The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-10 00:00:00

ASSIZE UTELLIGEICE.

GLOUCESTER, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8.
CROWV
Georg e:Ptiee'aitilf Saare Parti idgec were indicted, the
former for burglariously breaking and. entering an unin-
habited hotiao; and stealing therefrom a quantity of wear-
ing apparel "acid sonic money,, the property of James and
Charles Warner, and the latter as a receiver of gait of
this atnieri property'

Xilt,e.ase being -clearly .proved in evidence, Mr. Baron
Gatrow said that he should'retonnnend the
_capital sen-
tencp of death which was' recorded, to be commuted in
tilt cake of the.male prisoner, for transportation for life,
and he aentineed the woman to seven years' transporta
tion.

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cum) wivaiNG.
ge,fter Alleeedithi a gipsr innking woman; was indicted
foe feloniously stealing,.ut the parish of ' WeSibury-oil-SeL
vein, on the 17th of June last, Eliza. Smith, an infant
five years old, the daughter of a farther, from the house
•Of stisannah Little' .Dean's Hill, in this comity.
Mr, Justice; in stating the case to the jury, remarked
that it was not until the end of the lute reign
,that aim act
was passed for rendering the crime of child stealing penal.
.By that act the child must be Multi' ten years of Age-,--
the offence must be laid either foe robbery of the infant's
clothes,' or:- the fraudulent decoy of its person, to, the in-
jury of its parents; and there were many details required
to be proved before: the Crime of stealing one of the hu-
man species could be mark
It appeared'from the evideace that the nurse, Susannah
Hayle, upon missing the Child, had gone in pursuit on the
road which she supposefl the woman had taken; and Ro-
satuuth Mentjoy,. and Richard White, proved that they
met the prisoner on the road across the forest of Dean,
with this child, tate on the day it was: missed. She ap-
;peered to hs,ve b'eated it well, it was moving voluntarily
`With her). •and'she had provided a bottle of water for its
drink ri,s, they travelled along. When asked by these
peoyle, who knew her, where She had found the child,
Rht,told two or three stories of its having been given to
tier to nurse by different peopk 'in the neighbourhood of
de forest coal mines, and at times insisting it was her
.tiw». The: prisoner %vita well known to these witnesses;
she was a half-witted .wanderer, who had been turned out
by her parents whom yOottg, and obtained a livelihood God
knew how, up and down the country, by any sort of
conimon labour. She appeared quite fond of the
and its cliithes were common, and unlikely to have indtmeed
any idea of profiting by their sale.
Mr. Baron, Gairow, tinder these circumstances, asked
the Jury whether they thought this to be. a case within
the eonterriplatiOn of the law, which, he agreed with the
Learncu Counsel, had been very 'tardily enacted in this
eonntry.. A, real conviction under this law, he: would at
c.:nce visit with the severest ..punishment, but he could not
think this would baskerned a case of that nature. -
The Jury were entirely. of opinion with the Court, and
the woman was aegstitid.'
Mr. Baron Garro,,v.--" 1 tell you what, my good woman,
you must., desist front this fondness for children, which
tempts you expoSe their parents to distraction by en.
tieing thOli.ilivay frOm their hoeses, or' else. you will. timid
the law place:you:Where perhaps you will not like to spend
the'-rest of- your days. You fusee escaped this time, be-
7tattpe, of your weak judgment, but it were to be wished,
that while,youtre so incompetent to improve on-a knovi-
ledge of what iaright,,you would show leas or a capacity
to become expert at whet is wrong. I do not think, in-
treeti, you. will much- good as long as pin liVe with a
fillow, you 'know the person I mean, who is notorious at
helping himielf about the County." • (The Learned Judge-
hale received an intimation from one oldie dicer's of the
Court). Oh, f. beg your pardon', I find your friend has
quitted you,' and that he has lately hanged lihnself in the
gaol, to spare the eoupt4 the tronble of doing it for him."
This intimation of the assistance. which the law had
lately vtgeivAd, from a fellow Who. was mitoeious for his
preinons and constant, violation-of . it, excited a burst of
'laughter in the Court,, in which the prisoner joined, tilos
'evincing that her attsehmentto children does not extend,
:.viithlitny degree 'of steady constancy, to adults, eien after
theiitost intunaft acquaintance.

