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

DIBLE V. BATCHELOR, SMITH, AND EyANS.

This was an action for assault and-. false imprison-
ment. The Planti'd 'formerly resided in this city,
which he had quitted, leaning his wife and faintly
residents in the Castle Precincts. The Defendant,
Mr. Batchelor,' had beili Depoty,Govertior of
.St.
Peter's Hospital. The other Defendants Were a
-constable; and the keeper of St. John's Bridewell.----
The Plaintiff was apprehended at Salisbury, under a'
warrant of Mr. Alderman Daniel, wherein "he was
charged with having-left his taMily-burdensome to
the Parish; and he was brought from Bath, in etArl-
pally, with one Garland, apprehended ' tbr
.leaving
ba,tard children alike chargeable. Mr. Batche-
lor was at the Hospital when they arrived,. and it
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appeared in evidence, that, by ails order, Smith
took. Dible to Bridewell, where be was received by
Evans, without inquiring under whose authority he
was. committed.
The Plaintiff remained in Bridewer eight days
and seven nights,, at :which time he was conveyed
.boiore Mr. Alderman Daniel, when there appeared
no charge against Itirri,„ Opt what had been foUnded
in mistake, and he_ was accordingly discharged.
Jo mitigation of damages, the Judge agreed with
the Defendant's Counsel, in .observing that. there
was no malicious conduct proVedAgainst
the Delendants,-7.Datnages t si. •

EARTIIQUAKE.,---A kw minutes beforeitwo o'clock
•
in the mowing of Friday se, ning,ht, the shock of an
earthquakeev was
andfelt'v er)sensibly in the, town of
Wl-t enneighbourhood, and the agitation,
e.itha
according to-the most minute observations respectinfr •:•
•
it, continued from three to five seconds. The vvea:7
ther, •as observed innnediately • after :the niotion-!
ceased, was close and sultry, the barometer stood at
inchcr3 3-font tiff;, and there was no wind. its di-,
reaion is supposed .to have been from the south-east,
accompanied by a rumbiing noise in the air : there
was not sufficient light to make any other okiserva,',
Sion imniediately alter the shock, except that of the
atmosphere being eery thick and hazy.• The con-
sternation it 'caused In that town was very ,great : a
chimney in Tangier-street was thrown down ; three
people, in different parlS of the town, were thrown
off their feet, and one of I.hent.considerably hurt,•
but no farther damage was done. We have accounts
of the shock being telt at the following plaCes,
Workington, the Quay a little damaged ; Maryporf;
Cockermouth, Redman), Keswick,: Lorton, very.
severe, but no damage; Egreniont,
.some chimnies
thrown down, and a part of the ruins of the Castle;
Bootle, Broughton, Ravenglass, Ulverston, no da-
mage; Abbey-holm, Wigton, Carlisle, Brampton,
no damage; Kendal, Lancaster, Garstaog, Preston,
Hakesend, no damage; Penritli, Appleby, Brough,
some old walls 14 ere throwii down in the neglibour-
hood of these place- in the Isle of Man, and
Dublin, no damage whatever. These are all tl e
places we have accounts from ; but there is little
doubt of its having been general, at least through
these, kingdoms. The shock was felt at Newcastle
Kelstr, Kirkcudbright, - Dumfries, Leith, Edin-
•burigh, &c. ,

