The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-20 00:00:00

ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)

HOME CIRCUIT. STONE, Ann. 1L
John Rofe, aged 21, was indicted for stealing, in the
dwelling-house of Harry Pegg-, jewellery to the value of
401., at Speldhurst, the property of Lady Maria Grey
Egerton, widow. -
Lady Egerton deposed, that she was, on the 25th June,
residing at the Sussex Hotel, Tunbridge Wells. She had
a box, containing watches and other articles ; saw it on the
25th June last, and then locked it up; she missed it on
the following morning ; saw the property a few days after-
wards.

Eliza Vizer lived chambermaid at the Sussex Hotel.
Lady Falkener resided there in June last. The prisoner
was her servant. Remembered lithe' loss of the box on
Tuesday the Stith June last.. Saw the prisoner on that
day with a bundle in hisignd ; it was tied up in a blue
spotted handkerchief; saw him in his bed-room when he
was apprehended on the following Thursday; several per-
sons were then present ; she asked him how he came to
take the box ? He replied that he thought the devil was in
him, for he got up in the night to do it. Cockshead was
there. Nothing was said to him about confessing before
that he said that he went into four sitting-rooms, the last
of which was Lady Egerton s.

John Mercer, a tailor, of Tunbridge Wells, and his son,
deposed that the prisoner hit the box secretly in the house
of the former, without their having any knowledge of its
contents. . When, however, they heard of the loss, and
found the box, they gave it up, and told all they knew.
John Cockshead was handcuffed to the prisoner by Hook,
the constable ; the prisoner told him that on. Tuesday
morning something came and nearly threw him from his
bed, and lie,awoke with the impression that he must com-
mit a robbery; lie went to several rooms before he could
see any thing which would suit him. He, however, at last
found the box, and took it to his own room, where it took
him some time to open it, which he at length accom-
plished with a knife.
Harry Pegg, landlord of the Sussex Hotel, deposed that
some of his apartments were in the county of Sussex, and
some in the parish of Speldhurst, Kent. The robbery was
committed in the county of Kent. Produced the property-,
onsisting of a five-pound Bank note, three gold watches,
and appendages, to a great. value. They were all identified
by Lady Egerton.

The prisoner, en being called on for his defence, replied
that the constable bad given him to understand that if be
confessed, and restored the property, her Ladyship would
say nothing farther about it.
The constable was called, but was not in attendance.

Mr. POtLOCK here stated, from Lady Grey Egerton,
that she had intimated to the constable that if the property
was restored she had no wish to prosecute ; but this prese-
cution was at the instance of Mr. Pegg, the landlord of the
`Sussex Hotel, the robbery having taken place in his house.
The prisoner called several witnesses to character.

The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty," and the
Learned Judge ordered sentence of death to be recorded.

GRAND PROCESSION FOR LAYING THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE NEW BRIDGES.

(From the Scotsmcx.)
On Wednesday last being the day appointed for laying
the foundations of the new 'bridges in Edinburgh, the
Grand Lodge of Scotland, with a number of lodges be-
longing to the city, and the towns in the neighbourhood,
proceeded from the Parliament-square to Princes-street,
to join the. main procession; which after perambulating
the greatest part of the city, went through all the usual
formalities of laying the stones, &c. amid the discharge of
artillery from the castle, and the music of the military
bands in attendance.
THE DINNER.

At six o'clock in the evening, the Commissioners, with
upwards of 250 noblemen and gentlemen, commemorated
the important proceedings of the day, by partaking together
of an elegant dinner and dessert, prepared by Mr. Gibb, in
the Waterloo Tavern ; on which occasion the Lord Provost
was in the Chair. The Rev. Dr. Gilchrist officiated as
chaplain. .

The first toast of the evening was " the King," in pro-
posing which, the LOrd Provost observed, that to drink
the health of the King was at all times delightful ; but it
must be particularly so on an occasion like the present ; on
the anniversary of a day which must ever be a proud one
for Scotland, when his Majesty first landed on the Scottish
shores. On ordinary occasions, he would call upon them
to drink his Majesty's health with four times four ; but on
this happy occasion he proposed that they should drink it
with six times six.

