The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-16 00:00:00

SOUTH END, ESSEX.

Titotrau the weather .has been .rather too much,
under the influence-of ST. SWITHIN for some time,
yet we are tipt•without our due proportion of fashion-
able Visitors;and tills place is a scene ofelegain gaiety
as well as of retirement and health. The Theatre,
under-the judicious management- of Mr. TROTTER,
who ris also the Proprietor, is a great source of at-
traOion. A Cnrepr the Heart Ache,- folloved by.
I(alentine and Orson, is a very popular entertaiiitnent.'
They have been played four times within the last ten'
days. Mr. TROTTER makes a commanding and.
Warlike Valentine; Mr. VINING ah incomparable
Orson; Mrs. TROTTER a fascinating Florimonda ;
and Miss BENSON a charming:Eglontine: The ap-
plause, however, which they have received in these
characters, attends them in every thing which they
undertake. The House is of course brilliantly at-
tendecLevery night; and the-Theatre, besides a good
Company; boasts the additional charms of Adwiral
ROwLzY's delightful Band, which he kindly per-
mits to attend.

A,few days 'ago as T. LOCKYER, SCI: of Fly
mouth, was returning to hiS seat at Wyrnbury,
near that place,, in_ a
.gig, the horse tool; fright at
a cow-crossing the road, and threw .Nr. L. out with'
such violence as to lacerate the calf Of his lt,g in a
most 'dreadful manner. I-fe lay upon the road nearly-
an hour it excruciating pain, till he was' taken up
by some workmen, and carried to the house of Capt.
BULTEEL, of the Royal:Nvy,.wherp every nessible.
assistance Wai rendered him; -hut On the,dressings,
being.removed-thenext mei-fling symptoms of mor
tification appeared,'which ad surgical aid could stop.
Hey ariguished till Saturday• when he ex-
pired, in his 'soth year. . • ' ' -

• Yesterdaya German, named Gower, charged John
Griifith.. with asiaulting, hint at a PUblic-house in
Watling-street. The German, it 'appeared, had en-.
tered into a learned' argument,:respeating the motion
Of the Planets with a sawyer. 171 e swore the earth
whirled round; and the sawyer maintained that it was
stationary: both locing.poBitiye, they at, last became.
enraged, and fOught three rounds in, the tap-roomy
during which, the German', was dreadfully beaten.
The Defendant,' drifli th, int-ertredto part the coin
Iptatits and was- accused 'of striking. the German ;
it did.not, -however, appear, that he, had taken an
unfair part in
..the affra,yi the Loan MAYoR 'there7
fore `dischargedthe parties.
Tuesday afternoon, al-Mr. T. Hqthaway, a respe6l-
- fanner, of.Low'er SWell," near
,StoW, was return-
ing from the above fair,. be Was thrown from his
horse, which took fright, and so dreadfully hUrt, that..
fie expired in a short time after : he has left a wi
dow and twelve children, besides a numerous ae-
.
quaintance, to lament his death.

The‘ beautiful and costly monument ere6ted in the,
garden ofcount,FRANCESCO LE GinsTE, in Verona,
in 1799; to the memory of the gallant Austrian Ge-
ile-raiKEltyl, has been broken in pieces by order of
King,Jossrx. •

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(Froin'tht brev:i YOrk Paper of the ?,tli
EL' CLEMENTS, FOR !THE, LIIIRpER Off'

PriIAL P'

