The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-18 00:00:00

wlth stealing a bay gelding,' value . 251. the p-operty of Messrs. Powell, of 'Bristol, in Jnly, It appeared that the horse in question was sent by' Messrs.: Powell to grass in a field at a-plaee KnoWles, near,Brista, on the afternoon of the 27th of July. Ii; three ,days afterwards, the horse was missed : band-bills were circuk ted, but the animal was not heard of until the I .of August, when. the prisoner, brought a bay gelding to the lepository:ot Alr. Sadler, in Goswell-street, who suSpetting fro his general demeanour that he had not got it honestly, questioned :him closely as to. the manner% which he came possessed of it, and insisted, upon his giving some' satisfactory' re ference. Tile prisoner bought to Mr. Sadler a letter from a T oblicau, but INV. S. saying that would not do, he went away, and did not again return. - Sonya short time subsequently the horse was' chained by the prosecutor, and the prisoner was apprehentled. Stevens, the constable. who took him into custody, asked shim where he bad got the horse He answered that he had bought it of a man .named Wood, in Long-lane, fur 16 guineas, whose address be did not "know. He first gave him 61.. and subsequently paid him 101. Stevens farther deposed, that the 'prisoner 'en deavoured to escape from .him. In proof of the prisoner being in the neighbourhood of Bristol, -and near the place from whence the horse was stolen; a puhlic resident withins miles of Knowles proved that the prisoner was in his house on Sun day, the '26th of J On the part of the prisoner, John Hazel, a coppersmith's tool-maker, resident in, Turnmill- . street, Hatton-wall, deposed, that he quitted Bath by the coach at two o'clock in the afternoon of the 27th of. July, together with. his wife. He saw the prisoner at the Greyhound- Inn, from wbence the coach'departed ; and he travelled an outside passenger.by the same coach with him. The tes timony of,this witness was supported by his wife.. And two other witnesses proved that they saw the prisoner. in,London on the evening of the 2Stb of the same month. Thy hook-keeper of the Saracen's Head Inn also proved, that two persons, of the name of Hazel, were entered in the way-hill of the Bribtol coach cn t: , e day which they stated. _ _ _ The .Learned Judje then addressed the Jury, and observed, it would be rather too much to convict the prisoner upon the evidence adduced in support of the prosecution, although his conduct was such as naturally to excite, suspicion. .No thing had occurred • to impeach the testimony of the witnesses in his favour, and consequently he , was entitled to an acquittal. The Jury retumed a verdict accordingly,. • Fiv.c prisoners were capitally convicted, viz. : Robert Piocaer, for stealing a quantity .or linen drapery, value 4001. in the dwelling-house of Thomas Douton ; Catherine Foster,_for stealing &cheese, the property of Thomas William Hodg son ; Thomas, Williams, for stealing 15 - yards. of sarsnet of Andrew Clerk', •in his dwelling-house; and Margaret Pahner and Mary Turner, for stealing two pieces of printed cotton, the pro perty of Richard Terrington, privately, in his `POLICE. MANsioN-Houss.—The question at issue be tween the superior and inferior classes of Fellow ship Porters on the river Thames, respecting the right of the latter to carry goods to a distance, which right is claimed exclusively by the former, Came on . again for discussien on Wednesday. A tide-waiter attended, and the general Opinions Seemed to be in favour of the claim of the superior order; arid it teemed to be a matter generally un derstood, that the inferior order of porters were only entitled to carry goods from the ships to the Shore, but to no greater distance. As a meeting a the waiters is to be convened in a few days, tti consider the subject, the . Lord Mayor declined giving judgment until he has heard their collec tive opinion. GUILDHALL.—James alias Howard, was brought up for examination before the Sit ting Magistrate, yesterday, charged with having in his possession, and not being able to give any satisfaCtory account as to the manner in which be became possessed of them, a great quantity Of unwrought brass, including brass cocks ; also a number of silver tea-spoons. H.: mentioned the name of some Gentleman to whom he had been Servant, who being sent to, the prisoner was in the meantime remanded. WORS,IIIP-STREET.—On Tuesday last a person, a Spital-fields Manufactur;-, was brought up for examination, charged with offering for sale a quantity of silk, discovered to be part of a bale which was taken, from the Leith waggon in April last, on the North road, which with other bales of silk, purchased at the India llonse, were consign ed to Messrs. Phillips and Co. of Leith. The pri soner was remanded for further examination. MARLBOROUGH-STREEM—A robbery, attended :with eircurnstanctts of considerable aggravation,' took place at Fladong's hotel, on Monday even ing. Albin Gormes, a mulatto, and the servant -of a Gentleman of fortune, of the name of Barallo, :was charged with the same.