The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-19 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS,

FRIDAY, JAN_ Ty_
An elderly man, of the most respedable and pre-
possessing appearance, was put to the bar, charged
on an indidment for stealing some trifling articles
from the premises of Mr. Harry Phillips, Auc-
tioneer, in New Bond-street. From the statement
of Mr. Phillips it appeared, that having reason to
suspea the prisoner, he watched him, when he ob-
served him in the audion-room pat his hands be..
hind him, as if concealing something ; he. then
walked hastily out of the room. On this, Mr. Phil-
lips desired his Clerk to follow him, and bring him
back : on being searched, there were found ru his
pockets, a pair of China candlesticks, an earthen
ink-pot, and another trifling article. These were
identified to be Mr. Phillips's property. The Pri-
soner declined saying any thing by way of defence.
He stated that he had been a wholesale linen-draper
for near twenty years. 'After stating thus much,
lie was unable to say any more, and leaded his
head upon his hand. Mr. Phillips informed the
Court he had made the same.statement before the
Magistrate.
A Gentleman requested* of the Court the in-
dulgence to be allowed to say a few words. This
being granted, he said that he knew the • unfor-
tunate person at the bar for upwards of twenty
years, that he had formerly been' in business for
himself as a wholesale linen-draper, but failed about
five years since, when he went abroad and remained
there for same time. A short time past the wit-
ness received a letter from him, which stated that
he was unemployed, and had not the means of sub-
sistence ; the wit6ess wrote an answer by return of
post, desiring him to-tome home again, as he would
be more likely to get employment among his friends,
and that his house was open to him and his wife till
he got into employ. He caine to England, and had
been with the witness ever since, • living in his
house. He was astonished when' he heard of the
present charge, and considered him as a man of the
uttnost integrity, though unforttinate.
Another Gentleman stated, that after his failure,

he was employed in the Irish House of Commons
till the Union, when he lost his situation, and was
not so fortunate as to receive a recompense for
being deprived of his means of support. The wit-
ness represented him to be a person of uncommon
good charaaer, and could in no way account for
this fatal transatlion.

The Chairman lamented the unfortunate situation
in which this person stood, but said the Jury could
do no less than find him guilty.
The Jury then pronounced him—Guilty.
Mr. Phillips then, in the most humane manner,
begged that his recommendation might go with the
Jury, in °alert() induce the Court to shew favour to
him. •

The Court then requested the Gentlemen who
had come forward in his behalf, would .be so good
to take the unfortunate person home with them. He
bowed in the most respeftful manner to the Court,
and withdrew with his friends.
Joseph Palliser was found guilty of receiving
twenty-four knives and forks, the property of Mr.
George Oliver, well knowing them to be stolen.—
The Prisoner was convkled on the evidence of a

young lad, apprentice to Mr.<o liver, whom it ap.
geared he had- been in the habit of plundering to a
large amount, and selling the produce of his' nefa-
rious gains to the Prisoner and his wife, who was
indiaed with him, but acquitted. This lad the
Prosecutor had taken from motives of humanity, -
and learnt him his :business, and in return be met
with this sort of gratitude.
A person nained;christopher Tretteraii was in-
di&ed for obtaining, under false pretences, the sum
oc_,7s. from a- taylor. , 4appeared that the Prisoner
pretended that he,,was 4tt-id Steward to Lord Dun-
das, of Askerdiall,, itlYork4lire, •and after talking'
in a large way of: his tonneetions and reipedability,
and pretending to know sqrne of Snip relations,
the poor taylor gave him a good dinner, and after-
wards took him to a club in the, neighbourhood.
While they were there, the PriSoner asked the loan
of seven shillings, whic:h Snip readily-lent him.
The Chairman here observed, that the.lndidment
could not be held, as he did not obtain the money
by false pretences, but as a loan. He was accord-
ingly acquitted.

CORK, .JAN. 12.

