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London, England, 1801-08-27 00:00:00

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DUBLIN, AUGUST 20.

After the Firnmer having nearly elapfed with-
_ out any robbery (oneexcepted on the Low Grounds)
being committed on the roads in the vicinage of
. this city, we are concerned to tied the leen] ity of
the outlets beginning to he interrupted. A few
nights ago the widow Tench, who keeps a garden
in Grange-Gorman lane, was robbed, in her own
bride, at a very early hour, of 5o guineas, all in
(mall notes, which the had received but a few
hours before: the plan of depredation feemed to
have been artfully condufted, and executed by
perfonswellacquaintcd with her domeftic concerns.
An old man of mean appearance firft enquired if
Mrs. Tench's father was at home, and being told
that he was then at a neighbouring houfe-, two ruf-
fians, no doubt determined by the information,
milted in, and with horrid threats and impreca-
tions, effeeted the.robbery, taking the notes out of
the poor woman's boron), where they had been
, concealed.
On Monday evening, as feveral gentlemen, one'
of whom was the Rev. Mr. INN t.sox, were return-
ing, to their houfes at Drumccmdra, they were
flopped by a gangof freebooters, whorobbed them
of what cath and bank notes they had about them ;
it is rather fingular that the robbers declined tak-
ing their watches.
An adjournment of the QL.tarter Seffions was
held before the RECORDER, OD Thurfdaylati, when
feveral prifoners were tried.
A 'baker named Geoghegan. of Francis-ftreet, in-
dieted for feloniouily taking a 301. bank note from
a man named M'Guinnefs, wastried and acquitted.
The latter is a clerk to 'Mr. James Tandy, it ap-
peared; and going to piy a bill for his employer,
to Mr. Conlan,a brewer, M'Guinnefs being lonic-
what inebriated, he flopped in Franciatreet, at
Geoghegan's, and induced the latter to take Tome
porter with him, during which time the profecu•
tor alledged Geoghegan found means to take the
note from him ; a ftrong circumftance again(' the
prifoner appeared on the trial, viz. the identical bill
the clerk alledged to have loft, was received at Mr.
Colvill's, the flour-merchant ; • where the prifoner
was in the habit of dealing. The charge howe-
ver could not be fufficiently proved to con'via
hT' ..
as. Sheridan, convided of keeping an infamous
i7d orderly houfe in Strand-greet, was fentenced to
be piloted, and confined a year.
7eines 1,411, a boy,.conviaed .of Reeling a bar
of iron out of the New Gaol, that had-been placed
• m one of the chimnies,to prevent any perfon from
getting up, but which had been forced but of its
- , 4, place on the lateefeape from thence, was fentenc-
ed
to be publicly whipped from that rifon through
the greets.
Several other prifoners were tried—fotne found
guilty, and others acquitted. '
CRIERINAL Coos.—Mercy is a divine attribute
of the judgment feat, but Juftice is no leis fo, and
when in a late cafe Lord Kammer's', expatiated
on the cruelty and unmanlinefi of the prifoner''
• crime, and warned him againft entertaining falfe
- hopes of mercy, his Lordffiip aged as the worthy
tonfetvator of the laws, and properly corriaed
the unblufhing recommendation to mercy, which,
• perhaps, would not have accompanied a verdia in
the eafe,of fonsepoor flarving wretch, excited to
an ad of felony by the prefure of the Janina mi-
fery and want. .
We believe that mug thinking men will agree
with us that the Criminal Code of there countries
is written too much in charaaers of blood ; we
. lament it, and we hope that legiflative wifdom and
, - humanity will, at no diftant period, moderate this
feature of our laws; but, there are crimes, to meet
1-... which no pnnifhmein can be too fevere, and the
fubjea of there remarks is one of them—every
violation of property is snore excufeable, and even
murder fiercely more heinous. Surely words
demure come up to the black and demoniac crimi-
nality of forcing. under any cireumflances. the
festale will, and though aillxinft acknowledge the'
brutal wickednefs .of the ad, none but a parent can
feel the peculiar rnifery it creates--who,can reflea
without horror on filch infecurity of domefele hap-
pinefs ? Let as piaute to outfelves a girl reared
up with tenderisers and care, and adorned with all
' the accomplifhments of her charming fez; the de-
light and folace abet (bating parents--purfue the
delineation, not of mere fancy but of truth • behold
the exigence of the parent fo eowrapt in th bappi.
riefsof the child, that he even trembles to transfer
her to the arms of a man of fenfe and virtue, and
hangs over his treafure with all the fond avarice of
nature—behold this fair growth of happinefs, and
behold its ravage demolition I Should the dear
object of all thislove and all thofe cares, but dunce
to excite the bare defines or avarice of tome lawlefs
ruffian—the paternal roof is no fecurity ; the laws
of the land are no barrier—the falls the vitim of
rude violence, and marriage with the barbarian
who commits it. is offered as atonement ! Lan-
guage here would but mock the feelings, and the
injuries of the child and the parent. Such a wrong
enlifis all nature on its fide; his the caufe ofevery
human being who is, or hopefto be a parent, and
fociety ought to have but•one voice for the exe-
cration and the punifhment of fuch a favage out;
rage.
.A on uST 22.—0 n Saturday a record was tried
at Cork, before the Inn. Juice Joan:ow, and a
moll refpeaable Jnry, 'wherein Richard Hunger-
ford, Efq. of the Ifland, was plaintiff, and Jofeph
' Potter, Efq. and wife, were defendants. This
was an aßiun brought under the flatute againft
the defendant, charging him with having wilfully,'
maliciouffy, and fraudulently.over-marked an ex-
ecution againfi the plaintiff, and advertifed his
' property for talc, although to the defendant'sknow.
ledge, no money was due thereon at the time.
The parties having gone through thcir*Vidence,
the Jury retired, and (hortly After brought in a
verdia for the plaintiff, with sea damages, be-
fidescofts, which damagrsare by the exprefs words
of the fiat nte to be trebled. a circum fiance of which
this refpeaable Jury were upprifed by the Learned
Judge, before they retired to confider of their
Verdia.

