The Sun.
London, England, 1813-09-25 00:00:00

TI POLICE.

MRS. CLIFFORD, othawiae 11:111.kE.

The following particulars rospectinf; this mlfor

tttnate woman tire stated in,some ittliduvits swot

in the n-e•;ence of Lord Cahir, the High Sheriff,
and four Magistrates of the County of Tipperary,
at .t.t Meeting convened at Cahir, 'far tlle• purpose
of making inquiry Teipecting. Mrs; Clifford's cha-
racter, on account of her being intpe,r.dted by
" Leary with the murder of. Clifford. It appears,
that Clifford' was a well-known character in that
part of the country, where he went by th'e name of
Nt d CHtFord. He earned his livelihood by jobbing
in cattle, at, fairs, and had a few pounds of his
own.

Thomas Burke; the husband 'of Mrs, Clifford,
• tntitted his wife and family abotit six years ago,
uod came to. London, where, he remained only
cutout three weeks, He and his wife and family
leading a'most wretched life of contention, they,
in the presence of his brother William Burke, a
Nvealthy man, and. much respected in that neigh-
boarhood, agreed to: separate, and !ire apart, in
con,equence of this agreement, Thomas
disposed of his holding. to his brother William,
for which he received thirty pounds 'in Bank' of
Ireland notes, sixteen
,of which, and a horse,
Thomas- Burke paid to . his wife, on condition of
•her. taking the live 'youngest children with her,,
leaving' the ehte,t, a boy 17 yearS • of age with
him. Mrs. Make determined to'reuuove from that
iieighbonthood, and reside with asister of her's, who
lived near Lismore, in the, county of'.Waferford,
a distance of abont 14 miles. On the day of her
departure: for. that place, her brother-in4aw,
liam Burke, accompanied her to a cousin-,of.her's
who lived about seven miles .on her road, at a
place called Tulibera, in the parish ,bf Caher
Crace; he took her furniture with him in a horse
and call of his'own, and the horse given her by
her husband was led alongside: When 'William
Burke left her, and her children and furniture, at
"her cousin's, he took hisleave. Here she remain-
ed until her sister sent her eldest son With a horse
and cart for her, her children; and furniture, be-
ing about seven miles further, where she remain-
ed five weeks, and where Slie4as then detertnined
to settle. She proposed selling.the horse to her
brother-4-6w, but he .would not buy the horse
without her, iisbund's.....eonsent, lest he sho'ild
have any future claim on it, fol.: which purpose he
sent for Thomas Burke, who,accordinglyeame,
and gave his. consent to the sale, on condition
that neither she nor the five children she had with
her, nor the one of which she was then pregnant,
should ever trouble him. 'Edward Clifford, the
deceased, called here, being.determined to go to
London, in older to get a letter to her brother,
Mr. Lyons, in Parker-street, in hopes be cotild,
befriend, bins on Iris , arrival in London ; this
letterhe was promised,,b.ut desired to call again.

in the course of-conversation between the two
sisters, it was agreed upotithat Mrs. Burke should
take the ativauCtge of Clifford's going tip London,
to take her children with her, awl accompany him,
in hopes th3t tier brother, who was, a WidaWer,
awl comfortably sit tutte,i, would • do something.
for her tto.(l her .childrert • aeciatlingly they tee
o:} together. In Uorh, she! exeltangyl her I..rWi
notes for English ones, which she received front
Mr. Cahil, clerk to Mr. Daly, ..an entinentiner-
chant, residing in Mallow-lane, C:ork.; On their
journey, they agreed to live as man and wife.

