The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-20 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, SEPT. 19.

William Baxter was itidicted for breaking into
• the dwelling-house of Tlionws Snowsill, and
stealine a rpiantitY' of silver coin, some gold,
notes, &C. This. case Was rather singular from
the 61cl:instances Of it. The prism wr, who NUS a
-vcryswell dressed good-looking man, was an Old
tl:ief, and was intro:ince(' to Johnson, the City
oni'cer, by another old thief, one Ton) Golding, a
,
friend of the prisoner. Ticy m ,et on iinttay morn-
ing, the 31st of A-gust, at 'a house of resort,
v-lien the prisriner hew:an a_ conversation to llohn-
son and the other, sa•ving, that he must be can,
ti:•,os, for the Traps (i. e. the ~:nrers) were after
him, Johnson asked for what ? prisoner ad-
-Ot:e,sing his
.old fi ienil (T Golding by name), and
':lsked•if all was right? meaiiiiig to ask whether
Jo:insson was a nian to be trusted.. Golding said.,
'4-Yes all *as.right;'' upon which the prisoner
imburthened all his secrets, amitold them that the
Traps were after, him for a burglary, committed
in Lambeth ; and that he had a choice thing
-for thatatternoon, where' be was sure to make
forty or fifty pounds in money. Her then
s'..ated, that he meant to get into a 110,1 Se in
Gray's Inn-lane, by a false key, at a time when he
knew the old man and woman who lived then.• were
at church ; Johnson the 'officer hearing this, wits
on the alert, and meeting another Officer while he
was in company with the prisoner, bad just time
'to give -him a hint to follow them, and be upein
the look out. Johnson himself also, after.having
parted with the prisoner, took his station at an
opposite house, and during the afternoon service
he saw the prisoner open tU. door of the prose-
cutor's boqse with a skeleton key. After a short
delay, to give .the prisoner 'a full oppbttunity of
effecting his- purpose, the officers followed, and
`took him' into company. They-found bitn loaded
• with • his intended booty: about 'l6l. worth of
silver, soave pocket-books containing notes, some
'half guineas, and other articles,•all of which pro-
' perty was identified by the prosecutor, Thomas
Pbe Jury found him Guilty.

. Jane Collins was in,diCted for the wilful murder
'of Alice Bolus, in the parish of St. P.aul's, Shad--

James Bolus was an 'officer of the Ti-lines Po-
' lice, and husband to the decease.d. His wife Was
much addicted to liquiir and oil the on
which she had the .affray with the prisoner, Was
intoxicated before he left:7llk house. She was
about to strike him with a shovel, , when, in dis -
• arming her *of it, she fell and bruised her-head.
On his return home she was lying on the bed, and
said, Mrs. Collins had given her her death blow.
This Occurred on the 25th vit. June, and the.de-
ceased died on the sth of July following. •
Esther Mull- deposed to having heard the pri
soner use threatening language against Mrs. Bo-
lus. The latter had sent ,Urs. Collins's little boy
on the evening before Co her mother's hayse for
.cheese, and on the following morning accused the
child of having stolen her money, and bought the
cheese without her orders. Mrs. Collins came into
the shop, and swore " she would have. Bolus's

Eleanor .Haan described the nature of the
_quarrel and fight between the parties. Mrs.Eolns,
who w'as' much intoxicated, ran into a honse after
:Mrs. Collins's child, when the prisoner seized her
by the hair, and a' scuffle eusoed. 'grey fell
tnrough a window. The deceased had the ap-
pearance -of having beeu before in a fray.
Mr. Tolman, a Surgeon, attended Mrs. Bolus
previous to her death. She complained of a severe
pain across her cheSt. On opening her body, he
discovered few symptoms of inflammation, but a
large quantity of extravasated blood in the lungs.
The head was much bruised, but the effusion of
blood in•the chest had been themanifest cause of
.her death. On cross-examination, be considered
that great bodily exertion, and previous bruises
on the head, might have 'produced a rupture of
the vessels, sufficient to account for the quantity
of eNtravasated blood.

