The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-28 00:00:00

LANCASTER, AUG. 22.

At our Assizes, which commenced on Saturday,
Lord ALvArrLEY presided in the Crown court, and
Sir ALAN CHAMBREiII that of Nisi Pr;llS. On
Monday, John Dawson, the Post-boy, who was
convieted at the last Assizes, for stealing two Bills
of 'Exchange out of a letter, but sentence respited till
the opinion of the Twelve Judges was taken, and
Alice Newgent, 'convitied at the same Assizes, of
uttering a forged note, but judgment respited on
account of her being delivered of twins soon after
her convidion, were brought to the bar, and Lord
A LVANL EY, after a Suitable and most impressive ad-
dress to each of them, passed sentence of death upon
them.

The following Prisoners have taken their trials :
Edward Tinsley, for the, murder of Robert Uns_
worth, guilty of manslaughter, fined pl. and im-
prisoned twelve calendar months. Thomas Walms.
ley and Arthur M'Garratry, for uttering forged
Bank of England Notes, guilty. William Kelsall,
for forgery, guilty. Ellen Bradshaw, for a bur.
-glary, at Manchester, guilty. William Gallant,
;or endeavouring to seduce a private Soldier in the
17th Dragoons, at Bolton, front his allegiance to
His Majesty, guilty. 'William Hewitt, for sheep-
!stealing, guilty. Mary Mills, for having forged
notes in her possession,. guilty, and sentenced to
be transported for fourteen years. John Buckley,
John StanSfield, and James Jackson, for adminis-
tering unlawful oaths; guilty—to be transported
for fourteen years. John Scholes, for stealing
money -at Manchester, guilty. -Richard Craven,
for stealing Banknotes at Liverpool, guilty.
James Littler, for manslaughter, guilty fined one
'shilling, and imprisoned fi,fe months. George
Lyon and Peter Thompson, for grand larceny ;
William Holden, Franeis Neale, John Glover, and
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-Donald M‘Donaidi for uttering forged notes ; John
Mackay.and Elizabeth Taylor, for having forged
Bank-notes in, their,:pOssession ; and John. Mord-
: son, for Mansfaugh ter,..aequit ted.
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appeare(4,n the trial of gallant, for attempting
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to seduce a Soldier from his- allegiance to His Ma.
, jesty, that he had told the Soldier, that the Country
was divided into six Distrirds, each'of which had a
Delegate, who were to assemble on the edge of Der •
nyshire, 0 settle the affairs of the Nation! and that
each town was divided into classes, some containing
eight, anil others sixteen; each of which had a
leader, who kept the arms of his class ; and that he
(the prisoner), was a class leader of sixteen. He
also said, that when he first knew the United. Eng-
liihmeti, there were only fifty, but that now there
were a thousand ,for one.

At the Nisi'Prius Bar, there were eighty-five
Causes for trial, upwards of fifty of which were gone
through yesterday. Amongst those already tried,
was one brought by a' Farmer from 'Pendleton; near
Manchester, against an Attorney of Manchester,
fo'r an assault, by which the Plaintiff lost an eye.
Verdict for the Plaintiff, 30-Gl:datriages. An ac.
don was also brought by a,youlig man, ,who was
cverturoed in the coach between this town and
Kendal, in SepteMber last, and brttisec.L in such a
manner-as to make him lame for life, against the
Proprietors of the coach; when he obtained a vcr-
did, with ziel. damages.

A shocking misfortune happened at Stanley Col-
liery, near Wakefield, on Tuesday se'nnight : the
earth and coal in one of the pits giving way, fell
upon four men who were at work, and killed two
of them on the spat; a third died soon after; and
the other, who had received a darigerotis fraCture,
was broUght to the General Infirmary, and had his
leg amputated the day following.
Patrick Johnstone, the Private in the. 14. th of
Light Dragoons, Who had. deserted from his quar-
ters at Horrichurch, in. Essek, has been restored to
the Regiment. The.
.eharge of murder preferred
against him, was utterly.clestitute of truth, being a
mere fabrication of the men who were sent in pur.
suit of hith, in order 46 facilitate his detet%on and
apprehension. • •
A singular circumstance has lately , occurred in
Strasburgh. A ci-devant shoemaker in that town
lately set up for a Prophet, and announced that the
world in one month would be at an end. -What is
more wonderful is, that several heads of families'
and others gave him Such full credit, as to leave off
labour, and to dispose of their property to such as
chose to accept of the earthly dross. Many of them
put on their best clothes, and prepared themselves,
by alternate fasting and prayer; for the coming
day !
A similar circumstance lately took place at Braken..
heim, in the Duchy of Withemberg,:where a Priest
and a Woman deluded slime '3o or-4.0` persons to
follow them to the Holy rand, where the female was
to produce a new Messiali': they bad already set
oat on this hopeful march, and Others were preparing
to follow, when the eyes of the deluded were opened
by a caprice of the Lady, who banished their Orien-
tal hopes by eloping with the monies which she had
colleCted for the journey. ; • '

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On Friday last J. Haynes and J. Harold were exe-
cuted at Warwick, pursuant to their septences at
the last Assizes, for uttering forged Bai2k.of
land I~'otes, knowing ;he same to be forged.
The Fly Sloop of War, arrived at Portsmouth
from Africa, spoke on the vith July, the China,
of Philadelphia, bound to Batavia and China.