The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-25 00:00:00

GLASGOW ASSIZES, SEPT. 17.

Thomas Brown, Catherine Coote, James llolrnes, allag Leti
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tern, and Mary Jarvis, alias Nimmo, alias Ruth Law' „lici
the Badger, were found guilty of several acts of theft, "
Ihdines and Mary Jarvis of being reputed thieves. lying
Lord 31EADOWBANK addressed them in nearly
words :—You have all of you been convicted of the vloo,
crimes of theft, aggravated by being habit and repute colnlo,
thieves. Catherine Coote is the only one who has made a
cei.of
did confession of her guilt. All the rest of you, in the fs
your own denial, after a patient trial, have been convictedf the
an intelligent Jury, and had it not been for the leniency out.
public prosecutor, all of you had forfeited your lives to the .0,
raged laws of your county. The law has annexed a of
ment to your crime, and the sentence of the law is—that
you be transported for fourteen years.—(Here Jarvis ex.c.1,3 tor
nut 14',',3e,
" That's no lang !")—His Lordship continued.of
you shall be sent to the east or to the west, to a heaToate
unhealthy climate, I cannot tell. Here Cathcrine,,
said—" Send me to the west." Never in my life "a 'tf'.
seen females' so hardened and so deeply sunk in depraYeilu
Your sentenced is not yet pronounced, and it might bo#
creased in' severity ; but never shall private feelinVehere•
my mind, or cause me to aggravate punishment. " laff,
ever you do go, you will not meet with such lenient tlt
or experience so much mercy, as you have done Jr'in be
country. In the place to which you will be sent, you le'. and
kept at hard labour by persons whose duty it is to do sc;011
if you deviate the least from good conduct, your crinlej.
conduct you to trial, and from trial to the scatfold.
ship then in an impressive and feeling manner advised tliceftlie
consult the welfare of their immortal souls, and repent.
crimes of their past lites. In your present temper and atsfolf
Lion, continued his Lordship, I have no expectation ti?
observations will awaken you to a sense of your wickear'out
but when you are stretched on a death-bed (if you die if,'o4
the follo
beds), you will wish you had attended to their import
when kept to hard labour by the lash of a temporal vs,
tioner, you wlll be made fully sensible of the hapPinelat."
have forfeited. in this country by your criminal con the
sentence of transportation was then pronounced 01),,.°1th
prisoners, when Janis, before. being led off, cried out INVa
very indignant and audible voice—" You're sending "es, o
fine thieves to Botany ; when go there I'll be the nits° ,s DO
them. Ye might a gi'en us the rape, I'm sure the belt PC
sae deaf—ye may—(the concluding sentence is too indeed cis!'
repetition). Catherine Coote was eually hardened 51) 10'
lous; she continued laughing, and making inaudible elist`eucte
dons during Lord- Meadowbank's address, and when
was pronounced upon her, she cried—" Thank Yo'l' !,
skipped lightly down stairs.

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POLICE COURT, EDINIIURGII—A case °fu ;I„npofti f
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;to the public was decided in this Court, on the 19th inst-'lbef'
',at an auction of what was stated to be a bankrupt stick
'dashery goods purchased 2 plaids for the sum ot2l.BS.4(''„f
. the auctioneer described as consisting of silk, as being;ersly,
"size, that they had cost each three guineas, and were I. join,
sold for threeguineas and a half each. On afterwards esiora
her purchase the Lady discovered that she had been 101 l
upon by afalse description, the attached fringes and how,:care'
being of silk, while the large figured ends, and the '', roe,
borders, were of cotton, and they were besides of a sroalleier&,
than usual. She therefore applied for her money, and °Oil':
back the goods ; and the auctioneer not complying. sb°, b,
a complaint against him. Upon the hc-iring of whicch, tb"
Court ordered llim to restore the price, he getting 01,Vir
goads, and lie was also found liable in the expences.
burgle Courant.) rB
On Saturday morning two good swinuilearc°l4;
one equipped with Lieutenant Morton's invention' , ;Id whe
natcd his Marine propelling Gloves and Slippers, .t in t'nf
other unaided by artificial means, started from a o"foose,,r,
middle of the River opposite to ;Hill-bank, for the 1.11
making a comparative experiment upon their velocitie7oall
water was rather too cold for the occasion, notwiths.ried
which, however, the contest was vigorously mainttio bA
about a minute, when the former succeeded in siwd bin) '',
adversary the soles of his slippers, and soon convince
the inutility of further pursuit. The above simple SliocaaPco
attaches to the hands and feet nearly in the saTenerti;
and with as much facility as a pair of gloves and sliPnonlio,
a precautionary step they are made sufficiently b,°-./1104,,0t
guard against accidents from the cramp. The pri°,4i,
vantage is not, however, derived from their hnoYB"reli
from the extended surface, which, on the sligh 03thiliog
they oppose to the resistance of the water, thus en3"0.4
wearer to propel himself forward with much greater offorOtoj
velocity than can be effected by the inadequate mealtoeB ,
by nature. This invention may probably prove ins.,a Pge
in effecting a communication between the shore o",,,ith
wrecked vessels by enabling a person to swim on $llO3OlOO
end of a lead-line, &c. in cases where it would bc
cable without such assistance.