The National Register.
London, England, 1817-07-28 00:00:00

H 31PSHIRF.

At the assizes for this county, which commeneed at Win.
chr, stet., before Sir Itohert Graham and Sir J.11161'3 Blirrott:;11,
the following were among the prisoners tried, 17.•-110111iIS
Broomfield, for robbing Joseph Downtiiit, ou the Irighvi
at Stnney-cros,,, when on his wly to Southain,itoo„ of three
one puitml 'lows and some silver.—Guilty—Leath.
Putt r Ir Pearce and Pierce Ulia7les Peril's:lot, n err tried'
for hat ing in their possession a quantity of King's stores.—
fierthrlet was :minim -Li, and Pearce tined 2001. and to be
imprisoned till the flue is paid.
Rihiam Lone, charged with admini.tcring poison to Ann
Cole, and thereby occasioning her death, was, tiller it rtioq
'nitride int estigation of the cit emustatices of the case, fount
,Nit _ _

There were seventy-three prisoners tried, of vi hum form
teen were condemned, and eight transported; the capital
offenders, were all rept it yell.

114;ORTfIAMPTONSTIITIE.
These Assizes began hefore the Judges Bayley and liot.
royd, when Joseph Whalc.ck, H in. Thompson, Tim:sots
Appleby, Henry liobnoun, John Lewis, Joseph Watkins.
and Wlll. Roberts, were capitally eousicted.—Win. Rem.' ,
W in. end-bastinel llathhone, were sentenced to 611 l'-
fren ea transpcoation.— Edward Chapman, John Lard
Sharp, and one other pri:oacr, were sente•urrd to stem years
tran ;Fortunes' ; and live to v.sriuns terms of imprisonment.

'no Home Circuit commenced at Hertford on Thursday.
!refute Lord I'Menhointl;:h, in the Nt i Pritus, and Nis..lus-
tice Dallas, in Ibe Crown Court. Nothing ne. importance. uc-
curl ed.

At York Assizes, I !tory Thompson. John Wikou, at d
John IVood, were eapita:!y convicted of rohhing the Stamp.
(dike in that city of stamp. of cations dese,•intioic.,amomniv4
in value to some thousand pounds. The Chief Baron, who
tried tha prisoners, told them not to entertain any hype of
mercy.
At the Assizes for Worcestershire, eleven prisoners re-
eel% ed Ne t ence of death. Thymus Eastliorv. triad under
Lord Ellenhormigli's Act for eating and rudimiug James
Gilson, %vas left for execution.

WARWICK SESSIONS.
DISSENTING MELTING HOUSES.
HAVES V. THE POOR RATES OP rAu.Tox.

appeal was brought in correquence of an assessment lately
made Ms Baptist Chapel. erected about four years ago, in tile ham-
let of Paihum in the parish of Monk's Kirby. In apposition to the
inclination of the inhabitants of the hem/et, this Chapel had been
assessed to the last four rac.i, as of the animal value of 7). Althouch
the amount was small, the prineiyle was important ; and therefor',
the person rated as the occupier considered tl,:q as the expences ne-
cessary to ralii.-,ious worship equalled theteeelpts, thc:e wa:; no bene-
ficial occopatoon, and that no ante upon htm. in respcet of the c'hapel,
could legally be made lie lad thertfore applied to '- the Society
ti:r the Protection of the Religion: Liberty at' l)iescntcra," in Lon.
dun, ::red they MAI authorised him to appeal agzlitt,t the rate.
WII:m the appeal was eAletl, mid Mr. Header and Mr. Heyttelda,
who were Council for the Bp/pliant, were ',roc...ding in the Appeal.
Mr. Trench un the part of the Pari,h Ofitcarsi tattd, that they were
convinced the rate could not be Sustained, and that he was Mstructed
to eons:TA that the rate should be qoafhed, and 151. paid ty the rp.
peliant fur his costs; and which was accordingly ordered by the
Court.