The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-17 00:00:00

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GVILDWALL---A bakes, fconi Greenbes-rents,
Stnithfield--bars , was ri:y.tight before the
trate to answer for 1. quantity e)f small loaves
.de-
ficient in weight, w_hich were sized by the In-
quest Jury at a chandler's-shop in the Flect.Prison,
and had been supplied by the, defendant. It ap-
peared that hi the small quantity of bread seized,
there was a deficieney often outtces„ WhiCh as the
Magistrate observed, was at the rate of an -addi-
tional sixpence on the quartern loaf.: He was
fined twenty shillinqs' besides the forfeiture of the
,
bread:
".•
BOW.STFUTET.---:Yesterday iOrning the
bitants of Duke's-Court, Coventgirden, were
-=tery much alarmed by the screatns and cries of
murder of a female voiec,.proeeed,iugffonfa house
in that court. Similar noises bad frequently pro-
,ceeded from the same houSe, but never betove to
such an extent, and to create such an alarm,
that the woman of the house was being murdered;
On- inquiry, it was ascertained that it was a
man had-Ilecn beating and ill-treating his wife
till she was nearly- lifelem He was secured,
and brought before Mr. Read, -and underwent an
examination, when-it appeared frym- the evidence
of their daughter, who slept in the :i.djoning room
to their bed-room, that the prisoner's conduct to-
wards his wife was. extremely. brutal, beating her
in different parts of her body in the mosi..,violent
manner, kicking her, -lkneeling ern h'er breast, and
beating her on the bead, - frequently pulling -
• out of bed by her hair, biting her, and had a larv,
dog to sleep between him and her:, The only'
. reason assigned for, this barbarous conduct was,
that his wife would not keep. a brothel. He was
committed for want of sureties to keep' the peace
for si:;.months.

llen and Mom, two well known characters,
were brought to the Office by Salmon, Nichols,
and Cave, charged with stealing a large quantity
of lead from the house of Mr. Smith,- in Charles-
street, Drury-lane'. The- charge being satisfac-;
,torily proved, they were committed for trial.-
. QuEerl-scauAßE.7—Yesterday Williqm Kennett,
a Waterman, Was brought before the Magistrates
of this office charged with attompting to stab Law.,
.renee.Levy, a private belonging to the East Lan-
don Militia., in the. 'Wheat Sheaf public-house,.
Little Tothill-street. It appeared by the testimony
of the landlord and a private in the Guards, that the
prisoner, on Wednesday afternoon bad quarrelled
with the prOsecutor, and twice attempted to stab
him with a rusty case-knife, but was prevented
by the viersons present. While the prosecutor
was makinr,° his-deposition the prisoner, who car-
,tied a stick, (being lame), -Watched -an opportu-
nity, and gave him a most -dreadful blow on the
face, which broke his-nose. A:surgeon mils sent
for, and this new act of:-violence induced the:
Magistrate, to commit the prisoner immediately to'
Newgate for trial. After he had given the blow,.
he said he knew before be came to the office-that
he should .be committed, and therefore: had, re-
solved to..bave the only revengeleft him. - . .
s MARLBOROUGHSYII2E,T.'- A- new system of
fraud has been..,succersfullv practised, at the
homes of the Nobility and Gentry, by a person of
genteel aPpearance.—The prisoner called at the
House of Lord Besborouph a few days since, and
represented hmiself as an agent, whose duty -it
was to apprize his Lordship that some packages
Vail arrived by the ship Rh.den from Ireland,- ad-
dressed to Colonel PonsOnby, his Lordship's son..
The prisoner by some .rheans became possessed
with a knowledge that such, packages were-
pected fr6m Ireland at Lord g.'s honse. In a day or
two after some boxes were deli-Pered by the prisoner,
who charged Gt.-for carriage ; hut, on opening the
same 'on the following day, ..the Contents were
_Found to be bricks and rubbish. , The prisoner,
however, • hid Nery ,injodiciously• inquired where
the -Marquis. of Waterford , on the fraud
being discovered, Lord lßeshorough's porter.ap---
privid the.servantS at the fernier house, that spell'
a person, was about, and yesterday the prisoner
paid a visit there on the same footing, when he
was takco jot() _ custody. in his posse,sioo was
fohnd a- list. of the.residences of most of the Irish
nobility and gentry; and other paperS indieative. of
what 'his mode of .wing was, The priSoner.was
\remanded till nett. ThursLy, to give Others -Who
-have been thus. defrauded, an opportunity of
appearing.

William Jamieson, farmer, in Craighead, parish
of Auchiuleck, Ayrshire; aged 90 years; being an-
sportsman, 4a few dais f;. go set out to hunt
wild- .a. dneks,nd was lucky enough to 'hit five shots
running without a miss, and to kill three brace'd
full-grown ducks, with which the cheerful old
man came home in triumph. tie was married
about seven years ago to his fourth arrk has
upwards of 100 children and grand children., •'
.A respectable tradesthan- in Mary-le7bane-road,
cut his throat yesterday morning, while at break-
fast, but, by prompt surgical assistance, he is _ex-
pected to recover. .

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