The Sun. — London, England, 1807-03-21 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. FALMOUTH, MAR C U 18.—;Arrived His Majety's Ship Scorpion, of 18 guns, Capt. STANDFIELD, f1;0111 a cruize, with loss , Of mizen-topmast Majesty's Schooner: Pickle, of In guns, from a cruize'i the Brig Eliza, KETCHER, from Cork, with provisidns , &c. for London, with loss Of tier mahmiast, which she carried away this morning. Arrived off the Harbour, and proceeded on for the Eastward, the American Ship Cotton Planter , Capt. CHASE, from Charleston. The Walsingham,, from Lisbon, Diana, from Ame- rice, and Princess Mary, from the Leeward Islands, may be .expelled to arrive to-morrow or 'Friday ,- should the.present wind .cOntinne. PLYMOUTH, MARCII 19. - --Arrived the Hazard, of Sunderland, Capt. AIAP,DEY, from Gibraltir, in ballast. The Portuguese Brig Nostra Senora de Mi 7 sericordia, from St. Maloes, bound to Lisbon, foun dered, at sea about ten days since; the Master and crew were picked up by His Majesty's Ship Narcis sus, and brbiight in here. The Hazard, which arrived here this morning from Gibraltar, sailed under Convoy of the Re nainme Frigate;but parted from her in a gale of wind on the 3d instant. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20.-z- Arrived the New 9SPeCd2O//, PATRICK, and the Expo/it/on, ,STORK, from Carmarthen, laden with corn. Sailed the Naiad Frigate, Capt. DuNDAs, and the 7 Str cnuous Gun ve s sel, Lieut. NuoNT, on a Cruize icif Havre. Dropped down to St. Helen's, the Cosar, of 74 trans, Capt. RICEIARDSoN, waiting fair wind;• front, thence to proceed to Plymouth, there to join the Squadron under the command of Sir R. SMACHAN. POCiI:E, MARCH '2o.—The Swan and Seagull Re 'venue Cutters, .with the Swanage Sea Fencibles en board; are gone in quest of three Privateers , in, the Offing. ISLANi),S SCILLY, MXRCR 16.-Arrived the trig Duck, BILLING Master, from Padsto*, baund to Falmotith, laden with 'pilchards ; in coming into the Sound she was driven on share on somerocks, and bilged ; is therefore under the necessity of unloading the cargo, which it greatly damaged ; and on the 13th inst. the Brig Maria, ARRowsnirn,Master; 'from Cardiff, bound to London, laden with iron; baying sprung a leak at sea; is obliged to unload a part of her cargo, in Oixlesi• fo be repaired I also tile Danish Bark Elizabeth, SM.VA OLszt2.Master, iron) Arundel, bound to Dublin, Imien with timber and deals : she struck on the Runnel Stone, near the Land's End, ,on the I.sth instant, and is therefore under the necessity df unlading her cargo at this Port; having seven feet water in her hold. • , MARCH t). , - , -Saiteti the Kite SloOp of War for Leith; 'Archer and Br4i*er for Yartrogth. Arrived the - Selebay Frigate, - and the . flatntony Vie" Waller, from Portsmouth ; Mon td-gue Nava I Trans port from Dover Roads ; IWonkey; and seveml.otlier Gan-brigs, from off the F,rench Coast, and remain in the Downs with the rest of the Ships.as per iot.. GitEENOCK, M--Last week the Sloop - Lady Glengarry, belonging to Scotland, with hides, &c. for Port Glasgow, was seized by J. CART' and J. 14AbilLTON, iEsqrs. at Greerrc a,tle; Ireland, - for ha inky,. on board a quantity of ,whiskey. The hides, eic. belonging to a house in Belfast, have been delivered up .to the owners; but the whisky has been lodged in the King's Stores - , and the Vessel dismantled, The Brig Stifnari4an's Hope, CHRISTIAN, laden with salt and earthenware, from Liverpool, bound to Philadelphia, was driven o►l . Bangor Bar on Tuesday. the ad inst. and shortly after filled with water. The crew and part of the cargo, have been saved, but it is thought the Vessel will not be got off: Much praise is due - to Colonel WARD, Of the Down shire Militia, for his humane conduct towards the Captain and crew, and for his indefatigable exertions to preserve the cargo. SHEERNESS, MMICH Ig.