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ASSIZE 'INTELLIGENCE.

LINCOLN, WEnamsnAY, JULY 20.
Before Mr. Justice HOLIWYD.
Jobt Royte, aged 30, was found guilty of robbing on the
highway,-J. Bellamy; and taking threel /. country bank-notes
and 'silver to the amount of IL.—Sentence Of death recorded.
THURSDAY, JULY 21.
Trroz. Wright, aged 32, was capitally indicted for the wilful
murder of his wife, at Great•Grimsby, in this County.
Rolsert Hill, a journeyman in-the service of the prisoner, who
is a hair-dresser, was sent by him on the 2d of 31ay to dress a
gentleman's hair at the White Hart. Witness went,- btit -found
nobody there. On his return he remonstrated with the-pri-
soner for having played him such a trick. Soon afterwards the
prisoner took up a comb and a pair of scissors, and said he was
gning.to cut a gentleman's hair. He was at this time fresh-,
neither drunk nor sober. His wife begged him not to go out.
She. was standing between him and the door. He stretched.
Out his hind as if to put her aside ; but without any great vio.
knee.. She struck the prisoner on -the urm with a hammer.—
After receiving the push,.-she sat down, and witness perceived
that she was bleeding... He said to the prisoner, " What have
you donal• • Yon -havellied your wife." Hereplied4 " I hope
I have not hurtlier•" and then begged witness to go for doctor.
The blow appeared have been given at the lower part a the•
.woman's belly. The scissors- were such as are commonly used.
by hairdressers.

Ann Mason was looking through the window of the prisoner's
house, and saw the push given by the prisoner. to his wife,
which she described to the same effect as the last witness. Wit-
ness helped to place the deceased in a chair. The prisoner ex-
pressed great sorrow for having hurt his rife. He appeared to
be intoxicated. This happened on a Monday, and' the deceased
died on the following Friday. .
E. Lanidon, a surgeon, found the deceased wounded in the
lower extremity of the abdomen. There was little blood then
about the wound, but it appeared thut a profuse hemorrhage
had taken place, which had been suddenly stopped. On open-
ing the body, the-wound was found to be about half an inch
deep, and.a quarter of an inch.in width. The death of the wo-
man was occasioned by internal hemorrhage.
Two witnesses swore that the prisoner was a . man of weak
intellects, and was frequently teased by the boys of the town.
He was neither cruel nor violent, but when in liquor was per-
fectly insane.

The JUDGE left it to the jury to decide whether there was
anirreiletnrycefoofunallie afoorettualthyt against the prisoner.
An indictment for manslaughter, which had been preferred
against the prisoner, was withdrawn.
James Ingram was capitally indicted for a violent assault on
the person of Anne Clarke. _ _

The prosecutrix, the wife of a labouring man, gave her evi-
dence, when the Court intimated that unless the case could be
carried much further, the Jury could not convict.
The Counsel for.the prosecution said they had no other ma-
rial evidence.

Upon which the Jury found the prisoner Not
-A mob of infamous women, who were waiting outside the
Court brutally ill-treated the prosecutrix as she quitted it, and
before she was rescued from their hands, her clozaes were near-
ly torn off.
13/Are Mr. Justice PARK.
Joseph Walker was indicted for stealing ten sheep, the pro-
perty of Thomas Slater, a farmer in this county ; and John
Ashton and William Andrews, for receiving the same, know-
ing them to have been stolen.—They were found Guilty.
Mr. Justice Patty ordered sentence of Death to be recorded
against Walker, intimating to him at the same time, that al-
though his life would be spared, he would be sent out of the
country for his life. He then sentenced the other two prisoners
to transportation for 14 years.

CIVIL SIDE,
WALKER v. BAINBRIDGE

Mr. Serjeant VAUGUAN stated this to be an action to recover
compensation by the plaintiff for defamatory words spoken
of him by the defendant. The plaintiff was a respectable
farmer, and a tenant of the Earl of Brownlow. In May, 1324,
he attended, as was usual with him, at the fair of Kirton, and
purchased there three, calves, which bad been in his possession
without the least attempt at concealment from that time to the
present. The defendant, who is also a farmer of considerable
substance, having lost a calf, charged the plaintiff with having
stolen it, and fixing upon one of the beasts bought at Kirton
fair, claimed it to be his. This charge the defendant made in
the presence of the plaintiff 's servants. The plaintiff did all
in his power to convince the • defendant of his innocence. He
permitted him to inspect his beasts, and he advertised in the
county paper for the person of whom he had bought them. The
defendant, however, still persisted in his charge, and applied
to a Magistrate, who,, upon hearing the plaintifri'statement,
dismissed the case. He then issued a summons from the
Court of Requests for the supposed value of the calf which
he pretended to have lost; and, as a last aggravation of Ids
misconduct, he pleaded a justification to the action now about
to be tried, in which he repeated the offensive charge he had
made against the plaintiff. There were, in this case, none
of the excuses which were commonly made for intemperance
of language ; because, even if the defendant had once been
influenced by ill temper or irritation, he had had time
enough to have cooled himself, and he would not, as he had
now done, .up to the very moment of trial, persisted in re-
peating the imputation, which was not less injurious than it
was untrue.

