The Sun. — London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

'FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS. SENTENCE ,;F THE'CouliT IN THE CASE OF THE DL KE WELLINGTON AGAINST M. DE gUss- CHER B SEPT. 6.-The Tribitnal, coniidering that nth ar.iele of the jriil 1:11i11, Whir.%) is the : sqbj-et of the s'.ctin►►, there is not imputed to the' . Noble Dtike any act which c6lllO expo $e h'int to 41 CI rnin'3l or correctional action'; that neither are thereimputed to his Grace any act's which could 'c.‘xpose him to the contempt (31* hatred of the pt b lie ; that besides, in speaking of a deSi . re ; his Graee is not reprOaChed With havitt soi l l it to in fluence the Goverument of France, to retain M. Dot)ree in his otlice of Intendant of Martinique ; ami !ha; it is not said, "that his Grace had any knowlefige of M. Dubree having pr e varicated in the txerrise of his said place : Considering he - sides, that it his Grace has mani fested the said desist', it should be attributed to rowel till recommendations representing Dubree wider colon's quite different from what are found in the article of the Journal iff question, so that in this point of view, ami in the sense of the ar ticle, it cannot be concluded that his Grace would' hale rommoted an act unworthy of himself, even it he hitt manifested such a desire, because M. Debt* e very well adailnistered the Colony in favour of la foreign GovernMent, and the more so, as any one may well administer the Colony its fa vour ot a foreign Power, without its necessarily following that one would administer it ill or trai. torously towards its own Government, since it is of importance to every Government to have its Colonies admioistered . in a manner favourable to . foreigners, in order more effectually to draw their- thither, and to increase, by that very means, the commerce and prosperity of the said Colonies ; whence it results, as has been said, that the de sire which the Noble Lord may have Manifested to see M. Dubree retained in his place, ought not, anti. cannot expose him to the contempt, or to the hatred of the public ; and the less, as the high deeds, and the eminent qualities, as well moral as political anti mditary, of the Duke of Wellington, place him beyond the reach of every suspicion of attempting to act otherwise than as a man of litroonr; and as it is impoSSible that his brilliant r eputation can stiffer any injury from pamphleteers (folliell4tires„) even if their expressions should be ambiguous or equivocal in this respect. For these reasons, the Tribunal acquits the ac cused of the inculpations laid to his charge ; and deciding on the Prayer of the plaintiff, declares it inadmissible: And further, doing justice to the prayer ,d the defendant to obtain damages, ton, sideriug that the action brought on the part of his (i-ace cinnot ye:larded as Calumniatory, its womi,l) as it merely sobmits to a Court of Justice, the sense II f an article inserted in a public Jour nal, tiechtres the said prayer of the defendant in fidinissi,oi.. Anti seeing the Articleof the Code tft Criminal PrOcenme, condemns 'Ere tlif in the eosts, both towards the public. (Ia partie rill/r(fa.) lixvd at two flovius and 12 cants; and towarns t‘,e defendant, fixed at one florin fifty. • . • •. • • D.ene Hntl piononneed in the public sitting . 01 the Fit I. of September, 1817; present, M M. Vi a . poet , rretillterit 0 t tbe Sit tiny ; Lehegue, apd Parts, Jotters ; and Sm - et, Substitute of the Atturney-General. • VISPOEL, L.LEBEGUE, L. IL BUILYN, • .