—The Swift Sloop of War, Capt. WALGEfT, has made the . Convoy Signal for Tonningen. Several large Merchant Ships have passed the Nore, for the River. _ _ A number of Swedes have arrived at the Nore, supposed to wait Convoy for the Baltic. Came down from Chatham His Majesty's Ship Minotaur. Came out of Harbour His Majesty's Ship Valor ous, and sails to-morrow for Harwich. The Ship Duncan, of 00 . tons burthen, which was lately launched at Beypoor, the first English Ship ever built on that side of India, from teak tim ber, entirely the produce of the Company's territo ries. Not only the timber of this, Ship, but.tho principal part of the iron, pitch, and tar, used in_ her constru&ion, are the native produce of .Mafabar. The tar was extra4ted from the chips and saw-dust from the Vessel herself, aod the teak tar is allowed to be equal, it not superior, to the tar imported from Norway. Should this experiment answer the gene ral expcaation, it is presumed that Malabar will at Jeast be capable of, suppl;ing the wants of the Royal Davy on, the fast India station. EDINBC 7 1?011, _ roI~IZCII 16. •We announced in a former Paper the loss of the Leith Packet, from Hull to Leith, .but we are happy r to say that five of the people were saved by ti) her . wick Packet, viz. James Spalding, M. M'Leod, dWilliam Corbet, Thdmas Mutter, and William En o Chau We do 'not know what number of persons Were on board; our accounts say that Mr. Bair, the Master, his son, and John Beggrie, died on board, after the Veisel had struck. The, number of sutler ers is made more considerable in the followino - Letter from Hull, received this morning. " The heavy gale of Sunday se'nnight, from the eastward, • has, there is reason to apprehend, occa sioned much damage to the shipping on this coast. The Leith Packet, Barr, from this port for Leith,' was driven back to the•Humber;and is lost upon the• :.:.south part of the. Sand-Hale, at low water : the'Cap tain'and five or'six hands all perished, who haVe left Jarge families. A Gentlethan from Nottingham, •, who sailed frond hence in the Leith Packet, on his way to Aberdeen, fortunately quitted that . VesSel in Bridlington, Bay, and. ‘'sent on board the Caledonia Smack, by which- means his life eras probably Saved. Two or three more Vessels were Seen to' drive upon. Sand Hale on Monday morning, and, it is feared, are Wrecked, and their crews droWned. The sails and 'rigging of doe of them are standing. The, Lady Charlotte 'Rope, Capt. Brown, of Aroath,' from - this port to SlocktOn and -Arbroath, was driven 0A shore, near'Mai . sh Chapel, on the Lincolnshire coast, on Sunday night,- it'ri - Mr. Dear, Of Arbroath (the owner), and a boy, drowiled." Since the receipt of the abOlt we have received letter from our Leith Correspondent : , which confirms our first account of the loss of the Leith Packet. 'When she struck, the crew went up the mast., but the Captain, his son, and Beggrie, the cook, an old man, lost their hold, - and 'perished. The Mate and four seamen, as above mentioned' (it does not appear that there Was any other person on board), after remain ing 36 hours on the wreck, were rescued by the Old Berwick Shippingtompany's Smack, Berwick Mr. • Turner, Sen. Who had gone up the Humber for Shelter, and was beating out when he. 'discovered then. Of the •survivors three were mar ried. The feeling's of their families and friendS, upon finding theM din's 'restored to Them, after hav ing'rendunced every hope of again meeting them -in this world, may be conceived-=they cannot be expressed. THE ORATORIO.—The Season concluded last night, at Covent-Garden Theatre, with the Firs't Part of HAYDN'i Creation, and two Miscellaneous' consisting of pieces . selet_ied from various ' Composers. At the end of the second Ad, Mr. G. ASHLEY, who has led the band with great ability through the Season, perfoymed a Concerto on the violin in a very capital manner, in the course of which he introduced the beautiful melody of -"- Shepherds, I 'rave • lost my Love." He , was very deservedly applauded.