The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-31 00:00:00

EASTER MONDAY.

Yesterday the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, She-
riffs, thirteen of the Aldermen, Recorder, Chamber--
lain, Comptroller, City Remembrancer, &c. &c.
with their Ladies, preceded by a band of music, and
the boys belonging •to Christ's and Bridewell Hos-
pitals, two and two, proceeded from the Mansion-
House to Christ Church, Newgate-street, to hear the
Spital Sermon, which was preached by the Right
Rev. Father in God,. the Lord Bishop of CARLISLE.
His Lordship, in the course of his Sermon, passed an
high eulogium on the many charitable foundations in
this country,which, he said, out vied every Lawlor: un-
der the sun ; as for the Foundation before them, it
was of the greatest commercial utilityeas it was well
known that several of the youths teought up under_
it, had arrived to the greatest City lionours j and be
had not the least doubt that the Gavernors and Mas-
ters would use their utmost endeavours to promote
religion and piety tiring the young branches com-
mitted to their care. lie then recommendee to the
perfeet unanimity prevail among
colici?l,lllrseeni
v,
est
.o let
The procession, after Divine Service, returned to
the Mansion House, which was most elegantly illu-
minated and -decorated. The long Egyptian HAI,
where the Company 'dined, was beaulifulll orna7
intuited ; at the top and bottom were tiling the tlags
and trophies of the Lord Mayor's Company, with
his arms below ; at the head of the Hall was the
large picture of the Battle of Agincourt; at the bot-
tom was placed, upon a pedestal, vhe large baron of
beef, which weighed above tµ o hundred weight,
being the grand emblem of old English. cheer. The
!s served up. in great profusion. There
was a long table at the top, and four long ones from
top to bottom : on the•eop one, at which sat the
LORD MAYOR and LADY MAYORESS, were three
be ititiful temples, almost six feet higb, on golden
pillars; ou the two middle tables were 14 temples,
richly ornamented with military and naval trophies,
and Other fanciful devices, elegantly displayed ; the
parterre, or ground-work, did great credit to the at:.
tist. The hall was nor illuminated with variegated
la.ups, as formetly, but by three large glass chande-
liers, lighted with wax, mid the pillars by yellow
lamps, which were arched, and beautifully displayed.
The LADY MAYORESS was most superbly, attired.
Her dresssconsisted of a ceurt dress, made of rich
pink blush satin. The petticoat with drapery, wag
covered with crape, most richly worked in
,silver
and. suspended with silver rop.el, tassels,
&c. tire. The body and train with a rich em-
broidered border to c e-respond.. The whole of
which, if possible, excelled the dress that her Lady-
ship wore on the Lord -Mayor's day, for simplicity
and elegance.
Many other .Ladies were also most elegantly
uresse 1.

• Among others, we noticed Lady Baring, who ap-
peared in a very rich peak triminea sound the
'leek and buttum wit;) cirri) Vandyke Brussels point
lace, of an enure new pattern, and long-Brussels
point lace sleeves to correspond.
Among the company present were—
Royal Eligh,!ess the Duke of Cambridge,
Duke of Brunswick, Duke De .Infantado, the
Spanish Ambassador, the Portuguese Ambassador,
Lord and Lacly Castlereagh, Lori and Lidy Darn-
ley, Earl of Harrington, General Arabin, Sir I'.
Trigge, Lady Hagerston, &c. &c.
At nine o'clock Mr. Goldham, the Master of the
Ceremonies, led the Lady Mayoress from the Egyp-
tian Hall, who was followed by all the Ladies. They
were soon after joined by the Noblemen and Gentle-
men in the ball-room, when the Ball was opened by
the Duke Del Infantado and Miss Townsend. The
company was so uncommo9ly numerous, that the
crowd ut coaches extendedown to St. Paul's.

