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MILITARY LAW

... AIILT.TAXY LAW, . , . ! . PF'oml the .Weatss~aster .1Ievew,'Nse ^. .:XX .I : . . : . ~Cernea ledf~renoir l45tr, ?? ?? ;The seriord Spris ciple,-7nansel, 'that~the.rvnilita7ry clia- .jrncter ?? of thee suys et, sfar onlyfas; ?? 'be needed for the: isz barga 61' n il0tary dttes; .lavisog his general responsibjlitynsacltli1'uiltinged, hillvi be snostntellignille from 'one of 'two eitamples of ...

THE BRISTOL POLICE BILL

... TI BAISTOL POLICE BILL., AFrTR1 the decided marks of disapprobation manifested by our fellow-citizens at the time the question of a New Police was first agitated, the igeneral expression of hostility to it manifested in the resolutions of the parish meetings, and the still more receit display or feeling at the late public meeting of rate payers, we own we felt surprised that any consideration ...

BRISTOL QUARTER SESSIONS

... GlUXZLtnALL,, Thursday, April 5. The Grand Jury having been sworn, the Learned Town-Clerk Ittoceeded to address them, and(, after briefly advcrting to the calendar, said:-1 I arrived in towtt but last night, end I have no~t yet had any corn- S munication with the Magistrates on the subject to whirls 1t ' am nosy about to speak. I mention this, because, if' 0 I should not happen to give ...

TRIAL OF THE BRISTOL CORPORATION

... TRIAL OF THIE BRISTOL CORPORATION. 'This anxiously expected trial is now, we believe, definitively set- tled to take place on the 25th of Odtober next. rhe judges will not hear it before, and, taking it that, they Cten only spare one week to the eniquirly. 1cre is the devclopeiefnt of the mystery which our contemporary uvniteavoured to.pass current in his Journal of' ]last Saturday. Iis words ...

THE BRISTOL MAGISTRATES,

... TUESDA Y, Fwnnu.'rr 14. THIE BRISTOL IUAGISTlHAtES, A'( TtlE POLICE AND COMPENSATION BILLS. A PhH05 ph;'r ?? remarked that man is more easily sh'ect b! sehilt misforto nes occurrin- in his immediate lillity, than by events of greater molment which trans- Plre Ill remoter spotS; thus an individual thinks more ?? on at fire which is destroying the house situated tie.5 to that in whicil hie is ...

BRISTOL QUARTER SESSIONS

... These Sessions commenced on, Monday. Thecre -were 62 pri- soners in ihecalendar, 16 of'~hons'haid.beenlcommiitted fors~tea~ling, pocket handkerchiefs from the person. The following cases were; heard and disposed of on Monday Joseph MApgtone, noe 49, wvas charged with having embezzled 10s., Cthe property ofJ.. Tf. Blall, his mnaster. Mr, Ball is a~malt- sti fti iy; the prisoner wes 'a porter in ...

THE CASE OF SOMERVILLE

... e [1lRgoM TIHE TItUE SUN.] ; Trith has triumphled in the case of Somerville; though the whole truth is not likely to be told in plain, honest, iu- e telligible lanDgage. It has to undergo the official and Par- 1 liamentary process of' disguise. The Court of Inquiry, however, atones for the omission of part of the truth, b3y i politelV Supplying something more than the truth. For S instauce, ...

COURT MARTIAL ON CAPT. WARRINGTON

... COURT MAR'A'AL oN CAnt. WARRING.TON. The result of the Court Martial on this officer lifs at length transpired. The sentence, as recorded in another part of our paper, is indeed a heavy one, and must be felt by the Captain as inflicting a mortal wound on his professional character. It was, it is true, so far miti- gated by his Majesty, as to allow of his receiving the value of his commission ; ...

BRISTOL RIOTS

... BlRI'STO(L R(IOThS. TVIAL OF CILPS LES PIANNEY, Esq. (LATE MAYu'oRe,) FOR NEG;LECT OF DUTY, Court of ?? Be;1chi, (ct. 25, 1832. This being the day fixed by the Judges of this Court for the trial at bar of Charles PirlucrEsq. Mlavor of Bristoil, tpOI arl iti'ormattion iled ec qfficio by the Attorney-GeCrirll ?? avenues to the Court were crowded at n very early hour by numbers of' m(st ...

COURT MARTIAL

... ?? ON CAP'AIN W.ARRINGTON, OFr THE e 3rd DRAGOON GUARDS,. On Wednesday morning the Court re-asembled in e Merchant's Hall.-Soon after ten, the President, Sir ?? Eane, and the members having taken their seats, f)the charges against' Capt. Warrington were read over seriatim, to each of which he pleaded not guilty. e - Sir Charles Dalbiac then addressed the Court; and, after alluding with very ...

THE SPECIAL COMMISSION

... TUESDAY, .JNvuARY 17. E, SENTENCES OF THE PitiSONERS.-rUNISHUENT OF DEATH. lyI -- e Tne labours of the Special Commission termi- nated on Saturday, in the conviction of eighty-one offenders; five of whom are sentenced to death, a a number certainly not so great as we at first an- r ticipated, but still five too many. of If, fiom a subject so melancholy, we could h~allow ourselves to derive ...

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... POLICE INTE.LLI.GENCE. WEALTHY DRUNRARDS.-DUrtlig te ?? four weeks no less than 4,076 drunken persons have been taken to the ?? M1\etropolitan Police-stations, and tile several sums of mnoney found upon them when taken into custody amounted together to 6271. Bowv-STREET.-LOVE AT Flt se SInIT.-Thursdav, a very pretty snd delicate looking girl, abslit nineteen years of age, who stated her name ...