The Sun. — London, England, 1816-10-17 00:00:00

POLICE jN'rratLlOENcE. MANSION-HOUSE. PettitUOURSR SEAMEN--,.-Yestelday twentysrour ifrisearged POI ttignese sailors complained to Ott "Losn NlA.vos, that the Consul had refusedto pro- Ctire them conveyance to their own country, or ivoi to give them temporary relief'. Tr— Low" rtfryog immediately sent to the of. * fire of the Portuguese Cnissul, to learn the gron . . ntit upon which the applications were refused. he Deputy Consul waited %quill his Lord kip, :who itiquired whether the Portuguese Govern meta had !node no provision for its subjects under the sirenttistanecs of tilts present applicants:And vri:ether the Consul was to withhold even the niers of supporting life, In ease that the didieul , s,t procurm :4 - convevance to rortup, occasion rd eu notivoidal,le stay in this comitiy ? The Di PVTY said, that a very titistiten prevoiled amongst the. Portuguese sailors, politely, that the Consul had a fund tor their be netit : there po s itively existed no fund of the kind. besides, the greater number of applicants for re lief Consisted of sailors who had been hi the Bri tish serOce, to . VI;OKI the t ) OTlsi.mese Govern ._ ntetir, instead of. administering support in their exigencies, awarded the punishment of the gallits, *fur having fOtteht tinder foreign colours. The LORD MAYon directed that those who had thus subjected themselves to ihe penal statute Of PorPtigal should he sepal-iced front those who bad not. , Seven of the twenty-four stood forward and . said, that they had fought in Liritiih men of witr, evd to those his, lordship gave directions to go . to the Admiralty, when they would be provided .tor the rest lie recommended to the care of the The DEPUTY assured his Lordship that the re commendation would be altogether unavailable, std the Cowtil could not itvcrtere. In this difficulty, his Lordship directed the re jected nt.•n to apply for temporary relief to the prish officers of tVupping, where they reside, and in cast' of a refusal from them, to complain to the :Magistrates of the district. lie .said, that te should himself have an immediate interview :with Lord Silmonth upon the subject. NURANCE.—A petition Was prcsented to his tordsh ip, signed by several persons who rent shops rind ~bees under the north-east Piazza of the 11.0yal Eixchange, iu Leadenhall•strcet, complain ing tb4t a nuisance csimed'there, Occasioned by Abe increase of the number of stage-coaches which were allowed to ply for pithsynors betore their do. Ors. Quarrels and obscene lantoorige were the daily emploviisent of the drivers, by wHich the cattiogs of the petitioners were greatly prejudiced. . The Loen MAYOII said, *1145 he Would attend to the metier at the petitiOnde now-STREET. STAGE CoACHEti new coach was started by *come Jews in the Spring to run to Brighten, a 'distance uf 5`,/ tildes, in 6 hours, with a pledge that if they did not accompliib the journey in that they would carry the passengers gratis r to sects:uplith -which the•horser were kept upon a gallop all rite way ; and notwithstanding this great t•H•i, the, coach was always fined with pas. seoger.. • In .otie of the jourbies the coachman broke three wttips, v one week 15 holies died ! The coach, intsvever,.. has never ken overtorned, anti no material accident happened, 'except over turning a file cart near lietminttost.common, ivhelihy the driver was initned,hut not seriously. This vas continued for about three months, and excited attentiou and curiosity all the way on the road : a Crowd of persons was daily collected at the Elephant and Castle, to see it start and come in, and it always kept its time within a few mi nutes. This, however, became alarming; pArti eularly in the popnloni 'neighbourhood of Newing ton, through which it passed ; anti the parish oficeta there caused informat out to be la.id against the drivers for driving . ftiriously on the public toad, so as to endanger the lives of his Majesty's sub jects, under the Act of Parliament for regulating brake-roaehes,• &c: This being followed up, the