The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-28 00:00:00

DUBLIN ,§ESSIONS, AVG: 20.

Andrew Powell was arraigned at Kilth,tinharn
signs-house, before a respcl-,table Jury, tbr having
.at
Kill, in the parish of Monkstown, county of Dub-
lin, stabbed Timoth7,r ,French, with a piteb-fork;
infliaing on hith divers wounds; of which he'in-
f -
stantly died.
Mr. GREENS, for the. Prosecution, stated, that the
deceased was a Man brought Up in a I;ne of servitude;
had ced at Eyre-court, in the County of Gal way,l;nt
latter::, with a Mrs. Arrnsiron,:;; hada wife and three
who resided in Eilbeggan ; and on being dis-
Charge from 'theserviee of Mrs Armstrong-, in whOse
family he had resided lor'Six Years, he went to his fa-
' roily, but finding it impossibleto assist them while Out
of place, he-carne to town to seek one, and-was re-
, cevecl into the house of Mr. Hudson, a Gentleman of
thr. Bar, nearly allies to _Mrs. Armstrong, until such
tine as his exertions with Mr. Hudson could procure
him a situation fit fdr his support andithat of his fanii-
In the mean time hL determined to betake him-.
„self to labour; and worked in a quarry ; but after'
-Some. time he-found himself incapable of sustaining.
such hardship, and resolved to go into the country to.
make hay. Having met with the Prisoner at the Bar.'
.on the 24th July,a conversation ensued,wherein they
agreed to go and enter into the harvest work of Mr.
Osbrey, at. Rathgar. The deceased. returned to Mr.
Hudson's, as was his custom, at night, and meeting
With an (Ad acquaintance there, informed him of the
advantage he thought would accrue to him by going
into the country with the ',Ptis,oner; they accord-
ingly
set out next morning, Jaeing Friday, the 25th.
The deceased hid a watch, and was dressed rather
better than labouring men 'usually are. They
breakfasted with a dich'ael Reilly ; from thenCe,
proceeding towardS Rochestdwn, they went upon
the lands of a Mr. Kirk, where they applied-person-
-ally to that gentleman for work. He referred them to
his steward, Middleton, and, at length; after some
biggling about the'price of a day's labour, commenced
work about the hour of twelve o'clock for t 3d. each.
About three o'clock they quitted work for some
refreshment, and went to the house of one O'Hara, a
publican', where theyeat 'and drank, returned to their
labour, which, they quitted at eight o'clock. Middle-
ton importuned them to take a bed at his house
that night, in order to, recommence their work
early next morning ; but this .kindness they, de-
dined, preferring to-return to aHara's, where they
remained until nine o'clock, having drank but one
pot of porter, in apparently the most amicable
terms, and left the house as perfea friends. About
eleven o'clock that night shrieks were :distinOly
beard, and in. the morning neither the deceased or
the Prisoner bad returned to their work ;- but two
persons, on-breaking up a rough cock of bay, found
the body of the deceased mangled in a most horrrible
manner, and stripped almost naked, with a pitchfork
covered half Way on the handle with blood, lying near
the corpse of the deceased.— His skull. was fradured
in different places; his urn broke near the shoulder ;
and several wounds on his fice, belly, and thighs.—
ThiS statement was supported by six witnesses, and
the identity of the-deceased's watch, boots, hat, and
clothes proved, having been found in possession of ,
the Prisoner.

In the course of the evidence it appearedsthat _he
had changed his name, and usually went by the
name of Andrew Watson; under which he was en-
rolled in a corps of Yeomanry, under the ;command
of L;eut. Weeks; who-was active in apprehending
butgave him a good charther, as a quiet peace-
able young man, for Lthree.years that he:had known
him. The circumstance of changing his name, Mr.
Weeks attribUted to his hay ing been one of the Found-
ling children, with whose nursesitbecomes habitual
to give them, their own names, notwithstanding any
names they might have previously received in bap-
tism. The Prisoner, in an uninfluenced confession
he made to a Mr. Homey, an attorney and magi-
strate, accused the Middletons of the murder, but re-
voked this ConfessiOn, and made another, wherein
be exculpates them, and solely accuses himself.
The 'CHAIRMAN, in a very solemn manner, charg-
ed the JurY, who, in'a short- time, returned a ver-
The unfortunate man, in imploring for a long day,
which the law prohibits, denied knowing any thing
of the transa&ion. He received sentence of death
under very strong marks of emotion, and was order-
ed for execution no Friday, at the meeting of two
roads near O'Hara's house, 'in the county of Dublin.

