The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-10 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

That superb Regiment the 12th Royal Lancers
marched on Monday, the 7th inst. for 4eland,
from their quarters at Hounslow- and Hampton
Court, much to the regret of the inhabitants of
that neighbourhood, where they had been quar-
tered upwards of twelve months. All who have
known the officers of this corps must regret their
departUre, as no regiment that has been in those
quarters, for many years, -has ever made itself „so
popular, both from the conduct of its officers and
the behaviour of their men ; and we cannot avoid

the opportunity of remarking that this regiment,
wherever it has been, has always maintained the-
high 'character it has long since earned, both for
its well-tried conduct in the field, and its steadi-
ness and superior discipline in its quarters,
The new Barracks for the 2d Regiment of Life
Guards now erecting in the Regent's Park, are
in a great state of forwardness, although not
quite 6 weeks since they were begun. The three
stables are nearly covered in; each stable is 170 feet
in length and 58 wide, and contains 100 stalls
each ; the apartments over each stable are
to contain 120 beds ; the officers' range of
apartments are 210 feet in length ; the extent
of the riding-house is 160 feet by 50 ; the whole
is to be enclosed by a wall-,of 12 feet high, and
the interior to be all paved with new Scotch
stone. The whole is to be completely finished
so as to be habitable by the 21st of June next.

`Yesterday, the Duchess of SAXE WEIM AR and
her daughter, attended by Captain USHER, went
to view Chelsea College, &c.
On Saturday afternoon his Majesty's Judges
of Assize were met and accompanied into this
town by the Sheriffs in the usual manner. Their
Lordships immediately repaired to the Can't
Houses and opened their commissions. On Sun-
day morning their Lordships heard a sermon at
St. Nicholas' Church, by the Rev. GRAY, of
Sunderland, from x Cor. sth chap. and 10th
verse :—" For we must all appear before the
judgment-seat
\
dgment-seat of .Christ."—(Tyne Mercurg
Aug. S.)
CRANGE. OF FORTUNE.—A celebrated sporting
character, who has been. for many years guard of
one of the. Liverpool coaches, is about to start
Four-in-hand upon his own suite, he having drop-
ped into ten thousand pounds a year, and Quimby
Hall, in Northamptonshire, which he intends tak-
ing possession of in magnificent array.
ALARMING FirtE.—At half-past seven o'clock
last night, an alarming fire broke out in the boil-
ing-house of Messrs. LANGTON and BicKNELL,
spermaceti manufacturers, opposite Newington
Church, Surrey, which raged with violence till
;two o"clock this morning. The engines from
various Offices were on the spot
promptly, but
could not obtain water for a considerable time.
The premises having been built within the last
twelve months, great caution had been taken in
making party walls between the different build-
ings on the premises, and which happily was the
metros of preventing its spreading to the surround-
ing neighbourhood. We are happy to Say, no
liVes were lost. The wife of a respectable trades-
man seeing the place enveloped in smoke and
flames, supposed her own house Was in the con-
flagration, which took such an effect as to 'cause
miscarriage. •We are informed a boy waS run
over lu the confusion; and much hurt.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILFORD, AUGUST 7.

BANK OF ENGLAND PROSECUTIONS.

The fifteen unhappy perso-ns committed for
trial at these Assizes on charges of uttering
forged 'Bank of England notes, have accepted
the, clemency of their prosecutors, and pleaded
Guilty 10-the minor offence of having, knowing-
ly, farged notes in ttalir poisession, and were se-
verally sentenced to 14 years transportation,
pursuant to the statute.

CIVIL SIDE.

THE itusci- v. CU:ARLES MA.RTIN 'AND. MY, OTHEXtS.

This was an indictment against six defendants,
IlaitiC4 Martin, 'Western,- Richardson, 'Bugden,
'Bennett, and Anderion, for .a libel on Richard
Rolfev, at the parish of St. Mary, Newington;
en We 10th of 'February, 1819. -
The-p"rosecutiOn was 'conducted by Mr. MAR-
-RYA+, Mr. NOLAi, and Mr. Ccawoon, and the
cleferice.by 'Mr. GURNEY, MI". CHITTY, and Mr.

