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BENCH OF MAGISTRATES

... BENCII OF MAGISTRATES. TUESDAY, AUGUST 8.-Present: Sir D. S O)TT, 13art. Henry Gordon, a young manl who appeared in a state of great cx halustion;, produced by the want of food, was committed to the House of Correction for fourteenl days, Sir D. Scott Observing that he didl so not fromt a desire of inilictinrg puosislnent upon the defendant. bhot that he might receivc that attention which his ...

MURDER AT THE CANTERBURY ELECTION

... MURDER AT TVHE CANTERBURY ELECTION. INQUEST ON THE B3ODY OF JOHN CONSTANT.-Consider- able excitement was produced in Canterbury on Thursday evening and Friday forenoon, by a report that a poor man, who had been knocked down by some bludgeon-men, and severely injured, had died of his wounds. A coroner's jury was sum- moned for the purpose of investigating the circumstances which led to his ...

AMERICA.—EXECUTION OF A CRIMINAL

... AMERICA.-EXECU'IONN OF A CRIIIMNA L. [Fiona the A LWv Or,'misaa Uomnonmcia! Herabl, April 2h9.1 Soonafiteri11 o'i'ioek yesterdav morning, Tliouas'ib' convicied of anr attemnpt to iiund'r i'l' tile Coll-! house keepl'c onl the, Levee, was hung, in the open ,apcec i i!r thle canal), ait the ?? of St. Louis streect. lie was Coiidueiled to the place of execution fromt the ('alaboose onl a c:all, ...

COURT OF KING'S BENCH

... roynno-5 }V VRu. ltf. t tflSL - FOIDAV, Pats. 10. :1 e p Lord tie Roes ?? Csernrning.-The trial of this f ease, which has excited so much interest in the fashion. h able world liii the last two or three months, came on e this morning; and at an early hour all the avenues lead. v ing to the Court werc crowded with persons anxiuos to o hear the proceedings. Upon the bench were Lord Al- it vanley ...

LEWES CHRISTMAS QUARTER SESSIONS

... LEWES CHRISTMAS QUAtrER SESSIONS. Ycgterdav, the Magistrates met for the dispatch of county business in the Grand Jury room. Immediately after the opening of the Sessions, the Earl of Chichester in the chair, there were present, W. Seymour, Esq., H. B. Curteis, Esq., M.P., G, Basevi, Esq., T. R. Xemp, Esq., M.P., R. Gear, Esq. - 131aaw, Esq., W. C. Mlabhott, Esq., J. EllInan, Esq., W.I3lencoe, ...

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—DORCHESTER,July 22

... WESTERN CIRCUIT.-DoRc1iESTEn, July 2i2. no a ?? ?? . . oi- . - - ?? A.. . .- . - ?? a ly h4. BURGLARY iiY A WOMAN.-Elizabeth Tizzard, a very interest- ing-looking woman, was indicted for having, on the night of Friday the 23d of June last, burglarious broken and entered the dwelling house of William Galpill, at Dorchester, and stlen between 601. and 601. In order that the case may be ...

GREENWICH PETTY SESSIONS

... GREEN WICIH PETTY SESSIONS. Disfrees amonqe f/ic TT-rdting Clalsses, aned .Necessity of Trades Usions.-Yesterday a case carne before the above Petty Sessions which illustrates in a striking manner the tyranny which some journeymen exercise over their masters, and the exorbitant wages they are enabled to command thereby. The firm of Walker and Co. paper-stainers, were summoned by several ...

SHERIFFS' COURT, Nov. 17

... SHERIE'I'S' COURT, N'ov. 17. (Before M~r. Under-Sheriff and a Special Jury.) r RAxCrr of awairast of ?? ?? v. Hpooier. 'Ihis was atn action in which judgment was suffered by def'ault, brought to recover cornpensation for a breach of promise of'marriage. A special jitry. among wahonm were Sir XI'. Poland and several Mliddlesex llagistrates, was empaneiled on the execution at the writ of inquiry ...

REMARKABLE CASE OF SUFFERING AT SEA

... IREM.A.RKABLE CASE OF SUFFERING AT SEA. The following case of extreme suffering lately occurred to a boy of the name of Cope, belongingf to his M~ajesty's ship Revenge, who aas tirifteti Out of a lita harbour in a small boat, withs an artilleryman, hoth in a state of drunkenness. Thle boy is now on board the Carysfort, Caiptatin Martin, at Constantinople -WN~illianm Cope (boy 1st class,) ...

OXFORDSHIRE ASSIZES

... On Monday last, at three, o'clock, Philip ?? Herbert W~ykehain, Esq. High Sheriff, accompanied by Mr. Cooper, the Under Sheriff, with tire javelin men on horsebak roeddfrom the Star Hotel to Nune- ham Couril y ortepurpose of escorting Sir James Parke and Sr ilam Bolland, the *Judges of Assize, into Oxford, and at four o'clock their Lordsoi~ps arrived and opened the Commission for holding the ...

COURT CIRCULAR

... Thle Qnccn rceivei the Address frons the Hotuse of Commons yesterday ..'tcrnoen, at the New Palace.- The S1)ealccr of the House of Conmnons, in his robes of office, arrived in his state coach shortly betbre two o'clock, zattended by his Chaplain and Secretary, and the Seijeant at Aims, bearing the macc. Thi 'e Riht HIon. Gentleman was attended by a nuincrous depulta- tion of Mlembers. T'le ...

EVIDENCE BEFORE THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS

... EVIDENCE BEFORE THE POOR LAW COM- M ISSIONE NRS. The evidence given by Mr. James Gray, a respectable inha- bitant of Chichester, has excited much attention in that part of the country, as it is important, and contradicting point blank some of the statements of the advocates of the New Poor Law. We extract the following passages:- Mr, WA LTIE; I will refer you to Mr. Raper's Evidence, No. 3,146 ...