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SACRILEGE.

A 'Morino* character, amused Jahn Rnikrfann, was in.
rtrJ for hailing broken isito the Parkinson Dismissing Cha-
p,-t, and robbed the sacrament rents of woe wine, a Rsb;r,
Otie'P chair., a looking-elms, carpel. and a variety of pail.
Ono artietra of furustare, doe.
An elderly woman, who has the career the chapel. proved
tt,ot it was *Orly locked up on the 18th of May last, and
Ihnt un the day following she fouled th..t the closet of the
vacrament room had Wen forced open, and rolihrJ of t►e
ortieles eaanneraled.

r. G. Heather, owe of the trustees of Peckham' Chapel,
on exassiniom the esersatiens arum, from übrtrce she goods
mss stolen, fused a cons halloo on the Coo, which he keys.
A cossiable deposed, that be saw the Prisoner goilig su-
s/Ards sh.! chapel uu she meld of the 19tb of May. He was
t',•n as no grew (111111116+Ct from it.
_

I'. iteinouu, usie of the Surrey *Wrote. deposed. aat he
•poreheistled the Prisauer we the tad of Nay. as. hie rehire,
us the winless soup...bed. bow some boaglartuee expedition.
4 H. his !femme hr found wine articles of howsrheld furniture.
which did Not relate to the )resent charge, • era* bur, tutu-
screw, mid other boula.hiesk,og Implements.
Mr. Lewis an officer, metre, that he eionpared the bottom
footed is the twerrtutrot ruins, I. Mr. Heather with those uo
e Prisoiteesjarket, on which there was. &Sarney. He
fond it to he of the same stamp, with the maker's name.
*. Palk pa. lawolnu," and evidrotty to have been lure (ruin
t'r jacket. Thu eircuwatatire Ird tut more minute hires-
!oleos The want es eumpareJ the slows found upon she
r.lauarest fret with the fuotstrirs is the carilrn n. tit the
•.;.‘oel. The for of tnie of the *lowa was much worn, aid
I.e *used the whole to At exactly. He thea comp 'red she
'lwo-Isar and ternarrew found tit the Prioostres pocket, and
!Nowt the impreeerisns to eorrespi.nd to a nicety.
lb. eNalltitan stud that motes% thr Pruaiurr produced
woe writheniw to raplaustisiaa, or to prim*. all alibi, the fir-
ruitallgotes of wisp/close would amount to taw f
The Ps import hod uittliteg to say to Ins defence, sod the
Jae. v itiworitiotely Natal hits fluiffir
TIM CIIIIIIOIIAN said there ;ire two other indictments
armee the Pi mow, see for robbing Le.eloth chapel, the
4.4/444 4.40 rellattie; itoeltport chapel. en which he thought it
s...noorinitry to try him, as it was et id. ut that he was by no
oreasse • osivite ha that wareilegious course of rubbr
deurfereteoutA the litiessitr to be transported fur
1144e1l
Mg, stateted 77ornar Swab was convicted of having
144110.• a nut of rape from the ot Hugh Griffin, • lupe.
arieher, is Keet..teret. A poet ut Are or .it
Imp but catered the ettelA out lied openly taken the
rove is, the inn Sias" aim& The Priem, wee ohs
Jest•r. • •• • •
TM CII•11111/Miallionelli lbw the Primmer wallow 14A
eesperete goof of )oresile dliweelatiors who teed aw a 1..4
mate imissMd the lemaisk bas k weel4 the AM that
Jmosithe iordrass by As Pi ilbritea being seat slimml.

He 'titulars statesmen L. to be Irsaspeeted far eaves,
)•11r111. •
Primmer (wish a ensile of demists), "Thank your Homer.
I hop' yen Amoy oil lure wail I triune. ultra I will make yea
a pretreat of a kasidagrisie raisg•tailed uluakey."
Nell Gwyn, a roman of great uuluriai, in she Bersinith,
nes C.,llllliCied of haring otulen a pair of bellows, add btu-
trailed Iso sorra yeals' trailipurialius.

WINCIIESTEII ASSIZES. JULY V.

