The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-10 00:00:00

TITESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1822.

EXCHEQUER BILL LOAN OFFICE,
South Sea House, August 6, 1822.
WHER EAS an Act was passed in the pre-
sent Session of Parliament, cap. 86, " To amend two
Acts of the 57th year of his late Majesty, and the Ist year of
his present Majesty, for authorising the issue of Exchequer
Bills, and the advance of Money for carrying on Public Works
and Fisheries, and employment of the Poor; and to autho-
rise a farther issue of Exchequer Bills for the purposes of the
said Acts;"
Notice is hereby given, that ,all APPLICATIONS for
LOANS under the said Acts, by any Body or Bodies Politic
or Corporate, or any Company or Companies of Proprietors,
or Person or Persons engaged in, or desirous of carrying on,
any Works of a public nature, or for the encouragement of
the Fisheries, or the support of any Collieries or Mines, or
any Trustees of Roads, Railways, or Drainages, or any Per-
son or Persons proposing to undertake any Embankment from
the Sea, in Great Britain, specifying the amount required, the
purposes to which the same is to be applied,, and the security
proposed, are to be addressed, sealed up, to William Holden,
Esq. Secretary to the Commissioners, constituted by the said
Acts, at their Office as above.
The Interest upon all Loans advanced under the Provisions
of the above-mentioned Act will be at and after the rate of
FOUR Pounds per centum per annum.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Bow-STREr±.=—Cu MOUS ATFAlR.L—YeSterday Mr.
Thompson, a linen-draper,. keeping a shop at. No. 37, Parlia-
ment-street, was brought up in the custody of Godfrey, a con-
stable, on a warrant, charged by a Mr. Lester With a very out-
rageous assault upon him.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Lester, that he resided
at Battersea-rise, upon a little property he possesses there; and
on Sunday afternoon, while he and his wife and children were
sitting very comfortably over their dish of tea, they were some-
what alarmed at hearing a wild sort of laugh, accompanied by
occasional sobbing, in a female voice, apparently out of doors.
and very near to the house. Mr. Lester went to the dOnt, and
saw a lady very elegantly dressed, with a gold watch by her
side, and otherwise rather profusely ornamented with jewels
and trinkets, seated, or rather reclining upon a wall, a few yards
from his house. She appeared to be in hysterics, and he ran
towards her, and caught her in his arms just time enough to
save her from falling backwards, by which shemust have been
precipitated to a depth of nearly fourteen feet. The wall in
front was not more than two feetfrom the ground. She was then
quite insensible, and he took her into his house, and procured
proper restoratives, and he and his wife showed her every possible
attention. While they were endeavouring to recover her, the
defendant, Mr. Thompson, and another man, walked in' from
an adjacent public-house, and Mr. Thompson assisted in ap-
plying the restoratives, and seemed anxious* for the recovery of
the lady. 'When she had perfectly recovered her senses, Mr.
Thompson and she seemed perfectly acquainted with each
other, and he requested her to go with him. She refused, and
again burst into tears. Mr. Lester then endeavoured to pre-
vail upon her to accompany the gentleman, as it was of course
better that she should be with her friends than at his house,
even if he could accommodate her as she could wish. She,
however, positively declared she would not with them, for that
she had been shamefully treated. She would sot stir another
step with them. Her remarks were more particularly address.
ed to Mr. Thompson, who, after thanking Mr. Lester for his
kindness, which he said did him great credit, went back with his
friend to the public-house. They had scarcely gone, when the
lady relapsed into hysterics, and her alternate fits of laughing
and sobbing were so violent as almost to alarm the neighbour-
hood. while she was in this state Mr. Thompson returned.—
He was at first a " little fresh," but he then appeared to have
added fuel to the flame, and seemed in that sort of mind which
is generally described as "ripe for any thing." When he en-
tered the room where the lady was lying in the state described,
he began to throw every thing about, and conducted himself in
a very outrageous manner. He took the pillows which had
been provided for the lady, and tore off the cases : and in the
same violent manner separated the covering from another piece
of furniture. Ile also broke several articles of china and glass.
The remonstrance of Mr. Lester, though delivered in a conci-
liatory tone, had the very opposite effect to that intended.—
The reply of Mr. Thompson was—" ll—n your blood, do you
mean to insult me ?" Mr. Lester replied that he did not, but
again begged he would recollect that he was in the liouse of a
stranger, and one who would not be insulted with impunity,
and he hoped he would not compel him to appeal to a con-
stable for protection. He had scarcely time to finish the sen-
tence, when Mr. Thompson advanced towards him, and struck
him a blow in the mouth, which dislodged three of his teeth,
and brought him to the ground. He would have repeated the
blow when Mr. Lester rose, but for the interference of the fa:-
mily of the latter, who got between them. He then vented his
rage in invective, and swore that he would meet Mr. Lester
any where with sword or pistol; and if he did not like that, lie
would box him for any money he liked to bet. Mr. Lester,
however, declined the honour, and after a great deal of trouble,
and no inconsiderable damage to the interior of the house as
well as to the person of Mr. Lester, Mr. Thompson took away
the lady in a gig which he had waiting at the aforesaid public-
house. Mr. Lester learned in the course of the conversation
which took place at intervals, that the lady was the wife of Mr.
Thompson, and that he had driven her out in a gig for a day's
pleasure. They, were„on their return, when Mr. Thompson
was guilty ei.attibffence against the laws of conjugal love,which
no wife of *jilt could brook—he saluted a young lady whom
he saw on the road, and that with such an appearance of ar-
'dour; 'as tO be too much for the sensitive mind of Mrs. Thomp:.

