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London, England, 1824-12-24 00:00:00

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• • LAST DAYS POLL.
FARRINODON WlTHOUT.—Rettime iitteeti.
Those marked thin • are new Candidates.
Mr. Butterworth 531 I Mr. Savage 362
•Mr. Tickner 523 Mr. Patten 30
Mr. Reeves 470 die. ljechwitli 331
Mr. Blacken 448 Mr. Roberti 5:;0
Mr. Crook 426 Mr. Figgins ':45
Mr. Vale 412 Mr. Young z. 50
Mr. Taylor 404 *Mr. Turner :12(i
•Mr. Galloway 377 Mr. Hansard rAr.
Mr. S,mtligate 380 •Mr. Ranishaw 427
Mr. Griffiths 574
+be first 16 w
VINTRY WAR
Mr. Whitby (Deputy) 63
Mr. Elnies
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clnoogalmi 57
tu 39
57 I
Mr. Conway, 57
Mr. Marshall 56
The first nine were elected.—,sir. Crook has demanded a scrutiny
against the return of Mr. Dickens; on which account the Ward-
mute was adjourned till the lit of laitiary.

;ere returned.
.D.—Returns nine.
Mr. Garrett it>.
• Mr. Marsden 50
• Mr. Dickens 41
Mr. Crook 34
I Mr. Woodward 24

LIME WARD.—Returns four:
Mr. Price (Deputy) 61 Mr. Si:m.lllml
•Mr. Mitchell 61 Mr. Prince
Mr. Dyster 59

SUSSEX WINTER iSSIZES.

LEWES, DECEMBER ea.
71omas Stacey was indicted for the wilful murder of
Richard Brooks, by stabbing him with a knife, on the
24th of August, at South Mailing.
Mr. COURTMOPZ and Mr. MARSHALL conducted the
prosecution. The prisoner was not defended by CounseLl
It appeared in evidence that the deceased, a man named
Price, his wile, and a sister of the latter, labouring peo-
ple, were going home in the evening of the 24th of
August, after harvest work in the neighbourhood of
Lewes. When they arrived at a place called Bridgwick
Hollow, about a mile and a half from Lewes, a little
dog by which they were accompanied ran into the hol-
low, where some gipsies or trampers were encamped,
and alarmed a dog belonging to the latter. The dogs
began to fight, when the wife of the deceased and her
sister descended into the bottom to separate them. They
were immediately attacked by two gipsey women, who
knocked Mrs. Brooks down, and beat her with a large
stick. The deceased and Price flew to assist her, and
whilst in the act of rescuing her from farther violence,
the prisoner and another man, named Solomon Stevens,
came into the hollow, and respectively attacked the
deceased and Price. A sort of scuffle or fight ensued,
in which the deceased and Price defended themselves
vigorously, but in the result they were both stabbed by
their respective assailants. Cries of murder from the
women brought other people to the spot, and the pri-
soner and his companion were secured. The deceased
received a wound in the abdomen from a pocket knife,
and part of his entrails protruded. Ile languished until
the 29th of October, and then died. His death was
hastened by the mismanagement of his nurse, who suf-
fered him to take improper food and spiritous liquors
in his precarious state. In the opinion of the surgeons
he might possibly have recovered, but for the violation
of their injunctions as to his diet. The prisoner, in his
defence, said, that on the evening in question, having
been out to look for some straw to lie upon in his tent,
his attention was arrested by the cry of murder in the
hollow ; he hastened to the spot, and finding his wife
and another woman, the wife of Stevens, in danger, be
attacked the deceased. Before, however, he struck a
blow he was himself kkiocked down, and in his own de-
fence he had inflicted the fatal wound.
The Learned JUDGE Old the Jury, that the charge of
murder was not satisfactorily established in evidence;
but if they believed the witnesses for the Crown, the
offence of manslaughter was made out.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter
only, and he was sentenced to twelve months' imprison-
ment
and hard labour.
Solomon Stevens was indicted for' tabbing Benjamin
Price, the principal witness in the last case, on the same
occasion, with intent to murder him. There was a count,
for a common assault. The evidence is this case was
precisely similar to that in the last.
Mr. Justice BURROS/Gil told the Jury that there was
no ground for the first mentioned charge, but they were
at liberty to convict the prisoner for the common as:
sault, if they were satisfied with the evidence.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of the common
assault, and he was sentenced to nine months imprison-.
went and hard labiiur.
J. Souden and W. Collins stood indicted for as-
saulting, with intent to murder, Lieutenant Dicken, of
his Majesty's ship Ramillies, stationed at Rye, upon the
Coast Blockade Service, on the night of the 24th ult.
Lieutenant Dicken sworn.—On the night in question,
he left the George Inn, at Rye, in company with his or-
derly attendant, John Pouch, and proceeded up Lion-
street, when he heard footsteps behind, and, on turning
his head, perceived Souden running at him with a club
held in both his hands ; he held up his arm, the :slow
fell on it, and the arm became useless. Souden then
caught him by the cloak, and pushed him against a
house. Collins was standing about five. feet from wit-
ness with a club held in both hands. When forced
against the wall, witness attempted to raise his left arm,
but found it broken. He then drew his pistol, and told
Souden, if he attempted to do him any further harm, he
would ;hoot him. " Shoot me ! will you ?" and began
feeling in his pocket for a knife, as witness conjectured,
exclaiming, " you know, Dickers, you have ruined me,
my wife, and family, and now I've got yout—(This
was supposed to allude to the circumstance of Lieu-
tenant Dicken having seized a vessel called the Dia-
mond, and otherwise frustrated the prisoners in their
smuggling transactions.) Collins meanwhile stood with
his club, in an attitude ready to strike the orderly man.
Some people coming up, Collins said, " Remember, I
didn't do it ;" and to Souden, " You had better let him
go." At this time a Mr. Bourn came up and released
witness from Sonden's grasp.
Several witnesses confirmed the above testimony.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty; and
The JUDGZ, in passing sentence, observed that this
was a case in which the law did not permit his passing
a sentence sufficiently severe to meet the offence. If it
had been in his power he would have traasported both
of them, as there was not a shade of difference in their
cases. As it was, he could only sentence them to " two
years' imprisonment, and.duting that time to be kept to
,rd labour."

In piArsuance of a resolution of the French Minister
of the Finances, the recoinage of 800,000 fr. of old
specie is authorised to be executed at the Mint of Li-
moges. Of the amount authorised to be recoined at the
different Mints by the Budget of 1823, the sum of
2,300,000 fr. was executed at Limoges.