The Assizes of this county comMenced on 'rues-
day last, before the 800. Sir It. Grisham. Knt.
one of the Baiwie of his Maj.rity's Court of Ex-
chequer. sod the Ilun. Sir J. Burrough, Keit. one
of the JOsticra of his Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas. Jas. Scutt, Esq. Sheriff. The Right Hon.
Wm. Sturges Bounce, Foreman of the Grand Jury.
The calendar contained only the 'lames of thirty-
eight prisoners for tile!, and omit of the crime•,
in all their circumstariceS, were of the most heinous
description. 'These tile's conchs:led yesterday, but
those of Ais; Prins (there being 16 causes elitered)
will not have ended until late to•night ; the often,.
litigated Isle of IVi4ht Tithe cause (Special Jury)
Itioring conic uu this WM 111/14.
Wu. Singleton, aged 42, charged with having,
on the night of the Bth of May last. maliciously set
Grp to three baron, at Droxford. and with having
on the same night maliciously shot al and killed a
wife, the property of John Elmoker. was put
upon hi. trial for the last-named offence.
Julio E croaker. who is hayward of Drozford
Masn, stated, that the Prisoner, who keeps caws
and calves, has en euclo•stre•adjoiniim his house, on
waste called Clarke., Bottom labout s quarter of
a mile from Hill-pound). which lie had bee° for
several years enlarging; flirt in April lest (a. lie
had Leen accost ed to du tbrnagliout the coin-
tunic, once alirtiiight) he went and threw open Ins
encroachinent, when angry words arose between
them. Witness bad a ware ou the w•iste, about
three quarters of a wile from Prisoner's house,
which be discovered shot dead. I

James Clarke, about tereuty minutes after he
had passed Prisoner, heard a guts fired in the direc-
tion where the mare was shot.
William Lilly white heard Prisoner say, the day
after the tire happened at Mr. Goodlad's, that old
lumpy Earmsker's snare was shut, and if he
betu there he would likely have been ser►ed tire
smut. Before thin, for a week or two, he bad often
heard Prisoner .ay, it did not signify if Earwaker
was burnt along with the bushes, if they were burnt
—area sssss g the bushes which had beets th►own out
of the eiscroachnieut. And ust the evening of the
fire he saw Prisoner go from Isis house towards
Clarke's Bottom, about a spatter before Moe, with
Ins gun master his arm.
Richard Reeves has often shot with Prisoner, and
knows he can shoot from either shoulder.
F. Lilly white deposed to ['lntoner haring spoken
ill-statureslly of Earwaker.
Rich. Evans deposed, that when he was a prisoner
in siospoot BurSewell, Ilse Prisoner was brought
there, rod next morons,' after be told witness that
he we. confiurd about shooting a sna►e and the fire ;
and that he slid shoot her, with a kWh hating
three shags its it. from Isis left shoulder; that hr
did it out of ►pite, because Earwaker load torts
doss.' its. lessee. Primmer atria spoke of it during
the following fortnight they were together its the
Bridewril. ‘Villtella told the circumstance to Dr.
Curtsey the same duty as lie knew of sr.
True Pitsusser, its hie tlefroce. •aid Evans was •
perjused mats; that hr never told born he lied sisal
the mare, but that a lustre was Shot belooging to
Julio E toweltrr, and that Esrwaker told him the
mare had Dote slugs in her. Ile called Jase
Roe. ahv was nut his wife, lout who had laved with
-Inas ten jeans. pod issue Singleton, his mother, to
prove that be Was not lament from honor Isoug
enough to have committed the crust.; on the dry
stated. but their r.itleinee was very uuwlisfacnory.
Ile was found Gotilty. stud sentence of Death
pawed its hint. but Sir. Justice 11URROUOM
ish-
ntated that lie alloold not leave hint for execution,
though he must Hut expect to spend the sesn•isder
of Isis lite in this country.
Oa the ►econd tosischnent, for setting fire to Mr.
Gasollad's barns, no evodetore was uttered fur Ilse
limit ICJ 4011. .1.1114 trial excited couriderable interest.
CIVIL SIDE.
DOE dear. Lzwis n. BINGIIAM•

