The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-27 00:00:00

©LI6 BAILEY.

WITH bAY-a.SATURDAY, SIPT.
Thomas Simmons was indi&ed for stealing siX
pair of shoes, the property of J. W. Page.
It appeared that Mr. Page is a general Merchant,
and had a Caritra4 with Government, to supply
't 5,m0 pairs of shoes for the Service. He had a great
numher of them in his Warehouse, in Cheapside,
brought from Staffordshire,• and other parts of the
country. The Prisoner was the Prosecutor's set.
want, and had the care of his warehotse. Some
suspicion fell en the Prisoner, in consequence of
which a Search Warrant was taken nut, and the
Prisoner's lodgings were searched, and while the
Officer was searching one corner, the Prisoner went
into another, pulled cut a parcel of shoes, and en-
deavoured to throw them out of the way, but the
Officer caught him, upon which he acknowledged
that they were the property of his master, and fell
upon his knees and begged for mercy. There was
found in his lodgings also a paper writing, stating,
a caution to the Public not to trust John Wm. Page,
as he was a- down-right Swindler. The Prisoner
being asked what he meant by writing such a paper, ,
said he' was sorry he had written it.
The Prisoner then was apprehended, and charged
with this robbery.
In his defence he handCd in, a paper full of in.
veaive and libellous matter against the:Prosecutor.

The COMMON SERJEANT told the Prisoner, he
deceived hitwelf if he thought that in, his defence
he was permitted to libel his master ; if he had any
evidence, it must be heard, but the Court was not
bound to listen to a mere statement of abuse upon
Prosecutors, they came prepared only to support
their Prosecutions, and not to defend themselves
• against sudden attacks upon their charatters. . The
Prisoner was nor now to attack others for dishonesty,
but to defend himself against that charge.

He had no evidence, and, therefore, the Jury
found him Guilty.

Mr. Hansard, the Printer, who had prosecuted
two of his servants (boys of 14), for stealing "a
number of printed copies, which were parts of some
valuable works, and sold
.them for Waste:paper, &c.
appeared in Court, and begged that these boys
might be treated with all possible lenity.. He add.
ed, that their parents had called on him, and begged
that he would. appear for them to-day, and assured
him, that if they were delivered up to them, they
would take careof them.
The COMMON SERJEANT said, that Mr. Hansard
had behavedin this case, as he always did in every
one, with great humanity; and the Couii was dis-
posed to attend to his recommendation.
The parents of the two Prisoners, Jonathan and
Yates, appeared in Court, and promised to take
care of them—on which •
The COMMON SERJEANT delivered to them a
suitable and very sensible admonition, assuring
them, that if it had not been for the great humanity
of their late master, to whom -they had been "most
ungrateful, the Court would most probably have
ordered them to have been transported, advised
them to improve their morals, and observed, that
if they made the right use of the lesson which this
day taught them, it might be the most fortunate of
their lives. He should not order them to be publicly
whipped, for that would cast them out of reputable
society—nor to be long confined in prison, for that
might have the same effea : the sentence should be
as mild upon them as he could pronounce, and, he
hoped, it would be as severely as the Officer could
do it. He ordered them to be immediately whipped
in gaol, and discharged.- .He begged it to he under-
stood, that this was not to be a pominal Ersoiness, but
an aEtual, _severe, whipping.
Sentence of Death was - then pronounced on the
following erisoners for the following offences.
.George Brown, for stealing upwards of forty
shillings in the dwelling-house : Joseph Dyson for
burglary : Mary Heath, for feloniously uttering a
false and counterfeit shilling, knowing it to be so;
she having formerly been convieted of being a
common utterer of bad money : Benjamin Hart,
for burglary : Thomas Porter, for breaking and
entering a dwelling-bouse in the day time, no per-•
son being therein, and stealing upwards of the
value of five. shillings : Daniel. Besstt, for horse_
stealing : William Topham, for being, at large with-
out lawful cause, before the expiration of his
• sentence of transportation : Dennil Burke, for a
robbery in the dwelling.house : Jabal:nab Brady,
for stealing Banknotes of the value of 91. in the
dwellirg-hnuce : Walter Bond, for an highway.
robbery : Walliam Herbert, for -stealing above the
value of forty shillings in the dwelling-houe.; John
Reynolds, for the same offenee-: Samuel Beach, for
the same offence: Francis Ryley, far the, same f.
fence, John Roberts, for the same offence :
'ward Griffiths, for the same:. ,offence :
.James Nor,
tog, for a highway-robbery C. Christie, for the
like offence ; George Stesuard, for stealing. 51. in the
dwelling_house : Henry Elmsted, f"r an highway_
robbery, (extorting money upon a falSe accusation) :
and
.john Oliver, for an highway-robbery.
Forty-three were ordered to be transported for
seven years : two for fourteen,. namely, William
Roberts anti John Kelsey, for receiving stolen
goods, knowing them to be stolen.
Edmund O'Donnel, fur bigamy, was ordered to
be. imprisoned for six months.
Se,ver.it were ordered to be publicly whipped—a
few to be whipped in gaol, and a great number to
be confined twelve months in Newgate, and in the
House of Correflion. _

