The Sun. — London, England, 1802-09-18 00:00:00

ufft. dissi. and CaSOII u y tA.3. V~ tiZ ilies. ttieir CE:'• Ines ti"...* ISq2. in the storm upon rig ail to A same vetir ent tb!icf aisan ment : fred re of I the that 112..i5t h tine , the Diet n thg 21sati PER, i:;i• Zt lls !me' tern' 1111;5 1 :Cfr: 6 cl 4 InO s f Or crO t tirs: .c,'' itkr o:t s fie/ I) RE ADRi L FIRE AT 111)007„ LAST Tnesda, night a most dreadful fie broke out in the extensive range of warehouSes belonging' • to Messrs. France, P.)1 5 , nna .Fletcher,, adjoin ing the St. George's Duck, Liverpool, which, in A. short time, consumed the same, and many other warehouses contiguous thereto—all filled with . West India produCe, grain, er:c. but fortunately all. the shipping was saved.• 'rue: loss is estimated at half miliion.sterling. The following account of this Calamity is extratted from a letter received yester - day,,clated " Liverpool, Sept. rs. A tremendous are broke out last night at this place, 'which consumed the whole of the beautiful and extensive warehouses fronting St. GeOrge' s )ock, justly the pride of Liverpool's enterprisi ng inhabitants, and the admiration of all strangers.- , -It is not known how this dreadful calamity originated ; but about ten o'clock smoke was observed to issue from the centre Of Francis's-buildings ; the fire.. bell was instantly rung, the drums beat to arms, the whale of the military turned out, and every ex ertion that aftive attention could furnish was r en _ tiered. The remains of the Northumberland Fenci bles were particularly adtive, commanded by their Adjtrant. ( r About one the flames burst forth with trem en . dous fury, and continued raging and threatening de.- utruCtion to all around till six o'clock in' the mons, ing, when.- they were got somewhat under. The fury with which the conflagratlon raged, its 'cads will best demonstrate, for all those beautiful and ex tensive buildings reaching from Water-lane to Brunswick. street, with the corresponding store_ houses called Francis, were, at six o'clock in the morn - ing, one prodigious heap of ruins am just re. turned (twelve o'clock) from visiting the ruins, and cannut_describe to you how awfully grand they appear—the walls, which bounded these prodigious buildings being &Om to to z 4 stories high, stand perfetft bur unsupported ; the front has given way, except some large stone arches which formed its basis--these, as the buildings have fallen, .are mu tilated, and appear above the heaps of the rubbish a perfed,piaure. "George's Dock is one settle of confusion—bnies of cotton, puncheons of rum, of sugar, bags of corn, &c. lying in promiscuous heaps ; every face bears evident marks of sorrow or of sympathy. The adtial damage cannot bt less thati a mill ion.ofinoory. Theshipping, (tor the dock was full close to the spot,) were, from its fortunately being good. - ride, removed and preserved; but every attention was necessary, 'such as wet sail.; plaCed before the rigging, &c. It may be considered a fortunate circumstance that the streets of this populous town were, laid with 'water-pipes, and the attention paid by the proprietors of the Bootle Springs to.. wards furnishing a sufficient quantity of water, in . a great measure checked the, progress of the flames. It is to be regretted the immense reservoir Corn , i)leting by this Company was not finished, as it is calculated to contain near 4000 tons ol water, .at an height commanding the utmost acclivities and buildings of•the town." ANOTHER ACCOVNT. fi We have had the rno4t dreadful fire here ever known. Seventeen very large warehouses; quite full of rum,- sugar, eaiice, and- grail), -- burnt to the tround. The loss is . estimated at".B66,o63l.—rather tearer a million than under. 'MeV were, Vraneies houses, near George's Dock." ANOTIIFIt ACCOUNT. " A dreadful catastrophe has taken place her,?., evhich has:ohm-tided all kind of busioess to-day. That noble pile, called Francis' Warehouse, on CToree, of 13 stories high, and several contigu ous warehouses, are, with all their contents of. West India produce and grain, completely destroyed.-- They wete loft; and a loss has occurred to the town ot a Million of money in value, about two_ thirds of which amount is•supposed to be insured. 