The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-05 00:00:00

-CHESTER, MAY t.

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On Wednesday last Thomas- Brooke, Esq. of
Church Minshull, High Sheriff.for this county, at-
tendtAl by his javelin men, proceeded froin the Fea-
thers Inn to meet his Majesty's Justices of As-
size, -R. DALLAS and F. Bt:Tor-sr, Esqrs. On
Thursday their Lordships at tended Divine Service at
the Cathedral; after which they proceeded to
Court„ when the Grand Jury were sworn in,and the
business commenced,'
The Assizes not being concluded last night, we.
must defer our report of the sentences until next
week'. In the Inean, time we have to stare, that
Yesterday morning the trial of Tho Mas Done, a
Hannan, froM Runcorn, for the wilful murder of
Betty Eckersley, at Lyon, came on. It laSted near
five hours, when t,,e Jury returned a verdict 9f
Guilty.—=Chief Justice DALLAS pronounced the aw-
ful sentc'nce of the law ; according to which he is
to be executed to-morrow morning, and his body
given to the SmrgeonsTor dis-seation. The Cuba was
excessively crowded during the trial.

On Tuesday the Mayor of Liverpool received
front Colonel WILIIA3IS a requisiti-in, signed by
sixty-dine persons, to call a Meeting of the Inha-
bitants, respelling. the confining of Sir FRANCIS
BURDETT, of which the following is a copy :
"4 Liverpool, April 2c, 1810.
" To four/ c,LARKE, Esq. Mayor.
" We request yeti will convene a Meeting of the Inhabi-
tants of t:iis Town, to take into consideration the power
which has been recently exercised by the Commons House
of Parliament, and to adopt such legal and constitutional
measures as they m?y think proper in defence of the person-
al rights of the Subjed, and the general interests of the
State." .

In answer-to which, the Mayor wrote the. follow-.
ing- Fetter :

, "SI R, '' ToWn-mall, May 2, 18
" I have the honqur.to acknowledge the icieipt of a letter
delivered to me.by you; requesting that I would convene a
Meeting of the Inhabitants of this Town, to take into con-
sideration the poWer which, has been recently used by the
COminotis House of Parliament, and to-adopt such legal and
constitutional measurses as they may think proper in defence
of the p.i.r ional rights of the subject, and the general interest
of tile Sta.e.

In reply to which, I beg leave to say, that under exist-
ing circumstances, I must decline calling such 'Meeting.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. &c.
" 101-IN CLARKE, Ma3or.
" George Williams, Esq."'

130XING.—About eighty amateurs, partook of a
.stimptuous dinner, at Gregson's, in Holborn, • on
May-day. In the evening the dinner party made
up -a-sttbqeription purse of 20 guineas for a combat-
between.„Dogherty and Young Crib. The company
adjourned to a convenient .roulti in thetNighbour-
-111)W; and ihe combatants soon after arrived With
tlieir seconds, the celebrated. Cribb for his 'brother,
and Richinan.for Dogherty, who backed himself fbr
an extra ten guineas. Cribb received repeated 'hits,
and his head. Was frightfully disfigured. The battle
lased an hoar, when- Dogherty was declari-d the
conquer-q, but not without having received some
severe his. A second battle was fought foranother
purse..of 20 guineas, subscribed by. t he-company be-
tween Richman and Powers. The fighters were
honoured in the contest by two patrician srcundi,
the one an honourable Baronet, for Richman, ,as_
sited by Cribb, and the other an amateur Colonel,,
to whom .Gibbons -held, the bottle.=-Powers was
beat in a gnarter of,an hour.
Dutch Sam and Medley are to fight for 300 gui-
neas on the last day of this month.

KNes THEATRE.—Mr. HARRISON'S annual con-
cert took place asst night in . the great room at this
Theatre, and was attended by a very numerous and
elegant audience, the due tribute to his professional'
. talentp. The Orchestra,was tilled by the best Per-
formers, and led by Mr. WEICHSELL. The vocal
department was ably sustained,by HARRISON, BART-
LEMAN, bBELLANIY,, Mrs. :ASHE, Mrs. BIANCHI,
and Mrs. BILLINGTON. The entertainment in *ge-
neral was well selected, and there was a due fliiXr
titre of vocal and instrumental excellence, the for-
mer of course predominant. Miss HArtarsoN and
Miss E. HARRISON displayed considerable improve-
went since last year, in a duet for the Harp and
Piano Forte, which they performed with great taste
and skill.
Mrs, -13ILLINGTON on this occasion gave Mad
Bess fur the last time iu public, and seemed resolved
to leavelt powerful impression of her talents on the
audi,nce, by.the very admirable manner. in which
s me snug this difficult air.
,She was also very im-
pressive in "As front the rower of sacred lays." A
new song written by WALTER SCOTT, and composed
by HottstAv, was sung with all that placid ekgance
which dis!inguishes -the style of HArtaisoN. The
whole of-the concert was higi:lyapplaudea„.and se-
vtral pi;ces were encored.

DIPERLIL i).4l?LiziME'N7:

HOUSE OF

FEIDAY, MAY 4.
The Conitnittee' of Privileges 'sat on tree
burgh 'Peerage. . Sit Samuel Romilly_was. hears -tot
1. Ennis Keir,, Esq.' and Adam General
Keir. -Further proceedings were appointed for Tues-
day next.
• Earl 'GnosvENon stated, that in consequence of
the absence of several Noble Lords who might wish
to speak on the Reversion 11i11, 'he should postpone
the discussion, which stood for this day,
_to Thurs-
Clay se'nnight.