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SURREY ASslZES.—Guil4ford, Friday.

The Assizes for this County commenced here
yesterday with the usual forms, and this morning
the Judges proceeded to business, Mr. Justice
ABBOTT in the Ci O Court, and Mr. Sedeant
Lsra itt the Crown Court In the former the

cause list produced 30 cases, of which five are
Special Juries ; and in the latter the business is
very great, considering the shortness of the in-
terval between the last and the present Assiz'es,
the number of criminal cases being upwards of
one•bundred anti three.

CROWN COURT.-RESURRECTION MEN.

Thomas Duffin and Marshal were icy

dieted for assaulting John Sharpe, on the 30th a
November, in' the palish of Lambeth, with intent

to kill and !rainier him. There was a secon
Count for a common assanit.

The prosecutor staled, that be was sexton a

the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, and was in the
habit of employing the defendants as watchmen
to guard the burying ground against the depreda-
tions of persons engaged in the unpopular occu-
pation of procuring subjects for the hospitals.
Suspecting that the defendants, under colour of
their official employment-, were themselves engag-
ed in this obnoxious traffic, he determined to put
an end to his doubts upon the subject, by trying
an experiment. nn, the day mentioned in the in-
dictment, he told them he could dispense with
their services for that night ; and, in fact, desired

them not to attend at the burial ground. It ap-
peared that on that day five bodies had been
buried in the church-yard. In the mean time he
collected other, assistance for the purpose of
watching what might occur in the night. The
traps which ►ere usually placed in the burial-
ground were set, and the presecutor and his
friends took their stations_on the ground. During
their walk, they heard the gate of the burial-
ground unlocked, and opened more than once.
A trap went off, as if removed by some person
who knew of its being placed there. About mid-
night, they heard the door of the tool-house
broken ; Hod-presently afterwards collected, from
the discourse of two persons in the buirial-ground,

that they were boring the different graves in
search of subjects. At length, they heard them,
in the course of their employment, strike against
a coffin. Their interference now became neces-
sary—they rushed from their concealment, and
recognising the prisoners, cried out to them to
surrender or they would be shot. The depre-
dators, however, commenced a resistance, and in
the course of it made several desperate blows at
the prosecutor with a cutlass. .Vith much chili-
,
cuity they were overpowered and secured ; and.
these facts being most clearly and satisfactorily
proved, the Jury, without hesitation, found them
Guilty of the assault. They pleaded, in mitiga-
tion of punishinent, the long imprisonment they
had undergone—but

Mr. Serie4llt /ANS Sentenced them ,to two

years' imprisonment each in' the county gaol...—
There were two other indictments, upon no
evidence was offered. •
DOMESTIC TREACHERY.

Peregrine Clark, a handSOMe young man of co-
lour, apparently about 24 years of age, was
charged, on twoindictments, with stealing a large
quantity of linen, wine, a gold watch, and many
other articles, the property of James Harris, Esq.
;n• his dweliing-house at Barnes, in this county.-7--
It appeared from the opening of Mr..BoeLAND,
the substance 'of which was afterwards proved in
evidence, that the prisoner had been brought
-from vie settlement of Trinidad by a widow lady,
with whom his mother and other relations lived
as favoured servants. Being desirous of leaving
her employment, she recommended him. in very
favturable terms to the prosecutor. Soon after
comiug into his new service, ill health obliged Mr.
Harris io retire into Suffolk, and the prisoner
from that period commenced his course of depre-
dations. These he ,had carried to a very great ex-
tent, making his late mistress a present of a gold
watch. wine, and other things, which he had
purloined from .his master. At length, to conceal
his guilt, as he thought, in she most effectual
manner, he wrote a letter to his master, stating
very circumstantially that the house had been
broken open in the night ; that be had been
slighi Iv wounded in a conflict with the robbers,
who at length had effected their escape, after pion-.
der* the house .of a great. malty valuables. - To
give mote effect to his deception, he went, attire
same time that he wrote his letter, and laid an
information at Bow•street. Taunton, the officer,
repaired to the spot, and discovered that the
house had never been broken from without, but
ihiit all the injury had been done from within.—
Pursuing the investigation, to whiCh this cir-
cumstance served as a clue, the officer soon dis-
covered where the false servant had concealed
some :of the property; and by a letter which he
had received from a young lady, which was in the
prisoner's possession, discovered wlere he had'
deposited Ogreat deal more in a trunk. The pro-
perty.was produced and identified, and the Jury
found him Guilty upon both indictments.
Ann Rudderhant, a fallow servant of, the last
prisoner, end who appeared to have been seduced
by him into malpractices, was •also indicted for
stealing some otter articles, the property of Mr.
Harris, but from some circumstances which were
disclosed in the evidence by Ann Dodson, a fel-
low servant of bet's, the Jury were induced to
find her Not Gailty.

