Star.
London, England, 1817-08-12 00:00:00

torso FALMOUTH r. 1. FRITHS, Itcol.

This was an action of assnmpsit brought by the
plaintiff against the defendant, for the recovery of
the sum of 4115 G upon the purclia.: of an estate at
Tresawle, in this county.
Mr. Serjeant Put. stated the circumstances of the
case to the Jury, on the behalf of the plaintiff; the
substance of which is, that in the yeai 1811 the de-
fendant sold the estate in question, at a public auc•,
tion for the sum el £lB2O. 'rite agent for the plain •
tiff was the purchaser, and the conditions of sale
made the term of the then tenant's occupation to ex-
pire at Michaelmas, 1812, whereas, in point of fact,
his Lordship afterwards discovered that it was not
determinable until Michaelmas, 1813. and it was,
therefore, for the loss the plaintiff had sustained that
he brought the present action.
The Steward was callej, to prove the foregoing
facts.

Mrs Justice Bounotx.o thought the parties had bet,
terreler the case to wale Gentleman at tt.e Bar.

Defendant—lf his Lordship will take it out of
Court, I have no objectiois. (if laugh.)
Mr. Justice BUIPAOUGII 141 d be should refer it to
Mr. Selwyn.
111. r. Serjeaot Pete., for the plaintiff, said it could
not be in better hoods.

A verdict was accordingly t iken for the plaintiff,
subject to the award of Mr. Selwyn.

THE KING v. DANIEL OLIVER.

This was an informati.at flied by the Arrnnwev-
Gesunat, against the defendant, under the 47th of
the King, for having. on the night of the 2d of June,
1816, made a light twin the coast near Alavagisky,
for the purpose of giving a signal to smugglers on
the sea.

The fact was proved by a man named Horner, a
Custom-house ofEcer, who stated, that between one
And two o'clock on tne morning in question, he saw
three distinct lights made near the sea, and on going
to the ►pot, he found the defendant lying down, pre.
tending to be asleep ; he had a lantern with h m
And a stick, the end of whicii ma; partially bnrnt.
The Jury, under the directton of the Learned
Judge, found the defendant guilty. The punishment
is AMU f►ue, or six months imprisonment.

At Shrewsbury Assizes, William Basler, aged *4,
for stealing 32 sheep ; Edward Mit:hell, aged 40. fur
stealing 11 sheep ; and Samuel Bawdier, aged 61, for
stealing one seep, trceivet sentence of death, and are
left for execution. Seventeen other prisoners were
condemned, and afterwards reprieved.
At York Assizes all tic prisoners wider sentence
of death were reprieved, except Isar Bradshaw (for
a rape (In a child under ten )ears of age), who was
left for execution.

If ilium Km was was executed at York on Thurs-
day, for the wilful murder of Sarah Trippet, at Shef-
field, with whom he had cohabited. The murder was
suniinstted in a fit otjeaiousy.
Friday se'nnight, about theft o'clock, 77raeras Eart-
hly, capitally convicted, at Worcester Assizes, un-
der Lord Elienboroneh's Act, of cutting and maim
ing, in 18116. James Gilson, late of Blocktey, with in-
tent to do him bodily harm, underwent the dreadful
sentence of the law opposite the County Jail ; be
conducted himself with firmness and resignation, bui
persisted to the last is the assertion that the crime
for which he suffered occurred during an affray, and
that .Gilson gave him the first blow. The execution
WAS delayed for some time in the expectation that a
reprieve would arrive.
A mandate was received at Stafford on Thursday
last, from Mr. Baron GathßOW, to respite, till further
orders, the execution of Joseph Fereen,Edward Highs,
and 'boas Lewis, convicted at the late Assizes, the
former ut forgery at Wolverhampton, and the other
two of highway robbery at Talk o'tle-11:11.—Wor.
eon far a burglary sit Uttoxetur, Ball and lerw-rinn,
for a robbery at Wolverhampton, and Caierbell,,
for passing a forged Bank-rote at Bur slem, will suffer
death on Saturday next, at 8 o'clock in the morning.
Tuesday, James Carr, baker, at Cheadle, was con.
victed before Doctor Gut:lives, one of his Majesty's Ju-
stices of the Peace for Staffordshire, upon the informa-
tion of Mr. Richard Ball, Governer cf the Workhouse,
in Cheadle aforesaid, in the penalty of ew.l►e pounds,
tor the deficiency of forty-eight ounces in seven loaves
of bread (commonly called quartern loaves), which,'
by the statute, should weigh tour pet:Las five minces,
and a half.

In consequence of the fever row prevailing in
Tralee. the Kerry Assizes will be adjourned aftet the
opening of the Consrnisl.nq. !3:1t.1 some rime after the
termination of the, Cork A.ssizes, which commenced
on Tuesday morning last, according to the original
notice given by the Judges of Assizes.
John Brady. Jane: Kunan, and others, were found
guilty .tt the Longford Assizes, of administering an
o.tth, to bear true allegiance to the Catholic Board,
and to be always in readiness to attend all orders
coming from the said Board.
At the late IVlollingar Assizes, Thereat Clerks and
Hears Barks were found guilty of the murder of Pa-
trick Mahon. by beating out bis brains with an iron..
crow. The villains, atter their conviction. evinced a
hardened depravity, which deeply shocked Lord
NOR MAY. and a crowded Court ; they declared aloud,
that on the night of the day they %roold be mecuted,,l
their associates, would have the lives of all concerned
in their prosecution ; and the brother of the prisoner
Clarke had dos audacity to call to him from the gal-
lery of the Court, in [CMS of apparent aprobatiOn.