The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-25 00:00:00

POLICE.

PUBLIC OiSFiCE, 'BO \V-STEE":I'. Yesterday the
chargea2ainst Kelly and Edwarb, the reputed houce
breakers, on suspicion of =havilig 'bake open the
house of Mr. Kearns, of Tottenhancortroad, and
stealing linen-drapery goods to the amount of 8001,
under ent a farther investigation before Mr. GRA-
HAM. Wilkinson, the patrOle, produced the Irish-
linen and catobrick tou,lins found in the qeh of the.
Prisoner Kelly's wife,• in Newgate, who
.is under
sentence for uttering forged notes; but the marks
having bem tilt off, and otherwise djsfigured, the Pri-
soner could not swear to the property, though he had,
every reason to believe it to behis. Wilkinson said,
when he and Mr. Newman were'searcLog in New-
- gate, they were told that Mrs. Kelly and Edw<irds's
wife had been busily employed in cutting the niarks
off linen, and sending it out of the prison for several
days past. ,Wilkinson like Wise produced the pick-
lock keys he found in, a bOx belonging to Mrs. Kelly,
one of which he found opened the street-door Of the
Prosecutor's house with great ease.
Kelly, of course, denied all , knowledge of. any •
thing that was found in the possession of his wife.
MANSION-HOUSE.—YesterOay Thomas Gi.ifn, a
genteel young man of good connexions,, who has
been in custody these last ten days, was examined,
being charged on suspicion of forging and uttering,
a draft on the Banking-house of Messrs. Down,
Thornton, and Co. for t 501. purporting to be drawn
by Mr. Vine, a broker, in Threadneedle-street.—
This young man had previously been several times
examined before the LORD MAYOR. Yesterday the
circumstances were fully-gone into, and the Loup
MAYOR, after hearing the evidence and the Solicitors
on both sides, did not think there were sufficient
prOofs to commit him for trial. The Prisoner wai
therefore discharged.
PUBLIC OFFICE WORSHIP-STREET.---A man of
the name of Arthur Langfi)rd was charged on sus-
picion of having stolen one pound of Piedmont
of the value of Ms. the property of Mr. James Du-
bois, his employer, a master silk-weaver, in Vine
Coutt, Lamb-street, Spitalfields. The property was
traced to the possession of the Prisoner, who, not
being able to' make a satisfaEtory defence, was fully
cotrimitted to take his trial at the next Old Bailey
Sessions.

• A dealer in old iron w4s conviCted in the penalty
of four pounds, for haring in his possession a quan.
tity of iron and brass of which he could not give a•
satisfaCtory account.

QUEEN-SQLAUE:--7- Yesteiday a soldier of -the
Guards, named Pointer,, and his wife,
,Were,charged
with feloniously stealing the kit of a Serjeant of the
German Legion.
It happened that on the preceding night the Pro 7;
secutor Went with nine recruits to the White Horse;
in the Broadway, Westminster, where he had ob-
tained lodgings for then., Ito have a pint of beer each.
They were sitting there, when three soldiers of the
Guards, of whom Pointer was one, came in, and
presently. the Ilicof.the S,!rj,zant, cpntaining shirts,shoes, pantaloons, 'waistcoats,. and Other necessarieS
for a soldkr, with 'the regimental' papers and attesta-
tions, were taken a Nay. 'As soon as it was disco-
vered, information was given, and the property was
traced, part to Pointer's lodgings, and the remainder
'to where his wife had removed it.—They were both
committed for fUrther examination on Tuesday next.
A great number of duplicates were found upon the which, it is supp-oiecl, may lead to the dis-
covery of sOnte'othe: robberies that_have lately been
committed.

Yesterday afternoon as a Gentleman, whose name
we understand to be GOODESON,. a Captain in the
Army, in company with another Gehtlethal), was
driving a light chaise at a furious rate 'down the
New Road, Mary-le-bone, the off rein became
loosened from the bit, and the horse went off at
speed.—Mr. G.'s friend jumped out of the gig, and
broke one of -his legs, whilst Mr. G. remained in
his perilous situation, and endeavoured to stop the
animal, but by keeping tight the single icin, the
vehicle was run against a bank, and upset. Mr. G.
was thrown from his seat to a distance of ten or
twelve yards, and, besides breaking his hip bone,
he was so materially hurt by bruises, that his life is
despaired of—The vehicle was broken in pieces.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT..,-All Inquest was 'taken
yesterday at the Craven and Anchor, Brewer-street,
Golden-square, on the body of a child three years of
age, who was killed on the preceding day, by a coach
going over his bOdY. It appeared tin evidence that
the child was playing in the street nearly-opposite to
the door of his father, 'a Jeweller, in the
afternoon of Tuesday; and by some accident he got
_too near the horses belonging to a backncl coach,
which was passing, and he was knocked down the
wheels Of the coach went Over the, body of the clad,
and he was crushed in a manner dreadful to describe,
and after being taken to Dr. Ford, in Golden-square,
he expired in a few minutes. There could' not be
any blame attached to the coachman, and the Ver-
dict was Accidental Death. The father of the child
went into the country a few hours befOre the acei= •
dent, which to him is as yet unknown.

