The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-10 00:00:00

RICHARD PATCH..'

There are several mysterious stories in circulation
respeding the late wretched culprit ; and the ten-
dency of them 'all is to excite a belief, that others
were concerned with him in his horrid crime. It
is stated that he wrote a letter on ;Vlgnday last, which
is said to be addressed to the person.or persons
whom hp accused of having been his associates in
guilt. This letter he entrusted to his sister, and it
was found on her in consequence of the vigilant
and commendable .observation of Mr. CnvE, the
chief Turnkey of the Prison. The letter is so lorig
as .to fill a large sheet of paper. 4.ccording tp
other reports, it .was written on Friday last, at
a time • when, , of: course, he ,was __not . likely
to commit any thing to paper that would in the least
degree tend to strengthen the suspicion of his guilt,
as he uniformly asserted his innocence, and appa.
rently did not think the trial would be decisive
against him. The Letter was in the possession of
Mr.lvEs, the. Keeper, who did not
.intbrm Parca
that it had reached his hand-till the Monday even-
ing. When PATCH received this information, he
• appeared to be very much agitated. Bpt it .is nat
probable that it contained any. confession of guilt if
written on_F.riday, for this additional_ reason,, since
in that case Mr. IvE s. would have felt it to he his
duty to submit it to the proper authorities betore the
trial took place. It is also confidently stated, that
this Letter was not written till Sunday last, whell
PATCH must have relinquished all hope of pardon,
and might think of appeasing the agonies of,,con-
scicnce.by an explicit acknowledgat Qf the
17,...mu5t again commend Mr.•lvEs for his discre-
tion in this mysterious business, .assailed as he was
by the urgent curiosity not.onty of multaudes, but
by persons of the first distinction.
All the acknowledgment which PATCH made to
Mr.'lvEs, and which the latter has thought proper
to disclose is, that the stockings, which afforded so
strong a presumption against him belonged to him,
and that the report of the pistol and the slam-
ming of the door did not occur at the- same mo-
ment; two very important acknowledgments, if'it
were possible, under all the circumstances of the
case, to entertain the least doubt of his 'delin-
.quency. Several other letters-were written by PATCH
besides that discovered in the possession Of -his:sis-
ter, but they have either not been dete6ted, or they
contain nothing important to the main point. The
. letter-which- has naturally excited so .mach attention
is still in the possession of Mr. IvES, and a Privy
Council, as we yesterday stated, will decide upon its
contents. '

Bad as.that mind must be which could be guilty
of deliberate murder, combined with' the basest in-
gratitude, there arc still extremes that limit the vil-
lainy of man, and as Patch manifested symptoms of
penitence in his last moments, it is hardly to be sup-
posed that be would be so wicked as to leave 'the
world without retra&ing a false charge, if he had
made one, by which innocence would be exposed
to the infamy and punishment due to guilt. , -

The subje& altogether has excited so much agi:-
tation, as well as curiosity in, the public mind, that
there can be no doubt but the contents of the letter
in question will be submitted to th-e-world at large,
as well to justify or confirm the suspicions which
have been raised by that and the "various reports
in, circulation, as for the more important concerns
of truth and justice.

Early yesterday morning three Gentlemen arrived
.in town from Hamhargh, by way of Harwich, One
of whom is supposed ..to be a Prussian Aiesseng6r,
Soon after their arrival; one of the Gentlemen, it is
said; waited on Air. FOX, ;it 1401-fice in Downing-
street.. •

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Died on 'Sundny last; -after a long illness, at krr
house on 'ClaplOnt connot, in the tiptir year; of
her Itge., Mr.. DAVENPORT,'
.widow „and
JOHN DAV Nrora-, V.,sq.,lateodf the same place.

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