The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-16 00:00:00

ANTIQUITIES AND CURIOSITIES.

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A pair of horns of the palinaied deer,.. was last
week found nine feet tinier the surface of {noc
moss, on the estate of -John Moore, El. of Druin-
hanagher. They were enclosed in a Gel)
of marl, together. with a considerable number Of
the hones of theanimes skeleton, which are in
good preservation. The. segment, of thv horns, by
the sweep, -measures; from one tip to the other,
14.eet 10 inches. The arc' line, from tip to tips
measures 9 feet 4 inches. The. head aild hoFni
are at Drumbanaglier-house, and the .bones -•
in the possesSiOn of :WI% bell, laic:lst:ape paiittt Ur
Among these are several of the ribs, the. INM,bor
and. cervical vertehrm, the two ()sin ilii, with part
of 'the pubes and ischii adhering to. them. Chtez,.....
of the. vertebrm • weighs about 20 qunces: The
teeth, on all of which the enamel is -perfectly
sound, ace small.
A few digs ego, a man labouring inn field be-
longing to Mr. Scott, of Cpstlelenaglian,,at)out
five wiles from Newry, dog up a large cow-horn,
which on examination, appeared to-he remarliawy
weighty. The man had. the curiosity to break q!;
piece ollthe horn, which to his surprise-he found
nearly full of old silver coins, of tick different sizes
of shillings,-tenpeuny.and sixpenny piyees. The
coins, which had been.carefullv buried in [le earth,
enclosed in a coW-horn, are chiefly Scottish
pieces of money.---On, one of these the words
" Robertvs Dei Gra. Rex ,Soottclrym ," • are per-
fectly legible. The head,of. "Robert, -with the
face in profile, is distinctly vis,ible. It is ernwo_
ed,; and a waving line, not inelegantly designed,
terminating at each side of the neck, almost
en-
closes -the, head. Between this waving line and
the visage of -the king, a sceptre appears' parallel
to the face. A complete circle encloses at once
the waving line, the head of the monarch, and
the sceptre. Between this circle and the rim of
the coin, is the title of the king as above:men-
tioned. The crown forms, on the forehead of
Ruben, a fine almost perfctly .straight, meeting
another right line, formed by the. junction of his
hair with his forehead and cheeks in nearly a right
angle. - On the reverse of the piece is a cross,
the lines of which aru nearlyAiameters of the coin,
and curt two „coucentrical circles, the .common
centre of which is ,at the point of junction of
those two lineS of the crass...At the vertical angles
formed by this cross are four-s.tars,:eAcii of waich
has five irradiations., iietween..the two colleen-
trical circles, and altio bet mten the larger of those
circles and the rim of the coin, are. inscriptions
‘vhich.have not yet •been. elenrly made out.,

