Star. — 1820-03-15 (London, England)

YORK ASSIZES.  Edward O'Brien, Patrick D'Evine, and Arritetu BM (removed by I:nbeal Corpus from the ;ail of Hull), were charged wi;h killing and slaying TT- minis Rowland. The case was abandoned as to tiie two last mentioned prisoners. It appealed that the pr soner O'Biien, who is in the band of the Sth regiment, accompanied by several of his comrades, went into a public-house at Null, where the deceased and some other persons were sitting. On entering the room, O'Brien challenged any person to fight for five shillings, or a of beer ; this challenge he repeated several times. The deceased told him to keep his own company, he warted no quarrel; but at last he said he would not mind fighting him for five pounds. Upon this O'Brien struck him, and he-returned the blow. O'Brien then seized part of the leg of a table, with which, as %yell as with a candlestick, Ihe furiously attacked and beat him. In the struggle, the deceased's lead was forced under a long settle, and in that defenceless situation, the prisoner retired about three yards, and sprung upon the body of the deceased with all his force, alighting with his heels a little below the navel. This external violence caused immediate inflammation, and Rowland died soon after.—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Justice PanK, in passing sentence, said, he had never heard a case of more savage cruelty ; and it-was fortunate for the prisoner he had not been indicted for murder. Ilis Lordship observed, it was at first his intention to inflict upon him th•-beaviest punishment the law allows, by ordering him, in addition to a year's imprisonment, to be burnt in t!-.e hand. But observing on his breast a medal, which. he supposed was a mark of met it, he was unwilling to send him back to his regiment with the mark of infainy—he should therefore inflict upon him the next sentence in point of severity, which was—to pay a fine of one shilling, and le imprisoned .fir twelve months.  Thomas Brumfl was. charged with maliciously setting fire to a dwelling-house at Bradford, in which he resided, the property of Mr. W. Naylor. ,lt appeared that the prisoner's goods had been seized for rent, at which time he assaulted the officer, and was seen to go up stairs with a candle. Shortly afterwards the house was in flames; the prisoner did not assist to extinguish the fire. The Jury returned a vet dict of Gsriky. Mr. Justice PARK, in passing sentence, said, that in the catalogue of crimes, he knew none of a dveper dye than that of which the prisoner had been convicted. He held out to him no hopes of mercy, and entreated him to spend the short period that would probably be allotted to him in this world to a preparation for eternity.  Monday evening, at dusk, as Mr. Keeting Smethets, a sporting character, was returning fcom the fights near Barking, in the lane from the Marshes into the Rornford-road, he was met by two ruffians, dressed in sailors jackets, one of whom, armed with a bludgeon, seized the bridle, and the other presented a pistol at him and demanded his money. They dismounted him with much violence, and ransacked his pockets of his watch, £l4 in notes, and some silver. They took the saddle and bridle off the home, and turned him into a field, and left Mr. Smethers, after laming him with the bludgeon over the shins, to prevent pursuit. They were not supposed .to have been at the fight.