The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-20 00:00:00

REJECTED 'ADDRESSES

We lately gave sonic extracts from luirnerous
work under the above titl; in which the authors
ingenionsly availed themselves of the Opportunity
to assume the character of persons well-known
in the literary world. We now submit to Our
Readers a composition which was really riresento
to the Drury-lane Committee;•and which we have.
taken from, a work just published, entitled "-.PE-
NUUNE REJECTED ADDRESSES."

AnpßEss .
TRANSMITTED ON THE BTH SEPTEMBER, 1812, TO
THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE.
BY HORACE 'miss, ESQ.

While. wasting Time still spares th' Ephesian's fame,
'Mtn burnt a to ?ecure a name,
Be ours the safer glory to have chaA'd
The fires of ruin front the shrines of Taste,
Restor'd the Muses-to this fair, domain„
And-rearsd their Temple on its site again.. - •
Here, not in rain, shall zeal and pious skill
Suggest reform for antiquated-ill
The Child of Merit, wlipsoe'er
Shall find the Worship and the altar tree,.
And thicker brads,. strengthening as-they twine,
Shall climb/ round every shaft, and bloom on every-shrine.
• Yet, since the.P..rania, mould it as-we may,- '
Must catch its colour from the passing day : . . •
Since fashions prosper but. as you -decree, -
And what Ton make the Stage, the Stage will be :--,•
You, with a firm resolve, must share our task,
And work, yourselves, the great reform you ask,
The reign'of noise and ,:hew will soon be o'er, '•
When noise and show shrill please the Town no more;
But, whiler,vour practic;! puts-your creed to shaine,,
And vim still-follow /nos t. what nit you blame,
Vain is our toil.—Thus,. Plays and Play'rs debaSe -
Nature to trick, and Passion to grii%acc ;
is • ,
Horses and Horsemenhuut the Drama down,
And our best itostius a clever Clown. . •

'But most repress, if you would the Stage,. .
The.hypercritie lannaur,al the age :
Seek nut from. Genius mere than Genius can,
Nor ask- perfeetion of imperfect man.
Your fierce.imprtrvers overstep their end,
nd mar as' much as milder c:4ties mend ;
Por the free Muse beholds with-jealous eyes
These overwhelming aristocraciC,
Disdains to.s*oap her fliglit at their command,
- And, like the stork, deserts the slavin land.
View'd through the fogs which darkling pedants raise,
The realms ;sate nmy :wen) a barren maze;
But the ju,t" (.:rit,,c, like the cloudless day,
Sir:vs:the fair landscape in its true array,
Clears the thin reek, unveils th' ethereal blue,
And warms the disE.ace to a brighter line,
Till the full pi-aspect bursts noon the sight,
Gtows in its native tints, and kindles light.
Then let not cay'll'en lit;ncefartii teach the Town,
Who thinit U wyit degen'rlte,—but their -
And stern of heart; though impotent. of head,
To damn the living, deify the dead.
The tide:of Genius,, since the world began,
Pours its perennial streams as first they ran,
Betlectiag still, in every age and clime,
-The bOdy, form, and pressure, ,of the time.
On ! trouble not its course, mar choak its brd;
'Free let it gush, as at the fountainzhead, - -
And roll for ever,' throUgh these favoned lands,
Its fertilizing waves and golden sands !

Among, the Papers and )(Jeffers by the Adren.
Lure packed from Halifax, 'wax the following
ritocLAmATION.. •

_ .
" By the Right Honourable Sir J. B. Warren,
Bart. -Admiral of the Blue, Ste.
" Whereas many
_British seamen are now in the
United States of America, and several of them by
vasious means have been seduced to serve on
beard the American ships at war with the United
Kingdom, &c. and others who have deserted from
bis Majesty's service, have: been forced to serve
against their native .country.
" 1 therefore call upon all,,British seamen and
others, to repair to any of his Majesty's pro-:
vinces, garrisons, ships, or vessels,. and I pledge
myself to obtain for them his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent'i free pardon and forgiveness, Ste.
" I trust that every British seaman will unite
in supporting the noblest cause that ever called
upon, he efforts of man ; the preservation of the
liberties, independence, religion, and law of all
the remaining nations in the world against the
tyranny and despotism of France; and to defend
the honour of the British, flag upon the sea, at the
moment when. Providence has blessed our arms
with SUCCOS, in sustaining tbe cause of injured
Spain and Portugal.
• " Signed, &c. this sth October, 1812.
" J. B. W4RREN.
" Countersigned ,G. R. 11-tn./Im, Sec."

