The Sun. — London, England, 1819-09-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY. Veqterday these Sessions cotnmeneed before the Right Fho. the LORD MAYOR, Mr. 1-141.01, (iRAFIAM, Mr. Justice BFST, Mr. Justice litcti- ARDSON, the Recorder, Aldermen, &r, FORGERY. Mathias Maher, aged 23, was arraigned- for for g ing a receipt for the value ot 121., with intent to defraud Mr. Cooke and some others in a public office. This case excited mulch attention, froth tl , e circumstance of the prisoner being arraigned in May, 1818, when lie appeared quite insane, and when the Jury. found a verdict that be was, mute by the visitation of God. At that time also he had a strait jacket on, but now seemed quite Yell, lie pleaded . guilty to the charge. Mr. Baron GRAHAM strongly advised him• to consider what he was doing, and to reflect on the painful consequences which might . result from such a plea. The prisoner replied, that he was well aware of what the result would be, and that he woold plead guilty, which plea he requested Might be recorded. Mr. Baton Graham hoped that the prisoner had not taken this steroyith nut advice, and requested him again to think on what he was doing. The prisoner replied, that lie was , !etertnino-i to persevere in his plea, which lie wished to 4c rucorded. This was accordingly done, and the prisoner was re• Inltided to New gate. He has been for a con ei,!er hle veriod in the crin•itial lunatic Asylum. Jane Mogericl i ge,' aged 40, was convicted of stealing a box containing a T iatiti7y of wearing apparel, the property of Maly Anne Mortinter— `Guilty-Death. • John Stoat and John Britian, both aged 17, were capially convicted ot stealing two silver table spoons and six silver tell spoons, the pro perty of Sarah •Lawford, in her dwelling4house. In chareing the Jury on this ease, Mr. Justice Best alluded to the conduct ,s‘lsicli some Jorics: hod finding verdicts for soots less ,than 40s. when the goods which were stolen amouuted to a vast deal more. In doing so, he thonght such Juries acted front mistaken principles of mercy, because all they had to do was to decide as to the innocence o+ i.he a Cell sed, for the dispensation of mercy was. pr.:p:.rly vested by the Constitution elsewhere, He, t'or one, sheuttl never think him t;elf jostific , ' •in calling on a• Jury to I ,, ,:sen the value of stole!' propett y— Guilty—Death. Joseph Clinton, aged 19, Was indicted fur steal log 16 sheep - a - nit lartib, the property of Thomas Crump, a butcher to Newport Market. The evi ,denee seemedqnite Clear agaiesr the prisoner, hut,. to the astrmishment of all present, the Juty touud Hui iVot CAITFAL CONVICTION OF TWO OF THE DESPE - . • RADOES AT WEST•END•FAIII,-- Willianz Fletcher Was put to•the•nar on an in dityint nt chit-girog hint It ith • assaulting Hobert Soggatte Prettyman,, on the 27th July last, at West-end Fair, and 'taking !ruin his pet sou a attn a silk handicjcnet. • AI!. .A.nz.N- in op( ning the'ca'e, said the pre sent was 'OO, the greatest public iwerest, and ,arw , e out of ,rhe late disgraceful outrages that took place at Wtst.end Fair, woere rego:arly orgaKized binds of robbers i,ad resorted for the purposes of plunder, the command or direction of leaders, whose mandates thev scrw , tdonsly Mr Pre t Titan, in describing the outrages com mitted fill himself, said, that having gone to the fair in ibe .compa o y of a friend named Elder, be fount! himself . so situated,:between eight a nd tittle o'clock, as . tO be under the necessity of passing between Iwo booths, the risage bet wee') which was not of the usual breadth, but narrow. In do. log this he was iuteartipted, by a pail? of men au:t boys, amounting to at least CO or 70. At this instant lie disti-ctly heard a-cry of " Trap, trap !" sevet al Clines,both before and b e hi n d hi m , and at that inowent he was knocked . down by a blow on the buck part of his head., ,On getting up lie was attacked by six or seven of these despe radoes, who seiztd him on both sides, and very nearly tore the pockets - from his pantaloons, li e wis againknocked-rlown by a •blow from behind, and on getting up again he round his clothes in the state before described. Finding that nothiog but a resolute resistance could