The Sun. — London, England, 1802-10-28 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY. FIRST DAY-..WEDNIESDAY i OCT. 27. THE Sessions were this day opened in the usual form, before the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Baron THOM?. SON, the RECORDER, &C. Charles O'Connor was charged with the capital offence of feloniously stealing, on the 18th instant, twenty-seven ewe sheep, and ten wether ditto, the property of the Right Honourable the Earl of Besborough. The sheep in question, it appeared, were kept in a field belonging to his Lordship's grounds, at Roehampton ;—they were duly secured on the night of the ifith. On the Shepherd's going to the field the next morning, he found that the lock of the gate had been forced, some of the stakes drawn, and the sheep enumerated and described in the In di6tment, stolen therefrom. It further appeared, that,ar an early hour the next morning, Mr. Spraggs, a reputable butcher of Sr. James's Market, and who aced very laudably on the occasion, observed the sheep in the street, and the Prisoner standing by thew; he -inquired of him , whose they were, on Whica the Prisoner immediately replied they were ,iris own--.To the query, siihat he proposed to do with them, he state 4 he was to have them slaugh. tared by two youth men, who were in an adjoin ing public.hou! , e, `which place, however, lie could particular*.' — ',Ahout this time Mr. Spraggs observed .another man standing near the sheep.—/ V' hat bad passed thorooghly awakening his sus picions, he, in a manner' the most likely to have the desired effect, advised the Prisoner to drive the sheep • into the market, where they would be safer than in the public street;--this recommenda tion was attended to, and as they were going along, the Prisoner said he had bought the sheep the day before of a Mr. Andrews, who lived about 7 miles from Bagshot—he stated he had also a number of pigs, which he alledged the same young men agreed to kill for him at a stipulated price—he also added that he dealt extensively in poultry. In the market Mr. Spraggs was joined by a neighbour who corroborated, his account of the de. teetion of the Prisoner.—About this period, the other man above alluded to, as keeping near the flock, of sheep, absconded :—the assistance of a couple of watchmen was resorted to, the Prisoner secured, and the sheep taken care of —they were afterwards, it appeared, sent to a farm near Isling ton, where on the following day they were claimed and identified as the property of the Earl . of Besborough. In his defence, the Prisoner alledged that he was a total stranger in those parts, that he - had recently come from India, that he met a man with a flock of sheep on the road near town, who said he would pay him handsomely if he would assist him in driving the sheep to town ; 'to which he agreed, and the man, be said, afterwards requested, him to' tell any one who should ask hint,- that the sheep were his own ;. that this person.was with him when the Butchers first came up, but that he got away. No evidence being adduced in support of this defence, the Jury were inclined to credit that given on the part of the Prosecution :—..they, therefore, found the Prisoner Guilty—Drath. Joseph Blish was charged with stealing, on the 22d of September, a saddle value zl. 'I2S. the pro_ pert! ofreter The Prosecutor, it appears, keeps a Saddler's shop in Oxford-street ; he had known the Prisoner previous to the affair in question, as a groom to Coh Bromley, for whom the Prosecutor had done business in hiS line. On the above mentioned day, the Prisoner came to him, and said, that Col. Brom ley had just-bought a horse at Tattersall's ‘;...that he wished to borrow a second-hand saddle to• try the bOrse, which if he approved of, he would imme diately order a new saddle of the Prosecutor, and that the borrowed saddle should be duly returned in the evening. Accordingly the saddle in ques tion was delivered to the Prisoner. It appeared .that in about an hour after this, the Prisoner carried the saddle to 'a Saddler's in Picca dilly, to whom he offered is fur sale. This person suspecting some foul play, consulted another Saddler in .the neighbourhood, by which means it was dis covered to belong to the Prosecutor. They formed a plan to get•the Prisoner to a public-house in the evening, under the idea that