'The accident was occasioned by the falling of. a =ilu4.-of a candle alliong Shavings in a porter vault. The fire broke out at midnight, and raged 4 ntil'noon this day." The aboVe are tile first, and, no dotibt, hasty ac- Qounts Of :this unfortunate accident. One I,ettcr reduces - the loss to tioo,aool. ; and we. trust that, • kl potinve;tigation, it will turn out less than is aP- Prehended. FIRE AT VAITXHAII. 4 .—On Thursday evening,, about half-Past ten o'clOck, a fire broke out in the `tables of --- WOODFO . RD, Esq. at it xv-s occasioned, we understand, by a candle fail, at;iong some straw. ,Severel engines belonging Gentlemen in the neighouthood, and'some from , ondon, very soon arrived at the s4Jor, but unforta_ -41 tely there was a scarcity of water. The' ;trebles, the Servants' apartments over them, and-the kitchen, which was detached' from the house, `'ere completely burnt down. The flarnes were so " 'Piel, that some of the servants, who were in bed, ape d with the treatest difli-ca:ty, but their .iothes '"(1, all the furniture , was destroyed.—The horses got out, with the exception Of one, a valuable horse, which was burnt. Mr. Woo:: o D . 11" d been for years cc:Haling, at a considerable ex-- a great number of curio us f ore i gn bi r d s , s'ilich were kept in a Green-home adjoining to house, and between it and the stables.— •'''zr screams of the poor birds, occasioned by the of th e sire, was really distressing; and though means were taken to enable the m to e s cape j . ° °reitk the qIaISS of the Greenhouse, yet few !re able to -Pet oar, and of these few the greater jareither or drops' into th e fi anc e s .—A very . ar gc gang of pickpockets intended from London ; ;;,,d, to the disgrace of our Police, committed their' -,preclationS with impunity. The 'Ann (of Londal',) Grant., coal-loaded, is S' ruby Sand. Crew saved un'Thursday, at the M.insiJn-Flouse, f our young til e tl Were charzett on suspicion of being a part of deVerate gang who committed divcri robberies 1: w anton cruelties, some t i me back, in the neigh -4rh°od-of insbory-squate.. Several persons wno, . r obbed on t h at occasion attended. One Gen -I,.hrrli.l" owned his h at , t h at h e was ro bb e d o f , and ;,,„ 'llmrs, Was found dn the head_ of one of the They were committed for re-exurnination. 4E?/STQL, Sr; i:3:.. . ~.. A very anions discovery has lately been tn:ttle 'n the'Cathedral. of Bristol: some workmeU einplos'ed in making riecessaty reparations in the Church,. Op. removing the stones near the entrance of the Choir, • came upon the vaulted roof of the Burying-place of the Founder, RA. Fitzharding;• tl Dean, With an attention which does him , : greaT honour, pre vented any further violation of this Sandoary of the Dead, and ordered the whole to be closed up immediately. On throwing in the rubbish, they found an old Brass plate, which by the holes at the four corners, appears to have been fastened to the top o r the Vault or to some other place ; of no value, they were going. to throw. it in with / the loose earth, but Mr.. Moss the Se.tifti,,lrapren- . , ing to pass at the time, they shewed it to him, .who, On a near inspection, discovered something like let ters, though in some parts obliterated by age or accident he took it immediately to the Dean who was in another part of the Church, and he being a learned Antiquary, soon made out the following lines. The original Plate is deposited in the Chapter-house, and is daily -visited by the curious. The inscription is in the old Gothic letter, vVttr.N the Sea shall cease to fiowe, Up to the IValles of faire Brigstowe, Yet the Waters be up to the brim, • So that every Ship shall swim; Then ne place shall flourish moe, Then the Town of faireßrigstowe. But when bickerings tonne so high, That nothing can be done forthy ; When Men of eyelid) degree, Have no res peel for Seignoti,:: When Wecmen be dight in swiche manitre, That you would think them Men b'y their geere; When Preestis marry and revel in halls, And LeITTI3.IIS sit in the Prebends' stalls. Whei; Chtuvhes goods be bought and-sold, . And an Eagle of brass be turned to gold ; Come that time, when come it may, • £rigstowe City shall rue the day ! T. PETERSBURGH, Atr. 16. Prince Wur.,l,Am of GLouc ESTER islylged, in the house of the English Arnbassador, and I,rass:ah. zeady dined several times with the ~,FNir E Yesterday his Royal Highness dined with the Swedish Ambassador. The Name.dav of the EmPREss 'DOWAGER 'was celebrated with great pomp the day before yester day, at Feterhoff. In the evening there was a Masquerade at the Palace, - to which every one was admitted, and also a SupPel-. ' There were more than 6000 Carriages from Petersburgh. The Garden, which is most admirably situated on the Sea, was ;orilliantly illtminated s and the many excellent Water.works..p;ayed the whole Several Imperial Vessels, which lay at anchor op posite the C3rdrn,, were also illun4aated, shewiny, the name of the Et a ess in coloured lamps. The l;eauty of the.scene was heightened by the 'fineness of the weather. The English Ainbassador, Lord ST. HE LE*'S proceeds to England on bdard the Lot via F r ; gate , which carried otv Prince WM', of GLOUCESTER. —A little- before dep4rt tire hi the Latour, the Emr E a, returning frotn a short excursion on fle Water, sti , ent on board it. The Captain was On shore. The petty Officers and Sailors, :Ist°_ hushed at seeing :he Russian Monarch among them, could scarcely contain themselves for joy.- 9 die mean time a breakfast was prepared, as well as the time would allow, of which the magnanimotis . ALExAN aER partook with. great satisfaction, .and leaving the Frigate amidst the huzzas of the Crew, returned to Peterhof}. On the 3,1 of August the %inns of Marriage between ,a NiThometan anti a Protestant woman were proclaimed here in the German Calvinist Church. The Mahometan engaged in the contract to renounce polygamy, And to let all the children of this marriage be baptized. It is greatly to be regretted, that there is no law • to punish those atrocious criminals, who by means of deep.laid artifices, rob . parents of theirichildren. There are few crimes of a deeper die, or where.the injury inflided is greater or More acute. Children have been generally hitherto stolen for the sake of their clothes, but a recent trial, added to a cireum. .stance which lately occurred, sufficiently proves that there are those in existenee, who will artfully procure children, regardless of the pangs whiCh must he enduredby the parents on discovering their loss, . merely to suit their own fraudulent purpeses e by passing them afterwards as their own. 'these per. sons the law will not reach, as it is only for fe10..: oiously stealing the child's clothes, or receiving such property , knowing it to be stolen, that they can at present be in any way punished. The value of the goods stolen from Mr. PURSE'S . sa!o.reotn, in Cloak.lane, on Wednesday night, amounts to 20001. 'Plate, diamonds, watches, and even pieces of linen, prepared to be sold by auelion nextday, were car r i e d away by the thieves, ab o u t twelve o'clock at night in a hackney coach, which they brought for the purpose, and which «c hope will be discovered. It is supposed that one of the. thieves concealed himself in a closet in 'the house in the day time, and opened the doors to his companions at midnight, as no trace can be discovered of any violence na-eing, been used to open the doors. Or Thursday morning lair, the light Salisbury Coach overturned on the other side Virginia Wa. ter,: by which accident the Guard's leg was broken, and we are sorry to state, that he is since dead.— This Man, whose name was Richard Scarlet, was very unfortunate : he had been an extellent 0)k:1- m:in, but after a broken arra, by 'an overt Urn, in 'consequence of a broken akletree, he was ribliged to become Guard. . Or T.uesday last a melaneholraccident happened in' Chelsea Reach ; a person, an inhalsitant of Westminster, with his wife, sister, and others, as we are informed to the number . of seven, were _upset in a wherry and all of theMArowned. It is conjetaured, that the man' in a state of inebriation fell overboard, and that the others' by all' going to one .713 c, endeavouring to,save him, ock6sioned , the melancholy latastrovhe, . . sOLD tfllkD DAY.-....