Ilia was accordingly done with the greatest enthusiasm ;
and when the cheering had subsided, his Lordship ob-
served, that since he had come into the room he had re-
ceived a very polite letter from the Marquis of Lansdowne,
informing him that his Majesty would soon be able to sig-
nify his commands respecting the names of the bridges,
the foundations of which they had been this day engaged
in laying. This notice was received with loud acclamations.
The Loan PROVOST then observed, that family affection
bad ever been one of the most beautiful characteristics of
the Royal Family. The attention they had paid to their
Royal Sister, the Queen of Wirtemberg, was a gratifying
proof of this feeling ; and the company could not do better
than to class her Majesty with the Royal Family, and
drink " The Queen of Wirtemberg and the rest of the
Royal Family."—(Great applause.)—Glee, " When order
in this land commenced."

His Lordship then called upon them to drink standing
the health of the Duke of Clarence and the Navy.
His Lordship then gave the British Army and Lord
Palmerston, which was drunk with all the honours, the
band playing " Britons strike home."
The Loun PROVOST, in giving the toast of Prosperity
to the Improvements, said :—To do justice to the toast I
am now to propose, which we may say is the toast of the
day, I am afraid it is impossible for me to hope to accom-
plish. It is a subject in which the heart of every Scotch-
msu to whom his native country is dear, who feels a pride
iu the name and character of its ancient metropolis--who
delights to have it held up as the toast and admiration of
modern times, and who is anxious to give effect to those
local beauties and picturesque peculiarities which nature
has so bountifully bestowed upon it; every Scotehman,
say, must feel a deep—a lively—nay, an overf;lowing-
interest in the business of the day.—(Hear, hear.)__
The immense assemblage of to-day is a proof, if proof were
wanting, of the interest excited, and the high expectations
formed of its advantages and beauties; and it affords us a
striking proof of the liberality and solicitude of our beloved
and most gracious Sovereign for the ancient capital of Ca-
ledonia, that he has allowed the improvements: to pass
throegh the royal grounds, and we are proud to say he has
taken a deep and lively interest in all that tends to the em-
bellishment of this city.—(Great applause.)
Sir Joliet tiercaairt requested leave to propose a toast,
which lie wes sure would be highly agreeable to every in-
dividual present. The health of the Lord Provost, and
success to
his
Loud applause.)
The 70ertierlpspfloarusteh.e)improvement and prosperity
of i
the
The Loan Paovosv returned thanks.
MC LORD PROVOST.—It is most certainly the last of
my wishes to throw a gloom over the present meeting, cc
any part of the proceedings of the day—(Cheers)—but to
conceive that even for a moment we can forget the loss,
the irreparable loss, the country has sustained in the death
of Mre Canning—(Cheers)—woull neither be doing jus-
tice to ourselves, to the country, nor to the feelings of that
Sovereign who placed hint at the head of his Councils, and
shielded him with his royal favour.—(Long continued
cheering.)—To enumerate the vast, the immeasurable
talents of that enlightened States Man, and to describe the
noble, the generoos, and the, patriotic principles, with
which his highly cultivated master mind was stored, would
indeed form not a brilliant page alone, but a splendid vo-
lume of
his country's history.....-(Loud and continued
)Posterity will do justice to his memory ; the pen
chem.
of the historian will delight to dwell upon it ; the most
dignified comliinent, therefore, we at this moment can
pay, in sari silence, to drink, " Rest to the ashes of one
of the greatest Statesmen that ever adorned the annals of
his country."
Sir JOHN Slicer:eta, in proposing the health of Sir
Welter Scott, and the Literature of Scotland, said, that
being now assembled in the II ociern Athens, it was impos-
sible to neglect those natives of pcotland who have already
distinguished themselves in literature, or who are likely to
do so. Among the literary characters of the country,
there was certainly no living author in any country to be
compared to Sir Walter Scott. His exploits with the pen
were as generally known as Napoleon's with the sword, and
it was singular that the pen of the one should be united to
the service of the other in a recent publication. It was a
work that some critics endeavoured to run down, but be
had no doubt t:iat it would surmount attacks which
had been made on it, and hector- e, standard history. But
oaitm
before drinking Sir Walter *tt and the Literature of
Scotland,
Henry connected,Kn
eeeiztlite the
not venerable
to bem
ought and much
respected he ee
would take the liberty of alluding
to a young author, Mr.
Robert Pullok, who had lately published a. poem of much
merit, called " The Course of Tillie." He did not know,
indeed, any recent publication that displayed greater marks
of original genius.
After a variety of other toasts and songs had been given,
the company separated at a late hour, much delighted with
the day's entertainment.
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