r Mr. Perkins, who died lately at Brighton, was
Once the superintendant of Thrale's Brewery, and,
by- his integrity and ability, in that station, made
himself a way to the ample wealth .v.nd great re-
spectability; in which he passed the last thirty
years of his life'. It is no small testimony to .his
' worth, that he was honoured•by the regard of the
ever venerable SamuelJohnsOn, some of Whose lot
ters to him are preserved. Boswell'relates an mice,-
dote of him. Mrs. Thrale mentioned a person,
whO_ had acquired a fortune of four thousand
a year in trade, but was absolutely. mi:,erable be-
cause he could not talk in company. Dr. John-
•son said; he could not be successful in different
ways ; he had crotten four thousam;'pounds dur-
ing, the time, in which he might have learned to
talk. " Mr. Perkins made a shrewd and droll re-
rt
ark, If he had gqt,his foar thousand. a-year as
'a mountebank, he might have learnt to talk;
at the same time that he was getting his fur

_-
. On Sunday se'nnight, about.six o'clock in the
evening,' Da-rid. Wray, of Willerby Hags; was
stopped between'Hull andAnlaby, by a footpad ,
echo presented a pistol, and dcrnandwl his money ;
which (finding no way, of escape) lie was foreelt.
to deliver ; the villain Swearing that if he stirred
It foot or spoke a word, he would blow out iris
brains.

On the night of Monday last, some villains en,
tered the shop of James Twilton;shopkeepr, at
Sproatley, inlloiderness, and robbed it of various
articles of linen and woollen drapery, grocery;
cutlery, &c. to the amount of 150/.=---thus at once
depriving an honest industrious man of 'the fruits
of his endeavours during a life of labour and frir-,
gality, and reducing him from a comfoilable si-
tuation to poverty.. The villains had' previously
broken into the lilac:l:smith's shop at Sproatley,
Iyhencethey had taken tools to enable them to
force admittance into the above ; part of their
pliMder NVas left, upon the road towards Hull, but
regret.to say that they have as yet eluded de-
tection. •

Siou.

TAIL AUTHENTIC PARTIf6ULAItS RESIIECTING -
THE S Tire IVE OF lOTIN ALLEN;'
At his Employer's Mr. STEPHEN RCIGEJU,

Wholesale Shoe Manufacturer, Red.ross-street, Brietol.

