The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-20 00:00:00

OPINION.

VLD
Mill, EY.

Yesterday, Thirdly, Cooke, and Mears, three
carters in the emph4vnient of James Bryan, a mas-
ter:carman, of Lower East .Sniithfield, were india-
' ed for stealing a cart and thirteen cwt. of barilla, va-
lue Bill. his property,' on the 17th January instant.
• The Prisoner Harding was sent by his Master to
convey a quantity of barilla from the London Docks
to an eminent soapboiler's in • Shoe-lane. The cart
, was loaded at the Dock, .and so soon as it was dri-
ven out at the gate, Harding abandoned it,
_on, pre-
tence of going to get some viauals and drink, when
Cooke and MearS drove it off. The Prisoner Harding,
on returning to his master's stable at night, pretend-
ed he knew nothing of the horses and cart ; but on
being taken into custody, and sent to the watch.
hOuse, he confessed that Cooke and Mears had ap.-
plied to him in the morning, to give`them some ba-
linowing that he was employed that day to
carry some, and that he afterwards saw them drive
away the horses and cart from the place where he.
had left them,. without his endeavouring to prevent
or pursue- them. Three witnesses, one of whom
was a scavenger, who had been formerly in the ser-
Vice of Mr.. Bryan, and had frequently driven this
cart, and the same horses, saw the Prisoners:Cooke
and Mears driving it rapidly through different streets,
and the barilla in the cart. They were afterwards
found by the clerk of Mr. Bryan, but the barilla
was gone. The Prisoners were iotnid Guilty of the
farce n 3
tines Willis was indiaed for bigamy: His mar-
riag ; in July, 1801,' at Christ Church, London, to
Elizabeth Tickner, was proved by two witnesses
who were present at the ceremony, and also by the
produ6tion of the parish registry. His
.second mar-
riage, to Elizabeth Large, in July, 1806, at St.
'Leonard's, Shoreditch, was also proved by the pro-
'chit...lion of the parish registry, and. he evidence of
Elizabeth Large, who, however,-,denied that the
prosecution was at her desire, and Wished she had
been an hundred miles off, rather than be present
for such a purpose.: The other wife was also- in
Court. The husband was, a 'sindri yOunk fellow,
aged about twenty (our.
The Admiralty Sessions will be held on Friday,
,for the trial of a murderer.

On Friday evening, ThOthasin Ward,. a very 'de-
cent elderly' woman, who kept a small chandler's
shop, at Saint Peters, in the Isle of Th4net, was
murdered on her return from visiting her daughter,
who lives -at Broadstairs. Circumstances induced a
suspicion that a private of the. Gernian Legion '‘,vaS
the perpetrator of the horrid deed.: he is in custody,
add the ,Mayor of Dover (who is also Coroner) has
been for several hours engaged with a most respea-
able Jury, in examining a 'number of -witnesses.—
'the verdict will not be taken till to-morrow, and we
feel that it would be
,itnproper, in this stage of the
proceeding, to. state any of the circumstances which
nave come to our knowledge. Mr. GARESow, who
was at his' house in 'this neighbOurhood,, has been
very wive w endeavouring' to promote the inqUiry,
and is sow assisting the Coroner in the examinations;
—Mr. Barfield:the" Librarian, at Broadstairs,
serves much commendation for his, aEtivity in secur-
ing the prisoner, and tracing the property. of which
the deceased was plundered,.

On Thursday night last, about • twelve o'clock, a
fire was discovered in a room adjoining` the
town-hall at'Louth, which is occasionally used as a
prison, and where one of the privates- belonging to
the '511) regiment of dragoons was at that time:con-.
fined fOr being in a state 'of intoxication: • :The-
alarm was Iniinediately given, nut.`.lie key_of' the
room not being at hand,. every:effort was for some
time inetieaually made to break open the; door. , Jt
was at length, however, elfeiSted, and the poor man;
was dragged ant of the flames aliserable objet
There appeared some sizn:of life; but he died in a
ver.yfew,rninutes.--it is conje6furedthat,some per-
son had imprudently (riven him a lighted candle
through a hole in the door,- and .that it bad caught
the straw on which he lay after'fie had fallen asleep.
Other reports say he declared if ever he should be
confined in that room he would set fire to it :
hopea, that was not the case:--The fire was soon et'-
tinguished.
The apparently prevailing taste, among, the ',idle
ajiiti. seems to no
Ein7)lNi'saim
tlio.tel,n,bnfotrratie rather
g rimitation: . Mr% P, Abe"
can traveller, tells us, that ''''aiiioligthe Moors, cor-
nare POarinearly.SyliOnitimus. A wo-
rate pretensions to beauty, must
i;ur
ofc e
even and
7 beauty
7zmoderate
be one w cannot wc,alk without a slaVe under each
arm to support her : and a complete 'kvatity is a. load
for a camel.. In consequence ofthis prevalent taste
for unwieldiness, the MOoriSh ladle's take great pains.
to acquire it in early life : and for thiS purpose many
young; misses are compelled by .their mothers to
devour .a great quantity 'of kouskous; and to
drink alarge bowl full ofcamers milk every morn-
ing. The misses'. appetite is. itsnaterial. Obedience.
is enforced by stripes."
The, public .have frequently heard of that Re-
v. erend son of the Church, rite Vicar Bray : pro.
•bably his name May have outlived the recollection of
his.pious manceuvres. •He was in his principle§ 'a
Sextus the Fifth. -The Vicar- of gray, in Berkshire,
was,a Papist under, ItIENity,VILI. and a Protestant
under'Enwitan VI. ; he was a Papist again under
Queen MARY , and at len.gth became a protestant
in 'the ;reign of Queen Ei.fzAB4TH.---When this
Clerical Gentleman was reproached, for his versa-
tility of religious creeds, be Made arlyer-L--" I can-
not help
.that :".but, if I. c.
banged. my religion, I am
sure 1 kept true to my priticiple,.which is—to live '
and die-Vicar of Bray." . .

The unparalleled Sale of'Shares that CARTER'S
Office experienced the day before: the'Wheel went
round, was a pleasing evidence that the advice-he
presumed. to offer to, the"Pi4lic wag attenued to;
and he pledges himself tieVer.tb mislead hi's friends,
but always to state tuAlleinfacts: Capital Prizes to
the amount of 30,0001. were drawn the First Day,
but 2500 Tickets .were also drawn, which makes
the. Lottery. Shares quita,as desirable a Purchase
now as .before the Wheel went' round.—N. B. This
may not be the case after the. Second Day's Draw-
log a a 30,0001. may probably be drawn on,Thurs-
,.
day next.

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