The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-30 00:00:00

FORTUNE-TELLER.

WORSRIP.-STltEET.—Yesterday one of those' cases came
before ROBERT REVILE, Es 9., the presiding Magistrate,
Which show the boundless credulity of the hump mind.
The officers, Attfield and Vann, stated, that hrconsegnente
of information they received the night before, from a young
girl, Rachael Carriage, they went to the house of the prisoner,
Elizabeth Smith, in Seward-street/ Betlinal‘greeti, where they
found her in' a room with font young ladies, Who' admitted
they were there for the purpose of looking into futurity. Ac-
cordingly she was taken with several papers in the room, and
brought to this office. The papers were filled with mystic
figures, by which she calculated the forecoming of events.
Rachael Carriage, a simple--loolling gill,. appeared at the bar
as a witness against her. She stated that she was a servant,
and had heard of the fame of Mrs. Smith, which induced her
to go to Seward-street. She paid Is. The room was so crowded
with ladies; the witness was obliged to sit on a stool, while the
Expoundress of Fate examined the palm of her hand,- and
in
after deliberating for some time mystic silence, the Decree
of Fate was pron'ou'nced to this artless- female,--that she would
hereafter become-a thief—that she would steal eight shirts from
her master, for which she would be tried and convicted, and
would suffer death, for she was born to-be hung. The terrified
girl in despondency withdrew from the gloomy forebodings of
this Bethnal-green prophetess, and being convinced that an
' ignominious death awaited her, she had no wish to return to
her master; but wandered about, and made up her mind to
drown herself. From this purpose she was diverted by the
lucky interference of her patents/ who directed her to this office,
where -the charm of a salutary Act of Parliament might break
the enchantment of sorcery and soothsaying.-
The Magistrate sentenced the prisoner, under the Vagrant
Act, to hard labour in the House of Correction for 2 months.
The worthy Magistrate cautioned the credulous girl not. to
believe one word which was told her by this impostor, for the
whole was a trick to get money from the unwary.
The poor girl went away saying she would not; but at the
same time looking as if she still placed some faith in the horrid
decree of the fortune-teller.