SATURDAY, Avousr E.
CIVIL SME.
HURMITAGE V. tviLLIAMi AND OTHEAS;

This wds du acti n against the owner of the
stage-coact► called the " Sw►an," to recover a
compensation in damages for the itinry done to
the plaintiff, in co►►sequence Of the overthrow of
the coach, through negligence of the defendant's
servant. •

Mr. Gurney arid Mr. Munroe conducted the
plaintiff's c.se, and Mr. Marryat and Mr. Chitty
the defendant's.

It appeared that the plaintiff- was Steward of
Lord Ashburnbant, and on the.3oth of March last
be. was an outside passenger of the defendant's
coaelr,' driven by a man nick-named S:upid Ned,
otherwise Edward tlaseldi4n. Lord Ashbarnham's
eldest son was an inside passenger; and when the
coach (which had 10 or 12 outside passengeis,
and a cons th.erable quantity'of luggage on the top)
arrived at the corner of the new Dover road,
close to the Turnpike, it was overturned, in con-
sequence of the coachman driving off the crown
of the road, which was covered with broken
flints, towards the side. The effect•upon the un-
fortunate phiniiff was, a compound fracture in
one of his legs, and the dislocation of a shoulder,
from the effects of which he lingered for upwards
of six Weeks, under the, skilful care of Sir Eve.
rard Home... who gave it as his opinion that the
plaintiff might feel the -effects of the accident for
the remainder of his life.

Mr. MAERvAT made a very sensible and judi
cioas appeal to the Jury, iu mitigation of da

tuages ; and

The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direc-
tions, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
150/.

The most Useful and Surprising Pedestrian on
Record,—The name of this extraordinary
whose labours surpass the boasted pedestrian
achievements of Crisp, Eaton, Wilson, or any
other pedestrian (not excepting the celebrated
,Foster Powell), is WILLIAM BROCKSANK. He
is a native of Miilom, in Cumberland, and was
employed as a letter-carrier on foot, between
Whitehaven anti Ulverstone, and he daily per-
formed the distance in all kinds of weather,
under the disagreeable circumstance in winter of
frequently wading the river at Muncaster, by
which place he constantly went, 'and which is at
least three miles round, and including the different
calls he had to make, at a short distance from the
road, his daily task was not short of forty-seven
miles. He is at present walking post from Man-
chester to Glossop, in Derbyshire, a distance of 16
miles, which he performs every day (Sunday ex-
cepted), returns the same evening and personally.,
delivers the letters, newspapers, &c. in that po-
pudlous anti commercial county, to all near the
road, which makes his daily task not less than
36 miles and upwards ; and what is more extra-
ordinary, he has performed this business for up-
wards of three years, without the intervention
of a day except Sunday, and has never varied a
quarter of an hour from his mud time of arriving
at Glossop. He performs all this in less than
twelve hours a-day.,

LOVE AND ROEBERt.—On Saturday a young
man, named John Mills, came to London by one
of the Gravesend packets, and on the voyage be-
came greatly enamoured of a young woman of
decent and modest appearance, who was also a
passenger. Upon their •arrival in town, Mils
became partictaarly pressing with
,his fair fellow-
voyager to go into a rublic-house.and take some
refreshment ; she compiled, and they went into
a house near Lambeth Marsh turnpike, where,
being wearied with the passage, Mills fell asleep,
and
was disagreeably surprised, when he awoke
about an hour afterwards, to discover that the
object of his adoration had decamped during his
(lan, and taken with her 81. in Bank notes, and a
silver watch.

From the LONDON tTiAZETT, AUG'

.
roi apt-Office, lig. 8, 1818. been
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent 116 s )10
pleased, in the narne and on the hebalf of bis
jesty, to appoint amid(' Mackintosh, B9q.birt
Majesty's Consul for the State of Netvaanle
and_the district of Maii)e.

