The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-29 00:00:00

LtifileATEE

At these Assize', which closed on Monday la,t,
thireen Prlsbners Were capitally Csiivitied, and re-
ceived sentence of Death, viz. •
John ilorlow, for stealing six pieces of calico in
the bleaChing gronnds of S. NaSh, T. Jackson, and
1,1o(7-i, 'of Fails ;north.
Luke Loi•kard and Peter Higgins, for having been
•concerj*hin foroing and utterinwa Bill of Exchange
for 20: 10s. with intent to defraud G. Gardner, J.
Hud:.4well,, and J,
.Thop, of Salford. - • ;
Jamei Sidebottom, tOr stealing a -waistcoat; Itc.
the property of Z;Fletcher.
Ralph Bolton, tbr a burglary in the house of W.
Horrocks, and' stealing therein a desk containing-a
quantity of gbld coin. •
CharlesVohnson and Robert Tho Mas, fo:- forg'i
a Bill of Exchange for 301. with intent to defraud
and J. Irwin, of .I\lanchester.
James Yates, for wounding and ravishing Mary
Hoyle; of Spolland.
Isaac Hitchin, aged -62, for an assault; with an
intent to commit an unnatural crime on John-
Knight.
Samuel Stockton, Thomas Fox, and Joseph Hol-
land, for a similar'offence on Thom,as Taylor. •
And_ John Powell, for an unnatural crime v4th
John Knight;
The Judge (Baron GRAHAM) in the most impre!:s
sive manner, advised the eight last-mentioned, tiia.
lefktors to prepare to Meet the fate which tilt laws
of their Country had affixed to their heinbtis
fences. Hopes of mercy were held out to the
other five.

It appeared on the trials of Hitchin, Stockton,
Fox, Holland, and Po*ell, that they replarly as.
sembled at the- house of Hitchin, on Monday and
Friday evenings, and that they called one another
brother. The Judge very properly ordered that no
notes should be taken of these trials.

Five of the persons chi:Ted with unnatural of-
fences were adnuttQd as evidences for the Crown.

At Stafford Assizea a cause eame'on, ROOXEIT z.
NEWTON, which is of considerable importance to
trades-people. In January, 1804, the Defenttaiit
inserted an Advertisement' in the public Papers,
that he would not pay debts of his wife's contraEt,
ing ; but as Mrs. Newton still resided in the !mdse.
with her husband, and as some part- of the goods
(nercery) were used in his, the Defendant's house,
the Plaintiff conceived Defendant was liable, and
brought an atiion to recover the amount of his bill,
141. 4s. Id. A part of this bill the Defendant had
bTfore admitted to be due, for which, previous to
the aEtion, he hat tendered seven guineas, and had
subsequently paid that sum-into Court.—The Learn-
td Judge said, that after such notice, a tradesman
was highly blameable, to give credit to the wife,
(which was the case here) and tbat the wife being
in the dwelling-house with her husband,* made it
highly so; as -it could not be supposed that she was
not provided with necessaries there.--The Plaintv
was nonsmited.
Lifford Assiies commenced .on Monday, the
11th instant. No conviction of consequence took
. place in the Crown Court. A
'great number of
infOrmations against Parishes in which unlicensed
Stills liad been found were brought ferward, and
many were
,tried; but the cOnviaions were but
few; and far the greater number of the informa-
tions were given up or Postponed. In the Civil
Court, the case of Wauchob v.' Dill, from its cir-
cumstances, excited particular attention. It was
an a&ion of slander brought by the keeper of a pub-
lic-liouse at CaStlefin, against his Pastor, for words
'spoke'n of him, before the congregation. at the Meet-
ing=house. The defence was, that the Plaintiff
had given scandal and offence to religion, by encou-
raging cock-fighting, cards,. hazard, and other
irregularities; at his house, during the prepara
tkin week preceding The holy sacrament; in -conSe-
quence of which' the Defendant bad thought, it
his duty to admonish the Plaintiff, and finding bin/ ,
refraCtory, had proceeded to a public rebuke, Which .
it was insisted he had a right to do, by the rules of
- the Presbyterian Church. On the other side, it.
Was alledged that the Defendant acted rather from
motives of private malice, than of zeal in the cli4-
charge of his duty. After a long trial, the Jury
retired, 'and brought in a verdiet . for the Plaintiff
40s.—Th atajOii: had, been tried at a former As-
sizes, when.the Plaintiff recovered 6d. damages, but
the proceedings were set sside for some legal defeat.
On Friday se'rmight-John Davis liendell, con-
demned at the late Devon Assizes for forging
an in=
dorsement on a bill of exchange, with intent to de-
fraud Mr. Peter Clark, of Ply Mouth Dock, was
executed at Exeter, and died truly penitent. He
was a farmer near Newton Bushell, possessed of con-
siderable property, and has left a-widow and nine
children to lament his ignominious fate !