An advantageous line-for :a canal has been sn't,.
*eyed het ween Edbibuigh and the Forth of Clyde
navigation, nein-Falkirk, by which an expeditious.
and cheap conveyatiee,,for passengers and gootk
will he acquired between the ttyo' great cities of
Edinburgh and Glasgow, and other places oti tho
Last and Wot coasts of F;ngland,and Scotland.
The great mateb undertakem...hy• HAttieft,..to
perform 100 miles in tce iv e 'hours', will
take place on.:Tenterden Race Cottrse:, in Kett,
in the Second week in October.,

A fine boy, about nine years of age, the son Of
at printer, natped WILLIAMS) (a respeetableind
trious 'man), was drowned yesterday, afternoon,
opposite the Savoy Prison, ,in:the river Thames.
The child had been playing with several,of his
little emnpanions on some coahbarges whifth are'
moored oIY this place, when, unhappily his loot.
slipped; and he was precipitated:into the Water.--
tln alarm was immediately given,. and ex
Lirtion was made, by drugging and otherwise, to
find the body. These exertions were, however,
tusttccesslut- for one lanir, at the end'of Which
hue the ltfeleSs corpse was drawn on shore.—t
rho numerous. accidents tO• wlich children are
..yxposed in this spot, call, loudly for theap-
mintment of some man whose duty it shall be
o prevent them iroutexposingthemselves to such
non i nen t danger.

A poor sailor, who had rcceive4l a Considerable
nun of prizemiouqy at Somerset .House.; on Thursa., tin Lis quitti;:g thi4.PayP .-
w (inter, itiveigled
nito public-house, au rubbea la all leis pro-
pc..ty by an old Tut'Him., who hatswithin the lust
Fortnight been suffe,red to escape from ihe hituds
of Justice, through the hatuutoty of city Alugis-
Irate, The old haw is attired 0 a respectable
Farbler,Aincl has all the appearare,of a reputable
;:barneter of that descr_iptjoa. He is, geherally at-
-ended by his skitellites,.who assist him in running
down his prey.

One day I,..tst week; a private of the '11.301 [los-
ers, stationed at Loves, led the fair object of his.
Ifection to the altar of }Owen, and tliedi;etootW
the 'barrack hat.: to eelehrate,ilie,)Vedding; tnl4'
re the: hour of :•o•pitinonation had arrived:,
wide's breast was, i'o.ll some eAnse or other., so
nfoimed With•jt;oiousy and ;.t.no:n ‘1,.. ge„ that she 11
Leidy seized tip) at ntr husband, Wilielt
niqging' in .the rockui, and with it inflicted WoUtitl
m one Of his aroos, vAieit for a. time threatened
nopot at 111 ; hkeding being ot lenoth
tiiiiiclo,t;s:toppio:l, the opetation •tvns:dch7v-
•d, and viv,,o.ve glad to: hear .thgt strong hopes
ire now eutert.o.ined t.;tiving tile. poor njes

'A prov!ention ba3 been commenced against
mutiley, orlierkley, in TranAp•shire, for haw.
„
ow'n son, Ili ci!tting oir his linger,
tht... purpose. of rendering 'lila fdr.
int., which the young nlit!l lad ealizted.

MANSMS74l.oT.Thee.........YeStcrd.jy Mr. Hag, the
broker, underwent. a private. exam :cation before
the Louis MAYort. The Prisoner was re,tnanded
till Friday,. the Bth of October;
GumbnALL.—A widOwi 'woman,
.of the ruinle
of .13i-pe, whprOuils brehd. in 'St, Sepulchre's pa-
rish, haring been 'Convicted. oti The•rsday -ia the
full penalty, on three loaves found 10 boi shop
for sale, deficient in weight, y'rsterday appeared,
and represented to the INForthyAlderinan the hard,
ship Of her case, she being only the retailer, of the
bready,a,nd having no connectiOn with the balfiing
of it.