—BßAllAM introduced his new song, in honour of our King and Country, 11',1711 he gave in an admirable manner, and was eticor.ed. Mrs. BLAND sung the Hymn of Eve with charming simplicity. Signora GRIGLIETI, Mis. DICKONS, Mr. BELLAMY, and indeed . all the vocal corps, acquitted themselves very well. The season bas been throughout very successful, and was so well.condutied -and supported as to deserve the favour it has received. • FIRE--The following are the particulars of the Fire mentioned in this Paper of yesterday. The . Pre- Mises, as we stated, belong to CI.P.MENTI anti Co. Musical instrument INlal,ers in Tottenham Court Road. It was first discovered about five in the. Morning,, and shortly after it burst forth with - great fury in the first flour. The neighbourhood was soon alarmed ; the drums of St. Pancras, the Mary -le, Bone, and the St. Giles's Volunteers, beat to arms a t a - r) natter after five. By that time the engine of Mr. (14i )rd ; the Brewer, arrived, and shortly afterwards se veral other engines reached t he spot; but, as is too fre t onently observed to be the case, : ! orne considerable ti me elapsed before water could,be procured. When the engines began to play the inside of this extensive factory was fat= the greater.- part like the inside of a vast anwetre that is, one 'Solid body of fire ; even, in this desperate.Starepf things, some men were hardy enough to go in ik.peatedly to the few places that had not yet actually caught tire, and , tho Ug h -they were nearly suffocated with smoke, and drenched with water twit was played on those parts of the build ing mendeavour to prey - erve it if possible, still they proceeded with alacrity in their business; and Mr. Whitfield's Tabern s aelei and the burial-ground be longing to it, being direCtly opposite, several va luable pieces ,- of mahogany ; TtirkiSh box, lime- Wood, 8:c. were carried out of the fire, •it might almost be said, and deposited in the church- 7 yard, where a party of Volunteers did constant duty all day. Not withttanding there were an uncommon number of engines, and thcy.were worked With the utmost activity, it was not until between to and 11 that the blaze was entirely extinguished ; a lew.engi nes were kept at work until a late.hotir in the evening. Two dwelling-houses, which were attached to the faCtory,' and inhabited .by persons belonging to it ; were all destroyed but the mere shells ; the work shops,warerooms, with a'great number of ibstruments nearly finiShed,and the yard full of timber, were 'all consumed ; but by the great exertions of the firmen very little damage was done to any of the adjoining .houses. The horses were got out sate from Moore's Livery Stables, with very great difficulty, owing to the natural . disposition of that animal to remain in the spot where he is terrified by lire; : but two dogs that were chained in the yard were burned to death. It is said that almost every working man in the faEtory lost from 301. to 401. worth of tools. The losS of Mr. CLEMENTI and his partners must be immense, his premises were so extensive and so well Riled, and, it is said, that his insurance was but to a comparatively small amount. As to the origin of the fire, 'there have been several conjectures, but the most probable appears to be, that it arose from a spat k having issued through a small crack in the pipe of a stove, and remaining smothered among • some 'saw-dust all night. A clerk, or overseer, had taken the usual preeaution of going round the pre ceding night to see. that all lights were out ; but ,aw, nothing, to induce him to suspeCt any danger —The fire was, on opening the:, gates, seen to proceed from the part of the Premises where the bhck-rocm (a (sawing-place) was, across the yard, to a sort of galle ry that was piled up ,vith a vast- number of most planks of mahogany. • '116.1 . 4 rE CIRCUIT. IZINGSTON, tRIDAY, MARCH 20. , J - 44 . Pobe and John illayciiCk were brought to the liar (fl) a charge- of murder committed on Mrs. Anne Maria Poolev, of St. 'Jail's, Southl.vark. • . The poNvkloiv SEturANT, on, behalf of the Prose cution, stated; that the murder charged in this in diatnent was of the most.aggravated•nature, and it was in the course of the perpetration . of robbery.