MILITARY PROM OTIt /NS.
2d Regiment: of LifeW
Guai-ds—Major mt Hon. Henry fcbcar
- Irby to be Major and Lieut.-Colonel.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. William- °-thr
from the 224 Light Dragoons;•to be Lieutenant, Vie„
ginhotham, who exchanges.
7th Regiment of Light Drag oons—Lieut. Frederick Serucoe
from the 25th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, rice
• tance, who exchanges. the 9th Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Edward Burton, from re
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice James Knox, /r•
. tires
-11
upon half-pay of the 12th 'F'oot. t
224 Ditto—Lieut. Henry Higginbotham, from the -A' D
wlrt
goon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Hodgson,
exchanges lift°
25th Ditto Lieut. Neville Ciistance, from the 7 flies'
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant. vice Seymour, who exelrivi,
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, Lord l'hn
tinck to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by porcha,et- ,
Swann, promoted hi the 98th Foot. , the,
lsth Regiment of Foot—Lieut. George Mathias, trPl-aro
half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Vie
Vallancey, who exchatages, ►eceiving the d.fferi 'flat
3d Ditto—Lieut. Jelin Sycapson Hugl•es, from the "3,rtt,
of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant. vice Attib•-ose
Di
• who exchanges, receiving the difference. t 001
9th Ditto—Ensign ►
George Green Wat Lios to be Lieti-e Fre
witliont purchase, vice Harrison, cashiered ; E°6 1,,n, so'
derick Petrie Clarkson. front half-pay 52d Foot, to "
, sign, without 'purchase, vice Watkins. tte.
12th Ditto—Assistant Surgeon John Ligertwood, fr(!--
„,
half-nay of the Regiment, to be Assistant S'orgeout,
Thirton, appointed to the 9th Light Dragoolts.
24th Ditto--Lieut. Thomas F. Smith to he Adjatant?.#°
• of
Bro..lishank, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
26th Ditto—Captain Augustus Dritivvrater, fro,:i halfl,lo,bo
the 62d Foot., to be Captain, vice Charles Addis°9'
exchanges, receiving tbe difference.
32d Ditto—Brevet Major' Gilbert Eilint, from the 'l' failetts
the 60th Foot, to he Captain of a Company, vice
who exchanges, receiving the difference. f th.
40th Ditto—Lieut. George Hibbert, from the half-PRY ° olte
41st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Constantine Gol'lo3l4'
exchanges, receiving the difference.
45th Ditto—CaPtain Richard Houhton, froto the half P oe.
the 3d
,Foot, to be ,Captain of a Company, vice 11
Stewart, who exchanges, receiving-the dillereoce. thes2d Ditto—Major Sir John Maxwell Tylden, Krit• fr°meit
half-pay of the 3d Foot, to be Major, vice WiiiianiPt'
who exchanges, receiving the difference; Lieutenant
;ate'
Montagu, front half-pay of the Regiment, to be .',the
- nant, vice George Cleghorn, who exchange 4 receirins
difference. f ti#
53d Ditto—Paymaster Richard Monk, from half-paY
aadf
late Brunswick Hussars, to be Paymaster, vice Sher'
who exchanges. -
64th Ditte—Ensign Alexander John M`Pherson, 11(torf
West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Moriarty,
changes. e •
its('
67th Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Michael W. Kenn}b
grim, vice Crake, deceased. withrei
7Hd Ditto—Ensign John Atkinson to be Lieutenant! 10,
purchase, vice M'Connell, deceased; Second Lieujoit,3l'
Charles Mathew Mauger, from the half-pay 01 ihe
Ceylon Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Atkinson. ,f_osy
76th Ditto—Ensign Charles Tir.lirw, from the h3V, tvli°
the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Duncan M.PO°3
exchanges. a Cope
82d Ditto— tt i
to b
Lieut. Gilbert C. Field to he Captain of tobe
party, vice Walmsiey, deceased; Ensign Robert Ellit t
Lieutenant, vice Field ; Lord Win. Francis Mont*
ls
Ensign, vice Elliott. thed
98th Ditto—Lieut. FreFlerick Dmhwood Swann, fro
arp
or Grenadier Regiment of Font Guards, to be Cap- -
Cumpany, by purchase, vice Lidwell, who retires. th coo
99th Ditto—Lieutenant Cyrus Daniell, from the 76• lie 'ef
to be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Ouj• tf
retires. is(
2d V. est India Regiment—Ensign Warien r•
from the 64th Foot, to be Ensign, vice APPliersoo,
changes. •
„•
HOSPITAL STA rr.—Assistant-Stirgeon John Cavil'''. ,e1;t;
i
from the half-pay of the late 7th West India fteoye
_
be Stye' numeracy Assistant Surgeon in India, c.°4
wood, whose appointment has not taken place-
BANKRUPTOY SUPEIttiEPED. „,,t-strcett
C. Coles, Ditcham Grove, Southampton, and of r
stationer.

