The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-13 00:00:00

ALMY.

tiiicuLAß, No. 122.—CONY.
War-Oliice, Gth July, 1812.
Sir,—The Painc'e Itegent having had under his.
consideration the Situation-of Non-conimissioned
Officers and Privates' discharged from- the army,
who, froin the loss of limbs,-or other serious dis-
ability, contracted on service, require personal
assistince -his Royal Highness has been pkased,
in the naine and on behalf of. his Majesty, to
order, that the Rates'of Pensions for disabled Sol:.
diers, as fixed by liiiMajeStr s Wcirrant of the 7th
October, 1806, shall be extended in the following
proportions, viz..

To very. Seijeant who who shall have lost more
than one limh, or who shall have received such
other bodily injury, as to render him totally in-
capable of earning a livelihood, or to subject him
to the necessity of 'requiring personal ass,iltance,
a rate of pension not excee4iug, per diem, :is. 6d.
To every Corporal, ditto, per diem,
To-every Private, ditto, per diem, 2s. 6d.
The Commissioners of Chelsea Uospital have
accordingly been instructed to 'govern themselves
by those admitting claims of the descrip-
tion referred to.

I have gieat satisfaction iii communicating to
you his Royal Highness'S gracious commands on
this subject, and i request you will make the same
known to the_Cor.ps under your Command.
ha.ve,thellonohr to he, Sir,
:your most Obedient humble eEvant,
(Signed) P414.514R5T0N.
Colonel of the • Reghoent .of

ABSTRACT of a BILL to amend the Acts relatin&
to Protestant Dissenters.- --Two Acts of CHARLES
'" for restraining Nonconformists from inha-
biting iii Corporations,!' and -" to. prevent ant
suppress seditious Conventic. arc repealed.—
All places of religious worship to be registered
and certified in the Bishop's. Court, and recoaded,
-at the Quarter Sessions. Preachers in and persons
resorting to •such registered places to be exempt
from the same penalties as 'persons taking oaths
uruhr the Toleration Act of Wz.LLIANi and MARY :
but the oaths and declaration preicribed in an Act
of the 19th GEO.' M.:" for the' further relief of
Protestant, Dissenting Ministets and School-
masters,"' to be taken 'by ail preachers; &é. When
thereto required ?iy a Magistrate. Any person,
May, under this Act, ,require a Justice of Peace to.
administerthe said oaths and.deciaratiOn., .and re
ceive his certificate of the same,. which shall be'
conclusive evidence. Preacher's having taken the
oaths, 81c: shall be-exempt from offices and from
the militia, provided they do not engage in any
other trade or business, profession, occupation,
or-employment, except, that of a schoolmaSter.--
Pen altie,S to be imposed .tort- personsfalsely pre-.
tending to be pr:eachers,' and producing false cer-
tificates.' Doors of religious assemblies not tobe
bolted or barred. Penalties to be inflicted on per-
sons •i
disturbing religious assemblies.
• ,
The foll Owing is an ab!tract of the Bill" for
the preservation Of .the peate in' certain
disturbed counties collected for pur-
poses dangerous .to the public peace may be
searched for and seized by any constable under the-
Warrant of •a Magistrate. 14n case admission is
refuted, the constable may enter by force, by day
or by night. The second clause appoints arms-
not secure from nniawful.seiztire to be lodged in
places of security receipts for the. satin: 'being
given to the pet's,oris from whonttheY are taken
such persons having also theliberty of appeal to.
the Special SeSsions to,be held every three weeks,
for the restoration of their arms. ft arms are
to remain in 'safe custody till the expiration of the
Act, Or while the district shall continue so dis-•
turbed as to make-it e-kpedient in t:)e judgment Of
the Special :Sessiims to retain them. Another
clause, declaf•es unlawful all assemblages for CQM-
-mittiug outrages, &c. taking of arms, collecting
depots of arms, &c. and all assemblies associated
Or communicating by delegates for the purpose of
raising money by subscriptiOn in aid of the above
unlawful purpose "The penalty, on 'such offen-
ders is left blank. Such assemblies may be diS-'
persed by the Magistrates, .and the persons pre-
sent ; and all such as are fnund carrying arms un-
der suspicious oiretuustadces May be detaided and.
required to give bail, .and prosecutd fort. . -
Justices may, on information upon oath, -eOnirnit
any person acting as delegate or secretary.to the,
above untawfulassemblies, and take po.s4iessiotr of
the money, books,' &c.-belongingto sueb,asso=
dation. JuStices may disperse any assembly con-
sisting of or more persons meeting.at a
tanee from any house, between certain hours,
suds Justices may syuspect to be assembled
1.1- unlawful purposes. On refusal to disperse,
the same shall be counted an unlawful assembly.
Justices of detached andadjoining counties to hay,
concurrent jurisdiction in such counties. Penal-
tie.s are imposed on persons who 'knowingly per-.
snit unlawful assemblies to he held in their houses.;
and if aepublie4thuses-,- the licenseS, to be forfeit-
ed: The provisions of the Act to extend to certain
counties left blank, and to such Alter counties
his Majesty shall,' ujion the representation o the
Lieutenancy'declare to be so disturbed as to require
the enforcement of the provisions.of the Act. The
duration of the Act is. left blank.

