The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-04 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

Two musical tre.its of a very high end rare Ile.
scription were prepared for the public at Crow.
street on Saturday night. The first piece wts
Artaxerxes, and the, second Ilinsari`s Don Jean,
or the Libertine. The overture to the former wee
well performed, but the great source of gratifica-
tion in Inoli woe, Milo Stephens's singing, as Man-
thsee :mil 'Arline. She wirer was in better voice,
or in more full pos►ession of her singular power of
charming. At the very commencement of the
Otitis, she delighted the House by the sweetness
of her " fair Aurora." la a more powerful ►tyle,
her " /y, sop ideas." and again in a yet mule
different our; her 6' Monster, away!" were not less
excellent. " The Soldier tied" drew down a
rupturosis encore, and was repeated with even ad-
ditional effect. In the beautiful duet 1' Come, place
your laved in anat.," she was exceedingly happy.—
Mr. Ilion supported her throughout the long and
laborious peifornimice of the evening remarkably
well.

CARLOW, AUGUST Y 4.
On Thursday last Several complaint- of labourers
oLtleolist formers, for breaches of contuses. were
10.‘r.1 at the Magistrates Court, Graigue. It being
the mond custom of the failure to hire the labourer
on Sii• day hit the week ensuing, the oomph soolota
wet,• lei hired, at the rate of Is. "el, per they moil their
diet. As it was use first week lo hat VCM, Irer attend-
ed; the price. however, 5.10118 induced a number to
fI ork to front all parts of the country, and by Tue..
rlat• reduced the rate nearly this toe far-
liters took aolv:1!;44e, and ill:charged thore they had
v:lg.ogrd at the oro,:tnal rate. The Maglatratni stele
titiattimout io tin or determination to allow the ft.ll
week's wages to each man engaged; them,
hoarser, to seek employmetst, and to deduct roy
thing they might earn from the wages originally
agreed fur. 'the farmers would not admit that the
discharge unit owing ttilhe decline in the elourket, but
aloacogiont various reason., such as rain, the cum not
being ripe, the labourers met doing sufficient wink,
Ind their lint having mole et:inky meta. Alt
these objections wrier over-ruled, hut purl of
Wednesday being wet, a deduction of that day
was allovivel. The corn not bets's rope, ur ist-
ilareeieet 1•1111filoyWellt. were HO excuses. The
litfogisuites leaving decided in favour of the la-
errs, •the farsesets 'agreed to take them hack
Sr the remainder of the week. Some, evidently
displeased at toeing abiged to do co, required thaw
Oleo to And amides and shovels to go to other wink.
The Magisioates here urns interfered, 'saying that
pc the ewe erre hired fur napless and not prepared
far .the works the farmers should tied implant:sits
fur smelt as could out conteoiently provide them ;
and depressed their deterinieekitts, its all cases,- is,
Wipe the lalreerer to 1.5101 he. contract. noel that
the employee. shipild dad wont. or !my them whilst
idle, according to rend/set, making I sir allowance
far the weather. The Court twat ctolvdeol, cud tlx
thaws gin general aatirfsieieuv

''lnoricitsrpn 4SSIZE.I.

MONDAY, AUGUST 11.

It it well known that the Aarizra for this County
oaght to bare hrro held some tyrrk.4 nvo, bstt that
tine 14tetsraa of the honr at whn•.' Mr. fiaroitGarrow
had arrived 1 Mo 1111 l routh stiAttr it necr►e.try to
retiriv the catniseiguioss. That rrorwell cormair4ion
wog /owned do. morning at num o'clock by dlr.
Josatiee Holrard and Mr. 84,011 G.ttrow. the latter
inswing arrnoel 1.4,4 slight, tool the former hating
hewn tart et the neare►t turopikv 11,1 the Tr•tkra.
btsre.roitl this; too 11l ii Ig by the nigh Shrriti mod his
oleo. .