I HIS WIFE ANAPI)6IIIO),,REN4
.At a Di,:triol Court, hold en „at "MOrgantovt-n; in
May, the Grand -Tiler found aii indiarient against
Abel ClernB7l6;..for the- murder of his :wife an&eight
. children. Only one Judge _ (the Hon...FRANCIS T.
• E.ROOK4 king- present,..„bespetitiened the Court to
permit his trial to Come '6;l. Applicletion was made
hith ‘to "the G.'..TACKsdri and P.
squires, ke be his,..Counsel ; but Mr.
. JACKSON and INfr,-Donnarpoß differing in -opinion,
with respetlt to. the course proper to, be' purSued in
hiS..defence, Mr..DennarnoE deelinFd hating any
thing to do with it, and. the 'defence was condu6ted •
by'Mr. JACKSON alone.' , •
On the setond.day 'of the term, -Clements was
:brought tothe-I3ar, andhiPetition being Teal, the
Judge interrogated blur respeetiriti- its coetents; :and
his sanity-of mind. 'He declared, that he. wished.
.his trial to come-on,. and. that was then in his
senses. .He was immediately arraigned, and pleaded:.
not guilty., In, sele6ting the Jury, lie made his own
challenge, his Counsel, being silent. He
anxious to selea men of themOst respectable •and
genteel appearance. ' • •
George Nicety, the first Witness.examined by the
Proseentor, testified, that lite had, purchased the'Pri7;
sonees lease Arid crop, and went to his house early on
Monday morning, the of.NOverntier;. 1805,. to
get ,pernrission of Abe Prisoner to put the-corn on
the upper floor (the Prisoner having enade_Arrange-••
meats to depart with his family to the Sate of Ohio'
on the Wednesday :following),. He gOt. to the Pri-
soner's house 'about sun , up, er a httie, after, and
.found the door shut: -He heard no noise, but knock:
.ed at the door; the Prisoner answered, "wait a
little,,and I will let yoU in. direa-tly.'-' He stepped..:
back from 'the door three or.four steps, and. stood.;
he heard some person -walking
,briskly across-. the
floor, and:beard the. shaking cif clothes, as if some
person was spreading them.
_ln about seven or eight-
minutes the Prisoner unbolted the door And let the
witness in. A little girl, the niece :if the. Prisoner,
was sitting by the fire. The Prisoner stood by the
fire-place, and began to rub his hands; and, pick his
clothes. He unbuttoned his trowsers, stripped them.
down to his heels, then buttoned them again, took
off his shoes, and put them on,. then scraped some
rotten wood from the back log, and ,rtibbed
hands with it.. The witness then remarked- to •
him, he seemed .to . be in' trouble,•-What --was the
matter ?He replied,' be had been . trouble for
•some time. The witness supposed be was .d;:aurbec.l
about moving from the country, having frequently,
in the course (dale last three orfourweeks, seen
him in a'rrielaneholy situation, wringing his hands;
muttering to himself. He began to expostulate with '-
him, told him -it Was useless to be uneasy, he would.
soon get over it. The Prisoner became moire corn.-
posed. The witness then aSked if be might put the
corn on the tipper 'floor : Prisoner replied he should
not, he had some rye And oats there, and the joists
had been broke by pitting corn there- befbree and.
said he should not be ready to move on -‘,Aredoesday.
While they were -talking, the Prisoner 'took out a
pocket knife and whiffed a stick. The witness went
from the house„ took off his saddle, and turned his
lcose •' • went back to the zuia esked•the
Prisoner; lybowas sianditig at the doore if he might
put his saddlci• in .the house. Prisoner, told him to
throw it behind the 'door; which he ,did. When
in the house-, the witness.‘„had a view- of. two beds,
from behind a half partition • the clothes were smooth
upon
.them; though- they: had not been: slept
in. He saw _.ne blood either On the Prisoner-or.
about the house.. . When the ._witness. 'left., the .
house., 'he went On', the': road .towards Clarksbuth, •
which was abobt a mile :distant, 0a his:w
.aye 4;
met Isaac C ile letli!'s, the Pris-oner's , brother, riding.
In a brisk trot 1).1e, Prisoner's house, but dith•
not speak to hiM. Witness, went to .J-.G.Jackson's, •
and alter some time ljeairi, Clements ha, .4 thUrdered,
his 'family, He, with.ColOfterJaCksoneimmediately; ,
rah as fast as lie could to the house, .Where he found
the Prisoner's' brothel inother, and
•
Siker; With7ber:-,llUsband.,- and`ene or.two,et4ers.-=4.
The Prisoner was gene,. The, brother appeared.,
dwelt . distressed, but. neither .01
v. e . nietirer or sister. e
were greatly affeaed. l'he bodiesere,- all laid. at
their length oc-rtheir backs in iaeds, arid witness I
thought their faees had been, wiped, with a wet
cloth:''

