The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-04 00:00:00

CITY Busi.vEss.

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_VesteriiiNT a Coifrt of .-.ldernwn sinumonaa
to ,for the purpo;e.of the S,he,
-ryes ,0!11C0 upon then) ;.
,:,d for alti.ge tplantit7 of' Silver,.to be
-ivoro to ort.tvtQtts toeKpopatiou.
The Court examined the_ accounts of the prices
add ginuitities of wheat iknd I sold durhrg the
preceding ,week, and ordered the price of .Bread
to be contiuncd at one shiiiiiig'n,l sixpence half-
penny the quart-ern loP.f of theateri, and one shil-
ling and aye pence household.
Mr. Alderman ?ii.,“•••tsAv' Sheriff elect, gave
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bond for serving the ofee of Sheriff; and a letter
IV 15 'read from Tli(6I3S COxnl:AD MARSH, bsCf.
the other Sheriff elect. stating his inability to ac-
tend, but that lie would attend at the next Court,
which was adjourned till the. next. Court' accord-

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A Court of Common Council was held after-
Miardj for receiving Reports from the Committee
of City Lauds, for the erection of warehouse's, Bth.
in *elation to an intended sewer in Leadenhall
Market, which were severally read and agreed to.
His Lordship laid before the Court the Answer
of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to the
Address voted on the 9th of July last, on the vic-
tory obtained by the. Marquis of Wellington, at
Vittoria, which, was read, and ordered tti be en-
tered on the Jonruals.

AMORICA.

Particulars of the aft afic made by the Carthaginians
on the croups of Scala 4-11artha 04 the 10th and
'llth May, 1813. -
Abote two o'clock on the afternoon i+f Ole .10th
seven vessels tna:le their appearance oft the' har-
bour, cousisting of a brig of War and six armed
schooners, with :z..z.popish eolonrs flying, and work-
ing up as if they intended to enter the port ; but
upon a sh,stial,frout the brig, they all bore away
for Cal Point, and from thence,opposite to the es-
tate called Toriris. This alailtka% re put the town
in motion- to ascertain •clearly their intentions,
and at the same time orders Were sent to the Cie-
negans to be upon the alert. The inhabitants of
the vicinity were collected .together, and the Go-
verriGr determined to send out two companies
with fielti pieces and the Indians, to post them-
selves in Gayra and IJulcina. About five o'clock
in the. afternoon, 100 men, ivith one field piece,
were disembark...l, and were completely., routed by
the troops of Cienega and those of Glyra, under
the comniand Of Miguel Citnnez, Sub--Lieutenant
of tilt Rio de la Hacite militia ; fifty remainiog
dead on the field, and some prisoners and the can'-
non in our ;potiSeslinn-
At this period, three of their 'vessels approach-
ed the shOre, and opened an incessant tire upon
the road, 'where they supposed our troops were
stationed ; and onder cover 'of this. fire, on the
.following day (the lith), about ten o'clock, they
of a second disembarkation in,very consider-
able numbers,. A severe engagement etisued be-
tween them and the troops of Cienega, under the'
conunauci of Captain Narciso Crespo ; but the
enemy's force being &titbit.. to his, and keeping
op a very lively fire, he was obliged to retreat
,about one o'clock in the day. ..
The dm isaycc oasiont.:l in the town by this
movement
,was N:esL g„l:Cittl. since they
„nowspn-
sidered the battle Ns lost. At this moment, how-
. ever, Pacheco, Commendant without the barrier,
had been ;told-eel to for his assistance; he wits
met with alre.tde on the road, "conducting an 16-
pounder, that had Leen brought out for the pur-
pose of.antioyiag the CaCtily'S vessels out the coast";
and hastening Ilk arrival at the Savanna, he or-
dered the general to be bear ; a great number of
persons were soon collected,'ltud taking six field-
pieces, he posted the whole iti a position to com-
mand the pass by which the eaemy had to ad..-
vanee. He then divided his troops into tour di-
visiOns, that of the right tinder the command of
Captain Francisco Ferna»dez, the left 'under the
command of Lieut. -rle la Peiy. He commanded
the centre and vanguerd himself, and Crespo
.comnoindeil the rear-guard. In this order they
marched on the Cordova road, and soon met the
enemy, drawn - out in readittess for battle,--Pa-
checo resisted ottr fire, and then retreated.---The
euenty pursued hint, trot inintediattly on his arri-
val in the open ploin he made a firm stand with
his field pieces, the enemy still advancing ; the
artillery were all discharged upon hint at the sante
instant, the order was"givea to attack 'the enemy
in turn. In a. few moments a. terrible scene of
slaughter with the sabre ensned, -and- the enemy,
"snrrounded on all- sides, %vas unable to effect a
, retreat in any direction. On our part we had
only three killed and five wounded. We took
their Coirla"s, another piece of cannon, and about
five hundred muskets, which with the sabres and
other spoils of the enemy remain in the possession
of the inbabit4uts of Cieuega. .
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Hitherto it has not been possible to-ascertain
the exact pundit:l' of the .killed, because' many
threw themselves into the sea, which every day
throws tip dettd bodies covered with woonds,—
Many are dispersed in the mountains, and the In-
dians of the Cienegit amuse themselves with hunt-
ing theta down• like rabbits ; and such as they
think proper they briug in as prisoners.
The enemy's. vessels have weighed anchor, tak-
ing one of the schooners ivith them, in tow, which
it rs supposed was damaged by Pacheco, with the
18-poonder before mentioned.
AlisTitACT;
Kilted-17 officers and 318 =toddlers. •
' Prisaisers—Six officer*; ;aid 88 saidieri, 2 sn'diers wounded
Taten....one stand al, two .1-pound bra,,s field I)irceg e .
muskets, baybaets, sabres, and two. cheat of ammt;(niai
utt
stores,

