The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-23 00:00:00

WESTERN CIRCUIT.---BRIDGEWATER, Aua. 21.

Mr. Justice BURROUGH was occupied during the
greater part of the day with a road case, which was
entirely destitute of public interest.
Robert Claming was put on his trial for horse-
stealing. Verdict—Not Guilty.
Thomas Hares and Robert Bartlett were found
guilty of a burglary in the draper's shop of a fo-
reigner, named Mandousky, in Wells, and one of
the witnesses on the trial was committed by the
Court for gross prevarication. It appeared that two
or three of the witnesses, one of whom was an occa-
sional driver ofa waggon, had evidently assisted in the
disposal of the stolen property, which consisted of
a quantity of silk handkerchiefs and other soft goods,
although they appeared now as witnesses to promote
public • justice.
John Kerslake was indicted for burglariously
breaking into the house of Vincent Stuckey, Esq.,
at Langport, and stealing ' therefrom near 2001.
worth of plate. Verdict—Guilty.
Lord Chief Justice BEST immediately proceeded
to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner, and
implored him to take the earliest opportunity of
preparing for the fate which inevitably awaited him.
lie conjured him, also, for the sake of his own
mind, and for ,the hope of mercy hereafter, to di-
vulge who were his guilty associates, for some he
must leave had, in the commission of his burglary.
. The prisoner fainted during the delivery of the
sentence, and was, after a short interval, restored by
medical aid. He appealed for mercy as he was
taken from the dock.

On Sunday last, the body of an infant, sup-
posed to be a fortnight old, was found among
some trees near Dingwall ; it appeared to have
been mangled by dogs. An investigation into
the circumstances is now going on.—lnverness
Courier.

We are informed that several knowing ones are
now making a tour through the country, provided
with sovereigns, half-crowns, and each coin
having on it two heads or tails, as the case may
be. They use these in tossing up, and as they
always know the property of the piece which is
tossed up, they must
..of course win whenever
they choose.

A mode has been suggested of getting glass"
stoppers out of bottles—viz. placing the bottle
in a pan of cold water, and the whole upon the
fire, provided what may happen to be in the
bottle be not liable to serious injury from heat.
The air inside will thus become gradually ex-
panded, and the stopper driven out. It will be
proper to attach a piece of cloth loose over the
stopper to the neck, to prevent its flying out so
as to do mischief.—Mechanics' Magazine.

The two condemned criminals, George Cham-
pion and John James, sentenced at the late As-
sizes for a burglary in the house of Mr. Tucker,
.watchmaker, at Tiverton, are to be executed on
Friday next. Their real names are Brewer and
Lewis, which they did not disclose until after the
law had sealed their fate. James seems to
possess a much higher sense of the necessity of
religious duties than his companion. Champion
we understand, is a native of Minehead ; and
rsesoeaba
drd;yi i
dcia
butti
......t nohai ogaili:nt
n, ,
intampToetgi
hoyhot
ba
that.
.
' was yesterday visited by his sister, a highly-
respectable young woman, who spent most part
of the day with her unfortunate brother, and,
iimslynll
hiaehtistnt'
ilhtil
Iss,eihi stdhhaeehnadem:ad,
her last farewell. Jairies, we hear, is a native.) £
after
uiesditrredotwsrfa,l:iytlai
itthaßhisnpi retdolitlsntietiur
taoehiffil:oal-ikiv,
last
ieaestnly
,etntgddi
can:ow: apcnaati
rislhkeasesnyarssgt.eei
mind, John, we '
are
both going one way, only I
know my time, and you do not know yourf"—
Exeter Alfred.

JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.—SOIIIe months ago.
we had occasion to notice the awful state of de-
pravity in which several children' of this town
were plunged. Two of the number, named
John Rodgerson and James Storey, both of them
scarcely in their teens, have again been app7-
hended on a charge of stealing. fruit from nr.
Wells, and on their examinanon an extensive
tvo system
boysof
• to elude the
discovered, which might be deemed incredible iii
It seems that these
youths of so early an age.
in .1 gang of about a dozen,
who
lvte.oliuegstthovondf
tfaiomrpeitahicenc,
aboutl:noitcbiinitliasgeAbout half a. mile froin this
apreluinindkeerdand. artful
streets
of ro
.gu_ery has been. ,
ob . . They have
each other nicknames in d
atwpoirlterp,oislipaser:ionNocvoell:fr
given
and the more effectually to carry on their
police,
nefarious system. the un‘roariy.ei
:oufidcoiltelalheoriatt youngftohresetbe,st have
Some
a drain, being permitted gradually to go to decay,
farms in 'the vicinity h been plundered of
aye
poultry, eggs, vegetables, &c., which these youth-
ful adepts carried to their boat, and actually lighted
fires, and cooked the stolen food for their sub-
sistence. The eldest of the gang is no more
than 15, the youngest
not above 8 or 10 years
of age.-.•J3oston Gazette. • . '
len property. urchins