The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-12 00:00:00

AUGUST 11.

George Brown was indided for feloniously as.
saulting, Sze. Elizabeth Wyles.
The Prosecutrix is a little girl, about twelve
years of age, of a delicate and rather emaciated
appearance. Her Evidence was given very colld.
edly, as follows :—She went out in the beginning
of July to gather hurts, with two little boys. When
they had filled their baskets it began to rain ; she
then went towards home, and on her way met
Brown, who asked her to stand up out of the rain.
She did so; and after a few- minutes he went a
little way to see if it had left off' raining. On
his return,' in a minute or two, he assailed her,
and acted as the Indiftment charges. After he had
perpetrated the atrocious crime, he offered to give
her a halfpenny nor to tell; she said she would tell
the woman she lived with how he had served her.—
He said, if she did he would kill her. In conse-
quence of this threat, and the fear she had that her
mistress would beat her, she kept it secret till
near a week after.

Susan Sweatman corroborated the testimony of
the Pr6secut rix.

Mr. Newland, a Surgeon, was called id to exa-
mine the girl w4ieu the complaint was made. Upon
examination, he was not satisfied that the Prisoner
had completely effeded his purpose.
The Learned Judge, from this evidence,' was of
opinion that the safest way would be to acquit the
prisoner of this charge, and he would take care that
another indiament should be preferred against him
for the assault.

The Jury, under the direction of the Learned
Judge, acquitted the Prisoner accordingly.
William Thomas, a black, was tried for stealing in
the dwelling-house of Peter Malone, sundry articles
of wearing apparel, his property.
The Jury found a Verdict of Guilty of the simple
felony ; and the Learned Judge, after a very severe
reprimand, passed sentence of Transportation for
seven years on the Prisoner.

Michael Wood was indicted for feloniously steal«
ing a brown horse, the property of Percival Evans,
Esq. of the value of 301. and convicted upon the
clearest evidence.

George Blown was again put to the Bar, to take
his trial for an assault, with intent to commit a rape
on the body of Elizabeth Wyles. The evidence was
precisely the same as on the former trial.—The jury
found him guilty.

The Learned Judge, in a most impressive speech,
expatiated on the enormity and atrocity of the
Prisoner's offence. He then passed sentence on him :
to be imprisoned for the space of two years, and
during that time to be kept eo hard labour.

SUFFOLK ASSIZES.

BURY ST. EDMUND'S, AUG.

Wsliam Gibbs, a youth cf i 9 years of age, be.
longing to the r3th Regiment of Dragoons, was in..
diaed for robbing Miss Ann Buckingham on the
King's highway, in the parish of Kesgrave, of a silk

purse, -containing one guinea in gold and 55.. 6d.
in silver, on the I 7 th of May last. It appeared on
the • trial, that the Prisoner was riding on the
turnpike-road, when he accosted Miss Bucking_
ham, and another female with her, and request-
ed the former to give him a shilling, but she said
She liAd not one, and asked her companion to lend
her one ; this, the Prisoner (who seemed attracted
be her person) said, would not do, as he must have
one from her, he•then laid.his hands on her shoulder,
aid pushed her down ; she said, if he would let her
get up, she would give him one, which he accord-
ingly, did and when she took out her purse-for
that purpose, he snatched it from; her, but she

from L'lmi rc!O7ncd it irit•6
her pocket ; after which, Miss suff:rea
him to put. his;li irid iilto hei- po,J;tr, io:c1 tA,-,e out
her purse ; this he ItJCi no sooner &me, thall the
Mail-coach ccaiiiiig op; lie galloped cl-F vt.itli the
same, and a hue and cry being inBtan:lv aide,
Was soon after apprehended in Ips.vich Barracks.

Oa the part of the Prisoner, it was very ably con;
tended by Counsellor AI.Dr that the capital:
part of the Indif,!tment would nut hold g<ioti, as the,
Lady confessed herself, during the whole time, not
to have been under the least influence of fear of her
life ; but the judge was of opinion, that the raking
of any thing from a person against t!,,•ir conse!tr,
justified the formal words of the indithnent in such
cases. Captain Morris, of [he 13th DragoOns, gave-
the lad a most excailent charaaer for honesty col
integrity ; and related, that the Prisoner, who -had
inlisted into a Feneible Regiment at Southamptoni
was employed on ship board as a servant to the 01..
fleets in their passage to St. Domingo, in the WT:st
Indies, and had constantly slept in their cabin;
where he might have had many opportunities of ri!..
feting ; that Captain Morris had afterwards taken
him as a servant,, during which period lie (Captain
M.) Hinted under the afliiClion of the yillow fe-
ver, which deprived him of his senses; arid that
the Prisoner was tlTn intrusted with his property
to a very considerable. amount ; that at the partieu:
lar solicitation of the Major of the Regiment, he
parted from him in order that he might accompany
the Major from St. Domingo to North America
during which passage his master died of the yellow
fever, leaving the Prisoner in sole possession of
all -his property, to the amount of nearly Soool.
all of which he faithfully delivered up to the proper
Claimants thereof, although in a strange Countrv,
where he might easily, if he had been dishonestly
disposed, have sequestrated it to his own use. Capt.
Morris further declared, that he would, if acquitted
or discharged, take him again into his service, in
preference to any other man in the Regiment.
These circumstances, together with the appear-
ance of the Prisoner, who was a handsome; well-
grown young man, naturally excited the commisera-
tion of the Court ; and Lord ALVANLEY) in passing
sentence upon him, which he did in a most impres
sive manner (die necessity whereof he pointed out,
from the determination of His Majesty to make ex-
amples of .the Military whenever guilty of violence,
theft, or outrage), was himself so sensibly affected;
that at the conclusion his Lordship burst intotears,-
and nearly all present participated with him. The
Prisoner was also so deeply affeted, that he fell
down, and fainted in Court. •