This prosecutiop arose rest of the disputes
:which - for some time . past agitated the: parish
of St. Mary, Newington, - fly the usages of
•that parish, the Rector • has the power of notni-
-Dating one .Churchwarden; and the parish ano-
ther. The Rev. Mr. Onslow, the Rector,. had
nominated the prosecutor, Mr. Roffey, as. his
• wirden and the parishioners had chosen Mr.'
Martin, the defendant, as theirs, in 1819. It
had' been the Practice to hold Vestry Meet-.
hags. in -the parish .church, at five o'clock in the
*4N-truing, but, as was suggested, in consequence
of. 'Ol4 disgraceful scenes that sometimes took
place
,and the very late hour to which the dish
at' those meetings had been prolonged
for .",solne time previous to 1819, it was deethed
expedient by the prosecutor to change the hour
fur, the assemblage of the Vestry, namely, from
five. in the afternoon to nine. in the morning:—
Soon after he came into office, it became neces:.
sail to make a. new church rate, and also to take
into consideration on what terms iron coffins were
to lie- permitted for interment in the church-yard',
that mode of burial having been recently sug,
vested as proper. In order to take both these
subjeCts into. consideration, Mr. Roffey caused
notice to be given in the usual manner by the
p: rish clerkyfrom his reading-desk in the church,
that a VestrY-meeting would be held on the 3d
ofTebruary, at nine o'clock in the morning.—
. The ajteration of the time for holding.' Vestrp-
:meetings, it seems, occasioned a great sensation
in the'parish, and accordingly; on the day above
mentioned, all, the defendants -aPpeared at the
Vestry, and, as was charged, proceeded to pro-
- pose resolutions highly defamatory of Mr.•Rof-
. fey's character. The defendant, Mr.- Richard-
son,
.was stated to be an attorney, residing in
,1.91140rb- having a house 'at Newington ; the de-
:fendants, Messrs. Bugden and Ailderscin, were
rePresented to be attorneys' clerks, and also in-
. iia.bitar,ts of that parish; and the remaining
defendants to be- tradesmen, some of them
carrying on business in London.—On the occasion

in :question, Mr. Richardson was stated to be
:•tlig framer of- the resolutions, the purport of
whtcb was to insinuate that the prosecutor's ob-
pct_in
_altering the time for the assemblage of
• ti.e Vestry was to obtain a packed meeting of
inferior inhabitants. of the parish, who would be
subservient te_the purposes of himself -and the
.:Rector._ The resolution which was the principal
„ground of the present indictment professed to be
ai declaration of the sentiments of the Vestry,
thatt4t conduct of the prosecutor, in attempting
- tZa to thetimeof meeting, was a violation of
• the ritelits of. the Vestry-men, an insult to the
.-;;garish, and a disgrace to the Rector-who had ap-
•,,, peinotd,•him. It further stated,
,that he, was
.:,•1041olly unworthy of the confidence of the pa-
,Ati4lion,ers,„ acrd was an object of their just indig_
„Ra,tion.. appeared that all the defendants, ex-
Oennett and Ary. Anderson, took an
active - part: on
:this occasion. Another reso-
lution was._ passed, that the other • resolutions
Should be signed -by the Vestry-.clerk, print-
;ed.): and circulated: among the *pariShioners.-
--'--TheNestry-clerk; it ta.ilpeared, declined signing.
the resolutions, upon the suggestion of a solicitor
that • ' • ' •
--.,present they libellous, and point .of
:'.fact- they were not published out of the Vestry
:,:=-••:=The, case-was 'proved by, the evidence of the
- :1-41,eaoroVhO Presided' on the oCcasion, the %res-
. Iti.y"-Clerk-'and other persons who were present.'
GURtIEY tictilresed the jUry on behalf of
Elie' defeti ants, and'contended that; as'the reso=
-Intions- in 'Vacation we're of' and concerning -the
-conditcr-of.ith.p--pi6selitor as ,a parish-officer, and
Were not published to the world at large, they
wire perfectly -venia-ij"an"d consequently that his
:werev,fiot criminally liable.
TIM CiiiiF,JUSTIOE :eliatged- the Sttry, that
- the 4th resolution) which Was the subject of the
indictment; -was :calculated to defame the cha.-
----raCter of the,' Pt;cisetutor,. from -its ,cont,umelious
import,. and-inasmifch-asrit Would:be recorded to
, • pot:terity.liy-iniertion in the vest-iy-books, it Was
• fairly the subject of crirninal •prosecation." :In
his Lordship's opinion the reseintion allude'd to
libel ; but the Jury were not to be bohnd,
by his opinion definitively ; they would -ekercise
;.1•:(-,-..•:their 'own disCretien upon, the :subject,' taking
ioto consideration that the evidence did net affect.
_the case of •t woof the defendants. .•
The. Jury acquitted Mr. BentieLt and Mr. Au..
derson, and found the other defpudants Guilty;
•••• ' SPECIAL JU4OKS. •

I ::consequence' of the non-attendance of
"tlethiiri'suninioned as Special Jurymen, in almost
'all tt►~ Special Juiy Causes' entered for-trial, •
1 EF JusT'lb'said" he felt it neeessary
to,repieliwia the apparent inattention
.to the du-
' ties of tleniletnen qualified to sere as SpeCial
I`ors.tinty, on
• -
He; bo"Observe4; that in every oilier'
;ir
th(!;'CirCuit '.the SpeCial Jurors bad-
beOn m 6 t Plinctutheir•attehdance ; very
few instances had it been found necessary to
pray a Tales. He begged it to be distinctly un-

. . .
4erstood, that the duty of Speclal -jurors was as
imperative as that of- perions who were impan-
nelled to try common Jury Causes, and in conse-
quence of 'the unaccountable absence of Gentle-
men summoned as Special Jurors at this Assize,
he announced, that if, on any future occasion,
when he came this Circuit, he found cause of si-
milar complaint, he should feel it his duty to fine
severely the absentees. In the five Special Jury
Causes entered for trial, there were not more
than three or four G entlenten who condescended
to give their attendance.
The business on this side finiSbed at about 12
o'clock this day, when the Chief Justice lent his
assistance to Mr. Baron Wood in clearing the
Gaol.