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G LOUC ES TE K ASSIZES.

The business is both Courts commenced on Monday
issormiing, the Lugo ChM, JUSTICE presiding at the Nisi
Prins, and Mr. Baron GARROW at the Crown Bar. The
latter in addressing the Grand Jury of the County, offered
his sincere congrataletiinis on the diminution of Prisoners
in the calendar, exhibiting a presumptive proof of improve-
ment in the aisle of the public morals. Several concurring
causes doubtless operated towards this great benefit, sod it
might nut be low much to hope that it will ultimately pro-
snide a still more general amendment. The great exten-
sion of schools fur the National education must have ad-
vanced in nu small degree the morals of the poor; and
souther caw*, strongly operating to so desirable • result,
would assuredly be found in the great reform which had
beets so generally effected is prison discipline, though so
where in a more eminent degree than is this county, where
the Magistrates so zealously and beneficially employed
themselves Cur the public good. Befifte Mil happy achieve-
meta, our prisons were extremely bad schools, where those
who were immured for triv MI uffzuces were 100 frequently
made adepts in crime when they came to be enlarged.
Another circumstance which operated powerfully to-
wares the improvement of the lower order., was the
watchful attention !widowed by Magistrates to the conduct
of those to whom they granted alehouse licenses. Great
benefit most be derived from the orderly conduct of publicans
in the miusegemeat and decorum of their houses, the irregu-
larities is which were the reused source of the accumulated
evils of marquees! depredations. An instance bud come
within his knowledge, wherein four paupers assembled at
one of these receptacles of vice, in order to plan an attack
on the property of some persou is. the Neighbourhood ; and
although woe of them gut so &sok as to be incapable of ac-
compasiying his associates, yet the gang considered him duly
entitled to a share or the booty, which he absolutely re-
ceived! It was worthy of remark, that there were more
she...pander begetter Saturday night sad kluaday murtune,
than during the remaining part of the week ; and could
(Omen bet devise some meows of security in that short in-
terval, they might very irately be proteelesl from the heavy
losses hitherto instituted. To guard against depredators,
who made the public house as well the place of their rendes-
von., sot the scene for perfecting their eels. ales of plunder
and exciting their courage, constables ought to second the
efforts of the Magistrates, I.y enfweistg orderly conduct and
a rigid attention to early hours. By due vigilance in this
respect, whilst /Teat good would result to the publican, the
effect would he magical to his customers, sod we should nu
Isomer hear of those inroads upon the property of hottest in.
which were at present a disgrace to the police of
the country.
lu his address to the Grand Jury for the City, his Lord-
ship, after briefly alluding to the case of some juvenile
residers, charged with the aggravated crime of rubbing their
'nobler, at the instigation of a more experienced marauder,
lilt to them the discharge of their important duties.
At an early II our we Thursday forenoon the bu4ness in
both Courts was brought to a chow. The list contained 28
bill out airy of Wry greet ouport•nee. la the caleu-
der fur the nuttily were the tamer of 49 Prisoners, who
w-oe disposed of sis follesir• :
Condemned—Joseph Ford, for stealing a horse, the pro-
perty of J. Copeland, of Abingdon; also convicted upon a
o s•cood indietairut fur huraesterling; James Westwood, for
stealing a lamb, the properly of Nit. Beach, of Quelgley ;
Slitspioan Stialiworth, for maliciously cutting and maiming
T. Curdy and J. Pill*, eunitables of Horsley; Thomas Mack-
low and lease Ileimett, for hurclarinusly breaking open Iblll
1 dwelhug-bonne of N. Grove:, ..f 'rewkesbeery, with intent to
(thew were the two Prisoner.
who broke out of Tewkeibury gaol iii Josue last, as detailed
~, a ft... 4 Piper) ; John Baker, aged 18, fur breaking open
the dwelling 'wove of Sirals Allsop, of Pantisigton, in the
slay lime, and stealing Owning' 13 banelkerelesefs, a shirt,
and verities usher milder of aearilig apparel, he. her pro.
petty ; Frames Item fur • burglary mu the house of J. Coul.
of Elinstune Hardwick, and thcle„tat a luau-