Witnesses were then called, who proved that the defen-
dant said to the plaintiff, " Your are a rogue; you never
bought it (the calf); you stole it, and you'll be taken up for
it before to-morrow night.".
• Several other witnesses proved they had been present when
the plaintiff purchased the beast at Kirton Fair.
Mr. CLARKE, for the defence, submitted to a verdict, but
recommended the Jury .to give small damages for the offence
which the defendant was charged to have committed, and which
had arisen from no against the plaintiff, but proceeded
from his irritation at having lost a valuable beast.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 201.

CHELMSFORD, JULY 21.
( Before Mr. Baron GRAHAM and Special Juries.)
NELSON AND ANOTHER V. GRIFFIN.

This was an action for words of slander spoken by the de-.
fendant of the plaintiff's, in their trade and "business of coach_
proprietors, imputing to them insolvency.--Plea, the general
issue.

The plaintiffs (Mrs. Nelson, a widow, and her son) are ex-
tensively engaged in the business of stage-coach owners, and
the defendant is landlord of the Ipswich Arms Inn, at Ingate_
stone, in this county, and is also a coach proprietor. In
the month of October last, 111 r. Benson, a farmer, of West
Hanningfield, arrived at the defendant's house in his way to
London, and inquired of the defendant how he could get to
London. The defendant replied, that he might as well go by
his coach. I►lr. Benson said, " No, I have always used Mrs.
Nelson's coach, and I shall do so, till I find reason to do other..
wise." The defendant then said, " I wonder you like to go
by those who don't pay 20s. in the pound ; the Nelsons have
failed, and paid only 10s. in the pound." Mr. Benson ex-
pressed his disbelief of the fact, upon which the defendant re-
peated the assertion, adding, " I know it to be true, Mr I was
told it by a commercial man of great respectability; who uses
my house, and he was a sufferer by them, and received only
10s. in the pound for his debt." It appeared, upon the cross-
examination of Mr. Benson, that he had heard a report of the
plaintiff's insolvency, several months before the period in
question, at different places, but he said he never believed what
he had heard. The plaintiffs are largely concerned as coach_
proprietors, having extensive connexions in this and other
counties, and had in their business at least 500 horses. Mrs.
Nelson is. proprietor of the Bull-inn, in Aldgate, in which her
son has no interest. It further appeared, that at• the time
when the words were spoken the plaintiffs were starting new
coaches, and were in apparently good credit and in prosperous
circumstances.

In the defence it was urged, that the defendant was not ha-
fluenced by malicious motives, and that no damage had been
proved or suggested as accruing to the plaintiff from the words
alleged ; and that, had the defendant given up his author at
the time they were spoken, he would, in point of law, have had
a complete answer to the action. It was obvious that the object
of this action was to advertise the plaintiffs' concern as coach
Proprietors, and not to seek a compensation in damages flit. any
supposed injury to their credit.
No witnesses were called for the defendant.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the ease, and told the Jury
that the plaintiffs were entitled to a' verdict, the words being
clearly actionable ; and although there was no proof of 'positive
damage, yet lie said it was natural to suppose that a report of
o se:inns a nature was ca_lcula!ed, to afil,ct tile credit of persons

PRICE SEVENPr,Ner:.