• SINGULAR RotttitY....--In the course or saturdaY
.nighta or early on. Sunday morn*, the `following
curious robbery was effected afiChelinsf'ord, in Esst'x'
An Officer in the Essex Militia, who is quartered at
Chelmsford, and lOdges, at a Pastry•scook's, with his
'spouse; retired to rest at their usual hour. In the
course of.the night he awoke, and wishing to know",
the hour, he felt 'for his breeches, in which he Con-,
ceived his-watch and money lay secure, for he bad,
placed
,them• under his pillow ;
.but to ! they were
olf. This alarmed him, and.awakening his spousei..,.
she •too became alarmed for- the safety of her watchi
which .she had himg at the head of the bed, :ad rent.'
ceived that was gone also! There was no
cion attached to any. of the fatniliy ; and it is stip'
posed that the thief entered by means of the draw' •
ing-room, window. It is-to-be observed that the,
Captain is, very deaf.
. •
On Monday night, as two lads, servants at a pub".
lie-house in Spitalfields; were going to bed, one of
them observed to the-otherathat persons were hang.'
ed in his part of the country quite different • ta!!le•
method used •in London. To illustrate this matt...!
ment,ahe.tonl: a :ropcirom tzis. pocket, tjed it. round
his neck, and suspended him Self fro to the bel-posh
His companion, howeler,. becoMiug alarmed; cut
him down, apparently strangled: he ,called up the
family, and a surgeon was sent for, who, after two
hours perseverance, succeeded in rep m. ring tile
youth froin the effeCts of an experiment which had
nearly proved fatal to him.
An extraordinary accident. happened on Wednes-
day, in High:street, Maigate, which may- be tech.;
oned amougst the pros ideuttal escapes.----The
chi
of a Mr. Scale, .or*a lodger in the house, whit:7li AO
just able to run along,
,was plat} tog to a dark closet
in the secondathior, whets, on a sudden, was
missed by a seta ant, and was found to have 1111101
through a hole that had not' before ttten perceived,
but which communicated with ,he floors belowa•a—
Upon b,eaking open the wainscot of the flootathq
child was at length perceived lying between the
wainscot'. and the wall of t,te
_ground floor, from
whence with some difficulty it was taken, after the
wainscot had been removed. It had fallen at least
twenty feet perpendicular, and passed by • several
nails which projected out in his way,; .yet it was •
scarcely injured, having received only. a few 'slight
bruises and scratches. The petticoats were drawll
over its head, so as 'to prevent its crying ; and hail.
it not been discovered immediately it would'ltaie
been in great danger of suffocation. The hole was
like a well or, shall ,between the chimney. and the
closets ; it was so narrow :IS, only. to adtoit of the
- falling nearly pCrpendicular. As it is possible
its hands were extended 'at the .raomen; of its slip'
ping through, it may be presumed that the child.;
life was saved by that circumstance alone., Had o'4
the servant been near at the time, no' one in 44,11,)
house would have-conjectured where. it was; t"
mother..ana aunt had, been in the closet once before
without thaerving the hole. Tes'Avas the only Or'
civil% child out of ten. .
On Monday_ St:l-tight a case of a singular nature
.wa4 tried at' Cork Assizes, heiote. liana-m(3EOlO4f)
and a Special Jury., . It was
-an aetfou'be-i,ualit by the
Crown, at the.insaaoce of tie neva MraMatauseA
to try an issitea a heater Mrs. Creagh,. daughter, of
C. Widenham„ of Castle Widenham, Cristledowa'
Roche,• Was-of a sound and dispoging mind a 1411.3
1, period of. herauarriage with Mr. Maunsell.
M‘MA HON stated the case for the proseCntiOn at cell'
siderabie length. .appeared tliat the yonag,L4di.
.in question is the-only child o) C. Widt obant,. ET
and is posegst:d of
,sonic property and forttiriea Site
martied, some time, in 'the year 1801, John' 3.
Creagh, This Gentleman 'dying in
lett .is widoW'a jointure of-21)01. per annum,"
13001. assets, inuependent of ab annuity. deriving'
from her father. Tar:- death -of her hnibaad
such 'an etfeCt on the feeling' and sensibility
Creagh as, caused a mental derangement,
Prosecutor inahitairied Wars'but of a tempOrary
tore, whilst the, Defendant asserted, it continuo t
nearly the present tune wit hout'any intermission.-", „
After a very long tuvegigation; the Jury returtieu
verdict for 'Mr. Wide:lllam.

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