SAVt him, lie knocked one or Ns° of the foremost down, and by this means in some measure secured a partial retreat, but immediately a cry was raised of " D—n the littl e f e llow, he has escaped, give it him again," and accordingly lie Wag attain fallen upon, and by the violence of one blow knocked completely through the'canvass of a booth, where three per sous, who were termed " fiddlers," immediately gave him, aide! by some other persons, assistance. Three of the 2ang pursued hint- into the booth, but nano diately made their escape through the rent he had made whets foiced into the booth, The gang having found that he had considerable prop( rt y about him, acrually cut holes in the side of the booth, for the pin pose of .watching him, and in this situation he was tinder the necessity of remaining from nine o'clock until between two and three in the morning, when lie was extricated by the Hatton Garden Police Officers. i num ber of persons were brought into' the sante booth, while he remained there, who were most dread fully cut and bruised, particularly two. •females, who had - nearly the whole of theiry-clothes torn from their backs, and were robbed,of every thing they had about them. Alr. Elder corroborated the former witness's testjmoil, every particular, until be was sepa- rated trorn him, when lie also was. robbed of every thing Lc had about Goige Furrian, an Officer, proved taking she ini,ouvr into custody, and finding on him a hat and two silk handkerchiefs. The prnsccutor pro‘'ctl the hat and one of the handkerchiefs toile his properly. The prisoner, in his defence; said be found the things. He called a journeyman tailor and a !Joenriker to speak to his character ; hut-the former skid the last time he had lived tvith him %va , s; four or live years back. i"lr. GRAHAM summed up. the evidence, end the Jury found hint Guilty—Death. Jvhit Hentry, Otte of the leaders of the gang, also pot to tile b;tr, charged with A similar 01- fence at the sarneplase, by robinugJpsFph Burn of a anutf•box, bat, haodke:cliirf, two balf- rrowils, a comb, &c. vu the 26t4 0 - I July last. This prisoner was comph = identified by the pro secutor, who bad known him 'before. His clothes were literally torn from his body, and the gang having completed their purposes, let him 'go, by direction of the prisoner, with a dreadful oath. Guilty—Death. The prisoner was again arraigned on another indictment, charging, him with leaving robbed, on the same day, William Colvey, of one silver six pence, and flute-pence in half-pence. The cir cumstances of this case were in some measure si milar to the last, and have lit foie been : , iven to our readers in the police reports at the time.— This prosecutor was the person who said to the -prisoner, " Jack, it won't do, I Lave got no. thing ;" who ca/led on those about to desist, but who would not, until they had taken the above sum (all he had), from hina. lie Was again found Guilty—Death. Fairly, one of the Jury, was at the conclusion of this trial so indiiposed, as to bk,nn der the necessity of applying to, be discharged, which was granted. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. DISORDERLY HOUSES. Yesterday Mrs. Fernandez was indicted for nn lawfully keeping and maintaining a common bro thel, at No. 55, Upper Titornhangh-street, in the parish of Sr. Pancras, ou the Ist of February last. Richard Dent,•colleetor of taxes for the parish, knew the prisoner at Ire bar, Mrs. Fernandez; she lived at No. 55, Upper Thornhatigh-street ; went there for the halt.year's taxes due at Mi chaelmas last, which .she paid ; afterwards wrote a letter to her about the non-payment of other taxes .; saw her in consequence ; she appear ed very angry, and said she was always ready to pay them when they were due, Mr. Ross lived nearly opposite to the 'house in question ; did not know the Lady at the bar till this morning ; could not identify her person be fore; 'slie came to hint in the mornin, hoped he. would _not be very severe in the case, anti that she ; wonhl pay the expenees incurred, and trosteti !IC would let her off; .he replied he could n ,, t ;- has. liv.d in the house 'ire occupies neatly two years;. hail an opportunity the et hole day of seeing what was going on there ; Ciere were very gay: lasses there, who kept giggling on the balconies, and alluring Gentlemen in ;.bas seen many Gentle-• men go in there frequently horn gigs, and most commonly fruit) 1 to 22 years of a.ge ; the. , lo men in the house were the reverse of modest ; thought it his duty to come forward. on !he OC•• C 364011 Cross-examined.