— , The 'deceased WasaPerson of the age of 68 years : she lived in house in Free School - . Street, in the Barough,, and had some peculiarities 'which exposed her to the ridicule of the thoughtless passenger., ,To avoid this sort. of contempt, she,shut np : her house in the front. ,She had likewise a habit fk saving her motley with., peculiar solicitude, and the 'report of this disposition got abroad. This Duly trot hav ing .appeared for some time, it - was _Supposed that Some accident might have bc.fallen her, and her sister 'was made acquainted .with the circum stance. In consequence of this. communication,. Mrs. Sarah Poeley ordered that the premises should be entered and searched, and ; the deceased was dis covered in one of the apartments, lying on her back,' not only dead, but in a putrid state. Her pocketS were turned inside out, and this led to the suspicion that the had been murdered With .the view to plun der her property. A farther inspection of the pre mises left no doubt that this was the obje6t ; the drawers were in confusion, all the valuable property was 'removed, and by the- evidence it would appear, in the clearest manner, that the murder was com mitted by the Prisoners, if the inStruaions of the Learned Counsel were cOrreft. if it should be-ima gined that any doubt arose in the case of Maycock, every possibility of question- was removed in ;he case of Pope, foi he had confessed the murder. It was true, that he : did not say that the life of Mrs. Pooley vias extinguished with his own hands . , but on the contrary, that the fatal ad was dime by his compa nion.. .However,as he was present, under the cir cumstances stated, in the eye-of the law, he was as much guilty of the murder as if he were the sole instrument of her death. Mrs. Sarah Pooley deposed to. the fa& of her hav ing ordered the search to be. made of the premises. J. M. Garratt said, that he opened the house by the order of that Lady, and that he found the de ceased lying upon her. back, with one leg extended, the other under the b\dy. Her pockets were turned inside out. He. got in-, at the. back of the premises, and found the door bolted ; but some bricks were removed, so that with his hand, .or with a stick, he could remove the bolt, He went up stairs, the draw ers every thing was in confusion, and the property was rifled. Mt. Thomas" firickington, Surgeon, said, that he examined the body of the deceased on the day the Coroner's Inquest was taken., He could not as certain what vas the vase of the death of Mrs. POoley, as the body way much putrified,' to such A degree. indeed, that the scalp war separated from the • Thomas Griffin, Corn-porter, said, .that he knew the Barley Mow , Public-house,' which was next dotir, but one to Mrs. Pooley's. He never saw the house ~ of that Lady open until after the murder was corm ' , flitted. Two months before the murder Maycock . said to him, " Tom, I will endeavour to put you ' 'into a good thincr." The Witness answered, " Jack, what is it ?" 13 To which Maycock replied, " I know of _an elderly woman who lives in a house by herself: I knew her to be worth a deal of money, and I will do tier out of it ; y,ou and I, and a young fellow working for Burgess," whom the Witness sup posed was Pope. On his cross-examination by Mr. Motws, he. said that a proposal to him to rob and break into a honse made no impression on his mind. 'He did not go to a Magistrate to give information of the - design ; he did not think of going there, how should he ? , He did not see , why he had reason to j(rive' informatiou before the thing was done. Why r, should he go to. say any thing against a man who had proposed to him. to commit a rubbery ! Joseph Cockburn,, Samuel Clarke,. Richard Mar _tin, Thomas Davis, and Limbrick, a Constable, ' do. 14, posed to no yery . , material falas. . . . .. . • . . _ - A. Graham, Esq. idZ...ntitied the Prisoners, and de `posed to the accuracy of au examination takeu before him of ; the WitllitS, "Thomas 'Griffin, to whose place of abode, in. Bermondsey, he went, Grittin being confined to his bed. A. tyziper th el l prod uce d, address e d t o A. Glut . 