Mr. IVALstt PORTER has been some time em-
ployed in superintending the improvements at Carl-
, ton,Honse ; but it is said that that Gentleman's,
system has not given entire satisfaaion, and that'
considerable changes are to take place.
, HORNCASTLE' FAIL-In anticipation of this great
Fair, as ea-ly as Thursday and Friday week the town
Was filling with dealers from all ports of the United
.Kingdom, and the show of horses was considerable.
Last week the company was very numerous : horses
fetched high prices at company
but upon the whole run
of the fair 'are considered to have gone off full ;).6 per
cent. lower than last year. Some remained unsold.
One -dealer bought six horses for a sum exceeding,
900 guineas. In another instance, on one of the
early days of the fair, a horse was sold for.-9.51. to a
person who on the following day,. disposed of it for.
*5Ol. and the purchaser has since refused 300 gs: for
it. • • .
• The Ashford Volunteers, Consisting of three com-
panies of sixty privates each, whose pay, with the
Officers (exclusive .of The triennial allowance for
clothiig), cost .12001. a yearaid upwards, have
unanimously agreed to continue their services under'.
the new regulations ; by which 'Government will
save;in this very small body of Men, above 9001. a
year. , .

The Public are particularly cautioned to examine
the one and rwo pound Bank Notes now in circu-
. lation,' as there are many forgeries to those amounts
daily taken in the shops. The signatures to the
Note is for the most part, " 1P: Cutdier the imi,
tative is attempted with various degrees of simili-
tude, but some of them are executed in a manner
well calculated to deceive an incautious or unexpe-
rienced,eye.7---Liverpsoll"aper.
On Wednesday se nniglit the shop of Mr.' Sayer,
butcher, at Margate, was broken. open, and robbed
of about 2701. Three men were taken up and e 5 -.
amined„one of whom,-Thomas Yates, confessed the,
robbery, and said, that the money was buried in a
dunghill in the neighbourhood ;- a search was im-
mediately Made, and. about 1201. found hid in dif-
ferent placei,.

JBLLV, AUGUIT

Mlle intelligence froni the North of irti

whiori has l.feen received here,, has created no ordi
nary f3ensation in this City. A 'disCOvery of an lin-
poi-tai ft nature has been Made in Coleraine„ both
infinl to consequence to this Country, and of Consider,
able .dvantage to the Revenue. To the ability and
Vigila :ice of JOUN QUTHEERTi Esq. Surveyor-G:.-i,e-
--ral of Excise, ; he.detc.7.Clion is to. be
huted , and the, seri ice he lia rendered is of a nat
ture t o claim the beit thanks of this Country..--«
This !.....4entleman,' while: upon duty in Deny, •,.) 4iie
ininuteness with which he exaMined every brai.eli
of the. public Revenue, discovered that an illi-
cit • huportation Of coarse woollen-drapery—fine
fustian stuff's,. &c. &c. of Yorkshire mattuti:,,i,
'had, by the skill and contrivance of the English
manufz:Cturefs, supplied the Northern Irish Inar7
ket in .violation of the Act of Union, whicth had.
expresily provided against such practice. The
circulation of these manufakaureS bad been carried-.
to such an extent, as to render every retort
the prpsperity of similar 'articles of Irish t»anu-.
faaure ineffednal—and to keep7them completely
out of Ihe market.. Even in 'Belfast, where a ma-
nufaaory of these articles ,vas attempted to be e7'..a-
blis4ed,, supported by spirit and enterprize, and an
abundant capital, it was unsuccessfal, the iz.ar ket b
ing alivalys supplied, and at a 'cheaper rate, by the
fraudulent imported articles. This pernicious trade!,
besides being injurious to the efforts of our tiaL.
tine industry, was also of material kkadvantage to.
the Revenue, Which suffered a daminutiOn of mote -
than • 40001. annually, and that ,fOr several years
back. The able Oilicer who discovered the exist=
ence of this trade, has ascertained it to con-AC-lion
by the seizure of 35,000 yards of English drapery,
which had been imported, but not entered at the
port of Coleraine, and which paid only one tenth of
the duty which. they ought to
.have paid. This is
a subjeft to congratulate the country upon—tho;e
manufactures were finding their way to parts of the
Kingdom remote from the place of
.their importa-
tion, and • would,- in a short time, have given an
irreparable blow 'to every manufaetory of a sitnilar
description in Ireland. Sir JonN NEwroter will, it
is not. to be doubted, estiMateithe nature of the ser-
vice rendered to the Country in this,instance; and a
subject is offered for his patronage in-the talents and,
zeal of Mr. CUTBBERT, which, directed to their full.
capacity, may be of future advantage. toa Country to.
whose prosperity and happiness the Irish Chancellor_
is attached .wikh such patriotic regard, and. such un.
remitting diligence.