the saddle should he purchased from him at that place, and in the mean time they apprised the Prosecutor with what had taken place, and it was settled that he should attend at the same public-house in the evening. The te. suit was, that the Prisoner was completely detected, and it appeared that he had quitted the service of Col. Bromley some time before. These fads clearly appearing in evidence, the Prisoner was called upon for his defence—which proved to he a very circumstantial narrative, but, of the rather singular tendency that almost every syllable of it went to inculpate himself. Two or three Witnesses appeared to his chara6ter ; these, however, said very little more than that they never knew any harm of him. He had, though very young, been in several services, and was on the Continent, in Germany, for some time. Mr. Baron THOMPSO N, in his Charge to the Jury, observed, that there was no evidence what ever that the Prisoner had stole the saddle: 'The question was, Whether he had obtained the proper ty under a false pretence, as he affeded to borrow the saddle for a persorn whom he described to be his master, but who, it appeared, was not such at that rime. They would 'decide whether this was not obtaining the property through the interven tion of a Fraud, and farther, whether at the time he so obtained it, he intended to convert it to his own use. In consilering this point they would recol lc& that the Prisoner offered the saddle - for sale in abour an hour after. The Jury had little hesitation in finding a Ver did of Gui/r . y.—The Prisoner stated his age to be fifteen. Francisco, the Tyrolese, who fired the pistol at Ivir. Mayan, in Lombard -street, was brought be. fore the Court. : When theluestiortwas`ptit to him how he would be tried, 'he gave no answer. The person who stood near him, told the. Cour- that the Prisoner was unable to speak or understand English, but could speak ,both. French and Italian. Upon hearing this, the RXCORDkR asked him in Italian hoW he would be tried; and at the same time told him the privilege which he enjoyed, of being tried by a Jury of six foreigners and six English. He answered in Italian that he would be tried by an EngliSh Jury, and would ask the favour of being allowed a French Interpreter. WESTMINSTER QUARTER-SESSIONS. AI/IRRIED. On the zoth. inst. 'ati Richmond,. in Yorkshire, Thomas Janson, Esq. of Cotgrave-place, Nottinghanishire, to Allss Gr,ice BregbOroUgh, the fourth daughter of -Henry 13Iegbo rough, Esq. - of - the above place. • On Tuesday the- 2.6 th inst. at St. George's Church, Hano v,!r-square, Lieutenant-General D'Oyly, to Miss Thomas, daughter of the late Rev. Hugh Thomas,' D. D; Dean of Ely. The same day, Mr. John Taylor, Merchant, of Gomer. sail, near Leeds, to MisS Sykes, datighter of Luke Sykes, ESq. of Camberwell. • • .On Thursday se'nnight, at Glaww 3. Mr. Walter Ward law, merchant, to Miss Janet Grindlay, second daughter .of the late Mr. Alexander . Grindlay; Merchant -in .Glasg4w. Pro 'DIED. LONDON : Printed by BUCHAN-A 4WM I LLAN, (ot*Bow-Strect, Covent-Carden); a-ti Published by WILL/ Am ARMICrit ScRIPPs S (orSouth Molton-streer, Grosv.mor-squar) ; At the SUN-OFFICE, No, l iz, Strand; where iletivrtilemeate, Orders for the Paper, Letters for the Eclitar, etc, (post-palia'2, must be addressed. On Tuesday night last, of an apoplectic fit, John Scott, Esq.. one of ilia Maiesty's sitting Justices of the Peace.at Madborough-street.l'olice Office. Mond:ivlestyat Aldwizk. in Sussex, in the Seth yea , : of her age, Charlotte Diinta, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas :Brooke echell, Bart. et:irk OP' s . YESTERDA-Y'.. fi Ink Stock Navy 5 per Cent t9O,- tooft , South Sea Stock S per Cent. 179 - , toof Excheq.-Bills s. prem. ;Irish 5 per Cc.tp.. • Fundable ditto prem. 4 per Ceuj. C n. 544 34 3d Exchequer Bills dis. 3 pef Cent. 671 66 67-n•! Otnniurn 9:; 3 per Cent. Cca. 69 68-EU I ildrer• 3 per •Ceitt: Scrip, Ditto. Ann. !3ar.!: t.. Ann. £9 .1 . 3-,16i .6.311:: for opening OittO Short Ann. - for Acc. Scrip, Cans. jot Nov.. 69.; HOSIERY. CoriCODE ,c . m .tlf - es to havc on Sale -at his Mann- fadery, and Nottingham Warellouee No. 434, Strand, an e7.tensive and valuable Assortment of HOSIERY ofevery descriptien, wh;ch, for elegance, ncatl•ess, taste, aud quality, has never been equalled, .and, he flatters himself, c a n never be surpassed. 