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CE Joriat Crew, which continue,. to
attract by its diversified nity,ie, good singing,
pleasant arti•x4, IMO 'VArietv
was followed liAt niglit by a new killet called The
eqrpenter, ifbere is nothing original or striking
in the fable, -which torn' upon tiro opposition of a
hiller to the union bet.reen daughter and her
lover, and hi 4 final Consent, It vial+,rontrosed by
Moniietir NlaßmA.t.l, of the., King's Theatre, and fi
chiefly recommended by the dancing. of himself
und Miss Litit,t,t go, and wai very well received.
The Chief Mittistrate of a eertAn provincial
town, lust neiort.t the .racCi, mailed :1 placarJ to be
exhibited, intiinatittS, " that no Gentleman
he allowed to ride on the course., except the horses
that tare tv tiro." •

nib MURDER OF ,EDWARD CLIFFORD.

FARTITER; EXAMINATIOII OF LEARY.

TTO-G.lilDgN..—Ve.bterdll the turther in-
TestiOttion of the murder of Edward Clitford,
perlietrated at the bottom of Cirfly's-inn-lane, on
Sunday the2iith ult. was proceeded in. • But be-
fore we enter into the evidence that was taken
before the Magistrats,, we have to correct the
statement given in ouripaper of yesterday relative
to' the confession of James Leary. It was there
stated that he had'inatie a full and open couletsion
of the murder ; that he had' informed Mr. Ad-
kins, the Goioeri..or.of told-bath-fields Prison,
where he had deposited the money of which the
deceased had been rohhtd, and of other particu-
lars. The fpliowing declaration is of a very dif-
ferentdeseription : he therein accuses the unfor-
tunate widow of the deceased of having commit-
ted the horrid deed, and says that he was only a

