The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-06 00:00:00

SURREY WINTER ASSIZES.

These Assizes ended late `on Thursday evening, when sen-
tence of death was passed upon the following convicts :
Daniel Pickett, George btnith, and George Perring, for high.
way robbery ; liaac Amor, ainuel Storey, widths). Haines,
for horse-stealing ; %%rm. Anderson, Sarah Clements, and John
Howell, for stealing in a dwelling-house; ElizaZyebb, only lb
year+ of age,' for uttering forged notes at Croydon ; George
Reeves, Win. Jameson, Jn. 1%0%a11, Jn'. Collet, Wm. SaWyer;-
John Perry, and
,John Hubbard, for housebreaking in the day-
time; Thomas et:Tobin, James Porter, .and Chas, Austin, for
biirglaiy • Wm- Rontiell.. for sheee-stealing; and .Giles East,
eonvic tedof a rape on the body of an infant under 10 years of age.
Two convict* are- left for executioo, viz. Giles Rust, for a
rape, committed -at Newingtou,t n Sarah Perter,.the younger;
Eliza Webb, for passing forged notes upon. the Brighton and
Sussex Bank. • •
It is expected that Eliza Webb would be.repricred, on con.
dition of her giving ue the names of two men and a woman,
Who were connected with her in the commission of the crime ;
but this she has hitherto obstinately refused to do. The youth
of the two prisoners, neither of them being more than a)
years of age, has excited a considerable degree of interest.
The gaol calendar for this county contained 91 prisoners,
Whose cased have been disposed of in the following mariner:—
Capitally convicted, 271 transported for lite, 3 ;.transported
for seven,years, 5 ; convicted of Minor offences 17 ;- removed
by Habeas Cegnts,l; traversed to., the Spring -Assizes, 9 ;
quitted, 19; discharged by proclamation, 111.
Of these it will be seen that 53, above half of the entire num-
ber, have been benetitted bY the extra assize, in :a greater or
lesser degree, 30 of whom have been discharged. and liberated
from (as it is fair to.. conclude) an unmerited imprisonment or
three months. . '

liousE or
.ottitEcTlo:4.—A general meeting
of the Magistracy of the county of Middlesex took place on
Thursday, the 24 inst. at the Scssions-llouse,Clerkenwell,,green,
fur the purpose of receiving testimonials from the different ean-
didates• for the Vacant governorship of thallouse of Correction,
Coldbath-fields. Upwards of SO :Magistrates iittentlell ;. .Ur.
Bevil, of Worship-street, in the Chair,—and they found some-
thing to do : for, instead of some five or Six candidates, a* had
been expected, no fewer than '27 declared themselves 1 "%Meng
them were clerks, farmers, half-pav officers (both naval and
Military), a post-captain in the Royal Navy, and a Licutenant..
colonel of toot. After a due consideration of their respective
el:times, the following eighteen were placed in nomination :
John Vickery, senior principal officer at Bow-Street, 'Henry
Case, from Bury,. twenty.seven years of age,. nnmaried ;
Hassell, 42 years of age, married; John Banks, 37 years of age,-
married, two children ; William Field, Captain of isprison-
ship for prisoners of war. forty:seven years °rage, married, two
children ; LieUtenant William Chapman, or the
Lieut. Charles Anthony, of the Royal Navy. Lieut.. Colonel.
Hill, half-pay. Philip Frushard, clerk in the Secretary of
State's (Mee, for the HoMe Department, ,n 9 years of age,:
married. Richard Lean, forty-tyro years of age, married ; no
children. Richard Harness, toaster and connuander, itoyal
Navy, 42 years of.age, Married; no family. Trevilian Rawls,
half.pay, aged 43, married : children. John Devenhant,
years of age, married t eight children. Joseph Adkins, 48
years of age, married ; one ehiltt. Francis .Innes, half-pay.--;;
Richard Lancaster.: ww. Ratterstield, post captain. R.N. 2I
years' standing. Walker. The 1601 is the day: up-
pointed for the election.