The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-01 00:00:00

STATE OF THE 117:17'2-SII.ARMI?:

GE:ittALL DISTRIBITTION OF THE BaiTlSti

Altl4Y, MAY tEnt:

Fe.':, •
Cat,. ce . Bat. Comp.
25 22 -- 4 74 125 40
- /2 13 6
6 it 13 32 - 62 6
''-- 9 -- 2 --- 11 2.,

Englanci and Wales -
North Britain - -
I relankt - -
Jere Guernscty;
The Hakic - -
G ibraltar - - -
Minorca -
Malta . .
Egypt - - -
Canada, Nova Scotia; 6:c.
West- Indies
Cape cf• Good Hope -
Easx Indies

S - 4
7 --- 1

- • 5
3 22

I 173; --
1 d -.-
4 szS

Total. •41 146 x 3 44- 86 330* 72
•
`.(a) Including the zst Batta:bn •of the tst, and the 64th,
Foot.—tb). The Company.'s Trtopsexclusive.—(c) Ahd Ue-
tac lunekt rs troll/ the Re.e,Corpt.
* Fxcli siyeo: Artillery and Engincereat hq.-ne and abroad;
I ndependza t• Compzu A(lti ttionat Co!kvanies Of I(egi
(At Stations; Rocruitilig Corps,' Vlutltcersi &c.

PUBLIC-OFFICE, BOW-STREET.

'VEST' iv 'DAY Benjamin Beale o,!as brought liefore
FOLD, Esq, .charged with violently as:
saulting, with intenr to ro!) and troktler Margaret
Smith, a respetaable widow, 4‘.'p a chandler's
shop-, iu Chapel-street, Pad.dingtoa.
It at,peared froni the evidence -of a number of
witnesses, that between ren and eleven o'cibek on
Monday night, just as.the Prosecutrix was about to
shut up her
.shop, a Alan carne into and asked
fot a rasher of bacon, which she servetthins with,
when he asked for another,,and he.nishe lmit served
him with it, desired to. have a third, and, by this
extraordinary conduel of ordelii,g a rt:ilier at a
time, she suspe6ted he was cone for the.pnrpoSe of
stealing
.something in the. sltop, which cai4ed her
to fix her eyes. upon him, al:d not lose sight of
him, which he .per,:eiving, Joshed. • upon . her, and
with horrid .imprecations, struck her three violent
blows on tier head with a hruntner which he took
from his pocket, and the bows brought her to the
.ground, DU( her Screams were 43'extr:toely violent,
that he made off without robbing her, 'anti
her screams were extremely loud, her' ri..,inhbdUt.,,
not discover froth. whence they proceeded,
contrived to get to the door of the next' boil •
her, and when the'door was opened she 'fell into ti.,
passage, apparently lifeless, when ?assiStance. was
procured, and she 'was conveyed to Sr. George's
Hospital. •

The Prisoner is a journeythin Sho,2-Maker, and
lives with his master in the utile .nei;3hbourhood,
and about the,tirne her screams 'were heard, the Pri-
soner was knockingat'his master's door, and on his
gaining admittance, hd appeared much agitated, and
after he.had been in some titnei-he inquired of his
master if a Surgeon had-been sent for the woman,
and a- tariety abther suspicious circumstances came
out, which caused the'Prisoner to be susp?eted, and
on Tuesday. he was taken into custody, but through
the imprudence of those who bad him in custo4,
in sufrering him to go from his
.master's shop up,
stairs, under .a pretence.of changing his clothes,
he jumped- out of a hack one-pair-of-
dow, and made his escape ;' and the circumstance
being made known 'to Cridland, one of the. Captains
of the. Patrole belonging to the ahove Qihce, and
he learning that the Prisoner had a brother who
kept a Public-house not far from the neithbour-
hood, he stationed his men within sight of -it on
Wednesday night, and, at a Tate hour; the Prisoner
camel& the-door, when they took him into cus-
tody, ;and early yesterday morning the Officer took
the Prisoner and his men, and several,strangers, to
the bed of the Prosectitrix, and asked her if the
nun was among them who had woundedhea when
she, without hesitation, pointed out the Prisoner.
The Surgeon belonging to the Hospital, who has
attended the. Prom:utrix, was of opinion that her
skull was natured, and, that it had been done by a
round instrument similar to the hammer which was
found in the Prisoner's room, and he habut little
hopes of her recovery. At.the time the Vrosec-u-
-trix was attacked,
.she had Cash .and Notes ~.to the
amount of Sol.' upon her.
The Prisoner denied the charge, but admitted
having been to the shop on Monday night., Be
was committed for further examination..

~ . .
, On Tueiday last was celebrated at the London
Tavern,- the Anniversary of the Huinflne Society.--
The Laid Mayor presided—Lord Willoue,liby de
Broke;Hon.;Philip-Puziey, Q. A. IceMpenfeldr, Esq.
and Dr. LettBptn;. Ilite-Plesiacnts; • and font bun
Ared beneficent aitraacts, honouced this ekcellent
Institution. wiih: their 'presence . lii-i the afternoon,.
1.1,4
the . Cif , -. 0 Marshals:, St.cWard solemn'' s, soien''.rncts.ic, and
aixisiq 2%anneri, introduced an irnmenie prcices-
sioq of. ripiett men, woinen, and cbildrep. 'Ho-
nOrary. Medallions 'were presented by his Lardship
to_ those' Med iralAssistants who. had pro v iilentially
reitOrcif -their ',fellow..creatures to life. Captain
g:t I;rii ‘.;l:lS' unanimously voted thanks for his Inge-
.nious &Nay on the prpervation of the lives of ship-
wrecked mariners.. ‘• The. Treasurer addressed the
respp4able-clOrnparry on. the prOgress o'f the. Society,
at,d after manyinteresting reflections, he obserVed,
" it must be ac nowtedged on the broad basii of
universal 'philanthropy; that in the Sublime Art ?f
Resuscitation, the Moderns rise superior, far supe-
rior to the. Greuian and Roman States.", The vo-
luntary snbseriPtiojis; &c. _afforded the most ample
proofs chat the vi6?ii of thislife.Restoring.Soeicty
- .
are replete with benevolence, wisdom,cl and benefi-
cence.

Yesterday a Track Selman Was examined at the
Police Office,. Shadwt.lls on a charge bt having as-.
saulted a-Foreigner, in scufile• that took place be-
tween the parties, and, .t.•ta hini in a most crud and
barbarotts manner. It qtacared, from the evidcnce
of several witnesses, that a quarrel ensuing between
them, 11:e prisoner kidded the fortigner down,
and inflifted ieveril deep wounds on his'head, which,'
according to the deposition of a Surgeon, would, in
case Of al.ever, terminate in death. The ptisoner
was committed to custody for this shocking outrage,
and the ‘vounded man lies in a house in the neigh.
box:hood, in a dangerous state.