Aitgios
BANKRUPTS
J. Salisbury and S. Salisbury, Liverpool, sail-mars,
31, Sept. 11, and 19, at one, at the Other 31'
and Wheeler, Liverpool. Alternt,s. Me-sr'
Wheeler, Liverpool, and Castle.street, 96:
W. Cayzen, Mawsiti, Cornwall, tritto.itt•r, a• !
t: Uhf
the King's Head Inn, Giampound and stlt ';':•s.
the Red Lion Truro. Alum:ties,
and Co. London. Aor.- bad'
J. Wt,lker, .Neithrop,Oxfordshire, Os°
and Sept. 19, at eleven, at the ti late Liu.; apt,
•
Attorney, Mr. Tints, Banbury. ruerlont°
J. Ramsay, Lower Cattogan Place, Sloaue-street' 11.
Aug. 11, 2.5, and Sept. 19, at eleven, at Guildlced°
isles, Messrs. Crowder, Litvit, and.OlivorEoli' t trot
place, Old Jewry. 16
W. Abbott, Honey-lane-market, butcher, Atiligt:olo4 2' '
)11:
25, and Sept. 19, at one, at Guildhall.

Young, Ch:irlotteli ow, Marision-!tou
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DIVIDENDS. ;f de' .elii
W. Cazaley, Edgbaston, Warwicksb•-es'yetbe•fe•
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,ironmangers—September 13, W. Dow'-'liber
moon-street, Bishopsgate-street, oilman ---;_ec3t„rler: Ito,.
T. Mercer, Tunbridge, banker—Aux. 31,—"" ,; ./..13tdre
naington Priors, Warwickshire, butcher—Sept. I' ' q J• bra
and A. Goldin, Deptford, coal-tnerchants--SePt' -'0..1; '-
shire and J. Johnson, Birmirwl • ' , -barrel: S'' or
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bayonet-makers. aelt
CERTIFICATES—AUGUST 29. whitech%,
C. Batley, Red Lion aad Spread Eagle-Yard' c' redici"‘et'
stable-keeper—W. NVright, Bristol, render o' n obiqrt,
J. Richardby, Durham, joiner—J. Walter, 133th.'estersily
maker—S Brampton, Broughton Backe!, W","ire, icice,
lime-burner—J. Hampshire, Kirkburton, Yor''''' . hod")
bling arid fulling miller—C. Wilmot, Cheltenbarh?.: 0,41.
builder—H. Mycoelr, Manchester, shopkeePcr Litereg
Dolgelly, i4erionethshire, tanner—R. Wilson,.
_oiler
farrier—C. Mustun, Epping, schoolmaster and '
medicine. . ~1.,401%
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PARTNEESHIPS DISSOL‘rk-'' ,-. WIW- t,..rt
J. Blain and J. Perkins, Long-acre, grocers 7 carlien„,lo,
and J. Spurway, Ea:3t street,`Finsbury-inarkel, .. Av '1'41„..
and builders—E. Jenkins, M. Lee, and 14' 114rt,ijj?t, ..,I,llto
Sumersetshire, school-mistresses—J. Crowther ;.13,,Ana'1,..0;
ley, Manchester, stone-masons—J.W ikon and I if., orri:!',io.•
-Doncaster, dancing-masters—J. Sv.aylie
Carlisle, commission fi.;eors--T. ."'foriiie and "„,,%orn-'Hott
aod J.,...`v;J1.,1.";;;gt.
tol, iranthangers—W. Shei Ity, R. Ilautli, ana Je
~.,).,:,..jtt,
End, Staffordshire Potteries, manufacturers 0, tar,,,,n."ioll'
—J. Pistor ard J. Huse!), Blackmore-street, I,iestietcoat
bakers—S. Swarbrooke arid M. Swarli rooke, )43e,,,:' „ttio_tiii.e,•
I hrov:sters—W. Shoperson and W. Christian:l'7,o-144;0d; ;
groCers—l. Cundey and J. t undey, Whit.tiAgt,"'„:.- 13, 5,...,1 J.
1 millers and 'corn grinders—T. Crowley aridr`,,per "5,„..f• '
Greenwich, tailors and haWit makers---H. "., - liaeliilre'J
Cooper, jun. Manchester, bread and LOSCW:widi-Sqe.",J.,
Moser and J. Harris, Cromer-streA, litZu-on 'le:''''
printers of impressions from drawings ma' I:00' 3100 '
Eldridge and S. Yoell, Gray's-inn-lane-road, "c Pfi'l '
.stoo,
W. Taylor, R. Taylor, and J. Simpson: tau,
merchants. Cole
io 5t,53.41 4of
SUGAR.—Average Price of Brawn Or MLISNIVrtts, the 6
pared from the et:turns made in the week et di r, •
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vi August, is 51s. 9d. per cwt.
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Office, No. 112, Strand ; where Adycl" ii;'
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