The Sun.
London, England, 1805-09-24 00:00:00

OLD EdILEY.

FIFTH DAY-MONDAY', SEPT. 23.

Thentas Doe-and his wife, with two other persons
flamed Clorke.ond HUggins, were indicted for a bur-
glary in the house of John Walker Topham, and
• ,tealing therefrom ?80 yards of glazed Cottons, 30
yards of nankeens, 100 yards of flannel, Vio yards
of calico, and other articles, the goods of -William
Smith, on.f he night of the ii th 'of July last. The
'• Jury retired for about an houri and then returned a
terdiet of Guilty against the men; and Not Guilty
fio the woman. • .
Cable is in custody, add has had a bill presented
against him-for receiving.
Cotiterine Power, a genteel looking woman, whose
I;usl'and was stated to have 5001. per annum of inde-
;':endent property, was indiAed for stealing a pair of
I:aek silk stockings. , The filet, as proved in
was. as follows :---She went to a haberdasher's
and asked to look at some silk stockings, which
'..ere shewn her ; she was 'lressed in a .long'trAined
muslin gown, the train of which she laid on the
counter. In going away sl,e took a pair of black
:silk stockings within tlhe i.)1,.1 of her train. • 'She
was immediately pursued, and the stockings found.
Prisoner, in her defence, said, " This is
the gown I had (in me .last. Saturday week, when
I -went. into . Mr, Pearson's shop." (She here
produced a white muslin gown,, with a very long
train.).• "You. see, Gentlemen, this is a:fashionable
dress gown, and very long. I went into' the shop
to buy a pair Of black' silk stockings, as already
stated by the witness. While 1 was examining.the.
stockingS, I laid the train on the counter, to prevent
its being dirtied; and, after diGring ziljont the price
of the stockings; I ,determined to, go away if I-
could not get them for twelve. shillingS, as, in the
course of my former dealings at that shop, I al-
ways got stockings a shilling cheaper than they
at first asked. With this resolution I took' my
parasol, and the train of my gown,_. off the
counter, .and went out of the shop, offering, as
I was going out, to give twelve shillings for a pair.
I was surprised, and, indeed, :hurt, when, the shop.
man followed me, and charged me with having
taken a pair of stocking S ; however, to satisfy him,
I instantly complied with his rerpiest, and let dowry
my train ; to my utter astonishriient, the stockiogs
till out.' These are all the circumstances,and I have
nothing more to, say, than positively to affirm, that
it, was by accident 1 took up the stockings with the
train of my gown ; and to pray most fervently, that
the light.of heaven' may 'never shine upon me if I
have been guilty. As to pnnishMent, if you pro-
nounce me guilty,. to .a woman of my eharaaer, that
of being charged with a.captal crime at this Bar is
almost asTreat as any that can
,be hailed on me."
Several very, naspe6table persons were then called,
who had known 'the Prisoner for different periods of
time, sorry since her infancy, and all of whom de,
posed to her being a lady of charaaer and respeaa-.
bility. Jury withdrew, and returned with a
verdict. Of No Guilt y.
The following were capitally convieled
Nettleton, for stealing a metal watch, a gold key and
seal, value al. the property of Griffin Andrew, in his
dwelling-house.
Faun!' Wheeler, for stealing two 11, bank notes,
the property pf Thomas Cormick, his property, itn
the dwelling-house of John Cormick:
John Green; for returning from transportation.
Nine were c,onvitled of felony, and fourteen were
acquitted..

Them was a gaol delivery yesterday, at Hicks's
Hall, at which Ahzobeth Lawrence, who Was in pri-
son under an information against her for telling for-
tunes, was put to the bar, and on the fact being
proved, the Court sentenced her to be imprisoutd
three months in the 'route of Corre6tion, Cold Bathe
fields.

On Wedneqlay, the II th inst. Williato Curtis
and Samuel Ilarding, condemned at the late So-
merset. Assizes, the• fermer fdr 'a btirglary at Yet-
ton, and the latter. for a highway robbery between
Bath and Wells, were executed at Ilchester. Curtis
was very penitent, and had behaved with propriety
from the time of his' condemnation. Harding (who
was only% 24 years of age) behaved' with at levity un-
becoming his situation, trent the time of his con-
demn:l6.on, and even onAhe (Lay of his exeoation
he did not appear ,ttithink very seriously about It,
though he acknowledged.that be had committed the
robbery tOr which he was to sutler, and said that if
lie had escaped convietion now,. he believed lie
should have been led on to greater oflimces,
attributed his.ruin to the company of loose women,
confessing that for three years past he had been
Ow 'habit of robbing on the highway, uses IIY be-
twepn .1;rit01 "a:Bath, or between Bristol and
Ponsierd, and sometimes between Bath and Dun,
Lorton yet he was a native of Reynclum, and
'must have been so well known to many- people on
the read, that it is wonderfttl -he so long escaped de-

oti
lbesday.lnottilng G
longing to NeWeanie Iriee entlemer),
Tyoomouttoluvu 'l°.°°ll°°6l°d to
iea''frt"
a boat, by therw.vner lo
Purpose of fishing, They had not beeni long out
until they experienc,A \er lit"
from oir !alit!, wiliela earp.ired t.l‘e'rYria °Of wind
Thee tossed
about in all dire,l:tioni for sever bourso
suffered considerably in tackle, and received bgat
much water, that they were obliged to balleitWith
their llama to prevent it sinking. At length the boat
was driven upon a rock, about a Mile ilorth of Biyth,
when Messrs. William, Richard and Cuthbert Short'
James Reaffird and John Tully, pilots, and Robert
Smith, mariner, all of Myth, perceiving their dan-
gerous. 13i(tiation, ininiediate.ly launched a eohle, and
wwent to their amktance by which means they
were happily extricated from their awful
_and peril-
ous condition.
A few, days since, at Radborne, near Derby, a
fire broke ()La in a cottage upon the Common, in
which, were three children, the eldest only seven
y(..•ar:4 old, who, we are sorry to state, were burned
to death. - They were ineautiousiy -left :done, and it
is supposed, when the tire began they went up stairs
for safety, Fu locked themselves in a room, Where
they were found buimed to ashes.