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SURREY SESSIONS, J. 4.

The Gcneral Quarter Sesfsin.3 for the county of
Surrey commenced this day, at the Court-house,
Newington, before Robert Hedger, Esq., Chair-
man, Mr. Denison and Mr. Briscoe, Nlembers for
the county, Sir W. 11. Jolliffe, Bart., High Sheriff,
Mr. Holme Sumner. and an unusually nume-
rous attendance of Magistrates.
At the sitting of the Court, Lord Grantley, Sir
Thomas Turton, and several gentlemen, took the
usual oaths of allegiance on being sworn in as Magi-
strafes of Surrey.

The calendar is comparatively light, there being
only 26 commitments for felony since tt►z last Ses-
sion, and IS for misdemeanours.

Mr. CRAWFORD, Magistrate of the Croydon dis-
trict, and who Ines particularly active in suppressing
the first rppearances of tumult in Surrey, rose and
stated that he had to call the attention of the Court
to a matter in which he was personally concerned.
At the commencement of the disturbances in the
county of Surrey, and in the neighbourhood in
which he resided, he had found it necessary to call
out a number of special constable,, and he of course
had felt it his duty to remunerate them, and he had
in all been at an expellee of about 120/.; and, on
inquiry, he could not find any fund applicable for
the purposes of defraying such charges. The worthy
Magistrate then called the attention of the Court to
the Acts of the -fist of Geo. 111., and the Ist of
Geo. IV., and concluded by moving that a Com-
mittee should be appointed to consider and report
upon the whole subject.
Mr. HOLME SUMNER and other Magistrates joined
in approving the sentiments of the last speaker, and
eulogized his conduct in warm terms.
Mr. DRUMMoND, in concurring in the praise so
justly due to Mr. Crawford, said, that in his opinion
the late conflagrations in the county were caused by
foreign incendiaries, and he had many strong rea-
sons for that opinion. He thought the cultivators
of the soil were in a most wretched state of poverty.
The worthy Magistrate called the attention of the
Bench to the rec,rmmendation of the Judges, that
the country gentlemen would act so as to induce
the lower classes to suppose that their distresses
were not unattended to.

Sir T. TußToti thought that the labouring popu-
lation at the present time were in a better condition
than they had been for the last thirty-six years he
had known the county.
A lengthened discussion then took place between
Mr. Denison, Mr. Briscoe, Sir Thomas Turton, and
Mr. Drummond, to ascertain how, and from what
fund, the special constables, and especially the ex-
pences which Mr. Crawford had been subjected to,
were to be supplied.
Mr. Lawson, the Clerk of the Peace, read a let-
ter which he had received from the Secretary of
State, requiting him to forward the names, sexes,
and ages of different parties committed and con-
victed for offences against the Game Laws in the
county of Surrey.—Ordered accordingly.

WINTER ASSIZES.

KINGSTON, TUESDAY, JAN. 4.

William James Casey, aged 30, labourer, was in-
dicted, upon the Coroner's inquisition, for the wilful
murder of Samuel Ward. The prisoner was also
indicted for the manslaughter of the deceased.
The circumstances out of which the charge against
the prisoner arose, occurred at the last election for
the borough of Southwark.
The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter.

Mr. Justice BOSANQUET sentenced him to twelve
months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Peter Schmidt, a Bavarian, was indicted capitally
for having assaulted Joseph Norris, on the King's
highway, and taken by force from his possession half-
a-crown, and other monies, his property. Another
man, and two females from the same country, and of
the same name as the prisoner, who followed the oc-
cupation of broom-sellers, and a young woman,
named Catherina Hoffman, another" buy a broom"
girl, had also been charged with aiding and abetting
the prisoner, but they were not put upon their trials,
the prosecutor not being able sufficiently to identify
their persons.
After several witnesses had been examined,
The Jury, under his Lordship's direction, returned
a verdict of Not Guilty.
Richard Quigley, aged 17, John Taylor, aged 16,
and Richard Koesel, aged 15, were capitally in-
dicted for breaking and entering the dwelling• house
of James Ingram, at Newington, and stealing therein
a great coat, two body coats, eight waistcoats, a hat,
and other articles of wearing apparel, his property.
The prisoners were found (iuilry, and
Mr. Justice TAUNTON, in ordering sentence of
death to be recorded against the*, observed, that it
was a melancholy spectacle to see three lads, scarcely
past the years of childhood, convicted of a capital
offence. As to Koesel, he must expect to quit the
country for life.

Mr. STANLEY 1S to have the only Royal
borough i❑ England, Windsor. By the arrangement com-
pleted, Sir Hussey VIVIAN, who sits for Windsor, is to
vacate, receiving the appointment of Commander of the
Forces in Ireland, from which Sir Join( BYNG is recalled.

THE BELGIAN CHARACTERS-The scenes
of stirring interest recently exhibited on the Continent
have prominently brought forward for contemplation the
character and history of the inhabitants of the Nether-
lands; anti the appearance of Mr. GitArrAN's last and
very popular work, " The Heiress of Bruges," is in timely
accordance with this circumstance. That production is the
result of a personal residence on the spots depicted, of an
active consultation of authorities, and, above all, of a sedu-
lous observation of living manners, so that it may be
referred to not merely as a book of amusement, but as a
record of romantic achievements, and an illustration of the
early national peculiarities of a people who are now occu-
pying so large a share of European attention.

