The Sun. — London, England, 1805-10-30 00:00:00

CLERKE,NWELL SESSIONS, OCT . z 9. liRVORE vvtLt4A i kAttiwiouNn, E 341. John Cooke, a very young indialed for as;• saulting his Master, Joseph Edwards, to whom he was apprentice.* The parties had been frequently before the Coon, upon the subjeet of their mutual complaints, and their ditVerences had been referredto Mr. CoNT4, who found it impossible to make . any award between them. In the . interim, the alipren tice. absconded, and the Prcisecutor, after some weeks, meeting with hen in the 'Now Inn, insisted upon taking titn home. The Defendant he stated, struck him repeatedly, and pretended not to know him.— The Chairman directed the Jury to find the De ti,ulant but they immediately pronounced a veritia:of Louis Laitdpiere, a jeweller, at No. 16, Craven Ilitildings, Drury-lane, was indi6ted for an assault upon Liza Landpiere, his own daughter, an infant of the age or eight years, with intent to violate her. lie was also (barged with a common assault. The details of so shocking an,aceusation are inadmissible. - Mr. CoNs'r stated the case in terms as delicate as •One of the witnesses bound over to -pro serute, he admitte,i, could not give evidence—that \view:is was the Prism is wite. Tha,law, he said, W 45, that a wife's - JeotimonY might be received against an husband for an injury done to herself, bat not where it was of Bred, to a third. person. He should therefore 411 the child, and corrobo rate her story by the evicjenee bf a servant-maid acid Dr. Stanton. TO .'child was brought into Court by her mother,' 4 . hi' Yelated a tale dreadful to hear. it was confilmed oy the servant; to whom she had made her 'complaint ; and Dr. Stan ton, of the Strand, stated ' , that she had the ap pearance of having been, much 'injured. The mother, during the trial, ezp4ssed an uncommon degree of agitation. GuItNEY addressed the and, in very for= ethic language, interred the utter improbability of a flther being p,uilty of so great,:a crime. He ,attri. buted the charge to a conspiracy on the part of the wife and her mother, to rain the Defendant for ever. called several witnesses to his general charaaer. Mr. MAttlw4ittisc. observed, that if the witnesses had' spoken the truth, and there was no reason to doubt it,, the charge had been clearly and distindly proved. With regard to the insinuation of a con. spiracy, no evidence had been brought to support it. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdia of---. Not • soon as the decision W 35 known, a number of persons hissed, but their intemperance was instantly repressed. Yesterday Mr. Jrakias, the Bankrttpt, underwent 'another examination before the Commissioners, at, Guildhall. Mr. Co WAN attended, as his Counsel,. and, after three hours had elapsed in the investigation of the Bankrupt's affairs, the latter delivered a writ ten estimate, wherein he stated his losses, during the' first two years he was in business, at 953.51. and, during the succeeding eighteen months, at-56231. He eoald not account for these losses in any other way than that he had been selling his goods conai derably under value. The Commissioners were of opinion, he ought to be remanded to prison. He was accordingly • conveyid to his farmer place of confinement. At the New Bailey, Manchester, on Wednesday last, the huntsman of the Oldh,im hounds was Con , . vided in the mitigated penalty of t 01. and costs, pursuant, to the AO of Parliament, for living hunted in Droylstien, with eight hounds, ho person being at the time with him duly qualified. It appeared he was entered regularly as the huntsman, yet for want 1 this latter` precaution he subje&ed himself to the penalty. Yesterday morning was taken but of the River Thames, twat Putney-bridge, the body of a Gentle - Man, apparently tio years of age. His linen was marked G. C. Nos. 3, 13, 16; had in his pocket a pair el silver speattcles with green glasses ; two pocket-handkerchiefs; one white with a red border ; the other checked, tied round his head : he had on flannel hose, shirt, and drawers, dark snuti.colonred roar, kerseymere waistcoat. lined with flannel,' black kerseymere breeches, anu dark-brown greatcoat. No papers being found about biro that could lead to any discovery, the body was conveyed to the work.; house to be owned. Pura - mica EYaltaoanutgasit.