On Friday Andrew Powell was executed in Dub-
lin for the murder of Timothy French, as near 'the
place of its perpetration as the circumstances -ad-
mitted. The merited punishment was condu6ted
with a solemnity calculated .to make a due im-
pression on -the surrounding multitude, the pike
with which the murder was committed, and thf:.
bloody neckcloth of the unfortunate French, being
suspended from the gallows. The wretched 'culprit
appeared penitent, and, as we understand, 'conti,!ssi-4.
his guilt and the justice of his sentence. His body
was afterwards given to.theSurgeons for clisseCtion.
Abraham .Hearn arid George Hewitt, drivers of
the,Stowmarket waggon,- and Ann Cro,n, passen-
ger, are committed to Colchester Gaol, charged wi! h
aiding and abetting in a violent assault and rape on -
the body' of JANE HABBERTON, aged about Seven-
teen years, of respe&able parents In Needham ?41ar-
-ket, who was.travelling by th-.: said waggon • to her
service in London, on-the 24th-ult. near Lexden
heath, about midnight, from whence she was taken.
up by the mail-guard, and conveyed to Colctiester.
in a state of insensibility, from which she has•F,:t
just recovered, to give her evidence against the att...
cis)us culprits. •,

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exemplified on peinsina the Scheme, of the present
State Lottery, which agins drawing 06tober 13th,
It contains 3 Prizes of 20,0001. 3 of 10,0001. Zi of
50001. &c. &c. and only 20,000 Tickets, being the
smallest quantity ever contraaed fat.

BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ.

ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ, BY AN

AUSTItIAN OFFICER.