It is said that Molinel4, the sable pugilist, has
found a good b,iel:er, and has-again chailenged the
renowned Crib, t.tle Champion, for 300 guineas ;
expressing his hope, that if Crib declined fighting in
tuture, he would allow Molineux to assume the title
of " Champion. of England." Clib, it is said, de-
clared he had no desire to fight again, but would
meet Molineux_at a day's nonce, or once in a wet•k,
and fight him for the sum mentioned. ,tifolineza's
answer has hot been received.

LAUNCESTON ASSIZES.

TM: KING V. WYATT, OP POWRY, FOR PF.LONIOUSI Y

bRiOWNING AND ROBBING ISAIAH FALK VALENd

TINE.

The prisoner kept a public house in Dotk, called
the Jolly B.occhus, from whence he removed in No-
vembet 13st, to the Rose and Crown in Fnwey.—
The deceased, a. person of the Jewish persuasion,
was in- the habits of intimacy with the- prisoner.
About the 16th of _NoVernber, tWi, letters were ad-'
dressed to Valentine (then iullock) by the prisoner,
desiring him to come down to Fowev, whete he ,
(the prisoner) had some guineas to dispose tf. Re-
lying on this statement,. Valentine aecmdingly went
down on the lgth of the same mouth ; .but on his
arrival, instead of introducing Valentine as he had.
proposed, to the persons whom he had stated as deal-.
ing in coin, the prisoner eontrived r 0 atnese and de-
ceive him, in various ways, until Monday eveni,,g;
the 25th of November, when under the pretence of
taking him (Valentine) to Captain Best, he led him
to•a,place or quay called the, Broad Si p, in Fpwey
and pushed him into the water, where he first suf-
focated, and then-robbed him of 2601. which fie at-
terwards deposited in a heap of dung on his own
premises. No doubt whatever could be entertain-
ed of the prisoner's guilt, ftom a long.but a sirong
train of cirLurnstantial.evidence; and after a trial of.
eleven hours continuance, on Thursda) last, he was
found guilty of felony and murder, and sentenced to
be hung at Launceston on the following Monday.
The unhappy man exhibited the greatest indif-
ference on this solemn occasion, until the Jury fumed
round to decide op their verdia, ~ when he became
agitated, and seemed to feel the horrors or his awful
situation. Soon after the Judge, Sir Alan Chambre,
Knt. passed the fatal sentence, he fainted away,
and was with difficulty conveyed-bacletothe
Nothing else of peculiar interest occurred at these
ASSiZe,!!xcept the trial of P. F. Xavier Le Roche, a
French priSoner, late on board the San Ysidro, for
forging Bank of England Notes. After a most
partiZheating, he was found guilty, and sentenced
to be executed at Launceston, but at what time is
not yet determined.
Tne,prisoner went through his trial with unruffled
.composure. It was his intention, however, to have
destroyed h;triself, after reining to his cell, bur cer
tain information being given that he had a two-
edged knife somewhere concealed about him for
that purpose, he was deprived of the means of self-
destrotlion, and a double paid has been priccd over
him since this discovery. The prisoner's untimely
fate has excited no common sympathy, as he is
,a,young man of the most promising talent, and his
genius had called forth the tesped and adiniratin of
(nano.