Another inquisition was Taken 'yesterday, in Ox-
ford-road,
.on the bOdy of Jane Adkins, Nirho wqs
found dead on.the preceding night.
was in wretched cheurnstances, and, it
niet her death t*exCessive drinklng.—Verdict—D4
1331 the Visitation. (f God.

17 Yesterday se-niiight a grenadier Meng-nig to the
Guards, named Thomis Hartland, was taken Suci-
. denly ill with a complaint in his stomach, and dic'd
in the course Of a few hours, notwAstanding every
remedy was tried which medical skill 'Could apply,
Astroncr suspicion was excited in the minds ot. the
MedicZGentlemeri•of the Guards, that the man had
been poisoned ; he was in consequence opened, dud
the wearance of
,the stomach justified" tier opinion.
A Coroner's, inquest was. held .on the body, before
J. SimmONs., .Esq. at the Golden Lion, in 4.3 rom-
p Kent, on Saturday, when the Airy, after Ma-'
Lure deliberation, returnt.ci a verdict—Died ty pot_
son odministered.by some person or persons unknounz.
On Saturday se,'nnight, Mr. BAss„,Ainster of t
Viedant,,,ul Cork; Poona to Ja,.laien, o,as stabbed
by a Spanish mulAto, one 4,1 .1-c! \.v ' the of the same
vessel,l'and itninedia.ely ehpi,e ug i-eprKA
from Mr. Bass, w undurstand, ‘A as tut:. only pro-
vocation to this abommawe deed. int. nii,Lreant
has been ~ecured,.but his punishment '.Olt atfOrti but
little consolation to the very fesp Cc:table:connexions
of tiie deceased.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

FsQ. Appellant,
Tat PARISH OF ST. MART, IskINGTON, Respondents.

SEDUCTION.

This tiial, more extraordinary than any we have
recently had occasion to report, interesting as they
have been, excited an uncommon degree of, cu-

riosity. -
. Mr. GURNEY presented the circumstances to the
Court with his usual perspicuity. He was persuaded
he had to lay before the worthy Magistrates a case
which would excite their • utmost attention, and
ee ply interest their feelings on behalf of his client,
who, without any imprudence 'on his part, • was
placed in a situation extremely unpleasant.
The appellant, Mr:F.-, was a young gentleman,
res dent at Islington; his family and connexions
were of the utmost respectability.. He also held a
lucrative 'situation in Somerset-House. The subject
of his ap'eal was an order of affiliation made. by two
of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, oy which they
adjudged him the reputed father. of the. illeg6itimate:
child of a young woman named Sarah H-7 ,
and. dire led that he should provide for, its sustetia-
tion and maintenance. . The ,appellant 'was a per-
son who would have been far from shrinking- from
the sacred duty of supporting 'his ohipring, cress;
though not born in weolock, but be would riot. heSi-
tate most solemnly to declare, that. he had never seen
the mother till August last, when he was seat for
into the Vestry-room of St. Mary, Islington, and,
much to: his astonishment, Sarah asserted
that be was the person with whom she had had cri-
minal intercourse. A regular examination' of the
faCts took place at the Vestry, and the girl stated,
" that in the year 1804 she lived nursery-maid with
Mrs. the tile of a pawnbroker, in Brydge3-
street, Covent-garden ; she was accustomed to walk
in Somerset-House Terrace with her mistress's 'child;'
there sue first became acquainted with
but did not then knew his name ; he asked her for
her aadress, which she gave him, and he- con-,
tinued to meet and correspond with her unth the
time she last saw Imp ; he regularly courted her,
and promised her marriage, as his letters would have
shewn had she not destroyed them ; he- said his name
was Smith, and that hebelonged to Somerset.:House";
that on Whit-Monday in 1804, she went, by appoint-
-mem, to ne introuuced to and drink tea with his sis-
ter; he took her three streets hum her mistress's, to a
hou,e.where he said his sister lived; they had hot been
long there before a servant:canie and informed them
that his sister Was out, but was expeeted home soon.;
they drank tea together, but the sister did not re-
turn he took no liberties with her at that time
he some time afterwards met her by accident in
the gallery of Drury-lane Theatre ; Pizarro was 'the
play she saw acted ; when the play was.over the:
appellant persuaded her to go with him to a house
in the neighbourhood, where that thrhiliarity took
pla:e which terminated in her becoming a mother ;
she never saw him again till July lat, in Islington
Church ; she added, that sh. went to look for him
there, because she was told that a Gentleman belong-
ing to Somerset House went to that church, and fur-,
ther, that the Almighty dire led- her; she avowed
that she had never improperly given her company to
any man bethre or -since." The improbability of
some part of this 'account induced the Magistrates to
order a second one, and upon that occasion the girl
said, " that two-months before the Appellant met her
at the Theatre, she had walked with him to the Old
Bailey, where her• lather lived ; that after she had left
him she was accosted by two w'orriTh, ho asked her
as to the-nature of her connex?on the Gentle-
man whci had jUst quitted her; that she returned
them no answer,' and they Cautioned her against
e•
him, saying, he was a very Wicked young Man,
and if she had any thing to do, With •him she w6P-Id
repent it. In consequence of `this,: she deter Mined
never to See him again. She atterwardS met him,
and informed him- of what the women had said.
He denied any knowledge of them. - She never saw
him again till he accosted her in the-Theatre. Her
brother was to have been with 'hcr; 'but he could not
attend her, and she went alone. After the play-was
over, she was averse "to going out-with him, bur he
-said he was on the 'eve of leaving London, and he
wishe,d to speak with, her before he went. . They
crossed over to a house not-tar from the Theatre. • The
door was open, and a' waiter was. in the pass'ane, with
a bottle of wine in his hand:: She retreated, but. the
waiter told her not to be, alarmed. She proceeded up
stairs into a room, when observing a bed; she again
retired ; but the waiter pushed her into rocm, put •
down the Wine, shut the door, and -went away. The
appellant locked the door, desiring her not to be
afraid. . He then threw her on the bed, and by vio"-
knee overcame her virtue. She was with him an
hour. She did not take off her bonhet, or adjust her
clothes, though there was a looking-glass in the room.
The appellant went nearly home with her, acid promis-
ed to meet her again, but failed of his word. When
she discovered herself to be with child, she watched at
Somerset House for the father, but could not find
him, till she recognized him in Islington Church."
The Learned Counsel having _stated these examina-
tions, urged a variety of arguments inferrina.e their
improbability. He said he should proceed to call
evidence to disprove the veracity of the girl, and be
entertained no doubt but that the Magistrates would •
reverse the order of affiliation.