THE Post-Masters-General have been pleased to
(Urea that a Post-Office shall be established from
the sth instant at, the village or town of Moneygal,
county of Tipperary. through which a daily post
from Dublin will run by the mail-coach. , -
Yesterday morning; at an early hour,- the lifeless
body' of an tinfortunate.wornan was
,found, near the
two-mile stone, on the• Dublin •road, From the
bruises, and. other marks of violence which her
person exhibited, there was too much foundation to
suppose she- had been murdered.. On the informa-
tibn being conveyed to that very aaive Magistrate
Mr. Johnson, an immediate 'search was made for
the inhuman perpetrators, when as man named
-O'Brien was taken into custody, on whom were
discovered the -cloak, and.,shoes ,and stockings of
the.deceased.: On further inquiry it appeared that
the unfortunate viaim, with the two other men,
not yet' taken, had—been *drinking at some house
near the turnpike the' precedihg evening, at which
time she attempted, as O'Brien alledges, to snatch
from him a guinea and a half note, which produced'
some words :• after some -time; however, they parted,
the deceased took the road, and the men were ob-
served soon after to follow her. The particulars
of the dreadful catastrophe, remain unknown, as
the fellow who is in. custody declares he was so.
drunk, that all recolle6ion of what passed is totally.
effaced.

The fall of snow between Grstabridge.and Fer-
ry-bridge, on 'Wednesday night, was so heavy that
coaches could not travel, and the mail was carried
on horseback.
The-Edinburgh mail did not arrive on Saturday
in consequence rt.& heavy fall of snow to the north.
ward of Newcastle having suspended all intercourse.
The coach waited at • Newcastle three ,hours on
Thursday for it. The snow is likewise so •deep on
the Yorkshire WOldss as to have delayed the mail to
Hull for several hours.
The guard of the Glasgow downward mail was,
on Friday morning,- • frozen to such a degree as• to
have lost the use of all his.lirnbs.
At the late Canterbury Sessions, a man was sen-
tenced to be whipped, and to be imprisoned three
months, for leaving his wife and family chargeable
on the parish. . .
A young woman in service, near Louth, last week
delivered herself of a fern-ale child, unknown to any
part of the family, and strangling the infant, buri(ti
it in an out-building. The body was found -satin
after, and the inhuman mother has been committed
to Lincoln gaol, charged by the Coroner's Inquest
with wilful murder. _

A few days ago a- woman threw herself, with her
infant child of about two months old, into the Haven
at Yarmouth, in consequence of her being impor-
tuned for a debt of 41. ros. which she was not able
to discharge. Their bodies were not found until
the following day. •
Some days ago, as a child of about a month old
lay asleep in a bureau-bed near Halifax, its grand-
father entered the room; and not seeing the child,
turned up the bed, by whieh•the little innocent was
smothered, and quite dead befoie the accident was
discovered.

A child in petticoats, some days ago, -was ob-
served by a lad of thirteen years of age,' floating
down the river at Exeter ; the lad, although he
could not swim, instantly jumped in, rescued .the
infant, and restored it to its distracted mother, who
was in anxious search for it.

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On Thursday se'nnight, in the evening, as a poor
map, named John Fisher, and his wife, were return.
ing from London to their parish at Ross, acciden-
tally. meeting with a returned chaise at Gloucester,
they embraced tliis opportunity of pursuing their
journey, which they had nearly completed, when
the poor woman died suddenly in' the carriage.—lt
being' very late, and no assistance to be, procured,
the 'unfortunate man was compelled tcrsupport in his
arms the lifeless corpse of his wife, until their arri-
-val at Ross, where the Coroner held an Inquest on
the body, on Monday last, and returned a Verdid
Died by the tvisitat:on of Gad.

Q 1 - Monday,
,the First of March, the English
State-Lottery begins Drawing. Four Prizes of
zo,ooo—Four of to,oool.—Four of s,oool.—Five
of 2,oool.—Ten of I,ooor.—Twelve of scol.
Besides Prizes of fool. 501. and the loivest 'Prize
181. ; amounting in the whole, to Half a Million
of Money, which must be gained by the Purchasers
of flickets and. Shares in the present Lottery.
Similar Capital Benefits having been repeatedly ob-
tained by the Customers of the old established
.fortunate Office, No. 16, Cornhill, opposite the
Bank of England, it -is necessary 'to inform- the
Public that a very great variety of Numbers; in
Tickets, Halves, Quarters, Eighths, and Sixteenths,
are on Sale, at the lowest Prices.—These ShOres
are all stamped, pursuant to Aft of Parliament, and
are signed WILLIAM NicuoLsox.—N.B. Money
for the Prizes as soon as drawn, and Orders from
the Country, (post-paid), with proper Remittances,
' punctually executed.