- It appeared in evi dence, that Mr. Barrallo had lately arrived frow from the Indies, and the prisoner had attended him thence as his servant. The prosecutor having had unlimited confidences in him, entrusted him with .the keys of his wardrobe, and thine which con tained his property, and every thing. Valuable Le .possessed. On Tuesday .morning the prisoner in formed his master ; before he was up, that his portmanteau, which contained fifty-six pound notes, and other articles, had been stolen from the sitting-room. Suspicion hunted every quar ter of the house, until it was at length remember ed, thai.the prisoner had gone out on the preced ing.evening with something under his arm, which was concealed by his coat: On being interrogat ed as to this circumstance, theprisOner said he had his hat under his arm, i forgetting it was on his head at the time. Thomas Foy was sent for from this office, and, after diligent inquiry, he traced the prisoner to have left the portmanteau LONDON: Printed by TI-11 At the SwN OF-Fla at the house of a 'person of the name of Smith, and half the' propert y was yecovered. ; • Qn search-. ing the prisoner': , lodgings, it was found that he had emptied the trunks of hiS master into his own. The prisoner :vas fully committed for trial, and the parties were bound over to prosecute. Yesterday, a' respectable musical Man brought hiS refractory Son, a youth under 17 years of Age, to this 'office, pn charges of feloniously having obtained sums of money in his name. It appeared that the father - had done his duty to this prodigal, and instructed him in a science by which, if Nvell in linen, he'miglit have ,obtained a respectable' HY.... ing. His conduct, however, had been such as-to render, this act. of the father absolutely necessary for his own safety: 'The youth had become ac quainted with an abandoned set of fellows, call-7 ing themselves private actors, in whinn iniquity is nursed, aturfrom that time there has been no . hopes of amendment. The prisoner had obtained sums of money of gentry,' to whom his father was only known by hiS;itnerit, pretending that he had done so' by the direction of - the father, and his conduct altogether was such as required necessari ly to be stopped for the existence of the parent. — The prisoner was remanded for the felonies until to-morrow. , • HATTON-GARDEN.--Yesterday Elizaletli Wil liams and Ann Smith were brought up; and under went a final examination, :being charged with , going into the shop of a linen. draper, -in High Holborn, under pretence of buying some trifling articles, when they found means to accrete a qu,,A tity of printed muslin, and left the shop. property being missed, theprisOners were pursued and brought Wick to the shop, where Williams dropped the muslin from under her clothes. The fact • being sworn to, they were fully committed to Newgate for trial. Ann Quin, an aged woman, was finally examined, being charged with having privately entered pre mises in Warner-street, Clcrkenwcll, and stealing thereout a washing-tub. The prisoner being an old offender, and the charge being made out, she was fully committed to Newgate for trial. 'QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday a Gentleman, re siding in Kensington, was 'charged at the above Office, with „baying refused to assist in conveying partolthe baggage belonging to the Font Guards, from 'Knightsbridge Barracks to Kingston, whist the said Regiment was on its . march to Portsmouth. This offence being proved against the party, be was, in consequence thereof, con victed in the mitigated penalty of forty shillings a7:d costs. The coachman of a lady was lately' charged with horse-whipping Arthur Oldgrieve, a toll taker. It appeared that the complainant had re fused to take eight-pence in copper, on the ground that such were not good, and the assault took place when the toll-taker Was running by the side of the horses. The Magistrate was of opinion that the copper might be refused if bad. The toll taker agreed to settle the matter for a guinea, but he refused to take a 'one pound note and a shil ling, and persisted in his demand of a golden gui nea or 'nothing. The tender of the note and shilling was made before the Magistrate, but it was refused, until the man was informed he would get nothing by indictment after such refusal. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-Yesterday, the atten tion of the Court was occupied in the hearingand deciding on Parish Appeals ; but we beard no case of any public. interest. HARVEST AND PLENTY.