—iiis house is. No. 24 ; has. no gay lasses Jiving with hint; bad no lodgers . but married people fur the last two yeats. When the witness left the box, the defendant, at the tecommendation of her Counsel, withdrew' her plca, hnd pleaded Guilty to the charge Amelia Cooper was put to the har nu a siinilar indictment respecting the house, No. 31, in the saute street. Five witnesses were •celled, who fully proved the - description of the house in the initictme.nt to be trite correct.; they tailed in establishing the iderity of the defendant with -the keeper of the horse—the latter; it appeared, having passed by the name of Browne. Accordingly the Jury, by .. the direction of the. Chairman, found the defend.; ant Nut Guilty. PUBLIC W.HlPPlNG.—Yesterday morning, at halt- mist eight o'clock, George Wilson rids public• ly whipped along the New Cut, froM the Coburg Theatre to the sign of the Artichoke, for having stolen a quantity at, grapes from a vine, the pro perty of Mrs. Guy, who resides at the coiner of Waterloo-place, anti whose Female servant caught him in the act, and detained him until Goff, the officer, and Smith, the constable, airived acid took charge of him. Wortley, Plush, and Smith, at tended to see punishment duly inflicted, and to preserve the peace,-as they were interrupted by a mob, beaded by a - female, called the bully of Bowen's-square, Vine -street, Lambeth, who was taken to Union-Hall, and committed to prison on the oath of Smilh. STABBING vviTH INTENT TO KlLL.—Danis! Mendoza, jun. was taken to Lambeth-street Of fice yesterday, charged with stabbing and inflict ing several severe wounds with a penknife, on Joseph nuke, a young man, so , r to Mr. Thomas Huke, who keeps an eating-house in White chapel•road, and apprentice to Mr. Jerson, a saddler,- residing at the above place, with intent to kill or do hint some bodily harm. Evan Davis deposed, that as he was standing in Stepney Church-yard yesterday, he saw the prisoner arid two other young men coming forward, the pri soner asked fluke if he would light bi►n, and fluke said he would not, as he knew him to be the son of Mendota, the celebrated boxer ; the prisoner then rushed at Hoke with a penknife in his hand, the.blade of which was open, and stabbed fluke in his lett side, threw him on the ground, jumped upon hint, and made several stabs with the knife. Witness ran to finite's assistance, rescued him from he prisoner, from whom lie .forced the knife, the top of which Wag bloke off; the wound about three inches in length. Fluke was taken to the London-hospital, where he now lies with faint hopes of recovery, ;Inc! was unable to at tend at the examination.—The prisoner was re manded. NovEL RonnERY.—A genteel dressed man cat . led at the house of Mr. Wesley, Albion-place, Hampstead-road, on Monday evening, and in fa miliar terms asked if Mr. W-- had returned from Brighton ; on being informed by the servant in the negative, he pretended to have urgent busi ness with Mr. W-- relative to an estate which bad devolved to him, and at his request be was • sliewn into the parlour, when pen, ink, and pa per we're.brongla to him. After being in the room about five minutes, a man knocked at the door with a hamper of wine, as he stated, arid at the sante moment. the gentleman walked out of the `parlour with a letter in his hand to be put into the post, and made.off. It was soon discovered that he bad stolen a snial7l time-piece from a glass-case, and 14 pieces of plate. The hamper, it seems, was brought to attract the attention of the ser vant, as it turned out that instead of sviue it c9ll. Wined brickbats and rubbish. IRELAND: (From The Hibernian Journal, Dublin, Sept. 11.) A Morning Paper having presumed to usher forth, with its usual avidity., any thing Libellous against the Loyal Society of Ciringemen, has pre sumed to copy a ridiculous paragraph from a Liverpool