1. he inanradvantagTs he possesses over every other person in this line of . business, anct thepectiliar,degree ofperfedion to which, by indefatigable attention, and unli mited expence, he has brought his ivlanufaciofy, while they affhid him an - opportunity of offering to the Public a variety of Goals, superior in every respeel to those olan,y,other per - .and render all competition fruitless ; also enable him to, aaoni:nodate the - Public,' either in the wholesale, retail, or export trade,. upon• terms rnorc moderate than can possibly be afforded by any other House.in the Metropolis. _ To T. TAYLOR, Surgeon, No. q, New tiralge-stret. Londim. . . stn., • Edinburgh, May- z, -18 c-o. - 1N .the: Spring of 1794. I was afflided with - a, - yenereal Complaint, which .1 treated with indill'er enceThr.ifve months; lint was then obliged to apply to a. ; retta'r 'Physician, ,tvlrtY putt a temporary stop to the viru lence 'of the -Di-ease_ (by 'mercurial; applications).tor some' tinie;_put growing, in spite of all medicine and the adviei or the first Gentlemen Of the 'Faculty here; worse and,: :worse for two yehrs, I was• redticed to a state almost 'Un paralleled and,,tly,oo, desctiptfop . , be being an entire leper.,and ulcerated trout head to 'f -. o‘,)t.—My head , throat, mou 14. nose, legs, arms, eec. haveliden 'alternately in danger o±' becoming teseless; oort, ,Liaave %had from twenty to 'thirty eating ulcers on my b i ody,.al4Lneirly„.t . olay...,lo•/ yrived of - Sight..--It NV01;:le be vol'uminoUs to particu raze all my caso-Lsufiice it, to. "say4-tiiere n'eVer wk; O r t , eve will be, one of ,a nate ,dangesous, 'or a..triore-,com- ii ii' • cared nature. I was long looked, upon by my friends, 4 n4,i imagined myself; beyond tilrheriks- . of recOvertv and, in-, deed, in my then condition,- death-, was preferable to nir more than miserable state. In this ,Irt!adful situation did • I drag a most rhiserable 'existence,..till Divine ProvidenC ,3 threw in my way a Newspaper containing the case of a Mr. L. Of Plymouth—my friends read it, I eOuld 'sent and procured some of.`your LE:\ KV's. PATENT: -PILLS, which; by 'from time in time,' am now, and have- long been, (after Plot:e.than four years indecribable distress), in a s good a state of lt.altit as ever I enjoyed ; as 3 (proof of this, I - had a thriYing, healthy child, born to use a few months ago. In gratitude to God, anti in hops 'of rendering my fellow-creature service, I en nest you to • publish this; and you may at any time refer persons who lo be satisfied of the truth of this, or further parti •;:ulars*, to me or my friends, by letter‘ or person. As k!‘v cases for badness will ever equal mine, and none exceed it, I have from experience every reason to assure mankind, that in otir LEAKL's PILLS they will tind sure, speck, sate, and radical cure, for that most dread. till stage of the Venereal Disease, which is called a cos" fiRMEIILuEs. T. * Insurmountable family reasons , prevent making tnY name and address i•uHie ; hot ereditables persons really wanting information may also be referred to :Tie and tni friends by Mrs. S. Ciin Ramsay-Gardens, Edinburgh. L'renared and Sold by the Sole Proprietor, T. TAYLOR, Member of the Royal College of-:Surgeons - in London, at his hoesc,.No. New Bridge-street, Where he will give Advice.- without a fee, to persons ak' ing these Pills, and will answer patients levers, it post paid, on the same terms, observing in all cases the. , most inviolable secrecy, no person's name or case having been mentioned, but at their own particular request, be the Pro ptietoP, during the course or more than thirty-six year s ' that he has had the concluding of an extensive sale of the above Medicine, and tile practice arising therefrom. They are also sold by his A opointment, ior the conve nience of those living at a distance, by Mr. Baxter , South-bridge, Edinburgh; Mr. Macdonald, Printer, Glas gow, tv whom also Mr. 