We -extract the following from The Hattrlurs.;4
Corlespoudehten

PROPOSAL. ••• •• • -"
.We are sometin)es.seddmipstrucle with amidea
which at oiler Hashes co tiv.ct.ou ou the Iliilrcl, ont.l
assumed. such an -app.etirance i,f ccrtaintras not.
to: leave the simallest doubt _of tlre possibility. of
its being cartied nl° execution. -Sue-it ,itleas...are a
sort of reveltsion. I.hape had such a rkvelathm,
and hasten to eronnitinieate• it to the p.tibrie, fin
the lit o.conviction that there will saarceiy be one
of your readers who not_spcedily and loudly
agree to my proposal.
Far seveiceen 'or eighteen hundred years there
has laid in -the Odenwald, On the-rocky..mo-untain
near Reichenbach, in a cavity of Ailat mountain,
the Giant Colutun;: a noble !tmuli:will of anti-
(pity, of :beautiful grey granite, intermixed with
white and green grains, 31 feet 8 incites in height,
and 4 feet 6 inches, or 3 feet 1:0 inches below, in
diameter. Beside this, there is it block of gra-
nite, 40 feet iu circiunference,,called the GianCs
Altar, which, without' doubt, was destined for a
pedestal to the column, and in the period of the
. dominion of the Rommas has -been hewn !wilier,:
on the spot, as is evident from a [urge fragment of
rock which lies .close by it, and which has been
detached front the snountain, hut no otherwise
wrOught. Perhaps altigher granite colunm is not
to-he'found in Ger Many. it is still more remark-
able from its composition. It consists of the
same geanne with that of the huge obelisks in
Egypt and Route, which was believed to hare been
brought front Asia or Africa. It rakes the finest
polish, and is of almost indestructible hardness.
Why was this work, of the Romans, which a
wondering posterity has ascribed to giants-, serer
applied to any pse ? -Undoubtedly because they
were either unable, from a want of knowledge or
means, .to remove it, But. ''here should this
splendid; column
.be iditced ? , Undoubtedly or, the
field of- battle at_Lcipsic. There. it must stand.
ThCre must it monument, executed by the first
subjugators of the Germans; be :placed- ti.s at me-
morial of time glorious victory over their last op-
pre-ssors. This mouttm.ent tvitt.receive en infinite-
additional value from the animating thought, that
the arrogant Romans, so many ,centuries ago,
were, as itovere, oompelled tb execute th;s trophy
for their then-slaves, that it; might.one day point
out.t+te victory of theirlirerman•deseondants ! N •
.German ‘vill,pass by this column ,without fe
this heart swell within hint. ':.• •
My.oposal has this additional _advantage in
one impoverished times, that it spares tus.the ex-
pence of u monumeut ; tor tb.l.?.ontans, who
fo.-tuerly •plundered the Germaits, have against
their !viii defrayed for us the expenee ofit. The
cost of brlngilig this Giant's Column frwo the
•Odenwald to the destiped place, will certainly
with good-will, be contributed by Germany.—
.oitficnlty of carriage.,cennot surely deter us;
11.5 weight has, been calculated at
61,440 pounds ; but_ tylte,n. we know that the
great fragment of roc ~:.!which serves for ki
de.stal to the statue of 'Pc.te't:,the Great its St. Pe-
t ersburg h • .was brought iti'h rTfgh state front a
hog in Finlund to St. Pctershillth, by the assist-
ance. ii machinery, we can 11;1.1'C:46 doubt of th 4
possibility of this removal,

1 hope ail the Journal: givecireolgion to
thk idea, and that it will appear to every readvr
in the light in which:l have viewed it. • • •

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The puhlic were v.esterday.excluded 'from the
I 0 • tit. James's Park,.amdv the place was sl► it
up hi its fernier state.. The ‘vorkmerC cc:oath! tie
employeti hpop the passage leadiug from,. the M„.11
to the Chiiie:Arßridge, but it will, require sosue
time to fihish it. . .

~'S'laW

OLD 13 AILF,Y.

SINGVI,\P C:1‘; r, ALLE;;ED R.NPF

Yestct(lay ji!ines 3.farkey-;‘Cas indicik;(l •f r; fe -
1.1. y rzvishing Alary Anne Alder iu Angut
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The pr;;,mer e.,os by trade it stone-mason, and
with his It i.f,e was empimycd at the time ill cres-
t-km talsint4 care of a house in :',loutathe-
Fti4T.tre, the family of which u•ere out of nOVII.
proseeutrix Wa3 a young girl of bet‘veen 1.2
and 13 years of age, who lived with the prisoner
.c,t his servant. In her deportment she was ex-
tremely interesting, alit; her manner of giving her
tv;timoity was also intei•esting. The account which
she gave of the transaction was extremely distinct
cOnsitent in all its parts. The substance 'of
which Wa3, as far as decency permits the
lluhli-
'cation, asfollowi :—That the prisoner and his
wire slept in the back kitchen of the house, and
herself slept in th.e front hitchen that one.
morning, as early als four'Welock, during the fair
in live Park, he came to her bed, and awaken-
ed her, telling her t,hat if she avoid(' get up, she
might go to the fair. That lie then used some.
liberties with her, upon which she cried out. The
prisoner, on this, exclaitned, '' God rot the girl,
she is dreatning•l” A few days afterwards, on
the :Pith of August, her mistress was gone out,
and she was gone to the back room to dres her-
s‘ll, when the prisoner came into the room, and
threw her upon the bed. She then detailed ch.-
ctuuttauces which would anioUnt. to i. conTlete
tape. Her mother was not then in the way, nor
did she see her for several days afterward.; ; but
when she saw her she told her, and she had told
tier mistress before.