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Joseph Pugh and Willia►n Davie vsiire.' indicted for
killing and slaying Josiah Dee* in a pugillstfc encounter at
Newent, irj this:county. , _The'one Wits principal, and the
other second:

The lary acquitted the ptisoner4.
.coustiAteut COIN:

Win. Campton, a , of. 17 years of age, x,ras con..
vieted of uttering two bad sovereigns, at the house of
vietueller,'iri the parish eißibitry, in this county.
Mr. Baron Garrow, in passing sentence upoil'the
sorter, said, that 'it was very unusual for him, in any case,
to lament the
.lenity of the law,' but here he was obliged
for his own ,sake to do so.; for the law had affixed the
penalty to the first offence of uttering, and he could only
sentence the: prisoner to twelve months imprisonment,
and hard labour,,and then to give his own surety in the
sum of 201. for his good behaviour for two years.

INFAMOUS ASSAULT.
John,Feirihei'mis indicted for eonimitting 'an assault of
an odious kind upon John Chappel, at Leightertrin.
Chappel depotied, that he was pressed by the prisoner
to spend the night at home With him, as his, (prisoner's)
wife was not to .return before the nextday, iu he wanted
Chappel for ,coMpany sake. The latter, though a married
men, had n 4. objection to the other fellow's society, in pre-
ference to his wife's; to whom, however, he returned late
at night upon. a complete discovery of the prisoner's in-
tentions. After day-break he mentioned what had hap-
pened Mina .wife, but halar ten dela to any body else.
Mr. Baron Garrovr here roattwith- great indignation,
and asked the jury if they were prepared to proceed fur-
ther in the rey9lting detaiis of A a case upon the evi-
dence of so vile a felldw as this prbSeentor, who volun-
tarily refrained from returning to his wife, (who, if she
could, ought,for ever to banish him from her Ooeiety), to
partake of the other fellow's society for the Whole eight,
and who then sneaked home to tell the poor woman of the
exploitiof which be was, according to.. his own acqoppr,
the victim, instead of tumbling out of the window, or
knocking the brains out down: stairs;of the ruffian who'
had assaulted him, and then uttered no public complaint
for ten dayi These were crimes for which, when clearly
proved, the Judge had only to hand over the guilty wretch, ,
bound, into thellamis of the 'executioner, for sacrifice; The
jury rittifit see their way then well through them. He wig
glad their wine thy 'Sheriff (Robt. 'Hale lilagdon Hale, Estp)
had just quitted Conti, for he 44)uld refer without offend-
ing
.hie delicacy, to the opinion of that gentleman's illus.
triousawestor, the great I,aird:Hale, Who Was the greet-
est ornament that had ever illmuined the, judgement-seat
in England t, that great mail had Said, and *o had every
other enlightened Judge who enteric that thii,was
a Charge eesily. made, rand difficult. to be refute 4 the
greater care_ was therefore necessary in applying their
minds, to the consideration. of, the proof before they stamp-
ed the hrand,,of
.guilt, and such guilt as this, upon any
man's ::eould the) thee, he: salted, rely uporr
story toldlike titisi roan's e Could :they hand to the exe,
eutioner, for that mustht the inevitable eonsegnenee of a
capital , convittion of such a nature, a victim, consigned by
such a;VtitneSS ? If their gnawer were "God forbid," then
he would saV it was-exactly the time when they could',put
thernsehies the- disclosure a the rest of the horrid and re-volting'-narrative. This story tingit he true,, but would .
he 'safe diem to lint even time finger or poloiihmoot upon
the faitkOl. this- le ,c'tne"..? '
The '166 ihankcdhis Lordship, arul,sattlthor%yere quite
prepared to stop the ease with,a,vetchci btiuludia
Mi. 1
ms
aeon Garrow,i
then denounced the witness n tot
of the most indignant and scornful reproach. He said that
in the Whole emote :Jong'' of his :J ev.Perie'met
s cuiittuct
was, withfutt,,eiception, the trio t: horrible and detestable
he had ever' ivitomsed', hie 'aecotnrcanyhtg a drunken
scoundrel Who hail lost for a day -lilt NOriCLY athis wife,to
be Iris htivtiebiliti companion; io the to.inorr described, and
to the dietwttion of hni own wife, was most infaraluto.