speed was reduced, and the coach is woe about three quarters of an hour or an hour longer on bite road,' A charge under the sane Act of Parliament, the 50th Geo. 3. cap. 48, .see. 11. against the driver of one of the Hammersmith stages, wAs yesterday preferred at this office. John Hanson, El. said; ha was travelling by the coach cast Saturday, with five ladies, will NO( uween the chapel and the turnpike-gate, a Brent. ford coach came up, drawn by three horses, Nuns which the defendant started his horses, and 'conti• nueil to flog them to ru n t a tare with the Brewton! couch : he and the ladies became extremely alarm. ad, rxnecting the coach to be oveetutned every 'tuito , te, from the eareless manner in which it op, viiiired to be thriven. The holies 'mutates! him to check the 'coachman in the furious rate at which he was dtising: he accordingly solicited him not to ;hive at such dungerons pace; this had no "Gm' ; he then made use of ell the threats he could thiuit uf, telling him he was is Magistrate, and he certainly would punish 'him ; but he continued his loos pace till it appear e d to hint that the tic. f, ; ,,,tint found himself unable to overtake the Brewton! coach, which bud three horses, and he had but to a. A gentleman on the , outside was also In greet tenor. • The coachman; inhis defence, denied that he drove at this speed wilfully.' He had a young h orse in tife 'coach which had not done any work for sere tel days; he had pulled tip at,the Red Cow public hnitse in the Hammersmith road when the Urentford cued passed, the coachman of which smacked his whip violently,which startled the yonng horse, and they' both went off at full speed, and he could not stop thew till they . got opposite the Black Bolt Public -house, .which is very little more than ItYO pat N. l• Two of the Ladies, who ts•tre passengers et the time, would luive attended to speak in his behalf, but they were gone to Brighton. Sir N. crttiAitT observed, that he considered the charge fUlly provedi as it was admitted that the horses were galloping, which lie considered to be driving 611 , k - wily, mid so as to.endanger the 'lives of the King's sobjicts ; he t h erefore convicted hint in jhe inirigated penalty of 50s. r and coati. MA**• 16 1 ". , 'ir and ,Safnail tw.o loWe'n elikrieclers, svcrt ditargea with attempting to rob the . rompany c►tming out of Drury-lane Tneatre, hn •Tuesday night. .- John Townsend, belonging to the Office, stat ed, that on Thesday night, between 11 and 12, o'clock, he observed the prisoners loitering idiom in 11 , qiselli!street, opposite to the entraitce of . Drnt Haim Theatre, at the time the company were 'coming out, at the close •of the perfor mance. He knew Kelly to be a repined thict. ion! Hutchinson to be a. barl _character, and had no doubt .hut they were there for the purpose of robbing the company coming out of the Theatre. lie had trequen►ly warned them to keep away from the Theatre. George Rutliven c►►nfirmed the statement of Tovuse►nd, and stated, that lie had convicted Kelly as a repined thief at the Westminster Sessions llntchiason had been in .custody several times on a ,charge mf felony, and he' frequently saw him in he sonspAny of thit ves They were convicted as reputed thieves and rogues, and ya w al►onds, under the Police Act. AII'EMPT ro 11011 AND MURDER. On 'Tuesday night, bet teen nine anti ten o'clock, the following tlespetate occurrence t p uk place on the premises of Mr. La [loop, of Yotk-idarv, Mile-end-toad :—On that night the family of Mr La Hoop had, as is their custom, retired to rest at an early hour, Soon after nine, however, they and the whole neighbottrhood, were distnrhed by a voice which seemed to proceed from a paisage between the flower and cabbage-gardens, where Evans, Mr. La If . )op's gardeoer, Was arcnstomed to lay np his tittustl , . The illness of the master of the itonst , prevented him from personally !Wert ain hig t h e cause u . the di s t, ' b-oice, Init his friends proceeded to the spot, and saw EVaos ing"on th e ground without motion or sense. 