This wee en action to obtain possesstuts of Speed-
field Farm end cone oilier premises. It appeared
that 3,0001. having been advanced to the Defend.
alit for an annuity, the premises iu question bed
been conveyed as a security for the ricottar payment
of that %snottily ; and it was on account of default
of payment of the eisisuity by the Defendant that
the pltSrtil ejectinetit was brought.
Mr. Serjratit and Mr. AaIIAHAIII MOOlll
conducted the case on the part of the Platiatitt, thud
Mr. BINGHAM c levied Isis detester listmelf.
The Rev. (ieliticlitall mitred rem nil objections as
to the validity of the deed, by which the premises
were given as • security, slid by which the annuity
was set ured, bur* which objections Ilse Let/hied
Judge did nut consaler !Outsell, sitting et ft i3i
Pries, competent to decide, though lie seemed to
be of uptitiou, that neither or the solijeeliusts was
massitinueble. The chief pots'', howeser, no which
the Defendant tested was, that he was out the oc-
cupier of the premises at the time of bringing the
ejectment, but that his daughter web, end that, cull.
e (lanai). the rjettwrut suuuld hate beeu against
her.
S I witnesses were eall.d fur the purpose of
chewing that they lied giveti credit to the daughter
as the occupier of the firsts, some of *twin lied lent
homes to plough the and one of whom stated
that Mr. B. inll4( then within the toles of the
King's Brush, he would 1144 have given hits credit
for whet hr supplied to Miss Bingham.
Au adverti.enteist wail 111,111 PIA ell, which ILA
been loaded in the Ilusepshi,e Chronicle end the
ilumpshere Telegruph, by Miss Hisigliaui, who in-
hoisted the palms; that Wit war about to cusomettce
• losarshog-school at Speedfield.
Air. Iln.glnw celled his daughter to prove that
else was ill pusasessaists ; bait
Mr. Serjratit PELL objected to her bring rime.
1111iled, sod the obis coots war allowed by the Court.
Mr. Sesjessit rei.t., ill No reply, Is/wilily Mil-
madverted ou whet lee celled the trick of the De-
fendant, in mideavuusttag to evade the ure•ent
locum, and the improbability of 'lass Bingham
Wing Irma/artier.
The Learned JUDGE, after recapitulating the

evidence, left this' ;mist to the. Jou, who, withont,
hesitation, retinted a rerdict 16r the Plaintiff.
There are two !swats reserved.

ESSEX s!! ti/

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.CISILL111110111), JULY 19.
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• ' • , CIVIL SIDE.
Before the CUM J MIMICS wed a Special Jury.
TIIIIIBILLAKI V. spa THOMAS Neat''', ItaitT.
This was au action against the present High She.
riff of, this, county, .for a false return of walla bona
to a writ office/ facies. issuer' at the atm of the
Plaietiff, upon a joidgmeut obtained by him input/et
the goods of William Pole Tslntl Lung Welke.
ley, Esq.
The case was this t —Mr. Wellesley finding his
strain greatly embarrassed at the begouning of this
year, and his permit bring 110 longer 'protected by
the iirivilege of Parliaineist, he determined to Call.
cry his Isle interest iu Waissitead House, and the
valuable IYrlrllure and moveable. therein, to trus-
tees for the benefit or his creditors, to whom, about
ninety in nuns..-Issr, circular letters were sent, in.
siting their attention to the terms of the deep', for
the purpose of signature. Mr. Roblin'. the sac-
tioueer, was employed to woke out a schedule of
the effects in question, which lie estimated at shout
30,000/. The truss-deed less executed on the I ltli
of May, the priucipal provisions of.which were, that
all the property abore.tuefitioued was to be con.
veyed to the trustees, with power, at the expiration
of two years, to sell the same, or owner, if required
• by Mr. IVelleoley, fur the purpose of dividisig the
proceeds ratrobly swoop' his creditor., according
as the dividends should be received; that in the
mean time tile creditors were to engage out to
molest Isis persnu until the lot of June. I8i2; that
• a provision of 6001. per ass,,. was to be 'snide tor keep-
jog up the eotabliolimeist at Waiunead-liouse; sod
that after the sale the surplus, if any, should be
paid user to Mr. Wellesley. AbOut 30 creditors,
whose debts aunniisted to about 25,000/. wiped
Ibis deed. On the morning of the day it was ree-
1, cured, the whose debt iisnoulited to about
three thousand pound., received verbal notice of the
niertiug of the creditor., bat he declined stlesitliiie
without the advice of his attorney. The draft of
the deed had been executed by Mr. Wellesley at
Calais, whither he had gone to avoid arrest. Liu-
der dor advice of his aituruey, the i'l.siutiff, inow
withstanding the execution of the deed, lingered, d tu
his action, mid obtained judgment, and a writ office/
limit's was put into the Defendant's Ludo to levy
the omount upon the ttlecis at Wanotead-house.—
As dellll WS the deed was CaCelleetl.l.l6S trustee, went
driersi to IVoimitead House., took possessors of the
effect., discharged the servants, rehired them un
their own account, and gave inders that the doors
should lie fastened to preverH she ellllllllCe of per-
Pons also might come to execute taocrus at the in.
stance of hostile creditors. Tom Suetilt; in Coils
guesser of this proceeding. Umpired of exccutiog the
jferi faciar returned wend bona louder an indemnity
from the trustees, mid the question slow as., wise.
they the deed above-nientiutseil was operative against
creditors who Will Not aniseed it.

