The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-07 00:00:00

REIGATE PETTY SESSIONS.

On Saturday a Special Petty Session was holden
at Reigate, for the purpose of taking the examination
William Fisher, alias Curly Bill, on the charge of being
concerned in the daring burglary at Chipstead, which has
created so much sensation in the County of Surrey.
The evidence relating to the attack upon Mint House,
the residence of Captain Ranken, R.N., at Chipstead, by
seven armed ruffians, was then gone into, but as the particu-
lars have been already fully laid before the public it will be
unnecessary to recapitulate them. The prisoner was identi-
fied as one of the party.
The Bench consulted together for a short period, and
then informed the prisoner that they should commit him to
take his trial with Hill and Arlett, for the offence with which
he stood charged.

The prisoner was then fully committed for trial, and the
witnesses bound over to prosecute.

Fisher was removed in the course of the day, heavily
ironed, to Horsemonger-lane Gaol.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A TATTOOED ENGLISHMAN.---,21
Coroner's Inquest was taken before Mr. Carter, at the
George, near Lambeth workhouse, on the body of Samuel
Carlton, aged :56, who died suddenly at the workhouse,
and who exhibited the extraordinary spectacle of his body
haviag been tattooed, which was done while he was a pri-
soner among the islanders of New Zealand.
The deceased was an inmate of Lambeth Workhouse,
where his wife is one of the nurses of the lying-in ward.
About a twelvemonth ago, the deceased entered the house
in a very decrepid and apparently dying state. He daily
got worse, and died on Thursday last. The deceased had
been a sailor, and had sailed almost all over the world. He
used frequently to give accounts of the incidents of his life,
and used to observe, that "he had that about him which
would not allow him to remain in his grave." Though
asked what it was, he would never divulge, and it always
remained a mystery. Immediately upon his death, on the
body being laid out, to the great surprise of those present,
the lower part of the body, from the chest to just a little
above the knees, presented a fine specimen of tattooing, the
figure on the frame being so delicately drawn and inlaid, as
apparently to have grown in the flesh. The deception
could only be removed by the feeling of the flesh.
The design consists of several horizontal lines of
a slate colour, which were at equal distances from each
other, and about an inch in depth. The information the
unfortunate widow gives is, that many years ago her hus-
band landed with a party in the island of New Zealand, and
was with another man taken prisoner. They were both
subjected to be tattooed, but during the operation his com-
panion escaped. The operators upon him were about three
weeks employed in excoriating the skin for the purpose of
admitting the chemical preparation, and he nearly suffered
death from the great loss of blood. It is a singular cir-
cumstance that the deceased's fellow-prisoner used to visit
him in the house. The deceased, after a long imprison-
ment, succeeded in making his escape. Several medical
gentlemen have viewed the body.
Verdict—" Natural Death."
Friday evening an inquest was held at the Globe Ta-
vern, Newnham-street, Edgware-road, before Mr. STitt-
LING and a jury of respectability, on view of the body of
Capt. Wm. Happell, R.N., aged 77.
Mr. It. Fossett said deceased was one of the oldest Cap-
tains in his Majesty's navy, and an officer of long and merito-
rious services, having served under the immortal Nelson, as
also Admirals Keppell, Howe, and Strachan.
The Jury returned a vervict of " Died by the visitation
of God."

The gentlemen named in the Commission of the
Peace for the town of Nottingham have this week taken the
oaths before the Mayor, and have commenced acting as Ma-
gistrates.
The execution of Lhuissicr, for the horrible murder
and mutilation of the woman in the Rue Richelieu, took place
yesterday trorning. Though the evidence against him was as
clear and cone.usive as possible, he continued till the last to
protest his innocence, and to attribute the crime to the person
of his own imagination, whom he called Turpin. Though in
perfect health, be, in order to excite commiseration, remained
the greater part of his time in bed. At six yesterday morn-
ing the Abbe Montes went to him at the Bicetre, and soon
afterwards two of the gaolers entered, and told him that
they were come to help him to dress, in order to re-
move him to one of the prisons in Paris. He, however, did
not believe them, and said he knew his last day was come.
Immediately afterwards the registrar entered, and formally
announced to him the rejection of his appeal. He was so
completely cast down, that he was scarcely able to put on his
clothes, frequently called upon Jesus, seemed to be inclined
to vomit, and suffered from pain in the stomach. He gave his
rosary to one of his keepers, his prayer-book to another, and
disposed of other trifles. • On being invested with the gray
jacket worn by all the prisoners at Bicetre, he became so
feeble that he was unable to walk up the steps from his prison,
and was carried by the gaolers. On passing by the cells of
Michel, another prisoner under sentence of death, he ex-
claimed, " Ah, poor Michel l" and then his words died away
upon his lips. On entering the chapel be became very atten-
tive to tho exhortations of his confessor, but repeated his de-
clarations of innocence, and said that God would one day
avenge his death. At a quarter before eight he was delivered
over to the executioners, and seated on the stool to undergo
the preparations of la toilette. At this moment he seemed to
recover all his fortitude ; he took off his upper garments with-
out assistance, and remained, during the operation of cutting
off his hair and shirt collar, with his hands clasped and his
eyes bent upon the ground, as if in deep and serious reflcev
tion. He got into the fatal cart with trembling atPps. There
were but few people on the road to see him; and at the plac3
of execution there were not more than 1,200 spectators. On
alighting, lie knelt at the foot of the scaffold and prayed in a
low voice. He requested one of the exeßitlo4o§ assistufts tq
remember him to Josephine Lecnmte, and to assure his father
that he died a good Christian. He then ascended the scaffold,
and in another moment was no more.— Galignani's Messenger.