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8141ence atterWards, and his tetranung from asserting the
dignity of insulted and violated manhood, by refraining
from the infliction of summary retribution, was a fit corol-
lary from'his precious 'act. The prisoner might possibly
be guilty, but he (the Judge), holding fast to the charac-
ter of English law, should regret to live one hour after a
jury f his countrymen said ",guilty" npori the faith of
o'
stich aWititess. " Get how, said the Baron, in a tone
which' had risen to a pitch of the .loudest anger, " all
covered with infamy and disgrace as you are, and never
more pollute a witness-box,'
" Won't Ibe allowed My'eipences, my Lord said
the fellow, with amazing assurance.
Mr..Baran parrow,—j,ap'lltes; tell° w ! God forbid
allow.inie'farthing ifor-expences such as yours.—
Then addressing the prisoner, he continued---" And .you,
fellow, retire from that bar with your share ofthe lawny:
In the absence of your wife, to invite any than to your
sleeping society, was an odious instilt;'for which' you
should have received on the spot, the chastisement von
deserved, It Fs betWieu God.and ythw conscience to tell
whether this fellow's Story
,be true. If it be trtie, then
ipiit the haunts of Men—l, tell you,. quit them, and pass
what life remains for you in penitence and prayer."
The effect of the Judge's indignant interference and
tremendous rebuke was felt. in a most extraordinary, and,
it is to be hoped, most beneficial manner, in -a very
crowded court, chiefly composed of the peasantry of the
country.

WELLS, TursoAy, Auu.
The commissions were opened in the usual form on
Saturday,and on Monday the Judges proceeded to business.
Mr. justice Crimelee sat on the civil, and Mr:rJustice
Littiedale on the Crown side.

CROWN .sznr.

The whole, of the day was occupied in trying cases
not the slightest interest, chiefly of mere larceny.

cow, stnr.--ainrAzn V. WILLIAMS.
Tins was an action by an attorney of Bath, against one
of taro elderly maiden ladies for defamation. The scandal
charged was, that the defendant had said the plaintiff was
guilty' of forgery, and had conducted himself fraudulently in
his practice of an attorney. '
From so much of the case as was disclosed, it appeared
(by the statement only') that the defendant and her sister
had, through the medium Of the plaintiff, advanced. some
money to persons' engaged in building. Those persons
afterwards became bankrupt; and the defendant (to whom
the. security-given her and her sister had turned out un-
"productive) in her vexation had tittered the words now
complained. of. There certainly appeared to be not the
slightest foundation for the. supposed Charge against the
plaintiff lie did not wish for damages ; but :he insisted
upon having an acknowledgment in writing, signed by the
defendant, admitting that there was not any such founda-
tion ; and promising never' to repeat the scandal. Al-
though these terms appeared to be reasonable enough,
they; were, in the opinion of one of the ladies (we believe
the sister of the Oefendant)i. so cruelly restrictive, that
'She amused the audience by. loud ..Itysterie screaming,
which in due course led to a tit. She was taken out
through the gallantry of the surrounding gentlemen ; and,
in her absence, the proposed arrangement was concluded
by the defendant signing the exacted paper. ' A juror was
then IVithdrawni upon the defendant" 'entering into a rule
to pay the. oats. •

