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London, England, 1828-03-19 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

Colonial-Office, March 17, 1828.

The King has been pleased to appoint Major-General
Sir James Lyon, K.C.8., to be Governor and Commander
in Chief of the island of 13arbadOes.

Whitehall, March 18:

The King has been pleased to ippoint I/lice-Admiral the
Right Honourable Sir George Cockburn, G. C. B. ; Sir
George Clerk, Bait.; George Charles Pratt, Esq. (com-
monly called Earl of Brecknock); and Rear-Admiral Sir
Edward William Campbell Rich Owen, K. C. B. • to be
Members of the Council to his Royal Highness the Lord
High Admiral of the United Kingdom. •

Crown-Office, March IS.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS ?RESENT PARLIA•

3IENT.

TOWN AND PORT OF SANDWICH.-Sir Edward Wm.
Campbell Rich Owen, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral of the Blue
Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet, and Councillor to the
Lord High Admiral.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Thomas Butler, Fenchurch-street, wine-merchant.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

Mary_Roberts, Penryn, Cornwall, mercer, from March
25 to April 8, at eleven, at the Golden Lion, `Penryn.

BANKRUPTS.

Joseph Holland, Lincoln, victualler, to surrender March
21, at one, 28, at twelve, and April 29, at ten, at the
Court of Commissioners. Taylor, Clement's-inn.
Owen Stenson, Ainlwcb, isle of Anglesea, draper,
April 7,8, and 29, at nine, at White's Hotel, Manchester.
Walmsley, and Gorton, Chancery-lane ; Walker,
Manchester.

Thomas Terry, Malton, Yorkshire, innkeeper, March
28, 29, and April 29, at eleven, at the Blacksmith's Arms,
York. Wiglesworth and Ridsdale, Gray's-inn ; Wood,
York.

William Johnson, junior, Thirsk, Yorkshire, grocer,
April 9, 10, and 29, at one, at the Three Tuns Inn,
Thirsk. Swarbreck, Thirsk ; Milne and Parry, Temple.

LENT ASSIZES.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.-SALISBURY, MARCH 15,

A young man, named Moses Angel, aged about
19, was this morning executed at Fisherton, for the
wilful murder of Daniel Bailey, at Hilperton, on the
20th of November last. The case was very clearly
made out by the evidence, and the prisoner had, pre-
viously to the trial, made a full confession of his
guilt before a Magistrate at, Trowbridge. The con-
fession had been taken down in writing, and not
having been extracted from the prisoner by threats
or promises, or in any other particular objectionable,
was read at the trial. The case exhibited, in a very
remarkable degree, the danger which beset every
point of a life devoted to intemperance, and immo-
rality. The prisoner had never seen the deceased
until the night on which he murdered him. On that
evening Bailey (who was a pensioner, and 63 years
old) came into a public-house where the prisoner,
and a man named Mizen, were drinking. Bailey
having left the house, Mizen' said to Angel, that
" Old. Dan Bailey had money in his pocket, and a
watch worth 405., and he thought that besides he had
been to Trowbridge to receive his pension." He
added, that " if Angel had a mind for it, they might
go down the lane after the old man and have it."
Angel acceded to the proposal, and within a few
minutes from the first mention of the matter, Bailey
was robbed and murdered. The unhappy convict
showed much sincere contrition for a considerable
time before his death, and was particularly tormented
by the recollection of his having kicked the old man
upon the head after he believed life to have been
extinguished.
The prisoner Hattatt, who had been convicted of
stealirrg 61 sheep is to be executed on the 25th inst.

DORCHESTER, MARCH 16.

Friday, the 14th, was the day appointed for the
opening of the Commission here, and it was accord-
ingly opened pro forma. The unusual length of the
business at Salisbury, however, prevented Mr.
Justice Gaselee, who presides in the Crown Court
here, from leaving the former town until Saturday
morning. There has, therefore, been very little busi-
ness done here yet. The calendar is much lighter
here than at the two preceding towns upon this cir-
cuit. The whole number of prisoners for trial is
only 27. Some very interesting cases are expected
to come on to-morrow morning. One will, it is said,
disclose some curious particulars regarding the trans-
action between Lady Astley and Captain Garth.
Thomas Lucas, aged 45, and Heniy Fooks, aged
43, wtre indicted for having, on the 19th of Sep-
tember last, feloniously obstructed Lieutenant
Hol-
man, of the King's navy, and Robert Jones, one of
his Majesty's preventive boatmen, while in the exe-
cution of their duty on the coast guard service. It
appeared by the evidence for the prosecution, that
upon the night in question a most tremendous affray
had taken place on the coast near St. Alban's
Head, in this county. A gang of about eighty
smugglers had attacked, disarmed, completely van-
quished the King's troops, and succeeded for a time
in keeping possession of about 480 casks of brandy,
Geneva, and other spirits. The evidence, however,
altogether failed in establishing the identity of Fooks,
who was immediately acquitted. With regard to
Lucas, an alibi was sworn to by five persons, who
had seen him at his own house, 15 miles from the
scene of action, on the night in question, during the
time at which the affray was going on.
The Jury, after a few words from the Learned
Judge, acquitted the prisoner.
There was exhibited during the trial a most ter-
rible instrument which had been taken from the
smugglers. It was made in the fashion of a flail, and
consisted of a handle about seven feet long, to which
was attached, by a couple of iron links, a three-
sided piece of wood, about three and a half feet long,
and bound on every side with iron, of which there
was a considerable share at the extremity.