The deceased had been in: the employ Of Mr. R.
in the confidential situation Of foreman,' at Staf-
ford and in Bristol, nearly 15 years, Without the
least suspicion of his dishonesty, until an anony-
-mous letter was some months since received by
Mr. Rogers, charging him -(with others inMr.
R.'s employ) with being repeatedly in the habit
of taking property,to a considerable amount,—
" This letter was followed tqi -by repbrts of several
persons of a similar nature, which left it beyond
all manner of doubt that the contents of the ano-
nymous letter were true. Mr. R. therefore seized
the first. opportunity that' might lead to a disco-
very, which took place in the following manner.
A man of the name of George Conroy, a native
of Ireland, Who had- beenten years as journeyman
with Mr. R. (and also onesof the men charged in
the anonymous letter as being concerned with the
deCeased) coming in for ;"work,- Mr:, R. allowed
him to be served, andin the -act-of lading away
with it stopped him, expressing a wish to know
the. quality of the soles to he used in such work ;
when he found-them considerably Morelli number
than was necessary for that purpose. Mr. B.
having before received satisfactory niforifiation of
the receiver of the stolen goods, immediately took
an officer to search his house, where a'considera-
ble quantity of materials (with some shoes were
found. -During this search, the said Corn,oyiab-
sconded. Allen :still remained at'his'nsual em-
ploy, apparently Unconcerned, till the evening of
the third day after the first discoveries bad been
made (viz. Thursday, the sth Nov.) when heafl.
dressed his employer, Mr. R. in the following
manner. " Sir, from that extreme coldness which
you have exercised towards me, I am apprehen-
sive you suspect me." Mr. R. replied, "If you
knew a notorious .gang of thieves and their places
ofresort, and saw a -neighbour of your's making-
himself an associate with these characters, 'you
would immediately conclude that -man to be one
of their party; and a partaker of their deeds. The
case will apply,to you: You have been an asso-
- with-men of a similar cast, and made them
your companions and familiar friends. Y3ll have
been placed in an unbounded confidential situa-
tion. 'When I have been: on my journies my mind
has been at rest, as considered my faithful ser-
vant, Alien, was exciting himself in my interest at
home.' I have now satisfactory proof that you
have stood by and seen me roblied with ithpitnity." -
He replied, "I have never robbed you." Mr.
It. answered, ", That remains to be proVed e"•anrt
immediately left him. This appears to have :fas-
tened conviction on his mind, as he immediately
went home and exclaimed- to his wife, " Ou !, it
is all-Over ! We must be off immediately !" He then
sent and ordered a post-chaise to Newport; from
Mr. Jones's, at the Fail-Moon. In the mean time
he and his wife packed up every thing they possi-
bli; could (which tiA since turned out and acknow-
ledged by his wife to. be property stolen from his
employer, and since given up ;) -and went off,
charging the lad to drive fast,/ as they said the
}person whom they were- going to see. would be
dead before they arrived: When they had reached
the thirteen mile stone, he desired the driver- to
turn back, as a lad3ein the coach was taken. ill,
and could not proceed on the journey. On his re-
turn he left. the deceased at a private house, about
ten miles from Bristol, where he remained con-
cealed until the following night, and his-wife pro-
ceeded on to Bristol; where she arrived about two

o'clock in,the morning. in the afternoon of the
same day- (Friday) she called on Mr.R. confessing
the guilt of her husband, and- imploring mercy':
Saying, "if Mr.R. wished it, her husband should
see him." Mr. It. answered, !'"fhat he would be

more l!kely to obtain mercy from him by keeping
at a distance : begging her that he might not at).-
broach him, for," said he, "How could I behold
a man guilty of his ingratitude but -with indigna-
tion ?" and begged of her,. at the same time, to 'de-
sire him, if he had any thing to communicate, or
any confession to make, to do it in writing, and
.that Air. R. would give it due consideration ; urg-
ing, that what he intended' to do, he should do
quickly : still intreatlng her by no means to• bring
him into his presence. She replied, "He should
write as, requested, the next morning." About
half past ;ix the next rnornimg.(saturday)
.servant came up to DiS bed-room door,. saying,
" Allen and his wife were below wishing to•see
him. This unexpected visit. so -affected Mr; IL's
mind, that be was at least half air hour before he
could summon up resolution to see him. When
be entered the room, where Allen and his_ wife

were sitting, he addressed him thus Allen, is
this thy kindness to thy friend Upon which he
and his wife fell upon 'their knees,. seemingly at
the sane time to feel the full weight of their guilt
and ingratitude, exclaiming, ".That they had rob-
bed the best of masters, and were the guibiest
'v retches upon earth i" still continuing on their
I<nce.4, crying for mercy.. This affecting scene so
wrought upon Mr:R:s-mind, that he was obliged
to withdraw% • When 'Mr. R. was at his breakfast,
-he sent his daughter •in with some breakfast to
Allen aad hiS With this r:ircumstance they-,

appeared niuckaffected, and expressed a surplize
that notice shouht 'be taken of such guilty,
wi.ctchcs as they expressed theins2lves to he.—
This being a day in '‘vhich Mr. R. was more oar-
t-icularly engaged in his factory, for receiving work
and paying his Lien (which took. up at least four'
hours before he cOuld be disengaged) be thought
it advisable to send to a Mr. Willis who occasion-

illy assisted i\ir. R. in his business, and who was

a person whom Alien well knew,; he hen% a suit-
able man to-interrogate and, receive his confes-