DISGRACE FtTL OUTRA GE.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday George Willis and Jas. Paden,
two dtistmen in the employ of Mr. Dupree, a respectable Pa-
rish Contractor and. Paviour, underwent an examination before
G. R. MirlsnuLL, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, charged with
a gro-ss Outrage, by violently assaulting and wounding a young
lady, of the name of Pascoe.
It appeared that Miss Pascoe was passing through the Strand
on Monday, about half-past seven o'clock, near Hungerford-
street, at which time the prisoners, riding on one horse at full
gallop through the Strand, knocked her down, and rode over
her ; this scandalous conduct excited the just indignation of the
passengers and inhabitants in the Strand, who. (milled for assist-
ance. Nichols, with a party of the patrole belonging to the
officeiwho were on duty near the spot, pursued and overtook
the prisoners in Dean-street, Westminster, they having taken
that course to avoid their pursuers, instead of going to the Cock
Inn yard, Haymarket, on Mr. Dupree's business; they did
not deny being the authors of, the outrage, and hoped the young
lady was not seriously injured.
The screams of the young lady brought several humane per.
sons to her assistance. She was conveyed in almost an insen-
sible state to the house of Mrs. M' ally, in Hungerford-street.
It was found necessary to send for a surgeon, whose certificate
to the Magistrates yesterday reported her to be in such a bad
state as not to be able to be removed to give evidence ; one of
her front teeth was knocked out, and the whole loosened. From
the wounds and bruises she received, it was deemed necessary
to apply six leeches to her side • her pelisse, and the whole of
her clothes, were entirely spoiled.
The prisoners' defence was, that a coachman had flogged the
horse, and was the cause of its gallopping at such a furious rate.
Mr. Dupree attended, and regretted the accident. He con-
demned the conduct of the prisoners in both riding on one
horse, especially as they had only a halter-bridle., He gave
them both good characters, particularly Willis,. who had work-
ed for him several years, and had never been intoxicated, and
conducted himself very well, and offered to bail him. The
other had not worked for him so long.
They were committed until they should find bail, each him-
self in 401. and two sureties in 201. each.
UNION-MALL.—ATTEMPT OF A BLACK TO STRANGLE
lIIS WIFE.—An aged black man, named Bassa, was charged
with haYing attempted to put an end to the life of his wife,
who is a white woman, by strangling. The prisoner is well
known as the " travelling shoe-black," and has been in the
habit of attending fairs, by which he has accumulated a consi-
derable sum of money.
Mrs. Bassa stated, that about 12 months ago she unfortu-
nately married the black, who immediately after transferred
his affection to a variety of women. This calamity, combined
with others, led her -to drink a little drop more than she used
to drink. The black beat her whether she showed to drink or
not, and more than once took her to Smithfield to sell her like
a beast. She however refused the indignity of the " wisp of
straw," and a severe whopping...was the consequence. Hunger
was also a favourite remedy with the black for the disease of
" a wife," and between that and blows she was reduced to extreme
misery. On Monday night he came home in a rage, and said,
" Sarah, me will kill you—you pawn my shirt and my goods,and
you drinky gin till you are drunk, so now I will hang you dead."
She then fell on her knees, and begged for mercy, but he seized
her, tied a bell rope round her neck with a slip knot, and
dragged her about the room for some time. She frequently
called out murder,_ but the rope became so tight round her
neck, that she was almost strangled, and could' ot draw breath.
At length the door was broken open by several persons, and her
life was saved.
Here the,unfortunate woman exposed her neck, round which
there was ndeep 'dark mark, evidently produced by violence of
the nature described. The Magistrate expressed surprise at
her having chosen such a husband. She replied that she had
been completely deceived by the artful promises of the black,
who had coaxed her by continually treating her to drink, and

taking her to the Surrey Theatre, till he had gained her sec'
dons, and sheet lastmarried him at Newington Church.
The prisoner, when called upon to account for such conc!area
said he never meant to kill her•; all he wished was to frighten
her, for she got drunk and took his shirt to the pawnbru-
t.
instead of the washerwoman's, and he never had any cowftrout
The Magistrate—Well, but what have you to say
strangling your wife ?
The Black said he had not hanged her, for she wash
alive ;he begged that no hurt would be done to him ;, to
was sorry for what he had done, but would be very will
sell his wife, as was done in his own country.
Hew as committed to prison, in default of bail, for the
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DREADFUL OUTRAO.
Yesterday a low looking female, named Catherine Rich sprit
was brought up, charged with having committed a ferocions
s
sault upon the person of her husband who at present retnaeti;
St. Giles' Workhouse in a dangerous condition.' P
that the wretched woman was jealous of her husbano.. „Ai
Qn
going to bed on Monday night last, when her husban4t;
asleept she made the attack on him, and stabbed him with
re•
bit of iron rod in a dangerous part of the body.--She i-
manded until her husband is able to come forward. .cter.
HAT TON-GARDEN.—CAUTION TO PUBLICANS'-;"'
day several respectable publicans waited on Mr. Serjea_.
SELLON, the Sitting Magistrate at the Police Office, Ila,t„tucTd
garden, to ascertain his orders respecting the time they alw_it
shut up during Divine Service in the forenoon and afterne.. ,
on Sundays : his Worship informed them that, in r
futue,
would be requisite that they should shut up at half-Past Le
te
the forenoon, untiPone in the afternoon ; and again, from t rose
to five in the afternoon, and have their houses during Tiers
hours clear of customers as the officers would have strict or
to visit them, to see that7the Act of Parliament may be coilitiat
plied with ; and that they might have no plea of excuse hotoe
orders should be printed and sent round to every pub the tt- p
in the district, in order that they might be stuck up in t:
room for their customers to read, and any publican found
,1';;.
fringing on these orders should be fined m the full pfr.:o
And likewise to shut up and clear their houses every we'

