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SUF•!Y)LK ASSIZE.%

BUILT, AUGUST 17.
11Ve COMmifillioko for bolding the Almost% for this
Costity wits opeitedwit rhursdity attchioon, by Mr.
Jisstwe lianym nods, the Lad Chief Jw.tier, fir
Jailers hluivitield, being detaintrl at Cambridge
with eaw.vti und did riot arrive here till after tits
other Jsul,ze had uncoated divine invitee at St.
14Ipry'v Chore+ tat the following raortaug.
'ciiirteen Prisoners appeared apart the calendar,
of w• only ruse wAls caltiwUy mariettii, via. Jo-
seph ArmyM. for burghs:innate breaking tow the
dwelling-Nowt of Liruel Abrahams, of Ipavkh,and
starhug thereinit slushy articles of jewellery ; but
hiefure the Judges left the town. be was reprieved.
l)tYaceuu•rt of the ill health of the l'rovecutor,
who eirvilit ant attend, !leery Bakker, for ma-
etitthi4 out the tongs,. of sa horse, belong-
ing to J. AlAinrit, was diisliarged, upon
a4reeinsc b, curer rite unhine cllent4.
tWrt Pissi. Mary .(•orld, Eleanor James
Salton, itqlert ard4ies.i. lier.avta Itsilawd, awl
Thrrnas 41rden. were wrysirted.
The ciiw of the two drat-named acquitted
Vii-
sower. elicited a very wreat &pee. or iLetere,i, the
alt,:iice tiling of. smell a it'oocicire; nature av it is
hoped tu.tv, never main nr; thel.
indicted, Miller Lord Fileishorough's Art, fur ad-
taini;tering noxious or devtrpctive substances, mud
•uig oilier suseaos, with the view to procure the
Nlourtiuu of •;elt child, !h which Ann ("henry,
• •-orliley, was tbeu

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pii.gramt ; >tna whew! rid miatlWas employe;
Pizzy, a commas farrier, to /*et this WA OVIUIIS
pi/rim/se. After a trial of nearly fire hours, and the
deliberation of the jury fut •44-.1 ' minute. out of
theytereloothacquitted ! but such was the
1-idigtititkoli of ihi populace, that when the uVNIIuII
was releasLd, she aas how.eil and hooted all the way
Coin the Court till 'slisse took
. shelter in is public-
hotise ist the town, from whence she was hastily
driven of/ in a po.l-chwiest.
At these Assizes there were seventeen causes en-
tered for trial, the most laterestiug of which were
die fohoivissi
CA. v. CHtNERY.
Thiirwss an action of trespass brought against the
Defended, 'for having cut in pieces, nod soiled
eertailt 'Mists, rails, .itc. of the Pliiintiff. The Plain-
tiff is lirecior of liridlield, St. George, and had
placeelposts and rails round a green, opposite his
house, high enough for cattle to go under, and for
the purpose of keeping carriages, off. The
4efoischtnt cut them down, and alter they were
aown,cut them in many piece: and spoiled tlictn.—
He catered ajustilicatiosi, as having a right of com-
mon on the green ; but it brit% proved that he
might haye'taken the posts and ratlsdown, without
destroying 'Von, the Jury found a serdict for the
Plainfit—datuages 30f.
WOODS, ARDS V. ittithOlVD and tustliscrow.
This wgs an action brought by the Plaintiffs, who
keep the White Hart, Wickham Market, to reco-
ver the hire of their horses end chaises, which were
engaged l)y a Mr. Larlum, at the late contested
eleetion'for Yarmouth ; but it being proved that he
hired them, not by the authority of the Defendants,
but of other persons, the Plaintiffs were non-
suited.

On the Friday evening, a Writ of Inquiry was
executed, in which John Tims Hervey Elwes, Esq.
was Plaintiff; and John Pytehes, Esq. Defendant,
to recover the valaeof certain trees, felled and sold
by the Defendant, ail his own sauce, which were
cop) ho'd of the Manor of Stoke by Clare, &c. of
which the Piaintill was Lord.
The Jury, after the necessary evidence was heard,
itesessed thedainager at 4831. Ss.
The Assizes heviug ended on Saturday evening,
the Judges, after attending church next morning,
left this town, accotwounied by the High Sheriff, in
order to dine with Sir Charles Banbury, Bart. at
Barton, from whence they proceeded, on the same
evening, on their route for Norwich.