Newspaper, that the Proprietor of said Newspaper had received an intimation of his being threatened with Assassination by Orangemen ; we beg to assure those traducers of Loyalty, that Assassination is not the province of Orangemen, and that such occupation belongs to thcise of another complexion. The following extracts are from a Letter which appeared in The Ctirk Advertiser of Tuesday, un der date of Skihbereen, Sept. 4. It relates to a tear made through that country by Doctor Cop pinger, the Roman Catholic Bishop of die Dio cese, who on his arrival in 11;e town, is represent ed to have thus addressed the multitude— " His Lordship now proceeded, and with a confidential air, imposing awe, authority, and submission to his allegations, on the surrounding auditory, levelled a few broad-sides at the poor de luded Protestants, their pretended Reformation, their useless prete sions to salvation, and at length concluded this pert of hiS oration with a flat denial of mercy to any without the pale of his own Church. Hard sentence—however, he proceeds, " St. Peter, who was appointed Bishop of Rome by Jesus Christ, iias deputed his authority to the Universal Bisht.,- Rome, the Pope-1:c has subsequently trac-mitted this authority down to me, which I als,; • ransfer make o+er on the subordinate Cl, ..;y of the 'Church Tl i fy, tray near people, yo;i perceive, th,•. 1 have regu larla traced up the orir,in and forudation •of our Holy Church to Christ himself, as its founder and he a d, f rom t h e present day .to the day of its institution, over 1800 years, a clainl Oat no other Cipircb can make, neither pret rod' Id." He surprised nee still more, when he publicly declared that " the Romish Church had such a ef , llllCCtiot; and. c,,nr:;iinion with Christ, ihat they had a lathier which reached unto Ilea ven, and could thereby ascend into the Kingdom 01 Glory, with safety, while all other sectaries tumbled at the thild.or fourth step, having - built , their vehicle of conveyance of ro'ten materiels." We sincerely wish the Romish Churelt.isVoufth display mote liberaltiy in its preteuskins, with tiie want of which its votaries so much accuse us Pro-' t Jestants. CURIOUS OCCURRENGR.-7-At one of the Dublin Police Offices, a Lady of independent tortntie, named Thompson, applied lately to the -Magis 'rates, solici , ing their inlet fel ence on a business of the highest consequence, as she declated, to her pe;•ce of mie.d. stated, that about .13 years tip she hail conceived a strong tiffec tion for a relative's infant .daughter, then six weeks old, and with the consent of her father and snottier,, _took her at the time under her prw cc• Lion, and, adopted her as ,her Own ; that nii to the present period she atterid;:d to her wit!: all the tenderness and solicitude of a_fond mother, and. designal to . tueke her, heiress to all She had, which, site declared,. 'would amount to considerable property. The parents, however, without any apparent cause, inveigled the girl home a day or two ago, contrary to her inclination, anti now wit Wield her from all comtnunication with her adopted mother. Some proposals had been insi nuated by friends of the parents, that their consent to restore the gill to her protection might be obained for the valuable • consideration of 3001. This slim she would not hesitate to pay, if by so doing she could obtain an indisputable right to her sole possession. She could not live with out her, and would . accede to any terms ra ther than , lose the dJrling obj ec t o f h er ever y wish. The Lady excited the compassion of all who witnessed the pungency of her feelings ; and the Magistrates' humanely promised to interpose with the parents towards an amicable adjustment of this very delicate business. PROVINCIAL BANKRUPTS. . . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. September 3, Smith and Blackburn, cotton-yarn merchaiats and agents, Glasgow--Creditors meet in the Lyceum Rooms there, lath and 27th September, at 12. 