The Judges are still on the Circuit. The cases of
murder, man- slaughter, and stabbing with intent to kill, are very numerous. At Taunton, three eases of that description came on in succession. One prisoner having been found guilty of manslaughter, Baron Gurney, in passing sentence of transportation for life, said it was really necessary to try the effect of severe punishment in stopping "this horrid practice of resorting to deadly weapons for the purpose of' deciding personal quarrels."
At Fareham, in Hampshire, last week, William Handay, who kept a beer-shop, having quarrelled with his brother-in-law, Thomas 3 Inekett, deliberately shot him. He has been committed, on a verdict of " Wilful Murder," returned by u Coroner's Jury. Julia Johnson, wife of a public-house keeper in Brighton, was found in bed on Sunday morning with her throat cut. There is strong cir- cumstantial evidence against the husband, who has been taken up on a charge of murder.
Sonic of the papers last week published an account of a duel at Tenby between Mr. Richards, Mayor of Tenby, and a Mr. Mannicks. It was said that the former was killed, and that the latter with the econds decamped. A correspondent of the Post contra dieted that statement, as "fhlse ;" but it appears that there was a duel, in which Mr. Richards was wounded, though not killed ; and lie is recovering from his hurt.
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