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MILITARY PUNISHMENTS

... The commissioners have presented their report on this subject, which has been ordered to be printed. We give the following ex- tracts to show the objects to which they have directed their ntten- tion, and( the results at which they have arrived. We have (say they) directed our attention to the following points:- 1. To regulations which have been adopted of late vers in order to render ...

ECCLESLASTICAL COURTS CONSOLIDATING BILL

... [mo31 A COlRRESPONDENT.] ECCLESTJS1'/CAL COURTS CONSOLIDATINC B ILL. l - . I I . _ There are many parts of the above bill, which, if carried into eifher, wvili greatly improve she conlstitution of the English eccle- siastical courts ; bittheereptin of -tine mreeiiure, which, it' adopted, will in flirt m ost serious injury upion those persons who do not happen to reside in, or near the ...

WILTS ASSIZES

... Hentry Wynn Swho was found guilty on Friday, of thelimurder of' E liza Jones, was executed on Mon01day, the 14th, and his body1 buried iti the precincts of the prison. Cbristophier Hollaud, indicted for killing arnd slaying Thomas Smitlh, at Trosebridge, on ?? of January, in lifting him fo r a wager, as stated in a former paper, wvas aenteisced to ten days' impriesnmaent. .An-n Whiteombe was ...

SUSPECTED MURDER AT CROSS

... The inhabitants of this place have been much excited within the last few days, in consequence of the sudden death of a man, named John Edney, which has since been ascertained to have been oxcca- siotied by poison. It appears that the deceased, who was a poor but industrious mais, contrived to obtain a livelihood by retailing butter, wiater-cresses. &c., which he frequently conveyed on foot ...