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• 13ORY, AUGUST. 17.
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mi Tile' ComsSion tOr holding the Assize's for thiS
County was opened. on Thursday afteruoon„by
Justice 1-4ATft- only, t,lie Lord Chief Justice, Sic
-JAMES MANSFIELD, .being detained at Cambridgq
With causes, and did not arrive here till after th!„
otherjudgetad attended divine service at St. Mary'9
Church on the- folloßing mowing. ,
Thirteen Prisonens appeared upon.the Callendar,-nt
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.:whoni only 'one was capitally' convicted; viz. Jo:14,
'Arnold, for burg,lariensly breaking iiitO the dwelling;
house of rsrael Abrahams, of Ip.swich„and stealitl
.there Out-sundry articles of jewellery ; but before thti
Judges 'left the town, was reprieved:,
On account of the ill health of theProsecutor,whP
could'nOl attond,_ limy Butcher, for maliciously'
cutting.out the tongue of a horse, belonging to 3;"
Coe; Of Mellord-,' was discharged, upon agreeing to
enter into the Marine Corps.
, • Wm. Pizz.y,'Mary Codd, Eleanor Griffith;.james
.Sutton, Robert ReamiSh; '_Rebecca 'Holland,
Thomas Ebden, were acriped.
The case of the two fir St-named acquitted Pry,
sonerS excited a very-great, degree of interest, the
offence being of such a 006414 nature ~aS- it
hoped may neVer .agairt occur; they being capitally
indicted, under Lord Ellenborough's AO, for ad-
ministering noxious or destructive suh!,tauces, and
wing other means, with the view to procure the
abortion of a quickchild, with which Ann Cheney,
servant to Mrs. Mary Colrd, of Haughtey, wag died"
pregnant ; and whose said: mistress had employed
Fizzy, 'a common •tatitier; to effeet this atrocious
purpose. After a trial of nearly five hours, and tips
deliberation of the Jury for 20 minutes,, out of,
Court, hey were both acquitted I bufsuch was the
indignation of the populace, that: when the wotrisd
was released,‘ she wasinssed and liooted all- the way'
from the Court till shel:tOok -shelter In a publice.,
house in.. the town, from whence she -was., hastily
driven off in a post .chaise.

At these Assizes there were seventeen ,causes en-
tered for trial, the, most- interesting of which were.
the following :--

• DAVERS,V. CHINERY.
This was an aEtion of trespass brought against the
Defer)Ora, for having cut in pieces and spoiled cer-
tain Posts, rails,' &c. -of the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff'.
is Reaor of Bradfield, St. George, and had placed'
posts and rails, roupd a- green, opposite his h.ooe,
high enough for cattle to'go under, and for the ptii--
pose of keeping carriages, &c. off., The Defendant
cut them .-down, and after they were down, cut
them in many pieces and spoiled them. He enter
ed'a justification, as having a „right of common oil,
the green,' but it being proved that he might hive'.
taken .the posts and rails down, without destroying
them, the Jury found a verdidt for the Plaintiff
Damages 3os:

WOODWARDS-V. HARBORD. AND LUSHINGTON.

This was an adion brought by the Plaintiffs, who,'
keep the White Hart, Wickham Market, to reco-;
ver' the hire of their horses and chaises, which Avere •
engaged 'by a Mr. Larlun,„at' the late contested
elcaion for Yarmouth; but it beiu proved that he
hired th'em,'not by the autfaoritY of
but of other persons, the- Plaintiff's kA ere notisuited.

Oil the Friday evening,. a.:Writ-of Inquiry was
executed, in' which John Titus Hervey' Elwes, Esqc
was Plaintiff, and John: Pytches, Esq. Defendanr,
fo re cover ft he' value 'Of certain trees; felled:lnt:l 501,1
by:the Defendant,. oir,his,.owu ten were
copyhoid, of 411 e Manor of Stoke by Clare, 4-e. of
whkh (lie Plaintiff was Lord: , • s'

"The Jury, after the necessary evidence was heard,
assessed the .damages at 4831.
The Assizes having elided on Saturday evening,
the Judges, after kittendin.- cEurch next morning,
left this town, accompanied by-the. Higli-,Sheriff,
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order to dine with Sir Chadds Bunbury, Bart. at
Bartßit,
,(rorn whence ther.proceected, on the sateo.rf:
evening, on their route for Norwich.

