The Sun.
London, England, 1813-06-09 00:00:00

CONFESSION OF i\TIC.I4OLSON.

We yesterday briefly stoied that this Alonsfor
I had confessed his venue----we are now ea:titled to
give' a full Fitton:lt of this atrocious and
deed. 'We learn, that on Mtiadavin consepti:nee
of the numerous visitors (among whoth were Li, it
Castlereagh, Lord Camden, and Lord Robert
Sermonr),swho w.ent to contemplate the Supposed
murderer, he showed repeated symptoms ofatinoy-
ance and agitation : this circinnstance, together
with the atteMpt to make him look more cleanly,.
caused his wound suddenly to bleed 'afresh. This
happenedlabout seven o'clock in the evening. The
hemorrhage being of an alarming nature, an. ex'-
!Hess was imi»ediately dispatched for Mr. A:
Cooper. He arrived at about eleven o'clock : Mr.
Brionston, the Priest, came-about the same tune
with Mr. Bonar. The wound was dressed, and
nothing farther then took place. Yesterday morn
ink, at half past six o'clock,- Nicholson, volunta-
rily requested Mr. Brainston, who had been with
him a Short time, to bring Mr. Bonir to him int-
mediately. Mr. Bowie went to hint, when Ni-
cholson burst into tears and begging pardon of
Mr. 801101% expressed' hiswish to make a full con-
fession. Mr. IVells,.the,Magistrate, who resides
at Briekley-houie, in the neighbourhood, was
sent for; and in the presence of the Magistrate,
and other Gentlemen, Nicholson made, and-after-
Wards signed, a deposition,- acknowledging himself
to be the murderer. The following particulars
may'be,relied anion as authentic
He states, that. on Sunday night, after the -
groom left him, he fell asleep upon a form in the
servants'-hall,` the room where he was, accustom-
ed to lie : that he awoke at three, o'clock by drop-
ping from the form : he jumped up, anti was in-
stantly seized with an idea, which he could not
resist, that he would murder his mastet 'and mis-
tress : he was at this time half undressed ; he
threw off his' waistcoat, and pulled a sheet from
his bed,- with which he wrapped himself up : he
then snatched a wilier from the grate of the ser--
vants'-hall, and rushed up stairs to his master's,
room ; ke made directly to his mistress's bed', and
struck her two blows oh the' head ; she neither
spoke nor moved he then went i•Ott!lti to his mass
ter's bed, and struck him' once across the face;
Mr. Banar was roused, and 'from the confusion
produced by the stunning violence of the blow,
imagined that Mrs. Boum was then coining to
bed, and spoke to that effect : that when he im-
mediately repeated the blow, Mr. Bonar sprung
out of
.bed, and grappled with him for 15 mi-
nutes, and at one time was. nearly getting the
better of him ; hut being exhausted by loss of
blood, he was at length 'overpowered ; Nicholson
then left him groaning on the floor. He went
down stairs, stfipt himself naked, and washed him-
self all over. with a sponge, at the sink in the Out-
lees pantry. He next went and opened the wilt-
dows of the drawing-rOom, that it Might be sup-
posed some person had entered the house that
way : he then took his shirt and stockings,
which were covered with blood (the sheet
he had left in his master's room), went out at the 7
front door, and concealed his bloody linen in a
hush, covering it with leaves the bush •
was
op-
posite the door, and not many yards from : he
then returned without shutting the outer door,
and went to the servants'-hall :he opened his
windoW-.shutters and went th.hed (it Was not yet
four o'clock); he did not sleep, though he ap-..
peured to he asleep when King came l'or the pur-
pose of wakng him at half-past six, o'clock. He
sta eel, in the most solemn mantier;that no person
whatoer was concerned with him in this I.orritl '
deed ; and to a question put to him, whether he
had any associate, answered, How could he,
when he. never in his life, before the moment of*
his jumping up from the form, entertained. the
thought cif murder ?' He can assign no motive for
what he did ; he. had no enmity or ill will of any'
kind against Mr. or Mrs. Bonar."
This deposition was regularly given before the
Mogistrate, and attested, by Mr. A. Cooper, Mr.
Herbert Jenner, the Rev. Mr. Lockwood, Mr.
llott, and Mr. Bonar.