eleven. Dag'
QUEEN-SQUARE.--FLYING Du STMAN.—lreStei.--.7 oht
Leveridge and Henry Brown, two sweep boys, broubiy
before the Magistrate, charged with stealing thet pr°Pcio,
of Mr. Caleb Ludford, contractor for St. Margaret's Par„%ai
The Magistrate observed, that the fine upon such offsu~iept
only 40s. ; but the Legislature discovered it was not
to suppress the evil, ant increased it to 101., without initiga'
!tied
The prisoners could not pay the fine, and they were Gown'
to Brulewell for 21 days.,

'COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Oet4bet 29.
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Amsterdam
Ditto, at Sight 1 t 19
Rotterdam • l2 S
Antwerp
ii 176
Hamhurgit - •
Altona
Paris, 3 Day's sight • • ,
Ditto
0 VP
Bourdeaux, ditto
m
, onei
Frank forton the Main
Madrid .
Cadiz
361 - ail°
Bilboa

Barcelona 36
Seville
Gibraltar
Leghorn.,
Gelioa 43i-Venicep Ital. Lic. 27 50
Malta 45 -Naples..., 394 at.
Palermo
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Dublin .... 9)! :,Cork 9$ pei Cent.
• BULLION. r OS'
Portugal Gold, in Coin
Foreign Gold, in Bars
New Doubloons
••••
New Dollars 0 4 91
Silver in Bars, Standard 0 0

BIRTHS.
wifOenofSauiendßaey\,,. the 27th
cinranstleart,3olfitachdafu,ghEtelribeth
On Sunday, the 27th inst., the Lady of K. Renunett
of Bedford-square, of a son.