Aboutten Yr. R. went again into the
ropm where Allen and his wife were, and thus

addressed Liss, ," You know the nature of my bu-

.
siness to-day-will prevent my being with you.--
[have sent foi Mr,llls, -who is. • now in , the

house ;to him ,e;Teet you will disclose. the
whole 'of the business. Here Mr. R..observecl,

that nothing short of a full disclosure of his guilt,
with all its connections, would satisfy him; stat-
ing, that he; (Mr. R.)' was in pOsseSsion of facts,
which, if such facts were'not stated in the confes-

shin, he slionid consider that he had Made reaefia.
'thins. Here Mr. It. observed;-for Allen's encon-1.
ragercent, "' You have seen in the this morning
ari act of forbearance, inasmuch as you have
been three hours in my house alid l hate not given.
you up to an officer; ,let this be considered a
token for good." Mr. R. then went immediately
to his busies ; upon which Mr. Willis vas in-
troduced, together with Mr. Haynes, a colour-
man, (who had cwivally called on other bushiest)!
and was also known to the deceased, . with his -
knowledge 'and full approbation ; who it ap-
pears could get nothing satiSfactory from,
On hearing this',Mr. R. went tn'Allen, and said,
I find you are determined not to make a eon-
fession of, your, guilt, therefore you shall be takeo
before a Magistrate, where evidence shall- be pro-
duced sialicient to prove
,it. Then it will 'oe in
vain for-you to. ask mercy from me, as it will IVA
be in my power to grant it ; as you will b'e coin=
nutted, and I bound Over to prosecute. There-
fore, as you hope for mercy, let me entreat you to
make your confession here, which is all I re-
quire."
The deceased then expressed a wish to make his
confession to Mr. R. alone, Mr. K. complied with
this ; and, being left alone wih before the
deceased began his confession, Mr. <ll. addros,o_al
hirn'thus—" Now let me intreat- you
,to make a
full diseloSure, without: any. reserve 'Whatever,"
declaring, in the MOst solemn_ 'Manner, that not
any'part of his. confession' then Made should be
brought against him ; and, at the same ex-
plained to hini that the gnaw Would not permit it so
I.(fr lie brought, as all confessions made or extorted
under a promise of pardon,,could not he admitted
in evidence against him, which Allen seemed per-
fectly to understand. '
Allen then began. "1r have robbed _von to a
very considerable amount, and fot' a cootiera"ole
time, of linen and other things ; wore espe-
cially, on pay-days, in your factory; I have
taken one pound, sometimes two, poonds ; like-
wise copper, when I had an opportunity." He
then declared, in the most solemn manner, that,
he hjid no connection with Conroy or any other
person, with whoth he had before lamented his
connection, and expressed his. sorrow that Mr.
R. had not attended to the anonyisu letter 'be-
fore mentioned. On this Mr. R.. expressed him-
self displeased with the deceaseil, telling him,
that he '‘vas disposed to make reservations; for
that he (Mr. R.') was in possession of full proof
of his connections with Conroy. With that Mr.
R. retired, and Allen's wife re-entered the room,'
whero they were left together. They soon after
expressed a wish to go home to get refreshment.
Mr. A. replied, you cannot go home till this bu-
siness is settled,-,-you can have refreshment here.
But almost, immediately changing his mind, said;
" Yon may go home—Allen, you may go home."
He replied, it is of rio consequence.'; I Krill take
refreshment here. With that Mr. R. sent some
bread and cheese and porter in fo, thith ; and in a
few Minutes after Allen's wife -left him, went
home, and returned 'ma more.
,This was about
three o'clock in the afternoon, when Mr. R.
went to his dinner, during which, time-Mr. R.'s
children went several times into the room 'there
.Allen' was sitting. After Mr. R. had 'dined, he
went td sfee him again ; when on opening the
door -Allen was standing with his face towards
him, with 'one hand upon his neck handkerchief,
and a knife in his other band, as .if in the. act of
preparing to 'cut his throat. Mr. It. screamed
out, " Allen is going to cut his throat !'' On
this Allen immediately, in the most ferocious man-
ner, began to cut his throat ; and, after giving
himself several dreadful gashes, he 'ran after Mr.
R. with the knife pointed at hunk roaring out in
'the most hideous manner. -The front door-being
open which led-from the Hall into The front- gata:.
Glen; Mr. R. escaped through it ; from whence he
immediately ran, to Messrs. Baynton and Hill for
their assistance. The alarm made by Mr.- R.
brought - others of his family and Mr. Haynes to
the scene, whom he (Allen) apparently pursued
in the samet.ferocious manner.—Mrs. It. Who was
back parlour, hearing, the children scream,,
ran into'the hall, where she saw Allen standing,
with the blood pouring from his tl-ire,at, who
iria-
mediately ran forward, pointing the knife at her
.also.,She immediately flew back into the par-.
lour, and shut the door; but still hearing the
shrieks of the chihlren she returned, and opened
the door, when she saw Allen, who
.had over-
run the door, flat on the ground. Some person
then came in; and took Allen- up, who was then
on his ,knees ; when Mr. It. returned, With Mr.
Surgeon,'who vainly gave every. professional
assistance; and Allen instantly expired.
About 3 or 4 minutes before the act of suicide,
a daughter of Mr. R.'s about ten years-old, was
sent into the room where Allen was, for sugar,
when she saw him sitting nesting his head on his
hands; in ,a pensive. posture. , • ,‘

