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London, England, 1817-09-16 00:00:00

SI!DDIiESLH SESSIONS.

HICKS'S CLERKENWELL, MONDAY, S Err. 15.

This eoy the Sessions for the-County of Middle-
sex commeneedat the above place; before Wm.
WATsoN, Esq. and the nsual'Magistrates of "the
County. 'Pre Grand Jury '.heing sworn in, the
Cha;rsn addressed them, •anti expressed his deep
regret at the verylicAry list of crimes %%Thiel) were
now to corm under their consideration—.a iiat
which, it) point -of number, was; he believed, un-
precedented in this county. Ile therefore recorn-.
mended the Propriety of their first taking under
their notice the higher classes of felonies, in order
to he ready for the Judges', at the comMencemeut
of the:Old Bailey Sessions on Wednesday; and he
assured theta every assistance would be
,afforded
to thew- in the discharge Of their duty. It was
with much satisfaction he -observed that few of
t!,e. cases were aggravated, anti- Itewas gratified to
think thus there was no neec•=sity for him saying
more to them, convineed as he was of their abi--
lit y, and -their • impartial investigation of •every
circumstance, that they knew well what they had
-to do, without being reminded by him of their
tiuty.
The business of the day consisted entirely in the
trial of a great number of petty assaults. Coro-
line Taylor, a lady of very dashing appearance,
was indicted for assaulting another lady of elegant
attire also; It appeared • that- both. the ladies re-
sided in the sane house, in the neighbourhood. of
Fitzroy-square, and Mrs. Murrell, the. prosecu-
trixx went op-stairs to the apartmt;nts of the de-
fendant, the latter of whom accused the servant tit'
the former ofbeing a thief. This proditced some
altercation, and at length a battle ; the servant
joined in the affray, rind a fortune-teller, t" ho Was
present, inspectiug- the cards to (Ovine Mts. Tay-
lor's fortune, saw nothing of the approaching
storm, until on a sudden site found herself involved
in the contest. The fight then became general.
but it was a war more against the apparel than the
natural persons; .for after the caps and gowns
were demolished, the affray.etided Without blood
shed. As it Was difficult to say where the assault
Commenced, the Jory found the defendant. Not
Guilty, and she .retired with great 14arks of
triumph at her legal -victory..

HIGH COURT 01? JUSTICIARY.

CH OGE 'OF MURDER

EDINBURGH.--On Tuesday, Juhn Jeffrey, or
Jeffreys, mate oft he Rrince Edward revenue-cutter,
was tried on an indictment charging him with
having landed a party of the crew of the said Cut-
tet'on the Island of Arren, in the month of March
last, in .search of sumggled whisky, part of which
he seized, and - that he commanded his party to
fire upon the people who assembled on t bat oc-
casion, hy,which three men and one woman were
mortally wounded, and died soon after:.,• After an
impartial investigation, ftorn which it clearly apn-
peared that the conduct of Mr. Jefirer,'•who had
been distinguished fit firmness and forbearance, was
occasioned solely by the violenccand outrage-of a
misguided. multitude who had been instigated to
resist, his party, and endeavour to rescue the con-
traband goods, and aligolutcly nceessat y to defend
the lives of those who were under-his command,
the Jury, wiih the hearty concurrence of the So-
licitor-General, and with the entire approbation Of
the CC)urt,itunte (kat ely returned an unanimous ver-
dict of NW Guilty. On the delivery of this verdict,
the Lord Justice Clerk addressed Mr. Jeffrey in the
following terms :—" 1 have now the satisfaction
of announcing to you, that Pifer a full investigation
of the ‘vhole circumstances as to your conduct upon
the unfortunate day charged in the indictment, -a
most respectable Jury of your country' have pro-
nounced you not guilty of the crime with which
you are charged. After that evidence which has
been publicly given in this Court,- it is-unneces-
sary for me to add, that the conduct which you
exhibited' on the occasion in question, was that
which was to he expected of an officer who lad
filled an ho:,Juri-ible situation in his Majesty's
Navy. I have only to say, thati-crhile you con-
duct yourself, as you appear to have hitherto al-
ways done, according to the same rules of' huma-
nity, discretion, and proper public spirit, there
will lie little probability of a similar charge being
ever preferred against you in any criminal Court."
Mr. Jeffrey,- it appeared, from the statement of,
hi: counsel, had entered into the Navy so early in
life as theage of eleven, had, in the course of his
profession, been iu tipwards of thirty battles against
the enemies of his country, and on a haz irdous
service at IValcheren,- had been selected, on ac-
count of his coolness; intrepidity, and steadiness,_
to command a gun-boat, where only lieutenants
were usually employed, though his rank at that
time was but that of niidsbipman.

The Circuit Court of Justiciary etas opened at
Ayr, on Thursday, tie l ith-inst., by the flight
Honotintble Lord lIVIIMANa, when the Court
proceedeA ;o the trial of illarg,arct -Crosscut or
Crossnen, accused of setting lire to a barn, byre,
stable, and stack-yard, at Carsegowan, Wigton-
shire,' in INI3y last, by which the greaterpiirt of
the premises were consumed, and Ofticularly
twelve cows, a bull, and three calves in the byre.
She, was found guilty by a pluralliy.a TOICC3. It
appeared from the evidence, that her motive was
malice against Mr. i\l'Kean, the farmer, who had
threatened to put her out of her house.

A .man was tried at the late Cardigan Great
Sessions, on suspicion of having poisoned his
wife, and acquitted. So strong. was the preju-
dice against him in the county, that an execu-
tioner was actually engaged, who was to have re-
ceived fifteen guineas for the awful - deed, which,
it now appears, would have been an unjust one.
EXTENSIVE JUVENILE ROBBER.—Last week a
youth about Ili years of age, named William Ogar,
of rest ectable connexions, who had been about
a fortnight in the service of Mr. KlnceLf..-, an
accountant, in \Vest Smithfield, on trial, decamp-
ed with Bank notes and bills to the amount of
mote than '6OO/, the. property of his employer.
There were pne bill of 1001., two of 501., three
of 401,, seyen or eight of 201., the remainder in
small notes. He has not since been heard of; it
is stipposerL that he got connected with some in-.
famous -women,' who weteltbe abettars•in the
robbery.'