witness of the barbarous act *:—
.lANIES LEARY'S CONFESSION.
August 1, 1812.
on Sunday morning, between three and foul
o'clock, Edward Clifford came to my lodgings,
and called me up. I got up, and opened the-door,
and asked him what business be had out so'early
in the morning - He told me 'he did not go
home—that be did not want to go in sight of Ilia
Wife—but wanted to get away on the Sunday
night Vile could. Says he, " 1 shall lay myaelf
down here and sleep a little ;" I then. laid three
chairs together, and put some wrappers on them :
he then laid hiniaalf down,- and I put my great
coat over him. lie slept there for two :or three
hours, and then•got up, and asked inc if I would
go with him to her house, to Ket his clothes, which,
she had got locked up, and request her to give him
them. I did not go with him. Ile then went away
himself, I believe, between eight and Hine o'clock.
A little while atter he was gone, his wife, accom-
panied by Win. Slattery., carne to our house to in
after him, and there they stopped talking till
be came-hack, which eats, I think, bet wren nine and
ten. .WhenCliflinal came up stairs, W.Slattery was
sitting opposite the door, and his wife' went behind
it; he did not sec her till she took hold of Liter:,
pulled him in, and shut the door : she locked the
,doora and said that he should not leave her. They
quarrelled together, and he said it was of no nse,
as be would go back to Ireland. lie then offered
tier a silk handkerchief, which he said he gave 9s.
for, if she would let 10110130- his. great coat
she would neither, have it, nor give him his great
coat. lie then opened tite window, and Was go-
ing to throw himself out, but she caught bold zaf
Into, and held him fast till the whitlow was pulled
(lowa_ After his wishing the door to be opened.,
my wife opened it, and he watt; going down
Clifford's wife •snatehethat • his hat, nail !aiad it
oft his. head ; Ice then went .away, . She said
she was determined to go, after him, and. asked
it •we .would bay what things she had to. sell.
Between five and six o'clock in the afternoon, •
-I and my wife went- to . their lodgings with
an intention of buying t'be beds and otheaahiugs
they had to sell. .Clifford , his wife and children,
and Slattery, .were there at the time we.went
they Were getting their (boner ready, and she
asked Slattery to fetch hail a gallon of beer, for
which she gave hint the money, before he went
out ; and, as he was going out, I said I thought
he bad batter bring gallon, and would pay
him for the other-half gallon. We all dined-to-
gether, except Clifford, who drank with us.—
They seemed to agree with each other, and we
did not say a word about buying; thelteds,
All the time:we were in the room,, Clifford kept
by the door, holding a shoemaker's nammer in
his hand. Whew I and my wife agreed about re-
turning home,,he went down stairs' before us ; I
met some acquaintance, and they asked me to go
with them : 1 said no. Theo my wife and I went
down, anti I met some friendi, (Michael Harring-
ton and his wife) ; we talked together a little,
and we agreed to go to Griffiths's puhlie-house,
which is in Church-street. We had four or Liao
pots Of beer together ; Clifford crime in after us,
and partook of the beer ; my wife was nearly
tipsy, and
,she wanted to go bionic. We then went,
and Clifford said he would convey us part of the
way. As he was coming along, lie emnplaine I that
he a-as hungry, 'and was sorry he did not eat some
at (honer. said to. him, it you coin i&nig
home with me,` I will give you sumethila, to cat.
Accordingly he did, and he hail some bread, meat,
and cabbage :. as near. as 1- can judge, it was
about iliac o'clock. When he had , done eating,'
his wire came in, and they began quarrelling
again directly. Then Clifford, his wile, :assns
went out, and called at a gin-shop,- the corner
of Uoion-court, 'and had
,two
_glasses tat g,iai; I
bad .one, .Clttford had one, she had none. We
then went to the Union-arms, Union-court, alio]
'bad a pot of beer. I sat behind and ait6.
dentally hit my left elbow against .her, an& felt
something hard like a piece of stick ; I tciolv.no
notice at it. 'We %rein oat then into Holborn,
and came up toward.; tit. tides's : as we came
near (.irtty's-inn. lane, she.. awnplained of tieing
ill ; that she did not wish to go against all the
as they wool;(
aatpeopletgti::ttiititilylsetir!flllevp:g•tyo;l,:aagitstbttluti:iirilel);eu 11gh the squares h);:d"11.1):1:11::
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came toGray's-inn:gate, when I think the watch-
man.was crying ten o'clock', where I thought thee
were going, through : .and. I said, " it is alme:t
ti► e. for cue to be •going home, amid 1 wki, at good
night, Mary," " N 0,., says she, I am very Ells:
and fan ti nl's sake come along ,Vith
farther, for if I am taken worse, Oil?' n"-',"
of no use to me, las he.: knows nothing.
alimg with 'them., and she turned
gbrick~tields, in
ulag- t. t t,(13'ir..656.'hid0,"-tll7:yelbel:4"ad tlS L
tt ..piarrel
again,; actin Ice sald be should be gone in the
li'iiig::lt):l-1116;it‘t'
elie
:tuelsd
I:';el."!'t:ll:)iittri:esa
sick, and her
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ttltetltti:loCle(l they
th;:elem 111:ni:e*nru
flee
said " bah I in my sight." Th:od nl;aw movedtii otibIllit)tol(a
clearer,i
and looked at. him,
flowing from him; • I ..said: Now, Mary, I
Ain htin as well as you." She did not sik to
ale afterwards. I. left her with the deeea.-,ed, and