CAMBRIDGE, Auu. 13.

At our Asians, Wright Ellwood. for stealing a
mare bekinging to Thomas Papworth, of Cotten-
ha rn, waseapitally convicted, and received sentence
of death, but was reprieved before the Judge left
the town.

Lord Chief Justice MANSFIELD presided at the
Nisi Prins Court, before whom the followiug.
oolong other causes, were tried :

HOLI.ICK O. NARTINDALH.
BefitYe a Special Jury.
The Plaintiff in thid action, Ebenezer Hoflick,
Esq. it food of the manor of Whittledford ; and
the Ltelendant oecupies a paper mill at Sawston,
an trdicinitig parish. 'rhr action was 'brought for a
trespass iu digging into the bed of the river. Da-
maged ls.

RUSSICLL V. TINO4V.

This action wits brought by Daniel Russell, who
keeps the Anchor public-house at Downbeat', in
the lsle of Ely, against W. Tiugay, the son of a
farmer at the same place, to recover a compensation
in damages from the. Defendant, for having seduced
Plaintiffs daughter, Elizabeth Russell. By her
evidence it appeared, that the Defendant had kept
company with her seine years, sad had repeatedly
promised to marry her; but that having gained her
affections he seduced her, and she was delivered of
*wile child in February last. Twn or three other
witnesses being called on the part of the Plaintiff,
to prove the visits of the Defendant at the house,
and Rowe other Circumstances, the Plaintiff there
rested his case.

In the defence to the action it was stated by
several witnesses, that Plaintiff's house was nut
kept in that order winch ought to be observed,
bin that there were suinetiines dancing and other
ainuaeineuts going forward, in which his daughter
partenk ; and that she had also been in eilunpany
with another young men, who had offered to pay his
■ddrewws to her, besides the Defend:tut.
The Jury, after retiting for about an hone, re-
turned* verdict fur the Plaintiff—Damages dul.'

urrettpatt 0. surrost. JUN.
The Plantar, Mr. John Unladen, is a farmer at
AldrAh, in the parish of Ilacklenham ; the De-
feoiltineis the, son of a farmer at the latter place.
w The action as brought to recover a compensation
&Wages for the seduction of Piaintirs daugh-
ter.—Venrlict for the l'faintiff, 501.
Baron Thompson, at the late I.incoln Assizes,
forcibly reprobated the practice common anumpt
parish officers of conipetling men to marry female
paupers, who may have became pregnant by them,
considering the system destructive of the honour-
able and sacred principle of matrimony. and al-
most certain to involve the parties iu mi,ery, beside
tieing a strong temptation to commit bigamy, as m
the case on trial.
At Ilmitingdon Assizes, Charles Francois Blarie
Bettrkeer, late a French priaoner at Norman-era's,
fur stahbini Alexartalcr Holiday with a knife. with
intent to kill him, received sentence or bath, and
was left for execution.

A most determined and stingitioary pitched battle
wns fought. on Moudaymnruiu3, adjoining Raton-
den Common, in the vale of Berk-hire, between
4ke. MariA. an hoAler, uud Saar. Berea. a cham-
pion from the West. The match was for 100
Xni-
nems, and the exhibition took place in the pm...eller
of a numerous field of country sportsmen. Marsh
was two stone heavier than Berea. who was ...foe-
thiux under eleven stone. but to balance the match,
lse was a better tighter than Mars*, who. however,
With the same bottom, ultimately won the hattle,
by weight and strength. The conflict was obsti-
tritely maintained for full two hours, an.; even at
the conclusion, both were so hit that it was even
betting that neither would he limitglit to set-to
again; Marsh did so, however, with the assistance
of hie second and bottle-holder, ahil his adversary
was carried the ground. •

•lwrtiwo or stquirk chilli, with iv
ottrittut to Alm Aiary
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