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the most audacious impudence and continuos! prob.
!tipsy. 'Elm other Prisoner, vibe was equally mu-
prepossessisiiriu Isis apsieeratiae, squluted with our
rye, and lied been sal iiinerent pitman.
William (*doh* was convicted of burglary ; and
Joseph Dullimore end Joseph IVssoman were can-
',Acted of slaecp•stealing. •

WlNcimsric H. SATURDAY, MAUCH 4.-

The County Assizes ended this afternoon. The
following Pri*onvts were sentenced to antler Death:
James Denver; fur breakiag open the dwellingbowiss of
Robert Bundle, at itoldrei Julio Abbr., for stealing several
articles, the property of). Boiler, at Wiliam; John theca
and Isaac Smith, fur hreiking into the dwelling-hawse of Awn
Belcher. at Eversley, and stealing several *Mein. ; Henry
Hollow and Thomas Hotelier, foe • harglary and theft, et
Sul/colon; Win ,Cuoir ale lase Natation. fur ruhlsiog T.
Padhury of !sago-crows acrd there halfpence on the high-
way ; Wm. Simnionds, fur stealing a sheep, at. Flurethonree
Tarrant; Samuel lingers, for breaking into the house of
Morris Prideberg, at 'Portritionth ; and Sarah Collins for
breaking open the dwelling-Mrse ofJohn Horace, of &ire,
and atesliere several articles of wearing apparel.
Thomas Taylor, fur sleeting a mare, belonging In H. Fut.
ler, at Old Shoreham. He took the mare to Alrtsford, and
not having money In pay fur the feed of corn ordered for it,
offered it fur sale, when be was detained, spun suspicion,
acrd renfroard the crime—Judgment respited.
Edward Stevens, for stealual three cows, al Steep, the
properly of Thomas Chatty. The Prisouer was discovered
at Newbury, in which marketplace be had just sold one of
Me cows for 1014---Deafb.
Win. Simmundn, Tor stealing an ewe sheep belonging t
Wm. Purvor.—/leolls.
thsrals.Collins, fur breaking open the derellieg-howee of
John Horner, at Bold. e, sod 'lcahn a gown, petticoat, d:e.
Death.
Robert Pilgrim, for stealing ehnen pigs, Ihrt property of
P. Churches., at Titclifield; he (mid them when at Bedharep.
tun, for 324. each, to a person living at Kingston-cross ; but
b. fore he hid reached that place, lie was taken tutu custody.
Strew years transportation!
John Smith suit 11. Corbin for breaking into the dwelling.
bowie of T. Martell, at Portsmouth. Smith—death; Cur-
hiu—ocquciterf,.
Mr!, Moore 3184 Sall,. Gregory, for breaking into the
ilwellour Immo. of Henry It. Gravtly, at Norstistg•—fferen
rots transportation.
The tot it nonilscr of Prisoncia sentenced to suffer /MGM
is 23 ; who urfr sill repealed. Julio Wyatt. for cleating two
roper bolts, idler. mud James Wrdkuring, foe mmiliog
corm r bull., the, propeery of his Majesty, at Ports.
were sentriond to suffer death, bit reprieved par-
twang to slat. 21 Charles 11. sad severally sertraced to ba
trasisportrd seven years.
Six were sr ateuceil lu kW. limas of in,Priaoarnelit fear-

teen fru (iiiettodsug ti. Flurrucir. cloned ants a
rapt), no Ulf were found.
Mr. J uglier Hurroirgh left this city this afternoon
to open the Commission at Solisbnry, for the Wilts
It.i.izes. where there are fifly-nine prisouers for
'girl, 'wiz.
Jabs ttarhy, fur the warder of Betty Taylor, at War.
wisessee; Jthn lAnadown, for a rape uu Aun Baker,
at Tirewbewist ; Luba Roma, fur a rape on Mary Payne,
at Berwick Si. irtora; Samuel Littman, for a rapt
oil Eliza Wider, ten year. of age; Robert Johnston,
fur forgery; William Lee, fur littering a furred 5L note;
Job Davie, for breaking into and rubbing bis fatliel'a house;
and twelve other persona foe burglaries; three for higher*,
robberies; tau fur trail; two for abeep.stealing ; and
titirty.threefus vsrinatpaltlrrries sod ether utilise oileuees.

IL NORTROdWPTON ASSIZES.
These Ayelott, (art week, produced a very heavy
calendar of Prisoners (43 in invoker), many of whom
were for capital offences. Mr. Justice Best dirt not
stfrod as was expected, owing to hi• being ex•
tremele ill a few days before be was to have entered
upon the circuit; Chief Justice Dallas, therefore,
presi•!ed, **styled by Mr. Clarke, Illy King" Colin.
set. in the trial of mime of the Prisoners. On the
ise Prins side eleven caries were entered, list any
of which were of interest, except to the parties con-
cerned ; we shall therefore notice only that of Plaid.
Gent. v. Theep, Clerk, in which there was some ex.
prctation of gseai legal argument and severe
sill-
madvrrsiotl f the 'Defendant's Counsel, but
which the Plaintiff avotr.l.ll by Mr. Delmont, Ina
Counsel, propusiog that hi. client ►hould be non-
, sailed. Tile caste of action arose out of all alleged
agreement made between the Plaintiff (un attorney
at Peterborough) and the Defend.int (a clergyman
at (.lii►, 11.0 Thrapstim), to run a match over
Stamford course on the second rare-day in 1811 i, tar
100 guineas, between the l'i iiotttf's hors- Tone/surn,
and the horse of a relation of the Defendato, called
assiNgion ; hut which agreement. it uppeared by
the evidence of Mr. Horatio Gilchrist, was ontlnvg
more thati a joke, awl was never intended to be
acted inns, mud the procuring of one part of the
agreement to he *tamped was au unexpected ad-
vantage taken try the. Plaintiff
The JUDGE made a short remark, compliment-
ing Mr. D►NIIAN kW the prudent manor, In which
Ile bad put au end to FilCil a rare.