The CHILE JusTiLL, ruled, that if the deed in
question wits bona fide rxecuited• for the Worth of
all Mr. Wellebley's creditors, those who refused to
sign it were hatred hum levying upon his effects,
because that «biold lie giving thews is prefereore iu
prejudice of the other creditors, and Ins Lordship,
according to decided authorities, was of opini ttttt
that waist of ovum of the eitecutiuu of the deed was
nn ohjece.iun. The Goma fide 3 of the triuusct ione was
A quest toss fur the Jury, and his Lordship war less.
lug that question ler their coss.iderati ttttt when
Mr. MAIISTATT preferred brit% itunsuited, end
the Plaiiitiff was accortliiigly tttttt suited.
There were four other atrium' of the assns nature,
at 11w bust of other hostile riellllolo. and tit all theSe,
except issue, the lel:Will wear withdrawn. Its that
our the Plaintiff preferred being tionsuited. its order
to take the upiuiuu of the Common Pleas. out of
which the record i.sued, upon the Chief Justice's
decision in point of law.
BREWSTER. ESQ. V. SEWELL and SMOOTHY.
Mr. Haufnatc‘ °prised the pleadings su the
manner follownig

" May it please your Lordship—Gentlemen of the Jury
—ln this rase James firewater. Coy. is the plaiutiff, awd
John Sewell and Thomas Sinnott.), are the defeadaists. This
action is bronchi against them for a libel, and the damages
are laid at 5,04501. The declaration rosining three counts.—
The first states that the Plaintiff bad ',stored his premises iu
the Equitable lusurance Olnes against love i 4 damage by
fire. A fire kiwis( happened, and he leaving received a
compensation for the Imo. lie bad sustained, the Defeudionts
published it libel of sud courerisitig him and the premises,
which imputes h. him that lee, by fraudulent means, obtains-
eel a larger rompensatiou for that brie thee he had really
Replanted ; the second count is to the game effect; and the
third slates, shut certain items were get out, fur which he
received compensation, anti that they published a libel,
which imputes to him that he had obtained larger sums as
a conspeusatitm fur those particular items thaw he had ac-
tually sustained.
" The lint plea is nut guilty, on which issue is Mood;
and by the aerosol plea they justify the libel SS true, which is
denied by the replication.
Mr. GuaNUY proceeded to state the close.
[The I..eurneil Counsel was interrupted by Mr.
M•ititTATT, wills w hum he conferred fur a abort
Issue.]
Mr. GURNEY resumed in the manner following:
"Genllemen, I have received a pnipueal from my Primed,
to which I MU authorised Is. arcade and I sow happy to
state that you will he thereby released hoot a very lung,
and a very painful investigattue.
" The only 'object of Ilse Plaintiff has been the triadic*.
lion of hot character. That has bees his real object. It
uglier was his iuteation, whatever damages he might obtain,
to put tone shilling of ilium damages lute his own pocket.
Never. I knew dist was not his iohnitiosi, end my friend
had good reason to know that, this lime twelvemonth, when
we were here spun the first trial of this case.
By the former verdict, the character 14 Mr. Brewster
has been vimilicaseil, and we are come Mere slow to a new
trial spirts the opinion of the Court of limes Bead, that
the evidence which we laid before the Court aril Jury, spun
Hoe lain famine, Wes lout sallicient to convict use of the
Defeuilaista, although there was amply aulkirist N agaimit
she other; and it was my business logslay to supply Unitas.
fret as against the other Defewilssit • but I am perhealy
grilling IGO relioqiisli the large claim kir damages which Mr.
Brewster lois upon the whirl I have received (rows my
Leonard Prised. We ere ow wreeiv. --11 w thrice' is so sewers
- toms she

