The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-04 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

It will have been remarked in our Paper of
yesterday that another fire has occurred at
Which a proper supply of water was not procured
till long after the arrival of the engines. It is
common 'to throw all the blame of this deficiency
on the Water Companies, .and people seem quite,
satisfied when they• have fixed on some
dual or body amen, upon whom they can, dis,
charge all the vehe►nence of their indigna...
tion. • •But we should recollect that our duty
to the public, tines not consist in giving utH
terance to Censures, however just, but in pro
rooting remedies 'that may be effectual. The
Water CoMpanies are like all other trading Com..
panies—they look to their own profit, and they
look no further; but if their customers have a
right to expect from (111,111 greater accornmoda,
tion than is at present, it is for their customers
to look to the excess of that right. Those cos-
touters are -the public. Let the public., there-
fore, take up the matter seriously. Let them
look at it in all its bearings. The evil arises from
went of system, not only on the part of the'
Water CompaOies; but of all the parties whose
services are necessary in case of conflagra-
tion. No two parishes in London have the
same regulations respecting' fires. "There is
no common, understanding between tht Water
Companies and the Insurance Offices, nor be-
tween the Insdrance Offices and the parochial or
municipal authorities. If an Anti-Conflagration
Society were formed, like the Anti-Mendicity
Society, the benefits would be of a isimilar kind.
All the details of the subject would be under the
consideration -Of an intelligent Committee, and
the same gentleman who planned the necessary,
arrangements for preventing mischief by fire,
would s,uperiliteed their application in practice.

ITIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.I
The !Ong and frequent Cabinet Meetings that
have been held this week, have reference, it is
said, to the war in India ; and there is even some
talk of augmenting' the British force in that coml.
ty. These may be only vague rurnoffs, though
it cannot be denied that the state of our In-;
dianaffairs gives to them an air of great probabi-
lity. However, before any new expence be incur-
the Public have a right to know whether
it be want of means, or of skill in•their manage-
ment, that has paralyzed our efforts in the pre•
sent contest. If the in t ter be the cause, all the
sacrifices that the country could,make'would not
retrieve the honour of our arms. To send out
reinforcements ,would be, in this ease, kwanton
and useless expenditure. In the mean time, the
evil, whatever it is, should he probed to the
bottom, and without any loss of time ; for, it
is not in India alone that we should feel the*
:effects of the hingour which Marks our ef-
forts in this contest. If our arms were to
sustain any marked reverse in that 'quarter, the
effects of it would be felt. through"the whole extent
df our political relatiane. Tho,country 'could no
longer exercise that influence on the affairs of the
world which she wields at this time ; and, what-
ever may be-the intrinsic value of our empire in
India, we must maintain it unimpaired, if we wish
to keep up our present rank amongst the na-
titans of the world. We are not surprised,
therefore,, at the alarm which the Public have
taken at the feeble manner in which this war has
been conducted '; and if the incapacity of
Lord
Amherst be the cruse, as is generally suspected,
it wood be a l`ihrel
on Ministers to suppose that
they hhve any doubts bow they should act in
this emergency. Ilia appointment to so arauotts
a post elicited at Onetime general astonishment;
and ,his removal from it, we firmly
believe, would
give universal satisfaction. 1..0 of Ole greatest
I‘,
talents have, been, almost unifoftnly, selected
to eaminister the : affair& of l minis, which ac-
counts for the mighty empire that we have
erected there ; end, to and ulti-
mately destroy it, all that is wanting is to substi-
tute, in the superintendence of its interests, me-
diocrity for genius. Tee present Governor-Ge-
neral is said to be a very amiable and sensible

MuaDER.--:011 Saturday hight last, a murder,
was committed:hear the Tennis Court public-
house at WarmleY, about four miles from Bristol.
A man named Isaac 'Gelder), a waggoner, had
caused the Worse of one of 'his neighbours to be
pounded ; this 'mein Wits in the' public-house
drinking, when several others aim° In', some of
whom begin to throw tobacco pipes tit him; this
led 'to further quarrelling ;'and altimitely, when
(; a Wen' left the 00)11c-house to .h go ome,'he was
way-laid, knocked doWit with a large pole., and
ono of his inhuman Companionsns stubbed
him
in
the 'forehead with a large French claT-knife,
the blade of which Was broken in the Blow ; they
left him a corpse. Seven men 'haVe been taken
up as accessories, viz. Robert Englatid, Mark
‘V biting, James alines, Thetnas
Francis Britt* Isaac Britton, and Samuel Pen.
cock. A Calliner's Inquest sat On the body, acid
brought in a verdict of 44 Wilful murder against
several persons unknown."
YesterdaY afternoon one of the Windsor
coaches wai overturned in Piccadilly, by which
accident a_Per" of tiletrams Of florE had' the
spine of His ha'ck much injured., and wits other.
Wise severely ivrutited. He was conveyed to St.
George's Hospital) *here tie now lies. The rest
of the passengers escaped unhurt, with the excep-
tion of a few slight bruises. No blame it imputed
to the coachman.