The trial of John Griffiths,,efiarged with the
fill murder of Mr. W, Bailey, of Keth-y, near Wel•
lington, can the night of the 31;t January last, took
place at Shrewsbury, on Friday se'noight. The,
facts of the prisoner having attempted to -borrow
money from the deceased ; the deceased having
been seen to. go towards the prisoner's house
about five on the evening the murder was. Como
matted, and about nine the same-evening, the hitter
dragging something from a new-buiit_ house (en,
which he carried on his trade a, a cooper), arid lea-
ing the burden
.on the steps- while he looked up and
down the read, then dragging it round the hou,e—
were satisfattorily proved by tire concurring testier
mony of the several witnesses. It was also proved,
that, nponexarnining these premises, melt blood
was discovered upon the walls, and on the flu r
in the cellar, which the prisoner attempted to ac-
count for by saying that part of a horse had been
lett there—the walls of the cellar had been scraped,
and the floor was covered with sand. it- shirt,
evidently belonging to the • deceased, having h
initials upon it, was found under the coals in rite
cellar; and in the prisoner's house a cooper's adze
Was discovered, with blood on it, the edge of which
fitted the wounds on the lop of the head, and over
the eyes of the deceased; the fractures on the skull
corresponded with the hammer-formed part of tt,e
adze. The Learned Judge recapitulated the eridenc-,
and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Lordship in passing the awful sentence of the law,
commented upon the varieus circumstances adduc-
ed, as conclusive of the wicked intentions of the pri-
soner in premeditating the murder of the deceased;-
and, after an impressive address, admonishing the
prisonerto prepare,for the. fate which awaited him,
directed that he be executed on Monday, and his
body delivered for disse6tion.----The sentence was
accordingly.. carried into etTeet on Monday last.—
Gria hs, after his condemnation, acknowledged his
guilt.

LEEDS, MARCH. 28.—The work 'of destruaion
the West Riding of Yorkshire is still continued. On
Monday last, at midnight; about 40, men, nurnb,rs
of them armed with pistols and other otF nsibe
weapons, entered the Shearing Mill •of WiLiam
Thompson and Brothers, at Rawden, about seven
miles from this place. On entering the mill, six cc
seven 'of the men, principally aimed, seized the
watehtnan, and held him On, the floor. The com-
mander then, ordered those who were not enga,yed !r)
this service, to " Go to work," rind they proceeded
with all possible dispatch to destroy the shears, of
which they. broke from thirty to forty pairs, and ma.
terially injured the machinery. Their purpose te-
ing eifecied, they assembled on an adjoining emi.
Deuce; and after answering to their numbers,
etis-
perced instantly. This lawle,s proceeding was per--
formed in about t !%enty minutes, in the conr-e of
which time, the depred,tois destroyed thirty-six
windows,' and injured three pieces of fine woollen
cloth.—And on Wednesday night- the finishing
shops of Messrs. Dickinson, Carr, and Shaun, in
this town, were entered, and 'eighteen pieces.of tine
'cloth, dressed by machinery,_ torn and cut i
'shreds. The damage is estimated at from 4ln .S!MA,
The perpetrators of this desperate:act, it appears,
entered the pfemises from the roof, and after effect-
ing their 'purpose, lowered themselves out of an
upper story by means of woollen.
No depredations on private property, nor sym7-•
toms of popular commotions, have this week snewo
themselves in the town or neighbourhood of- Ht. d-
dersfield.

George Smith and 7'holna Styles were ex.c.it,d
cn Saturday at CLeimsford.

PAPERS RESPECTING the REGOCIATION
FOR 'A RENEWILL OF • ;
THE EAST.1NDIA COMPANY's
.EXCLUSIVE
PRIVILEGES.

No. I. is a minute of a secret Committee of Cm.-
respondenct-, the 5th of Oclober, i 808, resohltng to
return an answer to

No. II. which is a letter from the Right Hon.
Robert Dundas to' the Chairman and Deputy Chitin.
man, dated the 30th of September, 1808, from
Melville Castle. Io this letter Mr. Dundas expresses
his wish to know whether the Court of Directors
were desirous of submitting the question of the re-
newal of the Charter to the early consideration of
Parliament.

No. III. is the answer to that letter, dated the
12th of October, 1808. It states, that it was the
opinion of the Committee of Correspondence, that
the interests of the public as well as of the Company
would be best promoted by continuing the present
system of Indian administration, and that it was
material that ri,e Charter should be speedily renew-
ed.- Tht-y would be happy to be made acquainted
with any modification which his Majesty's Govern-
ment might propose, that would not alter or weaken
the principles and substance of the present system,
which they conceived essential to the due manage-
ment and preservation of British India.
No. IV. An approbation of the secret Committee
of Direaors to the answer returned by the secret
Committee of Correspondence.