. The mother, who also appeared to be a very
decent ii'Olnani and was apparently much agitated,-
5-tilted, that when she went to the house, in a few
days aiter'the transaction, the child detailed to
her the ca.comstances exactly the same as she had
given in evidence. Both she a;u mistress ap-
peared to have been crying. At first, %%Amu -the
girl told her that she had a complaint to make
again:t her nr,ister, she refused to listen to laer,
supposing.it was merely some idle quarrel ; but
when she understood the, nature of the complaint,
she examined the g,irl, and found reason to be-
lieve the complaint was well founded. Site accor-
dingly took the girt to a surgeon.
'rite Surgeon' was examined, and' he deposed,
that having looked at he girt, he saw evident
symptoms of force having been used against her.
From the Manner aliel consistency with which the
eVidence of the girt was delivered, he never could
have doubt rif the truth Of her stor7
When the, prisoner was called upon for his tiv--
fence, he stated that the girl had conducted her-
self on two or three occasions with certain lade-
reucies which he related ; but lie rested his Menet'',
on his incapacity to commit the crime alleged
against him. To prove this, Mr. Phillips, a sur-
geon, stated, that in the course of his practice
the prisoner had been his patient, and, from 'cir-
cumstances which he stated, he did not believe
he could have committed the offence described.
Judge DANNER conceived it would he more
satisfactory to the Gentlemen of the Jury if some-
of them retired along with the prisoner, =id form,.
ed their own judgment respecting the evidence
given in his defence. Two Gentlemen retired ac-
cordingly, and on their return put several intel--
ligcnt questions to Mr: Philips. The answers were
decidedly hi the negative.
Judge IhmEtEtt did nut repeat the evidence to
he Jury ; but he'desired them particularly to fla-
tlet: one thing, which was, t.:-.at the prisoner's
trite, on hearing of the crime Ire had been charged
with, 'never once took, notice of. the eircunistance
now brought forward in his defence.
'rite
Jury withdrew for half. au hour,. and then
returned a verdict of—Not Guilty.
The prisoner was a respectable looking man,
apparently about fifty. And several witnesses
gave him an ex.cellent character for decorous and-
mond conduct.