• PAREI. iIURDUiR. We.have a melancholy dUtY to perform, in re cording the commitment to our county gaol of John 11: a kvietd, of North with, - in this county. a peron of great respectability, ane Carryinglon the business of Salt PrOptietor, charged with the Wilful murder of Richard Maddocks, a flat man, employed on the canal in that neighbourhood, On Nonday evening last. The circumstances of this afflicting case, as they havecome to ourknowledge, are in brief as follows :—lt appears that a woman servant, living in the house of Mr. Wakefield, was acquainted with the deceased, and as Mr. W. bad frequent occasions to leave home, he uniform ly discovered on his return that a considerable reduction had taken place in the contents of his ale cellar and his larder. His saspiCion fell on his female servant z; and on Monday last, being Northwich Wake, she took the opportunity, with Ler friends, of availing herself of the festivities of the day. In the evening, Mr. Wakefield finding that she hal nut returned, went on the look-out for her, and soon found them both, loitering-about the premises, althungh he had frequently i ns i s t e d on Maddocks discont!nuing his visits. Mr. IVake held tatt hint to go about his Imsiness., and in the end a scuffle ensued, in which Haddocks was knocked down. He got, up and - raft away. Mr. NV. who had got a sword stick from the house, speedily followed him, overtook hien, and in the tencontr,, thawing the fatal , weapon from its sheath, be passed it through the hotly of - Mad dock., who ran sonic di,i anc , b e for e h e t e ll.— ri t ,i,tos to this, the girl had made the best of h er way home. Atiott, twelve o'clock the de ceased 'was found, some tifty or sixty yards from t h e pl ace n sic re he had received his wound ; he Was not dead, but he was s p eec hl ess life was neatly extinct, and in a few minutes lie breathed his last. rettamentable occurrence, even at that late h or, soon became generally known --,t nu merous holy 01 flatmeo collected, - t h- reaten i ng a dreadful ven,teance. itlr• Wakefield barric a doed the tower pa , t , seized a double-bar relled.gon, anti stood.on the tlefunsi‘e. Th e po lice officers, ho:tever, art iving, Mr. Wakefield quietly statendtven himself. A Coroner's Inquest was held on Tuesday, when a - was' found of Wiltul :Murder, and on Wednesday murniug the weft lied Allan was lodged in our mail gaol, charged with the oifertce. On examining, the body of i,laddocks, it was ascertained, that the dirt had pierced his heart—annther wound was discovered also mortal I M ddocics was il good looking man, aged about 21 years,—(Utester Chronicle.) CA§E. TOWN-Unit, ttraGirrbs, SLIT. 14. At iiiveti W.:lock Mr. Se'rieaut RUNNIN3TON, Mr. 134 r s, and Mr.l-10tturis, the Magistrates, took their 'seats oit the Bench. The Court was soon crowded to excess by Gentlemen of the first respectability, to beer the charge of conspiraey re-argned against Mr. O'Mara, Mr. Chrke, Mr., PoNett, and Mr. Morley, for defrauding at - a GA itNi-110 Mr. O'Mara appeared in Court, assisted by Mr. Adolpluis, its his 'Counsel. Mr. Sergeant RUNNINGTON briefly related the nature of the evidence sworn to on Monday last by Wright and Ford, respecting certain ga►nmbling transactions, and the subseqttent proceedings of the Magistrates upon the disclosures then ad vanced, My. Anoidinus entered into a long examination of IVright, one of the witnesses. His statement materially differed from the bold and solemn de claration on the last 'examination. Mr. O'Mara was no party concerned in engaging him as a pun ter to the table ; that when Mr. O'Mara played, it was against the bank ; but he was told by Clarke, Morley, and Pollen, who engaged him, that Mr. O'Mara expressed a wish to win, and therefore believed•that he was interes'ed in the game. Upon being questioned about his cousin Ford, who also gave information upon this trails- - action, he confessed that was not his name; that he had assumed the names of Ivyleaf, Roberts, and - lastly Ford, and whose mother's real name was Jones ; that he himself only en gaged to attend the gaming-table for the purpose of knowing the nefarious 'practices carrying on, and that be had never seen any of the parties before. Anotstztls cross-examined Ford.—ln your deposition. on Monday rust, you stated that yoi4r name was James Robert Ford ?—Yes. Did you a lways go by. that name ?—No. What is yoi:r real name ?—James lvyleaf : be also went by the names of Roberts and Williams; that he I,ulg ed at 4, Great New -street, Fetter-lane, and his mother's name was Jones. After the examina tion on Monday last, he called on Mr. Carr, in Bow-street, told him not to let Mr O'Mara's so licitor know his right name, U 3 he did not wish his friends to know. 11r. Enscoe, a lodger, at 4, Great New -street, for sixteen years, swore that he neVer'saw the witness iu that house, nor did he vier rent rooms there, John Carr wits next sworn and examinea.