4, James Caw, formerly merchant, Perth, now residing at Benchill, Perthshire—C r edit ors mee t i n th e Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh, 13th and 29th Septem ber -7, John Hamilton, haberdasher, Dumbarton— Creditors meet in the King's Arms Inn, Glasgow, 25th Sep tember and Ist October, at 1. EXAMINATIONS, DIVIDENDS, &C. John Brown, saddler, merchant, &e.,Perth, tube examined_ in the Sheriff Court-room there, 20th September and Gth Oc tober, at I 1. Cry ditors of M'Donald and M'Phail; merchants, Glasgow, meet in the Trustee's Office, Leitch's Court, Trongate, there, 24th September, at 2, Creditors o'f John Wilson, merchant, Leith, meet in the Exchange Hotel there, 19th October, at a. Creditors of James Moodie, manufacturer, Dunfermline, meet in Hutton's Inn there, 28th September, at 12. Creditors of Edward Irving, merchant, Leith, meet in the Exchange Hotel there, 19th October, "at 2. Creditors of John Broadfoot, merchant, Leith, meet in the Exchange Hotel tliere, 2411. September, at I. Creditors of John Bathgate, late slimmer at Bells-mills, meet in the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh; 1 . 2.111 October, at I. • States of the affairs of Peter Walker, taclssman of and cattle dealer at Inrerbeg, Dumbartonshire, lie with Are trustee— No diridend. IRISH BANKRUPTS. September, 14, Patrick Gannun;'City of Limerick, final dividend and proof of debts, Agent, Charles Fawcett. 1.5, s imiles Mathews and Co. Dublin, to prove ciellts, Agent, W. J. Moore, Assignee, Edward Moran. • 15, Benjamin Darley, Dublin, to prove debts, Agents, Ball and Wilson. - . - 18, Bartholomew and John Gannon, City of Dub lin, final examination, Agent, - Crosbir. - 16 4 George Russell, Dublin, to prove debts, Agent, -Kinland. 17, Joshua Franklin, Dublin, final examination, Agent, Thomas Beasley. 17, John Stewart, Antrim, final examination, Agents, Steward and M'Cartney, Assignees, R. Darling and T. Jameson. ---- 18, John Grogan. Antrim, to prove debts, .geut' 'Thomas Faris. This morning, about nine o'clock,' a fire broke out ut Mr. Day's, 'near Bagnigge Wells ; the building being composed .et thatch, great da.nger was feared for the other houses, but by the. speedy art ivtil•of engines the - flames were prevent ed fwat doing further tuiscbict. DREADFUL SUICIDE. CORONER'S INQUEST.—tit seven o'clock OP, Tuesday night an Inquisition was taken a t rbt . Coach and Hors e s, corner of Norfialk-streer, Pgrkti lane, on the body of Thomas , Compfon, 41100 of the above house, who put a period to Isis eXistl ence by cutting his throat. James Lash, a servant out of place, 104014 14 the above house, stated, that the deceased bad ofq taken the house recently, and entered upon it on Wednesday last ; since that time be conducted him self in a very ex trao rdinary triannt- in -busiA ness. Saturday morning witness ; was sitting ill the tap-room, when he was called by.llrs. Anker, late landlady in the house, who said she heard au extraordinary noise in the cellar ; be went with her, and found the deceased paddling in a dirt! sink, nearly exhausted ; he took him out with esr sistance ; he was unable to speak ; the first thing he said was, how his pots could - be gdt in, Bog called for his wife; he was washed and: put tc , bed. He afterwards recovered, but he still coo! ducted himself with inconsistency. tVitness ha 4 not seen him afterwards until be beard - of death. Cross-examined--He kept no liquors in the part of the cellar where lie' was found; it wins a dirty place, communicating with a. drain from tiff water-closet. George Simpson, another lodger in the house, said the deceased had only come into" the house last Wednesday ; he was 30 years of age bet May; he had been married about three weeks.--- On 1 hursday be behaved himself very irregular, different •to what a landlord should do. Friday he acted in the same manner, and betrayed syminn toms of evident dermagement. Saturday morning deceased's wife called witness into the cellar ; there heha: him covered all over with mud a nd dirt, appareotly insensible, as stated by the 104 witness, nearly smothered, and almost breathless. lie did not assign any reason for his coaduct; believes he was not in liquor ar ail. D'r. Illow'arat was sent for, and he only, ed what he tt o onight proper 'to recover him.' ,eaatilay morning Nils. COritpton.got up about a goat ter to seven o'clack witness got lip immediately afterwards, and qnired of her how he was ? she said he had l,e 4I very restless