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_. At Bury four were capitally con- 
viéted; one of whom only was left 
for execution, and the other three 
reprieved. 
At Reading two capitally con- 
evicted; both of whom were repriev- 
_ At Northumberland, Newcatftle, 
and Morpeth, four prifoners were 
‘capitally conviéted; of whom two 
were refpited. . Q 
-, At Carlifle one only was capital- 
dy convicted, and was refpited. 
‘At Lancafter it. was remarked by 
the judge. that more cafes of man- 
Mlaughter had occurred in this coun- 
.ty for fome years, paft, than in all 
_the reft of the kingdom together. 
At Nottingham one was capital- 
Jy convicted; who was left for exe- 
cution. ture ' 
At Maidftone feven were capi- 
tally convicted, five of whom were 
reprieved, and the other two left 
for execution. 
_) At the Surry affizes five perfons 
were capitally convicted, four of 
whom were left for execution on 
Wednefday fe’nnight, viz. Rebecca 
Dunn, for high treafon, in colour- 
ing bafe money; George Benjamin 
-Burtenwood, for a footpad robbery ; 
William Batho, for a rape; and 
William Harling, for fheep ftealing. 
At Devonthire affizes three. were 
«apitally convicted, and left for 
execution. 
Warwick. 15th. ‘This morning 
a fpecial jury was affembled, and 
the caufe of the King wer/us Binns, 
which had excited confiderable at- 
tention, was tried before Mr. Juf- 
tice Afhhurft. Mr. Percival, afiifted 
by five other counfel, conducted 
the. profecution; —Mr. Romilly, 
afiifted by. Meffrs. Reader and 
Fletcher, undertook the defence. | 
sae appeared that the fentences 
et 
mpofing the charge had been ab-. 
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ftracted from different parts of the 
fpeech which Binns delivered, and 
fo put together in the indiftment 
as.to convey a meaning highly fe- 
ditious; for it ftated that he had 
faid that ** force was jultifiable to 
obtain a reform in parliament.’ 
But it was {worn by five witneffee 
that his words were, ‘ If attempts 
were made to deprive the people 
of the trial by jury and the liberty 
of the prefs, that then it would be 
Jaudable to oppofe it by force.”’— 
“ Thus,” faid Mr. Romilly, “ the 
words were applied to a mere hy- 
pothefis, and not ref{pecting a re- 
form in parliament. When the 
words are thus applied, they are 
far from importing any thing crimi- 
nal; nay (continued the counfel) 
to fupport by force the trial b 
jury and the liberty of the i 
againft the attacks of government, 
is juftifiable, according to Black- 
ftone.” Here the learned counfel 
read a quotation from Blackftone’s 
Commentaries. — Mr. Percival re- 
plied. The trial lafted nearly eleven 
hours and a half, when the jury 
retired ; and after deliberating 
about two hours and three quar- 
ters, followed the judge to his 
lodgings, and delivered a verdict of 
Not Guilty. 
Frenice, July 31. The commer- 
cial houfes here are to pay the fol- 
lowing fums, in filver ducats (du- 
cati d’argento) towards the contri- 
butions impofed by the French :— 
Serpos 30,000 Camilnati 20,000 
Zinetti 28,000 Camello 10,000 
Treves 45,000 Bianchini 25,000 
Tamofi 45,000 Burati 26,000 
Rizotti 15,000 Borelli 17,000 
Luifello 10,000 Angeli 16,000 
Curiel 20,000 Guizetti 18,000 
And thirteen other houfes from 
8,000 to 2,500 ducats. 
Jedburgh. \6th. A multitude of ftout 
young 