STAFFORD, MARCII 17.

Joseph Preston, a man of highly respectable ap-
pearance, aged 48, was charged with a felonious as-
sault upon his daughter Mary Preston. There was
a second indictment which charged him with a simi-
lar attack upon his eldest daughter, Ann Preston.
Mary Preston, a very intelligent child, with beau-
tiful black eyes, said—My name is Mary Preston.
lam eleven years old. 1 have not been at church
lately; but since I have been with my mother I have
learnt to say my prayers every night. (She was
sworn.) I went to London about five months ago;
before that I lived at Macclesfield and at Shafflehow,
with my father, as did my sister and my brothers. I
used to sleep with my sister who is older than me.
. .

One night my sister got out of bed and hid herself
in the next room under some wheat. in the straw.
This was in the corn harvest before last (1826).
My father came into the room ' • he came to me.
He made an attack upon me. I fainted away. My
hands fell down, and I don't know when my
father went away. I used to work in, a silk
factory at this time. Before I got up the next
morning my father told me to get up. I was not
very willing to do so. On my way to the factory I
told my sister what had happened. This occurred
about six months before I went to London. The
reason why I had not told any one besides my sister
was because my father threatened to burn me alive
if I did. We got to London by begging our way.
My father was living at Macclesfield. When we ran
away from him he ill-treated us, so that we could
not live with him. My sister was going to run
away, and I said, " Ann, do take me with you, or
father will kill me if I stay !" We got to Court-
house-green, and my sister went to London, leaving
me there, awd found my mother, and after this my
sister came back and fetched me. My mother lived
in Nelson-street, Bethnal-green.
Ann Preston, an extremely pretty girl, whose
beautiful hand and arm attracted universal attention,
said, I am the eldest daughter of the prisoner. I
am sixteen years of age. On the night in question
my father was ill-treating me, and. I got out of bed,
and hid myself in the next room. I hid under some
wheat in the straw, and did not return to bed all
that night. I did not see my sister till the next
morning, when she complained of being ill. I ran
away from my father because he ill-treated me. My
father fetched me home on a Saturday, and on the
Tuesday following my sister and I both ran away
from home; and begged our way up to London.
Cross-examined-1 ran away from my father a
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great many times before this.. When I left my
father the first time I liven upon some money given
me by some young men I met with at Brood. We
made no complaint of my father's conduct at any of
the places at which we were staying till we got to
London. I don't know whether my mother lived
with a person named Wedge. I don't know that
my mother slept with him, but I certainly did see
them in bed together once. That was in Stafford,
about eight years ago. When I was before Mr.
Monkton the Magistrate, I complained to him of
my father's conduct, and Mr. Monkton gave me two
shillings and told me I must go out of the town of
Brood.

Re-examined--If I was taken up at Brood as a
street-walker, it was inj, own father who made me so.
John Preston, a boy of fourteen, said—l remem-
ber the night this happened, and recollect that my
father told me the next' morning that if I said any
thing about it he would either roast me alive, or
take me to Liverpool and sell me. He used to
abuse and beat me worse than any slave.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN summed up the facts of the
case, and stated to the Jury that this was one of
those cases which demanded their most serious at-
tention.--The Jury retired for upwards of an hour,
and then returned a verdict of Guilty.

The prisoner was then tried on the second indict-
ment, for the attack upon his daughter Ann Preston,
on which he was also found Guilty.

Mr. Baron VAUGIIAN then proceeded to pass the
awful sentence of the law, and recommended the
prisoner to make the best use of the few days that
remained to him, in preparing himself for the pre-
sence of his offended Maker.

The prisoner, throughout both trials, maintained
to most perfect composure-