—He lived at No 2, Lumley -court, Strand ; had known Ford five or six years ago at Bristol by the-name of Ivyleaf, and had gone to Paris with hint. last year, when he assumed the name of Williains. On Tuesday evening last, Ford called on hint at the Blown Bear, -in Bow-street, and told him, that l►e wished hi►n (the witness) to join in a,con spiraey against O'Mara, Follett, awl others, all of whOtu were monied men, by which they could get 2001. or 3001. 1 - le added at the same tints, that lie did not wish to htirt Mr. Walker. This conversation took l►lace after witness had seen the London Newspapers about the transaction. Ford particularly entreated witness not to give up Ills name, as it would ruin him. _ [Ford here recriminated, and solemnly asserted that he never expected any reward for making the disclosure : that Carr asked him who was Mr. Walker's solicitor, and he told hint Mr. Bellyse, When Carr, with a dreadful oath, declared tfwat Betlyse had 'robbed him of every shilling. warmly.charged Carr with having been,briled by O'Mara to say what he knew to be'false.3 Carr continue(' his evidence, and described him self as gaining an honest livelihood as a billiard marker, and - stated himself at present to be in the employ of. Mr. Kendall, at Newington. Mr. Sedeant RUNNINpTON sincerely lamented to hear the disclosure of another conspiracy, formed by these two young men against Mr. O'Mara, by , their impure testimony : be was happy to exonerate Mr. O'Mara, and discharge him from his recognizances. Front the admis sions the two witnesses had made upon oath, it was his duty to commit them to the House of Correction at .Lewes, .until the Sessions, to an swer to any future charge which may be btougta forward. 'The informers were conveyed out of the ball with every indignant expression. As soon as the issue of this affair was known, the eheerings of the victorious party were similar to those at .an election contest. The town is di vided into parties, but there are some who cannot reconcile the decision of the Magistrates with the tincontroverted facts detailed in the evidence of %Villiam Wright, and the gentleman who lost 1251. at the Louse of %Valker, proprietor of the Marine Library. Mr. Walker's case was afterwards privately dis posed of, but he entered into recognizances not to suffer any more unlawful gaming in his library. On Friday night,. however, Mr. Waiker'prt sided at his lootable, but the Magistrates- istued another warrant against hint. Saturday ntornint. Mr. Walker was brought again to the Mr. Sergeant RUNNINGTON severely reproved Mr. C. Walker, and charged Walker with keeping a cou►n►on ganibling-bouse. The Learned Ser geant held him in sureties, and two bands of 501. each, that he would not suffer any sort of gaming in his library. . ROWING-MATCH OF 1000 MILES IN 20 DAYS AT MILL -WALL, POPLAR.—Gyngell, the Water man, completed 49 miles on Saturday evening ; he commenced again at five o'clock yesterday morn ing, anti at tour in the afternoon (resting dur ing divine service) he had performed 30 miles. The following painful circumstance happened at Dover on'Saturday week :—A smuggling cut ter was landing leer goods in the night, near the South Foreland light-house. The cliff at that spot being about 200 feet high, the smugglers were running their tubs up by a tackle, when one of-them, who was fastening the tubs to the tackle, got his kg entangled in the rope, and .was rapidly dragged to the top of the cliff. His leg was dreadfully broken and, shattered, and be is not ex pected to survive. CORONERS' INQUESit. On SAturday e'Vening an -Inquest was held at the Rainbow, Fleet-tnarket, on the hode of the lintnrtnnate vtbose death was amionneed in. THE SUN of that evening. Tice folloWing wit nesses were examined rotts, draggist, of Fleetiltfeet, deposed, that he was called upon on Friday evening to at tend the deceasell, whom he found In a hackney coach at the:c - O . !:ncr