Monday the trials of Crown priforters at Cork
commenced in the county Court, which had
been for a few days poltponed on atconbt (if the
Imlay sate of the gaol, previous to the arraign-
ments of there wretched people. Toefday the aflizes
bufinefs ended in the city ; that in tlit county will
not be finithed before to-morrow.
The following perfons have been tried in the
City Court at Cork, and capitally convieted, viz.
7,6omas Iliwphy, for a rape on the body of Cathe-
rine Cronen ; Corm' ita Lyons, John wily, and Da-
niel Rei?y, for Sealing fugar from Meirrs. Thomp-
fon and Byrne.
MoNac HAN ASS/ZFS.—The above Affizes were
held on the 13th inttant before the Hon. Judge
CuAMD

James Reiqy was convicted of a ,rape on Mary
Maguire, a married woman. It appeared that the
protecutrix was returning from the fair of Dunn,
in the county of Monaghan, on the toth of June
about funfet, when the was attacked by a
number of men, and dragged off the road into an
adjoining field, where each of them (to the num-
ber of eleven) had carnal knowledge of her. Her
violent thrieks brought a number of people to the
road-fide, but they were deterred from endeavour-
ing to extricate her by thole defperadoes. The
prifoner was ordered to be executed.
An offender of the name of lava Murphy was
eonviCted of ftealing apair of pumps at Monaghan
and ordered to be publicly whipped.
The above were th.; only prifoners convifted at
Monaghan.
Taus Assiz E 3.—Yamer Owens Rood indidted for
the wilful murder of John Thompfon, on the 3d
of June laft.—The death of John Thompfon, and
the ending his body covered with wounds tri a
ditch near Kells, being proved,
M.Callaghan, a pediar,fwore, that being on his
way towards Kells, through the fields, on the
night of the 3d of June, he heard the groans and
cries of a perfon murdering ; witnefs crept towards
a ditch, and peeping over, law two men armed,
one of whom was James Owens, the prifoner,
Randing over John Thompfon who wxs lying on
the ground—heard Thompfon cry out, " Oh, Jas.
Owens, lure you will thew me force mercy 1" to
which Owens replied, " Yes, you fcoundrel, this
is the 'mercy I will thew you ;" and truck at
Thompfon feveral times with a bayonet, while the
other man beat Thompfon on the head; withers"
became alarmed for his own fafety and ftole away.
This witnefs underwent a long and ftria crofs-
examination, in which, however, nothing new ap-
peared.
' Michael Cirolan proved, that about C.hrillmas
/aft, the prifoner Owens endeavoured to perfuade
him to atilt in way-laying John Thompfon, which
witnefs refuted to be concerned in.

