The National Register.
London, England, 1814-08-28 00:00:00

PROVIN‘JAL ASSIZES. .

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At the Sotwrset Art held at %Vella, James Pearce, found guih.% I
of the %,111.01 a.ulder tNi.,la9tes 1144urd, by showing hum with a goy
ted In he hiiiiktand hi• 11,rly analuniteed.—Ourgig the whole
of sir • trial Allier. listed loitilleonrs', Pearce appeared indifferent to Iti•
tale, oc:asi,,tially maitre nieces of en orange, which he had
Ners ileht...r.,tely ss:Tted. Afttg- servciirt , however was pasted he
sr. f, r,V4 !lei '4'11;16011, std.-molly declared lie was unaware
tO I Iles !:ton lwetn toasted, and Incged h'• ought he allowed one fl y more
that) io common:, allise,l to esinsilosis it, his •untortunate Si
1/....aree w a ele( uteri on Nlsard iv, at !Aches:et', pirr,turitt to hi. sentence ;
lie nersi,le.t i4•l in deeLniig his igimrance of the gun being haunt d
wi h is;,le.s lie•strot the Aece ssed.
Mary A 11.1„ her husband at Bath,id a violent quarrel,
It 1.1 .it A•loch %windily di,d, was round guilty of manslaughter, and
seu'rnt' • •is 6)ll4lw:um
,‘t :hest. • R w fried be•fore a Srwcill Tort-, in which
Al r .saii li-sns was pl. int r.W tin Kgilp ds Pendant. In June,
1;114 01 dect•iidar/ terre.srlited Itim.e.l; as ttit pr,•prtrint of tin advow.
Iti.ll.shile, which lit rotor-ref-ft to sell to the plJiiithl for 14.6001,
efehlitill) received 20;0,01. a' a deposit upon that cont.:let. It an-
ise •••ed that li,e ,irivowst) , is question WAS 1.^.1* property 4.1. Henry Glott
np, F. y. •old that tln defendant had no right or authority, either as
proprietor or scent, to make such a contract, and had never accounted
t :ell tile money ref rived. or ever mentioned that he had received
ii ! ()I 11111. s vcl.lllll passed Cl' the pli.nitiff In tho amount of the
looney paid, will& interest ; and the learned Judge expressed his opi..
vim Unit a more scandalous transaction never disgraced a court of

:Cr.
At the (iluu roer Thomas White alias Willitimkon, Sic
t torzer% in Agri last, but whole case was referred {he
ut the Jud a Na. iillurtied dun the Judges were of
; tle th •retore, withuut further a/111111V at 'Jabbed 011 hint
the ,ent cher of Death.

I,pst we'•k one Gregory, a maker of straw shoe mats, of Stoke-
-1.1 ca. Shepton Mall it, so beat his daughter (a Kiel of about 16)
with a rwisteu hit she fa•nted hen• a•h the violence nF the•
1,1 ,ws and expired From re;ieated ill usage, it ap 'Sea rs, that the
u, tor ttinate creature had quitted the house of her fathe rind found
re uge• ar e neighbouring 'arm, whence he forced her away, beating
lien ino,,t par:, of the mad, which he continued when arrived lionie,
till it (—Arid in tit r death. The father ran two miles for medical aid ;
which same too late to afford any assistance, and he was immediately
secured.—Coroner's verdi'.l, Manslaughter.

Largte importations of new wheat are daily expected in the •,
rivet oin Bayonne and other parts of the French coast.
Extract of a letter from Taunton, dated Aug. 23.—" The
scenes of distress that have been presentud during the List
this and every other town and village in the western
pa I t -;onier.e!.liire, in consequence of. 'the failure of the,
Alihe'ton and Taunton Bank of Messrs. Young, and one at
Welin2 on. baffles all description. Trade fir several days
has been at a stand ; the holders of the notes of these banks,
math of whom were of the lower orders of society, being
unable to obtain the nece•saties of life, have experienced
the g' eatest d ress ; even fatmers'in the midst of hat vest have
been compelled to di,charge their-work-folks, for want of
the means or payin4 thir wages. In. short, terror and dis-
may ate imprinted an every countenance."

The defaulter on the Stock Exchange, Mr. Robert Thorn-
ton, who 11;,s left his broker to make good his deficiencies, to
the amonot a 45,0001. has, we are sorry to.hear, taken large
sums flom private individuals also ; among which no less
than 10,000 fiord one person. Not hying in business, the
defaulter cannot he made a bankrupt ; neither is there any
ns,eosible property that can be attached in anyway for the
deficieocies. The defaulter, we understand, was recently at

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Tbur.dav being settling dad• in Consols at dr- Stock Ex-
chan4e. Mr. Fearn, the ri-decant broker to Lord Cochrane
and Co. WAS declared a faultcr,