FROM THE GAZE'T'TE OP LAST NIGHT.

War Office, Jan. 4, 1831.

12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. F. W. Ha-
milton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Beresford, pro-
moted. Dated Jan. 4, 1831.

Coronet J. Childe to be Lieu►enant, by purchase, vice
Hamilton. Jan. 4.

J. J. Calley, Gent., to bP. o:tneZ, by purchase, vice
Childe. Jan. 4.

Ultati-a ti —tapt. W. Beresford, from the 12th Light
Dragoons, to be Major of Lifantry, by purchase, Jan. 4.
MEMORANDII3I.-Major T. J. B lines, upon half-pay
Unattached, has bren allowed to retire from the service,
by the sale of an unattrched c'Onithission, I,ari; 4.
War-Office, .ian.
111EkonANnnt.—The half-pay of the under-mentioned
Officers h a 8 been cancelled from the let instant, inclusive,
upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their com-
missions :
Lieut. W. B. Buchanan, half-pay 27th Foot.
Lieut. J. C. Crellin, half-pay 4th Foot.
Lieut. J. King, half-pay 3,ith Foot.
Lieut. R. 'Christie, half-pay let Foot Guards.
Lieut. C. J. K. Monck, half-pay 43d Foot.
Lieut. J. H. Munnik, half-pay 73d Foot.
Cornet B. W. Drechsler, half-pay Foreign Troops of the
Royal Waggon Train.

War-Office, Janb 3.
His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the 88th
Foot, or Connaught Itangers, retaining on its colours and
appointments the Harp and Crown, with the motto,
" Buis separahit ?" in addition to the other badges and
devices which it has been authorised to bear, in comme-
moration of its distinguished services on various occasions.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county

of Kinross.
C. Adam, Jun. EAq. of Blairadam, Rear-Admiral in the
Royal Navy, to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 21.
The said C. Adam, Esq. to be Vice-Lieut., Dec. 25.

Commissions in the Corsha►n Troop of Wilts Yeomanry
Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County
of Wilts.
Paul Methuen, tsq. to be Captain. Dated Dec. 13,
1830.
Neston Fuller, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Dec. 13.
Peter Hooper, Gent., to be Cornet. Dec. 13.

Whitehall, Dec. 23.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed W. D. Jones, of
Wrexhain, in the county of Denbigh, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery,

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

Francis William Paddon, Plymouth, printer.
John Elliott, Holloway, carpenter.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

John Humfrey, Manningtree, Essex, merchant, from
Jan. 14, to Feb. 1, between eleven and one, at the Suffolk
Hotel, Ipswich.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Charles Couland, jun., Leeds, spirit merchant.
BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Blinman, Bristol, brazier, to surrender Jan. 18,
19, and Feb. 15, at one, at the Commercial Rooms,
Bristol. Osborne and Ward, Bristol; Meredith and
Reeve, Lincoln's-inn, London.
William Wilson, Mincing-lane, sugar-broker, Jan. 11,
18, and Feb. 15, at eleveu, at the Court of Commissioners.
Lewis, Crutched• Friars.

John Crisp, Colchester, Essex, butcher, Jan. 17, 18,
and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Three Cups Inn, Colchester.
Bignuld, Pulley, and Mawe, Bridge-street, Blackfriars ;
Sarjent and Cooper, Colchester.
James Key, Great Present-street, Goodinan's-fields, oil
and colourtnan, Jan. 14, at one, 18, at twelve, and Feb.
15, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Ripping-
ham, Great Prescot-street.
Edward Jones, Canterbury, grocer, Jan. 11, at eleven,
18, and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Commis-
sioners. Stevens, Wood, Willtin,on, and Satchel', Little
St. Thomas Apostle, Queen-street.
David Jones, Cynwyd, Gwyddelwern, Merionethshire,
victualler, Jan. 7,8, and Feb. 11, at the Lion Inn, Ilala.
Jones, Crosby-square, London ; Anwyl, Bala.

Frederick William Story, York, dealer, Jan. 13, 14,
and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, York.
Evans, Stevens, and Flower, Gray's Inn-square, London :
Ord and Pearson, York. _ _ _

Mynliard Retemeyer, Bury-court, St. Mary-Axe, slip_
insurance-broker, Jan. 11, at twelve, 18, at eleven, and
Feb. 15, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Hut-
chinson and Imeson, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street.
Matthew Houghton, Ipsley, Warwickshire, grocer, Jan.
11, at fire, 12, and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Swan Inn,
Alcester. Cresswell, Redditch, Worcestershire ; Lowndes
and Gatty, Red Lion-square.
John Illyllar, Brighton, horse-dealer, Jan. 7, at ten,
14, and Feb: 15, at eleven, at the Court of Commis-
sioners. Heathcote, Coleman-street.

William Stoddart, Freshford, Somersetshire, cloth-ma-
nufacturer, Jan. 20, 21, and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the
Blue Bell Inn, Carlisle. Mounsey and Gray, Staple Inn,
London ; Watts and Son, Bath ; Dixon, Calthwaite,
Penrith.