---The persons who frequent public-houses about Paddington and the :Etigwere-ro.al have for some time past been 1710.• by'a coachman of the name of Powsty, who utagl to make a constant pra6tiee of drinking liquors, 4c. belonging to the etritomers without ceremony, Front his having been known as a fighting man, and being of no common stature, he praised his tricks with impunity until Monday I t, when a bait was laid for hint at a public-house, at Paddington, which h,t Some persona, Were drinking top.; them, called for half a pint of gin, and on its .being pla , r,, , d before them, 1 1 0,475ey, without hesitation, drank the greater part of it. A sawyer of the name ni Aeorp opposed the insult, and, after a few words, he and the intruder withdrew to the fields, where a bottle took place. At the commencement of the Kerlip shifted from his .opponent's blows dex terously, and, at a convenient opportunity, he went in :and beat him in a style that excited the admira tion of' the gpatators. The fight Listed thirty-five atriontes ; and the intruder got such a beating as will, toast: likely, deter him from pra&ising his tricks in t'uture, for Inc was carried off the ground w a some. lets . state. Sy:cum.—lt is with the utmost regret we have to add to the melancholy list of,suicides lately com mitted, that a a zoung.cLady pt some literary re pute, at Bath, on tritirtY last. e : ,Vtitil we have learn ed the particulars, we. shall forbear mentioning the name of this unfortunate vtainvoldespondency. The unfortunate - .Capt.,C,O.I,VILLE, who on Sun - d a y c oo* atte mpted,to Rut a p;liceeriod to ,his existesterday ;lice at the Glouceater cettee.-bouse , was y eveniog conveyed in a coach to St. George's Hogpt— , lA, „ al; Jut arty !WM c re.overy A late emtnir i:,;ll-ant it. hilf - affairsas atlPPOseti bO' the cause of . :,-1,nt;11 +o:4o:4oqt. A person in exalted station once remarked, that every Regiment of Light 'Dragoons ought to have light field-pieces, or flying artillery,4 attached to its flanks ; and small bodies of riflemen might be equal ly serviceable in picking off the enemy's Artillery men before the Cavalry advanced. The want of Sharp Shooters, or Riflemen, eras sufficiently felt in Holland to render that species of warfare an obje& of serious attention in this Coun try ; and we cannot dbubt, even for a moment, but that his Royal Highness the *Commander in Chief (who must have personally witnessed the havoc which was made among the battalions by the scat tered fire of the Enemy) will either recommend to His Majesty' the formation of separate Corps of that. description, tor give directions that every Light Com pany in the British service should be constantly trained to the exercise of the rifle gun. Several plans have already been submitted for that perpose,--s. Among those that have reached the Public, not one is to be found which had entered iutos the true spirit of desultory warfare ; nor have the writers sufficiently 'pointed out the various ways by which bodies of Sharp Shakers might at all braes he able . to annoy an }smelly, by / covering a large extent of ground without the least danger of being surrounds ed.or surprised. We need scarcely add, that what constitutes the Merit of . a regular tactician, would render a Sharp .Shooter useless and unmanageable. It is in the recollection of the writer of these re marks, that at the commencement of the French Revolution, when. the energy of the country Was necessarily calledlorth in most efficient points, bodies of young men were constantly assembled iu the different municipalities ; and at stated hours they were individually practised at a mark. Rifle Corps were fermed of experienced marksmen; and almost every brigade, or slemi-brigade, had a certain , number attached to it on service. With