The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-27 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, MAY 26.

Alexander Brown, Catherine his wife, and
Thomas Arnold, were indicted for assaulting James
Cox.—The parties were all in very humble life, and
are neighbours residing in the same court. The
assault was clearly proved, and was of a nature which
might rupture the man for life.
They were found guilty, with the exception of
Catherine Brown.
The CHAIRMAN sentenced them to two months'
imprisonment.
Instantly on the sentence being pronounced, the
prosecutor's wife rushed forward, dropped on her
knees, and with tears streaming down her cheeks,
and with as much earnestness as if she were pleading
for herself, addressed the Chairman, and said," Oh,
Sir, forgive them, Sir—don't send them to prison—
we'll forgive them, Sir—we don't want to send
them to prison—they have families, Sir, arid that
man (pointing to Arnold) has a child now lyingdead
—he has a child now lying dead in his house. Oh
do forgive them, Sir."
Again and again, still remaining on her knees,
this kind-hearted, though humbly stationed, woman,
repeated her intercessions in nearly the same words.
Her husband also joined with her, saying, that all
he wanted was security that they would not molest
him for the future.

The CHAIRMAN, who was evidently moved by
the unaffected earnestness of the appeal, rescinded
the former sentence, and merely ordered them to
be detained till they could find bail for their good
behaviour.

The poor woman, who had remained on her
knees till the sentence had been thus altered, now
rose, and thanked the Court in a manner that could
leave no doubt of the sincerity and disinterested-
ness of her appeal.
Her conduct was viewed with admiration by the
whole Court.

Mr. ADOLPHUS observed, that he never bud wit-
nessed a finer instance of humanity, and her conduct
would have done credit to the highest person in
the land.

Several other gentlemen of the bar expressed
themselves to a similar effect.

LOVE AND SUlClDE.—Yesterday an in-
quest was held at the Princess Royal, Paul-street, Fins-
bury, on the body of Thomas TILLY, aged twenty-four.
The deceased returned from sea a few weeks ago after a
long voyage. Previous to his departure he had paid his
addresses to a young woman, to whom it was arranged
be should be married on his return. The young woman
however, in the interim, plighted her vows to another,
and refused to receive the deceased as her lover. On
Tuesday night the deceased, after supping with his family
hung himself in his bed-room.—The Jury returned a ver-
dict of Insanity.

The following is an extract of a letter from
Valparaiso :—" After the action of the 14th December,
in which LASTRA and VIEL obtained some advantages
over PRIETO, the latter General, by a manoeuvre, com-
pletely recovered things. Finding the day gone against
him, be demanded an armistice, and a conference with
the adverse chiefs, who, accordingly with their suite, ad-
vanced to meet him. He, however, having planted an
ambush, surrounded and made them prisoners, and com-
pelled them to assent to a treaty, in which the chief com-
mand of both the forces is assigned to the- Captain-General
PRIERE, of whom PRIETO is a partisan. A Provisional
Junta is to be chosen by the people of the capital, and a
Congress ultimately to be chosen, with a view to form a
permanent Government. Every thing, however, looks
very unsettled."

DEFAULTER.—The example of ROWLAND
STEPHENSON has extended even to Gainsborough, and
has found an imitator in the conduct of

late clerk to Messrs. BRIGIITMORE and Co., wbarfingers,
who a fortnight ago absconded with somewhere about
1,0001., the fruits of his depredations, to America.
Latterly the clerk had done a little on his own account
in the corn trade, which enabled him to extend the sphere
of his operations, and to get such a sum into his hands as
to make it worth his while; and several farmers in the
neighbourhood will thus have reason to regret their so
readily giving credit to specious professions. On Monday
the 3d inst. he set off for Donaaster, professing to be going
to York on business : at Doncaster he managed to get
some bills turned into cash ; at Sheffield he succeeded in
converting all his local paper also into specie; and on
Wednesday or Thursday after, he sailed from Liverpool for
New York. Being, it is alleged, the natural son of the
late Mr. , publican, of Newark, the defaulter's
early life was that of a post-boy ; and afterwards as an
ostler at Sleaford he commenced his career of adventure.
Subsequently he served both in the army and navy; but
whether he thought it necessary to wait to be regularly
discharged from either service is doubtful. We next hear
of him as a clerk in a merchant's counting-house at
Trieste ; but tie steps by which he subsequently progressed
are not very well known : it is enough to state that from
a timber-merchant's yard at Bourn, he went to Gains-
borough, to learn the art and mystery of a, corn-merchant;
and although the transition does not appear to be a very
regular one, he was thence taken into Mr. BRIGHTMORE'S
counting-house as a wharf] nger. Being an active man,
with no little speciousness in his address, he contrived to
place himself in such a situation as to enable him to
gather a considerable sum together to transplant himself
and his fortunes to another hemisphere.--Boston Gaz.,