son, who quitted him when they stopped, and she was found
by Mr. Lester in the situation already described.
. Mr. Thompson's only excuse for his behaviour to Mr. Les-
ter was that he was irritated, and had drank too freely. He
did not deny the general charge ; but expressed his willingness
to make an ample apology to Mr. Lester.
The parties retired, and it was understood that the matter
was arranged by Mr. Thompson's making what he professed
his readiness to do—a very ample apology.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—DISGRACEFUL RlOT.—Yes-
terday this office and the avenues leading to it were crowded to
excess by respectable persons, all apparently desirous of being
present at the examination of thirteen of the lower order of the
Irish, who were concerned' in a disgraceful riot and affray on
Sunday night, which required the interference of the military
to assist the civil power to suppress it. At one o'clock, the
other night, charges being disposed of, the following named per-
sons were placed at the bar :—Patrick Fayley, David Pren-
dergrast, John and Denis Carey, Timothy Higgin,
Daly, John Deky, W. Mason, Patrick Clay, Joseph
Manning, Benjamin Holland, and T. Mahony. They all ap-
peared to be men of decent appearance.—The following was the
evidence then adduced against them :
James Sexton, the conductor of Bow street patrol, stated
that he and four of his party were on duty in Oxford-street,
near Bond-street, and he heard loud shrieks and cries of
" murder" issue from a place called Oxford-buildings. He in-
stantly advanced towards that place, and perceived Manning,
.Mahony, and Daly fighting. He with his party walked down
the court, which was all in an uproar ; he endeavoured to
separate the three men, but was knocked.-down several
times, and after making several most 'ineffectual attempts
to separate and disperse the mob, he found that without as-
sistance he could no.&, and called for the interference of the
watchmen ; but they all, with the exception of one named
Brain, declined, and from motives best known and under-
stood by themselves, they posted away from the scene of
action. At this time, about half-past twelve, the affray be-
came very dreadful ; all the inhabitants around were looking
out of their windows, calling for assistance in a state of very
great alarm ; and as fast as the witness and his four patrol made
any sortie upon the rioters, they, like magic, were knocked
down. Brain the watchman had his hand shattered, and a patrol
named Mason got a most tremendous beating, at the first entry
into the court by the police ; a boy named Daniel Morgan was
found stretched lifeless, and was carried away, and ever since has
remained in a state of stupor, dreadfully beaten about the head;
he was pronounced in imminent danger by a surgeon. The
night being dark, the witneSs and his party could not distinguish
the features of many, who only gave convincing impressions
upon the persons of the patrols, that they were present. The
weapons used upon this occasion werepokers, sticks, pewter pots,
and missiles. The truncheons of the patrol were shivered to pieces
in parrying some blows aimed at their heads. At length it was
' found necessary to send for the assistance of the military ; and a
detachment of the Foot Guards arrived, who assisted in clearing
the streets, and although very roughly handled they performed
that duty in a very proper and becoming manner. The witness
finding that theprincipal rioters fought shy by retreating into the
houses] he followed into a house and found a door fast locked ;
the panels were broken instantly, and the persons within in-
formed that they must surrender to the police. This was re-
fused with dreadful imprecations, coupled with certain threats
of an hasty flight from the windows into the street of those who
intruded. This was not heeded, and the police-officers pro-
ceeded to break in the door, which they at length accomplished
in spite of the tremendous resistance from within, and sundry
well-directed blows and thrusts of pokers, &c. The 13 pri-
soners were then secured, and, assisted by the military, the
police succeeded in placing them in the watchhouse.
This statement was fully borne out by the patrol, the watch-
men, &c. ; but none of the prisoners, with the exception of
those already named, were fully identified.
The Magistrate (Mr. RoE) asked if the boy could speak, or
give any detail of the affray.
He was informod that he could not understand or know any
of them ; he was perfectly insensible.
The boy's father said his son did not know bins, and he was
in a state of stupor.
A Medical Gentlemen in the Office observed, that from the
state of the boy as described, his skull was either fractured, or
he was seized with a compression of the brain.
The prisoners, on being called on for their defence, deptecl
one of them to speak. He said he was going to quit London
for Ireland, when all the of prisoners on Sunday called to take
leave of him ; and they had nothing to do with the row, but
were all quietly drinking when the Officers came in.
The Magistrate said he should remand all the prisoners : one
of them might have to answer for murder if the boy died. In
the present state of the case they must all go to prison.
The prisoners were then remanded, and conducted, under a
strong escort, to prison.
UNION-HALL.—THE PREACHER AND THE BRIXTON
MILL.—An itinerant preacher, who, when disengaged from
religious pursuits, is an industrious shoemaker, named John
Thonurs, but calls himself at other times a messenger from
Heaven, was brought before R. J. CHAMBERS, Esq. charged
with having, in breach of the peace, assembled a great multi-
tude at the Obelisk, by holding forth in the cant of certain
enthusiasts, in a loud voice, and with various fanciful gesticu-
lations.