Previous to the Judges 'quitting the town, the
Prisoner was reprieved.

DAVIS's. STRAITS FISHERY.

By the ship job?: and Maesaret, of Newcastle',
Which arrived at Stromness the- ult. we have
the following account of the Fishery
Of LoN no:v.—The D.ellisls, Staver4 to fish; Moss, Clay,
8 do. Britannia; Westwater, 7 do.
Hui-L.—Brothers, Edmonds, to fish ; Gardener and Joseph,.
Allan, io fish; Thomas, Marshall; 13 do. Holdernesse,
• Page, 13 do. Oakhall, Colley, 8 du. Katharine, ----,
fish.

NEWCASTLE.—SarahI Stephenson. rz fish ; Everetta, Bos-
well, 15 do. Middleton, lohnson, 13 do. Clark,
to do. Content, Thompson, ti do. Prescott, Dacres,
it do. John and Margaret, jamson, 12 fish.
1

Captain jAmsoN, of the
,7ohn and Margaret,
died on the passage home, the 6th ult, much re-
gretted. Several men have been lost at Davis's
Straits this season, owing to the fish being very

PUBLIC-OFFICE,WHITECHATEL.-Yesterciay a
respcaable young man, of the name of Hill, foreman
and manager to a Mr. Goodley, tailor, near the Lon-.
don Hospital, exhibited a complaint against 7ere-
miah O'Leau, a tailor, with coming to his, house
in Buckle-streer, Goodman's_fields, late on Tuesday
night, armed with pistols, and a challenge in one
hand, to fight him as, a man of honour; he hid
three other persons at his back tb support him,
whilst the unoffending Hill was sitting in his par-
lour with his wife, ready to lay in; a scuffle en.
sued, and by extraordinary exertion he secured him,
and fixed him in the watch-house; not without re-
ceiving severe blows and kicks, which bore con_
spicuous marks before the Magistrates ; the challenge
was shcwn to them. The following is an exact copy
of it

•
" Mr. Hi 11; your caraacr of me in Mr. G.oodley's shop
seems very hodious, 'therefore I take a proper opertunity of
seeing you to morrow morning at six o'clock, in the fields
opposite to jeane Street, tail not at your Apiyaril, or I shill
be under the Desegreable Neecesity of affronting yow at the
next place that I shall meet you at.

" JZREMIA O'LEAR'i."

Three of his Brethren of the Thimble that were
concerned with him, came to the Office to he the
result of the fate of their comrade ; when they were
tiken into custody as necessaries, and were ordered
to priA)ri for want of Sureties, to appear at the ,
Quarter Sessions.

The Gazette Extraordinary of Modrid has an-
nounced, that his Extellency CHARLES CARACC I-
.oLo, Duke of St. Theodore, Marquis de Capriglia,
&c. &c. Ambassador Extraordinary of his
iVlajesty the King of the Two Sicilies, espoused on
the 16th of July, with all the pomp and ceremo-
nies usual in Spain, and in the name of the Hereditary
Prince of the Two Sicilies, • the Infanta DONNA
MAR IA ISAB ELLA, Princess of Sp;tin.

Edward Richards, who made his escape from the
Howe of Correction some time ago, was yesterday
apprehended, c.oneeided under a bed in ;4italtieids.
He stood committed for two years, by sentence of
C Airr,‘ for butiock-hunting. Beitg examined and
i lentitiedi he was fully committed.

Ou Friday last Mr. Dicker, who keeps the Hotel,
at Crokroweil, between o.lkiemton and Exeter,
fell from a colt he was breaking in, and so shock-
-I,lgy broke his leg, that the bone came through the
skln, twisted his toes round, and doubled them up
to the calf.

The Neptune, Cushley, from New Orleans to
New Providence, is lost on the Coast of Fiorida.—
Crcw saved, and great part of the Cargo eneCtel
o be saved.

THE lUSION OFMELZ4R.

From the 4th Chapter af the zd Book of Accidents.

I. Hear, 0 Heavens, and give ear, 0 Earth!
2. In the 4zd year of the good King, behold a
vision came unto me, and I found Mahershalalhas-
baz had established himself ulkin the Throne of Ca_
pera.