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND DEPUTY TO
THE RIGHT HON. 11.‘ DUNDAS.

East-India House," Dec. 16, !SQL
Sra.--4n consequence of a conference wit'ch we
lately had the honour to hold with you, we have laid
beforetthe Court of Dire&ors the letter which Sou
were pleased to wtite to us, under date the 30th of
September last, on the subject of renewing the
Company's Charter, together with the answer which
we returned to that letter on the 12th of 061ober
following and we are now instructed by the Court
to state to you, that they approve of that answer,
and are ready to enter with you, thrOugh the Medium
of their Committee of Correspondence, into a con-
sideration of the various objects to which it may be
proper to attend, in bringing forward so important a
measure. •
At the present moment it Would, in the opinion
of the Cow, be preMature, in them, to proceed to
any detailed specification. of those objeas, to which
it may be proper, on the part of the Company, to
attend, or to anticipate any "discussions, which it
maY be the wish of iris Majesty's Ministers to pro-
pose; but the Court, beg leave to offer some sug-
gestions of a general nature, as the principal
foundation; on which 'a new agreement between
the public and the "East Ind.a Company may be
placed.
fst. The ,system by which the Legislature has
continued to tpe Company the government of the

. _
• territories acquired by it in the East, with a regu-
lated monopoly of the trade, has been held by the
most eminent persons'couversant with that quarter
and its affairs, to be the most expedient, both for
the foreign and domestic interests of this country.—
Under it, those territories have been improved, and
the security and happiness of the vast population
they contain have been signally _increased. It- is
also a system which establishes salutary checks for
the-exerc;se of the authority lodged in this country
over the Indian Administration, and for all the local
details of that Administration, in its political, judi-
_ cial, financial, and commercial departments ; and
provid .5 with singular felicity for a succession of a
bcrdy of able attd honourable European servants,
who yield in general _chara6ter and utility to no class
of public functionaries under the Empire. In 'Hie
snaimer, the constitution of the Indian army has
proved itself calculated to produce a body of officers
of high rrataty syirit, and of very distinguished
skill and conduct. The Court, therefore, trust, that,
no material change in this -system,—no change
which would affect its principles or impair its effi-
ciency, will be proposed.
Vd. In this case, it will be unnecessary to enter
into any discussion of the right of the Company to
the territorial possessions; a right which they hold
to be clear, and must always maintain, as flowing
from their acquisition of those territories, -under due
authority, and -after long hazards and vicissitudes,
mid great expense.
3,1. The-situation of the Company is, at this time,
. very different from what.it was at the last renewal
of the Charter, in - 1793. European war, with
hardly any intermission, through -the whole of the
period that has, since elapsed, has exceedingly in-
creased the expenses, and reduced tile profits of the
• Company at home ; and has likewise enlarged the
scale of expellees abroad ;. Where, moreover, wars
with the Native Powers have been repeatedly car-
Tied on., to the vast accumulation of the Indian debt,
now, advanced from eight 'millions sterling, at which
it stood in ;1793, to ',about 32 millions. Without
meaning at all to advert, in this place, to the (Ines-
. tion concerning the policy of some of those wars
with the Princes of India, it is safe and proper to
affirm, that they were not, in any degree, dire6ted
by the Executive Body of the Company, but pro-
c•eded from causes which that body could not con-
trout. As, in consequence. of all the events which
have happened since the year 1793. the benefits in-
tended to the proprietors of East India Stock, by the
• Charter then passed, have not been realised; so the
Court trust, that in the formation of a new Charter,
due care w ill . be taken to secure their proper share
et advantage in any future amelioration of the Com-
psny's affairs, and especially that no measure will
be adopted which. can .have the cried of reducing
the value of their capital stock. The dividend on
titat stock, which is only equivalent to the legal in-
tttest of money, is all that the proprietors have ever
received from the united sources of Indian revenue,
and Indian commerce ; whilst the country has been
enr;ched by the long continued influx of private
wealth, and raised in the scale of nations by thepo-
titical importance of the Indian empire. ,
- 4th. The liquidation of the Indian debt is, on all
bands, agreed to be, a measure of indispensable ne-
cessity. From the magnitude to
.which the debt
has now risen, aid the circumstances of the present
unexampled time, the aid of the public will pro-
bably be necessary to the attainment of their most