From the statement of the officer who apprehended the de-
fendant, it appeared that between ten and eleven o'clock on Mon-
day morning, he saw the defendant near the Obelisk, addresSing
an immense crowd of persons on the subject of a future state,
and recommending to all around him the plan he was following
himself, of giving up the business of this world for that of pre-
paring for a better. For the purpose of gaining this object, he
proposed the never failing project of trusting to Providence for
support, and abandoning all the ordinary means of obtaining a
livelihood. The officer added, that he had brought up the pri-
soner two years ago upon a similar charge, and at that time the
Magistrate was pleased to discharge him, upon a solemn pro-
mise that the thing should not be repeated, notwithstanding
the inroads which vice was making in society. The messenger
from above was reminded of this promise, which, notwithstand-
ing his professions, he had violated ; but he was in the extre-
mity of an inspired spirit at this time, and refused to listen to
any thing respecting the state of things under the jurisdiction
of the Magistrates of Surrey, or any other earthly power, and
proceeded in his condemnation of the general plan on which
spiritual affairs were transacted. The officer finding that all
gentle measures were inefficacious in removing the defendant,
put an end to the sermon by seizing him, and hurrying him off
with all possible speed to the watch-house, where he gave a
sample of his steadiness to the cause he advocated without, by
preaching to all within.
The MAGISTRATE asked the defendant why he persevered
in offending against the laWs ?
The Preacher said, that in performing the duties of his
mission, he was not aware that he was subject to any human
law. If a survey of London were taken, it would be found that
most of the lower classes would not enter a Church, and that
they would listen to his doctrine with attention.
The MAGISTRATE told the defendant, that if he would pro-
mise not to preach any more in Surrey he should be again dis-
charged, notwithstanding the former disregard lie had shewn
for his word.

Thompson acknowledged thathejiad-promised not to preach
in that county, .but the obligation to break that promise became
so great as to mike a virtue of that, which, under other circum..
stances, would be a vice the growth of infamy and, irreligion
was great, in fact, exceeded the crops of every other kind, that
were to be found. in the county cf Surrey. Ile could-not, there-
fore, abstain from gathering together thOse who desired to be.
refreshed with " the word," and most positively refusedthe kind
fafonr of Mr. Chambers,

Mr. CirAmirEns thei for die. peace of the county; and the
benefit of the defendant, and the characters who are confined in
the House of Correction, sent the Preacher to Driy:ton Mill,
where he may have the opportunity the intervals 61 work to
mend the morals of the inmates.

REMARKABLE CIIICUMSTANCE.—In the sto-
mach of an ox, the property of Mr. Banister, stanghtered at
Windsor last week, wag found a shoemaker's awl, enclosed in a
grisly substance and quite perfect. The animal had no appeal,.
ance whatever of suffering a disease.—(Boers Gazette.;
A seam of coal, 6 feet Sinches in thickness,
was come at yesterday, in the new colliery at
Hetton, at a depth of 109 fathoms or 654 feet.—
We have much pleasure in announcing this fact,
and we hope the owners of the colliery will be
amply rewarded for the spirited manner in which
they entered into and have prosecuted the under-
taking..:—(Dui-hani Advertiser, Sept. 6-.2