PARNONR AND ANOTHER. P. QUANTOCK AND OTNTRK.
Thii was an action; of trover. The. plaintiffs were as--
siguees of one Barter, formerly an extensive brewer• at
Rome; and the defendants were the late sheriff ,of the
Bounty, and several other persons, engaged in executing a
writ against the goods. of thebankrupt, which swept away
the greatest part of his property, and which' property the
plaintiffs contended ought to be divisible among the bank-
rupt's general creditota..- -• •
This was one of those cases which are of almost: daily
inquiry--whether; an act done hy. a tradet.(who afterwards
beernnei: a atikrupt).for.the henefit,of any,pattieular
ditor, was done after an actual bankruptcy, or WasA9n3a,
fbr the purpose of giving uncle e preference in eonterriplar-
hatikruptc.y. •
The trial occupied several hours, in the detail of cit.;
cumstanCeb, of which the .foregeing ~are • the promineritl,-
awl the jury ultimately tettirned a,. verdict irrfavour:of the
plaintiffs,.the bankrupt's assignees, thereby declaring -that
the fund in dispute must' be divided among the general
body of the creditors.

CORNWALL and DEVON MINING COMPANY.

Yesterday 4,,ineeting of tile' Shareholders in. this Coni-
patty took place, pursuant. to advertheernenkto decidestpon
some Measures for the protection of the interests of-the•
Company. Mr. Wootm. in the chair.
Mr. Wm. Clarke, in addressing the chairman, adverted
to the meeting' of the scrip-Itolders,; at the CoMpanY's
otlice, on the 4th Aug*, froth whiCh meeting all Who
were not Scrip-holders, and who had not signed the deed
of settlement, were excluded. He had applied. for admis-
sion, as the proxy of a gentleman in Yorkshire, who held
a large number of shares in the Company, and ho was at
first refused admission : but a vote haying been taken Upon
the subject, :on the ground that what he had to communi-
eate might be important to the interests of the concern,
he was allowed to enter. He had then an opportunity
of observing part, but not all, of the proceedings-that were
going forward ; and the full- and explicit account which
he hid given on the 27th of July, of the mysterioui
transactions, '.wits itt hia presence completely borne, out
by the parties who were present.--(Hear, hear.)---This
fact was particularly important, as Mr. Was had thought pro-
per to insert :ft letter in the public papers, denying the state-
Meta, and, to use his own language, "the gross falsehoods
and .deliberate inventions" of the person who had ,men-
tioned the nature of the-transactions.---( A laugh.)—lt was
easy enough to give a broad 'denial to Serious charges, but
why' had not Mr. Wilkes' come forwtrd, and' given a bold
and indignant refutation ? Opportunities enough had
been offered him. It appeared, from What tool place,
that:Mr. Teague, one of the vender directors, 'reluctantly
nithout doubt,
,admitted, that the ,awn agreed-to be paid
by Mr. Milks for all the mines was 75,500/., for which he
bad charged 11,0004; and that the yereders,, of whom he
(Mt% Teague) was one had only received 19,70 W. on ac-
count,Wilke although: Mr. /ilks had received .54,000/. from the.
company. A question was pot to six gentlemen, whowere
in the direction, in' order to ascertain whether th 4
'Wed in the ill-gotten profits. Those were, Mr. Y. Moine,
the Chairman, Lord- Paliner,ton, the Hon. Mr. Sullivan,
Mr. Newman, Mr. P. Petting, and Mr. Key; and they
all deelared solemnly, upon their horatnr, that they knew
nothing at all about the transactions to which Allusion was
made. He alwaYs was disposed to believe gentlemen
upon:their solemn declaration of innocence, but he cons
lewd that he was not altogether' free from suspicion with
respect to one or two of those who constituted the Board
at the same time, that. he gave full credit to the rest. It
was necessary to mention that Lord Palmerston, at the
meeting of the 4th of August, bad 'made an assertion,
Ivhiell came in contriidiction of the state Tea of, Mr. Ker
shaw, with respect to the alleged aequaintance between
his Lordship. and Iht. IVillcc,, sail the notice which Mr.
KershaW was said to have taken to his Lordship about
t-4(1- necessity of guarding against Mr. Wilke,' Lord Pal-
merston stated distinctly, that thet first time he ever aw-
1, Mr. Wilksand Mr. Kershaw, was at to meeting of the
fl_mird of the, Welch lron,Company, !and that therefore
Mr I'C-13'811,4w mast be mistaken in saying that lie wail
misled by seeing him in company Wt. Mr 'Willis ante-
cedently. His-Lordship'alsad;d that *Mr. Kershaw.;
neYer, cnnununivated to him gni sui4ncion Which he mitir
haVe entertaioad goinga's he
Kershaw) said he had (low.
Mr. Roe, a gentlettiao who Wilt, in the chair ou the
,27th of July, observed, that the stil,tfik( 'fiht have ari-
sen from'a mistake tbe,r‘port, of what '1;
stated- Ili
Mr. Kershaw. He. had:seen Mr. K "15ind was 'in-
formed: by hnu, that such mistake had mwo: made;' He
also had to notice a passage its that report,
,from which it
would appear, that Mr. Kershaw mitenvto state, that ,Mr.