The Sessions were then adjourned to Wednesday
the z7th of Oduber next.

The Magistrate; of Edinburgh have made a re-
gulation in the fish marker, by which the best
oysters are to he sold at the rate of t3O for zs.
from the Ist of December. 10 the Ist of March.—
The .leSser size at is. 6d. for the same number ;
:Ind from the tst of March to the Ist of December
one shilling.

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At tilt .SUN,.OFFIC

SHERIFF': COURT, SA.TURbAY, SEAT. 25.

At inquisition of damages was taken before the
Sheriff, between parties, whose names motives of
delicacy forbid us to reveal.---The Plaintiff is. a
person not unknown in the Literary Wotld, and
the Defendant was a Member of the last -Parlia-
ment.---The adion arose out of circumstances pre-
ceding and subsequent to the eleaion of the latter.
The Plaintiff was employed by him to write para-
graphs for the Newspapers, squibs, songs, &c. In
the discharge of this duty, it appeared the Plain-
titf had acquitted himself,Atntirely to the satisfac-
tion of the Defendant and lus,Committee. He wrote
n so-s with such stings at the end of every verse,'
that the adverse party could scarce keep their tem-
per at hearing them chaunted before the hustings.--
He suggested ideas for caricatures, raped and cir-
culated such stories of his patron's adversary, and
by the ludicrous exercise of his fancy, placed him
in so ridiculous a light, that he was even the laugh.
ing-stock of those who from interested motives
voted in his favour. While the ele6tion was pro.
ceeding, the Defendant lavished his penmiszs of re-
muneration. He ultimately obtained the viEtory
over the Court Candidate, was chaired, received
all the honours of a popular procession, and gave
a grand dinner, which was enlivened by- the mirth-
ful effusions.of the Plaintiff's prolific muse. When
the. business was concluded, the Plaintiff applied
for that reward which he thought was his due. He
demanded tor, the whole of his trouble, including
the composition of the speeches which the Defendant
delivered from the hustings at the close of each
day's poll, the sum of tool. This the Defendant
absolutely refused to pay : he was contented, he
said, to 'make him a present of zol. or so, but as
to giving him tool. the charge was extravagant.
The Plaintiff insisted upon the whole, and brought
the present aftion to recover it. The trial affn-ded
a good deal of -mirth. The Plaintiff produced
letters of instrudion from the Defendant to -him,
in which that enlightened Senator had made such
-palpable mistakes in the orthography of almost
every word, that a schoolboy of five years old
;would have been flogged for them, Jr appeared
the Plaintiff had taken uncommon pains in pro-
moting the eleftion of his employer, aril in after.
wards furnishing his brain with inatOals for an
Orator. He had composed his maiden speech, the
delivery of which in the House of Commons was
proved to have Occupied an•bour and ten minutes.
In short, - the Plaintiff most .sati6fadotily made out
his case, and the Jury, without any hesitation,
gave him a verdid for the full amo3nt of his de-
mand.

