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London, England, 1833-01-05 00:00:00

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Thomas Granger, clerk, vrik.timaicted for an assault ;''l
•in William Granger, E.q., on the ifth Novemher last.
The parties are of the highest respeCtabdity-at Exeter, the''
prosecutor being an Admiral in the Britiili navy, and the'
defendant a Clergyman of the Church of En land.
Mr. Caov,-nEa appeared for the prosecution.
The Reverend defendant, who was undefended, on being

•alledori to plead, said, " Sir, as I admit the charge, I

ulead Guilty."
Mr. CROWDER said that although the assault had been
if the most outrageous nature, and as such was most
dis-
reputable to, and must reflect disgrace on, a clergyman of
the Church of England, yet hi. client, Admiral Granger,
vas actuated by no vindictive feeling. On the contrary.
he would be satisfied with that security from future insult
which all men were entitled to demand.
The RECORDER (addressing the Rev. defendant)—Of
course, Mr. Granger, the Admiral is perfectly safe from
the liability of any thing of this nature occurring again ?
Defendant—The Admiral is perfectly safe. He will never
le touched by my hands again—l would not defile them so.
The RECORDER—The Court could be no respecter of
persons—on the contrary, the higher the rank tsf those
that transgressed, so much the more ex.,mplary ought to
he the punishment. He had read the documents in this
,ase, and sorry indeed was lie to say, that they disclosed
facts anything but favourable to him. In the violence of
pis conduct, as there depicted, he had forgotten all that
was due to the sacred office ; he bad forgotten all that
was due to so near a relative; nor on that day, in that
place, at so great a distance of time, had he presented him-
self with those feelings and wishes for conciliation
hat would have redeemed something of the great fault
which he had committed, anti which his uncle.
he Admiral, so laudably had done. The exprea
-ion he made use of was anything but proper, and to hear
t from the lips of a clergyman could not but give him
(the Recorder) additional pain. To came him, there-
fore, to know, and, he hoped, to act, on better principles,
se delivered the sentence of the Court, which was—
" That he should be imprisoned in the common gaol of
the city for one month, and find securities for his keeping
the peace for the space of two years, himself in the sum
of 2001. and two sureties in 1001., anl to be imprisoned
ontd such sureties are found."
The Reverend defendant was then removed in custody
of the gaoler.

NEUFCHATEL.—The little canton of Neuf-
chatel and Vallangin is the most ancient constitutional
•ountry in Europe, for its oldest const,tutional fn' ms date
rom the year 1113. At a later date too a special and exten-
live charter of liberties was granted to its inhabirants by

thticir, and his nephew BERFOLE, joint !or& paramount

of the territory. This, therefore, tikes precedence of our
own Magna Charts by twelre months. The fact was
ascertained a few yeers ago by the discovery of the origi.

nal charter.

Thee young Cantabs went one evening to a
coffeehouse near St. dimes's, being recommended to it for
the goodness of the wine, particularly old hock. One of
them, who took upon himself to be the wit of the com•
pany, ordered the waiter to bring a bottle of Mc, hwc, hoc.
However, the waiter paid no attention to this command ;
and, upon being called again, was - for a stupid ras-
cal, and asked the reason why he did not bring the hock.
•' Really, gentlemen," said he, I thought you had de-
clined it."

The Secretary for the Home Department is,
we think, imperatively called upon to inquire into an -
putation now publicly and openly made, that " certain of
the Police Magistrates are the creatures of those by whom
the Hells are maintained."

