The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-12 00:00:00

READING ASSIZES.

On Tile3day the Lent,. Aisiies commenced at
Re:Kling,. before the Hon, Jiistice.CHA 17311 P., andethe.
I lon. iiiiron GaAi/Am ; when the tblhiwing 'Pri-
soners. task tllttir. trials :

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lhomas .brought by Habeas Car pirs from
his Majesty's Gaol at Maidstone, charged on the'
ogh:of. Willi* Jones; of Abingdon, with having,
on t -he of November last, feloniOusly 'stolen,
;Act), and Carried away, a ntunberof,watches, of
the value of int. the property of the said William
Jones, of Abingdon, atoteSaid,
The Prosiecotor 'stated,- that on the 25th day of
November last, between the hcluts.:.,taf twelve. at
, ntgut and lour in the morning, tne•shutter of his
shop ‘Vioduw. was forced open, a. pane of glass taken
dot, and the articles' stated in. the indiebnent taken
away., The.rrisoner was apprehended at Woolwich'
on ,the 28th of iNoyetriber, where he ofired ativeral
of the. watches for sale ; they were produced in
..Court, and sworn to by -the,Prosecutor,
The. Prisoner made no defence, end the Jury
found him Guilty—Death. •
William Cox was indii.led fora rape on. the bod'y
of Sarah Hollidge, spinster,. on the t nth of February
List iu t.l4elj4rish of Letcatrib Bassett, •
.E.The Prosecntri* is a. diminutive girl, not more
than eleven years of age, and appeared extremely
ill. She stated, that as she was going on. the road,
on the tutu of 'February last, she was met by the
Prisoner, Whomsho never siw. before, and' after be-
having very indecently to her, he threw her forcibly
on the gOotind, and committed the urime mentioned
' in the indiarnent. -From the nature of the child's
testimony, there .appeared but little doubt of thy
fact ; but from a small defect in tii6,evin6t,
1V;;;IS, to the regret of a crowded Court,, of:quitted of
ripe ; but was afterwards tried for tbp.
eantiaed,and sentenced to .pay'a-tine of tell shillings,
cud to be impri.,oned for two years.

Lieut." KVIAFAX, of the. Lancashire Militia, on
saturday last cOMpleted a walk of nvo tnilet an hour,
for one hundred sycceaiv. e liOnrs!, 'lt was x inpcbgiotis
feat, as he could niat, for the. space of four ;days, and.
nights, have more than Go minutvs rest. a't one iime.,
lie was very much distressed on the fourth clay. 1-:14
legs were swollen, and Ilia whole- frame exhausted
.by want of rest. His courage, however, never tailed
him, and he 'completed his taSk amidst the *howl of
thelnultitade ,that the.extraordinary experiment had
attraaed. It was done peat-Tiverton in Devon.

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Public in a manner nOt•very usual to works of this
nature. The Third NaMber made its• appearance
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of these Plates, 'we really hesitate to determine whe-
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of the design, the ,corred hut spirited elegance of
the execution, or tins general arrangement of the
subjetis. By the judicious mariner in which the
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as xite,eye is pleased, and .we. have only to express
our.hopo that the Work may prove as beneficial to
the Publisheras.it undoubtedly is gratifying to the
taste of the .
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State Lottery, on which day a variety of Capital
Naos, from 4001. to 20,0001. must be drawn ; as
such, those who have not already bought, will not
surely lose •so favourable an opportunity : likewise
those.who have small Prizes, drawn the First Dab
will:no doubrexchange them for' undrawn:Tickets
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HOUSE OF PEERS.'

• 'RIDAY, 'MOOCH 114
COMMlssrow

Thp Royal Assent %Va.; notified by Commission to
the Million' and a' Half Exchequer Bill, thetrea-
surer of the Navy Regulation Bill, and to some other
f üblin, and several Private Bills.
The Commissioners were, the Lord chancellor,
Lord Aylesford, and Lord Mralsingharn.
Lord Lake's Annuity Bill went through a Com-
mittee, and was reported without any .Aniendi nem.

4. • COPENHAGEN.

Lord SUFFOLIti after sortie observations on the na-
ture of the galtic Expedition, gave notice, that on
Monday next he should move for: certain Papers
that would tend to:place that Eweditioo in its
.pro-
per 'point of View. The Papers he intended to move
for, were Ext rafts from :such Correspondence 43" had
taken place between the Secretary ror Foreign
Affairs and .Mr. Garlicke, from the Ist of January,
I 807, till the close of Mr. Garlteke's Mission.