The Baker, with Whose father and fitlf,,the
woman stated she had dealt seventeen years', 'with.
out'ii single complaint, not living within the jails
-
diction of the City MagiStrates,-so that his ap•
pearance could. not:be enforced, • the worthy Al-
derman (Sir Ar.BLox.A.x), 'mitigated-toe penalty
against the'wonian.to2S. (id. per ounce, which ,'she
paid, am Minting to Gd.
Another Baker, named Osborn, residing in
Sn whO had also been convicted yesterday
in the full penalty of-,as. per ounce, to the amount
in all, of 10/. a large quantityotsmall bread haV-
ing been seized by the Ward Inquest •itt his shop,
delficield iia Weight, likewise appeared, accenu-
panied by his journeyman, and disputed the pro-
priety of the conviction. own defeace he
alleged that he never was in the bakehouse himself,
but trusted to biA jourucyurou, Who was present' to
verify his statement. All the quarter!) 'loaves in
the slop had been weighed, and had betm•found
. equal to thestandard, many of them above
The deficiency hatt.been occasioned, by no inten-
tional act, but by vr.ror or inaccuracy ift.his jour•
neyman, in giving more thin the proper weight
to the qnartern loaves. Tly.ej,:mpleyntan told the"
same story, and appeaied tti 00,17: Alderman, that it
was to suck cakes as:the.preseritithat thelnitignted
penalties all Owed by the Act to be imposed, ought
to apply. .

The worthy Alderman (Sir M. BLoxAm) re-
mained of the opinlon he had been yesterday, that
this was a most serious and crying- offence, fall-
ing, as in most instances it must have done, on
the very poorest of the community—on those who
could not afford to purchase a 1 quartern loaf. As
to the excuse made by,the baker, that all his guar-
tern loaves were fuli-;-weight,.that was a circum-
stance which did not here avail ; no fine bad been
imposed where the loaf was not deficient in weight.
As to the plea set up by the baker. that he had not
been in his bakehouse, that wai no' excuse, but
the' contrary, he, thereby giving up the check
which he ought to have can his 'journeymen, .aud
leaving the public entirely at their mercy. De-
frauding the public in the weight of their loaf of
bread was one of the most crying offences, and
one which he was resolved should not uo unpu-
nished whenever the cognizitnce of it cause before
him. The baker was therefore informed, that if'

the penalty was not, paid, a distress should issue
for the amount.
IVIA tu,Bonoti.Gll.lTniteT.—A female servant in

the eniploy of Mr. Owen, of Muunt-street, was
charged with robhing her master of. It '2Ol. note,
under the following eiremustilllCCS
;--The prose-
eotor is a widower, and theprkoner was his con-
fidential servant. The former had deposited thred
notes of 20/: each in his &A-, in his bed-rooni;
and on searching it on Wednesday, one of the
notes w it 3 •- Suspicion :tell upon the pri-';,
toner, who was, the. only person %Vito bad access
to his roomy and Air. Dean,. kconstable, wa§lent;
for to take her'intocustody; a number of small
notes was. found ili m u her, and it was discovered
she: had 'Changed a 20/...qa6 and part of the
notes found opoil her 'were given. her in change
for the large' .note.--ttemunded.'fan[ition.
• Magistrates of this Office
having received in formai ion frinn 'the' Ali.igistraies
at Wookvicli, Unit they had 3 eircri.il suspicious ,
characwrs idn custody, who:were apprehended on
Sunday evening last, on Woolwioi-common, hay-
ing in their posse3shni variOns articles of plate of
comidolthle value, a titialitit,:/ :ShOff-goiiiis;
wearing apparel, &c.. and re(ineting that 'soine of
the Officers might sent down to see if the per-
sons of the prisintera were known. Collingboarit
and Goff were dispatched, and arrived at Wool
with. whilst the prisoners were ander ex. athina.-
tion, und just as they
,werc about to bi dis-
charged—two publicans from ;Wes;. ntiw,ier haring
attended, 'given them a good character, and 'of-
fered themselves as bail. Tife arrival of the of-
however; interrupted this ankable arram,se::.
meat; for they were no sooner introduced to the
prisoners, than they recOgnized, thetn:as old ac,

. .
quanttaisees of ',lost hosiontable, character and an-
cient lineage, they..claiwing to be desondants of
,the filmed Egyptians, .1.1.p01i this statement, they
were honoured svith another long authenc . e 'the
Magistrates, the result of which was that their
final departure was. delayed : they were commit-
ted for re-examination, and the kind-hearted put?.
!leans were. obliged to return to London without
their honest friends.