1.1i3 head was bleeding nrofikcly, anf! upon a chaser examination three of big ribs %Atte !mind to have been broken. *A spade, the weapon with which the viol-nce was committed, lay on the ground close to him ; it was stained with blood, and the paisage between the gardens, woich is long and narrow, bore the appearance of being the scene of 3 violent strug!..le. Upon a wootkii paling, it hide interven ed between the gardens were the toqrks of feet, and in a small building appropriated to the gar• dentin implentents, &e. tvds lotind his desk broken open, front which his papers and toOla seemed to haste been throvin upon the ground. In a few hours the gardener was ablelo ntemtion the fol. lowing circumstanre :—He had just returneei from the cabbage-garden, .nut was in the act of fasten ing the d. or, when he saw it bundle of pl an ts lyi n g in -the p4ss..;ze, , A [licit he knew he had not pl a ced t h ere hi mse lf. Ile was confirmed in his suspicion that snmethllugwastvt ong upon hearing t he breath of smile concealed person, who appeared to be much agitated. lie pit.hed at the dnor of the tool house, hut met with resistance. He called upon the p e rson within to come forward, hitt : the door still was closed. " Then," said he, cc bring p.o forward, " and stooped down to look -for some means of attack or defence. At that moment a Mall Intro from the tool house, end, swearing he- would beat his brains out, •mall di blow at him with a spade. The - blow broke his riha , but still he struggled with the .rut. &go, ho again struck hint with the - spade.-- The contest was of course unequal, the gardener fell back , vards, but providentially staggered against a door at the side of the garden, which flew open and presented to the view of his assailant two or three houses, which appeared to be inhabited. The fear of detection prevented him trout putting the threat which he made at Avery blow he struck into execution. Immediately before the occurrence two or three men were seen by the neighbours Cunning across the fields behind the gardens with great speed. A:MOO:GUS AfitAULT.—As two respectable fe males were on Tuesday evening. about seven o'clock, walking along Elizabeth -street, Ken nington, they were attacked byone of those mon sters who are a disgrace to the name of men, who after tearing the clothes of one of the Ladies in* most indelicate manner, was proceeding to take other liberties, when he was alarmed by the ap proach of * Gentleman, who was drawn to the spot by the cries of the women. He immediately 'made off across the fields. The Gentleman pur sued him, but unfortunately lop him ,in th e dark ness o f ie night. The Lady who was thus bru tally-attacked was much agitated at the time, but happily received no serious injury. _ • - AK IMPOSTORA beggar l a tely t aken before the Magistrates at Leeds, and in - whose 'possession was found a quantity of gold and silver, 'died at his grandson's house at Sheffield; a feW days since, in the 83d year of his age: He retained hi his grasp to the moment of his death, an' old bag, which contained silver and copper ; and after his dein'se, on his waistcoat being taken from the body, it was *hind to contain guineas, hail 7 guir fleas, and Is. pieces. to the amount of 701,fiepa rarely stitched in the lining, so as to torm'a cinc ture or girdle, and upwards of 601. more found is other pacts of his garment. in crowns, half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences.! Carrie DACIPPING.—On Sunday evening a fine female child, apparently about three months old, was left at the door of a Gentleman's house, No. 2, York-buildings, New-road : it was wrapped uli in a basket which seethed to have been lately used in carrying game, as some of the feathers still remained in it. The child was well dressed, in white, with a change of linen, napkins, .and pin-afores ; there was also a note addressed to the finder, and - recommending the child to his humanity, and Providence, as the mother bad not the means of sulaiistenee for it. The proper offi cers of.Mary-le-bnue parish have Offered a reward for the parents, anti the child was taken to the workhouse.