The High Slirriff is 1)iv;f1 Wow'ln, F.-q. Author
of the Lssay on :he Printiples of I'uliiacol t.rotio-
sny and l'ureatus, and of several miter war kr of weat
Ovtit.
At ten o'clock the Judgept and High Sheriff pro.
ceedrd to the c.stitedral its it iscalled here, the
dillegs). and heard divine service performed. The
High Sheriff's chap! Poi preached frum I Know', iii. 9.
lr eire thy servant as understanding heart to judge
'tilt people, that I *my distinguish
.good front bad."
The object of the discourse was to 1 t out tle
excelleoce of the science of jurisprudence, and the
superiority of our judicial Min 000 rotation. The
Greeks and Roman. held legislators mid lawyers in
the highest honour, and regarded their opinions as
the responses of wisdom. Yet their emirs of law
contained principles abhorrent to reasati, mid contra-
ry to natural feeling. Slaves were not considered
subjects of law, but were left to he toitured for the
caprice. or put to death for the paginie, of their
oldsters. Parental feeling and parental authority
mere sacrificed to migakels notions of public policy.
But the adminigration of jugice among the ancients
was more 141110m:1y defective. IV hot was founded
in error was supported by oppression. The judge
of law and the judge of fact was ilir same. The
ever-varying gales of popular favonr controlled
the administration of justice. The constant
eh loges of party, and the dependant and flattering
subsea virocy of the Judges, converted the imam-
pity of law into the means of serving their party.
The rereptte seatentirr of lawy-ra were 11-Id to br
superior to the &sere' too of the Judge. In nucieut
limes, while the genius of Greece gave splendour
awl dignity to littovio port.taits, ;aid streogtlwurd
anti 'dallied the Moll' cowl powers of meas. true
religion was sinktiown, di 'doses.' coveted the face of
the earth, soil thick darkness ate people. In our
times every imps was supposed iiimicent till Ilw full
force of evidence 'brought conviction of his guilt
after the most solemn deliberation ; the Judge
himeelf was v010.i11er..41 of C y.rl fur the ac.
wd ; anti slier couvicti 111 l the utmost tender.
iiess soul lininalli,y were exercised towards bun. If
technical expedients *reined sometniira to counter.
act the objects oh justice, this seentiog defect only
skewed the independence and satbreotaey of law.
*Sidi would not helot to temoorury eircutto.tatteer,
awl be enkindled by nothing but legislative audio.
Ivy. Ye- should hr grateful for podaseranig such an
ndminitetralsois of justice ; we should riorrisumi the
Court. ofJugice with our veneration and oherleroce.
rot twelve o'clock Mr. Baron GARROM took hia
seat in tlw Crown Court; Mr. Justice HOLIWYD
in the Nisi Prins. The calendar contains 5151”
eight prisoners for the town and county. Thw
charges are all of the co 1111 l sun kind, by far the
greater 'lumber for petty larceny.
The Grand Juries fur the county and fur the city
were sworn, awl the proclamation against Vice, pro-
Ciii•liess, and iun tttttt ality, was read. The Marquis
of WOfert•lier is foreillsll of the Comity Grand
Jury ; treat to huts stood Lord Apsity and the
Right lio u. Charles Brugge Materiel.

Mr. Baron GAggow—i4 Gentlemen, When I address the
representatives of all that is high in rank, respectable and
estimable in the county, I eill/01/1 ovoid saying something of
the circumstances meal. r which we are m. t. That I have had
a part in the proceedings which occasioned so much trouble,
seal su numb unprofitable expense to this county, is to me
mailer of plaided ogre.. ilere I conscious of ally blame
that could be attached to lily conduct, or of auy neglect me
my part of what could have preecnteal the •eriuus 100.111Ve.
niewee that I►as arisen, I should not have the courage to meet
yen Imre this day, whatever might be the consequence to
myself. At the hemmed at least of incapacitating myself fur
the perforusame of my duty, I hurried hither; the highest
legal authority has declared that son Maine was intl•utable
to any one ; many among yourselves have expressed your
cromictioa to the same effect. This I speak out from vanity,
but from en anxiety whit le I feel to discharge my duty. AI
the mine time I emu.' any, that this miner has been to me, ate{
will be fur some lime, is source of real sorrow and affliction."