very dreadful and` melancholy accident 'oc-
curred at Lind field, about eighteen -or twenty miles
north of Brighton, on Sunday last. A person- of
the. name of Ilarland„ who keeps. 'a chandler's
hitfip there., having an occasion ,to send a small
arcel to ctickfield, diSpatChed his son with it, a
lad about ten years old, upen a'pony that he Was
in'the habit of riding with cjiac and'safety. The
pony, however, on reaching the field where k
usually grazed, refused'to pass it, and dismounted
the-lad in his ineffectual attempts to compel hun.
-.N6'thing hurt or daunted, the lad, a second time,
• seated. himself on the sat!dle, and was'a 'secotril
:dine thrown; when, horrible to relate, his'' foot
'Slipping tlirough the ring of the stirrup iron, he
hung thereby, and the enraged ,anusal Illeially
kicked hint *0 dekith ere any assistance; could,:he
given'far his relief. .
Cnsnio liegnin,Ha pretelided sorcerer; 70 year's,
of age at Malieres, vv.,A roudeumed last
nne,mth, by the tribunal of 11.. andomiller, to one
riio
yeilr'S imprisonment, and. to pay a fine of ,
trartca,. for having, first, prat:toed'. medicine and,
the'vetcrinary art, although bred to neither and
ignorant of both ; awl, secondly, tot lotving
abused the credulity of peasants, employ-
ing iii his pre tended tnedicameitts some supersti-
tious „practices, in order to detrituth-theat
mom! Meilh theirrnoney•

SCOTLA:\P.

Ayn,
.SErr. I 7.---Tbe Circ,iit court .of
C ',try was opened. here on Wetinculay last by Lord
TmlLLr.'

Flit. h
Marshall, shoemaker in Kibnittrs, and
Dickie, shoemaker, and town bellman there,
were indietied for mobbing and rioting; with in
tent-to obstruct the officers of his Majesty's•:re
venue in collecting the public taxes. •
M`. William Young, sub-collector of taxes for
the district of Cunningham, gave evidence of his
having .commissioned George Valiance and John
Thomson in July last, to Collect the arrears of
taxes, by putting into their handS u warrant,
signe.d by the Sheriff-snbstitate„ • and Commis.'
sioners for carrying into effect the existing Acts
of ,Parliament relative to the assessed: taxes and
.'-road.monev it) the district above-mentioned.
George Valiance, Messenger at Arms in Kit-
. Murnoek, 'deposed, that he went to. Kilmaurs on
the f.,53;1 July last, accompanied by his two son.,
and John 'Phottison, calling to his Assistance a
sejeant, a corporal, and twelve.men of the 27th
RegimentolFcmt, to
,put• in execution the ‘va.rrant
for recovering the arrears of taxes. filet with
opposition on the 23d ; and on the 2.4 th, - when
determined to discharge his duty, he was obstructed
in. the execution. of it by a mob. Sent Thomson
'for Pic ken. Soon after saw Thomson. en-
Jangle(' -with, the panned, Marshall, -the latter,
threatening viGience, Ind striking the former—
was himself woonded with stones thrown at him
by the crowd—the military were paraded itr front
of die town-house;
,beard the prisoner, Dickie, en-
couraging the mot; to riot, emplOyingthe follow 7
ing, or similar expressions, " stand fast and, defy
them all—Kihnours folk have done more than
that yet."." Witness,.in a cool Manner, desired the
inOb to. desist, and wanted them of their danger if
•they persisted in violence.. .Bailie Picken came
atnoligflleta, and wit% desired to .assist witness,;
the ittior of the Council-room was ordered to be -
opened for the aceonnuodation ..of the military.
I)ickie, who is .town-"crier: and helium», opened
the door, rung the hell, and gave three cheers
fiotn the stitir head, which .were.echoed bac4 by
the limb, who became more violent, and attempt-
ed to press forward on the military, Witnes's-after-.'
wards went to lingitLotalon's bo*, s ith (our
men to collect ; reached the hottse.with
effected a swan collection amid ,menaces, insults,
and stones thrown at the Walls of the house; kit
London's about seven o'clock in the evening
saulted by time mob on leaving the tow» : asked
them whether they wanted the money,lie, had col-
leeted,
,or .his, life, : 's-as prevented from doing his.
duty.
Joiin Thomson, weaver, in Itibuttrnock, de-
posed, that be accompanied Valiance to Kilmaur,
'us above intrrated.; went round to
.warn the peo7'
ple to conic and pay their taxes:: receirediabnsive
language from several persons,, and was seized by,
the prisoner, Marshall; who threatened violence.;
took him by the neck anti tore biS 'coat,
,but did
not hurt him. Witnesstalled on the sOldiem; and
ordered Marshall to he taken into custmiv : st•iw
Pick ie open the door of the town=hous, tincl hnzz4;
hut did not...hear him us' inflammatory expres-.
sious ; did not hear the military say they would'
be under the necessity of firing, laiard \'al-,
lanee.say so ou their- departure in the.evening,-
they 'were. much annoyed by stones thrown at
them.

