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London, England, 1825-07-13 00:00:00

SURREY COUNTY SESSie*

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GUILFORD, JULY 12.
The Sessions commenced here this day for,the'COunty of -
Surrey. The Bench of Magistrates was exceedingly full, as
near as we could ascertain thirty-four or thirty-five. tieing pre-
sent. The
.Rev. GEORGE ONSLOW was in the. Chair. As
soon as the Grand Jury was sworn, the Chairman proceeded
to charge them, first reading to them Mr. Peel's Circular to the'
Chairman of the County Sessions, and then went through
heads of the Act of Parliament, for the qualificatfon of Jiirits,
to which the letter alluded. The different keepers of the county
gaols then brought up their several reports.
,According to the
accounts contained therein, the prisons--were in a' very healthy.,
condition. On the Report of the Conunittee:i4Nisiting Ma-
gistrates being brought up for approval—
Mr. HOLME' SUMNER: (one of the Comrnitiee) observed'',
that the number of prisoners, at either Bnilfaid or Brixton,
confined in the Infirmary, or allowed -extralticsi for their ill
health, was comparatively small. Between 'Me two gaols,
however, there was a remarkable difference, considering • th:a
the work and the hours of labour at boot' prisons-were the
same. At Brixton, during 13 weeks, -145::ptisoriers had been
confined there, out of which 68 had been-allowed'extra food by
the Physicians. At' Guilford, the number of ,prisoners, con-
fined in the course of 14. weeks,.was 60,.0f Whicla' the average
in the Infirmary was but 3i during those Weeks!, and those.
allowed extra food, only 1:!s ; and for the:last six Weeks not one
single individual, male or female,. 114f1 leen jam on extra food.
It was impossible that any state of health .c:onki-,lia superior to
that enjoyed by the prisoners; and the Visitiag...Magistrates
had been most careful in examing the-prisoners, te:See whether
there were any signs of debility.among them.. s.
A long conversation followed, in which the-subject of Kr N
STON HOUSE Of CORRECTION, and thatoC;he T•READ MILL
were introduced. • . •

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Mr. BRISCOE repeated his objections to 41mi:wale of pu-
nishment, and supported his :opinions by many striking and
forcible reasons. The Worthy Alagistrate.conciuded by mov-
ing " That female prisoners in the House of Coriection in this
county should be exewpted from the 'punishment of.the Tread_
wheels, as unsuitable to the habits,
,character, and,cOnstittitioti.
of their sex."
Mr. PALmER, in seconding the Resolution, sai&that he took
pride in doing so, although be was afraid that he should be dif-
fering from'the majority of the Bench.'
No one opposed the motion, but when it- was -131_0p the vote
it was lost 1:q, 14 to 8. The fact was, that the, proceedings of
the day were prawn out to an unusual length hy.several adven-
titious cireutristances, and the !notion of the worthy,
,Magistrate
was deferred till the very last,,by the arrangernent4 the Court.
After the question was disposed of, their Worships adjourned
at seven o'clock.

SCOTCH MARRIAGES:-

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COURT OF SESSION, FIRST DIVISIC)N.

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:s• .24.`OREOOR 74 JOLLY, • • '
This ;Was an advocation of a judgment of the Cotrimissaries
in a declaratar'of marriage at ,-he instance of Mr....llltiregor.
It was a question purely of circumstances. •
111r.,.11.1‘firegor was married to Miss M`Neil, by Joseph Ro-
berts6n, lately a clergyman at Edinburgh. They, did not live
as man and wife;` and a short 'time afterivards, the lady Wi-4,1
married; by -one of the clergymen of Leith, to Mi. jolly, with
whom she lived for some years, and had chlrgren. Her father
died, leaving her his heir. MiOtegor brought this process fur
the purpose of having it declared that his marriage with 11115
Ali Neil Was a valid and subsisting Marriage. A long proof
was led, and the Commissaries decerned in the declarator ; to
which judgment the Court, on advising memorials, adhered.—
The defence was, that there was no evidence d-ionsent to the
first marriage—that shehad been induced by invests to submit
to the ceremony, but that she never 'gave lie} 4itisent, and the
conduct or the pursuer showed that he never, 6411siderecl it a
,valid marriage—that the deliberate consent Of''}parties wa3
necessary to constitute marriage. The Court clia,n9; consider
the defence of compulsion' made out by theliinb,il:.' and that
the first marriage being in. facie eccksice, ti 6 objealOns 'being
stated by the lady at the time,. consent mint be pFesurne& :and
the marriage having been once petfornied, no repentance, how-
ever immediate, could undo it: The decision' of the case (le-
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pended very much on the prod.

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RtoTs.--Several disgraceful acts of- -popular!
outrage have been perpetrated in Bristol and its neighbourhood
during the past week. A number of Irish labourers have been
working, it is said, in the Bedminster tan-yards,
~ at prices
less than customarily given for such labour; thl excited the
animosity of those usually employed in these yard's; anal the
popular ill-will was further increased by a pitchett:,..Vatie on
Pile-hill, on Monday evening, between an F4gTiijflad and a
young Irishman, during which it is said the. cOastrymen of
the latter interfered improperly. A general bialOSetween the'
Englishmen and the Irishmen was the consast)Fifte; which
ended in the 'retreat Of the latter, who took refogt'iii,a row:of
.mouses in BrOwn-Street, Bedminster,.the windowirot which were.
,domolished by thesEnglishmen. On 'Tuesday evening, a nume-
'6o body of the latter marched into' Bristol frorn• Bedminster,
anitattackett the dwellings of the poorirish in 31arsh-street.
"flezg-;/ not contented with breaking the windows and oaten:.
'gerin4:the lives of the inhabitants, they plundered two shops
of their Contents. 'The greatest alarm prevailed in the neigh-
bOurli6Ootntil the:arrival of the police, heacled'bi• the Mayor,
whert:' bray-, was restored, • and the meth 'gra/hi-ally dispersed,
vowing,vengeaacc against the Irish.- On 'tle ..fonowing even-
: ing (WednepayPoore than 3,000 peordetweii congregated in
`Vortt-street, Crargstreet, and Marsh-ntreit rstit .the presence
'Of. the eitp con i 4 and the knowledge .11r1:0a -sttuadron of
the ipthllussaV Akre •in readiness at thelittisard?house to act
vsi.:trioMent'sititlitc)Pkipit ilit,popnlake in.,: a•
fu4ber.iniSllia -'l6.lfie affray Pn 'Tuesday • 6*ltc.;:stven Eng-
lishrrieii and twoirisilNirr were badly. wesiatlsi,,and conveyed
to the Infirmary.—( Bath Journal.)