His Lordship then proceeded to make suitable
observations on the various chin ger in the calendar.
They were the result of an improved state of the
country, and cf the progress of knowledge and vir-
tue, which he hoped would go on increasing while
crimes of every kind would be dinainishirg in num-
ber and importance. There was one case in the
calsaidur (Charles Webb, for rape) which required
iieculiar attention. Ile needed uut to tell melt of
their cultivated minds, that the more this subject
was discussed by sheaf, and the less it was discussed
iu Court, the better for public morals and for the
justice i.f the ciiii.inunity. Ilia Lordship entered
sit great length into the inctiliarities of questions of
this sort, :mil the toles laid &two resin cting the evi-
dence of it by Lard title awl Judge Blurkstone,
owns each of *tahn lie bestowed an eloquent Nolo-
gium. lirand Jun• retired, and soon returned
with a iiittailhr of t. tie bills.

James Bubb, ogrti 32. was convicted of stealing
s 51. nine null vows shillings out of the 'locket of
John I),:vis.

It upt,raird that Devi. loud been treating the
Pr'sonnies with s iiiii e dolook. and ut lost himself br-
eamr quite amok ; the Prisoner ut the lime time
was at great paia, to kerp I iiiii self *sober, and took
the °Nowt unity of striding the money from Ills
flrtilikros heosefetetoor. The tziti in the public►house
YAW the. Trimmer's hand in I)avist. pot Ut.to and hart
of the money was lioutiol upon him. The Poisoner
is a varouforrodole-looking stud received as very
pod clientele, limn respoostothle keeper., olootio
Itt bad served us a/41'11111314 The Jury recom-
mended hint to merry.
Mr. lianas (iarenuw said, that there could
saucily bre a case re agwavaled Ikon the Po
tooter's. Till Wel) cite offtetee ii. capaid; wore
k en '4ll. Ito should not he the Judge that *could
its thoo Instance .recutoosseitil any 1111110lieil. Tn
the Juiy the Poisoner owed s !WISH hots of seven
years► its the 1,, riot' iJr It !aid' lie woos to be itilllK.
panel!. '1 he stistroice or the Chart oar, tlist hr
should hr trdhsvorted I 1 3 car,.
The PotoorOilur ::;qll:Lti for ilia expellees ill vow:,

and wal sevesely rypnuisiiiclrd fur his dratikennems
and 111161. hurt,
• •

Jamrt I{'t46, aged 22, was coovieled upon two I
soccer-ire pr. 4, ell rose ut bilrep %tenting. Ile !mil
hero attempting In sell the btolris biterp, null ;
could eive uo r4tivfileowv :recount Imre he came
by them. II was ri•ionrk I,ir that during the lint '
win...B.Blomi lie nuked no Tiereion.,
film ; but ili.t while Ire iitorol n convict mitt ir ;
loot on the second proseruliais, be *lry active and
Char/es rrr6b, sgell Ike !moan' to whine ease
the Judge hail allo.lrtl in Ilia ullgege its the (4601.1
Jury, net i;;;,nwerl av to the rape, but put ui '
his trial for it., My 43111 f.
_ _ _