-tRIDAII'.SITT. 17. Henry Ray, .7, JP. ketzwltont,' - anil were arraigned upon an IndiEtment whith states,' that -Henry Ray, on the t-I.th•of March, in the 4zd year of the reign of our Lord the-King,. of hig' malice aforethoUght, with a pistol loaded . with powder, and a fleaden bullo, shot one John Bretner, then being in the. peace of .God; aid of our Lord . the' King, to wit, at the Cape of Good Hope, be.. yond . Seas; Src. of which, on'. the same day, he died, and that the other two Prisoners were present, aiding, abetting, comforting, and maintaining .the said Henry Ray; whereby they, the said. John Bremer did — kilt - diiirMlrrder—that is to say, the deceasedioas slpt in a,Lktrel; in which - Mr. Ray was Principal, and the other two Prisoners Seconds. They pleaded Not Guilty. • They were informed they are to be tried on Tues day next, and then they withdrew. John Allem was indiaed for stealing several pieces of silver, the property of Mary Clerk. The Prosecutrix is a widow, carrying-on the trade of a watch case.maker, in Bunhill-tow. - Prisoner was employed in the shopond some sCspicion being entertained of his having pilfered souse pieces, of silver out of the shop, some of them, were inarkqd, and he afterwards collie into the shop, -about nine o'clock in the morning, his usual hour ; he pre tended to want to go out about • ten; he Was fol lowed; aid' told' he hail robbed the shop :—he at first', denied ir, but afterwards, being about to be search.' ed,, he rook out a piece of silver fromlth pocker; and said that was all he had—some more sthien pieces, however, were found upon' him..—Gao.y. IP7l4hm Harris', a young lad in the same shop, who had been there about two months UNn liking, in order to become an apprentice, ..was,conviCted of the same Offence : he had concealed several bits of silver wire in the privy. 'The Learned Judge observed, that as neither of these piecis of silver .was of 'inure value than t zd. perhaps-it would be too much to find the -Prisoner guilty of . any thingbtit Petty Larceny.---As nobod.y' siitw- him take ,the got ds out of the shop, attnough from the circurhstances;; it was clear he took theist . all, yet the:probability:was, that they were piL fer s ed a single piece at, a: time, and, a number of Petty Larcenies could not be put together to make ihem up into a Grand . Larceny 'so that if only one was taken at a time, an d • one was not of more value than . 42 . d. the. verdk would he piity of stealing to the valde of I2d. which the Jury found accordingly, and' recommended . the Prisoner to Mercy'on account of his youth. The Prosecutrix begged the Court would shew lenity to the Prisoner. The CiJurt said, that the recommendation should be attended•to. ' yo:cinn q b 21/PCartb sv , a ,girl v 8 years of age, was cried. for. the wilful murder of her bastard female child, which' thelndiamen! stated to' lutve been, by the prov - idenCe of God, born alive; Mr. KNowt,es Opened the Case on the part of :he Prosecution, in the,Wurse of which he oberved that the questions the jury would' have to :decide were principally two—First, whether the child--of which the Prisoner was was born olisi!e, for if born dead, it.cotild not be, murdered as. stated in this' indielinent.—Secondiy, if born alive, Who_ titer the child which was found, and said tor.; , iie-the child of the Prisoner, was her child,? gr. Barrett, an Apothecary and Man-midwife, at Limehouse, ,swore, that on Tuesday the. z• r th of August, he saw a female inbot, and he ex, amitied•it to endeavour to ascertain whether, it was -born dead: or alive. He had formed . his opinion, ' then, and he was of the same opinion how, which was,, that the child . was born alive. •:1-le proceeded to say, "J have every reawn to believe row that the feinale child which I saw and exaMined . then, was bornalive, and had been h orn about ten or twelve hours before I saw it, and had been in water about five hours.