regard for the utility of such a disposable force s especially in a country intersetaed as Great Britain is, it is so ma nifest. that every man the least acquainted with the . chicane or trick of war must be an acKocate for its adoption. It is not our intention to enter into the various plans which have been privately submitted, or publicly suggested, for the establishment of Rifle Corps. We know that the want of them has been severely felt on several occasions during the last war, more than once in Ireland, and as often as we met or engaged the Enemy in Holland ; we likewise know (and the concurrent opinion of some able and experienced. Officers corroborates our own ideas on the subject), that' the plan which - would have been resorted to,• to' supply its deticiency,had we maintained our ground in the latter Country, would not have answered ; for this reason, that the light companies of the Gusfrdieor those belongings . ° other Regiments, are as' ignorant of this species of war titre as a regular-bred grenadier would prove in the exercise of flying artillery, What excites our as tonishment the morn (in the general avowal of the necessity that exists for troops of this' description) is the total disregard which• there appears to remedy these defetts in future. If the raising of the pro posed Corps should be considered in the light of a burthensoine augmentation to the 'British army, those means might assuredly be adopted by which a certain proportion of each battalion Should be train ed, disc relined, and exercised with the rifle. As far as mere appearance goes, this principle was attended to in one or our Militia Corps, *During the late war there were two companies, consisting of men ,Who were called , Sharp Shooters, attached toa Regiment of that, establishment. '.'heir dreSs was certainly calculated to correspond with the subtleties and stra tagems-of partial wartiire, ' being . of a ' bottle-green colour, made compact and suitable to' every purpose of activity ; but here their excellence ended. The men' themselves were not selected from the body of the Regiment,. either on accountof their youth or because they had been known to be pradically ex pert, vigilant, and steady niarksmen. Days of trial wcre'never given. for the purpose of separating the awkward from the able soldier, nor of practising de- • tached bodies of the battalion, in order to discover fit an d proper persons for such a Corps. We cannot abandon this subjeet (with which we have .unques tionably. had frequent opportunities to be familiarly acquainted) without pointing' out a direct contradic tion to the very intent of every other part of the tics coutrements and dress. This contradiCtion, was flagrantly conspicuous in the cap, which, instead of serving ler a Mere covering for the head, exhibited on the, front a broad piece of shining brass, as an attracting butt for every opposing rifle-man to aim at. On this circumstance being mentioned to the Gentleman .mider whose immediate direetion the companies .in question were clothed and it. was cOrieusly accounted tbr by briefly observing, that when the Sharp Shooters should be engaged, they would hav e n ot hi ng to do but to.turn their caps. Unfortunately for the justness of this remark, it was forgot' that as Sharp Shooters are seldom stationary, but frequently retreat, advance, and change ground.' in the most desultory manner, the back part of the head would run as much risk as the front did ; un less We give every matt of that description credit for sufficient presence of mind to accommodate the shillings of his cap . the various motions of his body: A new construilion for iron field artillery has been (Bs - covered by Lieut. Col, Shrapnel, from which will be derivezl many advantages of consequence, A 32 pounder may b e brought 'into the field O n ly ' io cwt. .and all other kinds of Ordnance made equally light up-on the same prineitils. This gun is : of au oaasonal form and basin& no dispart se tbe w l :r e l e u i w ise ;b t e ll i:nT oi aOO t to r r. p o r t e n i l l : t e i a a l r : g ia t i be eso:irusvka,lted 4 1ello c !i i i s a -U t t's s v e a l n ei may b e dcpressed from an eminence 60 s. and-it required to f The recoil is taken o a lLti i r a st tblyy fbryietthuemmuolizaustliird:c,:rcirliyagby These kind of guns and carriages are much less expensive e, than any other field 4rtillety, and require fewer horses to draw wth t7r elAnd, tram the rapid movements they are callable of, Would lauding Oftroops than; batteries, which are 5..