The suicide was committed about fonr o'clock.
Notice of this melancholy catastrophe was soon•
conimunicated to the Coroners for the city, who
proceeded to take an inquest on the body as early
as possible on the. Monday following. The ii-
quest was taken before Joseph Langlty, Esq. ?at-
tended also by hi:f colleague in office T, L.) .An;l a
very respectable Jury of housekeepers in the
neighbourhood, With all the solemnity suited to
the occasion. The Jury were sworn about half-
past twelve o'clock, when; alter a patient and pain-
ful investigation, accompaniectwith a suitable and
solemn charge.; and retiring about five minutes to
deliberate, they returned about eight in the even-
ing a'verdict of Feb Ode se (orself-nutrder). Dur-
ing the sitting of the Jnry, notice was sent to
the wife. of the deceased, that the Coroner 'was
ready to receive any eviLlence whatever tOnching.
the c-oise of his death; who returned answer *that
she had none to be examined. •,

A veraiet of felo de se being attended witheir-
cumstances of (ikgiaCeand shame, a warrant Nv,s
issued by the Coroner, directed to the church-
wardens and constalales of St. Philip and Jacob,
to
,bury the deceased in some, public highway.
The churchwardens accordingly made request
to the Chief Magistrate for the assistance of th..•
civil power, who ordered out all the epustaJle3
of the city.
.•
M five o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, the

bo,tfiy ;61. the deeeaceA Cns
jaid oo a cart for,ming 17:th hi; ;fact!
Jincovered, in the sam.e in t.-ii iz.4l laerper-
petrated the horrid deed, covered with his bleach
• and a stake prepared to be driven through ,
hay (as c..sual on such oecasients) to theiplace of
inte:-:;dent. On arriving at the top of the
nearly oppo.,iite the ,ti.lins,honse, the body
~H) sited in a !able lug- for that purpose;
_and',.ai•frter,sonte earth xya; thrown on the same,-
the stake was .driven through
The nnaihrr of spectators were irunionse, and
the, p‘,.,;-)uface behaved great--decortnn, ap-
peartne- to feel the awildne,-, of the event.
The der vas about 43 years of age, and
has hap ivy left no children- to mourn the disgrace-
ful- end of their prent.