The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-11 00:00:00

CORK, SEts-ri+NitEx'

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COMMIT ENT OF Ant. DANIELS.
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,T4ANsto:;-Housl.----At a 1 ear'y hour yesterday
morning, it was el derstood in the City that th s
Gentleman had arrh ccl in toter in custody. Many
. persons, ' in consequence, atte :del
.at thee Loan
MAYOR's Office, and the greatest anxi, ty prevailed
there for some time. At one o'clock the Lotto
MAYOR took 11IS:Seat- in the Public-room, and, iri
about half an hour after, the liar was ordered to Otf.
cleared, and Joseph El. Tin Daniels w 35 introduced
'there, in custody of Rivett; who apprehended him,
and some Of the City Officers. . The LORD MA;YOR
first addressed the prisoner in the following words :
" Mr. Daniels, you have only arrived in town
this day; perhaps you have not had an opportunity
to.consult with your friends; I would, thsrethre, be
glad to know whether you would wish (once any ,f
them before your examination ?'.' . - '.
Prisoner —" Certainly,. my Lord ; I have not had
. - , an opportunity. of con silting my friends ; and there
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's nothing I would er: .11 thr so mu •' -
About to months ag6Mr. David Richardson, in ITs- f ' Nr' .'''; • . LCII• '.
?lie LO. .osAvoit wen, etter seeee• conveNation
DargaVel, near DumfrieseloSt two hens, 'which were ~ with the erentlemen around' ldin said, '' It is very
thought to have been stolen ; but, to his great asto- i
one of the
nishmer, on the proper and very nature), Mr. Daniels, that you should Oats, he fours() it ..cs'ist ult. when reaping, a field of -, wish to see your friends, trod consult with them ; and
hens with i 5 Aickens in •
0,7 el therefore b wish to know :loin you when you would
the midst of the field, and the Other hen, with
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eirepared, so that you miry be again hi-0,101.u') ?"
chickens, was tbund an beur after, all Very 6ne ones i ' '..-- Th.s\-,lirier, As soots as your Le r dship pleases.
reis
seeminglisabout 14 days. old: But it is still moreo . Q
eat you to-tnorrow, or the do' after ?----
tiarka es til4hat they hatched their eggs and broupht :LA.- A I,y . day, my Lord ; it is. quite indiderent to me.
up their brood without damaging any Of the crop,
,;1' Q.,
.Hare you bacrany' comniunication with
your
excepting that place where the nests were !
1i friends lately, so that you might ,be prepared sooner
At Dumfries; on Monthly se'imight, at ten o'crock .f• for a. sn. there Came on a severe rain, and as the des', ' ' your examination ?-7--A. 1 have not. Mr. GREGS.ON, the Attorney for the prosecution
•advanced the rain -and wind increased anitil mid- • "'here observed, that' he•understeed Mr. Dan ets Is d
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night, when it became.a perfetc.t storm. On Tries- already written to some of his triends.—. Prisoner,
day morning its violence ceased, and -the river Kith I have written, but tette received no answer.
rose With such impetuosity as :to Sweep' its fertile Again ex:minted by the Leap MAYOR.
holtnefeof all their produce::-. ThedetYa'ntlt47 of Corn, - Q. Do. ou kno whether your friend; are ;n
barley, lint, and hay swept off by the Mighty tor- town ?—ply I•cannotw tell.
rent, was immense : the river has not been so large Q., When- did you write to them ?--..A.. Last
theSe 20 years, and the oldest 111 ifi does not recol- night, from Barnet. i I wrote. to Mr. Ehiston and to
lest it running' with such impetuosity, 'or its size Mr..Abraharn Gc.ildsm% id, but I have 1)01 receiv.!ti any
continuing- such a length• of time.. Many people answer from them. - '
were employed the. -whole day? in dragging on shore Q. Are those thes friends von would wish to see
the floating grain along' the batiks of the. river, be- previously •to your - examitation ? A. Yes, ri.)y•
neath the town, and many cart-loads were saved ; Lord.
but the greatest part was -.carried off' to . sea._ .•We The Loan Mmeolt then asked, if it could be as-
heat. that John Johnstone, carrier from Edinburgh certained whether thes'e Gentlemen were in town or
to Locxerby, in attempting., to cross :the river Any not, and was answered by two or three Gentlemen
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non on Monday night.with a ..horse and cart, was I present, that they were. . .
swept. away by the current. eTbe i
.horse ilnd, • cart Mr. Montefiore, the Stock• Broker who transaaed
were found about 4 miles down the river er,`.,..int'llis the buSiness., was then sworn on the Old Teatainent
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corpse was not fehnd on Wednesday; :He ' as- left beipg a- Jew and examinej- by one of the Lord
a wife and six small ehild,r4n to lament the loss of
d!.kryor's princ'ipal OffiCeis. ' •
. ..,•• -• an affeeliOnate husbana grid "an i.#tiStrionsi and in- Q. 'Do -You knoVv the Prisoner at the bar I—A. I
dulgent father. . , . - • '
• A few years ago, as .rohn Randall, an. industrious .Q. rs; he the saineperson mentioned in the war-
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labourer .(whose principal empl!oyinent, Was river-rant .-7-A. He is.
