The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-09 00:00:00

PERrsrrraE ifskizEs,

h 6 Agetes continenc...d or :ti'filay last at Beci-
betory 814 JAmis.MANSFiI•: D and Mr. Justice
HISATIL. The Caleildar,
.in that county,
was brit thin--only fout prisonol, ate, however,
'was fora capitdl offence; and tin, trial excii.ed consi-
derable inter6t. It was,asfollows;:,--

HIGHWA II 0 BF, : •
• . William Hall was capitally indWicd. for a
Way robbery near. Dun Stable, on :the; oth of. April
last. 'Re itev.Mr. Horseman, thekosectivor, stat,•-•
ed, that as he and his wise were drivC-ir.g R one-horse
chaise, within and a half of Dunstable, they
were stopped.by two footpads. The tallest of the
two presented .a.,pistol, and, with horrid ti.oath, and
&Odin!. threats, demanded their watches .11L1 money.
If they relused,:he said, he would blow their brains
out. The prosecutor immediately gave hinftwatoh
and-purse, containing about 358. when the same.mark
began to rifle .Mrs..H. and threatened to kill her
che'did not deliver her. trinkets. The Prosechtor
could not Swear' to the Prisoner, but Mrs. Horseman,
after_ corroboulting: her husbati,L; evidence, with
great agitation and reludance, i.icutifif.Nl the Prisoner
as one of the two, and, he who behaved with met
'civility. :the horning atter. thr robbery the Pri-
soner was apprehended, ands on seeing him, she im-
mediately. recognized . ,
. Gritnshaw, a constable, deposed, thAt when he
artied.the Prisoner to.gaol,,he appeared extremely
dejected and sorr*Yfor what be had done. He wrote
dietter to his mother, and gave it.to the Witness to
put into the pOst,, but the Magistrate thought it right,
to opep the letter, ,which was, produt:ed and reddd
It2cobtained a
.confession of his guilt,. and was so
well.written, and in.a style of so much sensibility
and feeling, that scarcely a dry eye was to he found
in Court. . ,

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),he Prisoner being called on for bis' defence, con-
fessed his crime, solemnly declaring that he had
never before done an twins( aJ, and that his com-
panion; who had absconded,'had led him aside from
honesty, , . ~.. •. .' . - - , -

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.The Jury founcUhltu. Guilty, whet) the Judge ob-
serve:di that.-the lei ter,. winch the Prisoner. co: ild have
na idea wouldfall into . the bands of any other than
his mot her,.nts-layed so sincere a contritiOn.sfor the
offence he hadjbeen guilty of, that he' was inclined
to think it was firstotr.mce, and should therefore
reeommend'hirn to.bis Majesty's mercy; -bur he was
comiieiled.to pass the F, re of the law opuri hita,
and accordicg'y.st•nttnced him to be hanged by the
neck till he was dr:id.

Y NISI P'it:t7;
PARKER. V. THE oIrEtiSEERS OF ".i.rObt.TRN PARcQFL
This. was a case of importance, as it affects tso3l
poor.-- Fhe 'Plaintiff is -a Surgeon, and the action
was brought to recover a sum of money for the- cure
of a Compound- tract ore. The-driver" the Chester
Mail wai overturned- at Woburn in March! lieo7,
and
.had his arm broken. .The Plaintirf.sikas called
in, and,aftendt.'d
arm from amputation, though the party will never
again have the tree use of it.
in the case was,• whether the, dmer,was
a casualty. poor person, entitled. to relief at the time
the .accident happened, and whether, in older to fik
the pat ish, the, Surgeon was., not lywitid to have
communicated the ,faet;,to
,tire'OvecseerS; in order
to enable thetn to cal} von the
.parish.the pauper
belonged in,.togei reimbursed ? The Plaintiti's own
Witnesses proved that the:kiattper, dUriNg ins thttes~P
received Irda,•his friends uj-ivit'arilsof '67; and it-was
initended, on' behalf of the Defendans, that IN:did
not, come wider the eli',iitter atillclenomioation of
h. paup,:r. Upon this. the 107 104:1. fq'T pc-
fendants, thryigh there was atle c(oii.tit, had he been
detitute-of s,!fficlit‘tit‘ support, the. ,}.ion quid
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Wife been irkkiintglnable again:A the. Over -
6(4f:h. • 1 . ,

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DrAiLll‘t giSTI.IE, AUGUST 2..--7111i.M.,AJ:Rt5T7,:bV
his Royal LettPr,' hiviilg.appointed.thP.:Rigt4.., Hon,
P. DUIOSICAN,Dodor of Laws; to he of his IN,IFt.=
jesty's M6st.flop. Privy .Council
,of- Ireland-, he this
day in,Council.tbok.ti;e U util oaths, • and hispittce alt
• the Bbard'acCordingly;
Madame De STAet. lately arrived at Dresden P-ant
Niel, na, Facing left her son at. the Military Acadeitiy,
in thelatter city..
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The Durham Militia, lying in Portsea Barracks,
tad the Ayrshire Militia, lying
.at Gosport; haVe
volunteered their services for Spain or Portugal. •
Mrs; JANiT RlCRAensori, who lately died at
Annan; at the age of .78 years, practised 69 as a
Midwite, and. in the course of that time ushered into
the v'c,orld upwards of 1500 children:
EctisTot is envaged ,to perform a few nights at
'Edinburgh, and he. was to,make his first appearance
'On Saturday, in the character of .offavign. 'Mrs.
VINING, a daughter of the .late Mr. Bitssoii* of
Drury-lane Theatre, has becOMe a great.favourite on
the •Edinbiirgh stage, in charaaers of feeling and
.4enuine simplicity, andby all accounts she is a very
elegant, add interesting young atiress:
Uri the Bth of last Month four foreigners hired
john S4eratt, a Waterman, to take them from
`Portsmouth
.On board a transport lying at Spithesd„
'Whi-th had Spanish prisoners on
,board, whd were
bn their returtt -home. • Sheratt; believing therd tU
'be Spaniards,,,agreedto take them ; but neither She-
raft or his -boat- has been heard of since. It is now
beiie'ed that they were Frenchmen, who had ob-
tained their liberation by representing
_themselves to
by Spaniards and that they have obliged Sheratt to
- land them at sortie port in France, Where he is de-
tained a.prisoner. The weather was very fine for
• several days; so-that it is not apprehended that any
aceicleut happened to' the boat:

A ST, i.a TRICK DiscoVEti6.---Yesterday a man
who bad landed from a ship near the Custom-house
Quays; with a loaf:of bread under his arm; which he
appeared to carry very carelessly, was oberved by an
QffiCer,Who suspected sonde contriva ce the guardian
of public revenue
,therefore demando *of the man
What he erribracedso closely ! "Only a stale loaf," wa;
theanswer. The Officer then took bold of the loaf,
which itinnedjatelipaine asunder; .and discovered a
quantity of Valtiable.prohibited.foreign lace. Aft ex
seizitig the lace, the OftiCer returned the loaf to the
I.lliforttinate smuggler, and'coolly .obServed, " this is
incleed a very kale loaf,. and you may keep it for
your breakfast.,".
A Fire broke oat at Chelmsford; early on Ffiday
morning,, in a stable belonging to the Greyhound
Inn, near the Shire Hall, which caused considera-
ble alarm, but was fortunately extinguisned with
little damage, •

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