PLY M 0 TFI,,jU 9.---Th IS morning, at the early
hour of 3 o'clock, the 'body of the unfortunate
',Tyne, together with the bodies of his,two infant
children, the latter inclosed 'in one eoftin,. were
interred in the ChurCh4ard of the parish of
Charles, in this town.' Though this solemn ser-
vice took place thus early in the indrning; a great
-number of persons attended, the whole-9f Whom
appeared visibly affected. at the awful. scene :
the burial service was performed by the -Reverend
IlAwKtn, in the most impressive manner,.
and who also appeared to be greatly airected
this most solemn and Melancholy occasion..
Saturday morning, about two o'clock,-_ a hack-
ney coach came in contact with the. Earl of Egre-
mont's carriage, 'coming from Vauxhall Gardens,
near the /Isylittn, it being very dark, the poles of
the hackney coach so much injured one -of the
noble .Earl's horses, that. it became necessary
to kill it, and his Lordship and ,family 'walked
home. The hackney coachman was very much
bruised.

AtiNCTIESTER ASSItES4,

These Assizes ebnirnerreed on Tue.sd.or, bet9o
Judges Camdriat and GRAHAM.

. MURDER.
joAii, Juni& wa tried for the ivifta murder
'Elizabeth Hill, at.Shalflec..-t, in the Isle of Wight'
on the 21st of June last.
Timothy- Pitman knew Mi. gill and his wl,t
.on-the 21st of June* returiltd.froni church 17,"t
Mr. Hill and son, Jamtts., The son Opened -tile.
house-door, and imMediately screamed out, 13.0. t,
his mother was murdered. Thi3 brought thcrn
the house, ..where they saw 'Mrs Hill lying -&=1-`
on the fhior, hei•bloiia being congealed about 11.1
there appeared many wounds' eiu her head W',
neck. Mr. Hill is a shoemaker;'' the pei4olicir.
• was his apprentice. Witness went to 17'1-t_fr3
about. half-past two, and returned abou, 101';
past four.- .
Eliz. Btirw stated, that; on th'e 214 t of 31100
'betWeen six and seven o'clock, she care;
Hill's house ; SaVv-his wife lying dead ; continuer
.in the house till 'the prisoner returned hon3fi.
about-ten o'clock. He came into the loon, v 161!
.they were sitting, 'and observed, " ron„01: us-4,0
. _d
here to-day.", To go to the room where trai,
were sitting, the prisoner had to pass the ractui
where the deceased lay. Witness replied to 114
Observation, " Yes, John-, the worse luck." 'O4
prisoner then sat down in a chair between the wit:,
ness and.. Mrs. Marks. The witness inquirtd
hint if be had been to the Meeting; he said,
:he had been to Yarmouth and Freshwater, to
his sister: Soon -after. this Mr. Gosling came te
'the door,- and Mr. Hill and -his son went to
but returned again directly in company with Crvc
iafe.- James Hill then said to the prisoner, "
John 1 Oh John ! you. ha.Ve deprived me of IV,
tender mother!" The prisoner looked up ani
Said,' ". 1 have done it; it was may hand that
did it." On which the witness observsd,
hoye, JOhn, it is not you. that inUrdered
mistress!" The prisoner again replied, "
it; and *1 would have murdered you, or any othei
person who had been there-at the time.,, s3_
he had done the deed with James Ashley's liatcbt