Mr. Baron GRAHAM thought there was nothing
in this charge that amounted to a charge of my-
th.T. Whether the prisoner had been guilty of
manslaughter, depended on the belief of the Jury
whether or not, in the first place, the contest with
tl.e deceased was justifiable from parental feeling;
and secondly, whether it was the violence 'of the
prisoner which had produced the death of Mrs.
Bolus, who was evidently a person of drunken
habits, and who had previously received a bodily
-injury in the scuffle with her husband—Verdict,
Not Guilty.
Samuel Love was indicted for assaulting and
robbing Mary Fell, and stealing from her a cot-
ton shawl, the property of her • buF,band. The
prosecutrix was the wife of a tailor in the Hack-
ney-road, and Was returning one night in July
last from a club-feast betwixt 12- and I. o'clock.
The prisoner passed her twice, and then gave her
a violent blow 'on the head, which knocked her
down,' and he tore away her shawl. She lay
bleeding a short time,•and in half an.hotir after-
wards saw the prisoner in a watch-house, and in-
stantly recognized him.
William Slater, a watchman, secured the pri-
soner, after he had once brokeit loose froni
The prisoner, in his defence, said, he had been
wounded in the foot in the service of his King
n(I country, and could not therefore run away,
The Jury found him Guilty.
James Po'wel and Jane Taylor were tried for
stealing a watch, the propeTty of John Ward. The
prosecutor had t,;. re home with' the female pri-
soner to a house in Drury-lane, where lie was
suddenly locked in ti:e'dark, and searching for,
hig wat .gong, It. was afterwards
traced to tj,le prisonees lottgihgs. The Jury ac-
quitted rowel, and fouurCl'aylor guilty.
ifoadqy. Solomon Wk.t". tried ou a char it e of hav-
ing robi4ed, or. the Itigliway, one JaMes''PeterS, of
watch, and acciesitted.
Eliza Smith,
for, stealing six 11. notes, the pro-
perty of ArcbibitM Grey ; and Eciturd Th/hot, for
Stealing shawls, &c. the property of Anne Peathers,
were likewise acqUitted.

A mechanic of this own, last week, undertook,
for a small ‘vager„ to drink, nine quarts of strong
beer in one hour and a half, which he completed
with apparent ease,--!Sheffield Mercury)

POLICE INTELLIGr.::,CE,

EXTEN SI I' E ,ROBBERV

• • QuEE-g-Sox Aim flayley nTas yesterday--
again brought up, cli-argetl with having robbed
Abraham Simmons, the tailor, in'the S:rand,
a gold epaulet, clothes ready made up,eic.: Hay-
ley and her husband kept one of Mr. S's two shop-
in the Strand ; and she had been robbing hint for
a year at least, as was proved by the dates of the
duplicates. Several pa‘vithrol,ers attended, par
tiettlarly Mr. Stilkeld, of the Strout, with whom'
many, articles were pawned.' Mr. S. missed nearly
a hundred articles, of which the tickets gave no
account ; she denied, any knowledge of them, or'
that her husband-wts acquainted with her having
nawired those'thinpot which the tickets had been;
produced ; and althott.;ll she appeared dejected
and penitent, yet the ()thee!. said, that on appre--
bending .her: she stoutly denied all knowlege .of
the matter ; nor did site coniesS that there was a
bundle of tickets under the:niattreSs,: till the of
ficer threatened to take her two children away.—
Her apartments were fOund quite bare, and desti-.
toe of necessary I:nen for herself and child. '1 he
Magistrate feared, from these circtintslancvs, that
she bad been a dabbler in the Lottery, or follower
or some Little Goes.—Remanded for a week, to
enable Simmons to get More tickets.
' YOUTHFUL DEPIty.DATIONS.--Hugh Farrell was
charged 'with having robbed Mr. Mundell, of NeW-
so eel, COvimt-garden,' of. nine pair: of stockings,
ou Satnrday; he slyly going into the shop, and
stealing the same from the counter. The neigh--::
tunas opposite watched him, and saw him .commit
the r*bbery. The constable had long known the
boy to bie a thief, connected with a gang ofYabotit
20, the oldest not more than years of age.--=
Committed to )Niewgate for trial.
HATToN-GARDEN.—Mury big, a servant maid
at 'Mr. Harris's., the liat and publie4muse,
in Hatton-Wall, was brought before Mr. SELLoX,
the Sitting Magistrate, charged by' her mistress,
Mrs. Harris, with stealing a linen shift,,her pro-
perty, which WitlieSS found concealed the pri-
soner's pocket. She was remanded for a second
examination.

Phik; Cone was examined on a charge of steal-
ing two pounds of copper from RicnitrO Coater,'
and remanded .for further examination.
MARLBORotiGiI-STREET.An information ',was
heard at this' office yesternay,•netoie Gt. 0.111(..,
Esq. against Joseph. Smith, a <<teWoer in marine
stores, at the suit of Harwood, the informer.
Tester, the witoess, proved. that the de-
fendant had ne,:lected to have his name_ painted
on his eart ; 'which negligence invoked, afar in a
penally of .51----The Magistrate accordingly coup
atid costs. ,

MIDDLESEX SESSION'S.—The .Court waited yes-
terday a considerable Owe, there being no Bills
presented: Mr. MAINWARING sent to inquire the
reason of this delay, and was inforiued in answer,
that it would be late in the day before any could
be got ready, there being tne unprecedented num-
ber of one hundred and sixty. On this intima-
tion Mr. MAINWAIIING observed, that it would
he useless for the Petit Jury to wait any li3nger,
and therefore he would request their attendance
this morning at ten o'clock. -

ACCkhEN'I'S.

