The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-18 00:00:00

YORK ASSIZES.

A. Briggs, a paper-manufat9urer, was capitally
convicted of forging a stamp, to evade the duty ou
paper. Eight other prisoners were '-at;o capitally
convitled.

R. Jones was convicted of a misdemeanour, in
buying to o guineas at a greater value than their
legal .denomination.
W. Jennings, an opulent farmer at Hayton, was
charged with committing a rape on Mary Scarbo-
rough, on the 6to of November. This trial, from
the respealable rank the prisoner held in society, and
the nature of the charge, excited much interest, and
the Court was greatly crowded. The prosecutrix
said, that :;he liv,A with her husband, at Friday Thorp.
She left home about t o'clock on the afternoon of Fri-
day, the 6th of November, with the intention of going
to Pocklington ; when she had proceeded about one
mile:and an bAlf on the road, she saw Mr. Jennings
leading his horse. He had half of an hedge stake
in his hand, and taking it in both hands, he pushed
her with it down a declivity, and then threw her on
the ground. Witness shouted as loud as possible,
but the prisoner knelt upon her, andssaid he would
knock her brains out if she made any more noise.
He then accomplished his purpose. Witness was
so much exhausted by her struggling, that she faint.
ed away, and when, she came to herself, he was
gone. Her- arms were much bruised, her clothes
dirtied, wid her dress disordered. Witness men-
tioned the treatment she had received to the first
person she met on the road (a Mr. Simpson). She
also communicated it to her husband, as soon as she
returned home, between three and four o'clock.

Mr. Simpsnn said, he met the prosecutrix going
towards Friday-Thorp. She complained to him of
the usage she had received, stating that she had been
ravished. Several witnesses were called on the part
of the prosecution, but did not appear.
-On the part of the defence, a vast body of evi-
dence was given, which completely falsified the
story told by the prosecutrix. Every hour, and al-
most every moment, from 12 until tour o'clock in
the afiernoyn, was accounted for, in a manner in-
consistent with what she had sworn. Tt►e evidence
on the•part of the defence was so strong, that the
Judge thought it unnecessary to stun up the evi-
dence, and the Jury immediately pronounced the
prisoner " Not Guilty." The •prosecutrix, being in
Court, was committed to the C istle, fur wilful and
corrupt perjury, and a true bill has been found
against her.

Mr. WHARTON, on the third reading of the In-
demnity Bill, on Monday last, adverted to the clause
which has the etfed of obviating the necessity of en-
rellin; Indentures of Clerkship in the case of At-
tonnes., and of filing affidavits of the execution
of such i!identures and he intimated, that as that
clause was tot in conformity to the general prin-
c!ple of that- annul Bid, it might be worth con-

siCteralion, wht.:ll;er upon the next renewal of the
6.ett a clause ought, or ought not, to be in-
serted.

I,7IPE,RL4L PARL!,I3IE:V2.

HOUSEsOF PL—;:U2S,

TUESDAY, MARCH 17.

ROXI3UitGH ERAGES.

The Committee of Privileges sat this day, and
proceeded v,ith the further investigation of the
Claims of Sir Jatles Junes Kerr, to the above ho-
nonit and digni,ie. Toe whole of the evidence
referiing to the pcdt.oe of the claimant -vas gone
through, and the Committee adjourned till the first
Tuesday after the Easter Recess, when the Attor-
ney-Getleial will have an opportunity of replying,
should he think proper.
The LORD CHANCELLOR notified his intention of
submitting a proposition to their Lordships, as the
judgment of the House on the feu branch of this
important cause, on the first 'Wednesday after the
'Recess, •

The Route then resumed, and after prayers were
read, the Bill for repealing the As of the 39th of
Elizabeth passed atrough a Committee, and was re-
pot ted without any amendment.
The Lords A& Amendment Bill was read a se-
cond time, and committed for to-morrow.

The Royal Marine Mutiny Bill, the Local Militia
Amendment, the Annual Indemnity, tlie Dublin
Coals Importation, and a few private Bills, were
brought up, from the Commons, by Sir James
Graham and other Members, and severally read a
first time.---Adjourned till to-morrow.

ROUSE OF COMMONS.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17.

A Petition WA presented by Sir FRANCIS Bus-
DETT, 'from a person named Samuel Fletcher, com-
plaining of gross injustice by the Excise Board, in
having issued an extent ,on his premises, in conse-
quence of certain alleged frauds which he had com-
mitted against the Revenue. In this Petition he
set forth, that there had been a combination against
him by certain Excisemen, and that the result of
the pioceedings of the Boai-d had led- to his total
ruin.

The Clerk began to rend the Petition, which con-
tained a great number of sheets of paper, full of
words; He had read for nearly three quarters of
an hour, wheel he discovered that it was not signed.
Uppn w hich
The SraArt t*i intimated to the Hon. Baronet,
that it would be well in ftitnre it' he would take
the trouble to examine any PetitiOn he might have
to present, before be gave the House so much un-
necessary trouble.
The Petition was then returned to the Honour-
able Baronet.

MANUFACTURERS OF LEicEsTEA.
Mr. SAMUEL SMITH presented a Petition from
certain Journeymen employed in frame work knit-
ting in the County of Leicester, praying for a re-
peal of the Orders in Council, and setting forth
that the said orders were greaily injurious to their.
trade. Ihe Petition was sign by eleven thousand
persons.

The. Edon. Member, and Mr. BABINGTON, who
seconded the motion, (representatives for the town),
staier that there had been a public meeting, in
which th,-! men had come to certain resolutions,
forming the ground-work of this Petition ; that at
-the meeting they behaved towards their masters
and the inhabitants with the greatest deference and
reaped, conceiving that the best mode of obtaining
relief was by an application to Parliament. The
Petition was then laid on 'the table.
Mr. P. Moons moved the second reading of the
St. Luker's Iron Railway Bill. An amendment
was moved by Lord Henniker, that instead of
now," it be read a second, time " this day six
months."

This produced some conversation,' the SPEAKER
suggesting the propriety of the interference of the
House to proteEt the rights of the pro►noters of the
measure, by adjourning the debate to give time to
collea their views (Nlr. Moore not being prepared
on the subjeEt). At length Mr. Mellish having as-
certained in the interim that the parties were not
anxious to press it, the Amendment of the Noble
Lord was agreed to, and the Bill of course lost.