On the 28th inst., at CatiAbeßrwßelllEeph.wrch, Mr. liellrYl ontete,i,
of Lincoln's Inn-fields, third son of Florence young,,Fi,st' of
Denmark-hill, to Ellen, eldest daughter of Wm. Leal/ ''"
East Dulwich, Surrey. c gat g'
On Saturday last, at Exeter, Samuel Lloyd, Esti- °` - l're'
dboeriron'k, Ci‘oirukf,atrod,SoEphaqia. Faonsekoetft,theledleisagt disaturagth:serfoorftSha:nconueloty of
Devon. • CherrY'
Monday, at Chelsea Church, the Rev. Henry Curtis , fob])
A.B. of Clare-hell, Cambridge, and third son of the lateion,
Heath Cherry, Esq. Member of Council at Bombay, t° 0.00,
Alicia, second laughter of Major-General Sir John Cain
K.C.8., &c. Benjamin
, On Monday morning, at Maiditone Church, Mr. Ite,%bedi
Sutton, milkman, of the Bower, aged 64, to Mrs. 8,_"4",:rcl
Fletcher, of the same place, aged 52. This being "'eve an.
time the bridegroom, and the fourth time the bride, 113
tered into the happy state of matrimony._
DIED. CO'
On the 29th instant, at his house, Winkworth-place.
_r 'Qf
road, Mr. Thomas Hudson, solicitor, in the 56th Ye'
his age. Vl3 in bt 6
On the 22d instant, at his residence in Elgin, ---, Loudon,
64th year of his age, James 3.l4Andrew, Esq., late. of
and formerly of Lisbon. ,
_ ~, ige
On Monday, the 28th instant, in the 56th year of his --`.
Mr. John Smedley, of East-hill, Wancl2frtit, Stir
nEATII''
EAST INDIA MATHS, MARRIAGES, Al•;; -1- -
[From the Bombay Gazette of MaY ""
MADRAS. he of of
BIRTHS.—At Masulipatam, on the 20th Ap!il, taf a san"
Capt. J. Ogilvie, of the Ist Battalion 17th Regierglit't -osbotT"
At Madras, on the 25th instant, the Lady of ‘3P-.
2d Native Regiment, of a son. err iiit"l
MAILRIAGES.—At Vizagapatam, on the'l6th, ,---' t Cao-'
Arthur Leslie, second son of the Master-Attendant
jautecot
gapatam, to Miss Lucy Cowan, sister-in-law of lic
vC3eterDicsssiaillE.3Ayil, __a_ td
At Pulicat, on the 15th April, Serjpant-Maim' 1t'113'.7
argaret Nichol.
fore o'clock,fourrregrilhe'
St e
(Oi n,
al Vjt lahorni
an
James
se ys,
Gardentav thee
iny., dEHouse,s April,
in ,
__innte
13 ~s at and or
the Supreme Court of Madras, Aiember of Gray's 1"n2„ anselY
merly of the Northern Circuit. None but those nrb-ie of Ili;
and intimately connected with ,him, could. be sensl„ded anhil
esevheorlarm,
worth ;he had an angel spirit and meekness, '
°c elegant
from oppression and injustice,-rotect then;
of the poor and injured, and to•mert his talents to p
..ent, an
aanndlya
svonirtnude.lawHyeer lvaaslwaanysarcecoaTyplislicd and_the cause
zealous advocate, and impared his constitution by 111„0 sion n?
attention to the arduous duties of his profession. -L_onid be.,
all, he was as free from every fraily as human naturlfiloghter 0'
At Egmore, on the 22d April, Catherine, the "
Mr. I). Sinclair. holes,
ahtisa 3teivtli";e3u:r :I,l:if
B. 31‘Millan, Esq., Assistant Surgeon,lVallajabba4a c%ee'
he was an at: sleu,rePl;"asaiduoo.
Intl
fanOtrny,thsine
sincerely
drelAy panri,ll,
datesleirrvaelalaljyaxhebgradet,teodf
baynileips idb :7, iiie fght in:
and friends. Ist 1--.
1 of the ins
At Gooty, on the 24th April, Ensign.A. Or", Luca 1)Y
N. 1., universally beloved, and most tiwerely regt - ,
brother officers,
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BENGAL. 3311/ of'
BIRTHS.—On the 10th April, Mrs. - 3f. Goo
daughter. „r daughter'
On the 13th April, Mrs. J. W. Roberts, i.-fladaugliter. _l7,
On the 17th April, Mrs. A. G. Balfour, of ads of elver,
At Collingah, on the lith April, ,at .A. S. l‘t of btr. ,
filt9
At Patna, on the 2d January last, the ho use. ,
Patilse )1.
Mrs. John Bell, of a son. e olt.
At Hansee, on the Ist April, the 101". of v C .1'
Bth N. 1., of a son. _,., Of CaPt-
At Asseerghur, on the 24th March, the Law
ries D iaelo"_ ...rn,
C. Davidson, Garrison Engineer, of a son.
MenitraGEs.—On the 10th April, Mr. Cita
to Miss Catherine Bush.
On the 13th April, Mr. Samuel Austin, vizi
De Souza. to Illiss itnizrsinil
On thc 16th April, Mr. Rotert Fleming, , of the
!lent, daughter of Mr. Samuel Henry Ho',
•rig,..
Jenni
Department. • homes
DEATUS.—On the-Ilth April, CaPt• vgq• nistrict,
On the 16th April, John Mitchell samsott,
kerpgetillagls'
On the Bth April, at Burrisol, in the B:r ~..„1,,,.e An
e
Mr. John Gill, many years Writer in th J"
relict of tb ,
trate's Office of that Station. nonett, -- once °I
At Patna, on the 7th April, Mrs. Mall' '-',„ the pro
late Mr.. Samuel Barnett, of. Bukurgunge, "•
_.......
Dacca.
the Sir
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