happyie4iss eleasolellee list his chisreeter lies Mee, 'WI-,
molls, die most hosourabSe way shoe ►e could wish."
Mr. Memo Wow—" no is a very leeiseursbk as/ pre.
per seeds uf 'eulogy it."

LINCOLN ASSIZKS.

RAPE AT SPALDING.
• • 1111eherd Mirelell, roe I ralisseau„ sized 21. was
indseteil for that he, on the Bth of July. in INC
penult of Spalding, on the person of M.ry, the
wife of George Andrews, violently and felossioosly
did snake an assault, and the said Mary Andrews,
*Pima her will, violently and felootoosly did ravish
tend carnally know. When called upon to plead
to the indictment, the Prisoner stated that, owing
to the lateness of his command for this crime (Fri-
day the 1411 i lust.) he bad mot beet, able to obtain
witnesses who could give important evidence for
bias; the Consisel fur the prosecution hereupon
comeistevi to have item off till next Assize., cud
eves, urged the Prisoner to do so, if he thought it
would be advaistageous to Into ; the Promoter. how.
ever, declined doing so, and expressed Ins willing.
11,94 to go to trial immediately.
M try Andrew. was the first witness called. About
eight o'clock in the evening of S.iturilay, the Silt of
Jody, she was washing some potatoes at her house
door, end the Primmer wes standing opposite; she..
had some conversation with him, and lied an ippon.
totaity of observing his person awl dress ; '
ones-ward. her husband came home, and they got
their suppers. The family consisted of her limo
band. herself. and their daughter, a child about 10
years of' age. After supper. a iseighbour, of the
risme of Lewis. came its, and be mud her husband
went wit together; willies, said to bins, '• Don't go
away, if you du I shall go to bed ;" a little before
teas, she sod tier little girl did go to lied ; the psi.
isomer had ens 00000 ued monist the house all this time.
She did out lock the door. expectiog that her lists.
band would soon return; and she kit a light
bursting in her bed-roman About half-pest ten she
heard
thinking that the pi isomer mtglit get into the house,
she went desists to lock the door; having nearly
reached the door, she heard her husband aud Lewis
tall:tog against the window. upon which she said,
rufiicirolly loud for may one outside the house to
hear her, 'a George, are you coming to bed ; 1 have
been to heal, mid is the light to buns all night far
you?" Sloe Oleo went back without lockiug lilt door,
thitsking her liu.lrres.l was coming in, and soon after
fell asleep. A little past eleven she was awakened
by finding souse one in bed with her. whom she at
first thought to be her husband, but afterwards
discovered it was the Ptisoner—[After refusing
for a long time. and bring advised by the
Judo that if she did not proceed he should direct
the Jury to acquit the prisoner, and on being per-
mitted to go close to his Lordship and to give her
evidence iii ms under twie (the Judge repeating it
aloud to the Jury and the prisoner), she detailed
the cirettrustairces srf the completion of the rape.]
Whets the 1111111 1194 i °blamed his wish. he relied out
of bed, sod the waists, also got oat, and attempted
Miaow lierselfout of the window, bat the sash having
uo pulley to it, kept continually falling upon her
iseck► and she was thereby prevented 'serous-
'dishing her purpose : during the time she was
making this attempt, the moo was looking about
the room fur his coat. and she then observed that he
had the same waistcoat on us the Irishman who had
tweets its from of the house. 11'he11 die awoke, she
found that the light which was binning at the time
else fell asleep heal been put out. On discover-
isig that it was not her husband that was iii bed
with her, she shrieked out •• murder !" as loud
as she possibly could. After the prisoner had
nisile his escape, some women, her neighbours
came it,, having heard the terrain she had made
at the window; she did not relate to them the
whole of the circutustslices, but did to her husband,
whets he came home. Her little girl. who slept
in it town next to her bed-room. never came when
she cried out, " inurde7 !" but only when the
neighbours came in. fler husband and Lewis went
that iiight in search of the 1134111, but did out timid
him until five o'clock the Holt morning, whets they
took lons at only a toile thallium from their house.
Had always inesitioned the circumstance of her at.
tempting to escape, and (lie window falling upon
her neck : believes she did not to the Grated
Jury yesterday. but is certuin that she did to the
Magistrates. [Her deposition before the Maxis-
grates was taketa in writing, sod read over to her at
the lime, and it coalmines' no such circumstance.]
She could oisly swear to the Prisouer by his waist-
coat.