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—The following most
singular occurrence comes to us from a q ,arter
feCtly authentic, and still often forms the subjeft of
conversation in Britanny. During the utmost
phrenzy of the French Revolution, there was a
Cure at Rheims, whose purity and benevolence had
so endeared him to people of all descriptions, that
in the height of their rage and madness, the Septem-
brizing Committees dared not openly to attack him.
Determined therefore on private assassination,'they
applied to their usual Agents, but even their hands,
long stained with blood, and hearts accustomed to
massacre, turned away with horror from the deep
damnation" of that deed. The, good Cure remained
for some time protOled by his own purity, till three
Bravoes were brought down from Paris, by whom
was arranged the following plan for his destrutlion:
Two of them were at the dead of night to call up
the Holy Man, in order to attend the last moments
of a dying penitent. This last was to be repre-
sented by the third experienced bravo, who, during
the exhortations of the Priest was suddenly and
silently to dispatch him. The arrangement so far
succeeded that the Cure was brought, and the two
confederates waited impatiently for the signal, the
body of the vidiin. To .their ,astonishment, how_
ever, the objeft that first t.yesented itself to them!
was the Cure, who shook his,;head and said, "
my friends, you applied to me-too late; for the poor;
man 'is dead, and the corpse is cold already." The
Assassins struck with remorse and terror, fell on
their knees, and confessed all the circumstances, im-
ploring his forgiveness. The Cure, who then for
the first time obtained a candle from the people of
the house, and pulling down the bed cloaths, saw a
dagger in the hand of the breathless Assassin. The
whole city of Rheims crowded the next dal to be
witnesses to this extraordinary interposition, until
the Municipality gave orders that the corpse should
be taken away. The Cure then finding there was
no longer ,ny chance for him, emigrated to Eng-
land, bringing with him the admiration anti regret
of every one who knew him.

The person to whom this remarkable story ap_
plies is the Abbe whose benevolent founda-
tions at Soiners-to7tn were so highly complimented
and applauded some time ago by MONOEUR, and,
the other French Princes at that time in England.
On Sunday se'ennight a fox attacked a flock of
geese in the village of Cleadon, in Scotland, but
being observed, some dogs were set upon him,
when, to escape he took to the horse-pond among
some ducks. The dogs went in after him, and
after some sport, poor Reynard found himself in a
wrong element, and was obliged to surrender, pay-
ing for his dinner' the forfeit of his life.
On Friday morning a Lady, in purchasing some
peaches from an itinerant Jew vender in the Strand,
imprudently changed half-aguinea : the Israelite
very politely offered ro accommodaje her with all
silver, which was accepted...,iWhen the Lady got
home she examined the sjiange, and to her. extreme
mortification found eight shillings bad out 'of
nine.

On Wednesday two Ladies took a boat at Hun.
gertord, to go to Vauxhall (the fare for which,
according to the printed rate, is' 6d.) On their
being set on shore, the Waterman had the impu-
dence to demand zs. 6J. The Ladies remonstrat-
ed, but with no effect ; the Waterman was ex-
tremely insolent, and they submitted to the impo-
sition.

COUNTRY NEWS.

EXETZA, SEPT. 22.'

TUESDAY night. last two men were apprehended
at the Bristol Inn, in this city, on suspicion of hav-
ing picked a Gentleman's pocket, at Barnstaple fair,
on Monday last, of a pocket-book, containing hank
and other bills, to a considerable amount.-01 their
being searched, none of the property lost was found
on them ; but from one of them was taken a quan-
tity of counterfeit shillings, curiously folded in
ptper, apparently as issued from the manufacturer ;
and from the other were taken four shillings and
six-perie=e, of the same sort of coin.—They were
this;dayi examined before T. Flood, Esq. Mayor,
and committed till they can procure bail ; in the
mean time, it is probable the aft of pass'iog money
of the above description may he proved against
them.—One of them calls himself Thomas Freclove ;
is about 5 feet 8 inches high, dark hair, and sallow
complexion; wears a brown coat, with yellow
buttons, black waistcoat, and pink cotton under-
waistcoat, corduroy breeches, and boots.—The other
says his name is Thomas Jones, is about S feet 4.
inches high, stout made, fresh complexion, wears a
blue coat, with yellow buttons, a drab great coat,
with full capes, and velvet collar, black waistcoat,
corduroy breeches, and boots.—They have lately
visited Barnstaple, Crediton, and other towns in
the North of Devon.