A most melancholy accident occurred an Satur-
day morning last, ou the turnpike road between
Faringdon and Wantage, ks. Mr. SPICER, a
farwer residing at Goosey; had loaded.a waggOn
with cheese for %Vantage, and his wile embraced
the opportunity of riding on the waggon- to that
place ; having arrived opposite , the farm called
Garlands, they were overtaken by sonic men, with
a number of loose Colts, returning front Leach-
lade Fair ; the'ste, in passing, divided on each side
of the waggon, and thereby frightened the hOrses
ivhich Were drawing it ; iu endeavouring to stop
them, the driver, John.Combly, was beaten down,
and both wheels passed over his loins ; he expired
in a few minutes afterwards. The horses set off
at a full gallop.; the waggon was overturned, and
the cheese falling-on Mrs. SPI6ER, she was killed
on the spot. The boy who led the fore-horse had
a narrow escape, liaving been knocked down by
it, but lit fortunately succeeded in rolling out of
the way of the wheels before they passed. Au
Inquest was held on the bodies, when the Jury
returned a verdict of Accidental Death.

On Saturday last, a tine girl of the name of
' Painter, 12 years of age, living in Cross-street,
Port§ea, -was burned to death. She %Vas endea-
vouring to make the fire burn, 4t her Mother's re-
quest, when a spark flew out, and struck her near
the eye,' at the moment, unfortunately, when she
had a burning matchin her hand ; she was thro'wn
off her guard "by it, and by hastily putting her
haiad up to her face, 'the burning sulphur fell into
lier:lap,,and‘ set her clothes in One blaze!„ She
iait into the street in her alarm, when a woman,
much resolutibii, threw her down, and snio-
thered the flames with her own garments. . The
.girl was, however, -most piteously burnt ; she lan-
guished until the 'next morning,- and then died..
A poor met with his death on Friday last,
by
,sucking• new ruin with a straw out •of a' pun-
chcon whielr;lily on the Quay, Bristol.

'file Board of Trinity College, Dublin', have
got to mil Parliament .a loan of 20,000 i. for coin-
pitting the North Square, commonly called Bo-
tany Bay. This stun to be paid by instabuents•of
I ;20Q/.. per annlII,11:, l'Otie double and a single
building. are now roofing in, .yhich will complete
the east side; the northern side is to consist of a
.front.of stone, nearly corresponding 'in style ,to
the ft6nt in College-Green. Tlll5 addition
accommodate 120 Students and two Fellows,. The
entire College will then contain 320 Sttidents.
Last week a man,. na;ned Itichard Comte!, a na-
tive of Tyrotiz;livi.recatrd, vv,as along with his
wife, brought before Bailie SMITH, Kelso, under
suspicion of uttering base coin. Oil examina-
tion, at quantitrof pieces. of yellow metal; re-
sembling shillings in size,. were fouud hi their
possession, together with a preparation tor giv-
ing- them. the. appearance of silver. Some of the
pieces were 'nearly ready for thy Market.:
_The
man and his wile are bah lodged in Jcdburgh

' **,

IREL AND.

A Proclamation of his Excellency the fjord
Lieutenant places part of the county of Tippehiry
under the Pence Preservation Bill. Atrocious
crimes-have thus brought a small district tinder an
expense of at least 60001. a year. Let other
places receive warning and instruction. Let"thetn
all •return to industry and •tianquillity, and this,
as' 'it is-the first, will be the last instance of the
infliction of such -heavy penalties. Cork Ad-
verhzer.

Wednesday last, at the Fair of Mount-Pellier, in
this county," two violent factious, - one from
O'Brien's-Bridge, county. Clare, the other from,
.county :Tipperary, • assembled in. the
Green—to fight, aml Which was 'continued for
many, hours to the great terror of those, who
went to' traffic at the. Fair ; the fellows were arm-
ed with musicets; pistols, scythes, and other instru7,
vents of destruction, which were, dealt about
freely and effectually, as several were desperately.
wounded, some of whom; are in a dying way.: it
is to be regretted that. there was not a military,
detachment in the village to protect the peaceable
inhabitants-7-some ',Magistrates interfered with the
rioters, and the conflict would ha've terminated
much sooner if their efforts' were seconded, by ap•=_
pryheruling the ringleaders, ‘vlio are known to be'
constant rioters.----Liinerick Chionicle:
We are concerned to learn, that on tbe.night of
Wednesday last,'-a house in the neighbourhMid of
Johnstown; belonging to Mr. Bratish,:lw,:of that
place, and occupied by his herd, was burnt to the
ground band of ruffians ; and that on Thurs-
day evcmng, another lwliSe,near Johnstown, also
the property of that gentleman, was consumed by
some infatuated wretehes A..yonng fellow has-
been arrested on suspicion' of being one-of the in-
cendiarieS. IVe shall probably be furnished with
the particulars before- our nest
Dublin Journal', Sept.
.13. •