. . „
ISaae Clements testified, that he ciot to the-house
•he Supposed, ahotit sunrik,, though tie. had met.
Nicely on the road,. The Prisoner:, was sitting .by,
the fire, whiffing a stick, but stepped almost di
-
redly ;out of the door;.. Witness saw some appear-
ance of blood, and asked The :little girl- Where tlip
family were ? 'The child replied, she did not
know. • lie stepped to the bed, to waken one of the t
boys, to feed his colt. 'The:paleness of ,the
first struck him, and he iMmediately. called' to the •
`Prisoner,'" What is,the Matter with the child
He replied, ‘,‘ Nothing." 1 He stiatChed„the clothea,,
off the'bed and perceived they were murdered; .at,,
the same instant snatched the clothes cif the mo,"
tiler's bed, and 'perceived she Was killed. also. •In.
the first moment Of horror, Witness knew not what
he did. He told the Prisoner he had killed his
.farnily, and asked what would become of him ?,.
Prisoner replied, 'he hoped to
.go to Heaven; and'
said, that" while he was hunting his horses sorne_
person came in and killed' them. Witness then sent
the little girl to her grandmother, who lived about
half a mile distant. He 'could give-no distin& c-
connt of what he was about 111 the absence, Of the
girl, and before the arrival of the Mother. When the.
mother came,. lie saw her, go up to the Prisoner, and
speak with him, but.did not hear what passed: The
Prisonees, sister and her husband, --- Rowan, carue
with the mother.
This Witness, upon being examined, said;.that lie
had found a Will made by the ,Prisoner, in.a book,.
but could riot recollect whether this Will was found
On the . day of the murder, or afterwards': neither
could he state to whom the-book belonged in which
the Will Was found. He•said;that tlie.Wlli was not.
'in his posseSsion; he left it in 'the court-house at the
called court. He also stated, ,thatsome time -before
the murder, he heard the mother say,,that the. Pr-
isoner was out of his bead, and ought to be blp6ded:..
He understood froin his_ ni.othei,. that, the ..Prisoner:
bad appointed, that'he should meet him at a particu- .
lar place, on a certain day; he went ,but did La
see the

far/an tettified, that- on Sunday even; '
before the murder, he and bis.family Were al: the
PrisOner'S house until nine o'clOck:; -One °l'.ih
Prisoner's children was absent at an uncle's; and
anoiNer had been sent tit hurry it-home. It was
late before it arrived..' The Prisoner seemed uneAy,
and talked of going after them if they did not cornei
he talked also of,whipping. then-Le. Early on Men-
day morning, the little girl came Own, and said lieri
uncle Isaac was frightened to death, and her uncle
Abel's family were all murdered2'• He Set 0+ irn
nie-
diately, and met Isaac some distance froth the house;
making great lamentations. They .Went back to-
gether. The'Prlsoner was standirer by the fire, ill a
melancholy posture The dead' bodies Wiereall coL
vered up in the bed; and Isaac threw the elethes off,
-and shewed. their to biro. 24 that time beedid not
notice in .what situation die dead bodies hire He
Went dire&iy to.tell the deed ..eornan's mothereepho
lived about two mileS deee-a. - He *told heepereie
what had happened, until his return. When .11c
',went away be left the Prisoner in the house, and•
his mother and brother Isaac_ at the doOre no other
person was there. Upen examining the dead bodies
iaftete his return, they were all- laid opt. at their
Upon their baCks, and their eyos
t They found,two axes bloody, the handle 'broke 61F-
one, and the axe lying by the murdered
,Colonel' George Jackson testified, that when he
got. to the Prisoner's house; with Nicely, the morn-
ing' t ft. the murder,. they were first met by tee
Prisoner's' mother, whn exclaimed-that the family
was murdered and robbed. He inquired what had
becoine of the Prisoner—she replieif,' she believed;
orcexpee-ted, he bad hung hirmielf. 'Witness
,tea!!tet
.aloud for Prisoner; ..believing, if he heard Wttness'S
voiCe.be would answer, but no answer •w :is; reL •
ttfrnede trponeexernining-the deird bodiesehe foUnd,
that the woman had received two blows oe
the; fpreheed; with: the pole of ,an axe ; that ell
the others-bad been killed at (inc 'blowe'on the tide •
or fore partolthe.head, with the pole or edge bt an ,
axe; and witness believed that all -had received in-,
staritaneous deatheexcept two Of the children, who
had struggled a little. He examined Isaac-Cle-
ments about the appointments mentioned in his tes-
timony. Isaac intbrmed him of the time and place.
'He went with others to the place at that time; No
person was. there.:;- but saw fresh , tracks of an horse.-
He had seen the Will mentioned by Isaac; believed
it the Prisoner's hand-writing. "rids Will devised -
the' property to Isaac and the mother, except some
legacies-to. those to:whom the Prisoner was indebted:
About nine days..after the murder, the Prisoner stir-.
rendered himself-to the Witnesss, and his son J. G
JaekSon. The Prisoner'was a close but honest mitre-
and apparently-attached to his family. Some time
before the murder, Prisoner had sold his crop to the
Witness ;•liad requested and obtained a rue bargain. •
again. applied to the WitnesS to take it, and pres-s-
ed" him much to do it—among others expressions,
Prisoner said, " for God's sake, take it ; you, will f
save memd my family," or " my wife and tinnily,"
Witness did. not -recolle6l- which: Colonel Jackson
remembered the day of the month this conversation
happenede the Will bore date the same day. •
Mrs. Davison testified, that she direded the lay-
ing out ofThe dead bodies. They could not find
Sufficient linen for that purpose, although the peo
pie were supposed to have had a plenty of such things. ,
In examining for that purpose, they found a bundle •'
of clothes tied up and thrown on the left. ID this ,
bundle 'they found a small child's frock, much
blooded, and also a *man's shirt; the sleeves: and
breast of whip!' were very bloody. The shirt AVM.
otherwise clean, and Of the same size and -
tion. of :linen with one found on One 'of the' dead
bodies:` The 'morning before .the Prisoner was rer
moved from -Clarksburg gael, sheasked him it it was
jealousy .made him kill his wife He answered it• • •
-was'net, without adding any more.
SeVeral Witnesses.were examined 'on the part of
.theTrisonere. whose testimony went tp prove 'that
he was.insane. The. Juryefiounci,him Guilty, and htii
was Sentenced- tohe hanged. .- •