'l'. refers for, his address; at the Perfumer's, No. 35, St. Allen's -street, Pall-mall; " I "'' "berr:,s u n's ToY-6110p, No. 103, 0 xibrd-street; Mr. Dis norougn's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill, nearly opposite the MT' nument ; Mr. Steel's, Bookseller, Na. 1, Union-row, Lit t 6 41. Tower-h ; ill Mr. Callwell's, Dublin ; and by one person !r±- every considerable town in C root-Brintin and Ireland, T. ) Boxes of only 9d. each, sealed up with full and P ia! direttions, whereby persons of either Sex may cure tnettl, selves with ease and sec:ecy, N. B. Every Box . sold in Great Britain is scale& 91 : with a Stamp, on wilicn, by favour of the Corrinos sioners, is printed, at the Stamp-Office—" T. "Fay:A °r l No. 9, New Bridge-street," to imitate which is felony, a'"_ all otters arse counterfeit ii ( r 'Of 1 i....; aqd t o „ t }as ..r; 1), 3 th e s t si s j rich d k4Vl tOre lit 2 E % ka -cst t he the; Lave )ti ( t4ert • TI is Po x Per, rO/ lnj v e taste ..., l`c WI DNESDAY, OCT. 27. Tnts day was wholly employed in the trial of Zetty Assaults, of whose description the two follow ing will suffice as a specimen. Two young men Thomas and Jchn lames Bush; brothers, were indided for assaulting a'person of the name of Wood. Wood deposed, that the Defendant J. J. Bush being under contra& to fit up a shop, employed him to paint the letters on the door. In consequence he pencil'd the letters, but the two or three days ensuing being wet, it would hat'e been useless to paint.them.. Bush of&nded at the delay, then in_ ststed that he should not paint them at all, but the Witness insisted on his doing it, as he began the job already. He accordingly repaired to the place, with his pallet, and began to paint, when he was frequent ly collared by Bush, who endeavoured to put him out of the house., Enraged at this treatment the ProsecUtor called him a puppy and pulled his nose, in his own defence, when T. Bulih,.• the other De fendant, came up, saying,' " I'll settle him," and after putting himself in• a boxing attitude, and squaring 'at him some time, gave him a v i o l ent bloW on the arm, which made, him desist from his work. He thought at first to indid them, but on refledion.dropt the intention. He, however, found that J. J. Bush had ind.ided him for pulling his pose, though, as he said before, he did so in his own defence, and the Cause was never brought to a trial. Having thus been put to an expense of 61. which he could badly afford, and conscious of his not being the aggressor, he brought the present indidment by way of retaliation. The Defendants were found guilty, and fined 51. each. Elizabeth Robinson was tried for violently as saulting and beating Mary King. The Prosecutrix deposed, that on the evening of the 4th of August, she saw the Defendant beat ing a black man, and interfered for his protedion. Th.e Defendant asked her if she would take the part of a black against *hire ? She . anscvercd,, ‘. Why not P' Having said this, the husband of the Defendant. exclaimed, " give it to her, Bet, for ,it can .be only a Warrant," and anothei man present said he would bail her if it was for 2001. The Defendant then asked . her if she would fight ? She replied that she, wal not a fightable woman, upon. ; which the Defendant came up and lent her a thump on the.head; whiCh she did not return. Two other Witnesses ,in part corroborated this testimony. The Defendant endeavoured - to assert her inno cence by saying, ,that some black men were using a white woman very ill in her house, in consequence of which she endeavoured to turn them'out, when, the Prosecutrix came up and took their part. She . however, denied having., at :ill struck her, though she upbraided her with siding withblacks againSt whites. The man who was pre-sent at the trans-, a&ion, and °feted to be bail if necessary,' appeared as a Witness for . the , Defence, and after confirming part of the statement made by the Defendant, said that she was ready to fight, but as the other wo_. man declined it, no blows were given' on either side. l'he Jury found the Prisoner—Not Guilty. There was also a trial of a womanfor,beating another. Both parties reside in- an alley in Moor_ fields, and the dispute seemed to arise from the right of the Defendant to throw her dirt into the common dust-hole. Both sides took up arms for the decison of this important contest, the vanquished heroine appealed to the avenging pro tedion of the Law. On both sides the cross-swearing was pretty nearly equal : one or two women confirmed all that had been said by the Prosecutrix, while it was de posed by other Witnesses, that the Prosecutrix first spit in the face of the Defendant, and also instigated her dog to assail her. The dog they described