WINTER. HOME CIRCUIT.

HERTFORD, DEC. 3.

ROBRERI: OF EARL COWPER'S STEWARD..
William Jones and George Weaver were, indicted for bur-
,
glaribusly breaking and 'entering the dwelling-house of John
Haines, at Ilertingfonlbury, in the night time of the 9th June
last, and stealing therein cash, bank-notes, and money securi-
ties to the amount of 1,8681. 13a. l lti., the property of the
Right Hon-. Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau
,Clavering
Cowper Earl Cowper.
It will be recollected that at. the last Suminer Assizes for'
this county, three melt named Davis, Harris, and Green, were
convicted as parties to the robbery abov4-nientioned. Since
then, it had .been discovered, through the active exertions
of Mr. 'l'. Nicholion the Under Sheriff, that Green and
Harris were not actually concerned in the robbery, and in con-
sequence of some doubt entertained us 'to the case of Davis,
the awful sentence of the law as to him was respited until the
3d of January next. The present prisoners were now put upon
their trial charged with being two of the gang of 8 persons co-
cerned in the desperate robbery. in question. The case excited
considerable interest, and during the trial the Court was crowd-
ed to. excess. . _ _

Mr. BoLtawm (with whom was Mr. DowLING) stated the
case for the prosecution. The. circumstances under which the
robberywas efibcted were fully detailed on- the last trial, and
the principal interest in the case arose from the evidence ad-
duced to implicate the men charged by the present indictment.
Benjamin Jacobs, an accomplice, was called.' He stated that
he was a baker by
.trade, and, had resided at Hampton Wick.—;
For some time previous to the robbery he had been in the habit
of freqUenting a public-house,, known by the sign of the Horse-
shoe and Wheatsheaf, in Melior-street, Bermondsey, where he
met Davis (now under sentence • of death), and the prisoners
Jones and Weaver. • On the 9th of
,June he met the prisoners
Weaver and Jones, and live other persons at"thishouse, when
it was agreed that they should commit the robbery in ques-
tion... Two of the men set out early in the afternoon to walk,
leaving the rest to fellow it in two carts. About two or three.
hours after those two were gone, Jones, WeaVer, and wit-
ness set out in his (witness's) cart, and took theroad by South-
gate, and on arriving•at the sixteen mile-stone, they found
the other five men waiting for them with another cart.—
Four then got into each cart, and prOceeding on to a lane' near
li
Mr.
aines's house, they stopped', and fastening the horses"
to two trees, they went on to Colegreeti. After surveying
the , house ,in every direction,: a ladder was procured and
placed. againit a first floor Window; The prisoner Jones went
rip first, and broke a hole in -thawindow. and opened it- He
then. eyrie down, andtold, the rest to take off their shoes. A
candle, was then lighted in a darklintern by-Means of a phos-
phorous-box. Jones then ascended, got in at the window, and
was followed by -witness, Weaver, anti tour others, leaving the
eighth.man to watch below., He then detailed theeirciinistances
olieteirinregturn disturbed,
tiley iaasd
a alreadydese_
under which the robbery was committed, as described by Air.
and
mentioned,A 1 rs.
ltaliielyes retreated,
'idtil eiarnstrin
rateseuffle with three farn Ling en. The prisoner Atreaver lost
his hat, and a pistol was als'o left behind. They then returned to
the carts, four getting into each, and drove off as fast as they
could for London, but by a ditibrent route from that they had
come. ,In their way they had t 6 pass a turnpike, which was
locked. They aroused the toll-collector, who demanded, eight-
pence toll for the two cart. Tint men in the first cart gave.
him a shilling, and both parts, pushed on •withoiit
forthe change. , When they, reached London, theyThseparated-
but all met again, with the exception of one' of the party at the'
Horse Shoe and Whitsheal. in Bermondsey, for the purpose of
dividing the plunder. They went into a roonimp stairs, where
a man named Dudficld came to them for the purpose of pur-
chasing the hank-notes. ' The whole amount of the' cash and
bank-notes 'was about' 1,006/. Dudfield, after a good deal of
bargaining, agreed to, give 7504 , for the notes.. Wittiest went
along with Midfield to his house-for the money. lie received
hut -31.i0/. then, Midfield promising to bring the remainder in
about an hour and a half to the ptiblic-house, but he never
came, and witness ;believed that,the remainder of the money
was not paid.
•
Mr. .lEsor, COnduCted the defence, cross-examined
this witness at considerable: length, to shine the infamy ofhis
character. 119 bad beet' im two or three gaols, and had once
suffered six months' fuipigeninent for felony. Ile expected to
save his own nCek by tiie evidence he gave against the prisoners.
The Learned Counsel,. homier, could not shake' the consist-
ency of his story. This witness said he knew Green and Har-;
ris, who wire convicted at' the last Assizes; but he poOtively,
said they were not concerned in the robbery. .
To confirm sorme,parts of the accomplice's evidence, the fol-
lowing witnesses were palled •
Jane Watson, ' whose husband. kept the
.Horse-Shoe -and
Wheat-Sheaf (but who is since dead), proved that the two pri--
soners, Jambs, Davis, and four other men, met. at her husband's
house in the afternoon of the llth cif June, and drank together,
They had all quitted the. house about seven in the evening.
These men had, been in the habit of frequenting the house be-
fore. When she wit up next. morning, about eight o'clock,
she round that seven Of their' were in, an up stairs room 'of the
house. She saw a strange' 'man leave the room in which they
were, and come down stairs.. This man she had news seen
before. She had seen him since in liersemonger-lane-gaid,
and believed his name to be Dudfield, us she had been subse-
quently informed.. The amen' had afterwards beef-steaks, or
mutton-chops for breakfast. Her husband had bad, an iron
crow-bar in his skittle-ground ever since they had come to.the
house—namely, for about six months. She had seen thicrow-
har in the skittle-ground on the fish, but missed it on the 10th
of June, and had never seen it since. Looking at the crow-bar
which bad been picked up on Mr. Haines's premises on the
morning of the 10th, she verily belieVed it to be that which had
belonged to her husband. It was exactly similar in 'every
respect.
William Budd, a toll-gate 'keeper,' proVed that about two
o'clock on the morning of the 10th June, he *as roused to open
time gate for two carts, which appeared to come. from the direc-
tion of Hertingfordbury. He unlocked the gate, and the man.
in the first cart asked what was the toll. , lie answered 8d for
the two carts. He received a shilling,. and both carts imme-
diately drove on at a rapid rate, in a direction towards London,
without waiting for the change. There were but 4 men in the
two carts that he observed._