—The prudence and foresight of the cultivators of the ground, iri saw ing plentifully at seed time ; a successions,of fruit ful showers, and the genial beams of the sun ; the favourable weather in tlit appointed weeks of har vest; all, all have conspired, by the blessing of Providence, to fill our barns and store-houses with food for manand beast. From altthe provincial news papers we have the heart-cheering information of abundant crops, and in most places of their being well housed, The markets are everywhere falling, and the most confident expectations are formed of farther reduction ; but a few days • ago the Win= chester bushel of wheat sold in our market for up wards of a guinea ; on Saturday last the same measure was at an average of thirteen shillings and sixpence. A few weeks ago potatoes were as high as eight shillings a measure ; the average price in our market on Sathrday was not ,more than two shillings and -sixpence ! Truly this is gratifying news, which, while it administers joy and gladness to the poor, should excite in their hearts the tribute of praise to the God of the sea sons.--Chester Paper. GREAT INCREASE OF WHEAT.—In October last, three pints of wheat were dibbled into small spot of ground ; whereon formerly stood a black smith's forge; in the parish of Beckley, in Sussex, occupied by T. Bowler, which this year produced six bushels and three gallons. It is common to sow one. hundred and ninety-two pints, or three bushels on an acre, which, according to the above,. would give 408. bushels; or fifty cane :quarters of • wheat, per acre. . It is a singu s ler:fact; that there is at present on a. piece of bog. ground,. in .the farm of .Nether Park • of Closeburn, Scotland, which was never before 'cultivated, a crop of potatoe oats, the general luxuriance of which may be . conceived from this circumstance, that, i:i'a•variety of instances, one grain produces five or. six stalks, and each stalk thri!e or four heads from the upper joint, making the amazing increase of two thousand fold. A letter from Drimech Loch,, dated Ist Sep 7 teniber,, says" For the last fourteen days .there has been in Locholishert, on the coast of Knap dole, Argyllsjire, a very considerable herring- , fishery. There are about fifty small . boats fishing,. and only at present two sloops salting. For the last - few nights they caught nine hundred barrels • each night this morning the fish were sold at 10d. per hundred." Mr. JUKES, a respectable farmer of Hatherly, Wilts (and brother to Mr. JUKES, of Wilton) , was ki:led on Thursday, at geritcm-hill, by 'a restive bull, whilst he was. endeavouring to harness the animal for husbandry work. EDINI3MGII. "put the question a second time, and one of them besjtathlgly stammered out, S.r, I eaallot !'(;Ad ;' --( nor 1, nor L, nor I,' was i•qiully uttered by them .all. , Ordinary. How is it, then, that calling your selves churchmen, you seemed_ so ignorant of the . customs of the church, as not to a nswer orie o f the common responses r —Prisoner. ,` Sir, I have not been in th!2. , habit of going to church ; for, as 1 was never - taught to read, I. did .not choose to go, (here to' expose lily. ignorance ' So said seve ral others ; and 'some said, ' Their parents never went.' Ordinary. As you have not-been in the hahit of going to church, and none of you can rea d, bow came you to say that you were churchmen ? What is the meaning of tic word churchmen Prisoner. really do not know, Sir ; but this I am sure of, that 1 am no Catholic, nor any of wt family.' Ordinary.. 'MIT you ever taught the cute-. chisra?'--Prisoner. I never heard of it in, int life.' • At this very time I have thirteen cvitar male convicts, under my care, twelve of whom art: churchmen, like those whom I last mecioned, and not more than four of them can read ; the thirteenth is Au Irish Catholic, and is 'Dot ac, quainted with a single letter. If my memory served, I could. quote hundred s , of instances of 'similar ignorance. amongst minals. Can it be expected, then, that such poor untaught creatures can be sensible of the ininio rality of their conduct ? Certainly' not. lam posithe the rising generation cannot be made more guilty than the present, by learning to read ; and, therefore, I am far the experiment being made : but whether by Dr. Bell's or Mr. Lancaster's method, seems to we of small con sequence. Do . hut teach . them ,to read, and in struct them in the principles of religion, and leave the event to the Almighty." The house of AndrewJordaine, Esq. of George street), Westminster, was- broken into early on Saturday morning last. The thieves broke in from the stables behind the house, and got in at the staircase window. They carried off 280 gui neas, and plate to the amount of about 3001. They bad evidently bFen disturijed, for they left behind them a considerable q u an tity o f p r ate on the floor. No discovery has yet been made; but the robbery was evidently made by professors. A few nights since the .house, of Mr. Joint OGDIN, of Acre-lane, Brixton, was broke into, and a chaset forced v ion, from which the villains took several vaniao.te articles of plate, a metal watch, a poCket . - . book, containing several bank notes, and some wearing. apparel, whith which they got clear' off without alarming