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digging, but who occasionally:veorked in; the. bar., TlieToanM.ll7;6a- again addressed the Prisoner,
vest-field) was reaping, ~he end
,said—Are you certain, . Mr. Daniels, that you
hereceised from art :tearail
corn which. his , sick]; had' thrown supe, a • stroke will bs' preAp.aldtrtuoltierthi, to 1 U t.t.,10 your es.arniT
shall, My Lord ; yuu are the
across one of his eyes,- that let :out thescrystaline Patio,n ?-ss-
.hceit judge. I don't know whether my friends are
humour, and consequently deprived it • of the, power
of sight. This distressing einutinstance led. him ..to in town or not.
,To this the LORD MAyon, after a short conversa-
abandon i the sickle until the. present season, when
tad aceossinev. Oen evith some of the Gentlemen near him, replied
he-was prevailed upon to resume,its
ly went to his . work in .a held near Lewes i. but , —Your friends are in town, Sir,
.yoil will therefore
where, it is extraordinary• ter tell, he had not long -have an opportunity of consnisingethem this night,
laboured before a sharp
so that you may- be brought up again to-morrow at
fragment of straw. flew into
lock.—The Prisoner bowed, repeating—At
his remaining eye, and produced an inflammation ten 0'.6
.
that has terminated in a total loss, ofesision, which ten, my Lord.
is the more .to be regretted, as the pool... Man was l Mr, Daniels remained at the Bar fur a short time
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remarkable for his industry. • The river-diggers, ens',l after this, while the warrant • for his commitment
ployed in, the neighbourhood, have htenanety Deems was preparing, and called Rivett, the Officer, Over
ed a subscription for his relief. •
.. . to lion. After they had interchanged a few words
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n private, Mr. Dalliers addressed the Lotus MAYOR,
OLI Tuesday se'nnight a melancholy circumstance . i
took place: t York, between the New Walk and Mr. i`'nci.sl
My Lord, with your perinission, I - should wish
Turpin's Ship-yard. As two , youirg men i Moses .
to remain until tst-morrow in custody of Mr. Rivett.
Smith and George Falcon, employed in Mr. turpin's
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yard, were crossing the. river Ouse in a small boat, it —A Ido not think, Sir, that can be allowed.
Q.
unfortunately upset, and they Were. both droWned; • If it couid be done, my Lord, I would be
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every exertion was made to restore them by the means
extremely happy ?—A. I am very Mr. Sorry,
Da-
recommended by the Humane Society., but without niels, but I-cannot comply with your request.'
The Prisoner bowed, and retired in custody of the
' effeet; although they had only teen under water about
City Officers, by whom he was taken to , Giltspur-
ten minutes.
.'rmight, owing In the carelessness . • , e ' • .
street Compter.
On Tuesday •se
Mr. Daniels is rather below the middle size, lusty, .
of some of the workmen making too free.with the - b,ut not -fat ; his face full, his eyes arid hair darks,
steam-mill in Percy-main Pit, Alntvick, •it unfor-
his nose aquiline, and his complexion sallow. He
tunately tired, when five mm.were severely burnt,
worezi black coat, black silk waistcoat, light Co.-and six slightly, , In the midst of .the scene of hor-
loured pentaloons, and half-boots. 'During the time
l'or an 'instance 'of courage no.l humanity Occurred
he stood at the
.bar, he kept his right arm in the.
which Ivs been seldom equalled. A Mr. Gordon,
with two others, endeavoured to fly-from the threat-
breast of his coat, as if he had received some injury
cued danger to a pace .of safety. Mr, a effected in his breast.: His voice, in answering several of the
s•
is escape, but his •CoMpanions were struck tq the
e'stions, was tremulous ; abd he seemed through-
troinid on the way.
.Mr. G. judging
Iris
out very much affc&ed and deeply' impressed With a
- the cause of
their staying behinds heroicallpreturned, in order, sense of his situation.