(Continued from our Paper of Yaterday.)
'THE Emperor of Russia, who, during this bloody
cora& had remained with his infantry of she fourth
column, and who incessantly expo!sed himself to
remedy the disorder, ordered his battalions to; ad-
vance,,and to try to take the enemy in flank. Ge-
neral KALLOWRATH received orders to firrest• the
enemy' on the left, • and for this ,purpoo6. .advaneed
the Austrian brigades of Generals JURCZECK and
ROTTERMUND against the heights,. on which the
French were, constantly extending themselves, and
gaining ground in purSuit of the Austrian batta-
liOns, which had been driven forward. The first
Austrian battalions who. formed this attack; and,
who were only troops of the new levy,' marched
against the enemy with coolness and intrepidity.—
They encountered a French regiment which had
advaaced foremost on the brow of the height, and
Which wag almost, surrounded. The French re.;-
ceived.the Austrians -with steadiness, and defended
themselves with valour. , •They were, however,
for Ced to retreat, but received a reinforcement,
and soon retook the ground which they had bast.—
Two Russian regiments of the second column, who
were in reserve upon the heights whiCh that column
bad occupied during the night, by orders of the
in Chief, then reinforced the brigade of
General KAMENSKY. The troops of that 'Gene-
ral fought bravely during this disastrous- conflict.--
They came to Abe 'support of the Austrian bri-,
&Ides, and this ail- appeared _ staicient to re-
establish the balance for the attack of the height,
'on which the French Gcuerals manceuvred their
troops with, that experers::ss` which' military pes
Petration and experience commenieate, taking ad-
vantage of the. wiudings offererlby the ground to
cover -:their treops-frOM the fire and to conceal their
movements., :Nothing 'but a general and desperate
attack 'with the bayonet could now regain the, day.
The Austrian
_brigades, with that of -KAMENSKY,
rushed upon the Frenchthe .Pstassiens with their
usual cries;—but \'ere "received with :firmness, and
by a wellssupported fire, which madegreit havock
among.tbeclose ranks of, the RusSians. Gen. Alr.
LOAADOVICK advanced on. his side upon•the right,
but Generals BESto and REPNINSKi being wounded,
his troops had 'lost that confidence of themselves
tvitheut which nothing can be' dope.. The ardour of
this attack wes soon 'Cooled.; the superior force of
the enemy, and their steadiriesS,' Converted.it into a
slow unsteady march, accoMpanied by. an ill-direet-
. ea:fire of musketry. However; the example of some
officers, for a moment, made the lefradvanee anew
with intrepidity, and 'the right' wing of the French
for an" instant gave ground. The regiment of Salz-
burg and the 7battAlion of Auersperg fought "with
great courage, and the brigade:of K'sstuissict always
-distinguished itself: the Austrian. Gen. JUKCZECK
w-as severely womided; but.,the enemy, sensible of
the importance of their position, in their turn at-
tacked the Allies, Who were without support, and
absolutely. abapdoned by .the left of the army. The.
fonrth column lost without resource the heights
of Pratzen, and the greatest part of their artillery,
which *ere mired in the clayey soil of that country.
.Every thing possible was attempted to remedy the
disorder which such a retreat necessarily rodneed.
The enemy, in the meantime, had brought forward
their artillery, and vigorously employed it in bat-
ter-leg the' Allies during their retreat, 'which in-.
crease.dthe disorder. The Auitriabs had i General,
6 -Field-officers, t 9 Snbalterns, and 1886 Privatei
killed or wounded, and 5 Officers 'and 470 'Soldiers
taken. prisoners 'ditring this.eonfliet on the heights
of Pratzen, which lasted-nearly two hours. From
that moment the:fate, of the battle 'Was decided.
The fourth column marched uuss-i Wise-hail, and
retired, according to, the:original plan, to theposis
tions of Hodiegitz and Herpitz, where it re-assem-
bled its battalions. The Enemy', to poSsession of the
heiffits; did not diSturb this retreat, and rested near
Pratzen, probably to a-vait the event of the move-
ments of die left 9f the Allies: •
' The Prince of LICHTENSTEIN, 'after the' unfor-
tunate attack Of the Hulans, covered with his Ca-
valry the ground between BlaSowitz 'and Pratzen.
The Austrian General CARAMELLI, with the reki-
Went of Lorrane cuirassiers, charged the infantry
of the Enemy, who, issuing from Girschikowitz,
took advantage of the vineyards between that vii-
"-loge
and that of Pratzen, to .take the- Russians in
flank. This attack arrested fer a niontant the French.
Prince JOHN likewise attacked the French infantry
with-the:regiment Of
.Nassau ; but the fourth co-
lutnn had already lost the ,heights of Pratzen, and
werti put to the. rout. 'Prince ,fonts haStened to this
point to.cover their retreat with the cavalry which
yet remained to him. That General attempt's-xi
to. :ply -souse Austrian battalions; which during
their .retreat were in disorder like the- Rusian
infantry, and his adiVity had some success ;
he lost his •horse by a chain-shot ; and till night
the cavalry Occupied the foot of the height of
Pratzen, -between that village and that of Kre-'
nowitz.
'While the battle was thus fought upon the
heights of Pratzen, and while
.the cavalry of Prince
JOHN thus endeavoured to -make head, both to the
right and. left; against the. Enemy's infantry and a
part of the cavalry of AltaAT, to arrest, or at least to
retard, the success 'of the French, the Grand Duke
cONSTANTINE was equally engaged in a most ob-
stinate conflisle The village of, Blasowitz, which
he hall caused to be .occupied,
.was attacked and
carried by the troops of the division of BERNA-
DOTTE. The Grand Duke, desirous to stop the
Enemy, abandoned the commanding heights on.
which he was placed,, and advanced in line against
the Enemy's masses: A very sharp fire of .mus-
quetry then took place ; the French sharp-shooters,
in front of their misses, disputed the ground, but
were at last forced to 'retreat by an attack with the
bayonet.. Avery destruCtive cannonade then .com-
menced upon this point; the chain-shot made great
rives-bes. But, at the moment when the Grand
Duke approached the French, who were already in
line, the cavalry of the Guards, conimanded by
Malishal BESSIERES; and placed in-the intervals be-
twten the infantry, charged the Russian line, which,

without support, was forced to retire, after a bravo

resistance.