-) the ak es : L t y : t ; o lny t a n dr i s wPeccrro; deco‘lvlcsheuntuliP:eca:te‘i o:B4l7 ;t; : sU j i be e ' a ia r l Y7 L. as are best calculated to release an enemy. ; M.-h) WILL IA M AIIM talk .CP.IPPs ,-)01ri Editor, of lett.court itow.gtreet anti b 7 "."--- (MIDON Printed tiy R /CHAR! ) HARRIS , or No. 4, at the Strs.Orrzon, Ne. in Strand whero Ali crewmen's Orders t or t h e P ape ' , Leiters _for tilt, t, POLICE. rUBVIC..OSNICE, BOW•STREET,—,YeSterday a Dias suiting Clergyman, above sixty-tive years of age, and grey headed, whose wife keeps a boarding school a few miles 'northward of London, was brought before the Sating Magistrates upon a ch arge o f the Most indecent condua towards several young Ladies, the pupils of his wife ; two of whom, the one only eleven;.the other but thirteen years old, the children of most respectable parents, who attended *lig with them at the Office, gave evidence of several recent a&s of the moat abominable behaviour , to. wards them. The Reverend Gentleman, in his defence, stated, with the utmost calmness, that this accusation was the mere result of o conspiracy amongst the young Ladies to ruin the school, in consequence of some necessary instances of striel school discipline exer ciso towards them. His wife attended, and spoke in his favour, say ing, that such a report bad been circulated among the children but she totally denied any knowledge or Mief of such occurrences. The iViagistrates, hoWever, thought it incum bent on them to hold the Prisoner to bail. lie was brought up again in, the evening, when he en tered into securities for his appearance at the SessionS, 4tc ()Omit,. HATrow GARDEN,--Yesterday a woman of the name of Herbert, a laundress hi Furnival's Inn, was committed. for re-examination, on several charges of robbing the Chambers of Mr. Moore, anti another Gentleman of the Inn, o f a large quantity of linen, and other articles, which she had pledged with different Pawnbrokers, and the duplicates of which were found upon her. Two old men, charged with stealing horses, at Hexham, in Northumberland, were fully committed for trial. Comitatus Anklorunt.—in this 'work it is stated, that in Great Britain the number\ of people capable of rising in arms en masse, from 15 to 60 years of age, - are 2,744,847 -; that the Volunteers in the United Kingdom: last March. were 760,000 ; that there are about 98,030 marriages yearly; that of '63 marriages 3 only are observed to be without of that every 33 year 3 produces a new genera tion ; consequentfy,therehave been .176 generations since the creation .of the world; that there die in Great Britain every year about 332;708 . ; every month about 25,592 ; every week 6398 every day 914 ;. every hour about 40 ; and every three minutes. 2 ! On Friday the Kensington Volunteers were re viewed by His Royal Highness the DUKE of Sussee, in Marlborough Gardens, near the King'S Road; at the same time the Non-commiesioned Officers and Privates of the Corps presented a most elegant Sword to their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Wruas, as a testimonial of their high opiniOn-of life condu6t.as a Soldier and a Gentleman : the Co land returned a suitable' and appropriate speech on the occasion. The Battalion afterwards went through a variety of manceuvres, to the aatista&ion of His Royal Highness,, TWINER, CM. DALRYMPLE, &c. &c; and a number of other distinguished Of ficers,; and afterwards the tehole Corps dined toge ther at the At moury. • On Sunday night the shop of a cheesemonger, in Brick-lane, Spitalftelds„ was broke open during the absence f