(The accomplice hnd said that two or ihreemen had got down-
when they came.to the gate, and walked through the wicket.—
Another was at the bottom of one of the carts.
This was the case for the'prosecution.)
The prisoners being called upon for their defence, merely
said that they would leave Om case in the hands of their
Counsel.

' No witnesses were called on their-behalf. •
• Mr. Baron Gannbw then suiumed 'up* the case.to the Jury
la Ole most elaborate and able manner. •
The Jury deliberated -a few Minutes, and fotind heti! 'pri.
'sours " Guilty." • •
Mr. Baron tLtjtaow. immediately passed sentence of death
in a most impressive manner, and conjured the prisoners to
make the most of the short time left them on this side the grave
to meet their Creator. The law must take its course in a case
attended with so many:circumstances of aggravation.
The wretched culprits appeared wholly unmoved in this so.
lemn stage of the proceedings.
It is 'understood 'that Jones had expreised a wish in-gaol to
plead guilty.--The Assizes ended at four o'clock.

EXECUTION AT YORK.-011 esilay last
.iMaoniiraisryCl:safit,eld and Michael While were exe-
cuted behind York Castle. They were convicted
at the last York Assizes of a burglary, committed
in the Newton toll-bar house, near Wakefield,in
attended with the most cruel ag.
grovations, the burglars having beat and other-
wise ill-used the poor inmates of the house.—
Afterthe prisoners had, been convicted, their
Counsel took an objection to the framing of the
indictment, and contended that the property
stolen, being the receipts of the toll-bar, was not
the property of the prosecutor, who was the
keeper of the bar, but of the lessee of the tolls :
in consequence of which, Mr. Baron Ilullock,
who tried the case, respited the, culprits until
the 30th of November, in order that the
question might have the consideration of the
Judges, who determined that the indictment
was correctly drawn. About q fortnight ago an
order was received by the Under-Sheriff to put
the seuteuee of the law into execution ; and the
prisoners being informed of the fact, they imme-
diately, although they fully anticipated a re-
prieve,. began to prepare for their latter end.
Both of them were Irishmen, and of the 4ornan
they were at-
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spiritual welfare. Cornfield was 23 years of age,
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and White only