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK Srl OCRS,
ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c. &c.

LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3.
Number Dividend Price
of rer CANALS. per
Stare,. Annum. Paid. Share
._ .

~760 tlipeleent. Ashton and Oldham ~,Average 975. 18s. sh. 169
1,482 6/. Ashby de_le-Zonch .. Average 112/. sh. 65
1,260 Basingstoke
1,005 5/. Brecknock and Altergavenny 150 MI. 1;0
4,001/sh. 121. 10s. Birmingham,:i.l6th ..hare l7/. 10s. 1214
4,000 Ditto and Liverpool itinct....l. 0/. sh. all p 0 302
600 Bridgewater and Ininitoii ....101)1. sh. all p 0 6,0
400 1/. Cheliner and Black water lOOl. sh. BY;
500 411. Coventry
4,5'6 crorlon A verage 21/.28.100. sh. 24
1,1161.; 3/. 108. Dudley
6no 61, Derby 1004 sh. 120
20,01)0 Danube and Mayne 411. 13s. 4d. 10/. pd 7
3,5754 Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh, 85
231 430. Erewash lO.l/. sh. 4. 0
1,2/7 :931. Forth and Clyde Average 4‘,01.125. sh. 590
1,500 121. Grand June"- . ... 04. sh. 226
2,8494 Grand Union 1001. sh. 25
1,5.1 Grand Surrey lOOl. sh.
10,01X/1. 41, per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl.
3,1814 Grand Western
600 131.115. sd. Glam. rganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 280
1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 10,1/. sh. 15
74!) 10s, Grantham 1501. sh. 202
1,233 1/. 104 Huddersflild Average 57/. Os. id sh. 30
100 Kensington 101) sh all pd. 10
25,318 11. Kennet and Avon, Average :391.64. 10d. sh. 2 4
2,897; 201. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 510
51.5 111. Leicester l4O/. A. 1464
907 41. Leicester and Non hamp• 0n... Aver 831. !Os. 78
550 5/. per sent. Liskeard and Looe Union 25/. sh, all pd.
2,409 9/. Monmouthshire 100/.61i. 110
250 91. Melton Mowbray 100/. sh. 2110
500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/, sh. 570
2,4100 Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 50
247 15/. Neath 100/. sh 4100
100 Nene Navigation Bonds ...luel. sh. 1001. pd. 10')
1,736 32/. Oxford . 1011. sh. COO
512 2/. 'Oakham 1901. sh. 38
1,400 41. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 1115
11,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. les. ed. sh. :6
5,049 51. per cent. Itochdalo Average 55/. sh. 111
500 81. Shropshire r 25/. sh. 140
(300 10/. Somerset Coal 1501, sh, 160
45,C00/. 6.1 percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock lll. 108. sh. 19
700 36/. Stafford and Worcester l4ll/. sh. 690
• 500 11/. Shrewsbury 1231. sh. 245
300 94 Stourbridge
3,647 11. 10.. Stratford.on-Avoii ...Average 791. 9s. td. sh.
533 131, Swansea 100/.lh. 215
3,762 11. Severn and Wye and Railway ...At 351, sh. 13
2,6004 sti. •
521, 10s. Trent and Mersey, 4 share . ,.,,,1001. sh. 690
8,149 ... ...... Thames and Medway,,, Aver. 191. 58. id. sh. 2
1 000 sh
' 15/ Warwick and Birmingham lOOl. sh• 181)
1,06011 h.
930 104. Warwick and Napten lOO/, sh. 920
6,000 IL 10. Worcester and Birmingham... Av. 7Sl,as. sh 85
5,001) 255. Wilts and Berk,. .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. oh. 19
800 6/. Wyrley and Essington ll5/. sh 75
125 NV i4beach lO5l. sh, 45
905 IF, Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 924
DOCKS.
2,600 k ISp. c. Commercial 100/. sh. 57
1,p6545h
4119,('16711. 4 per cent. East India Stock 110
9,238,3104/. sCs.p.ct. London
Ditto Bonds
1,380,0001. 5/. per et. West India
%Ur.) it. 6s. 40. Bristol Average 14;/. 19s. sh. 65
68,324/. 51.• per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6
1.352,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 874

_ . . .
500,0(X) 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lO4
tOO,OOO 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 101:
Shoreham Harbour 23
2 500 .... .... Deptford Pier
.._ 001. sh. 3/. pd 24