The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-31 00:00:00

YORKSHIRE LENT ASSIZES.

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ON Tuesday se'nnight the Assizes for this Cou-
nty were opened at York before Sir ALAN CHAMBRE
Kot. one of His Majesty's Justices of the Court Of
Common Peas.

The Learned Judge in his address to the Grand
Jury stated, that the Criminal Law having recently
received some alteration by the passing of two
Ads of Parliament, it became necessary to state
that alteration; as upon looking over the calendar,.
the Lear►►ed Judge said, that he observed there were
cases which you'd be brought before the Grand
Jury, that would come within the meaning of these
Atis of Parliament, to which his Lordship alluded.

The first watt an AEI passed last Session of Par-
liament to extend the punishment of offences cont.
mitted upon property in the charge of the Post.
Office. His Lordship stated, that before the begin.
ning of the present reign, the property in the charge
of the Post Office was under little or no protection,
and in most cases the law had provided no other
remedy but an action for debt; but by an Aet of
the sth of his present Majesty, the
,embezzlement
of property in the Post. Office, by the servants of
the Post. Office, was made capital,' but did not ex-
tend to those concerned in aiding or assisting in
the embezzlement : the °Ned of the late Aft of
Parliament was to extend the same punishment to
those aiding and assisting the servants of the Post.
Office, or in receiving property committed to the
charge of the Post Office, knowing the same to have
been embezzled or stolen.

The other MI of Parliament to which his Lord-
ship alluded, was to set aside an At of Kingjames,
which made the concealment only of a bastard child
a capital offence ; by this Mt something more than
concealment was necessary to be proved, in order
to make the offence capital ; though, if a woman
conceal her child, the AEI lately passed still made
it an offence, though of a lesser nature, and, there
was a power in the Judge to inflia the punishment
of imprisonment, not exceeding the term of two
years. By the same AE}, his Lordship observed,
the MI commonly called the Black Aft had been
enlarged upon; the mere attempt to maliciously
shoot, stab, cut, &c. such as drawing the trigger of
a gun, was now made a capital crime.

On the afternoon of Thursday se'nnight, a large
mad dog, of the greyhound kind, suddenly made his
appearance in Berwick upon Tweed. It scoured
the streets with great swiftness, snatching at every
thing that came in its way. Dogs of every kind
have been interdicted appearing in public by order
of the Mayor, as the number supposed to he bitten
is very great. A son of Major MACLEAN'S, en-
sign in the Berwick volunteerq, was slightly bitten
in the hand, but no serious consequences are appre-
hended. The dog eluded every attempt to destroy
him, and returned home in the evening to Lady-
kirk, where he was immediately shot by order of
the owner, one of whose maid servants, a favourite
hunter, and several of his cattle, he had bit in the
morning before his departure.

tification, and baffling the perker of medicine all
that time, when a fl fend advised. her to:. call Dr.
Gardner, No. 76, Lo.ng.acrep who eXpelld‘ 19+
stones as large as peas, which may be seen in the
Dodoes possession, and the Lady will satisfy any
female inquirer.