The regiment of herse-guards of the Grand Duke,
in order to disengage the infantry, then' Made a
charge on the Enemy's flank, arrested, their cavalry
on this point, overthrew them, and attacked the
infantry, who were advancing to the support of the
cavalry. On this occasion,. the regiment of horse-
guards took a French Eagle from a battalion of the
4th regiment.'
The Rtissian Corps of Guards, forced to retreat
after great loss, re-assembled, and forthed its batta-
lions under the height which it had previously
abandoned, and continued its movement upon' Aus-
terlitz, marching towards-Krenotvitz; The Enerhy's
cavalry returned anew to the charge, but were ar-.
rested by the horse-guards and some squadrons of
hussars, now threw themselves with great itupe
tuosity on the Freneh, at the moment when they
were about to charge the infantry in retreat. - ,The
horse-guards attacked with valour, and came to
close combat with the horse-grenadiers of the French
Guard, who, led on by RAPP, had' reinforced the
Enemy's cavalfy. The retreat of the Russian Guards
upon Austerlitz was then effeCted, without being
disturbed by the French, who remained upon the
heights in front of Ifiasowitz. Prince REIN N, one
of the Colonels of the-horse.guards, was wounded
.and made prisoher, with some other Officers of the
same corps.. The. RUssian Guards lost a great num-,
her of men, but few prisoners.
Prince 13AGR ArgrON, during' these conflicts on
his left, had
.advanced in' front of the position of
Posorsitz,' and had endeavoured to occupy the
heights of Dwaroselma ; General UWAROW was
with his cavalry oh the left of the. Prince, near
Holnbitz, which village,• and. that of Krug, were
occupied as 'we' have already seen. But Marshal
LANNES arrived in column on- the left of Prince
BAt;RATHION, and oti 'the right of UWAROW'S ca-
valry, and thus arrested the march of the right of.
the Allies. LANNES, in order to cover the left of
the French Army, and his own retreat in case of a
reverse, had eighteen pieces of cannon, guarded
by the 27th regiment of infantry, upon a command-
ing height between Leach and lOwalowitz, to -the
left of the causeway of Bruhn, which was the same
that - Prince BAGRATthON should have occupied.
That General was obliged to reinforce his
where a sharp cannonade took plae, and to send
almost all the cavalry of his corps to. General
MvARCW, who then commanded abQut thirty squa-
drons. The enemy, in the mean time,: drove back-
General ULA,NIUS from the villages of Krug and
Holnbitz, and perpetually advanced with their co-
lumns, while a part of Mu Ital.'s eavalr, proteded
their march. Oh this point there were several very
fine charges of cavalry, as well Russian as French.---
The efforts of UWA R ow, who concluded his cavalry
with intelligence and bravery, arrested the rapid
progress which the enemy would otherwise have
made upon the right of the Allies-. Prince'Baotta-
'intoN, after having long maintained himself at
Posorsiti,
.retired upon the heights of Rausnitz at
the moment when the Russian Guards abandoned
the heights behind Blasewitz ; and in the morning
he received orders to March to Austerlitz, which
left entirely uncovered the road to Wischau, where
a great part of the army equipage was in miser,
quence carried off by the enemy. Gen. Uw A It 0 w
protected this retreat with his cavalry. At six in
the ' evening Prince BAGRATHION - posted himself
behind Austerlitz, while the Austrian cavalry of
the Prince of LICIITE:'.:STEIii still occupied the
t eights before that town.
Let us now return to Tellnitz and Sokolnitz,where
we left the first, seck-4,1, and third-columns pursu-
ing their march upon the points of attack fixed in
the plan, without giving them Selves much trouble
aboht the enemy's movements, and not knowing
how
to give their masses that 'diredion "which the
nature of the ground, and'the position of - the -etie-
My, should have pointed out at first view. These,
three coltimns CoMprised fifty-five battaliohs, sub-
trading the brigade-of General KAMENSKT, which
had not folloWed them, and they bad opposed to
them only the division of LEPAUD; which 'did not
consist of more than o or 6000 'Men of the corps of
Daarox.raT. if the left of the -Allies .hadaabserved
upon the field of
.battle the enemy's movements,
weighed his designs,
,seized the advantages which
the-ground might have. presented, ?lid profited 'by
the means of re-uniting themselves which it offered,
in order to execute a- bold Maticeie-re, by the height
of the. chapel above Aujest,, which. height ,extendedr
to Pratzen, the confli& would have been prolonged,
and might have presented ehanCes, which would at
least have
.rendered the battle less decisive. The
offensive movement of .the French deranged the
attack of the Allies, and from that moment. their
combinations ceased.
We left the second and third columns in Sokol-
nitz, which the head-of the last bad passed. These
columns had crossed each. other during the thick
fog which we have mentioned;.. they were in diS-
order in that village, where they encuinbered ‘one
another. At the same time .the French, „who had
fought at Tellnitz, retired upon Sokoluitza,s,vbich
village General LEMAND caused to be turned by
General FRANCESCHi. The centre el -the Allies
was' there already pierced, and the French were
upon the heights of Pretzel). . The Russians- in and
beyond Sokolnitz, seeing the Enemy. around them,
surrendered. General PathischttvsKy, and 0000
men of the two criumns; were itiadeprisoners in the
valley of Sokolnitz; the two columns lost- all their
,
The remains of the 2d column Marched in Inset.-
der to Aujest, and that -which-,continued 'formed
fell back upon the first coltimn: --This last, inform-
ed-too- late of the attack of the' French, upon the
centre, wished_ to march to its-aid, but took a false
diredion for makir, a diversion in its favour. The
AuOrian cavalry, which , we left beyond Tellnitz,
repassed that village, which was evaeusted ,! On a,
height on this Side 'Were placed some battalions of
hithntry with cavalry to
.watch that point, and ' to
secure the march of M. DE BuxuovnEsi., who ad-,
traneed towards- Auidst. The husSars of-Szekler,
under, Prince Manatee, • and the light horSe of
°redly, with two regiments of Cossacks 'tinder
General STUTTERHEINI., advanced in the plain
bet Ween ,the foot of the rtio4ntains and the ° villaees
of Tellnitz and Sokolnitz, to guard the flank of the
ihfantry. General NOST4TZ, with -the bus--
sot-8 of Hesse Homburg, marched with th&coldhiti.