and throwing his knife on the 'floor, said,
was with this I cut he- throat." He after -305
told them the-hatchet -N1,6 in the stable, and tl7't,
the trowsers he wore were there too; which-, c".
going to the stable, were found—they were ,stta':;
ed with blooi.,in'various parts. Witness ob.scrvf.,
to him, " John-, you will be hanged for it •;“ "-
replied, "He wished it." He expressed DO s°r-
rows for the deed, but said-, he was sorry for
distress of the family: He, said that he killed Oa
mistress after three o'clock, and at the time
she was sweeping 'up her chimney corner.
ness knew the .prisoner from his "infancy ; she 6c:
ver knew him any. ways deranged, nor dila° •
from other people.
Joseph Gosling stated, that, on Sunday, Tie
the prisoner in conversation with some other
ple about 'a mile from Hill's he-use;. they 'vii;e
talking of,- the murder,- a-rid, the .Vrisonei said -
thought it :must be
_very bad for Iris master
litS.daughter.- They soonaftec went on togel',ti
to Hill's house: , Witness then corroboreted tl,
testimony
.of Eliz. Blow. 'He had known the
sower for three years, but never saw him any 1%ii.1-
deranged.
-AXary Marks was -at the house When the P"
Soner.came in, and gave the sametestimone-.
'Henry Hallett, another apprentice of Mr.
stated, that he left the prisoner in his chamber-v-4
-.the day of the' nitirder at lialf,past one, and t'd
he then had .on the -fustian trowsers that wer.t.'F'
dueyd in Court, very !Mich stained with blood-.
Mr. Waterworth, Surgeon, at Newport,
mhred the' 'deceased'i she • had' eleven wouild'
her fate, head, and neck ; her death eras n.
signed .by two wounds on her neck, which 142
rated the arteries, and caused an inertunrinage•
Guilty=-Death.—To be hanged on Mond:lf
day) and his 1)04 dissected and anatotnej•
lie stood, at the. Bar, during the whole .•
trial, with his eyes bent on the ground; 'no
kind of melancholy apathy% kle viewed ixtt
dreadful instruments. produced in Court, "-Jo
unaltered aspeote he heard the awful seote,,i,
with indifference, and retired without haviu:e.4.
tered a word beyond a refusal' to say any tbitbe
He declared, that he entertained no sorrow Cc'', Do
action ; for had any one else come in his
should have done the same thing. His MisTeeto
be said, was always too good' to hirn. He
-
no toTor at his approaching fate ; hut c'qrtilies
himself truly 'happy and content to die. ;of
strongly interrogated as to'the ;probable mob'', cot
his conduct, lie referred the inydrers, -
comment, to the 3d chapter of Job. ',TV"-
cd an enthusiastin the Methodist persi.asion•

• BIRTH. 1,26 f.
On the e.C.I inst. at Livilp;itune, near Ediusurgb,
of .I.lekarolitr'Y.onro, F.sq.'of a Daughtet.

111 ARIZIEO: 0110
. . ,
On Saturday, Mr. Atiaiiion lindgaon, to Ann,
m (mut.
of daes of Bean, near Grecnlicthe, 1(1 c0,,105'
by .special fetuse. Lard S'liiiii)l*‘
".':',ecrwtt;--widow of ilie-Late Major
~; -:„ace. • • 14,4
I at St. Andtew's, • Enfield,
Chase, of Ltvton, E;sex, to Mss Eliza, eldest d03.0' • •
JukTh Bell, 7Esti. of Enii.eld Highway. •