la the Nisi Pius Court, before the Lord Chief Justice
and a Special Jury, seveuterii prrsonr, inhabitants of Chel-
tenham, were indicted for a riot and misdemeanor, in as-
faulting John Dugout' and others. Officers of Excise, in the
este ration of their dot), *then, after • tend *lnch lasted
nearly fifteen hour'', a verdict of Guilly was returned againet
Thomas Gregory, John Abler, Daniel Alder, Thos. Boucher,
Daniel Boucher, Francis Risslions Wm. Rawlings. George
Tnrk, Ebenezer Cull, and Wm. Peaehey ; and the following
were acquitted: John Baker, Wm. Serum, Walter Driver,
John Poulson, Robert Lloyd,J. Boucher, and Jaioes Thomas.
The city calendar contained the sme+ of seven Prisoners,
who were thus dispirited of:—Joseph Ingram and William
Cox, two boys lately in the employ of Mr. Woodliffe, wool-
stapler, convicted of stealing wool, the property of their
mater, were sentenced, the former to one month's imprison.
went, and the latter to pay a fine of Is. and then to be
discharged; the Prosecutor, at the instance of the Learned
Judge, having humanely consented to receive biro again in
his employ.—Richard Eddells, convicted of receiving the
ahowttaispotiossed ruttish woo sentweel to firs! teen pose
trisosportatton.
is passing sentence upon these Prisoners, Mr. Baton
Garrow commented in the most forcible terms upon the
heinous offence of Eddells, in time consoling the servants
of the Prosecutor to his own base purposes, and when he
had once gut them in his power, antivenin:: them by threats
and a system of coercion to • perseverance in their guilty
practices. There was a second indictment against them;
and his Lordship observed, that had the law slimed him to
double the period of Eddell's traosportation, he would cer-
tainly Lave tried bins spun it, but it was out of his power to
increase the measure of Isis punishment. He hail never, au
never, his Lordship said, in the course of twenty years ex-
perience, known a case, abort of reorder, which indicated
such enormous depravity; and be should make it a point to
lake such steps as would ensure his speedy departure from
this country.
Edward King, se accomplice, and the principal witsess
tipsiest them, was admitted King's evidence; and against
John Geves and George Clarke, included iu the same indict-
ment, no hills were found.
William Strain, found guilty of uttering base coin, was
ordered to be imprisoned six weeks.

BENT ASSIZES.

MAIDSTONE, AUGUST 18.
RIOT AT CANTERBURY.
THE RING V. BUSHEL AND OTHERS.

This was an indictment against Joke Bushel. W. Marsh,
George Harris, Ilkhard Brice, Charles dlieoll, Thomas
lir, and Thomas Gurney, fur a riot. A -second count
charged them with assaulting James Warren, Esq. Mayor
of the city of Canterbury; and other counts charged them
with assaulting certain constables in the execution of their
dirty, on the 1611. of Nov/other last, at Canterbury.
It apptared that when the Bill of Pains and Penalties
against her late Majesty was abandoned, a requisition signed
by four Aldermen, mveral Continua Councilmen, and other
respectable iuhabitautsof Canterbury, was sent to the Mayor,
requesting him to give public notice to the iultabriants to
celebrate that event by an illumination, and suggesting that
the aanctiou of the Chief Magistrate would effietually
teed to preserve the public peace. With this requisition the
Mayor declined compliance, when the requisitionists, in reply,
put forth a renson-traoce, meting their reasons why the city
of Canterbury ought not to show any backwardness in deu
monstratiog their attachment and reverence for the Queen,
sad of their own accord issued an invitation to the inhabi-
lasts to 1110101001 C their horses on Thursday evening, Nov.
16. This produced, stn the part of the Mayor a imitated pub-
lication of the requisition which had been sent to him, and
the answer thereto, accompanied by an extract from the Riot
Act, with an intimation that any breach of the peace would 110
visited with the severest perialties s•f the law. On the morn-
lag of the 111th, five persons, described as some of the most
respectable iultaboants of the city, waited upon the Mayor,
and requested him to swear in a certain Number of special
constables for the preservation of the peace in the evening.
Upon this, the Mayor, without summoning his brother Ma-
gistrates, or consulting with them, immediately issued his
precept fur swearing in special constables, all of whom were
either of the working elves or middling tradesmen. The only
Magistrates who sanctioned this proceeding were two Alder-
men who happened to be present. About eight in the even-
log the streets began to be crowded by persons to witness the
Shortly attic that time a earl was drawn
thi ()ugh the street before the Mayus's door, with three effigies
in it, representing Rastelli, Majoechi, sad Louisa De Moot,
the celebrated witnesses against her Majesty. lit the cart,
which was drawn by nne of the d.feodauls, accompanying
the effigies, was a chimney sweeper dressed its his sable
esuentirate, with a flambeau in one hand. and a stick in the
other, wills which he occasionally indicted some castigation
Upoll the effigies, to the great delight of the crowd. He
also appeared now and then to have a book in his
hand, from which be administered spiritual cousolation to
the culprits. This exhibition was followed by a crowd of
about 600 persons, composed of the tradesmen of the town
and their eons. The crowd announced that their intention
sass to hurts the effigies in front of the Mayor's house. As
they passed 1110 Mayor's door, a few random Moues were
dung and broke sonic of his it tailors. Cries of "