, The court was crowded in the extreme; even the
ff .possible, to, save 'then- lives, seemingly regardless
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place set apart ler his Lordship was so full as to ob-
Of Ids -own. He "reached the spot, and carrviricr
'--) Ctrilii his view of the Prisoner. We observed among
them out.df 'the course of the fire, saved both their ' -.•
them Mr. Blab,. and several Gentlemen from the'
liveS. We are sorry to add, that while employed it:}
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this benevolent .hCtion he was Most severely bUrnt ; I Stock 4xchatage.
Ri vett returned' from Lancaster yesterday se'nnight,
but neither his constancy nor philanthropy were
where he had been after a man answering the de-
hurt than any
Shook by his misfortune, fist. thrush much more
scriptiop of Daniels, to Liverpool, about five o'clock
et. the rest, he obstioately refused as-
ad
Lites,6l all in the afternoon. ,On 'his arrival there lie learned
sistanee from the Surge Ons till they h
that a boat had arrived that morning from the Isle
the others.-,-We are happy to state, hopes are now
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entertained of his life, and that the, rest are in a fair
of Man, where be also learnt a man had been arrest-
way of recovery.
ed answering the description of Daniels ; and in Con-
.
A child at North Shields on Wednesday se'nnight i firmation he saw a paragraph in a Liverpool Paper,
\rneutioaing the circumstance. •• Rivett went, in cen.
had its hand nearly. hit off by a voracious, hungry
nfant sow,
sequence, to the Editor of the Paper to make inquiry.
which made a 'snatch at a piece of bread the i
• where he got his information. The Editor very. po-
Therewas eating.
lit Is ', f. -:
edl im ;and there being no doubt of
_e_ •is orm , .)
a-re at presenfa number of counterfeit seven
the lefts' lie ibgaged a pilot-boat by 'the next tide,
shilling pieces in circulation, against which. we wish
to caution the Public. It has been contrived to cir-
for which he was obliged to pay 201.' He set sail at
culate a great proportion of this sort 'Of base Coin in two o'clock on Thursday afternoon,. and arrived at
the Isle of Man on Friday morning. He applied to
the markets, and the pieces have, of course, found,
Mr. Scott, who had' arrested Daniels till some per-
their wily into the hands of most of the dealers in the
son came from London to identity him. Mr. Scots
principal necessaries of lit. They are pretty well
immediately shesved Daniels to him, who was under
executed, and beat the date t 803. ' Upon examina
the care of some soldiers ; he was identified by the
lion, however; it will be tbund that they' are much
Gentleman who travelled with Rivett. The. Officer
served, that the border at the exergue is very un-
lighter than the Mint . pieces. It may also be ob-
found upon. his person.abont 15001. He asked Da-
equal, being considerably broader on one part of the '
spiels where the remainder was ?—Daniels refused to
• - tell. The Officer pressed him to tell, and said he
%scrag
circoinference, than on the rest.
determined to find it out. Daniels positively refused
' . The question respealing,Peace, or thecontinuariee
. andßivet t commenced searching his lodging,
which
of the war, will probably be decided this month': the
he hadhted of Mr. Cartwright, an apothecary ;and'
next query will be, who shall have the three Greed
Prizes of 20,0001: three of i 0,0001. three of 500 aftelesearehing,aconsiderable time, he found a paper
el.te c .
parcel sealed up,' behind a corner cup-board, contain.-
in the piesent. State Lottery, which 'begins drawing
ing notes to' the, amount of about g i 001. The Officer
13th ofnext Month ? There are only 20,000 Tic:
then applied:to the:Gov:ernor for. permissionsto take
kets ; the Public shew their unqueiAfrect aPPro`bation
him -away,wbo- readily- consentedr and they set tail
of tlidSeli-efrilby IriFiieit -1164 kkr of Tielsets til,-"T
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ready sdl - ~!. -•- •- • •. i a hOut two o'clock- on 6-siinichly morning. They ar.
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In consetitienCe of the int‘2htioir, of Mr. DAY
Mayor Elea of this City ' tbr the ensuing year, to
decline taking upon him the duties bf tlmt i'Mpor-
tant office, much embarrassment is likely io arise,
'no provision for such a case being made by our
ter or any Aa of Parliament.
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General Sir WILLIAII CLARKE arrived to-day in
this his native City.
On Monday list the Marquis of TAVISTOCK and
-suite left. Castle Bernard, the seat. of. Lord Viscount
:Vi ,BANDO for Killarney; where the Noble Youth
in-
tends to spend a few days in viewing the Lakes.
By the exertions of a nuniner at' humane and
spirited Gentlemen of Bath, a chain of Life-boats
has been extended from the Bay of Drogheda aloug
the Coast of the County of Louth; to the RIV of
Dundalk ; and to give the, system efficacy, HA N Hy.
'ITRABAZ(AT, Esq. has been appointed, with a suitable
salary, to manage and superintend them.