The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-28 00:00:00

SALISBURY ASSIZES.

FATAL Puotusm —Thomas Richards was capi-
tally intlicted.for the %villul inurtier. of Samna
Scott, at the parish of Broughton Gifford. 'lite
prisoner ant! the deceased, it appeared, met toge-
ther by mutual agreement to light, and tone,ht
forty rounds ;,alter which Scott was struck by the
prisoner a violent blow under the,lt ft ear, and ex-
pired almost instantaneously in. consequence.
jlamilaughter.
ll'. Hart was I,,und guilty of manslaughter nrimi
the person of J. Phillips, at the parish of Kings-
wood, under very similar circumstances., lie was,
sentenced to six months imprisonment.

MR, HUNT AND HIS MAN SERVANT.
Just as the Court was about to break up, tire"
well-known Mr, Henry How, of Middleton Cot..
tage, rose and addressed his Lo'rdship. He was
anxious to know( how to proceed with regard to.
a traverse; he bad, he said, become bail for his
servant, who was charged with haliog
an assault ;. that servant he had now surre.Aered
to take his trial, but upon application being made
to the clerks to enter the -cause, they refused to da
it, unless he took tip the piper book ; (bat was,
in other words, unless be paid them 52. 16s. This
his servant was certainly not in a condition to
do ; for he was a very poor man.---Mr. Justice
AM observed, that it he had offended against
the laws, he , must,
.as other subjects so situated
would be obliged to do, abide the consevences.
If the Officers of the Court had made any demand.'
which they were' not instif4d to doiog, 'then Mr.
Hunt would have eauseof complaint.
Mr. CuAmnag rose and said, ‘• was.notl who
refused to enter your cause, Mr. Hunt ?"—Mr.
Hunt; " No, Sir, it was arthe other side of the
Court." •Hunt-then paid the necessary seta
into Court, and the trial was proceeded-on.
Henry Andrews was then delivered to the ens-,
todv of tUeGovernor, old put to the and the
Clerk of the Arraigns (Mr. Coolie') read -the in-
dictment ; it charged him with'boviNg, at the last
Simmer Assizes, violently assaulted %Vol. Deare, •
by striking him in the fare.

Air. Barou GRAHAM recapitulated the evhfence,
and ihejury.found him (indly ; but, in eun§itter.,;,
allot} of his I..),‘verty, .the •.eliteticeti I*
pay a tine of 110 s. io the Kling and he disLiia:.geO,
which was i'listaiith done.
• .

Mr. Hunt cornotnoteated to the Cimt t- that 'the
Clerk
.et. .oi.lt . 0: ti of“). tee I.
duration of, his.servalti'4 p)% rty, for winch he
(11Ir. Hunt) begged bin) 10 accept hi, beat thanks.

At the Hertford Assizet,", •on 'Saturday, Daniel
Munn,. a small farmer,; was tried tor•!he murder nf
John Payne, a cairier. The evidence w, chiefly
Circomstancial, but most of the cire;nnsrances rte
so stiii%ing that the Jury only hesitated 1.1 fire
tn,:nistes before they con; iced ri.e isoovr.
Justice DALLAS 1y353e4,1, Sentvilfe ITO!) him, ~nd
orclered him for execution this day

• PEDEsTRIANism.-00. Saturday morning last-
the 26th instant, Mr. THOMAS LAwitENCE, who,
is in the 8'l) year of.. his age (and father of the
newsmen), undertook to go .011 toot four miles
the boor, on the. Edgware-road, for
trifling 'wager, which lie loSt by two minutes
only. His failure is attribitted to hi. having
stumbled agaipst a Slone and tell, talking treey
on,his way with his, emnpanions,-and stopping to
Wit! a glass of spirits. He was immediately bock-
ed for five guineas to go over the ground again.—
At the7same-time Mr. 'Ames lukplE undertook tcY
run seven miles within the which he cam-
; pletcd -half a-minute within the (lute, scarcely
variiving inFraiikfPc:c;e frothPai)er g
,b!itiensi,thtighatto end,at
:Dolt', which
for two years had been the terror of the country of
Fulde, and had devoured several sheep, has been
shot by a pers'on named LAMM.
The.son of Mr. 13RowNy of Ctimberland-street,
Midd.iesex Hospital, was drowned while bathing
in the Serpeutinperelts(i,%rTibre):ietaityvroilf7H,•_ubmuatntehseohcoiteityy,
to, and the youth completely
frotn the means
rweacs happily resorted

Wednesday .a man and hi, dog were killed b.?
lightning at Sevenoaks, inn. Kent, and the steeple
of a 'neighbouring church fliro‘vn down.

EtitTfl,

the Lady of John Brath4aite
Slit Pte,
et,hEe
'gat,lu ha
x:Dt)ttiet:..

MARRIED.

On the Bth inst. at Monyain&lc, Aberdeenshire, Henry Ire.;
son, Esq, of Maclibank,Yorkshire, to Miis Jessie Grant,third
dan;hter of Sir Archibald Grant, Bait. of Monyuiusk.
last, at St. Georges Church, Hanover-'square,
Captain ptaiSatnitVnitillajirr. Johnson Campbell, third sun of the late
Lieutenant-General Ceiin• 'Campbell, to Anna Maria, only
daughter ..of the late Sir .I"incis Vincent, Bart. of•Stulre
D'Abernon, Sarrey.