in the plaintiffs' business, and therefore the Jury would' take
the case into their serious consideration, tfad give such damages
as the Merits seemed to justify.
The Jury found their verdict for the plaintiffs—DanigA 3(l.
t4ONV,N, fiIDE: • -- •
.Tantes Mallet was indicted for stealing, at Stanford Rivers,
on the 25th of March, a horse, the property of Edward Rayner.
It appeared in evidence, that -in the night of the 25th of
March. the prosecutor, a farmernf Ongar, had his stable: and
cart-lodge broken open -and robbed of a horse, a cart, and four
sets of harness. .Qn'tfie 27th, Hall,' the officer of trnion Hall
Police Office apprehended. the prisoner at some stables in tint
borough of Southwark ; and on searching his person found a
key which opened the stable in which was the horse in ques-
tion. The prisoner then directed the officer to another
stable in the same neighbourhood, in which were found
three other stolen horses, and a regular. ss.t of house-
breaking . implements. One of the witnesses, 'examined
for the prosecution, proved that he was coming to aindon.eariy
-on • the morning of the 26th Alareh, and was overtaken by the
prisoner and another mail, riding in a tart. The prisoner offered
to give him tr lift,,but he declined. He swore positiielY to the
prisoner's identity. .
-The prisoner declared his innocence; hut called no witnesses.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, irnme-
diately.found- the prisoner Guilty. . •
The Loup CurEr JusTicE then proceeded to pass the
awful sentence of death upon this, and two other prisoners,
named 'Walter Nunn and James ploy, who had been-ton-
Vicied of a similar offence during the assizes. His Lordship
told the unhappy culprits, that the crime of horse-ste:ding had
now become so common in every part of the kingdom, that it
became absolutely necessary, for .the .protection of such pin-
perty, that the dreadful sentence Of the law should take its
course. That lenity which bed induced the Crown to spare
the Eves of persons convicted of this offence, when irwa+
not so frequent, had, lie feared, produced the enoamous in-
corfecaiszevtk'ililliscliitwwa:si
sfi.t oow so m
stop
the fountain
nbtaei
he admonished these wretched convicts to prepare theniselves
odneopflored. mercy, The
and only
thereforei moue
for their transit into another world. In one off their cases he
believed there were circumstances which would justify him in
recommending the culprit as an object of Royal mercy • but he
earnestly entreated each to make the best use of the short time
left him on this.side of the grave, in fitting • himself to appear
in the presence of his Maker. In conclusion, he prononticed
sentence in the usual form.

The prisoners were all deeply of and were with diffi-
culty removed from the dock.

The business on the Crown Side ended at one o'clock this
day.

EXTRAORDINAItY INVEsTIGATION.

RESUMED INQUEST ON THE CHILD SENT BY vie

SOUTHAMPTON COACH.

Last night, at 8 o'clock, this investigntion -was
resumed for the fourth time, by -Mr. H G GS, the Coroner, and
the usual number of Jurymen, at the house of Mr. Sambrook,
the Regent-arms, in Regent-street, Vauxhall-road. It will
be recollected, that on the last evening on which the inquiry
was held, it was resolved that a second . suounOns sbOuld be
forwarded to Mr. Lyford, the surgeon and acccuchenc,-r"quir-
ing his attendance in London to explain, if possible, the mystery
the affair was• attended with; and, yesterday that Gentleman
arrived, and was in attendance before the Jury.
As the particulars of this extraordinary transaction haVe been
before published, we will now only. give the following addi-
tional testimony touching the subject in question :—•
Mr. Henry Lyford was then called in, and said, that he did
not receive the first summons till two days after it was rettirii-
able, which was the reason he did not attend the last inquiry.
He then stated, that about 2 or 3 months ago a Mrs. Sturgess,
living in the churchyard at. Winchester, engaged him to attend
her daughter Jane (who was pregnant) in-her confinement.—
He, according to his engagement, attended her on Monday, /he
4th instant, and she was safely delivered of a child,—it was a
large healthy infant, but
.he.eonld not now state on oath the
sex of it, although he noticed at it the time. When the chid
was born, he gave it to old Mrs. Sturgess, and she gave-it to a
girl named Sopp, who is about 19. The child was in excel-
lent health, and cried very much ; and on his giving the in-
fant to its grandmother, she said,- " I was in hopes it would
have been born dead." About two hours after be was .called
to Miss Sturgess, who, he was given to understand, was very
ill; •he attended directly, and found nothing ailed her, and
on going out of the room the old lady followed him, and.said
the child was dead. At his request he saw it, and on his ex-
pressing his surprise, she said it died soon after its birth; wit-
ness did not think the child had been washed. [The child sent
in a basket had not been washed.) Ile suspects it was a' pal&
child, but cannot say positively,.
The Coroner here infOrined the Jury, that since the last in-
vestigaticn Mr. White; the Magistrate, had laid the affair be-
fore the Secretary of State, mho had written to Wincheater, de-
siring an immediate investigatiim there 'into the affair' and in
consequence he had received a packet from Mr: Newbold, the
Magistrate, enclosing ' the depositions of several persona exa-
mined before him, which he would read, and they would then
act upon them as they thought proper. -The depositions sere
then read : they went to prove that in several conversations the
deponents had had with the mother of . Miss Sturgess, she de-
scribed her infant as a fine boy. The father of:the child, whose
name is Hubert Brown, was also told that jane'S child was a
boy.
The CORONER remarked, that after all, they could not trace
the child sent to London to the-woman Sturgess. Although
the presumption might he strong against her, yet be cnnsidered
that if they returned a verdict of murder against Jane Stur-
ges', she would never be convicted.
Mr. Holt, the surgeon, said, that he was with Mr. White,
the Magistrate, when he waited upon the Secretary of Statr,
who expressed his opinion that he feared that they would never
be able to trace out any thing here, whatever might be done at
Winchester.

