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Mr. T. S. Duncombe was convicted yesterday, at the Hertford Assizes, of libelling Mr. Pemberton, the Mayor of that borough. The libel was contained in a letter addressed to the Electors of Hert- ford, in which Mr. Duncombe charged the Mayor with gross partiality to his opponents, and with harbouring hired ruffians on his premises. The Jury at first found the defendant guilty of" Libel by law, but not with malicious intent.' The Judge ( Mr. Baron Bayley) objected to the form of this verdict; and the Jury, after further consultation, re- turned a verdict of " Guilty," but recommended the defendant to mercy.
The pugilists who were concerned in the prize-fight at No-man's Land 011 the 30th May last, in which Simon Byrne was killed, were all tried: at the Hertford Assizes on Thursday—and acquitted ; the surgeon who attended Byrne having deposed that be was afflicted with a disease of the lungs, and that there was no external injury, answering to the internal appearances, which could have caused death.
The Reformers of West Kent purpose holding a meeting on Mon- day next, upon Wrotham Heath to which all the friends of 'liberty are
invited. The original purpose Of the meeting was to petition the King to remove the present Ministers, and to dissolve the Parliament. Perhaps the turn politics are taking may, in some degree, alter the in- tended proceedings. —Kent Herald.
• Silk weaving for eight or ten miles round Manchester has become dull within the last month. The manufacturers attribute the diminished demand to the rise which has taken place in the raw silk market, which has advanced 20 per cent. The advance on cotton wool has had a similar effect, but it is hoped that it will be temporary. The price of cotton has advanced in an extraordinary manner. The tendency of this article has indeed been upwards for at least two
months back ; which is owing in a great measure to the increased de- mand of the manufacturArs, combined with the comparatively small stock on hand, and also in part to the spirit of speculation which usually arises under such circumstances.—Leeds Mercury.
On Thursday week, a brown paper parcel was found by a bargeman floating on the Reading Canal, about four miles from Farnham, which contained the halves of bank-notes and cheeks to the amount of 9001. One of the checks was drawn upon Messrs. Williams and Deacon, and signed Weston. The bargeman took the parcel to the bankers at Farn- ham, in whose possession t is.
Three persons have died of the cholera at Sheerness during the past week, after a few hours' illneSs.
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