—Saturday se'nnight, the ; body of a female child, scowlingly still-born, and on 'Wed : nesday night, a female child,' about two days oltl, were found exposed in different places In -Edin burgh. On Tuesday a young man •of respectable op pearance was observed wandering on Bishop's walk, Lambeth, with a dark •lauthoeti; which he c o ntinually opened and shut, is though !Oohing: fur somebody, when alt on a sudden he- was4eeti., to fall over the Thames ; hut the fide being eras 'picked tip by John Todd, of Lain 4:: beat, unhurt. CORON Wats' INQULSTS. An inquisition WAS held at the London Hos pital, yesterday, before Mr. UNwtN, Coroner for Middlesex, - on the bAyof Fra,.els Ilanwosth, late 'a sawyer in the ship-yard of Sir ft. Wigratu and Green, at litackwall. It appeared front' the testi mony of Charles Baker and George Smith, that the deceased, with the witnesses and others, KM in the act of loading a heavy log of timber upon the sawpit, tier the purpose of sawing it, and that trom ioe heavy strain the rope broke. The wheel within which the &reused and the others were placed went round with great rapidity, but they had neatly stopped it when the deeea,ed jam* nut ; his root uttfortunittelY slipped, and he . was caught between a spoke of the wheel and altost, which stands nude - fit:3th it to - siipport the plat form, and ,the Itemised was &wen between the wheel and the post ; he was spzedily extricated by his comrades, but not before be had received violent bruises in his chest : he became very taint, hut recovered a little, and WAS removed to the Globe Tavern, and afterwards to the Hospital.-- A Medical Gentleman was,CX.Andued, who said that five of his ribs were brolv.:11, and that his' liver was materially injured. died on Monday night. The Jury being of opinion that this was, one of thuse vicissitudes togsiust which human prudence could not guard, returned a verdict of Accidental Death ; and that the machinery which : was instrumental to that death eras of the numi-: nal value of ss. On Tuesday evening an inquisition was taken by Huon LEWIS, Es.q_ -at the rriuniphaut Cha riot, Pemnroke-mews, Grosvenor-pi:tee, Saint George's, °a the body of Pemberton, zi gill ten years old, who met totr death by tier hAviie 4 accidentally caught tire. George fewer deposed, that he relented at No. 7, Springst!eet, Portman-square ; . the deceartl h a d hen ap t a few days visit at his hou , e it, keep •• his - daughter company ; on Monday, the 7tli iti stitnt, there were some. bricklayers repairin.t the roof of the house, to whom his danghter t:n,k a candle, during- which thne the deceased to ~s standing before the fire toasting stene bread fur her tea ; witness wf,s loAti , sg out at the window, in a •few mititites afterwards he was alarmed by heating his daughter exclaim, "Oh father, Betsy is on . .fire P' he immediately left the window and beheld the deeessed envelop ed i n fLime4, which he attempted to extin• guish with his hands, lint finding he could not, he run to a bed in the room for a blanket to wrap her up in; in the interim the deceased ran into the street till in a blaze, which being perceived by one of the neighbours, ihrextinguished it by %% rapping her apron around ht.r : on exAnitt:ing her body she was found dreading:, 1 , at i !, and a surgeon was instantly called in, who attended her till last Saturday, when she removed to St. George's Hospital, .by order - of Sir Everard Home, one of the physicians, who - permitted her mother to attend on fier'until her dealt, which happened at three o'clock on Monday afternoon. Mr. Wm. Pitman, the hone surgeon at the Hospital. proved the deceased met her death in consequence of being dreadfully nurned alt over tier body. Verdict—". Accidental Death." Another Ingliegt.WAs held at the same house, before the saute Cormier and Jury, on the body of Joseph Walsh, servant to Mr, Hail, li►ery stable-keeper, in•Pembroke , mews, who was townd dead, tinder the follo+t log Circumstances :-- John 13ullman , servant to