to be a perfed bully in the neighbourhood. The Defendant was found Guilty, and tined cne shilling ; which very properly leaves the Parties to pay their own expences. The indietments preferred at the instance of the Society for the Preservation of Morals, against per_ sons of the names of Baptucci, Cantelopc, and Al_ Brick, for selling indecent prints, &c. were, by agreement amongst the Counsel, sent back for the reconsideration of the Committee, to be tried at the ensuing Quarter Sessions, if they should think proper. The defence, we understand, rests upon the character of Gray, who is the Informer, and probably the only Witness on this occasion. The trial of Elizabeth Salmon, on a conspiracy for stealing a child, was deferred to next Sessions, upon a certificate of a Surgeon, that the child is at present affected with the small-pox. The Session was then adjourned to Friday, and, on dismissing the Jury, the Chairman could not help expressing his regret that they had been obliged to waste three days in such a manner; for in the great number of causes which were brought to trial, there were not above three or four that deserved to come before a Court. The Wind having blown pretty much from the West and South. West during the whole of last week, the shoals of Herrings have for the present quitted our coast, to the great loss of the Fishery at Brighton. EDINBURaII Oct. z 3. SET: off from Poole% Hotel, the Earl and Countess of Mansfield, and suite, for Comlongan.—Arrived at the same place, Prince Ruspoli, Grand Master of Malta ; Colonel and Mrs'. Maitland, and Miss Fletcher, Major Douglas, &c. Arri-ved at the Buck's Head Inn, Glasgow, his Royal- Highness Monsieur Le Compte D'Artois; Doc de Berry, Chevalier de Piseguri Due D'Har court, Baron de • Roll,. and suite, on a tour; the Marchioness of Hertford, • Lady Mary Taylor, Major_General Salboukoff, in the Russian service, General Forbes, Lady Dalrymple, Colonel Ciaver.; ing, Colonel Burnett and family, Captain Fletcher and Lady, &c. - - It is a fad, that for the month preceding the loth Gather inst. the Harbour Dues of Greenock amounted to the sum of' six hundred and fifty pounds sterling. ' A letter received at Greenock, from C/impbel town, of the date of Tuesday se'nnight, says, " I have this day a letter from Lochlaxtord in the north, of the 9th inst. advising of a good fishing being there, and only a very few vessels on the spot." PARISIAN FASHIONS. Two ,kinds of new dresses are remarked in the most fashionable circles ; one is a kind 'of fold, formed by a white shawl, -which falls down upon the neck, and dis:overs the hair in the midst ()fit : the other is a turbar, made with a shawl, em_ broidered with spots of gold or silver, one point of which hangs down on the left shoulder. The ac companiments to the first dress are gold pins, in the shape of arrows, caducca, or lyres, combs with gold or diamonds. On the 2oth, at (be Concert at the Opera, out of fifty dressed• ladies, lOtty had diamonds, and a great quantity - , Instead- of setting fine stones or cameos in the centre of the combs, the, jewellers place about the middle of the comb a cordun of diamonds. Some - have bandeaus or garlands .on the hair. • Se veral elegant womenn — exhibit in- a spiral form, on the locks' of hair, cordons of fine pearls. . • In the undress veils are.: still used ; though-the manner of arranging them is the same as ;!uring the summer ; yet their uniOn with coloured shawls pro duces quite a different' effea. White sattin• and black velvet begin to be used for hats ;, rose colour: for the Florence hats is quite the mode. A few feathers are seen. Flowers are placed on the hail, on the left side of the hats, and in front of veils For long shawls the favourite colour is purple., Square shawls of fine cloth are seen of all coloLrs the greater part are eMbrOidered only with'a flower at the angles. In general the shapes remain low." In the undress, many...robes are seen without 'tails.' The number of large sleeves are much diminished. Small sleeves are looped up. White fur is thefa shion, as last wintet. Fcw mem- are seen in rediitgottes, .and soon that mode of dress will denote indigence. John hair;!, sentenced at the late Westminster Sessions to two years imprisonment, and to stand once in the pillory, for selling obScene Books and • Prints.