the tirmily, when a stone jar, con taining about 1,1251. in notes ands cash, , a hick had been placed in the bed chamber, between the sheets of the bed, was taken away, with some linen and wearing apparel. Monday sennight there vt , as a numerous attend ance of Free and Accepted Masons, under the Grand Lodge of England, at the Provincial, Grand Lodge and General Communication for the Province of York, held at the Provincial Grand Lodge ROOM in that City. RICHARD Peetneatrox Mteiees, Esq. son of the late worthy Representative for York in Parliament, was installed, with the usual solemnity, Grand Master, and the Right Hon. Lord Poeetea- Tote, Junior Grand Warden. A mast excellent Charge was delivered on the occasion, by the Rev. Brother JOHN Paut;Eß, who aded' as Grand Chap lain. The Hon. LAURENCE DUNDAS, M. P. De puty Grand Master, was present. Brother SMITH, of Hull, acted' as Deputy for the Hon. G. H. L. DUNDAS, Senior Grand Warden. After the busi ness of dab Meeting, the Brethren partook of a sump mous entertainment, in the Grand Lodge Room, and the day was spent with that union, harmony, and hilarity, the never-failing attendants on the meetings of this Most benevolent and . respeaable Society. _Last ,Thursday the meat employed in pulling down the church of All Saints, Lewes, discovered a monument that had been long concealed between a large'Gothic arch and one of the main columns that supported the edifice. This antique relic was formed of plaster, in the shape of a coffin, and hibited a rude' printing of two infants, who had doubtless been there interred many 'centuries past. The figures represented were of two different colours, and tolerably fresh. On, Wednesday afterpoon, about three o'elock, a fire broke out in Mr. White's Rope-walk, about half a mile front Gosport, on the road to Farehatn, and in a very short time mat part of the building was in 'blues, which seemedto.threaten the whole with inuiediate destru6tion, By the arrival of several engines„ and the very great exertions of the tuba , binmts, their progress was checked in a few hours, but not till a considerable portion.of the building, together with about iJo barrels of tar, a great quan tity of hemp end cordage, a rick of hay, Sze.i,ivere totally consumed. The whole extent of the damage is estimated at about t,BOOl. The accident was oc casioned by the tar-kettle boiling over. A woman of genteel appearance, and well dressed, has lately called upon several families in Edinburgh, and told then' a mournful story, that she is starving, and wants money to carry her to her husband, who is an Adjutant in a Iteghnent quartered in dcountry town in Scotland. She varies her story occasionally, and has obtained a good deal of money front such humane persons as are credulous enough to hellevo her. LIGIIIARTILLgRY ciui tS.II.:IRP*SIIOOTERS, THEIR fiIiVANTA.GES. Tar advantages of Light Artillery and-Sharp Shoot ers are very properly pointed out in the following Extra& front Capt. JAMES'S Regimental Compa nion In touching thus slightly Upon the subjeftofelotl ing, and accoutrements, we cannot omit remarkin that an alteration is loudly called for upon mo grounds than one. In the regimental belts d. tl Britislt army, brown tanned, or black, leather bel ought certainly to supersede the mere show that to be fonnd in white ones ; especially since it acknowledged by every medical man that there at; be Occasions when a soldier's health would be CO/ siderably exposed by being suddenly obliged to mar( under a verticallUD; With tWO wet pipe-clayed pied of leather smoking across his .chest. This is an of servation by no means confined to possible,, bt within the frequent occurrence of probable cases. — The remedy is as easy as the suggestion is wet founded and corred. We have already had . occasion to propose change in regimental pou ches, and to observe ths something might be invented to -prevent rain, 0 any species 'of moisture, from getting to the pow der. In addition to those suggestions w e can safel) submit to the consideratien of the econoCommander