SCHOOL LANDS IN OHIO.—The number
of acres of land set apart for schools within Ohio, in-
cluding the salt reserves, which have been mostly sold, and
the avails appropriated for common schools, is about
676,000—estimated value, 1,200,000 dollars.
LONGEVITY OF THE (RATTLESNAKE.--
A correspondent of the Charleston Evening Post, men-
tions a rattlesnake that was found dead in the woods, near
Georgetown, South Carolina, which was seven feet long,
had 73 rattles, and teeth an inch and a half in length.
The same writer quotes the following account from the
Charleston Times of August 14, 1605 :—" A rattle-
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snake, upwards of six feet long, and having 12 rattles,
was on Sunday last killed in a small garden ad-
joining the grave-yard of St. Philip's Church, by
Mr. CARVER, furrier. The circumstance of so enor-
mous a reptile making its appearance in the very
centre of so large a city as Charleston is rather singular
and astonishing, but may be accounted for in this way :
Snakes, generally, but rattle-snakes in particular, live in
hollow logs ; and it is known most commonly in that
season in which they are torpid they may be found in the
same. In this situation the above snake may have been
conveyed to the neighbourhood of the church, with a
load of wood, probably last wirater, and emerged thence
as soon as the weather restored him to himself."
A political parson, residing not many miles
from Bramcote, just previous to the election for the
northern division of the county, fell in with a parishioner,
who is a small fanner, and the following dialogue took
place Well, JOHN," said the parson, " have you had
the election people with you ?"—" Yes, Sir." " Indeed !
which of them ?"—" All of them, Sir." " And, of
course, you promised Mr. HOULDSVVORTH No, Sir,
I didn't." " Eh ! JuirN, how's that? I thought you were
with us."—" Why, Sir, I promised Lord LUMLEY and
Colonel GARDENER." "I am sorry for that, JOHN, very
sorry; but you know you can vote which way you
Thankee, Sir, I mean to stick to my principles,
and vote as I have promised." " Very sorry, JOHN, very
sorry," replied the divine, pulling out his book ; " Let me
see, you are so much (naming the amount) in arrears for
tithes, and I want my money, JOHN, so you must let me
have it soon, or else I shall send a summons, Jorm ; I
shall indeed." Need we offer any comment ?—Notting-
ham Mercury.

LIABILITY OF QUAKERS TO SERVE AS
JURORS IN CRIMINAL CASES.-At the London Sessions
yesterday, a gentleman who was summoned on the Jury
applied to the Court and claimed an exemption on the
ground that he was a member of the Society of Friends,
commonly called Quakers. The Recorder considered
that the objection was a valid one, and the applicant was
allowed to depart the Court. Upon this subject it ap-
pears that the Judges are at issue, for at the late Admi-
ralty Sessions a similar application was made, when Mr.
Baron GURNEY ruled that by a late Act of Parliament
Quakers were eligible, and a person of that sect was in
consequence " affirmed," and sat as a juror in a cise of
murder. It may be within the recollection of the public,
that JOHN CHANNERS, convicted of murder, and ordered
for execution, has been respited, in order that this point
may be considered by the fifteen Judges, a legal objection
having been taken on behalf of the prisoner. It appears
to be the firm opinion of many gentlemen " learned in the
law," that the conviction is bad.

MURDER.—At seven o'clock on the morning
of Saturday week, in a field near Keynsharn, was dis-
covered a woman. apparently about 60 years of age, lying
upon the grass, and by ber side was a large bloody stone,
and the earth bore evident marks of a struggle. She was
removed to the poor-house, where she remained some
hours, when the oversters put her into a donkey-cart, and
about half-past six in the evening she was taken to the
Bristol Infirmary. She was immediately attended to by
Mr. RICHARD SMITH, the surgeon of the week, who
found her forehead beaten in, and another very extensive
fracture above the left ear. Although the poor woman
was so dreadfully mangled she was not entirely deprived
of her senses. She said that her name was NEct.a-
POOLE, that she had been nine weeks in England, that her
husband was in Ireland, and that she had been rubbed of
three half-sovereigns and three shillings. Being asked who
had robbed her ? she said " Jena Brooks," or some such
name ; and, being questioned who he was, she answered
" very bad always." She gave the bystanders to under-
stand, by signs, that her money was in a purse tied
round her waist, and that it was torn away. She said
that Mr. JONES, of Kilbrook, near Keynsham, had
been very good to her, and that she worked for him.
She repeated the substance of the above several times,
and conversed also in Irish with a young woman who
happened to be a patient. When some questions
were put to her she seemed to be recollecting her-
self, and answered.. " when I can remember." Mr. SMITH
apprised the Mayor of the circumstance, arid he very hu-
manely went to visit her, as also Alderman Faire, and
GOLDNEY. Officers have been sent several times to
put into her mouth.
Keynsham, to collect information. There appears at pre-
sent every reason to believe that the
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thus cruelly treated by some villain, and we have been
thus minute in the hope that something may lead to a
madean int hAlnifr sh-street and at oiler
clue by which justice may overtake him. She was lying
all Thursday and Friday in a state of stupor, and quite in.
alcapablelntihuoiur although
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resorts of the Irish, but nothing of any itnpertance has
been elicited. The poor woman died on Friday at twelve
o'clock.—Bath Cbronick.