" Your bumble Servant,
(Turn over.) " J. H. MOOll E.
" The v-vbArd soy* he shall treeive a noises a day; he
deserves a h.li-r. Do `ire the t:lluw a Elam of grog, ihd
he will du what you wish, it it is ■ fair thing--dot otherwise."

It appeared that the Defeudaut had &hewn the letter about
to several people as a piece of fua, and boasted that the law
could nut touc► him, as he bad pest the name Prewer, and
nut Brewer, and had emitted vowels iu the words " vaga-
bond" and " halter."

Mr. Caastbo, fur the Defendant, atisaitted the band.
writing, but toatended that it was a caw in which the
smallest damages would suffice, as the w►ote appeared to be
a juke, and as so proof haul been gives slat the Plaintiff's
character had been is flue slightest degree injnred.
Damages Ch.—costa 401.
BOON B. BOON.

This was a complete " brotherly" quarrel. The Plaintiff
and Defendant are brothers, soi well as the principal witness.
The parties reside at Uptinte, near iitansisister, and the cause
of complaint was an assault committed by the Defeatism',
under the folluwiug circumstances : The Plaintiff had placed
his east on the halter or bridle road of the Defendant, sod
upon his being desired to remove it a quarrel arose, sod the
cart, to peeved dispute, was removed by the third brother.
His interference, however had nut the desired effect, for
anon afterwards the Dcleosant's toe paid an unwelcome visit
to the Plaintiffs breech, the effect of which was, according
to one of the witnesses, to deprive the Plaintiff of his
" hearing," be having subsequently become deaf. In addi-
tion to that, the Defeudaut pulled from the lic•lge a black.
thorn stick, with whirl' he threatened ill belabour 11w aides
of the Plaintiff, which the latter dared him to do, by 'saying,
" I)—s you, wallop away as lung am you like, you dull pay
fur it." The Defendant complied with this brotherly ad.
vice, and its the operation broke the erah.tiek. At the
the Plaintiff said, " You have endeavoured to do me all the
Nu., in your power, and I will be d---d if you shall nut
pay fur all."
'floe assault being too clearly proved, Mr. Serjeant Pau.,
for the Defendant, addressed himself only to the reduction of
damages, and to the license which the Plaintiff bad given to
" wallop"
But as it seemed to he the opinion of the Learned Judge,
that the license was bad in law, but that the walloping was
good in law, the question was left to the Jury upon the simple
point of damages, and they retureed a verdict for firs
shillings.
THE SING, ON THE PROSECUTION OF CHARLES
NORMAN U. ISAAC COX, GENT.

This was u indictment against the Defendaet, an attor-
ney al Hoskins, ie this twenty, fur a libel on the Proseets.
tor, who is the roe of a respectable Irish Gentleman residing
at Illidusorth, and a student at the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst. The libel W4ll published in 7'reireson's Nester
Flying Post of the Ist February last, iu the Alfred of the
6th February, with comments and in almost every news-
paper published is this part of the country, from whence it
found its way into must of the papers in other parts of the
kingdom. The libel purported to contain a statement of
cireutratasees which occurred at Sidissuuth in January
last, on the occasion of the Prosecutor shooting a mare
which had become tireless by disease. la the perform.
ante of this palatial (Alice, which was by the express command
of his father, the suffernip of the mare were unfortunately
prolonged, sowing to the facts contained in ths 'eidetic-v.-
11e libel charged the Prosecutor with brutal cruelty sod
The iudietmeat was opened by Mr. C. F. WlLLtams.
Mr. Serjeart Pasta. (with whom was Mr. Cesium:), then
stated the case, as it was afterwards made out in evidence.
In the course of his speech lee disclaimed on the part of his
rlieut any malice or towards the Detergent, and
stated that his object was to clear himself from the cruelty
and inhumanity which had been Imputed to him, and Is
satisfy the Commissioners of the College that t►e aspersions
thrown on his character were unfounded. The Defendant's
admission that he was the author of the psragrapb in Trcw.