The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-01 00:00:00

ROBBERY DURING THE EXECUTION.

Gurt.nit 1.1..—A fine-looking lad, apparently about fifteen
years of age, named Edward Norman, was brought up yester-
day before the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman VENAnr..t s.
charged with
_picking a pocket in the Old Bailey, during the
execution of Di Faunticroy. Mr. Joseph Mee, a gentleman
from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, stated that he had
been drawn by curiosity to witness the execution that morning,
and was in the crowd at the top of the Old Bailey, nearest New.
gate-street, when he felt a motion at his pocket, and on turning
round saw the prisoner, who was standing close behind him,
with his silk handkerchief in his hand. lie collared him
instantly, when the prisoner passed his hand behind him,
and dropped the handkerchief, which he (Mr. Mee) picked up
close at the prisoner's heels. He secured him, and gave bin
in custody. From the careless indiffi:rence and apparently har-
dened behaviour displayed by the prisoner, who sneered and
even smiled whilst Mr. Mee was giving his evidence, the Al-
derman concluded he must be an old thief'; but en enquiring,
none of the officers knew him. When asked what he had to
say, he replied, in a very pert tone, " I never took the hand-
kerchief, and never sateen,' thing about it." On enquiring who
an 1 what he• was, he re i ed, he lived with his father, a
watch-jeweller, No. 55, Wellington-street, (Remelt-street, who,
he said, was the housekeeper there. As Wellington-street, is a
very reputable street, and in a respectable neighbuui hootl,the pri.
goner's story wasconsidered fictitious, and the Alderman directed
him to be placed on one side. and Lock, the officer who had hiss
in custody, was sent to inquire, and if his story were true, to
desire the attendance of his father. The prisoner heard these
directions given without exhibiting, the slightest symptoms of
shame or concern. To the s upnse of every one, Lock, on
his return, was accompanied by an elderly gentleman of
most respectable appearance, who acknowledged in a ten:
that was scarcely audible from his emotion, that the prisoner
was his son, and that the account he had given was true. When
put in possession of the facts by the Magnurate. he express, ci
is feeling terms his horror and surprise. The boy lived
and worked with him ; he had a comfortable home, and every
thing he wanted, and he never heard an accusation against
his honesty. Mr. Alderman Venables s:emed to feel deeply
for the old gentleman's situation. Ile would rot question
him very closely ; but Mr. Norman's regard for truth drew
from him an acknowledgment that the boy had latterly been
somewhat more irregular in his conduct than heretofore. Ile
would, said he, with a deep-drawn sigh, go to the execution this
morning against my inclination, and this is the consequence.—
Mr. Alderman Venable' said he knew, front the manner in which ,
the boy behaved at the bar, and from the circumstances of the
robbery on the very spot, and at the very moment when an tint'or-
, tunate fellow-creature was suffering the dreadful sentence of the
law, a victim to his crimes, that this was not his first deviation
from virtue. "I am sure," said the Alderman, " it is impossible,
and that he must have been associating with bad company. !Joel(
at him yourself, Sir, and see how hardened and unconcerned he
stands at this very moment. The old gentleman turned towards
his son, and with a look of unspeakable anguish, confessed the
justice of the Alderman's remark. Every one in the room was.
similarly affected, except the prisoner : two or three funnies
joined their tears to those of the afflicted father. Air. Mee's
evidence was repeated to the old gentleman, and was so clear
that he silently acknowledged, when appealed to, that the Al-
derman had no alternative but to commit his son for trial ; and
he was taken from the bar apparently wholly unmoved by any
hing that had passed.

CORN EXCHANGE, DEC, 1.
The quantities of Wheat, Barley, and Flour, this week are
very large I but the arrival of Oats is again short. Wheat
finds scarcely any hovers to day, and hardly maintains last
quotations. Barley also meets a very dull sale, at the pr;cts of
Monday. Beans and Boiling Peas remain unaltered. Grey
Peas are again cheaper. There is no variation in Oats.
An a ivALB.—Enolifih Wheat, 9,loo—Barley, 12,000—
Oats, 3,ooo—lrish IN heat, 330—Oats, 1,000 quarters—Eng,
lish Flour, 21,100 sacks.