The prifoner made no defence, and was found
Guilty. Ht was executed on Thurfday lat.

LANCASTER ASSIZES.

LIVERPOOL, Ado. 24.—At our Affixes which
commenced on Saturday, Lord Atvrta LE r prefided
in the Crown court, and Sir ALAN CNAMISRS in
that of ninpriso. Or, Monday, John Dawfon, the
poll-boy who was convieted at the laft affixes, for
dealing two bills of exchange out of a letter, but
fentence refpited till the opinion of the Twelve
Judges ,was taken, and Alice Nugent convicted
at the' fame affixes, of uttering a forged note,
bat judgment refpited on account of her being de.
livered of twins foon after ber conviCtion, were
braught to the bar, and Lord Atvam ty, after a
fuitable and mod impreffive addrefs to each of
them, paired fentence of death upon them.
The following prifoners have taken their trials :
Edward Tiniley, for the murder of Robert UM.-
worth, guilty-of manflaughter, fined pal. and im-
prifond twelve Calendar months; Thos. Walm-
Bey and Arthur M,Garratty, for uttering forged
Bank of England notes, guilty; William Kelfall,
for forgery, guilty; Ellen Bradfhaw, for a bur-
glary, at. Manchelter, guilty; William Gallant,
fir endeavouring to reduce a private foldier in the
zyth drigoons, at Bolton, from his allegiance to
his Ma jelly, guilty ; William Huit for fheep-Real-
,ing, guilty; Mary Mills, for having forged notes
inner poffeftion, guilty, and fentenced to be tran-
iorted for fourteen years ; 'John Buckley, John
nsfield, and James Jackfon, for, adminidering
unlawful oaths, guilty, to be tranfpnrted for four-
teen
years.; John Scholas, for dealing money, at
Manchefter, guilty ; Richard Craven, for dealing
bank notes at Liverpool, guilty; James Littler,
for manflanghter, guilty; fined one fhilling, and
imprifoned five months; George Lyon, and Peter
'Thomafon, fir-grand larceny; William Holden,
Francis Neale, John Glover, and Donald M.Don al ti,
for uttering forged notes ; John Mackay. and Eli-
zabeth Taylor, for having forged bank notes in
their poffeffion; and John Mori fim, for m anflaugh
ter, acquitted. No bills againft Matthew Daven-
port, Jolbua Medcalf, Thomas Pott, and James
Thompfon. No profecution againft Robt. Stone-
houfe, Wm. Toft, and Ifabella Grimes.
It appeared on the trial of Gallant, for attempt.
ing to (educe a foldier from his allegiance to his
Wajelly, that he had told the foldier, that the
country was divided into fix difiries, each of which
had a Delegate, who were to affemble on the edge
of Derbyfhire, to fruit rim affairs If the nation! and
;Just each town was divided into claffes, fume con-
taining eight, and others fixteen, each of which
had aleader, who kept the arms of his dafs ; and
that he (the prifoner) was a clad leader of fixteen.
He alto (aid, that when he fifty knew The United
Engliflimen, there were only fifty, but that now
there *ere a thoufand for one.
At the wijfpriat bar, there were eighty-fire caufes
for trial, upwards of fifty of which were gone
through yefterday. Amongft thofe already tried;'
()le Dias brought by a farmer, front Pendleton,
near Manehefter, againft an attorney, of Manche(
ter, for an affault, by which the Plaintiff loft an
eye. Verdi& for the Plaintiff, 3001. dafnagee—
An adion was alfo brought by' a yottng man, who
was overturned in the coach between this town
and Kendal; in September La, abd 'bruifed in fuch'
a manner as to snake him lame for life, againft the
proprietors Glebe Coach ; when be obtained a rer-
did, with attl. &mazes.

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