Chief, whether upon Cle principle of my only, to suP ' it would not be advantageou s to the army, ply every soldier on service With a small tin wk. such as the Hessians and Brunswickers 11.;(1 in 0 American - war ? This tube mi4ht be conveniently placed between the centre row of cartridges to be cient quantity of power for priming i n readily g rasped, and would always ceatain a ufi. they. \ -Ve will suppose, tbr instance, that dal the inclement season which our troops . .'' l4 l' er i ie t- - f in iloliiind , it had been judc , ed writ w l '} t (° , l " - tua,l discharge of Mitsqoetry , lerent battalions on their approach to the Itnoteote wet Ivo. s 6 ene of` a4tiou, Imd, in order to be iure ot an efiec - : Officers had been directed to make their men fres t prime ?It is: - evident, that as Many theusait;,l or. tridges must have been broken, and probably I:en &red useless,. as there were men to be enroo:-': So that independently of the. security which woP3 be produced by the certainty of a dry prirniog. conside r able saving mast be made. Ili.; observatiot naturally leads us to recommend, that a side-uao The advantage is two- the., Commissioneil made of good tempered steel or iron should be at Every musquet in the Prkl'SSiall serv'ece is so fence Dill new the pan from . the insinuation a the moist cu; through 'the crevice : and; '..diy, the (lac or cui!r.,: grains of powder, which ilivariabl;* fiY i" t6 the ( : I }, c of every right hand man front the discharge o ~,,, musquet on his left; would be repelled by it,,, i. , tbld. First, it would prote6 invented carbine, by Mr. Sadler, is iiroloae' '" this manner. wink ,We need scarcely add, that soldiers ‘.!) 4( "" , wst at the flash or report of their o'. 11 pi t:Ce 5, 1651 ''W , 3, l it !lIWaYS on account or the iticonveoience (PettY „',,,, )3) which arise.: *on' the circurostancehoo ''',ll tic ned, and which . has nut been thought tlle. the notice of Prussian tatli&tas. ' . e B r itish 0 4 t i ola.t vet, it Would be necessary, t h a t the pri srkers .1..., Should this addition be triode; to the , 5 . turn •at right angles instead of bein g strait, or twi the guard should ha've a hinge. Ar 3 loado O 1 n ats A ay se'nnight as two crf itoti+ ctriti`c r, who remained. undernoth for upOrt;' 11 ;`, O w h at lasts one by et one much b h r is tti l b e e g d s , ‘b‘ti'etrehebt'riusktet Ti l t d a h il e % ; ( \ 3 :' l‘ ; t°4l. Very , • front Kings Parade to BriytOl, ahottt ltalt~l~ s t E liot ;. N O .lvLa C il l .f.:3 7: w k ao;;; A young • between the Turnpike her. corning up to ttlrin , la, forced and taking' frorwher alan t horn ititi) On fibeiocorrenid:::kieuilr:galgv:eai to acs of the utmost violence en her Pe rs % to m it Watt . t 9 her head, and threatened to blow h sistance, otie cif er.borsob. c' died for asssitance, and did' not ilu ier ' Y Prose, and they instantly rate oil;' tO JR" Fourteen sheep were found t l i ni t:a i s i t : r :e elc g i yb i o l y t o a t t e t,h c t d ( ei l l t l e t . fl e d No e v i % r i e :t ai 3 n i t r i tcr e: S et e r t ., i d itt e l d o 3 ; to il f: t i o l a ( tv , e c Yr be “fl l ll :c t r il l e' l ) : 4'lliii: tide. - w ( L2t r itie T bet y l r t sr u yt r i : Leitatrury:4:astcyl::("l.c.xactelifiryrii(6lllsflalh:Li;ief,"(Catt,vjet:cia: listr:C4l..°lo°fri.e:lo.;:uar;;;;; On Friday the zsthat at fir Olin!, Lady , I' maces Morton, of a Daughter. tt oi o f 0 0 Moolay night, in Durtvestoit.stretg, th e t LA.) Truman, of a Soo. ,011 the 2sth of September, at St. Petersbuq:''.l l'" t ,- . ) 0 , of flit . , Excellency Alt:3oo4ler Crichton, M, I , •' illpl i 0 liriatv to their lnipetial &litjesties, the Vhillct c)f i ' . .bieffo l . ages Empress of all the kustias, i'hysician ih voug liq.4, C i vi l 0'4,41111mA at the Empire, ice• ike• °t.3 dY °I On SorAay tW . 1 . 11 I ill 5u •sex 00 P , u lot Int . 1 , s , wird J. Cartels, Esq. of a San. ...., le . MAR RIN I): Ore l ' -I g . We O n the 94th inst. at. Edinburgh, Alehan, --. ~ C Young , : r, Esq. of Cranard, to Miss A. S. 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