Hoary Clark was indicted for stealing 271. in
Rink. of England notes,' the property of David
Bank; on the 3d of September last, in the house
of Ann Simpson, who keeps a baker's shop in
Stanhope-street, Clare-market.
• It appeared, by the ovidence•of the prosecutrir,
that he was the Ivor-knout of Mrs. Simpson, and
;liar the prisoner .had formerly lived with her in
that capacity. lie swore positively to two of he
notes, as also to some wearing apparel which was
found in the prisoner's box.
Mr. Baron observed, that there ap-
peared to be a defect in the indictment, by which
Ann Simpson way described as widow, instead of
spinster. This saved the capital part of the of-
fence, and reduced it to simple larceny—Verdict,
Guilty of stealing, but not in a dwelling-house.
Two young boys, Topping and Garrett, were
tried for entering a house, in the: .parish of St.
Luke, and carrying away a watch, the property
of John Broivn.—Wrdict, Not Guiity. • -
Thomas Rear! stood indicted tor burglariously
st.eaiing a basket filled with articles of earthen
v, are, the property of Israel Liyons, front the
hollse of Mrs. Joseph, in I`.Tonmoth-street.
• Mrs. Joseph stated, that on the 31st of August
last, her [louse, where the property in question
had -been deposited, was entered, by taliing away
-a sash of the back window. The house was se-
carcd-at eleven o'clock at night, and at seven in
:AR! morning she discovered the robbery.
Charlatte Nightingale proved, fhat she bad
g.lstened and secnre{l the doors itpd of the
!cause, and could likewise swear to the articles as
taviug beet' in the house at the tinte.---.lsrael
I..:luns proved his property,
,lames ravil took the prisoner into custody at a
4,,lise in Cambridge-place: lie found him, with
the articles hi the basket, in the act cat reMoving
them. Ott Sei4Vaiiitg ,lie fauud two latch •
kt,y, a.nd 811 unloaded pocket pistol.
Several iVitriesses gave the prisoner, :who: was -
very young and stood weeping the whole of his,
trial, an excellent character.
,j,se Jitrv• found the prisoner -Not Guilty : upon
whichAlr..Justice HEATH observed; that it they
~petted always to have efe-
witnesses to the
fence charged in the indictment, the property and
safety of individuals must be exposed to great
danger
Archibald Taylor was fOnnci guilty of Itealing
silver %yawl), the property of John Northey. •

TICE POI,I E.

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(iu ALL.—Jonatlian -li7i/de, a notriotio cha-
racter, known by tha 't t ank, against ‘vhon, Ny:ir•
rants It-td hcen ohtained front se,.:eral (-7 the Pub-
Of (oil charges of burg!-4"y am! tittering-
forged Bank notes, one for 51. purporting to be of
the Own; of Eng lan(1, to Ir. Sz•arr, of Drury-
lane), was aprtrehen4t..(l accidcotalk, being taken
into oustody on a charge of assault:, on Wednesday

evening.

The prisoner WAS hrougilt up yesterday, toge-
ther with a man 'of the ~,frf.e..4 'Turner, on the
charge of violently assautting'flarles Shelton, of
u. IE3, Long7lane.• It niquared in et'l(hi'ii ,
that the prosecutor went t4r the Head, in
Smithfield, to I,:teh .1 pint of gin, -where the pri-
soners were sitting _within the bar, drinking 'wine,
On his going up to the bar, the urisoner, Turner,
took up a glass of wine, and threwlt in his face,
.witlnnit provocation, and not a word having been
cxchanged. Pfe landlord .then interfered by going
to call the watch( when the parties went era after
hint. The proseetitorkad:,got 'only a few do-ors
from the public-bouse, ,when be was struck n
wio-
lent blow on the face by Wilde,. which brought
him to the ground, and -•by which his nose and
face were shockingly .disfigured.—This barbarity
on the part of Wady, was entirely unprovoked,
as the parties were utter strangers to each other.
Alderman 'l'. Smrrn mdcred the
,prisoners to
stand committed, in defy tilt -of trait, for the as-
sink. It was then the prisonor, 3Vilde, was
cognized, and ordered to be sent to ifituiti-gar-
dell, on the charges of felony, where three war-
rants. arc out against hint.
MaNstoN-llctisf...--Yesterthly Sarah Read, a
xvell-dressed woman, was Charged before the
L,ftb MA Yon, With stealing a piece of fine cam-
bric, in the shop of Mr. Stiles, linen-draper, in
Bishopsgate-street.—She was fully committed for

• Elqw-STnßET.—Vesterclay four old women, of
the names- of Cook, George, Conner,• and Chanz,
her/ain, were brought to the (Mice •bv Sal in it,
chaNged with having taken, money for illegal in-
surances in the LOttery, 4112,-ainst the Lottery. Act.
The facts were pioved, and the prisoner Cook he-
lug -recognised to be au old offender, was ien-
teneed to three months imprisonment the others
were ordered for six weeks- each.

