The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-08 00:00:00

DAY.—Niospxv, DEC. 7.

,Eligabeth Whirl;go and Mary -Cockell were
charged with a Capital ()Once, in butglariously
breaking and entering, on' the 'Sill-Of November,
the dwelling-house of William I.3tyning, and steal-
ing therein nineteen pairs and three odd gold ear-
rings, and a metal locket, value his property.

The material circumstances of this Case, as ap-
pearing in evidence, were briefly to the following
erred : d .

The Prosecutor, a toy-man, &c. at. Wellington,
near. Uxbridge, saw a woman accompanied by a girl,
or a little boy, at his, window between seven and
eight 'o'clock in the evening : it was then dark.
Soon after, he heard one of the panes broken, on
which he ran out, and observed the Prisoner Whir-
ligo near the spot. •He also observed a person,
which appeared to him like the boy or girl he had
recently, seen with her, running off. He asked
WhirligO if it was not the person whom he had just
seen with her that was running away ? on which
she answered in the affirmative. The Prosecutor
then pursued the fugitive, having first. taken the
precautio.n toleave Whirligo in the charge of a Man
who was coming by. He took a .rout which the
Prisoner described the person to have taken, and
which she said was a boy. Both these accounts
proved false, and the 'Prosecutor returned, after
a fruitless search, to •the spot where he had left
Whirligo in
,custody. She was .then, after some
slight resistance on her part, taken to the House
of an Officer, where she, was searched ; but nothing
of the Prosecutor's was found' in her possession.
It was then asserted by a person present that it -was,
a girl,, who was with Whirligo, and as he believed,
the Postman's daughter, this was also asserted at
the time by the Prisoner, who said she knew the
girl very swell. On returning to/the Prosecutor's
house, the property charged in the indii•nent was
found on the ground, and very near the spot where
the Prosecutor had first observed Whirligo.

In consequence of some information obtained after-
wards, they went to the father's of the Prisoner Coc-
kell, a girl of only 14 years of age : she was in bed at
the time the Officer called, and being obliged to get
up, he told her he was come to take her into Custody;
and her mother, at the same time, charged her to
confess all she knew : on this she seemed much
alarmed, fell a crying, and acknowledged she had
been with the Prisoner Whirligo, who, she said,
broke the Prosecutor's window, and that she, her.
self, took the things out by her diredion, and gave
them to her.

Mr. Baron GRAHAM, who tried the case, was-of
opinion, that the charge against the girl must be
left our of the question, as there was no evidence
to Area 'her, but her own confession, which he
considered was made under, such circumstances as
the Law would not admit to lead to a conviction.
The Jury acquitted both Whirligo ana the girl.

PUBLIC-OFFICE, BOW.STREET.

-• CONJUROR. _

YESTERDAY. yoseph Pousell, alias Dr. Houlds,
was brought before Messrs. ROD I Nsos and KIN-
NARD, the Sitting Magistrates, charged with false.
ly pretending to -a knowledge of future events, by
telling fortunes, &c. &c.
Mary Orme stated,_ that some time since she had
a han&bill put into her hands, purporting to be
from Dr. Houlds, styling himself-Professor of As-
trology and Medicine ; arid the hand-bill being
produced, the Dodor professed having made, many
years study in physic, and the occult science, and
that he taught astronomy, astrology, the use of
the globes, and the whole art of calculating nativi-
'ties with the most precise accuracy, at two shillings
a leSson ; but to be consulted gratis on planetary in-
fluence. He likewise announces that he cures a
number of very common disorders, and the Witness
wishing to know when she was to be married, &c.
&c. went as, direeted by the hand-bill, to No. 6,
Upper Rathbone.place, on the z7th of last month,
and inquired for'Dr. Houlds. When she was shewn
the Prisoner, she told him her business; he said he
never answered any questions during the drawing of
the lottery, but what were relative to the lottery ;
she asked him what he charged for telling lucky
numbers; he told her half-a-crown ; she agreed to
he told some, and the Prisoner then pretending to
calcUlate, told her that No. 66 and 83 would be
drawn on the tenth day of drawing in the-present
Irish Lottery. He advised her to insure them very
high, as they would be sure to be drawn ; this
proved false.
Townsend, the Officer, said, he apprehended the
Prisoner yesterday morning in Ratlibone.:place, and
he produced several books of the description of
those generally found in the possession of those pre.,
tending-to a knowledge of the occult sciences ; se-,
veral small books and papers, which contained a
great number of ridiculous dreams with as ridicu_
.
lous answers, which the. Prisoner had cunningly
made apply to numbers in the lottery, for .the pur.
pose of deceiving those who are weak enough to
believe he can have any knowledge that certain
numbers will be drawn. When the Officer entered
the room where the Prisoner was, he found a man
very genteelly dressed with him. Townsend asked
him• what he did there ? and, after some hesitation,
he-confessed that he was ashamed to tell; but, on
the Officer insisting uppi knowing,, he said, he was
-engaged in a law-suit, and was come to consult the
Prisoner, to know whether he should succeed. Asto-
nishing .to relate, he proved to be a very respeeta.
ble tradesman.

The. Prisoner was committed to the House of
Correaion, as amincorrigible rogue and vagabond,
having been convicted of a similar offence some tune
since: • - -

A man was committed for two months to-the
House of Correction, far 'taking illegal insurance
in
the,.piesent
.Trish. Lottery. -

PRICE 0

YEST

Bank Stock
Navy 5 per Cent. shut.
s.per,Ceut. 1797► OW
I fish g per Celit. ' • . •
4 per Cent, Con. 851 k
per Cent. Red. 6Thf
per Cent. Con.' shut
Ditto Scrip
Bank.LongAnn. 197 g
Ditto Short Ann,
Ditto Scrip

IF STOCKS,

R.DAY.
India Stock '
s, s. prem.
Fundable ditto , prem..
New S. S."Stdck
3 per Cent. 175 t,
(Minium
•Imper. 3-per Cent.
'Ditto Ann. 124 3-16
i3ank for Account
r India for Account
Consols fog Open. 691 Si 9 Si

LONDON MARKETS, &c.

CORN EXCHANGE, AiOND,..Y, DEC. 7.

• .
Me have had a few fresh arrivals of Wheat in for this day's
Market, and the prices of that article arc nearll' ,the same as
on Friday ; but something cheaper than this dhy

Rye is nearly the same.
Barley, owing to a short supply, went off full ts. 6d. per
quarter dearer than last week.
Oats are brisker sale, but not much alteration in price.
Beans, of both sorts, aae.nearly the same.
White and Grey Pease, are full 2s. per quarter cheaper.

RETURN RRICi
On board-BAT
Eng. Wheat 48s 56s 6os 6.55,0 d
Rine 75s a —sod

A OF GRAIN,

_
li, as under i
Superfine old Malt a -7-s od
Oafs -20 S a 2.5 s a 23s od
Fine _ _ - —s a 32s od

Superfine
Foreign do.
Fine -
Superfine
Rye -
Fine -
Superfine
Barley -
Fine -

igs a—s od
a --s od
a —s od
a —s od
26s a 34.0 d
4os a —s od
os a —s od
3zs a 36s' od
os od

Fine old , - —s a—s od
Superfine --s t —s od
White Pease 45's a 48s- od
ine sos a —S od,
New Boilers 36s a 4os od
Grey ditto —s a-36s a 3gs od
Fine - —s a 40 od

S. Beans New37s a 3St a 4os
Fine Old' • oos a 45s od
Ticks, new 36s eel
Old -44 s od

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