-On the ThUrsday following, which was the..z6th;' in consequence of what,was said to me by the' Paril;hofE Cers., I . went to the hOtise where the P r i soner lived with her ,thother.; Lsaw the mother, and I told her, - in the Prisoner's bear ing, there was a. suspicion that one of her daughters had been delivered of a child, and asked her where the child was ?? The mother said in an Irish:way, no such thing, or something of that sort: I desired to examine her daughter, to convince the Officers of the Parish:that she had not ; I went up Stai"rs With the girl, but she hesitated, a 4 afte.rwaids refused to let 'ine examine her, upon which I went down ; 'stairs again, but afterwards I did , examine her ; upon which I had every, reason to believe-that she had been delivered of .a child, but to state tong is out of my power ; I can only'say it. was recently ; I asked her where the child was . ? The mother made ansmer,- she had miscarried about a week. I asked her again where the child was br.it she made no answer ; upon which she was taken up. I asked her the sex ? She said it was a boy ; but afterwards she said she did' .not know what it was ; I•ncver entertained any doubt that the child I saw and examined was born alive." Mr. Baron HOTHANI.—ti It is my duty to warn ydu, Sir, that you have sworn before the Coroner, yoa thought it was /impossible for you, or any' profession - al Man 'to say whether :that child was born alive or not." . • The Witness explaided by saying he meant no more by that than to say; as the body was not opened, it was impossible to say with certainty . whether the child was born wive or not ; but, he had every reason to believe,- at that time, and be was of •the same opinion now, that the child was born alive. Mr. Baron HornA-Nt.--."I beg to understand be. fore you go what it is you believe now, be cause I have In my hand,- your exaniination befOre the Coroner ; in which you swore it was impos-, sible for any man to say whether the child'•was: - born aliVe , —yon do nor now mean - to swear that the child was born alive, but it is your opinion only; colleicied from the circumstances ?" A. Yes, my. Lord, that is my opinion certainly. . , • : .4. 1 ,C0.y7Lt r;dw oi srvez t t te t • car,;. CiOE» • ' pd:itively ;1rff,164 . • wise of ill': 0 f . 's . of ltd.d P.tWh picked, u,, `:this feoiale ; is 17;..ts I found s)lore of the after the ti t le" hadit. 1, hc,d heeh for fsOnie , time hei)te - under‘Water. - --I . ll'qre'waS the IWO,: of a blow on the right side of the head wheal waited.: it. 1 ., t00k it to the Publitztfou - s'e, and the Sur ge O n was sent-lot. • " jane.Stevenson, I live .at -Ns), Vr King John's. Court, adju'iniog,the house where, the Prisoner lived; with nothing but klath and plaster partition . between us ;' so that I can hear every word that passes. On the Saturday •*ntottling"before the body . was:found,.l %Tot to the Prisinlet's house :o light a candle:. I saw:her : she w'as arp;iteritl)l in the pains of lahottr. I was sure she Was pregnaht for I had seen her ever y day. She Was on, her kitties leaning over a chair and reaching violently: she was in strong tabour. •On the Mo , ,daj , followint , saw :tier gittint ‘‘trith hut:brother's child oil her arrii: I thought then that she had been delivered. I afterwards heard 'of a child tieing found i • and I asked lher to go With .rite to see it ; she said she b - ut afterwards she toldthe her •Slio§ were' out of the way, and she could nor go lam quit sure 'that at' 4: 'clock in thr;thernooti• of rhe-Satur; day before the Tuesday 'when the was finin4 that the ‘c%;s in labour." ' Catharine Savage , the wif e o f Is::ic live next door to the house. of the Prisonm Ott the Saturday before the Titeylay W•he, . the chit was : found, I went, to bed, late; and abOtit half .pate four in the morning, I heard a ,noise like the cry ing of a child, hit I thought it i'va4 tii:noise of lt" pig. I did not see the •Prisoner again until hfrei she :vit . .; taLen.". Dalton--" I am the Const,ible:who took the Prisone'rinto custody. When I took her . td` the WorkAOutei I asked her iishc' had ht . en of the horrid crime of killing the 'child ? — She b aid .she would tell niethewh9le troth wh,-n her'mor het' came. I went hack to see for her mu - tiler ; hut Sh 4 had absconded. I ream - 10 , 1'o the Prisoner; and tokt her I could not find her *idler. The 'Prisontr told me, she had had a child delivered as she stood lie.; fore the bed-side,•on the Saturday belnre the Tues.: day on' wLich the body was 'found: Sh 6 said that she took the Child Ansi put it on one'sid and - went to put ir.into the ditch I asked her ditch fur:. there are two ditches near their. libue. She saint • she put the child in the ditch at the back df their house at high-water; but that her timithet cotild say more ab i out it than she could. I Went for her tiro:. tiler, and found her at List locked up in a room, ---[ that the mother said in the absence of the Przsoner was not Evidence, and therefore the Witneti ruins. not allowed to state ii.]