The COROWER.said, that no proof could be obtained of any
female child.having been illegally obtained. as a substitute for
the one sent to London. This the Jury would weighlii their
minds before thc.y found a verdict against the young lady:'
uamt.—There arc two circumstances that act very strimgly
against Jane Sturgess—which are, that she partly owned -the
apron that the child was wrapped in ; and again, Mr. Lyford
declares the child that he delivered her of was very large,' and
the one owned by Jane Sturgess, and which had been eihn-
mated,was a small one. •

Mr. Lyford said he saw the child that had been disinterred,
and did not consider it to be very small; but whether it was..a4
large as the one he deliveredkthe woman of, he could not take
upon himself to say.
The CORONEIt said, that whatever the verdict of the.
might be, the business would not be dropped,- as the Magi.-
trztcy at Winchester had received orders from the Secretary of
State to prosecute every inquiry possible.
The Jury then del:berated, and after some consultation, •re.
turned the fcllowing verdict Wilful Murder against some
person or persons unknown."--

TULIP:TREE.-There is now growing on Der-
went Isle, Keswick, the property of Generol
PEACH, a very large tulip-tree, on one brawl, of
which are upwards of sixty tulips, of a beautiful
rich yellow colour. The tulip-tree is very rarely
known to bloom in this country.

Muinnooms.—Mushrooms form such a dainty
dish, that we may well be surprised that rio
more attention is paid to them in our island.::, Zn
Russia every child, every peasant, every
indivi-
dual, is familiar with the.ectible and the poisonous
species, because they 'are taught to collect them
in their earliest days. They are-eitherldried,
pickled, or salted, and are cooked in differer„it
ways—stelvedi roasted, and mixed with .sauc,e,:i.
The quantity and vatiety •of Mushroomsi.aibict
are offered early in the'
morning in ..414.'gre'lt
market of Moscow, called.-600t0914tiady asto-
nish the stranger. - Jot only: ,bitsitetsjull,
cart loads are remarked, and they are often 146-
cured at a very low price.

THE GREEKS.

In TRACT OF A LETTF2I. D %TEO zAwTr, 13TH JUNE,

RECEIVED BY WAY OF OTBAN'FO.
Several reports of successes gained by the
k-:.reeks have been circulated in the lonian
during the last 20 days. The following
sive believed to have been manufactured in the
Morea, for the purpose of circulation in Europe.
They are at all events wholly untrue. I. The
defeat of Ibrahim Pitches army by the Moreots,
and the destruction of his fleet by fire ships sent
into Modon. 2. Massacre of 6,000 Albanians at
%lona by Gouras. 3. Starvation of the A lba-
oian army of Redschid Paella before Misso..
'rang hi.

" 1 will now give you a detail of facts which have taken
OW.; and which you may rely on.. 1. Ibrahim Paella has
taken both New and Old Navarino. 2. After occupying the
-Sown of Arcadia, it was totally destroyed by fire by Ibrahim
Packs. 3. The same General has occupied Nisi, and estab-
lished his head-quarters there, after having laid waste the sur-
rounding country, and penetrated to within six hours' march of
Tripolizza. 4. The whole of Livadia has been occupied by
liedschid Pacha, who conducts in person the siege of Alisso-
ionghi, which is reduced to great extremities. The Egyptian
beet has returned for the fourth time to Candia, for a body of
SAO troops arrived there from Alexandria.
" t send you the substance of an official report of the
trarisaztions relative to, and which succeeded, the fall of
Navarino.

The garrison of Navarino laid down their arms on the
t! May, when they were embarked on board European
♦essels, and landed at Calamata. Thirty officers retained their
arses and baggage, and the soldiers retained all their property
and baggage ; none were plundered. Ibrahim Pacha retained
as hostages the son of Petron Bey and General latraco. The
Egyptians took the Mend in front of Navarino at the point of
the bayonet. At Old Navarino, 786 prisoners obtained their
liberty, after laying down their arms. These were escorted by
a detachment of cavalry to a distance of several leagues into
the interior. Several chiefs were taken prisoners, viz. Hadgi
Cristo, the two brothers Zaffiropulo, a .11ainote .Chief, the
Bishop of Modon, twenty other Captains and Chiefs, and six
Greek Chiefs. The following were killed,:—Anagnosterar
Xinister of War ; General Santa Rosa ; the Secretary of May-
rocordato ; the brother-in-law of Tombasi.
" Ibrahim Pacha is present in person in the hottest part of
every action, and exposes his person with a bravery bordering
on rashness. It is to be hoped that the example of humanity
*high he set the Greeks at Navarino will be imitated. His
whale force is estimated at 20,000 men, chiefly Arabs. An at-
tack is expected from Colocotroni, who is arrived at Calamata
ler that purpose, having assumed the chief military command
of the Greek force."