all night, and that he wanted tier-to get up in the middle of the night, to look after ,lfaebusiuess. ‘l:itness then weto out, and..on.his return ne,heard of his death. The razors witlx which he cut his throat were his own ; there was DO doubt hut he had committed the act himself. Mr, lieu' yElsgood, surgeon, 93; Park-street—• Never saw the deceased till halt-past 7 o'clock Sunday morning; he was sent for to leis houses he found him on the floor middle of thcfra,nic room, first floor ; it seem e d, from the situation was placed in, that he had laid down to commit the act ; there was a razor lying on each side. anal blood flowing in two different streams, tug he prod cut cacti side of the meek with each hand; the carotid artery was cut • through on the rigl4 side of the neck, and he was quite dead ; the wind' pipe protruded, and had been also cut througl)a and :he throat from ear to ear. Mr, Wm. Anker, late landlord of the house, stated, that since the deceased had treated: abostc the house he appeared a,t times dejected ending.. lanchoiy, and the last sew days he was quite de.' ranged, continually talking about the business. - Anker end his wife slept next room to him, and on Sunday morning heard his wife exelaigre "Oh, my husband is in a gore of blood." Heir stantly went towards her, and found him in the situation described by the last witness ; he on)f breathed twice, and the!) expired. ' This witness's wile being in a state of prer Dopey, was so ovexconie that sh-e.was unabk to give evidence. The deceased's wife bad been since, inelanell , lly event also confined ; and tbe roner and Jury tdrought proper to dispense with both. The deceased had lived nineteen. years boitlerim the family of the Bishop of Peterborough, and 10* wife had :lived nine. years in the same, iamilp. erdict—" insanity." - .Mecatycifouv . ACCIDENT.—A very diCent, spectahle triFtn, of the name of Maitland, farmer, in Quarry of Laitt,ers , hem' Turriff, while leadiag a bull to Battle-lair, on Friday 'week, was at' tacked by the infuriated animal, and tossed in the' air to a considerable height, by which be was so' dreadfully injured, that he died in a few minutes• Ths bull then ran at a boy who accompanied Mr. Maitland, and, but for the intervention of some people, who witnessed the shocking catastrophe from an adjoining field, and drove away the ant' mal, it is probable be would have shared the same; tat e.—( Catedonicm Mercury,) A shocking catastrophe oecnred to three young men of the names of Ilead, Wilson, and Kitson, below the Tower, near Rotherhithe shore, on Mon" day evening. They had taken a boat with two other men from Lambeth, and in passing the tier of shipping, the boat got under the buts , of a fists' ing smack under weigh, nod was instantly sunk: The persons whose names are mentioned' were drowned, but the other twc ttere :saved by the hands on board the smac k. . kitson, was-an es pert swimmer, but the survivors suppose•tbstbs was stunned by the smack. They had all beam drinking freely. • . _ MARKET, SEPT. 15. Ships at Market. Ship 9 sold. Pace. ..... 64; to , a7s;oC u ' a Sunderland...—. 4 33*.. 6d.. to 495..?"- BIRTH. On the 14th inst., 11? ts. Newby, of Poland-streit, of 'a "sti°' - . - MARRIED. •On the 13th itrit., at St Ikrargiret's, Westmingter, Buys Purter,E , q., to Efiza, only•daughter of the late' Jail* ward Bateulan, Esq., of Devonshire-street . , Puttland-plitoe.. _ DIED.. •i • • s". •• On Satiirday,,tbeflth inst., Mrs. Jane Elliott, Careudish-sireet,eldesE daughter of the late Nicholas Esq., of Winterborne Earls, in the county Or Wilts. Lately, Mrs. Fox, widow of Mr. ilielisrd F6x,"Of . thle D' Bell Inn, Otley, Yorkshire. Her death was o c ca sionedbl f " putting ber legs and feet into cold water, whil e i n a state free perspiration, which brought on a se v e re a ff ec tion of th e brain. a; LONDON: Printed' by J. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. e9; . 9 4- , Ormond-street, Queettsquare.: and published' by t,_.. ,$ SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Moltnn-st ree t, at TH E Office, No. IN, Strand ;` where - Advertisenten i ts, u'ru r " LettQrs, &c, (ungt-paid; twist be aldrestad. y ,\'l thl of the en : b, ph 'Usi~ 1. 3 , 1 , .‘)