Mr. Powell, the Prompter of Drury-lme Theatre,
proved en that the Play of Piz-ro was nut performed
on any, one night during the month in which Sarah
said she Shad seen it represented.
- Frederick T-, the Appellant's brother, stated
• that he had passed the Whole 9f Whit-Monday, in
1804, with him ; that they had walked towards
GreenWich, and remained in each other's company
till near teri-at night, and consequently that it was
• impossible the Appellant could have taken the girl
any where to drink tea s.vitli him c,in that evening.
Harriet Dalton proved that the girl did not go to
Islington Church by accident, or by the direetion of
the Almighty, as she had asserted, but had been
purposely placed opposite thepew where the Appel-
' lam usually sat.
A variety of other evidence, tending to exculpate
the ApFehant, was offered.
On the contrary, ii appeared that the Appellant'
hat been to visit the child at Chelsea, where it was
at nurse. circumstance was -attempted to be'

' anstVered•by an allegation, that the per.s6n who had
been deputed by the parish" of Islington to pay the
nurse at' Chelsea a monthly allowance, was a Mr;
T. A' , who held a situation in the Du* of
Cornwall Office, Somerset House ; that the nurse
called at Somerset House to see him, and, by mis-
take, was shei,vn into the Office of the Appellant,
who wishing to ascertain the fait of his friend Mr.
A having a child at nurse, went to ChelSea
to' see it,
.the better to enable him to pass off a joke
attheexpence of Mr. A This joke, how-
ever, seemetrio have a great influence upon the
:minds of the Magistrates.
It was also proved, by the evidence of a Mr. Sims,
that the Appellant had acknowledged to him, that,
about the time mentioned in Sarah H k's ex-
amination;' he bad an intrigue with a fair beautiful
girl, .(and, in other respeets answering the description
of poor Sarah) who bad afterwards been greatly
fc6ted by her indiscretion, and.had gone into fits:—
It appeared this had adually been the case.
Upon a full-and impartial hearing of all the cir-
cums.tarice§, the Courtconfirtned the order of the
.!..,lagistrites, and decreed; that the appellant should
henceforth maintain the child.

OLD B_JILEY, SErr. 24.

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• -kr
ESTERDAN thirty- elg' ht 4-rlsoners were tried,
• twenty-three of Whom were. conviaed of felony ;
one fbr it,rni'sdetneanor ; and fourteen tivereacquitted.
Sable day Sentence of Death was. passed on •Jolin
Whalley, alias Howill,for returning from transpor-
tation ; :John Bek=ley,' alias Barnsley, for the like
odence Charles Lduis'Linguis, for. forgery ; Joseph
'Westwood, far forgery; Alexander M'Kenzie, for
forgery.; David Drew; . for 'horse-stealing ; 'Jane.
Raftry; alias Holden, for uttering counterfeit money,
she haVing been before conViaed of it like offence;
Samuel Bretton, for • stealing a ipiantity of plate in
the dwelling-hOnse o William W.ag-statf; •Mary-
, Woollen, for stealing money and goods in a dwelling-
house 1 Mary Ballard, for stealing a' 01. Bank-zote
,•• •
in 4 dwelling=house; Robert Harrison, a;ias.Brown,
for a
.burglary ; Elizabeth Lloyd, for a burglary;
John O'Donnell,' Samuel Carter, and John Gore,
fof steaiihg in a Liwelling-house; William Hawkins,
' for a highway robbery; and Hannah M'Carty, for
stealing goods piltiately in a shop.