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Wilks had an influerite over the other directors. Mr.
Kershaw, who, from his agitation at the time, might
have been misapprehended, declared that he meant that
the influence which Mr- Wilkshad exercised was exerci-
sed equltliver all the directors. .
Mr. Wt,iiiititi•Clarke, iald; he believed that every one
who attended the meeting eomidered tinti Mr:Kbrshaw
spoke of the terribie infittenee;pf Willot hitoteli
alonv. find ingttiinctlhetiOugh; in 'his dwn
opinion, iinputed insanity tohim-01r. Clerkey. if that
charge were well founded, Mr. Wilka had certainly com-
mitted an error by serving him with a notice of action, HS
lt,Could not he si proof of wit to hing art action against a
'rnadman.—(Laughter and- applause.)-Mr. Clarke then
adverted to the drafts which had teen signed for the
purchase of the shares in the rriarket to give the stirek-a
false value: Those drafts. 'hail been signed by Mr.
Pete,. Mdoke, Mr. Aston, and Mr. Kershaw. Notwith-
standing Mr. Peter Moore's Slieittraliiin that he kit*
nothing About the trausaCtion, there, waa,something in the
signing of those drafts that looked' odd. He could nut
suppose that. I%lr, NLoore would ignorantly sign drafts
of such. large amount; and if 111 r, Wilks, in making use-of
them, acted improperly, Nir..Moore'a conduct in supplying
him with the means was certainly -not strictly honourable:
--(Hear, hear.)
• The Chairman.—The checks are nude payable. to Mr.
Wilke. • •
Clai'ke next alluded to the meeting at the Albion
Taxer», where it'had 'been settled at what price the mines
shoold be charged. He stated that in the minute book
there waa 110 mention of the persons who concocted the
Company ; it wo only stated that, such and such things
were .done,,------.Barrett, Esq., in the•chair. - All the rest
was omitted.

Shareholder..--Who is Mr. Barrett ? Perhaps he will
tell us who were present. Several voiees—" He is Mem-
ber of Parliament for Richmond, in Yorkshire." •
A Shareholder said, he believed the Directors Were
now engaged in an investigation into the conduct of Mr.
Wilke, as they appeared to think that their own charm:-
tere wire implicated.—.(A
,laugh.)
The meeting then appointed a Committee to ecinunti-
nicate with' the Directors, and if necessary, to Co-operate
with the Committee of Bcrip-holders, with a view to the
restoration of the property.