On Monday night last, about twelve o'clock, a
house at Coleville, within a quarter of a mile of
Clontnel, in the possession of Mr. WILLIA:4 HAR-
VEY, .was maliciously set on fire, and the persons
who were in it,• two servants of hiS,,with great dif-
ficulty made their escape, the burning lots, near•
ly falling .on them, being the first notice they
had of their danger. A detached . out-office, and a
large -rick of bay adjoining it, at a short distal►ce from
the house, were set on fire at the same time, 'end the
'whole, with a considerable quantity et furniture, and
other valuable articles in the dwelling house, were
totally constimed.
•

WONDERS/ WONDERS !

IRELAND.-INIARYB 1(0061, Atm.

• (EXTRACT or A. LETTEIL)
re„
A circumstance of an extraordinary nature hay
lately happened :—As three Gentlemen (two of
whom were Attornies, coming to the Assizes of this
town') were crossing the Curragh of Kildare, on
Friday the Ist instant, a violent storm of wind and
rain came on, which caused them to resort to their
umbrellas for proteaion'against the rains and in a
veryfew minutes, one of the umbrellas was wrench;
ed, by the violence of 'the storm, from the hand of
the Gentleman who held it, and carried aloft, ne:ltly
out of sight, but fell in a short time, and was atzai4
suddenly raised from. the ground by a whirl t‘
carried up quite out of .sight, and has never Since
been heard of, although the Gentietnan who lost it,
and the others who accempaniztl hi,u, watched for
the return of it for a considerable time ; and. al-
though the follcwing occumnce. bears a fibuions
appearance, yet it is an undoubted faa : the Gentle,
man who lost the umbrella, whilst anxiously wait-
ing' its return, was suddenly wrested Cram his saddle,
carried a few yards up, and afterwards let down
within a short distance of his horse.

" The Gentlemen above alluded to, were JOHN
SCOTT, SAMUEL SCOTT, and JOHN BUTLER.
" I certify the above, . " JOHN BUTLER."

.PUBLIC-OFi'ICE, HATTON-GA RDE N. -- A
man-
servant, in the employ of the late Mr. CLirrouti,
of Gray's-Inu-spare, was charged, by the Executois,
mi-suspicion of stealing a large quantity of apparel,
rings,• and a pair or pistols. The nature of his de-
fence was not probable, saying, that they were the
gift of his master, with whom he had only Eved
a short time. He was committed fur re-examina-
tion.

PUBLIC OFFICE, WORSHIP-STREET.--,YeSterday
two dustmen were committed for re-examinatiou,
beibg charged, on suspicion, with stealing a (plan,
City of Madeira from' the premises of a Gentleman in
Finsbury-square, when they were taking away the
ashes.

Fiiday se'nnight as the Bishop of Durham's
g
coachman and, a visitor's footman were bathing inJ
the Wear, oppositeocksrow Bridge, they both of
out of their depths : the coachman with dii-licuity
regaiped the shore ; the other was seen in a drown-
ing - state by a number of spedators, who
:were
afraid to venture to his assistance, the place was
so extremely dangerous. A youth, not 15, belong-
ing to Mr. J. Graham, Innkeeper, Bishop Auckland,
boldly plunged in, and succeeded in bringing tip'
• the dying man ; when the- latter, by a cunt/ ulsive
grasp, seized-the poor boyround.the neck with his
arms, and both went to the bottom. Their 1444 now
seemed inevitable. Fortunately Mr. Wilkinson, of
iißilleheier, came up,'ar,d by the offer. of a reward,
prevailed on a young man, named Hend,r,on, who
:could swim, to try to save the lives of the two. He
first brougnt the boy asnore,and afterwards the man,
without any, appaient signs of life ; nut by prop,r
medical assistance they were both restored io Ine.
The young man was very liberally rewarded by Air,.
W. and the Bishop. '