Last ni'ght Mary Newman, servant to Mr. New-.
ton, of Long-acre, was brought before Sir,
CONANT, by Salmon, charged witb haviiqr, robbed'
her master of a, pocket-book, containing letters,
memorandums, and a one pound note. She at
first denied it, but upon the officer searching her,
he found the pocket-book with its contents. The
prisoner said her mistress had told her to keep it.
This statement was; however, contradicted by
Mr. Newton, and she w ordered for re-exami-
nation on Monday, when Mrs. Newton was di-
rected to amend. •

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.HATTOti-G,“ZDEN ,--Yesterday Fickler was
charged by Mrs. Dunnough, of the Coach and
Horses,‘ Itay-street, Clerkenwell, who stated,
that a young WOnnin 1010 had lived servant with
her, who' was recommended as very' honest, was
danghter to the prisoner. Witness had missed
the key of a closet in her bed-chamber, in which
was a small mahogany chest, where she--put her
money for the brewer. O Tuesday last the
young woman was missing, and witness looked
into the bed-chamber, and (kbserved,that the hey,
‘vbiell had been missing, ,was in the closet door';
but the chest W4S gone, with ho or 401. in Bank
Notes and silver. Search was made ;aler the pri-
soner's (laughter to no purpose, she having left'
prisoner's house half au hour before. Prisoner
was taken into custody on suspicion : there were
foand upwards of three pounds in silver upon her,.
among which was a half-crown piece, which pro-:
secuttix identified. Prisoner. committed for, re-
examination.'

EEN-SQUATIE.-Thomas Cooper, of Harrow-
road, Pd a dington, ironmonger, appeared at this
Office yesterday, in consequence of a great seizure
having been made on Wednesday night, on his
premises, by Lavender, Pace, and Cobham, Of-
fleas, of large coppers, urns, &c. on suspicion
of their having been bought inanftinitne manner.-
The whole of the quantity was produced in the
Office.—Lavender stated, that in,consequence of
information, they went to Cooper's house, of
which they had never cute:; aired any suspicion,
although in the neighbourhood the:e were persons
in the habit of having suspicious goodS by them'.
They proceeded.thrOugh the froilt shop, and
passage which led. to some back shops, their at-.
tention was attFacted by a door, which had the
appearance of a cupboard door. On opening it,
they found that it led to concealed passages and
tellm. Cobham entered, Lavender 'having been
unable to get in Am account of the smallness of
the opening ; and chiefly behind sacks of potatoes
they.foundthe ;Articles sqized. The Officers de-
scribed the places in which they found them as
being. %veil adapted to purposes of concealment ;
and Lavender, ‘vho had made many seizures of
such articles, said, that he had never before. met.
with any secret excavation so well adapted. COoper
not having satisfactorily accounted for the manner
in which even two or three of the articles came
into kiis hands, the Magistrates said, that he hoist
be convicted ; a more Suspicious case they could
not remember to have co:ne before tllenv, and its
exposure wouid benefit the public. The nature
of those secret burrows and cellars, places of
which, even the Officers, who were somewhat ac-
customed to these things, had no suspicion with-
out information, confirmed too clearly all suspi-
cions, as they could not he used for arty good
purposes. They advised Cooper to be cautious,
since they had discovered a mine, which might
have been a mine of gold t 6 him ; and they "sug-
gested the propriety of making frequent visits to
premises where were to be found such eaves.--
Convicted in the full penalty of 4Us. and the pro-
perty seized forfeited to the Officers, whieb being
about 3cwt..will produce nearly 151.

Yesterday, about 3000 wounded soldiers, sta-
tioned at present at the York dep6t, Chelsea, were
inspected by several Staff Officers, in the Five
Fields ; and to-day, they will
Board of Officers, when._thcihe examined bythe
r claims to he ad-
mitted into Chelsea Howital, .as permanent pen-
signers, will be heard, •