•
;The French had already, in the
'centre, advanced theirreaerve of 20 battalions, ,and
were stretched along the broW of the heights which
had been occupied by the Allies in the' morning,
from Pratien as far as the; chapel above 'Aujest;
but the enemy were still in small numbers, and
without 'cannon, above that village. If the 'first
column of the Allies, reinforced some batta-
lions of the 2d, and comprising more than 30'baata-
lions, had advanced in against- the heights,
and had attacked them if, instead of passing a
defile, of which the enemy occupied the summit,
that column bad charged the flank of the French,
a diversion in favour of the centre would have
_been possible,' and a defeat in Aujest, which it,
was easy to foresee, might have been avoided. By
bearing upon the height of Aujest, a chance in fa-
vour of the final issue of the battle might have
been gained e and that left, -not being then thrown
into_ disorder, would not have hist such numbers.
Supposing that it had not been. able to maintain
'itself upon the height, a retreat to Scharoditz.would
'always have been secured. • •
.From the' moment when the column arrived in
Aujest,. the French poured down from the height
upon that village, when immediately a . very severe
• though :short fire of musquetry took place, and
they. made themselves masters of the village. It
was the division of VANDAMME which had' been
'at the extremity of the right, upon the bights of
Pratzen,- and which, in 'proportion as the French
crowned. those heights, had filed off towards that
of the chapel above Aujest. General Buxuov-
DEN passed the village, and rejoined the army near
Austerlitz: On this point there was considerable
disorder,- and 40'00 men were made prisoners in
and,around Aujest ;' they lost -their cannon. 'Many
of those. who were routed threW themselees upon
the lake, which was frozen 'over, bat not Suffi-
ciently so to prevent some from perishing. The
enemy, whO, in the mean aiMe, had received their
artillery,, vigorously pursued-- these fugitive's,
,who.
•then passed on by S-atschau, and that 'everthig re-
joined
tne rear-guard upon the heights of Nenhoff.
The centre and the rear of this first
which was very strong, doubled upon each Other,
under General Dockeronow, On the Odin betweali
Tellnitz and the lake, after the French had occu-
pied Kujest. This body of infantry was whole, but
in disorder; General' Doc wroao-W for 'a' moment
was able to re-establish' order, and then thought of
nothing but a retreat, which :was difficult, and
could only be effe6ted upon a Very narrow dyke,
between the. lakes, where only' tWo • in front could
march. There was reason to. fear that the French;
by passing Aujest and Satschau, and making the
tour of the lakes, would' thus-cut off that dyke; and
with it -all- retreat from. the Russians'. would
then have been impossible" to- save the- remains of
the left of tile Allies. General 'KIENidAYER'
first with the hussars of Hes4e-Hoinburgh, for the
purpose Of -secui-ing thii retreat, and took' post
upon the heights between 'Satschan and Ottuitz, to
watch that point. The -Austrian cavalry supported
General Dockeroitow, 'and advanced during these
Movements upon the plains between Aujest and'
Sokolnitz. The Generals who led the regiments
of Oreilly, of light hork, and of the Szeckler huia
stirs, marched to encounter two' regiments 'of French
dragoons which came from Soltoleitz, but.which,,
seeing the. Russian infantry stipported, marched by
their left to the height' near Aujest, and placed
themselves at the-head of VANDA.IIME'S division.
The termination of the battle was in this reSpe6t
sarpriting, that the French troopS of the' right
'might then be-seen turning-theirbaCksunbn Auster-
litz, to attack the remains of the left of the Allies,
and- descending for that purpoSe'the same heights
from which that left had , marched against them.—
'hen the first column advanced, the French SUpa
ported their right by the lake;-. in fa&; they had
there their left, and the Russians their"right. It
Was' about two in the afternoon when the conflia
upon the rest of 'the line was already decided and
ended, when the division of VANDAMME arrived to
['Tilt -the finishing hand to it, Behind Tellnitz, he-
-t Ween that village and Menitz, there was an emi,,
nenee Cousiderably elevated, the right- of which
-toadied the lake. The Russian infantry retired to
it, always under the prote6tion of the' Austrian ca-
va•lry, who, were thinned by the enemy's ohain-shot.
The village of Tellnitz, bordered' with ditcheS' as
has been mentioned' above, presented' .a mean of de-
fence, which was employed 5.. and to give time to the
remains of the column to file -oft-a regiment of
Rnssian infantry was posted behind those' ditches,
where they were attacked, and' defended, themselVes .
with• vigour. The retreat. Of Do CIITOROtiI - then
continued. The cavalry occupied -the 'eminence
which ,has been mentioned, to save the great mass of
that column, which was again in,complete disorder.
The French made them Serves • masters of Tellnitz ;
many Russian stragglers were there taken. They
then advanced their light artillery to the borders of-
the lake to dislodge the Austrian cavalry placed
upon the eminence, and thus taking the light horse.
of Oreilly in flank, they deitroyed them in great
numbers.; but nothing could prevent that brave re-
giment
from covering with intrepidity the retreat of
.the. Russians.
Colonel DEGENFELDT had sowell posted his ligl4•
battery, which ,commanded that of the French, that
their fire became less lively. The Russian -infantry,
fatigued-- and diminished, retired slowly, and the-
cavalry .were long obliged to maintain their post.
At length this famous dike, which was the only
anaining-retreat to the .I.vreck.of the first column of
the Allies, and which had caused just anxiety, was
happily paskd ;. and. the French, who in the mean
time had occupied the height which the cavalry had.
quitted, pursued that column, upon the dike, with
their cannon:, •
The. two Austrian Generals who .proteEted this
retreat halted' beyond thedike, upon the heights
in front of Neutsoff, where an attempt was made to
restore order to the Russian battalions, which _still
formed a corps of at least 8000 men. It .Was then
about four .o'elock, and night already began to draw
on. The retreat was continued by Boschowitz ; and
these troops marched all night in a very heavy rain,
which had the riled of flooding the roads, and mirs
ing the cannon ; -they were, therefore, abandoned.
The Austrian cavalry brought up the rear, without
being pursued by the French, who halted imon the
dike. The, regiment of O'Reilly saved Hs caution.
(To be colthiiied.)