Mr. Qualm, Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, stated, that on Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, he was standing at the door of his ItiliSfer'S stables, in Pembroi.e- mews", be beard a deep groan in the opposite stable, and he crossed over to find the object ; on enter ing the stable he beltel the deceased stretched on the ground, he seemed to have been in the act of putting on his stockings, as one was half on his foot and a pair of shoes close to him ; witness instantly unbuttoned his shirt collar and raised him up, lie was quite Wain}, and groaned once more,; Witness coneeivih g hits in a dying state, gave the alarm, and some othrr persons came to his assistance, who immediately sent for medical aid to St. George's Hospital, it being the nearest place, hat were there told to bring the body there, as it was against their rulcs ti) let any of the surgeons go out of the house on farther examination, an extensive bruise Was discovered near the temple,. which soon turned black ; he was then taken to the Hospital, but expired before his arrival there. • A Gentleman of the Jury very properly ob served, that it 'was necessary ,to: know whether the deceased had been kicked'hy anyhOrsein the stable ; but it appeared his head was in a con- teary direction at the time he - was fotind. Air. Pepper, foreman of the stables, corroborat ed the foregoing testimony, and added, that the deceased Was a very sober man, and that he hear,: be was subject to a swimming in his head at times. The Coroner summed op the evidence ; he said ere was no avktence bef6re them to shew;how the deceased received the bruise on the temple, but probably it might have happened in his tail. Under these circumstances the Jury returned a verdict of---" Died by the Visitation bi God." • An inquest was held at the Rose and Crown, Ratcliffe highway, yesterday, 00 the body of Joseph Flagg, before J. W. Usiwts, Esq. It ap peered in evidence that the deceased was a watch man employed by the London Dock Company, and on go)ng his rounds on the west side, he walked over the Gray, owing to the darkness of the night, anti wits drowned. Verdict—" Acci dental Death:* UNPARALLELED BARRAR ITY.—A few nights since some villain, or villains, entered a field near King ston, cut the throat of a sheep, and instantly se vered the two shonldeys, cutting through the skin. iiboiit - three hours after the noise was heard, some persons enterers the field, and found the poor anitmil still faintly struggling, Miscreants who f or so small an object could thus miserably tore VlCilt an unoffending animal., deserve tetleauee teyond the law. 110 P INTELLIGg.NCH , &e. • ' SoOTHWARK, OCT. 14.---Vcre have had a st supply 'of Hops to-day, and the demand Whig' lerably brisk, we have been able to acecimpl sales more pleasantly than oit .E•ltiday and;S..it, day fait. __.... . ratCB 4 l. Kent Pocketfirom-101. to Hit. 16s.—n few curious 148171 to 171. tos. Sussex Pockets-91. to 151. Os. ditto 151.55. to 151. 10s. Mitt Bags 71. to 131. 10s.—very goad 141. and upsvardst CHBsTea, OCT. 10.—We have very few to offered here in bulk or by sample. Thedeifit is great, and many large buyers. 'Cie-relict ilia fair as tinder : 1 ' .4 6 1 1 .1t th 0 1 3 :1 1 :1: 1. Old flops 1813 1814 1815 One Lot (17 pockets, curioul) sold for 081% The rapid and unprecedented :gilt thl has Htfraceed much attention, ttUa hi tlM"r tricts it is reported the'hops.haee gofte off'tvll l the last two weeks, the effects of 'vrealtne se ,.. l disease in the plant ; a considerable siliTY shortly expected set the marker, bat in theaft time the prices have attained, at the appiva a l . the nets crops, rates only equalled in 100 0 4 .fria'lletnye;ruen tillie4(01(1:0y007t072,9281. ; 60,0001. and likelyttr this year 'it, I something lower. An average of the liSt yeara is we believe, about 120,0tX/1:--(0' Pucka.) AT WhYHILL.