1002, Esq. expressed in thee terms . . lona Pope, do humbly beg his Majesty's molt gra. cions pardon for the tuurder of Anna Maria Pooley. The murder was committed by lohd Maycock, on Sunday morn ing. i" Witness, " !OHN POPE." -Mr, GURNEY, Counsel for John Pope, interposed. mean to sbew, that there were those hope's held out to this Prisoner, which Would inake it the most shocking violation of the established rules in the ad , Ministration of justice, to make use of Pope's con, fesiion. •The King's Prochmiation was proffered to him; which declared, that anyone not manually oc cupied in the murder, should receive bis' Majesty's► - pardon, if he would give evidence against the 'tint - - derer: With thi's Pope had complied, and lie bad a right to - the benefit i)f thelProclarnatton. After - some observations in reply; by. the COMMON SERJEANDi the Proclamation was read, and the otfer of a reward of tool. by Sarah Pooley, to be paid up-: on conviaion, to such person or persons as should dis Cover the murderer. A. long contest ensued between the Learned Couti salon both sides, on the claim of the Prisoner Pope to the benefit of the King's pardon'; . after which, tin der the dicedion cf the Chief Baron, the Jury ac quitted John Pope. A question now arose, whether, under the pecu liar circumstances, John Pope having nut only been indiaed, but arraigned,. he could be. admitted into the witness-box to depose against Maycock. Mr. MORRIS contended, on the authority of Mr. Serjezlnt. HAWKINS, that his evidence was inadmissible. The COMMON SERJEA NI, on, the contrary, argued, that Pope was acquitted of the offence charged ; that he was restored to his full credit, and ought to be suf fered to give his testimony; with which the Learned Judge concurring, Joint Pope was called.—He said, that he had been a corn-porter; he had known the Prisoner a year and. a half ; he was acquainted with the.boube of Mrs. l'uoley, and with tAi time and circumstances of her _ _ murder. Aldycock asked him to with him about six weeks before t haepened. He asked the witness to go with ;140 to rob an 0i,r1W0113311, who lived in a Cr . csraiit a siint4 t °use. So it went 'o till Saturday, eth ofAugust ; he then asked the wit. Hess to go aviti, him, to Whi;:h he ageed. They saw each. other at atvis's, at the Barley-mow. Instead or going borne, after drinking till ten O'clock, they went into thelaNk premises of the Barley-mow, and got through a loop-hole, and so into the yard of Mrs. Poolty. There they waited tillone in the Morning, and them they took some bricks out, and undid the shutter. The w s itness put his band through, and undid the holt. The door was barred, which went into the passage, and having notools, they could not get further. There ihey remained till day-light; and. When day-light came the Witne s s went twice into the public-house, teing alarmed, but May cock persuaded him to return, They vent down into the cellar,' and there ,stopOed until the old lady came down Stairs. It was eight o'clock when the murder was committed •by his watch. Maycock went to t la* tap of the stairs .as.soon as he heard the door open ; the Witnes,i3 Maycock rush out, .and the old Lady cried "011 !" or some such thing. He caught hold of herand:threw her down. Then the.Witnesi went up and . saw her down upon her back. May 'cock had his arm upon her neck, and he' held her tilt she was dead. He held her •for a quarter of an hour, He Said " She is dead." The Winless and Maycock then. went up stairs, and to the best of his reeolleetiOn found 901. in halfpence ; silver, gold, and notes., Thei fOund a •bottle of brandy, which they drank. There was apiece of cloth which Maycoclt kept, saying, it would not make two shirts. They stopped in the house till the watchman went past ten o'clock on Sunday night. They took the keys out of her pockets to unlock the drawers. On his cross-examination by Mr. MoßEts, he said, that he never kneW - he was charged with stealing corn before he came thereto-day. He no-v uuderswod that he was indiaed for it. He could not help people hatching things up to do Lim an injury, because he spoke the truth. He did not charge Mayceck until he was accused himself. He charged Maycock ac cording to the Proclamation, and to . ease his mincl. The Prisoner, Mayeeek, was now informed by the CHI BARON, that if he had any thing to say in his defence, he should now be heard. The Prisoner :- 7 " I am, my Lord, quite innocent of the.eharge.7 The CHIEF BARON said, that the principal Witness stood in the situation of an accomplice, snd it