It appeari that Nicholson bad been drinking a
great quantity of the beer of the house during the
Sunday ; and though it-is not stated' that he was
intoxicated, yet the quantity might have had some
effect on his senses.

lii cousequenre of 'Nicholson's information,
search was made for the linen, .and it. was found
in a laurel bush close to the.house, covered with
leaves, except about two inches : the stockings
were very bloody, end, the shirt was alio rent al-
most to rags about the neck and front.
Nicholson, who, beforethe confession, looked
gloomy, fierce, and malicious, has since that
period been perfectly calm, and has even an air
of satisfaction in his countenance. He appears
to repent his attempt at suicide, and it is- not ap-
prehended that he would now repeat it,. though
the watchfulness . of his attendants is not on ,that
account at all remitted. He is at present in a
tolerably fair way, but his recovery is 'somewhat
doubtful, because it is feared it may be necessary
to:re-open the wound, an operation which may
be followed with dangerous consequences. Every
thing which may tend to. agitate him is studiously
avoided, and as few persons as possible arc ad-
mitted to see him.

Mr. Boimr rode to town early in the morning,
with the i9telligence of .the confession to Bow-
street, and afterwards communicated the same to
the Secretary of State.

The disputes among the Proprietors of thellay-
market Theatre are still so high, and there is so
little probability of an amicable adjustment, that
it isaitl to 'be doubtful whether it will be opened
for the ensuing season.

on Monday the depot troops of the 4th 'regi-
ment of dragoon guards marched into Don‘ca•ter,
where they are to remain a few weeks, when they
will proceed on their route t 0 York, and he joined
by the i.ernainder of the regiment, recently re-
turned frum foreign service.

Some time since, a man, apparently in a state
of pennry ;,anti 'distress, was admitted into the
Exeter work-house. Tuesday it was dieovered
that he had 3001, in gold and silver in his posses-
sion, which; it is said, he has proposed, at his
decease, to bequeath to public CbaritiCS 0.1 that
city.

LAW REPORT.

bOUTIT OF EKCHRQUER, JUNE S.

COLOUR FOR PORTER:

THE KING V. BLACK. AND OTHERS.

The Sot.tcurott-GENERAL stated that this was
an iiifformation against the defendants, v,llo tire
thalters of liquor for colouring porter, for litt'ing in
their posst.-1-,hiott .and 'p;gredients forbidden
by the z Ist of George 111. By a previous Act the
breweis of porter are not to make use of any ar-
ticles but 'malt, hops, and water ; but in ..1811
they were allowed materials for col:: wring porter,
namely, brown- sugar from the West Indies, and
water only. The information in this dale stated,
that the defeodants had itsed other tuaterialS and
the question-would ne whether they had used the
article pointed out by the Legislature, or any
other ?

A sample was produced in a gallipot.—lt-was
in a liquid state, and appeared to be molasses.
Mr. Serj VAUGHAN observed that this was not
a case of delinquency. The article had been used
openly. It answered the purpose of colouring as
well as Mttscovado sugar, with'. this advantage—
it was clteaper to the public.' The only tpteation
was whether it could be used by hand The
Learned serjeatit
.then proceeded th prove t%at
it was brown sugar, within the meaning of the
Act ; but

The CHIEF BARON interfer-ed, by eXiit'6ssing his
opinion", that it was out sugar brou:;ht frourthe
West Indies, -which the Legislature ort!y allowed
to be used.

Mr,, erjennt VAVGITAN begged to have the point
reserved for future ConAiderotion of the Court,
namely, whether the article was or was nut sugar,
within the meaning of the Act ?
A verilict was taken for the Crown, with liberty
to move to enter a verdict fur the defendantS.