Miss HUB BART, a fine g;tl of r4.,y,ears of, age,
some days since,- while at dinner with her .finiiiy
ar Lingham, near Oakharn, and in apparent health,
suddenly fell down dead. She was engaged in cheer-
ful discourse at the moment of this awful -and in-
strudive visitation.

Mr. J. HARGRAVE, arCilitea of Hull, was last
week found dead in his bed, to which the preced-
ing evening he had retired in apparent health.
M. R. ASHBOROUGH, of Peterborough, on Sun-
day, while walking on the road to Orton, fell down
and expired without having experienced the least
previous illness.
J. THOMPSON, a drover, on Saturday arrived at
Newark, and at night retired to bed in his accus-
tomed health, but in the morning he was found

There is now in the garden of Mr. RICHARDSON,
near St: Ann's Church, Liverpool, a Jessamine-tree,
.4.0 feet high, and 36 feet in breadth, covering near
the whole of the south and east points of the house.
It was planted in the year 5781, and is supposed to
he the largest tree of the kind in -the North of
E.,gland. •
. Last week a large copper table, weighing zo
tons, was cast at Bersham iron. works, for the
Ravenhead Glass Company. The metal was
melted in five furnaces, each containing four tons :
the building was secured from the immense heat of
the casting by a wrought iron umbrella. A car-
.riage with eight wheels has been constructed to
convey it to the place of its destination.
On Tuesday evening last a fellow went to a shop
in Dean-street, and ordered a leg 'of pork to be
sent to a Gentleman's house in Soho-square; with
change fora 21. note. A boy was' accordingly
sent; and was met by the villain in Carlisle-street,
who reproached him with having delayed, and said
he would take 'home the pork himself, desiring him
to eve the change, which the boy did, and he in
return gave him a two-penny note, which .so de-
ceived the boy, that he did not discover the fraud
till he returned, home. There is scarcely a day
passes that similar tricks are not praelised, and yet
we have not, heard of -any one of the miscreants
being detthed.
On Monday night, between five and six o'clock,
a lad, who was cony-eying two 11. notes from his
master to a house in Camomile-street, Bishopsgate-
street, . was stopped by a thief, who attempted to,
rob him of the notes: in the attempt the notes were
tom-, A person accidentally passing at the time,
anti seeing the transadion, seized the villain, who
said he did not mean to rob the lad, but if the
stranger would accompany him to his master's
house, he would give, the lad' 21. 'in lieu of the
torn notes ; upon this the credulous man, with
another person, went with him to Still alley,
Houndsditch, when the villain drew a knife from
his pocket, with which he stabbed them, one in the
back, and the other in the face, and made his
escape.

UN 1 0 ti:FL'iL L.—On Saturday morning George
Severn was apprehended, having in his possession
two pieces, containing six yards of scarlet cloth,
evidently, taken recently from a tenter ground.—
His having•oirered them to sale for Ss. which was
much under the real value,. led to his.dctedion.
Committed for further examination.

John 7onts James Downey, and Times Hopi,wood,
apprehended on Friday night concealed in a cart
house in Clink-street, Sr. Saviour's, were committed
to the Sessions, under the Police Ad. We under.
stand it is the intention of the Magistrates to cause
to be apprehended, and fully to commit, all the re-
puted thieves that may be found lurking about under
suspicious circumstances, in hopes to break the knot
of daring desperadoes who at present infest the
Metropolis and its vicinity.

SHIP NE/VS.

POOLE, SEPT. 24.

Arrived—the Sally, Boomer, from Plymouth ; Lapwing,
Cartridgee from Cowes ; and Charlotte, Roberts, from
Weymouth. • .
. Sailed—the Mary, King, for Neath ; Blaney, Hedgely,
apd Hefter, Sparrow, for London ; Hebe, Smedmorc ;
Molly, Spencer ; Mary Anne, Hawkins ; Nancy, Howard ;
Gedi•ge, Andrews ; and Thomas and Catherine, Sincdmore,
fori;Poosmouth ; Two Sisters, Pain, for• Margate; • and
Tit Alar, Windove,:. for Cowes.