DUBLIN,. AUG. 12.

• • .
This day.a. magpifieent Entertainment teas-given
at Phoenix I4odge by the LORD LIEUTENANT. and
Dtitchess Of:II,4DFORp. Every preparation which
taste and brilliancy.: could suggest, .was Made to
tendel-It .brilliant and delightful ; and we have
no doubt but the.guests will retire from the charm-
inpeene,. highly.delighted with their Eatertainment:
This day being the Anniversary of the Heir Ap-
parentsbirth, thefiag wag hoisted on Bedford Tower,
and 'a Aoyal Salute was fired in the Park and at the
Pigeon-house... The day ,will be celebrated at the
Castle to-morrow. , .

•
'An English Gentleznaii -who has just returned
'.from-his travels in the United States of America,
"observes, that he %,73.S much a tonislied, white there,
•it .seeing'the.novel trade adopted by the fiirineri in
Peppsylvdni., New York,
.and the New England,
States,' of- manuring 'their:A:And ; and seeing then).
-sowingsoinething in their fields-which he could not
make out ‘N-cliat it consisted of, found out, on inquiry,
it was .PUlveriZed Gypsum ; or, as they call it,
Plaster Stone,
_plasterilig their lands, and which
they apply- their lands that are croppe with
either grass or corn indiscrirlianately, at the rate of,
seven or eight bilshelS to the aere.;. and they tell you
that from: the. experience of'.2o.years' since its first
introdu&ion ititolhat Country, they find they can
obtaih double crops by,theuse.of it, and that itis by far
the cheapest manure they carruse. They always sow
it on the land as a top-dressing, and in every "month
in the year, from Marcli,to NoVeniber. At the dis-
tance •of 130 iiiires from Philadelphia lie met-waggons •
of it, Which:had been broughtallthe way from that.
City by land carriage for Manure,. and they took in ,
one load sufficient for seven or eight acres of land.
There is from 150 to 2.00 Sail 'of Vessels, it, Is,
sup-
posed, that are kept constantly sin the trade, go-
ing bac.kw:ards and forwards';' carrying the Gypsum
Stone, in- its unprepared' state, from the, places
Where it is obtained; - for the of • the New
York :and Philadelphia Mal-Ices, where it is pui-
lierized, and sent. from. thence to all parts ad-
jaCent. And-he i • conVinced, if this tha-
'Pure was, adopted in this 'Country, where •it is to
to be had so plentiful and cheap, its • etTe6ts do The
-land would be as beneficial as it is in America; and
he cbticeivis it may be used to very great adVan;-.
'cage ou-the lands of 'sonic' of our -old sculed Islands
in the, West Indies, partieulari Barbadoes; Antigua,.
and Jag-Mica.