George Andrews, husband of the last witness,
corroborated her testimony respecting his going
out with Lewis; and further stated, tl►at the Pn.
boner was leaning against the pails in (root of th►ei►
house fur a cousiderable time on the might in gars•
two; and that he was engaged in tending beasts in
■ lane ►ear thereto. Lewis and wit►►ess thought he
had a very suspicious appeareucesand that he was
a man likely to steal their pigs. or to do any mos.
chief in his power. They communicated their
suspicions in the hearing of his wife. In order to get
rid of the Prisoner, they went end had his beasts
!rounded; the couversation of his wile about go.
isig lu bed the Prisoner might hear very well.
About hall:past ten Lewis and witness returned.
and found the Prisoner still iii from of the house;
they lied some conversation with him about the
beasts, upon which lie went away; they themselves
also wrist away, and eventually separated. each
returning to his house. On witness arriving at his.
he became acqnsinted with the circumstances which
hod occurred in his absence, his wife idling him
every thing that had peered. He and Lewis went
iII morels of the prisoner. and took- him into custody
as before stated,

51r. Karon G• 110111 considered some of the cir.
cutristaisces of the case u very suspicious and ea.
traordinary. Why did out Mrs. Andrews luck the
door ors
.gning to hell. particularly when she had
heard Ihr suspicious the prisoner's appearance had
excised in the winds of Lewis and her husband t
It•was else very strange that the seam obauld be
solole In pass through the house, up the stair.rese,
tato the lied-room. in the dirk. without creation se
teach thsturlisace as to awaken the woosaii; ally
yet she had.swara Oho was wit awakened mail ibe
baud souse erre iu bed with her. The'ouly Alm
too. 17 whit% she had ideutilied the prised
hia wotetcoot. sod he (Sanwa Genoa) 'said Am.
tom to assert. that 60 out it every boodrod Walk

men that come to this country na.ler meth circus.
stances us tier prisoner did, wore wiii.u•wb very
similar to hie. The rash impetuosity of the pri-
mmer iu proceeding to trial imusertately, when lie
knew there were wit:re►ses who could give evidesace
likely to est iblish his innocence, had also rinsed
in his • d consider■ble doubt us to his guilt. fliv
Lordship would never forget th4t the s try first time
in leis life that lie was in a Omni i.f Justice, a C.a.
a for to the present Wag tried, mid the prootelit it
swore a complete rape opium t; e man, alilieugh
it afterwards appeared in evidesice that it wile ply.
smelly impossible. If the Jury 'bought th►re a
sufficient evidence to convict the Primiort
Mille (or whirls he would suffer tile eatresuil s:
punishineut. they would find bon guilty.
The Jury instantly Acquitted him.

Wood it—.e are to VetWM* hula the Defroolaer, se iodeurd
for lib! *spoors iv febieb Mr. dreoseee has here
aalrjeestal ; sod ii.. Li ceeeret. mord poor awoke' lot
1.01. 'Web will be preeroiraw OW 64410" InOtTerk
✓ay .el es* word reeprottre'sbit Orirrolaal. I viiyis Nei lel
eursirare Ma saietwisbe bulbs ' My ca..% is Wis.
Sea by the eineespiee main by Yllb Dilboaart. Mid 'I Silk
that (.r the eimaiseker et Ik. Serersseeir Nib bop, be