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interest ntomene, ex:l:yvt the following ; which,
fri)M its nature, and the reps tation and re%.e,,6tabity t
,of the parties accused, had o..citcci a ...,cner.ll intereq
not only in Applel
h
y anits'pre't'ghbourh.o*l; but ge-
nerally throughout the cotinty.
THE KING V. ROBERT KOIII:ieSON'AND- OTIrMS.
'Tills Was an indictment, preferred by the inhabit-
ants :of Kendal, against
.the Defendatit (who, at'
the time of committing the supposed otrence,. were
Guardians of the Poor of the united. Pariihes of. Ap-
pleby and.l3Ongge), for illegally removing a pauper,
his. wife, aucttimsechil,dren, from Bongate to Ken-,
dab—The cause -came on to be tried, before Baron. -
GRA•pkAI; at seven o'clock
.in the morning, and con-
tinued until :half-pass_ tbur, when the Defendants
were honourably acquitted, to the ipanifest satisfac-
tion-of a very crowded Court. . - •
It appeared, in the course of the trial, that these
Defendants had• concluded tharnselvesi, not only on
the present occasion, but through the whole .courses
of, their lives, with the greatest humnnity and ten-
derness to persons. in distress. Yet these wretched
and unprincipled paupers (who are strolling players)
had the address to.: irnpoSe upon the initabitants of
Kendal a Tale of Woe,
.alleaging ,various circum-
stances of unprecedented; cruelties enercised upon
them by the, Defendants.
These vagabonds; when examined, SheV7ed them=
selves possessed of the most
,depraved minds, by 11.5--
serting. the same-tale, -upon, oath, .which 'they , had
previonsly-told.to the inhabitants of Kendal.—For-
tunately fbr:the DefeniLtnts, almost etery circuin-
stance these wretched stated -was coutradidell in the,
most unequivOcal tna,nner, by several witnesses of-.
undoubted veracity and the most—Unimpeachable,
"character. , .