of Chancery-lane, lying on his barkin 'a dremlfully convulsed state, and a proinse perspira k ion visible on his skin. At the suggestion of the witness the deceased was con veye'd to the ltairibi)w, where strong emetics were administered, and an attempt made to bleed him, but without erect he never spokeafterbe ing taken' from the coacl‘, and did not survive inure than a quarter of an hour. Witness then de—rihed the articles found on the person of the deceased, and contents of the scrap . of paper, as before stated. Mr. Charles Parry, a linen-draper in Holborn, said he knew the deceased f , r many years. He was originally in the medical profession, but af terwards carried on that of a teacher of languages. On Monday last he called upon the witness, and said he had just arrived from Birmingham, where he had resided many years. He then appeared to be labooringunder a great depression of 'bloc!, as. lie did also on a sub , equeni day that witness bad. seen bin''. At this witness was not surprised, as lie had known him to be before subject to fits of despondency. The deceased had a sister in town, who, although notch shocked at the melancholy intelligence of her brother's death, scented to re gard it as an o'ent which she had long anticipated. The Coroner ti:lvi;tg briefly charged the Jury, they ro , urkied a vet 4.ict InsanitY:' t 3 n lovisitio 1 was.taken on Saturday evening hef , ,re .1 11 Gr,r.t., E-q Coroner, at the King's Bowling-avy, St, Joint's, Westminster, on the body of Thomas Merits, the son of Mr. Merits, of Westminster School, who put an end to his existence by throwing tti uselt into the 'Thames.—He was between 19 and 20 years of age. John Button, waterman, Prince's-place, Black friars, on Saturday morniog about nine o'clock, whilst rowing his boat up the Thames, neatly opposite the House of Lords, found the body of the deceased, who appeared to have been dead se veral days. Mr. V't ancis Merits, the father of the deceased, stated, that the deceased had been at times in a state of mental derangement. [le was subject to have violent tits, and they nearly bereft him of his faculties. On last zsunday week be was at church, and his mind was so deranged that he got up in the pew during divine service, and ran about the church quite distracted. Wednesday night last he. was at home, and appeared 1nel11191)01y and des ponding as he usually did, except he was in fits,.; he got out of the room unobserved, and was not heard of by him or any of his friends until he was found drowned. The Coroner said, it was evident the deceased was insane ; they could hAve vet y little doubt that he drowned himself, though there wa; no evidence who saw hint commit the act. Verdict— " Found drowned." EXTRAORDINARIt DEATH.—On Friday an In que,t was held at the Adam and Eve, Hoxton, on the body of Thos. Humphries, who was found drowned in an irom pot, he being on his knees, and his head in the water. Adam Lane sworn, said,. he lives in Miles'3 madhouse ; about three o'clock the preceding morning he was 'in bed ; a patient called" him, and. desired him to get up, as there was something the matter. Witness immediately got up, struck a light, and went down to the stair foot door. The patient, wbo was in the yard, said, Come hither. Witness went into the yard, and saw the deceased on 163 knees, with his head in an iron pot, which was under the cock of .the water tub ; %vitness was so alarmed he ran into the house, and called his fellow servant, with whose assistance he pulled him out, but found him quite dead. Witness saw him the preceding 'night alive„and as well as usual. Witness is unable to say whether he committed suicide, or fell in by accident. The deceased was decidedly ;insane, and.catne to that house by virtue of a'clitificate from Dr. Mosely, of Chelsea Hospital. Ver dict—lnsanity. A stn" MODE OF BRINGING A GHOST TO LIGHT, Mrs. WATER, a widow lady, who, with her family, occupies a cottage at llathpstead, doting the last fortnight has been much alarmed by un usual noises in various parts of her premises at the dead hour of the night. At first she was induced to believe these sounds proceeded