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stick, and tried to force him off. :The prisoner got or
and flew at him with his fists. I ran up to the man'
caught him round the waist, and bogged him to protect
me ; he made me let go, and loosed my hands. Thinking
there war no oce to protect me, 1 r-n away as fast as T
was able. I ran mute than a mile, but not knowing the
way, instead of going towards Frome I went towards
W'arminster. I had got about a mile and a quarter
H hen the prisoner overtook me again on the turnpike
road, and said I was going wrong. I thought I was going
right, and I :aid I wa.. lie then repeat d his determi-
nation to do as he pleased with me, saying that it I did
not give up to him he would throw me in the river. I
resisted, and he took me up in his arms and carried me
towards the river. When he got to the river with me, I
called to him for mercy, and he put me down. He then
took and dragged me up a lane. On getting to a white
gate he said I insist get over it ; I refused, when he said
ll—n thy eyes, thou sha4," wok me up, mod threw
me over. He next dragged me towards some brambles,
rand threw me into a ditch of mite. He swore what he
would do ; and kept me there for several hour s: He
beat me, and struck his blows so heavily that my eyes
struck fire. The bl,)ws were principally upon my head,
and directed as if he had a man to fight with; 4 found'
myself becoming
_insensible; and taking some of the
blood from my face and nrinth, 1 asked'itiqi how he
could have the heart to do it ? He sa'd " he'd be d—d
it he cared ; he would murder me if I would not give
up to him." I told him if "he would nit murder me
I had'a shilling, or thereabouts, in my pocket, which
would give him. He said "d—n his eyes if hp would
not have it then." He then tore off my pocket by
stain force; then he get up, stamped upon ore, and
tore off my clothes ; I was then in black for my mother;
he tore the clothes in slips, under clothes and all ; there
was no shape of clothes left; he then forced my head
under the water, and kept it there till I was nearly
drowned. While my head at one time was nearly under
the water, he unclasped one of my ear-rings, arid took
it out. He then let my head go. I said, 4, The Lord
be praised, here is my father." This I said to intimidate
him, on hearing a dog bark at no great distance.—
Besides my ear rings, and a pocket, containing a sixpence
and some copper, the prisoaer took a black handkerchief
and a frill from my neck. After this he went away.—
/ followed in the same direction, because I did not know
the way. I was so bad, I don't know hwe I got home.
It wanted a few minutes to three when I got home.
My brother let me in, and I went up stairs to my room
immediately, without saying what had happened. My
brother is not here. The next stunning my father saw
me; I was blind, and remained so for a week. No
woman saw me that night. I did not go before the
Magistrate; he came to our house; for I was bed-
ridden, I think, for nearly three weeks.

Cross-examined--My father is a cloth worker. It was about
eight in the evening when I went down to the fair, to look for my
brothers. The fair is but a short distance from any fatlier's house.
While I was sitting in the public house, the prisoner behaved with
civility. My father did not know the prisoner, but he left me and
a young brother in the house with him. My father was not angry
with me for being out so late when he saw how ill I was. The man
who came up when I was first attacked is named Chilcot. , He
could see my situation by the brightness of the moon. The prisoner
was not drunk ; bit whole attempt was to ruin me.
James Chilcot confirmed the above testimony ; and on cross-
examination said—l knew nothing of either of the parties. It was
between half past ten and eleven when I saw thefts. My mind was
so much agitated that I could not attend to the girl. I was really
afraid of my own life. I afterwards reflected that I ought to have
looked to her, seeing her situation ; but I could not do it at the
time. On my road home I met some persons, t* whom I told the
circumstance, and desired them to push on after the girl; and
undertook to have the man secured if I should tweet with him.
Jmeph Smith, the father of the prosecutrix, proved his laaviihs
left the primmer with her and her brother in !his house, ants do;
lieribed the.state in which she appeared when she came home in the
moralist. .In the morning he scarcely knew her, she was so beaten.
There was.searcely a feature left..

The remnants of her dress wets produced in Court. They were
a collection of torn rags, and covered with mod, bearing ample tes-
timony to the violence with which she had been attacked.
Mr. Bush, a surgeon, examined—Visited the prosecutrix in tho
morning: she was in bed; her face much swollen, and both her
eyes closed. He neck skewed marks of considerable violence, as if
pressed by heavy and sueng hands. There was a great deal of in-
ilataroation all about the head and face ; and there were other marks
of violence about her person.
The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, entered into
a statement which conirmed that of the prosecutrix. He seemed
to attribute the injuries which she had received to her own obsti-
nacy and resistance.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Justice Boattottost, in passing sentence, observed, that the
conduct of the prisoner surpassed in atrocity that of any person who
had ever appeared in a Court of Justice under such a crime as that
of which he had been convicted. lie had drawn an artless girl
from her home for a brutal purpose which alone*, if directed, would
have been a capital felony; but alga had been prevented on
the part of the 'girl with a courage and perseverance which
would reflect credit upon her during the remainder of her life.
. Finding that he could not accomplish one bad purpose, he proceeded
to another, and robbed her, accompanying the robbery with a
brutality seldom heard' of before. He could not but bare known,
that if taken and convicted of this offence, his life would be forfeited,
and that it could not be spared. He must now prepare to depart
from this world in a very few days, of which he would do well to
make the best use by a sincere repentance. The Learned Judge,
having then told him not to mislead himself with any hope of mercy,
which certainly would not be extended to him, proceeded to pass
sentence of death upon the prisoner in the usual form.
During the whole of the trial, the prisoner showed a dread of his
situation, amounting almost to pusillanimity. He wept repeatedly
and loudly, rape. tally while the Judge was passing sentence.

PUERTO CAVELL°, JANUARY 26.—An act of p;racy
the most horrible that can well 'be imagined was
committed on this coast on the right
_of the 24. h instal
A, German, named Frederick-, who had arrived with
cocoa from Chorony, was returning thither with 4,000
dollars in rid, and had with him his wife, who had
been spendsng some days in Puerto Cavan. This un- 1
fortunate woman had with her her best jewels, asis
customary on such occasions; two other women also'
accompanied her to Chorony. Frederick anchored as
usual off the island called *4 del Rey," to stop during
the early part (tithe night. At eight o'clotk they were
surprised by about ten persons from Borburata, led on
by one- Julian Ibara, alias Iztueta. These villains fell
on them, and a'sassinated the three women and two
sailors; Frederick jumped into the sea, and had the
good fortune to reach the shore, where he lay concealed
until the brigands withdrew. He then returned to the
boat, in which he proceeded immediately to this port,
bringing in with him the killed and wounded, amount-
ing to six, all of whom were buried yesterday, „the
wounded having died a few hours after their arrival.
It filled one with horror to behold these unfortunete
wretches covered with stabs. Colonels Cala, Bogueir,
and Esteves, immediately dispatched a flecheta with
troops to Borburata, under the command of Captain
Batista, who, after apprehendinglalian and three of his
accomplices, returned hither yesterday morning. These
criminals arc to be forthwith tried by the Admiralty
Court, and will doubtless suffer death in a few days.
A Lady bas been entirely cured of along asthmatic
complaint, which resisted other remedies, by taking,
from time to time, a spoonful of mustard steeped in
vinegar.