--"f he Pri,oner after.; wards told me she Would tell the whole truth the two women wii6 were present ‘votiki go out of the room.—She then, told. me that she took the child over the . bridge and threw it into the ditch the nearest to,their house, and that. her tftother had nothing to do' with it ; that she had done it herself: I asked her 'if the child :was alive ? She, paid she could, not tell,far' that she had .a dimness over hek 'eyes.—At first-she 54 - 4 it4as „a male. citilti, ,fAtt aftertvards.,.she said 5itc...4041d..n0t tell what-it was;" Ann Htirsl. lam .one of the poor women,maiu.. tamed in the:'„Pari . sli Work-house o'l Llinehouse I the Prisoner say to Mr. ailtor, last'Wit that she: lad beep brought to-bed bet*teNk And seven on the Saturday iti`ght::-.= , she: did tiot4a2 whether it was alive qt. I (11,1 'noLtr.2ar.ilt say :,I,lledier rrviie - or '1: - teroale...- , -it was-o n , Sztturday,llpt-I cannot say that Saturday it was.' 2 , 'l\ilr. 13a tbriliti'rkt.Aivt.. Yop, haves warn that she said she Was'delivercd,..otadeatt : bor n child. Witness. i did - . 60t hear ;:her say so, neverhottd het say whether'Shewth:.deliveted of it dead child or a living—[She' swore before the Qoroner , she heatd the. Prisoner. say she was Ate& veted 'of a dead horn • . Baron stLarrletl: up .6.6 .Evieiebeei Ufter - , • •,, - • The jury deliberated • leW%pitxutes; and,..,coutitj the Prisoner--,Na;Goky., , Mc ibmYee : ..its..charseq with a capital fence, in.stealing - a, silt-ef watch, va i i.ne'4.o and four and si'xpence in silver, the property of Thtini4s Coqk, pr . ivtqejy:fron) his person. Meditated' rr fatal termination to the prisoner, w:As. the resillt df a projeaed Paphian r'encounter - . - By' the stork of the Prokeutor, :In - elderly man, it appear ed, tha`t hoe: Ititcargh;f-falborn be tween twelve and one o'clock i n t h e morn i ng o f t h e • 3oth last Month.' He' sa4 he wgs toxiotedi tnr knew perfally well what he was saying and doing. . Neat' the end of-Gray"s-inn lane he was accosted by the. Prisoner,- withh "good night, tny.dtir.', l 7 -----He !•eturiitid , the .oritplipent. She-asked hitn,togo ,home with her, ief.. fused. She tlien c;aspetlhim round' the in idtl,e; and tov; , ;:ids ;lit `upper pith of sills - Freeeftes - 1 -he inratediately, pot his hand - down to guard his Watch; bt.tt withctit effetsl-4t *AS - gotte"-v.; the whole was the work of a moment. The Prosecutor then - gave the alarm, o loudly, as . - to bring the tardy and t:Nrepid guardians of the'night to the spot, wherehe accused her of ths:thcft. She denied it of course but very near the spat wheie she stood, - the Watch . wai• found on the pavetnot.— He §tated titaat,tnungy to. the amount laid in tie in.. dianieni,. was t a k e n , out of hi s pocket:. A search of .the Pris'ner; wholiad been forthwith hurried to the Watch-house, initnediatel)i• Wok pface. ,None , of the Prosecutor's 'silver-:0P! could, - he found- on her... The lacer fasts in this statethent i 'v . hre proved by the Watchm'en, , Consiablei &c: WhOse assittaric* had been resorted to; . In her Defence, the Prisoner, who'- spoke . Itery well,, asset-ed that. the Prosecutor accosted b first 1-• he .WasconS'idet,Ably intoxicated ;• he Winted her t.) . go" home Which she refusl:di his iv3sioiYi then became so -unruly thdt fie behaved with - ratich ucleriess'a'rid' indecency to her,. Iv bich she, resistedl and that it must ha - ve been in consequence :of what . the .Prisoner did tiaiself that his - watch dro - pped from UM.. • ' - Me. ju - s - tice ClfAmrpc.f; in his—Chirge in die' Jury, 9b4ervecii Ilan by the evidence.of Vat fio , A ~. ITIEF 80. RE, by t he_ 1. grad. , ed by ;:eived . e new • !ways clity„ -as TC.. :c and r~ hicla cui;j incere open_ , and your )unce ral. '' ; was rind, lup ws of Int of :qut4 ftiOnS