The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-10 00:00:00

COUNTRY, NEirB,

i.

WINCHRSTFR, MARCH 7.
On Monday last, the Lent Assiies for thi,,
qounty, ,were Lela at the Castle of this City, be-
fore Sir,AL.RAISDLR THOMPSON, .K.nt. and, ec,it
ST.,toN t BLANC," IC-vit.-L.-Wm,. GARR Ei-1, E,q.

Th. fo:.owing Prisoners took their Trials, And
were sentenced as under
rurver, for horse-stealing; James Baker,
for ,-realing ovo cows; Wm. ,Braftun, fir stealing
44andlccrciTiefa Caihns, for a. highway rob-
bery , John Pearce, for firing a gun at T.
I.3rnonifield,; Ahr.::ham Marshall, for stealing two
I)'f;ilers ; James Purdue and Thomas Ica rade!, I:Jr
breaking ; James' Parlei, for stealing
hides ; James White, foi being found at, large
when under the sentence of Transportation ;
havid Briton, for sheep:.stealing ;
Joseph Barges,
for ,horse-stealing ; and Hannah Hayward, , for
honse-hreaking—Deatb.
"The principal TrialAt the above. Asizes, was
that of Lieutenant Stapleton, of the 2Oill
lZegi-
ment, for shooting, in a duel,
,Ensign Grainger.
The Court was extremely crowded by 7 o'clock
in the morning,, and the Judge arriving ex-
adly at eight, commenced the Trial intediate.
ly ; it continued eight hours, when the Jury re-
tired, and, in a short time, returned with the
Verdi& of Manslaughter, to the great satisiadion
of the Court, which was particularly expressed
by a' number of Gentlemen clapping their hands,
&c.
Colonel anti Major Stapleton were both exa-
mined in behalf of theirßrother ; the latter, burst-
ing ~fain tears, affected, for a sliort time, Mr.
Stapleton'. He, howeVer, soon resumed his calm
and collected state of mind, and concluded him-
With a firm resignation to whatever might he
his fate, and behaved with the greatest resp;,B to
the Court. He is about 30 years of age, and
very personable.
Ainoagst the Causes at Nisi Prius Dar, at the
above Assizes, a cause of a singular nature was
tried before Mr. Baron THOMPSON. The Plain-
tiff' was a Mr. George Harris, and theDelenidant
a Mr. Joseph Saunders; both of Portsmouth'. It
appeared upon Record,. that the.,Delendant hid
v
repeedly asserted, that min-tio: was :I con-
vided Felon, and sent on bbard theSiiis On. the
Thames, for, three years,. in the year
!which Osertion he,.pleaded a jUStiliCiaiQl). In
the course oldie EVide9cpadduced, it aypealcd,
was proved l?y many_credil4•Witoesties, that
the De4ndant had repra ted, in differieni
*lards charged in the Declaration ; eruct that,
fltiOugh he.had received every information prior
sS44Plaintiif'oringing the Action, that inist have
pi,incttrhiln the Plaintiff was not the Person he
41Tuded to,: he had the hardiness to continue his
slander, and the assurance to plead justillea-
(lon. The Defendant produced not a 'sj.ogle Wit-
ness ; and the jury, under the dire inn of the
Learned
.Judge, whO'expressed his indligiiktiWat
the 'Condtid of the. Defendant, returnekts.34klid
(or 'the Plaintiff of 01. Darriays, to at 'Misfile.
tion.of a crowded Court.

READING) MACH 7.

Yesterday two young men, who had enlisted
with a recruiting party of the 4th Regiment of
Foot in this town; came to the shocking resoltt.
tion of cutting off "their fingers, to render them.
selves unfit :for the service ; • to effe& It, theY re-
paired to a tomb:stene in St. Mary's Church-
yard, on which, with . a knife„ -they deliher-
%rely cut off the fore and next finger of each
other's right hand.- This, however, will not
answer their intended purpose ; fbr as soon as
their wounds are healed, it is intended to march
them off to the Regiment, now lying at Winches-
ter, where they will no doubt t ery justlrre-
ceive their deserts.

On S;itiirdhy the Assizes began at Aylesbury,
tefOre Lord Chief Justice Eldcm 'and Sir Nash
Grose, Km. when John WilSon, for horse..s.teal-
ing ; Job Duneomb, for a higlmay- robbery ;
Henry Betwon, Wm. Neivens; Wm..ll.*res,, Wm.
,Bignelli Henry. Ilimphrey,,Tho: Perry, and John
Pearce, for sheep-itealing:..were capitally 'con-,
vided, and received sentence of death. , 6
- 'At the' Assizes•for this ,Ccounty, which closed
on Tuesday', night, the following Prisoners were
Capitally con v idled, and received sentence of den th,
,john Brown and Charles Broi,m(brUthers,
one aged 2 2, - the other to) for bouie-brotking at
Limbourn ;—John. Cribb, for horsc.stealing at
Bath ;--LBarah Hibbert, for robbing her master,
Wm. Keate, Esq. at Hurst, of great. quantitio of
lace, muslin, See.---,Tobias 'Wright and Ann Lobes,
fur isheep.stealiog at. Wantage ;—joscph ‘llena
for sheep.stealing.at Windsor ; and 'rho. Jacobs,
for sheep.stealing at Woolstonc. The two Browns
were left foe execution, And the six others re.
pricvcd,