from thieves, but having missed nothing to•confirm her suspicions, this idea %.cas abandoned, and one of a more solemn description found place in her breast ; namely, that the disturbance arose from some supei natural agency, a belief which was confirmed by both her servant maids, who affirmed most positively that they had Seen things which hid the appeir ance of a human figure clothed in white, flit ting through the garden- after night fall. The terror arising from the continuance of these supposed visitations from the other world, which were kept a secret from the neighbourhood, at length induced Mrs. Water to apply to her nephew, who at . once suspected the cause, and by agreement was secretly admitted on the premises, in company with a friend, without the knowledge of the servants, on Thursday night ; when, biking their station behind suite trees in the shrubbery, they patiently 'waited the midnight hour, being provided With a dark-lantern, in the event of ar tificial light being` necessary to unravel the mys tery: Siaon after • one, a figure, enveloped in white entered the garden front a door leading into an adjoining field, and approaching directly to the house, rattled several of the shutters and doors. This turned out to be the signal Of his arrival, and in a tew seconds a female came from the house and jOitted the td;sial vkitaut, which, withoutArinch ceremony, encircled hcr, not in his shadowy, but sinewy arms. While in this state of bliss the friends apThroilched with as much silence as possible, but not with sufficient precaution to prevent alarm, and before they could secure the spirit, it had vanished, not into air, but into an adjoining pig-stye,' which happened to be untenanted, and . was filled witis dry straw. The • female vanisheti much ceicrit.y into ti" horse, and shut the door, wait tig jr: a s ,' R .' More easily conceived than ittiagiitort.he of the untoward interruption to her , joys• friends having approached the pig-Stye, exh,ole` the spirit toc onie forth, wiihv eerY arganicmc of which they sere masters, but in vain, tin length one of: them very delibera!ely. set fire 1 ", the straw, the light and smoke of whi •11 produce° the desired effect and to their infinite surpris° :4 II d aostisement ont crept a young :gention 6 , 9 ' , those p a r ents reL'ided in the vicinage, e nd s had adopted this mode of carrying oil' an intriitu. with the housymaid. It islieedlcss say that thE' shame of his exposure,. as well as the danger vvhi c4 he had incurred, operated as a sufficient cauti ° " ° • prevent the repetition of similar idle and rnischi e 7: votes expedients, by ‘vh,icli, on more occesions':' than one, the lives of our feilo%v-creatures lidtie been sacrificed. • AN EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—it iX some lim e over three weeks-since a carriage drove or) to inn in the town of Ennistymon. It w as abort eleVen o'clock at night, -and a lady with a fen %ric attendant who were in the carriage agre ed it the proprietor of the house for a certain per lion of it, to which no access should he had, in their stay, but by themselves. The p reliinv s milks being agreed upon, the Onknown fair ( ; , I . e i . rook possession of their apartments, and th e ritge immediately drove off. In a few days after till lady was delivered of a male cltil 1. The landiur- Vra applied to, and a healthy no se procured, whortut the child was handed with five gin eas, 8 o m 9( an assurance of being attended t on ce a "" I ''; About eight or ten days after the ac coucbent e ,3 - the carriage returned at night, when the lady ffi s : Charged *her hi!l, and rtivested to add a goi l ' t for the strict 'adherence to her original agiTel" e " She then stepped i n to the carriage with her Al 1 1 teadant, and directly drove off. On enteriog an! r departing front the inn, as well as daring stay, they both appeired masked, rand the ti" ° _ of their chambtr teas never opened admit a hand with whate' e r m ight be necesarY. from time to time !