-The Right Lion. Robert Dundas, &c.
[To be continued ]

Wheat - yos a 112$ a 128s
Fine ditto - l3os a 135s
Rye - 7os a 76s

Barley - - 6as a 7os
Malt . gss a loos
WilitePease(boil..) 84s a 9,s
Grey ditto - - 6os a 65s

13ealis 58s a 645

LONDON: 'Printed by 1 flOMA S WOOD, of No. 35, Ma,
'At the•Stru 01110E, No, 112, Strand, where

. , . .
dtsititbie obleA. 'Air the all {hilt trilky thus be at
lorded; the Court conceive that sufficient means of
reimbursement from die Indian territory and re,
venue may be - fcard; and the atrangement of a
plan, for these purpOses, might, as the Court con,
ceive, form a very material part of the provisions of
the nett,- Charter. _

5th. To apportion duly between the Public and-
the Company the military expellees of the Indian:
Empire:is another measure note become unavoid-
able. For wars growing out of the radian system,
or out of source-Et purely Indian, the revenues and
other means of the Company were long made to
suffice, including even the charges of occasional at-
tacks upon the Indian settlements of European na-
tions; but the influence of European war has, in
the present protraEted period of hostility, extended
itself more and more to India, occasioning the ex-
pence of various distant expeditions, and the in-
crease of the military establishment, particularly in
the European troops of his Majesty, which from
being twenty years ago onlya very few regiments,
now amount to about twenty thousand men, arid
those of the most expensive description of troops
composing. the military force of British India ; nor
is it at all improbable, that from the avowed design
of France to invade our Indian possessions with
great armies by land, it may be necessary still large-
ly to augthent our European force in that quarter.
For a war of this description the Indian revenues,
if unincumbered with debt,'wonld be very inade-
quate. It would be an European war for European
objeas ; a struggle between Great Britain and
Fiance; on the soil of India, for the maintenance
and support of their power in Europe. For such
object, to which the national funds only are. com-
mensurate, the national funds undoubtedly ought
to provide ; and as we know that in. this we stare
only what yotir own mind has already perceived
and approved, we the more confidently hope, that
in a new Charter proper attention will be paid to
the due regulation of so important a concern.
6th. As the early renewal of the Charter will
serve to strengthen the hands of the Company in
the transa6iinn of their affairs; and improve their
credit, so its renewal, for the like period as the
present one run, and from the time of its expira-
tion, would conduce to the same ends ; and the
Coda are not aware of any obje6tion to the propo-
sition of this term.

We'have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient bumble servants,
(Signed) EDWARD PARRY.
CHARLES GRANT.

The Gazette of Saturday night offers a reward of
200 guineas, and a free pardon, for the discovery of
the villains who attempted. to set fire to the ware-
house of Mr. Wm. Radcliffe, cotton manufa6turer,
of Stockport, in the county of Chester; also a re-
wards of too guineas, and his Majesty's pardon,
for the disdovery of the writer _ of an anonymous
threatening letter, addressed to Sir W. Smith, Bart.
Commissioner of the Assessed Tax and Property
Tax Duty, in the Hundred of Daddingtree, Wor-
cestershire ; also 501. and his Majesty's pardon, for
the discovery of the writer of an anonymous threat-
ening letter to Mr. Charles Thomas Skurray, of Al-
verdiscot, Devonshire.
Upwards of thirty General and Field Officers at-
tended the last Military Club at the St. Alban's
Tavern, among whom were—The Dukes of Yorix,

KENT, CAMBRIDGE, and GLOUCESTER, Sir EYRE
COOTE, Sir l'HOMAS TRIGGE, Sir GEO. OSBORNE,
Sir CHARLES GREEN, &C. &O.