—The avowed profession of this man, was • that of a Vender of Ballads, which he daily exposed to sale on Privy-Garden Wall, nearly opposite the Treasury. Whenever Boys, or Girls, stopped to read his Songs, he took the opportunity of intimat ing to them, in a sly, and, sometimes,. facetious manner, that lie 'had " F 11717 U" Prints abOut his person, and of luring them; by•*Varions persuasive arts, to particular :private places, near at hand, where he produced and sold his indecent articles of trade. The places to which he generally resorted with' his young Custometi, were the back of the wa ll wh ere he exhibited his Ballads, behind the Banquetting _House, and sometimes near Cannon_ row.. But his infamous dealings were not confined to these retired haunts :—he frequently took young Men and Women home to his Lodgings, 'in St. Martin's_lape, where he had a- Room, into which he spewed his Visitors, hung round With scandalous Pikflures. Here he had an assortment of Books arid Prints, 'all of them indecent, and many of an ob scenity so disgusting, unnatural, and monstrous, as to forbid the bare mention of their nature. This latter description of Prints and Books was known, among those who purchased them, by the name Of Novelties." Those • who had transaaions with Harris, of the above nature, were, in general, gen teel Youths, Apprentioe Boys out on errands, and Female Servants, many of whom were Nursery Maids, carrying Children in their arms, and living in the neighbourhood of Westminster. We are also credibly informed, that I larris confessed to one of the Agents of the Society, at whose 4)st:wee th e Prosecution against him was instituted, that, during a former imprisonment, he had made a cleat profit, by the sale of one description of his infamous goods only, of 21. ros. per week. This disgraceful wretch has but one arm, is in advanced years, and of a very remarkable appearance. Sunday night, between seven and eight o'clock, as a girl about fifteen or sixteen years of age, and a little boy, her brother, were crossing St. James's square, they were accostql by a Gentleman, who took out of his pocket a handful of notes, and of fered the boy a 51. note to go over the railing, which the boy refused to do. He then proceeded to take indecent liberties with the girl, and frightened away the boy, tore off his sister's clothes, . and though she cried and screamed loudly; there was no appearance of any person coming to her assistance : the boy, however, had the presence of mind to knock at a door, and call somebody to his sister's relief, which the assailant perceiving, he escaped without interruption. Surely in so - extensive and lonely place as St. James's-square there ought to be an early - watch. - It i t ; not more than a fortnight since a Cenrieman was robbed there of 'soh at an early hour in the evening, no person passing by, or being near at the, time. DUBLIX, Qc-r. ar. His Excellency the Earl of HAit.pwickE held a Privy Coutfeil at the - Caitle on Monday.:-: - The business for the most part related to shipping, - ara4 taking care that quarantine is properly observed by 'vessels coming from certain parts Of America :at the same time a Proclamation was issued, offering a reward of 2001. for the apprehension of the person or persons concerned in the murder of Patrick I\ l l‘Gone, watchman of a bleach-green belonging to AndreW Sloan, ofCoal-island; in Brackaveel, County of Tyrone. The barbarous at alluded to was per pet,ated on or near the bleach-green, on the night ofVlOnday the z7th of - September - last. 'Fhe said rev:ard, together with a free pardo n , i s p rom i se d to any or the accomplices who shall discover and pro. secute to convidion, the immediate and aetual - rnur . defers.- 'Her Excellency Lady HARDWiCK c, on Monday week, accompanied by all the Nobility and persons' of fashion of that quarter, `visited the Theatre of .Kilkenny, - to see the Comedy of Rule a Wife and Have a Wip, with' The Fillage'Lav?ier, by a num ber of Gentlemen, for the benefit of the charitibld institutions of that City. SHIP NElgs, GRAVESEND, OCT. 25. , . Passed by-7-the Lnterprize; Green, from Leghorn, Vrovc Adeuna, trotn' Havre ; Susannah - Ardelkia, and . Silver Eel; IVilliams,..from Freiztarid. _ .. Sailed —the A lexander,l3.ohinsbn,tbr Jamaica; I uphrosyne, , -----, tbr Bourdeaux ; Hebe, Brinimer, and Wilhetn,'Mcws, for Hanibro'.