I walked. 'away,_ right across the field, att.]. made
my way home as ,wellas t couldl think about
11 o'clOck ; my Wife was foist asleep in bed, and I
uudreseti and got into bed. About three o'clock
ia'tbe frier, niug, Mary,Clifford came to our door,
land asked,---" Are you at borne, Mr. Leary ?" I
. got up and opened the door ; .being starknaked,
I got into bed directly. She did not comeinto the
robin, nor speak one word, bat, 1 suspect, put
this /manner just within the door, as I left' it on
Saturday night at the end of my box, which is on
the other side of the room ; she went down stairs
again, without speaking one word. I thought she
would have come in. -When I got up, 1 found the
hammer jest by the door, which MA& me suspect
she had put it there. At halt-past. tire I went to
work, and took this hammer with me, and a pair
of lines I had in the house ; I took them with rue
into the sbvd, when I went to work. I came
.lonne. to breakfast at eight o'clock, when my
wife said Mary _Clifford had been there, in-
goiriag after her hnsband.. I went to work
again ; and, retinning, at. twelve o'clock to
dinner. I net my 'Wire at the end of New-court,
.Saffron-hill, and she said, " Oh, Jew, Ned Was
murdered (or killed), last. night," I don't know
which I think she said she hoped I had no hand
in it I sai4L " if he is, it can't be helped.".
After dinner J. went again to work, till about
Three o'clock, when the officers took me away.-7
The great IL bad on -when the tnitrder
'was committed,
,my wife bought of Dennis Mar-
tin—it was not paid for-!--there might be some
blood on it, for aught I know, xs the blood
spirted from him.
.I threw the great. coat off
when I got home, . and have not seen it since
that time, except at the Office-in Hatton-Garden.
(Signed) JAMES LEARY..
The prisoner Leary, being put to the bar, the
(EA witness examined was
William Marshall, a youth of genteel appear-
ance ; he stated, that on the morning of the intor=
der, at about 20 minutes after four o'clock, he
passed near to the spot where he since learnt it
had been perpetrated ; he obsei'vect. a woman
walking slowly up and down : he was not _wore
than 12 yards from her ; and thought he would
:know hir, were he to see her again.
Witness was then desired to attend an officer,
-who:took, him to Mrs, Clifford.
Witness returned.—" I have seen Mrs. Clif-
ford ; she was not the person I met. The woman
met or saw walking up and down, was dressed
in a. blue gown, and a black cap or bonnet ; when
I first saw her, she was not wore than 30 yards
from where the minder was committed."
Witness was sent to see the wife of the prisoner
-Leary ; ou his riittirn he said Mrs. Leary was not
the woman whom he met.
William fironghton, a bricklayer, deposed to
the finding of the body in a pool of water, and
spoke of the wound at the back of the deceased's
head, and of the cut over his eye-brow. Ile SAW
some Wm! about three yards from the pond,
where the deceased was found ; and his man, Da-
niel Brever, found sonic brains on the spot.
Daniel Brewer found part of the deceased's
brains.as before described, and the ground, about
tour yards front the pond, and close to where the
brains were found, was dented in three or four
Educes, as if the hammer, %Odell had killed the de-
ceased, had missed its aim, and hit the earth. lie
also traced the neorks of blood from where the
brains were found to the side of the pond.
Robert Shuttleworth came up just as the two
preceding witnesses were
.dragging the body out
of the pond. lie examined the pockets of the
deceased, and found unify three-halfpence.
saw the•markS in the earth made near to where
they supposed the murder was committed,--also
the brains and blood lying. Ile thinks the dents
wade in the earth must have been by a haunter.
Three hammers were produced, and Shuttle-
worth, and the other two witnesses, pointed out
the one they thought most liko.;ly 'to have made
the marks in the earth. It was the smallest ham-
mer, and the only one that. bad the marks of
blood on it.

Mr. Stephen, the surgeon, was next
He professionally described the two wounds, but
was of opir►ion that they were inflicted by a heavy
instiment, and with the corner of it. Being
shewn the three hammer's, be was of opinion that
the largedt - was the most likely of the three to
,have been employed..
Mr. ilmiston, the master of Leary, attended,
and said, the ►argest hammer of the three was his;
it. had been in his service, and used ever since the
molder ; he dill not miss it from his yard..
This hammer Leary, the priSonerrsays, is the
tine with Which Mrs. Clifford committed the mur-
der, and that he brought it home from his master's
yard.. on the SatordAy night, and took it back pa
the Monday, morning.
The shoema►ker's hammer was produced, find is.
the same that was found under the coals, in

Leary's room ; the third hammer is much the

smaller of the three, and the only one with blond

on it, and the one:the bricklayers spoke as most
likely.to 114,C made time holes in the earth.

At: this perind of the business the worthy Ma-
istrute, Mr. Tutvrost, adjourned the proceedings
mud next week.

Nit.. Bourke, a respectable wine-merchant, who
had been present during the greater part of the
proceedings, came forward and informed Mr.
TfiliTON, that be was deputed by a party of Gen,
tlemen to inform him, that they had entered into
a subscription for the widow ofClifford, and at

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present it amounted to nearly FAL ; that the per...
bons whom he represented were exceedingly

anxious that this sum should be properly applii;d;
and for that purpose he had called on the Mug's-

trates for Abeir advice.
Mr. TV RT 0N• politely informed Mr. Bourke, that
this' horrid transaction was yet involved In great
loyster)i, and begged him for the present to with-
-1-k6lll his assistance, and that he (Mr. TuaroN)
%,:-.9tdd. undertake to see the widow and children

tAkeu proper cure of, though, for certain reasons,
h v n "
he et;eed he nist he under the 'feces
Alm Clifford under the eye of those on
'born he could depend.
Xtrt. Chtiord wus then called in, and Mr. Tor-
ton in the most humane nod delicate teurinerpos-
sible, hinted to her, his wish that she would con-
sent to place burst:lt under the cure of Mr. Ad-
kins, the ciovernor of Coldbath-fields Prison, un-
til this singular affair w‘ls further proceeded