---(Ennis Chroniciej c Tuesday last Benjamin Caines, Captain 0, kingswood Gang, only 23 years of a ge, w'i s I vo terred in the biarial-ground at Bit ton, in dies n l y grave with his brother, who was hung 5 0 "' e ago, and at whose funeral Ben attended , stead of paying attention to Ike salcuot sat on a wall whistling the whole (fare, A ' l ot , roes concourse of his aegnaintaace attended 66 procession front Cock-road (near two m iles) , pall was supported by six females, dressed in " 1 " 1 , w id e r than vat The body was taken into the church, an d the Psalms and Epistles were read, the tt preached a very' impressive sermon to G a ines n ll4, mero'is associates and friends, front EP l '" i rbei iv. 28, " Let hint that stole steal no wore" ' O , greatest attention was paid•by them to tills e tc delivered discourse, and the body - tea s ,wards committed to the grave by candle'-liaree Among the attendants were ilia- aged f a ther; tl , tn . brothers, sisters, &r. This is the s econ d „ ; la r the wretched father has attended on a occasion, and two have then trattsportc d ' carding to the custom of the place (cert,B,l:.), "`inore honoured in the breach t! u the obsei l l n dt his' body was ' previously exhito te o at C ( ' "-" :,(1, at his father's bowie, to all wh o c h o ose to al and - the visitors left some trifle to ei tabig wretched family to give deccOt 0 1 7,0' (the highest of their wishes) . His body teas br() Yi . eJ from - Gloucester - by his own brother, who to" l t; all night with it on Saturday last, a nd it home oil Sunday morning to his fL“ lier. . (Bath Paper.) COURSE OF EXCHANGE, - !,A msterdam Ditto, at Sight 37 ' c ; Anistei dam • Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam 1 Antwerp') . 1 4 ,7 5 : 20 ' '2 Hain argil Altona - 3 Paris, 3 Day's date Ditto - Bourdeaux, ditto • Frank forton the Main Madrid Cadiz . 361 Seville Bilboa sq Gibraltar Legho•ra ..... .484 Genoa... . 464—Venice Malta... —47 Naples . 4li jer OP Palernz'o 12 0, 1. i 1 Lisbon • • . Oporto Rio Janeiro _ 62 Dolblim • • • • ••• • .91..... C0rk..... 94 leer Cent. Of , Agio of the Bank on Holland.... 2 per Cent. 0 . 0 P er Portugal. Gold, in Coin . L.O 0 1 Foreign Gold, in Bars - 4 5 , 1 New Dollars 0 0 5 ' Silver. in Bars, Stand:lrd COAL AIARKET, Sul.. 12. Mart:et. ice' J - Ships at ' Ships 5,71 d. r 504 N(.!wcnst it , •.... 451 ........ 334. Oil. to 4 3 :: . fidf' -i: . - Sqiitieriaild 4 ... 38s. 90. tti 42 il 4. ' 1 Pilfere Coat... ...--s• .., .... I. . ,c 2 7,. od..tc____2____...— r,ov BIRTHS. s butC, At Gloucester, Sept. u, the Lady of Hardwicke M.D. of a daug inst hter. ' b -t I)er'e On theloth .at Edi n bu rg h, the Lndy of 110-e' crotoliy, Esq. 'M.P. of a daughter. __-------1 T 1 MATtitIEI). , , MC I 011 Thurschy last, at Cothermonth, John L{atli'V,r . l: l l: Ilgr, F-Sq• eiiirst son of Emeard Armitai‘e, El"1•‘ j et 5i "ths.l Hall, iii t.lic, Cont)'ii of Yorli, to 1 , ,1izai.02+.14 Pu n b st 4' , i, . . stra t i ' c ter of Ilenry TFoiiip,oo, I. , :sq. of Cheltr ninon. On Sat rilav invrning Lon . at St. Clement Vitn"'trect; Mr. Wil!iato . i"ratheril, Wine-merchant;Feoch uich-s' Miss Fowler, of Surrey-stre,A, Strand. , 17 0. 1)1F:1).. . e l''' ' On Soil y, the 7th inst. at Dieppr. in Franc 0,013,00, Henson, Esq. of liaintun-1.-luuse, near Staniturti, N • ~, ; tonshire. - , de st 5 . ( _ ) ",t h " 1111, just- Robert Allen Crawford, Feiti• e l • ~. of Hubert Crawtord,• E q . of I)evon-ltire square• ' • ift ,rb df l'e , On Thorsday evenitig last, in Dean-street, Cn,reorr' square, Mr. James Basset, , a Student:of the Middle '' , tio l 'i acrd 29. . .•,, . vi: a 'P . On Monday last, Mr. Bowyer, baker, of Por. sL f In' : il o , 11 Iwo hours before his dissolotiUn lie fir,t roctiplai" e dt io ,, ~.,4 it " li4 i""ed; after partaliiilP" of soine invigorating 1 4,0 1 , 0 returned to his daily occupation, when be drol'P e lia d o i, ciirpe in his bake-house! lie has left • a . 'l , Yid °w young children. 1.11:*•:DON: Printcri by J. B. CARSTAIrti„'of No. 429 ' SC. ' 4 4 o . floolid -street, Que6t.sqoare; and piffilist r ied 4 ; SCRIPPS, of NU. 7, South Nlotton- 4 tr e ;i, At I'o'oo' °Wee, No. 114., Strand.; where Advel4lontents) Utters, &e. (voit-paid) Faust be addresso. 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