A most melancholy accident took place on the
river Mersey on Sunday last.. The 6'lly of Dub.
lin steam-packet had come to on the other side
of the rock. Several boats went down the river for
the purpose of bringing up the passengers. One of
these, on its return, was unfortunately swamped,
and the passengers and boatmen were precipitat-
ed into the water. As soon as the catastrophe
was observed from the shore, boats went to the
assistance of the unfortunate people, several of
whom were rescued from an untimely grave.
The number of individuals who lost their lives
by this melancholy accident cannot be exactly
ascertained; but no less than nine a •
e suppose('
to be drowned. Among the persons saved is an
infant, whose mother lost her life. There were
no cabin-passengers among
the unfortunate suf-
ferers.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY •
Ertracts from the 31oning ,Papers, Dec. 1.

[NEW TIMES.]
"Yesterday the Funds remained nearly sta-
tionary, the only variation in Consols being from
95 to 954 for the ACcount. There were no ar-
rivals yesterday from the Continent. In the
afternoon it was announced that an Express had
been received from Liverpool with information of
the arrival of a New York packet with intelli-
gence from the United States to the 9th
,ult. The
reports respecting South America were said to be
favourable; and had a slight tendency to improve
the prices of the Foreign Securities ; but little
busittess was transacted, and at the close the
prices were somewhat higher than on the pre-
ceding day. The coaches which arrived in town
yesterday from the Northern and North-western
counties were detaiad several hours beyond
their usual time of arrival, by the floods arising
from the long continuance of the late heavy rains.
In Leicestershire the loss of sheep is said to be
severe ; and in parts of Northamptonshire the
water is stated to be as high as ever was known.

[THE TIMES.] . .
By the Leeds .l'acket, arrived at Liverpool,
Papers from New York to the Bth ult. have been
received ; but they contain no additional intelli-
gence from Peru which possesses • any claim to
authenticity. Accounts had been received from
Maracailse, dated the. 21et of September, ;of a
second • battie having been fought with ,the
Royalists, in which Bolivar gained a complete
victory, with the loss of 6,000 men ; but as they
rest on the -authority of letters from Bogota,
*written as far back as the 22d of August, later
dates than which have been received in England,
they are clearly entitled to no credit. 'l'he
question respecting the contest in Peru is, in
fact, left:precisely where it was by The pre.
ceding arrivals from New York. .The widow and
family of the unfortunate .Iturbide landed at Ba-
rataria, in Louisiana, on the 2.9 th of September,
whence they proceeded for New Orleans, where
they arrived early in. October. Madam Iturbide,
ho was in a delicate state of health, iutended
remaining a few weeks in the neighbourhood of
New Orleans, and when sufficiently recovered to
bear the fatigue of travelling, proceed through
The western country for a northern port, and
thence embark for Europe.

[IIIOIININD CHRONICLE.)
The Dublin
,Eveuing Post, Of :Saturday., con-
tains a very able defence of ;be Catholic Asso-
ciation against the attacks of The Courier. After!,
chewing that the Rent is a proof that the Catho.
lie Body has identiiied, itself with the Catholic
Association,, and stating the purposes to which
the Rent is applicable, namely, " to the legal
and constitutional defence of the Catholic Poor
-740 the expenses necessarily, incurred in petition-
ing—:to the publication in England andelseWhere
of Catholic grievances--to (lie defence of Catholics
against ,the ' unceasing calumnies which are
poured upon their religionnod•thernselvesand to
other shailaily legitimate' purposes;"—the writer
goes on to notice the. good effects which have
already resulted from the proceedings :—" The
flat is, the Association have no secrets. Its very
essence is publicity ; and The Courier may con-
cur in our opinion or not, when we assure
him with sincerity, that this Association, un-
der the present circumstances of the country, has
been a main" engine in producing that tran,
quillity which now so happily prevails in the
South of Ireland. The wretched peasants have
a hope, at least, that their grievances will be.
righted fey the Association, and tints they abstain
from those confederacies, which took the law
infolts own hands. They, have the effect of
tranquillizing the country, and keeping the pea-
santry quiet—they have been the means of pre,
venting the jlibbunmen from associating hitherto,
and they are now preparing to nip in its bud a
Confederacy, which has begun to appear in cer-
tain•l3aronies in the County of Tipperary."