3. The Kings of the Earth, and all the Nations
sent wise men with presents, frankincense, and sa-
vory, odours to theamghty Man of War, and bowed
themselves down unto the Earth in his presence.
4.. Now at the command of Mahershalalhasbaz,
all the
_Presidents, 'the Counsellors, the Captains,
the -Scribes, the Courtier;, and the Governors of
Province,s consulted together, to establish a royal
Sta!tne, and to make a firm Decree :
S. So they c.itne unto him, and said unto him,
Now., Q, Master, establish the, Decree, and sign the
Writing that it be' not changed.
6. Wherefore, Mahershalalhasbaz signed the
Writing and the Decree. -
7. And he answered unto the Presidents, Coun-
sellors, the Captains:.ahe Scribes,. the Courtiers, and
the Governors of Provinces; and said unto all Peo-
ple,, Nations, a,,d:Languages, that dwell in all the
Earth, Order, Equality,- and justice, be multiplied

uoto you :
. 8. I thought, it good to shew the signs and won-
ders that- the high God hath wrought toward me.
9. How-great are his signs, and how mighty are
his wonders!
to. He hath appointed me Judge over all Na-
tions, for there is a time fortall things ;
t. There is a time to kill,- and a. tirne.to heal ;
a time to break down, and a time to 'build up.
12: I, have communed with mine own heart, say_
ing, Lo ! I am come to great estate, and have got
ten more wisdom than all they that have been before
me ; yea, my heart hath great experience of wis_
,_ciom- and knowledge.
13. Nov all the Wise Men exceedingly marvel.,
led at the words of Mahershalalhasbaz, and ciied
out, 0, King, Jive for ever !
14.. Then, Mahershalalhasbaz being proclaimed

King, sent to gather together the Princes, Go:.
vernors, and the Captains ; the Judges, the Trea-
,
surers, the, Counsellors, the Sheriffs, and all the
Rulers of the Provinces, together with all the Fair
Damsels, to come on the i sth day of the month,
on the Birth-day of the King, to the Dedication Of
the Golden Image, which the King had, set up.
15. Then the Princes, the Governors, and Cap-
' tains, the Judges, the Treasurers, the Counsellors, the
Sheriffs, and all the Rulers of the Provinces, toge-
ther with all the Fair Damsels, were gathered toge-
ther unto the dedication of the Image that Maher-
shalkilhashaz, the King, had set up.
i 6. Then an Herald cried aloud,, to you it is
totnmanded, 0 People, Nations, and Languages,
17. That at what time ye hear the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and
ailkinds of music, ye fall down and worship fthe
Golden Image that Mahershalalhasbaz, the King,
bath set up.

18. And whoso falleth not down and worship--
peth, shall the same hour be cast into the midst of
the Temp/e.
19. Therefore at that time, when all the People
heard the sound of the corner, flute, harp, sackbut,
psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the People, the
Nations, and Languages, fell down and worshipped
the _Golden Image that Mahershalalhasbaz, the
King, had set up.
zo. And the Virgins that were comely, were
crowned with flowers, and danced with the young

men ;

2t. And they kissed the men with the kisses of
their mouths, because of its being the day of their
espousals; and their love was better than their wine.

22. Hitherto is the end of the matter. As .for
mc,' Metzar, my c• gi cations- much troubled me, and
my countenance changed in me.
• .z 3., And the.vision of the evening and the Morn-
ing,:which was told, is true i wherefore shut up the
;vision, for pit shall be for many days.

(Here endeth the First Lesson.)

Monday evening the Coroner's,lnquest wat held,
at Mr. Underwood's, the Mortimer's Arms, Tot-
tenham-court Road, On the body of William Maw_
14, who was unfortunately drowned, on Sunday
evening last; in a small Pond, of about sixty yards
in circumference, irt Mortimer's Fields, the.end of
Gower-street. The circumstance was nearly as
follows :—On Sunday evening, about six o'clock,
there were a number of boys bathing in the .said
pond, which they could wade across, excepting a
small space of about two or three yards in the mid-
dle,*id which is about eight or nine feet deep.—
This Mawley came and undressed himself, at which
time he appeared very much intoxicated ; he went
in along with the boys, making this expression, that
he would swim across, or the b—dy water should
drown him. He swam across once, -but, in the
second attempt he went to the bottom. A boy,
who was in the water, ran tc- take him out, but
he proved too weak, and then a man, who stood by,
followed and brought him out. He did not remain
ten minutes under water. When he was taken up,,
there were symptoms of life. He was carried to the
IVlortimer's Arms, being the next Public house, and
immediate assistance procured. Five or six of the
Faculty attended, and Made every effort on the oc-
casion, without success. The deceased was very
much in liquor. He was a Bricklayer by trade,
only zt years of age, and was to be married next
week. His Father and Sister keep a clothes shop,
in Fitzroy-market. The July • brought in a \Ter-
diet—Accidental Death..

In Smithfield, on, Monday, to the disgrace of
the Police, three fellows sold their wives in the
open market. One of the animals went off as low as
eleven shillings, another fetched five guineas, and a
third ten pounds ! That either sellers or buyers
in such cases as these can believe those bargains
binding, furnishes a proof of ignorance hardly
crFdible.