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every respect conducted himself iiirnngnoilt„ th:;1
F murderous scene, with an" unexampleddtwee of
I heroism. He cut of some oil' his hair, Na hicl. "he

requested might tie sent to-Madernoisetle Da-Raitam-
Who was at- littenheim it was said that was
married to her.

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" .At this execution were present Boon:Tarte and
his brother Louis, Mug a!, Generals Dnroc.and Sa-
vary. Louis Buonaparte was- taken and fainted
just when the. Duke was conducted .to the di !eh.
This so enraged his brother 1•I'jpoleon; that he kick=
ed him as he would a dog."

SUMMER ASSIZES.

GLOUCESTER, AUGUST 13.
On Wednesday evening, the COmmission of As-
size W4iN opened here, by Sir SOULDEN LAWRENCE
and Sir SIMO'N'Lg BLAtNic ; the former presided at
Nisi Prins, and the latter at the Crown Bar. Their
Lordships were escorted into town by P.iul Wathen,
Fog. High Sheritf,..accOmpanied by a large retinue
of javelin-men and servants, full-dres,ed in very
elegant liveries ; And after attending divine service-,
at the Cathedral, in due form; the buSineis of the
Court comment ed at the Booth-hall, on Thursday
morning. The calendar contained the naives of 26
prisoners;' of whom four were capitally convicted,
and received sentence of Death, vz.. Betty Ampleti,
aged 2 1 , for the Murder of her female bastard 'child,
near Comb-hill ; Sarah Coates, for stealing wearing•
the value of 40s. in a dwelling-house at
Duntisbotirtießons Martha Ja w ckay, fur brakinginto , tt:c ,citing-house of Mary 21-larrison, ot
Leonard-St.inley, in the day-time'; .and John Tay-
lor,. for .ste.ilinga sillier watch, in the shop ot Mr:
W,, Mayers, of Cheltenham. They were all, how=
ever, reprieved, except .11.1ty Amplett; Who, after
having sentence passed upon her to a very impres4it
manner, was ordered tor execution this day, and
her body to be dissected and anatomized.--Geo.•
Rogers, for stealing balik--notes to the amount of
121. the properiy.ot Jiis..Hatherell ; Pincott„
for stealing a quantity ot•beech-board, the propt.rty
of \Vm. Bryan ; Geo. Thant, for stealing ureic
pigs at Alsestorie; Charles Harding, for stealing
four pigs, the property ot-WM. Ge rge ; and Wm.
and Rx)b. Rogers, to s:ealitig 11 .acks and a quan-
tity of oats, belonging to S. Williams, weresen!
tented to be trunsportedfor seven year s.—C.Wright;
for a misdeMeanour, to be impruoned two years.---
Saw. Young, an accomplice with Ptixott, twelve
months imprisonozent.—Etiz. Ballinger, for stealing
a number of silver art,cles in the shop of Mr.
Mayer s, •of Cheltenham' to. be imprisoned six
months.—Nth. French, formanslanghter, by kilt-
ing and shying William Askew,in a pitched bailie,
one month's imprisonment.—Jolin Meddlecut, Rd.:
Greenaway, John .Hanks, Comfort Ballenger,
Sarah Cooper,- and Robert.. and Martha Lindsey,
were severally acquitted.—Jas., Hodges, William;
Witts, Nath.•Anteel,. and -Abr. Bird, were dis-:
charged by proclamation;
,and Mat y Jenl;ins. was.
admitted to bail.
In the City calendar there were only three pri.
sdners; Iwo of whom, Wm. Hill and Win.,Pio-
- indicted for house-breaking, were acquitted;
and the trial of Rob. Brooks, charged with etiibez-
zling bank-notes to the amount of 501. intrusted to
his care, was put off, ou account of the:absence. of
a material witness. .
On Saturday morning, after the Criminal holiness
was finished, Mr. Justice LE BLANC assisted in try-
ing civil causes; and about six o'clock the same
evening both Courts broke up,
There were no less titan fifty 'causes entered (Or
trial in the Niii Prius Court. Amongst the number,
an action was heard, wherein Wm. ot
Fairford, fell-monger, was plaintiff; and Jonathan
Wane, jun. of the same place,.auctioneer, v. as de-
fendant ; to recover damages, on account of the latter
having sworn that the plaintiff had assaulted him,
and thereby put him to expences.—The Jury found
a verdict for the plaitritY.
An indittment,. preferred by, the same plaintiff
against 'the defendant, far wilful and corrupt pet--
July, by swearing as above, also carne? on Who tried;
but the defendant was acquitted.

,WETHERELL AND ANOTHER V. RUSSE-LL.
This was an issue directed by the Court of Chan-
cery, to try whether a certain conveyance, made,by,
a person of ihe name of Mary .Renison, late oi
Bristol, deceased, (whereby she disposed 'of the
whole of her property upon certain trusts,) 'was_
executed by her when she was of soUnd mind ; arid,
if so, whether the same conveyance was not ob-
tained by the,undue influence of the defend:Mt, Mrs.
Catherine Russell, (in whose favour the ultimate
disposal of the property was made ;> or of het de-
ceased husband, Mr. John
,Russell, late of Bristol.
When, after a trial of neatly twelve hours, the Jury
without hesitation found a verdid fur tne
thereby setting aside the conveyance. Counsel for
the plaintiffs, Messrs. Dauntil, Wigley, and Lud-
low ; Solicitor, Mr. Hartley, of Bristol. For the
defendant, 'Messrs. Jervis, Abbott, and Taunton ;
Solicitors, Messrs. Jones and Ash, of Bristol..
Owing to -the 'pressure of bUsiness betrire the
Courts in this cit‘, Mr. Serjeant Was de-
puted to open the Commissjon at Monmodth,
on
Saturday. He was 'met, 3S usual; and conducted
into town by the Sheriff, W. Pilkington, Esrl
but did not arrive till dusk. Tiler e ark eight pi-,
sooers in the calendar: 'among whom, John liees
stands charged with the Wilful intirjei, of his, son
had David Phillips is accused of bigamy. , •
To-morroW their Lordships will proceed for Hert-
ford, where there arc nine prisouer4 for trial.

BEDFORD ASSIZES.

COOPER V. EVENETT,

On Saturday, the 11th of August, was tried be-
fore Sir JAMES MANSFIELD, Chief Justice of the'
Court of Common Pleas, and a Special Jury, a
cause of importance, inasmuch as it should seem
that most land, from whence it cannot' be .proved
tythes have ever been taken, has been legally ex-
empted and freed from the payment, and could in
all cases probably be satisfadorily proved, as was