiitss:.uishe•rblit,-
away any of the servants or workmen front their —.- .
present employ mem.
and kr wished hie could ha out who did it • -ft.
After the atrial of a few other cases, which was drawn with some others isidtistd tia:thitittilltatt'
pressed for a decision, the Court adjourned owe _,..1,_,. , .
till the 91st of October, the seal day before Ali, Scenes
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sorter tan excellent charrictot7ind .stated. that f0e-
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SURREY ASSIZES. •
slightest imputation was ever *tool 2 0,4 birl •
GUILDFORD. Anson so. Character. - ----, -•

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death was Coin approaching, the deceased imputed , .
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the shot:kin! catastrophe to accident; *awes !rutted ?JIE BLENHEIM AND .121" Al
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4 a material witness, Mr. Clark, Surgeon, of
Toole;-street. This Whom peered, that Hynes ma fonosviug article ia eastuUtud fro* a what :.
had died of his woond, and that Oa questioning respectable periodiakworst, oA, - - •
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him if the•pistol had gene off in a: 'trivet, he find it, ,/,,,,,,,,47 tiesami dam jaaposealig„ i
said that the Primmer had pulled the Inver, end auk hope, we espearat a i.,,, ist
afterward+ that it etas an accident, as his lOU did facts, bit: whicli italf tats 'curie. - - .' ' a
not mesa to kill hint, •he auger had such as inten. nature to soppasso.:...
tion. It was proved on ell hauls, that the Pri- . re We ore. ittforased that the Oreyfloiowl,. during
toner Ives math inebriated, and that his father and , bar Lite cruse, touched at the ]Lliaa4 of Si. ISt-
he lived en tire most affectionate terms. From the rot, u„„ the and a madaiimeam The.Ktaii a
evidence in general, it was evident that the de- that ptace;. who speaks Preai. 10WD itiiiier 4011 r
ceased, who had been using persuasive arguments accooot or aijap-of-LatOteitiAltisli it feihottatailog
to get the Prisoner home, attempted in a stritggle arrived there in cri.iria, idtheliatittit 41 February
to get the pistol he held in his hand heat litai, isic_tja. Anther stated, aitit 44; eiw„i, hid !teen'
and also that from his pockct; mid thus hafsprowl-
_caulked and rerdwd es .al u• -c4-o;iiiutees
the fatal event. The Prisoner mode a mortdirtleali permitted. whit itt they lay oil' the toast, elid that,
defence, in a way so truly penitent and distixted, after *eying a fortnight, the. two. ships egoist put
that team of sympathy were flowing is every parttoecap hem. . - t elated and bitten sir &Ward a
of the Coon. Huprolested his wretchednailes hod Intarked bed ,frith. whicf.thivig beg ova
the sincere love he bore his father, shun he had dere& thew to, . bee
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for a length of time maintained. and sever once given of Or. I • , • • • • . which aft -,
iitelnitHEr itlger.'s ftet "the. piled. iiiiehargerl it... Ammo,- , ' •• • • • .
contests is his own body, it would have been de- Captains. F. Bisset, and Not, of
'doable to a bent;; "so Writthbeil as -liiievellt The Awe. 'rim dtarsmersaii tante a tawmni lobde.
Prisoner was so tend) tnerwhelwed with grief, that rarely stout saw, .tennOkabirip,ighti siad'havii4
he was tumble to proceed. ' ' two gold epadiettell: the nest a this man, .ads,
After a baguette charge from the Loatycoter with two epsitsiettev ; the third
.. thin Oiffebr '- am
Balton, the Jury reunited a verdict If Mon. the fourth short and lady; the two latterislsin.
slaughter. • bat one epaulette each. 'ili short Flay wail Ms
The JUDGE passed sentence as the &hirer in a mentioned, answering to the appearance' ofildn
feeling wanner. He• observed that bit iebnet;°ll Grey. There can he little 4MI 'bat these shit
was truly pitiable, and he hoped that the teas of were the skudejw -and jraidifitod wii ere nkkg
Vl°P2ttlY died in the (.7enet for Inaleinatwitt ei_eubl led to draw this inference, least! The iiifoi Mode
Prevent wen how caw/ ing bee-anneaboot umulf that a hoe-of-battle ship Mr 'lioness was distiuct
and particularly those given to drunkenness and wren, after the gale, by theinbafritants of Beitrhe
dissolute habits. Public justice required that the Inland. Sir Thomas's flag, as Admiral of tl
extent of punishment for manelarighter should be white, wasaim described as flying ; the
iihipi hi
inflicted iu this instance, air the idea of carrying all their masts standing.
tended pi.lola wits moustrotia, mod the most dun- 66 it dawu of hope, thenefire, even yet remnii
getout thing to society. The Prisoner was ten- that these vessels and their crews may have a
tensed to be imprisoned twelve months. - wed, It is trite, Sir Thoinaabas not -been hes
HIGHWAY ROBBERY. of at the Cape, nor from Smith America; but
Ms Grytths was indicted for asseelting John is yet probable that. ahhough he was not able
Trudgrt, os the lihig's highway, and robbiiig him get to the Cape, he may have steered for N
of his pocket-book, contaiuulg two one pound ',wee- • Holland, or run his ships ashore oil some hit
Mr. Tradget, the prosecutor, was totally deaf, mediate island ; and in this cam (and au" at
he nevertheless gave very correct evidence of the dente are upon record), a long time may etc
i transaction. The form of the oath was written, before am, account may mach India.