We understand it is in the contemplation of seve-
ral Colonels in the army, to institute a public din-
ner in honour of his Royal Highness the Duke of
YORK, and in Commemoration of the services
which his Royal Highness is acknowledged to have
rendered to the army. The dinner is to take place
annually, and his ,Royal Highness to be regularly
invited.

Detachments of the Guards, 23d, 41st, and 83d
Regiments, embarked last week at Portsmouth tor
Lisbon.

The 46th regiment embarked at Plymouth, on
board the Naraitus transport, on the 24,h. inst,

Tuesday the depot of the 41st Regiment of Foot
marched out of Winchester Barracks, on their route
to Portsmouth, to embark for Cdnada, where the re-
giment is stationed.
Orders were received at Hull, on Friday night,
for a detachment of the Kent Militia to march for
Leeds and the neighbourhood. Two companies ac-
cordingly marched on Saturday morning for that
quarter.
There are fifteen hundred names, it is said, on the
Commander in Chief's list, as applicants for the
commission of Ensign in the regoldr army.

Mr. SADLER, the celebrated Aeronaut, left town
on Sunday fol' Birtningharn, from whence he intends
to make his twen►y•second ascent, in the course of a
few weeks.

At Monmouth, .on Thursday evening, Adjutant
D , of the Local Militia,' put a period tcrhis
existence, by shooting himself through the head.
Joseph Exile alias White, ;vas 'executed at Avles-
bnry on Satutdayse'nnight : his own biller stood
with the utmost composure, and witnessed the aw-
ful scene. The old fellow has been the cause of
bringing some of his sons to an untimely end ; he
himself has been tried several times, and was acquit-
ted of horse-stealing at the Reading Assizes. The
populace were so incensed at the, unfeeling wretch,
that, they handled hint very roughly, and had it not
been for the interference of the constables, in all
probability his life would have been in danger.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 30.—The arrivals of
Wheat to-day make a considerable supply ; the
trade heavy in sale at, a reduCtion of about 5s.
and 6s. per quarter; Barley in good supply, and
keeps its price ; Rye and Malt are dearer ;
Beans of each desctiption hardly at last -prices ; the
supplies, of Oats ate but short, and sales thereof
named somewhat higher ; Flour does not maintain
the prices mostly quoted last week.

Tick Beans - 51$ a sEs
Ditto (fine old) - 6os a Ens
Oats - 36s a 425 a 4is

_ ..
Poland ditto - - 45s a 46$
I'otatoe ditto -- 47s a 48s
RapeSeed - 641 a 681
Fine Flour - tcsi a t.tos

- loss a I ios

tb tie l_ttr.jii CP iiii? §rig.

As Buori'aparte,ln his public gas; thaintaihs t14
his Berlin Decrees are owing to our Orders in
Council of May, t 9t►(?; and that the British Go-
veritnienr, by that Order, destroyed' neutral com-
merce, i think it is of essential service to our coun-
ty to make.kpown the following Decree, which
appeared in The ltloriteur of the /9th of Angtist,
1803 •—
thetinido!., 'tear t t..
"The Government of the Republic; on the report
of the Minister: of the Interior,-decrees,

" Art. 1. From the date of the publication of
the present Decree, no ships which have cleared
out from ally port of England, or that even have
touched there, are to be allowed in any port of.
France. . .

. .
The First Consul, BUONAPARTE,
" The Secretary of Stale, MA ET;"

Thus then was Bucnaparte th-foreHnd with us in
des:roving neutral commerce, as at that period no
neutral coming from France was excluded from the
ports of Bri'ain. But even this decree was not ad•
tiered to, for instead of preventing ships which had
b-fen'in England from coming into French ports," I hey
were :allowed to enter, but were afterwards confis-
cated.