would be the duty of the Jury not to admit his evidence tq have weight on their - minds further than to the'ex tent in whiCh it was confirmed by the testimony of others. The Witness admitted himkif to be as ini quitcius as 'Hie Prisoner. ,His Lordship then went throngh the particulars of the evidence seriatim -: and' the. Jury, after a short deliberation, found tile Pri soner Guilty of the Murder ofilnna Maria Poole. In• pronouncing the awful sentence of the Jaw, his Lordship . said, that the experience of no man fur nished an instance of a murder so atrueious. Not the smallest apOlogy could be made : it was cold de liberate murder, for the purpose of plunder, accom panied-with a degtee of insensibility the most re markable. He desired the Prisoner not to deceive himself, as there was not the least chance of his ob taining mercy.. • - , • - . . . The Prisoner continued ninnoved during the whole proceedings, unless, perhaps, exhibiting an increase of audacity as they approached their termination; acid when he retired from the Bar, on the moment .the Learned Judge pronoUnced " The Lord have mercy on rkir sou; !" he said, in a manner suffici ently audible to be heard by several persons in Court, I thank* you Jbr that--r In done snug enough." William Duncan was indiaed on a charge of the murder of Wiiiiana, Chiv-Irs, Esq. in the Parish of Battersea. Mr. PooLfw, for the prosecution, stated that the Prisoner was gardener to Mr. Chivers, a gentleman, feeble and infirm in his body, and in the 82d year of his age. Duncan had been only ten days• in the service. of Mr. Chivers at the time the murder charged in the indictment was. committed, which was on the 24th of January last. The Learned Counsel stated the fads of the case, and then called the 'Witnesses. Henry Groombridge said he was servant to Mr. Chivers. The Prisoner was gardener in the same family. Witness saw his master alive at a qUarter before twelve.on the day of . his 'death. He went down to walk in the garden at the back part of the house, and the Prisoner followed about ten minutes afterwards. Dillon presently came 'in again, and said, My dear Harry, Master is down." The witness asked ." Where, where," and the Prisoner in great confusion pointed towards the spot. The witness went there, and saw Mr. Chivers lying on his back. The .witness, in deposing .to the parti culars of the situation of the deceased, was extreme ly agitated. Thomas Bowes produced • the spade with Which the fatal blow was struck;' the blood Was yet re maining upon it. The - whangee, or stick of the deceased was also exhibited, with wbich it was al lodged Mr. Chivers either struck or threatened the Prisoner. Henry Groombridge being again Called, said, that on seeing Duncan pass the front of the house, he called out to him, '" You villain, you have Murder ed my master." The Witness then went to Mr. Raikon, a next-door neighbour, for assistance. John Drinkwater, one of Mr. Railton'S servants, Came to help them, while another of the family went for Mr. Buckland, a Surgeon, at Claphain. The Witness bad lived with Mr. Chivers 15 years. Mr. William Buckland said, that he examined the .body.of Mr. Chivers on Saturday, the 24th 'of Ja puarylest. There appeared, to have been two dis tin& wounds, which were bleeding very7profuely. The one was slight, and on ,he llwer jaw; the other appeared very extensive, commencing about mid way in the nose, passing through the centre of the face, and meeting at the angle of the jaws : its length was about eight inches, and it was three and a half inches deep. The wounds were the occasion of the death of Mr. Chivers. Wim Whitinore, baker, at Battepea, went to the .house of Mr.•Chivers, 011 hearing - of the deat.i :At that Gentleman. It was at one o'clock in the afte,r noon. He saw the Prisoner there. "i asked !lira (said the Withess);ho*ciiint you to do this ?" The Prisoner said, " is. be. dead'?" - K loan standing, by, .said he was. The. Prisoner then said, " I mobt clime for it."--" I Inc.t..the Prisoner ( , kid the Witness) walked up and down the room while the .mittimus was making out. I then :7 ske.d, how he came to commit such a horrid act.? I 3 answered, n,