Al,. (; noow ordered all the ladies and
females nut of Court. This miler bring at Irost
very sittivly complied with, his boyish!), desired
those that remained to come forward that they
alight he seen. This had the desired effect.
Mary 11 trrow„ a lienutiful little girl of 15, was
the proseentrix in this case. Her roomier Hurl ap.
promoter iu giving evidence were quite singular.
With the greatest modesty, yet with perfect com-
lintutes she gave direct and ready answer' to all the
questions toot to her. She assented and denied with
equal readiness aui decision, whether her answer
favoured or counteracted the prosecution. Her
father is a labouring man et Beckford. The Prisoner
is overseer of people that worked fur Squire
at that place. She worked under the rye of
the Prisoner for seven-hence as day. On the even.
inn of the 2011 i of. May, she wits sent to Mr.
Wakeman's brewhonse for berm. The Prisoner
there attempted to take indecent liberties,
Next night he Caine to her father's !mute to get
her fisher to 'swam him in gstting some hens oil the
roost, with which her mother war to go next day to
market. Her father was unwell, mid in bed, stool
ordered her to go. She, in cousequence of the
Prisoner's conduct the former slay, refused, hut her
father threatened to break her neck if she did out
go. She weld. As they were going the Prisoner
attempted indecent liberties : when they got into
the glade,' %%byre the rro-t ems. the Prisoner threw
her on a ►eat and violently effected his purpose. He
left her sick mud foists, and gut hold of the hems,
with which lie came hark to her, and which she
Carried home. She mid Wit hiiog to her father mid
her, hut worked even• day with Chat its us usual.
for fear of s.tf•udnag lie, tither, her mother, and the
Squi,e. A f .rtitight afterwards the tlong was gene.
rally talked of. the Prisoner lowing mentioned it ;
and the Rev. Dr. Titsibrill bud the witness exit.
muted, oss conseguritee sof which doe Plisuiter was
coinsoitted fur a rape. .

The mother corrisharated the above evidence in
fir No %lir had u(11-.1. to know.

Mr. Ludlow call. d two young men, whom it is
but fair to name, John Veer and Robert S b.
They pretended that the l'iosecuarix hail suffered
them to take every lilwriy short of eel' ttttt sl inter-
course without the least offence. His Latish'',
examined them strictly on this subject (the Prose.
cutrix had 110 ('ounsel). *lid they exhibited every
',unworn of falsehood as,4l I Iscwisi‘trosey.
Mary Harrow was again rsllrel, and readily ail.
witted that she had roomed with one of the wit-
Ilriilos (Smith) after the 21st. and iii presence of the
Prisoner ; hut most decidedly and positively denied
any improper liberties having been taken with her
by either of them.
Mr. Baron GARNOW summed up the evidence at
great length. and cominented with much eloquence
mid feeling upon the various incidents. We calmly*
make his observations intelligible, on
account of the delicacy of the subject. Iliad they
been trying a rape they must acquit the Prisoner,
whatever might he their moral conviction, since the
unhappy girl concealed the circumstance so long.
They were apt to judge incorrectly by trying the
conduct of humble, private, and low individuals
according to the rules of higher classes. That she
went with the prisoner tinder the force of parental
authority—that she concealed her misfortune from
mistaken fear of offesiding persons who hail power
over her, were circninstrniers by no means WISC.
countable. The case was clear beyond donlit. It
had been insinuated that this gill of fifteen had been
a wanton, and two young torn gave evidence to
support that insinuation. They went to Its her
alter tke Prisoner hid been committed. If their
testimony was trios., they were disgraced hr their
conduct ; certain it was, they disgraced themselves
in that Court.

The Jury at otwe found him Gaily.
The Learned Judge addressed the Prisoner in
terms of the severest censure and reprobation. Ile
stood in inure respects than one in the relation of a
guardian to the unfortunate girl. Of this relation
he had availed himself to rob her of her virtue and
honour. He said honour, for persons in her lona-
tom hail honour as well as persons in higher rooks,
and felt the Icss of it perhaps the more aeve►ely, as
they hail not the same circumstances to relieve
them. Ile had disrob•rt her of what was valuable
to her as life, amid Oro boldly boasted of his atrocity.
Tbr seuirsier of the C 44111 was, that he be
uu-
pri•oird far twelve calendar months.
Ills Lordship then ioldre•sed Nlary Barrow with
tnuch humanity • " Be not ihdoce.l by what has
happeiwil to be a naughty. curl. (lo house, and take
care of yourself." Adrumeil till right to-morrow.