The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-02 00:00:00

MAR LBO tz OUGH-STR EET.—A very singular charge
was made. at this Office . yesterday', by a Mrs. L.
mho :resides in Edward-street, Cavendish-square,
against her nephew, a Midshipman in the Navy,
and also the, nephew of a great and. gallant Naval
Commander, for wilfully and maliciously firing a
pistol loaded with ball, with intent to kill Mrs. L.
or to do her soine grievous bodily harm.
It ap-peared in evidence, that the Prisoner, a Mid-
shipman on board the Monarch Man of War, oh--
tallied liberty to go on shore for three days at Ports-
mouth, whilst the Slip lay at .Spithead, about three
weeks since; and at the expiration of his leave of
absence he came to town instead- of reuniting on
board. The Prosecutrix alloWed the Prisoner to
make her house his home, when he first arrived in
London, but his subsequent condua was such as in-
duced Mrs. L. to forbid him any longer to stay with
her.. EL., took apartments in-the vicinity of Fitzroy:-
square, which he left yesterday morning, and in-
formed his landlady that he would :shoot himself
in the course of the day. He went to the house of
'his aunt,,aud llaving, by a gentle knock at the door,
obtained admittance, and rushed up stairs into the.
4rawiyg*-rook-0,, when; Mrsr, L. was at-breakfast,' he
Alien, drew a pistol from the pocket of ..his small
clothes, having previously asked'Mrs.'",L for .forgive-
nes, and her friendship, which was refused him,
. and clappl4:g it to-his stomach, in an oblique direc-
tion, with the trigger guard resting against his sto-
mach, he'pu'lled the trigger, and the'ball with which
it was loaded passed through the table-cloth; close
to Mrs. L's. hand, and splintemd away part of the
table. The shrieks of Mrs. L. alarmed her servants,_
and the neighbourhood, and an information' being
given at Marlborough-street Office, Hamilton the .
dfficer _was dispatched to take the Prisoner into cus-
tody. He.brought him to the Office, and the officer
also produced the pistol; the,ball, which he fcund
under the.table, and the table-cloth, with. a hole in
it. In defence, the Prisoner denied having any evil
intentions towards his aunt, but it was , fully his in-
tention to destroy himself. He was committed un-
der Lord Ellenborough's Aet, and was ordered 'to be
brought up on a future day.
A similar circumstance occurred at Knightsbridge
on Tuesday evening; a young man, who is at the
eve of becoming possessed of a considerable for-
tune, went to the house of his Guardian, to ask for
a sum' of money ; but on the same being refused
him, to throw away profusely in fashionable dissi-
pation, he fired a pistol at his own head, the ball
from which lodged in "the'wainscot of the.room.

HATTPii-GARDEN.—Yesterday George Smith, ap-
parently a labouring man, was brought, in custody
of the _Constable of Finchley, before the Sitting,
Magistrates, at thiS Office, charged with having been
ibund in an inner yard belonging to the dwelling-
'muse and premises of Francis. Mathews, Esq. at
Finchley, with a felonious intent. Solite time since
this Cientleinan's preinses were robbed, which made
his sf2rvants more upon the alert than before. On
Tueday evening, his groom 'hearing the dogs bark
uncommonly, went out to reconnoitre, •aircUdisco...
vered the :Prisoner "lying in the inner yard, under•tho
granary (an inclosed •place), where he could- not
have entered without forcing the gate lock; :or
climbing•over. The Prisoner said, he had hepn to
see his friends, and being tired; he lay down to
• sleep a little ; be carried a bag, which he said 'he
brought with. him to get some apples and plumbs
from his friends, who kept gardens, in that neigh-
bourhbod.

ICappeared in evidence, that two nights before
the preinises of Mr. LindOn, of Finchley, had been
robbed of a quantity of lead; aud, about a week
before, a great part of the roof of Finchl'u: Church
Was Stripped of the lead.-
tinder these eiretustithees, and the Prisoner not
being then able to give a satisfactory' account of
Ilimself, or to find sureties,- he was connuitted until
the Sessions. as "a; iogue and vagabond, pursuant to
• va,t quantity of bread, greatly deficient in
Ay-eight, .was seized by some of the Officers, froth
bakers in this neighbourhood. If the Same diligence
• was 'used to- deter impositions .of this nature in'
other parts of Jhe metropolis, the industrious ni&-
'chanie or laboater would, not have so much reason
'to complain. • • .

Tuesday, the Lord Mayor,, Aldermen, JiecOrdet,
and City Officers; accompanied the new Sheriffs,
Messrs. MILES and BRANSCO•MII) to V.Vestminster;
where they were sworn in, and pertbrmed: the an-
tieiit ceremony of counting the hob-nails and chop-,
ping the sticks, before the Cursitor Baron in the'
Court of,lixchequer. The Lord Mayor went in the
City Barge from Black friar's-bridge," and the She-
riffs in the Barges of their respe6tive Companies.
.The scene upon the waW•was, •as- usual, highly
pleasing. The Barges were adorned with flags, and
the bands of music played a variety of tunes. The
precession displayed all the splendour of CiVio;:COs-
tume, which attra&ed the attention of a number of
spe6tatora. After the ceremony, the Recorderin-
'vited the Baron to dinner, but the latter declined
the invitation. ' •