- SHIP NEWS.
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AUGUST 15;
Wiriifed,-the Britannia; ',Anderrsos; Joseph! arid ~Betsey
,Darson,!and the London, Brown, from Trinidada ;
Anti, Parson, and the Gilinge, Knight,.frotn.BLirhadocs ; 'Al-
ligator, Granger ~from,-Tobago ; Boddington,,
the Princess of Wales, Mitchinson, from St. Vincent's
Fanny, Nicholson, and -c._; osnada, Brown, from Demerara ;;*
Fortune, from Grenada ; Trusty, White, irons
Dominica ; and rife Pax, Harper; from Berbice..
- Sailed --the Aurora, Harvey, Zetnew, Butter, and :110
Dorothea, 0 liters, for Heligoland. -

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BIRTHS.
On Sainfday se'nnight, Mrs. Park, of *Eeerwood, of a
Datighter. ... •! ~,
Lately, Mrs. Buchan, of Auchrriacq, of Son.
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MARRIED,
On the 9th inst. at Glasgow, the. Rev. lohn Cooper, of.
Bal tron, to' M iss Susanna' DinWiddie, of G l'asgow:
On Tuesday last, at G.hesham, Bucks, Mr. Win. Street"
Rcr to Mary'Ann, second daUghter of the late Rev, Mores Por-
ter, of Clapham; • 4
On Thursday se'nnight, Sir Mordaunt ' Martin, Bari. of
Burnham, Norwich, ;And Long Mefferd, in Suffolk, festdri;
North, reiia of the late R'ev. Ectyvarci North, anikdaupkter
of the late Rev. A rrnine SfylemAii, of '-t•lnettiillain,
Lately, Tames qonran, Esq. of the zz.Ll Itegtme,idt ola-)ran -
goons, to Miss' Baynes,-dattglirer of the ReS. Win. 2aynesc
Rector of Rickinghalf, in Norwich.

VIM). - . •-•
On • konday last, sudaill, 'at• Chel,tenhain; the' iefatiti
daughter of Major Parry.
On the 28th ult.•at Randolphfield, near Stirliiig-,•!4Qpic
Tho nas Spark, late in the Hop.. the East.lndia Compan;'i
Service al, Bengal. • . •
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• (hi the 4th inst. at Send, near Ripley, in Surr.:-.y, aged 5,19
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Mr. Benjamin Watkins.
Lately, in Marshain.strzet,, Westminster, Mrs. Eastatl.
On the 7tit inst. at Ripley, in SLy;rey, age.. d 4., _Es. 6 M Alin
Todknan., • - s
The same day, at Edinburgh, it_ his house in Lottiren-i'
street, •Mr. john-Rennie: •
Lately, at Findliorn, the. Rei.JJ•mrenee Reid, Minister
of the Relief Congregation.
On Saturday', se'rinight, Mrs.:Biboke, 'Wife of,,Williarn
Brooke, Esq.. of Wakefield.
Lately, on board the El4abeth.creenland ship, while al-
tering the harbour of Hull, aged 49, Mr. RObert Wilson, of
Malton, Surgeon of that vessel. ,

PRICE OF STOCKS .
YESTERDAY. 1‘ •• •••
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India Stock, -477 i •
Builds, 3s. 4s. pr.
Exchequer Bills, is. 5-'s pr.'
Omnium, dis. par, 4-dis:
tinpertal 3 per Cent. 66
Ditto Ann.
Cons. tor zsth inst. 66

Bank Stock, 239
Navy 5 per cent. 98;
I rish 5 per Cent.•
4 per' Cent;
3 per Cent. Red. 67 6Y •
3 per Cent. Con. 66 ?if • •
Bank. L. Ano..rB ►t-,l6tlts