the family. On the same 'evening, the. dye-house of Mr. JOIN BENNETT, or York-street, London-road, was entered by some villains, and five dozen men's hats, and a fi quantity of military ca p s , , in an un nished.state; were, taken away. The caps w ere Made on a peculiar construction ; and on the fol lowing evening they were again thrown over the, wail of Mr. RENNETT'S premises, and in one of them was' a note'directed to him, containing the following words Mr. liroWn says, they ar4 of no use but to the owner." A 'Serious accident 'happened late on M on day evening,, at Spalding : —Two young men; one formerly, and the other at the present time, sex' vant to Mr. .Edmonds, agent to Lord Eardley, turned out to fight for a guinea, and to determine their claims to -a fair object. After they hail fought 'more than twenty rounds, Mr. Edmonds entered the ring, and endeavoured, by earnest per.. suasives to part them ; hut failing in the attempt, a few more rounds were fought; wheri . the battle was drawn. Coming out of the field, in order to avoid the crowd of people* who were all rushing over the,gate, Mr. Edmonds endeavoured to get over a small 'wall, and jumping down, broke hrs - leg in a dreadful manner, the fractured bone coin' hag out through the flesh. • A man has been apprehended, is now in cus tody, and lately underwent a private examination before Alderman J. J SMITIt, charged with being connected with the desperate gang of pirates wl l a some short time back boarded'a vessel off Dyee's Quay, overpowered the Custom-house Officer :4 and carried off raw silk of very considerable value- . The most diligent search is now ma ki ng for the detection of other offenders, who there is reason 1 ° hope will be secured. The Bills of Mortality, for the first six mont l .l of the present year, furnish a . list of three Ini6(tre 'victims to the small-pox in the metropolis-2We 5 .and one hundred and forty-eight died last moot of that disease. All these might have been, save' to the community, had their parents allowed theiA to partake of the vaccine preventive. • BIRTHS. of Yesterday, in Great" Ori ou nd- s t ree t, M rs . T. L a ngston' a Daughter. The same morning, the Lady of J. Winter, jun. Esq. of Son. • MARRIED. k.• On Monday last, at St. George's, Hanover-square, "W• - son, Esq. of Foleyfoot, Yorkshire, to M rs . Wi g ht, of ni l '' '. • lane, London. • On Tuesday, Thomas Waring, Esq. of the Grove, to Harmer, only. daughter of Job Hanmer, Esq. Captain ?"',:if ltlyal Navy, of Holbrook-Hall, both in the. County of • On the 15th inst. Joseph Jew:es Durbin,- Esq. tu youngest daughter of the late C:pore. Birch, Esq. of stead-Hall, •in the County of Stafford. • . rs; „, to Yesterday, at- St. Mary's, Islington, J o hn Meyer, second daughter of the late -John Strother cram, 'Esq. of Canonbury-grove. • . DED. • • • • _ . 'ne I-Ton. John Aster Benn I ett, Captain in his M 2 .l e ' Navy; and.third son of the Earl ofTaakerville. , fir On Tnesday the lstiinst. at his mother's house in tl)e .;i;e r ster-yard, Lincoln, after a fov days illness; aged 37, 11 .: 1 for' herd, - .ksq. son of ? the late Archdeacou of Bedford , 511 , " merly.Seeretary to the British Minister at the Court 0, nick. tirlP On Tuesday, at her house in Streatbarn-lane, To ° Mrs.• Sah Page, after, a v short intlisposition• On the ra 19th of,July, Amur eiy ath, the on ly son . of the 11 ' 1;i° Sultan. 011 the 19th ult. - in _Spain, of a , sun-shot Wolin • Lic tenant Lindsce, of the 11th-Dragoons. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-1110R , 17. r Morniag, 125 minutes after K. F.veuisq::, 50 naiautes COURT OF JtiSTICIARY. We yesterday gave a full statonent of the trial of Alexander Thomson, :or passing forged • notes. —On the verdict not pronen being returned, the Lord • Justice Clerk, -after mentioning that be never made nor Ivould make any observations on the. verdict of a Jury, when unanimous, found himself under the necessity of. saying, that in the present instance,. when Ow verdict was returned merely . by a plurality of votes, had he had the honour to be one of the number who composed .the Jury, he certainly wpuld have voted with the minority. Lord liEnmAign said, that he never could ap prove of meddling with •the sacred right of Juries, when unanimous, but he fully agreed with the Lord Justice Clerk, tl'.at in cases like the present, the Court were at liberty to express their opi nion ; and he• entirely coincided • with his Lord ship, that had he been one of. the Jury, he also would have voted with the minority. • Lord MEADOWBAN4 .expressed himself to the same effect. Before the sentence of the Court, assoilzieing the prisoner .from the bar was read, the Lord Justice Clerk said, that he found himself under the necessity oc making a few observations, and addressed the prisoner to the following effect :--- “, You stand in very peculiar circumstances.