The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-26 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

Feb. 16 Hawkins, ot Ash, 'Sutlblk,- miller,. at eleven,
at the White Hart-inn, Wickarn•karket. Fe!). 14.-Thos.
Hi-ggins, of Titrogmorron. street, .merchant,• at eleven, at,
Guildhall'. Feb. t 4. j. Hamilton and W.Surkington, of
Finch-lane, merchants, at ten, at 'Feb.- 28'.
Baukes, ot Lincoln, maltster, at, ten,-at Guildhall, London.
Feb. 14. j. H. 'Champion, ot Gravesend,' grUr.:er, at ten, at"
Feb. 4.1.4 d...l'ettett, of Yarmouth, upholsterer,
at eleven, at Feb. 21. lanufson and S.
M'Qiioid, of Sherborne-lane, merchants, at .'one, GUild._
halt. ',Feb. 14. `[..l3onsall, ot the Crescent, St. George's-
fields, eabinet-maker, at twelve, at Guildhall. Feb. IS.
R. Bates,.of Cuttle-bridge,- Derby shire, putter-merchant,
at eleven, at the king's Arras Inn, Derby. February t 6.
joseph. Moiser, Sutton-upon- Derwent, Yorkshire, and
George Heal, ot Pocklington, millers, at eleven,'itt the
Y,.rk Tavern, York.: Feb. 2'. -.T. -Harris, of Prince's.'
street; Prince's-quare, vintner, at ten, at Guildhall.
Feb. 2.7. -T. Martin of liirtliingharn, and T. Nicholls, of
Stone, Stafli cordwahx:s, at eleven, at the White Hart
Inn, in Digbetli-street, Birintngham. Feb. 2.4. R. Dear.
Man,- of Ilarnstey, York, and. R. Dearman, .of -Pindar-Oaks,
York, rnerenants, at ten, at the White llear Inn, in Barns.
I,±y. Feb-. 2S: I. lietbat, ot Dow.gateAtill, indrchant; at
Guthihall. Feb. i 7". A. Arbuthnott and R.
11, of Pnilpot- lane, merchants, atone, at Guildhall.
F. Drake, of Plymouth Dock, baker, at ten,
at
Gtniclll.ll, Loudon. Feb. u 6. W, Austin. -of Oursley,
Ulu-LH:ester,: glass-seller, at ten-, at the Lamb Inn, Dailey.

LATP IMPORT.

COURT O.F •KINGes iiliNCi-T, lAN. 14.

TEE KING''V. TOWEttS.

The
,Thfendant, Capt. Towers, an Officer of the
Guards, was breuzlkkup to -receive "the judgment of
he Court, in consequence of a conviction for having
ut ail abusive letter to one.ol.the 174agistrates,of
Ipswich. It -appeared an affray 11171 taken place in
that town among some Officers. Captain Towers
interfered.,.' and oillzed to he bail for some of them.'
The ,Magistrate refused his bail ; on which the Cap-
tain; in a' moment of irritation, wrote-the letter in
question. It app '=fired he repented of what he had
,done, end imm,2,!ilicir-sent to the
_Post-Office, but
could not get the lettierjxick.,. The,ll:fendant hav-
ing been already confined two month's, was sentenced
'tb one month's more -imprisonment, and ordered to
find sureties for his gooct•behviour.

. .
S HOC Munoh,R..--,Oh Saturday Mr.CnivEas,
of clapliam bnumon, was most barbarously mur-
tiered by his own servant. Oa :the. morning. of that ;
day, after breakfast, tue. nieces
who reside with him, %cent ilis carriage to take an
airiitg; Mr. CIIII"ER, itll6 Was between 70 and 80
years of age, we:it into- Ills g.u-de' to ,take a walk,,
as was- his daily custom; insrcting•thegardener at
his work; and, conversing with him ; the latter is a,
,Seotchman, 22 yearS of age,.and-Ifull six feet high.
About half-past eleven o'clock the gardener ran
into thehouse fro'n the garden, in great agitation
and terror, exclaiming 'to the servants, " Lord,
what haVe I done I I have struck My master, and.he
has fell';" and immediately left the house, ,without
giving any explanation, and made for the town o
The footman went into the garden to discover
what had happened, when ht found his master on
the ground, nwtrently lifeless, and his face a most
sh6cking speelacle; it appearing that the gardener
had -struck .his Master with a spade that he %t as at
work with, the end of which entered .the lower part,
of his nose; broke both his jaw bones, and pene-
trated nearly to-a line with his ears, so that his head
was • nearly separated. The fbottnan immediately
gave an alarm to the-rest. of the-servants, -awl to
RAILTori:s family, who reside at the next house.
IVleSsengers were in consequence- dispatched for a
Surgeon in the neighbourhood, to Bow-street Office,
'And in pursuit.of the gardener.
The Magistrates cOmmitted him to Horsemnager-
lane -Prison. The cause of the shocking a,.t, it is
supposed, was a disidute bet ween 'pith and his toaster
respeding the management of a tree.

A man ,of the.. name of Benjamin, Hutton, 'of ,
Mousehole, near Penzance, upwards of sixty years
of age, was committed to the County prison at Bad--.
min, on Thursday last,. on s-asnicion,of having nun-.
dered a-poor woman of nearly, the sai.ne age, Cr.l the
night of the I ith instant. This shocking affair IS'
enveloped in much mystery ; but a's.it has -Very na-'
turally excited considerable interest, we shall;det4
such, of the circumstances attending .it as, have come
to our knowledge.
linttOn, 'who is a man of some property, lived
at MouSehole, with no other person or fatuity, save
an old woman, his housekeeper. • This old woman
being indisposed, had gone-home to her friends ; and
in the mean time the . poor woman, who has been
murdered, filled her-place as housekeeper._
On the morning of the 12th Hutton alarmed his
neighbours with the horrid narrative of the murder,
which he supposed to have been perpetrated in the
preceding night about 12 o'clock. He'afterwards,
in evidence before the Coroner and Jury, stated, that
for some cause or other, he and the woman had.ex7
changed beds—that he Supposed the murderer mu 4
have ,got in at .the window, With intent to rots and
murder him; and that not knowing the circumstance
of his-having quitted the room in which he had for
merly slept;.had- mistaken -the woman -for him; Fie
said that, -though somewhat deaf, he-had heard :her
shriek, and called to her to know what was theynat;
ter; but that not bearing her afterwards, he con-
cluded she was dreaming, and therefore did not think
of going to her assistance:: -in the morning, finding
she did not. get up,: he. went to call her, and disco 7
vered the horrid deed.

Upon this statement, which obtained credit at the
thrie, every' means were adopted- for the discovery
Ofthe,murderer, end several persons ,were takrn pup
on suspicion, but discharged again. We,should not
be justiAed the circumstances which
afterwards drew the, suspicion of the Magistrates upon
Hutton;,!and 'on which they have committed him ;
these will appear „in due time.
.The poor iold woman, whose name is Catherine
rola:ear, and vliowps,sB-vcars of age, was stabbed
quite through the he art, as she lay in the: bed, by a
lOng sharp instrument, supposed' a dagger, carving
knife, Or spit. Hutton is said to be in:his.6s.th year.
appeared-in good, spirits, as he passed through
Truro, on his way to prison; solemnly asserting Ins
innocence. - - •

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A gang of ruffians attacked a Gentleman of
Bloomsbury, on Tuesday niglif, near Gray's Inn-
lane, Holborn, and after beating hint with great
violence, and leaving him quite insensible, tan of
midi his watch and motley-.. .