Thns,:by a patient investigation 'ofthe truth, have'-
the cor anti ciwaelers of these gentiekbeti (who!
were, some time a(xo,. mostrliceutiously an
abused. in some of °One- public prints,. and-even- rep:e-
sented as " monsters-in .human sliape7)..been resoutki •
from all the infamy-and disgrace tv,hieN would:other-
wise hare attended Them through,Efec •
• Mr. PARKE, the...leaCiillT-C4)UUSOL.fot' the Defend.:
Ants, made one of- the, most pathetic. addresses ever
' delivered in, that, or perhaps M any other. Court.—
TliZ! Pi&-ure he drew of the situation, of. these Ilan-
Ots, who hftd, in the course-oltheir exarriiiiation,
support of the prosecution, stated So tin*/ circurn-
stances.which lie ShOuld be. able to-proVe were:abo-
rninable Ifilsehodds, was'truly ,affecting lout when'
'with _peculiar energy, he-crwelt .upon the value of
charatier and repatalipit, so -essentially. pecessaty_
every orid, and:partiCularly. to the ,Deteiidants -(who..
are men in the most respthable situations in life),.
and what theitfeelingsand suf4;tings rnpst have -been.
.on the present occasion,, there .was scarcely a. dry;
cheek in Court. .

The Jury consulted. together about two minutes,
and returned a veraiet of Not-Guilty.'.
Cotinsel for the Prosecution; Mr. Ser3eant COCK-.
ELL, Mr. Run, and Mr. IlAmcoca—Attornies,
Messrs. WiLsoN.and Sons, Kendal.

Counsel for the Defendants, Messrs. PARKE,
TOPPI &G, and Woorr—Attorney, Mr. STEgkiENSQN,
Applet.v. • •

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