—In the Hop Fair, on Frl ti ` about 500 pockets of Farithams were grounded the hill; one very prime lot Of %Odd' fetched guineas per cwt.; the price of Fandoms, e,er, .varied materially in consequeoce ti,!;, great difference . in quality. There were i t . l pockets Of county h , ps ; but it is calculated tt! there were lid: 2300 pockets short of hist yell: show. A very fiat sample Of Alton hops .501°,, 4igts, as 251.. per cent.; the .general price,(.ll best Isops.., seas, si however, f ront IS to WOO: ere is evcry reason to expect dot, U.iji hops will at the coucluttioo of the tail' ex p e t% a reJoction in price, as there are more 014!' on *nand than has been generally expected WEIMILL FAIR.—,Ois Th ur sday fast Ti l l Down exhibited one. of the 1 irge.s t shceplal the. recollection of the oldest Wan 'HOOK . ''' l l ;‘) calculated that there. were upwards" of 244 penned; and the day proviug remarkab.iy .£4440 1. sight o f so many sheep was highly gratifyliWbu the morning sheep went olf rather briSidP i '„l tuwardi tbe middle of the day the safes, we r P.c and ultimately a great many were d riven. sold. The prices of sheep in the utottli o g.'ci l i. very, little from those at the late though upon an average throughout the daY!,111: fetched ft:4tn 2s. 6d. to 35.. lwer. rt i ' r very fine show of•horses, although fell rather short of last year ; fine part COi ls ; usual maintained a goad price, and. wer e , 1 , 11 chased by dealers for the London market:l', horses were *wilts!, but their sale was his '" l i ir, 'here , was a great quantity of c heese at , here of various counties ; fine old cheese fetchearisr, 7th. to 761.; coward (cum 543. to 58s. ; tia'P'lo COtVard from 425. to 48s. The pleasure • been numerously and gentecly attended. ,et , at ILLICIT f t4 o'clock, morning, 22 men and 4eW W OlllO P° St i . i,ii what is 'called the Hee, - in Cowcadderits, mile from Glasgow, fully loaded ; 011 t")e/ attempting to detain one or two of them, ti stantly fired three . pistols, one 'at the other two in token of triumph , On l i e f, ,1 at one o'clock milt-day t he aline gang lat"',,ra, the same place, and before a party could be t oo cured, had all their spirits put out of the W El Y'f f oil time for getting the military being so hi n4 ;„,e. the applications necessary, which e nablvs 6 1 1 ;0 ratioes to get clear otr; and thus they ote lst pisied through :3 miles of cou ntry, and in the face of all the county Res"';"yes which mit4lit have been 111111OUTleed t h1t' 911 0 , 3 11 them. I"se People live by pm k iller t lleto o jo t gleri 'have a si,y earryilig snitiggled n hisky. It is DOW 00°14. that ohenever the military go out, s ,;•, § tol upon the road, or snakes other signals, which is tin& 1 . "" ° • 3 1,,ii those who may be upon the male) the P t";:i ie lor and those signals being underfq..oil by sit ' I oil wheue‘ee they are th.iik they self es in the field or ditches till the'potY who firt's r(i I'l ed, when they get off-without deteetiou.--"." nhck ..eldvertiser) • COAL. MA it firl', OCl`anitl4 IG. prier . 1 4 Ships at Market. Ships i•old. 10' 1 8 Newcastle... . . to 4,1,, " jh 6 Sunderland. ..ti ~ . ..... . . wit , thi• to ....4 I Scotch Coal I ;.• • ..38so ttd. - --_—... BIRTHS. • , eali p i lT , E nt st s i ti ; a si r,. p i . n . utf7pAptel4ruiaTiltrlctiiy..street, the Lad,' of 644 . • 0 410 01 , Oh the 12tb inst. Mrs. Alexander Wrigilit Gr ecs° NiJotigi near.Etlittbm*ll, of *son. , f i t- 0 .At Hetberside, in Kirklintan a i.li, the wife o ~ auk ° Ilnigsan was de s lirtreti , of alia s i:a Tlturglay iveti:.'d. the following Monday ste was o , :aits delfrered of ;.' IP , . • „ Lo O w n s.o.. tlt na l ei l v ttt il i e n . st. at B.MislAiipoßpsale:opn.dle, the 1114 1 ,„ i n ,h 4 t'ild ne F s 'a t r : L i s l - :tt u t i E t e . :l l l2l 4 r ki t l t s i p st . 11 : t ie r : e ta t rd h A i ti rd d I t , " E I° 4 l . 1:j; 11:7:8:r: ,lei : f S id° ..heth Fortier, niece et the Rev. Inhiset P. , On Saturday, at Chellea Church, F. Pe Norm2ni,sll:ll. t” l'.larY,Aenghter of Mr. W. R. Cillendert of .111(ufi t r p ,.;tra tt Ott the 'tab Inst. John Deacon, Esti. of tfishol'lrlettilttg. " 1. 50 1 ,1 : 4, eldest daughter of the Res. William Cui to N rfp ). 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