The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-27 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMON . THL RSDAT. JULY

The SPLAKRIt took the Chair at half past three
o'clock, and acquainted the House, that he had been
in the House of Loris and heard the Royal Assent
given by Commission to the Insolvent Debtors' Rill.
Mr. lxxcs presented a Petition from three Bur-.
gesses of Colchester against the return of Mr. H. Bar-
ing for that lionsugh.—Ordered to be taker' into con-
sideration on 17th August. •
Mr. Hems moved fur a return of the sumier of
Officers employed under the present system fie t►e
prevention of Smuggling by land, and of the total es-
peuce

of the present establishment.—Ordered.
Mr. It•snistwrox moved that returns laid upon the
Table of the House of the net amount of the revenue
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and !reload
fur the year ending July. 1:•20 also of the total pre.'
duce of the Consolidated Fond, and the quantity *I
foreign wine imported into this country, be printed.—
Ordered.
Mr. HUME wished to know why the Papers relative
to the Revenue of Gibraltar; which had been ordered
so long ago as the 4th of May, bad not been laid bp,
fore the House ? lie was anxious that they should hal
laid upon the Table, as it was his intention to call the
attention of Parliament to this subject as soon as the
House met.
Mr. lustifstivrors gave some explanation across the
Table, of the circumstance* which had created a delay
in the production of these Papers.
Upon the motion of Mr. ituatttNnvox, that the
House do now adjourn to the 21st August.
Mr. Hysic rose, to inquire whether any applieade,
had been made to the Secretary of State tor the Howie
Department, on behalf of the three individuals who
had been convicted of to .ging Bank-notes, and ordered
for execution to-morrow. .;s the Royal APECiIi
been given to the Bill whiA took away the capita
punishment from this offence, he thought the ease of
these unfortunate individuals entitled to the conside-
ration of Government.
The ATTORNav-tiznan.tl, made some observatite

in a low tone of voice. We understood him to say,
that sums objections had lwen made to that part of the
Bill to which th • llonouruble Gentleman alladed, and
that the clause consequently stood over for farther
considertion.
Mr. Hume expressed hi. dissatisfaction at the ex-
planation of the &insurable and Learned Omsdassian.,
lie certainly understood that the punishment of death
had been commuted for transportatiou in cases of
forgery in the new Bill, and that Bill had received the
Royal Assent. He repeated that 'the case of the un-
fortunate men who hail received sentence of death
merited the serious attention of his Nlajesty's Govern-
ment.
The House then adjourned till Monday, 21st of
August.

YORKSIIiIt- E ASSIZES, JULE 24.

NtFI PRIP.R.—From 9 till 2 the Court was OCCD-
pied with three causer, which terminated in there're'.
of the defence, without summing np to the jury.
Anne,. P. WILIsS AND lIMIIISNORTII.-11r. SPAR-
!ATI. opened this case as the most aggravated whiff"
had ever come into a court of justice. All the iota,
and a most brutal assault, hail been on the part of the
defendants. It had cost the plaintiff a large sine ef
money ; but that was not the compensation is
wages which they would give for this very aeries%
very dangerous assault upon the plaintiff, and this lasi,
suit to his wife. if he had not acted as lie had ANN
to the Yarmouth gentlemen, he would not have bawl
entitled to damages. if a man ought to give a blew I
lon any occasion, it was when he saw his wife insulted. I
He did, therefore, expert large damages.
Mary Ann Abbey, plaintiffs daughter, read bu
father was a waterman belonging to the packet bWI
tween York and Leeds. Mr. Wilks, the defendailial
was a gentleman, and her father's Lindlord,at Woods*. I
II ford, near Leeds. Mr. llensworth, the other defend-1
ant, had a large farm at that place. On Whit-Mon-
day, the 2ld of May, which was a hulyday, her father
was at the Whitehart public-horse, kept by John Col-
lies. She went for him between 11 and la at night.
He did not come home. She went pin with her
mother for bins about one. Her brothh Thomas fol-
lowed them. When they were returning from the i
._ Hart she saw Mr. Wilks and a stranger from
Letreotar th. 'the stranger. who was not known to her
, trod on her mother's foot as they were coming
out. Her toothier fetched him a smack with her open
hand. The stranger then attempted to put his hand
round her neck. He pushed her. Her father then
struck at the stranger, and knocked him down. Be-1
fore the stranger had got well up. Mr. Willie struck at I
her father, several times, hard blows. Her father did,
not strike him again ; he had no chance. Mr. Wilily
and Richard Rhodes took hold of her father's arm,]
and took him a few yards from the door. Mr. Wilke
then let him go, sad Richard Klusileytook him home.
When her fathet, her mother, her brother, and she,
had gone in, Mr. Wilks followed them In, mad her
mother locked the door. Mr. Wilks caret in quietly,
She did not know whether her mother llad inteoded
to lock him out. They sat down, and Magna to talk
seemingly as if they would he quiet. Dir. Wilke mita
her father why he bad insulted that penes, the Ona-
ger who was with him, from Yarmouth?. Her father
said he had no !Asia. sr to meddle with his wife, but
to let her come 'holt her buiinyss, and he was a reseal
for doing so. Mr. Willis a.iid,if he called him a ras-
cal again, he weal cettsiely bent Ms bead et Her
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