The American -ships and their cargoes, which ar-
rived at Antwerp from this count ry, ,k ere cOnfiscatad.
on their arrival. I appeal to Mr. RIDGEWAY, the
American Consul at Antwerp, to whom those yes-,
sels were consigned, and to his correspondents in
London, for the truth of this statement and I .
am in possession' of official qocumentS to prove it.
And as I3uonaparte' •as well as the advocates for
the revocation of our Orders in Council,• positively
state that our Orders in Council occasioned the
Milan Decree, I will quote a letter from M. Colin,
DireEtor General'of the Customs, and Counsellor of
State, dated Paris, the 17th of March, 18os=ad-
dressed_ to the proper authorities in the sea ports of
FranCe, Holland, and Italy, from which it will -ap-
pear that American ships were,confiscated, although
they had been visited by the English previous to the
publication of the Milan Decree. The letter says•--,
" The sequestration of neutral vessels must be car-
ried into execution according to the Orders of his
Imperial Majesty, which express, in formal terms,
tliat all neutral vessels must be detained under s!.-
q9estration, which hare been visited by the enemy,
Whether anteriorly or subsequently to the Decree of
Milan of Dec. 17, and consequently referred to the
Council of Prizes."

The above letter appears in a printed Memoir (in
my possession) presented to the Council of. Prizes
by Mr. De la Grange, advocate for the American ship
Sally, Capt. Jacob Hastings, which ship was con-
demned, although not visited by the English, and
the captors in their justification produced the_ above
letter from M. 'Colin.
Marchz7, 1312. LEWIS GOLDSMITH.

..fIELrar D

DUBLIN; MARCH z6,

HIGHWAY R(B11Y.—On Wednesday evening
last about seven o'clock, as Mr. William Hunter
was passing on his way • home near Finglas
he was met by two armed footpads, who stopped
him and presented a pistol to his breast and de-
manded his money; Mr. Hunter knocked one of
them down, but was immediately knocked down
by the other robber. A severe scuffle ensued, in
whic h Mr. Hunter made a spiritel reiistance, but
from lois of blood, having received. four wounds by
blows from the pistol on his head, be was at length
Overpowered and robbed of his coat, hat, um-
brella, money, and sevehl papers ; after which
the robbers went towards the 'turnpike at Glas-
nevin, where Mr. Coggin, his wife and child,
anal at Mr. Reels, who Ike at Glasnevin,..werepass-
iner on their way home. One of the robbers seize]
Mr. Goggin, who was carrying his children in his
arms, presented, his pistol at him, and demanded his
money,. Mr. Gogh), cried out not to injure his
child, when the robber instantly discharged his pis-
tol at him, but providentially without effecit. The
robber then struck Mr. Goggin a violent blOw with
the pistol on the head, which severely wounded
him ; npon which,.thinking Goggin Was dead, the
robber went off to the assistance of his comrade
who had been engaged in robbing Mr. Beds of a
new surtout coat and rifling his pockets.- The other
robber deliberately loaded his pistol and was com-
ing forward, crying out Ile wculd
.shoot Mr.
Beds; but .he was prevented by the robber en-
gaged with Mr. Beefs. '['he robbers then went oft
with their booty. -
• On, the alarm being immediately given at the
Police Office, 'Glasnevin, one of the foot patrole,
Assisted by Nu) of the horse police, who came up
at the time and were going their rounds, imme-
diately went in pursuit •of the robbeis, and, in a
short time, catneup with them. The first of the
robbers, on being seized, had Mr. Hunter's sur-
tout on his arm, with a loaded pistol under his
coat. The other was, at the same time also
taken into custody ; both of whom were brought
to the Police Office, and on being there searched,
Mr. Hunter's papers were found in the pocket
of the other, and also a powder horn. which had
-been taken by a gt'ng of robbers out of the hou-e
of Mr. Rogers, near Garristown, some nights since.
On these bighWaymen being -brought before the
Magistrate's of the King's 'Ions P,,lice Office, they
were there fully identified by the persons who had
been robbed, and committed to Kihnainham for trial
at the next Commission.