witnesses confirmed the chief paits of
the'preeeding testimony.
The Learned Judge summed. uti the evidence.
The Jury were enclosed, and desired to give i.tl
their verdict next morn ng.
On Thursday, the Jury returned a Verdict,'
finding, by a great plurality of voices, both pri-
soneis Guilty. On which his Lordship, -after
pointing. out the dangerous to of such
crimes, ssentenced them to tliree months' inirri-
sonment ; a lenient,punishment, in consideration
of its being.the first instance of the kind brought.
before tt Court of Court of Justice , thil
COUntrv,

kverydaring robbery was
,perpetrated in Leeds
on Wednesday week., About five o'elick tho
afternoon of
,that day, .a.genteel looking tanif.
dressed in a brown, coat. and boots., .knocked at
the door of Mr. Pn ason, tea4ealer, lit the hot.--
tont of Woodhouse-lane, nild asked very siriily if
Ire could be accommodated :with lodgings. Being,
shewnintothe house, he seemed to recollect
ltirn-
self on. the sudden, and begged tFltaye a potmdof
tea' and while Airs. Hanson waS wrapping it tip,
be .drew a clasp-knife from his pocket, and tff-
tiered ler to deliver her money on pain of instant
death. Frightened into silence. by the. felloW"s
threats and. pen:icing attittule, she sidtered him
, .
to forte• his hand into her pocket,• front which be
took out it Small black leather p;irse, containing
a few shillin,fs with Whiblehe deCamped, but not.
•
till lie bad . nwle Airs. H. a prisoner, having
locked the room,lloor, and taken away the' kpy, -
•fritestliirsesnnight,'three brothers of the mane of
QUAIL, of u, respectable family, in. the neikhbour7.
hood of Downpatriek, who had eaah
town parks, had great altercations aboat the .(147
'rage done by sonic of their cattle on the corn,
field of the elden. brother; When notch anger,and
a violent setae took place. ..I.'he :eldest. Mr, Q.
was opposed. by the two ffinnger brothers, and
fell in the affray. He afterlyards
.Went homeward;,
but finding nimsclf unwell, got jlttil a bOuse;l the
skirts of the tn"'n, where ht lay'aown on a bed,
and soon after 'died. A Coroner's Inquest brought
in a verdict that he.died from excessive passion.
On'Sattirday the 12th tilt, an InqUest was held
at Stanwoy,,-near Colchester; Essex:, before ViTkr.
'COno,-.14,1Aq. one of the coroners ttf that county
On the body ,of 'I IsoM is DEACLR-, Ei'q.-brother'of
Ow Rev. Dr. Dr...,..cLE, hector of Stans Way, who
was,found 'dead by the side of 's foOt-path
to the parionage, about ten o'clock on Thursdity
evening preceding. It appeared that the demtied.-
who was it vary corpulent Man, and subject for-t-
-ineriy: to frequent fits of epilep3y, had been dining,
at:Stanway. Hall, where he ate a -very beartv d'iti-
-ner, and on his return hOtne in the evenim:, oil
foot.i it is SuppoSed;,%fas seized with a:-fit, which
'terminated his ..eXistence : le' was in the
year of his age.