— Yesterday, the proofs of your criminality appeared so plain - that it appeared next to a miracle that you should have escaped. It has, however, been determined by a Jury, upon oath, that the crime libelled against you was not proven. Of this they niu:t have been convinced ,• but this I also niust say, and it is the opinion of my bi-ethren, that, from the nature of the proof adduced, you are guilty of the crime libelled against you, and you, :Sir, ought to be thankful to Providence, that the minds of the J,ury were so influenced as to bring' in such a verdict as they have done, for I do be lieve, that not another Jury could be found in Edinburgh, who, with such' evidence, would re turn such a verdict. But, Sir, do not think that you go from this Court as an innocent man.—Do not lay the flatterieg unctipn to your soul, that .you eau again mingle society with an unble anished character. No, Sir s your comrades, all with Whom you associate, must consider you as a suspicious member of .society ; and, wherever vou are placed, in whatever situation you may hereafter appear, you will be strictly watched, your very actions will be investigated, not only by those with whom you associate, but, but by the officers of justice, who will have a strict eye oveiyou: You go from this bar under very un common circumstances. The proofs ,against you are such as the Court consider sufficient to esta blish criminality ; and I must warn you, that should you ever appear, here again, from what has come out upon this trial, you may depend upon it, much le - is proof than what has now been brought forward will tend to convict you. YOUr crime, Sir—l cannot help, from the proof, call ing you convicted of . a crime—your crime, Sir, is of the deepest dye. You, have associated with the lowest ranks 6f society, for the purpose of deceiving them ; you offered to them fictitious notes, purporting to be notes of creditable banks, and you have taken frOm these, pOor 'illiterate people, who were unable to distinguish the real value of the notes- you offered them, property to the amount of their real value had they been good. This, Sir, is a species "of crime no less hurtful to society than if you had robbed these individuals of their property in their own houseS, or on the highway. It is even, worse to the in dividuals, for they we're incapable of guarding against it. The Jury have found this crime not proven, yOu must, therefore, be acquitted, but recollect, there is a Providence who knows whe ther you have committed this or not. To an awful tribunal you are yet amenable, and I be seech you, by repentance, make up your peace with God, and by. your future conduct atone to your country for your past, td say the least, im proper conduct.” . Extract of a letter from the Revereild Mr. Ford, Ordinary of Newgate, to Basil Montague, Esq.: h e chief cause of the committing of crimes, is to be ascribed, in my. humble opinion, to the. want of early instruction in reading, and conse quently, a total ignorance of religion, as well as of every moral principle. Indeed the lower or ders are by habit so far familiarized with the Di vine Being, aS to swear by him ; but they neither helieve'in him, nor pray to him :—and why ? Be cause they have not been made acquainted with him in their youth, nor have . they enjoyed the . greatest of all blessings, as well as comforts, of being instructed in his holy word. . You cannot expect these people to practise what they do not know. Let the poor be but educated,*and I will venture to assert, that in the course of thirty years at mast, there will not be one-fourth of the crimes which are now committed. About seven or eight years back, going into 'the desk, at the Chapel.of. Newgate, on .the first 'Sunday after the precedinh,..sessions, I saw twelve in • men the condethned felons pew ; who,. from the respectable amiearance,of their dress, and the ease of their d.eportment, seemed to have been proper characters to be introduced into the. very best company. When I announced the day of the month, and mentioned the psalm,' was very much astonished to observe that,not one of there con victs took up a prayer book, (thougb there were several lying before them) neither did any of the party seem to know,: a single particle of the church %ervice, 'or when they were to sit, or stand, or kneel. The ensuing day, I attended them in the condemned room, wherr, aftet some conversation suitable to their forlorn situatibn, the following dialogue took place Ordinary. I take it for granted you are•all dis senters Oh, dear Sir, no = I -be= lieve we are all Church Men; Ordinary. 4°w - did it,happen, then, that none of .you opened a prayer-hook, yesterday, during divine service ?'-Upon this there was rather an appearance of confusion, and Li dead silence. 1 [OM A S WOOD, of - No. 35, Milikn,lane, Corent-g (alien ; 1 and published by WH.LIAM ARMI(iER SCRIPPS, South Molten-street, Gros vennr:squa: 0, ; . E. Nu. 112, 'Strand_ whereldvertireinenis, Order: Our the Paper, Letters for the Editor, &c. (pest paid), must be addressed. lac ~},~