The National Register.
London, England, 1816-03-11 00:00:00

AS'S'IZES.

HF:RTFORI), Fit 11)AVI SCIN S.
indicie•l far the wilful murder of
her male infant child, by throwing it into the river at Aston,
in this county, out the 1311, of August last.
The prisoner was a married we man butt did not cohabit with
ht r husband ; slue left her home pregnant, out the Ist of August,
A% ail the avowed intention of going to London, but she was ta-
ken in Lamer at Waro,:unul was delivered of a male child; she
enntinued at % ate until the 12th of August, and then left that
place to return to her residence at Walton, which was some
distance. She slept that night in a public-honse at the village
of Aston, which slue lull the next morning. That sante day the
body of the child was disco, erect in the river covered with
weeds; she was immediately apprehended, and expressed her
sorrow for what slur haul 401111:.
The Rev. Philip Godfrey, the Magistrate before whom she
was carried, stated that the child was in the room, and he asked
her to lnet. at the body, and say if it were her child. She at
first said it seas lot ; that hers was a ti•tuale child ; that she had
been delivered at a relation': of the name of l'oulter, in Hert-
ford; that the child had died, and was buried at Hertford.
She did not, however, persist in this taie, but without
sins any of the circumstances, said she was sorry fur what she
bad done.

The Jury fontul her Guilty, HMI the Learned Judge immedi-
ately prnamtneed the Allatroce or the law, that she should he
hanged on Monday morning, and her body delivered to be dis-
sected,

During the whole trial she appeared quite cations and insen-
sible to her au fnl situation, bat the Lyarned Judge was more
than once interrupted by his tear,.
Edward Carey was iiLiietvil fur the u Ufad murder of his wife,
A( Chipping 'linnet, en the 2 th of Au; net fast. The surge( n
at,tted, that the blow eiven was not of ally erect force, bit
fulling obliquely it nnfornmatley derided tit- temiwral .1-
tery ; that the woman bled to death for want of proper agsist-
once ; that by simple pressure alone the Idee‘riez might Imo
been stopped, but they lisd Flltrertd the bio:(14 to run unto it
had matted the hair, and the blond was left lion leg underneath
until she died.

The Jury found the prisoner t•ullty of manclaughter, and
he uas sentenced to twelve month's inipriiionment.
Sull:Ttlarait, a young limn shupinau to Mr Gilbertsen,
• grocer, of Thet'Oril, was c.invicteii of stealing aim ds of
4,4. the property of his master.—Tlic Asslzes ended here.

Madrid Gazettes of a recent (Lite, contain an official
article, announcing the intended marriage of Ferdinand
Vl:th. and Don Carlos, to two Princesses, the daughters
of the Prince of Brazil. L. tters from Madrid, dated the
*22d ult. sta:e, that a gala which lasted three days, had
been given by the Court on the announcement of these
matrimonial unions. Cevallos, Minister fir foreign af.
hairs, has received the Order of the Golden Ickece,

Letters from Milan (says an article &inn Venice, dated
February 1.5,) give us the delightful hope that we shall
obtain the ii.eciloin of our port. We have in our quaran-
tine station two vessels from Smyrna. It appe:irs that
the situation of that city heroines every day more afflict-
ing, and this is owing not more to the plague than to the
agents of government. The palace of the Governor, it is
said, has been purposely set on fire by the people, who
were provoked to it by the plundering. Iribits of the sol-
diers. The Governor showed himself, hut was forced to
retire. The beads cf five soldiers were cut off, and thrown
in the public spiure.