The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-11 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday three chimney-sweeps, named Edward and
James Shipley (father and son), and Thomas Burridge,
aged about seventeen, were placed at the bar before Mr.
BROUGHTON, upon a charge of decoying away from the
Bethnal-green workhouse an detaining a little boy, nine
years of age, named James Hunn.
The boy's mother is a widow, who, upon the death of
her husband, some weeks ago, was compelled to take re-
fuge with her child in the workhouse, and she came before
the magistrates last Friday in great affliction, to give infor-
mation of her son having been taken away by a sweep,
while playing near the workhouse on the Sunday evening
preceding. It was ascertained from another little boy, who
was in his company at the time, that after much persuasion
he was led away by Burridge, better known by the name of
White Head, who had previously been in the habit of pass-
ing the workhouse every day, but was never afterwards seen
in the neighbourhood.

James Hanley, the officer, stated that, by the • direction
of Mr. GROVE, the magistrate, to whom the mother made
her application, he had been diligently employed in search
of the child, whom he had at length discovered at the resi-
dence of the Shipleys, at Islington, where he apprehended
the prisoners, and found several articles which he now pro-,
duced, including a shirt belonging to the Bethnal-green
workhouse, and a plaid cap with crape band, which the
child had on when taken away.
The boy, who is exceedingly small, even for his tender
years, and therefore better suited to the purposes of the
sweeps, was then brought forward, but so changed that his
mother said she should hardly have known him. His face
and person were already completely blackened, his hair had
been cut quite close, and instead of his little Scotch cap, he
ha on a black cap with brass plate, with the name and ad-
dri.ss of Edward Shipley.
The MAGISTRATE having questioned and found him suf.-
ficiently instructed, allowed him to be sworn ; and he pro-
ceeded to state, that on Sunday evening, while he was play-
ing about, the prisoner Burridge, whom he had seen be-
fore, spoke to him, and wanted him to go away, promising
to give him 4s. or ss. if he would go home with him ; and
after walking a little, as he seemed rather unwilling, the
prisoner laid hold of his head to pull him along, and led
him to Shipley's, where he had been kept ever since, and
had in the mean time been set to work.
Mr. BROUGHTON asked him if they had compelled him
to go up and sweep chimnies. The little fellow said they
made him sweep a good many chimnies. On Tuesday he
was taken to a house kept by a shoemaker in Elliot's-place,
and forced up a narrow chimney, and the younger Shipley
then lighted some shavings under him, by which ho was
nearly suffocated, but not burnt.
In answer to other questions, he said that he was taken
away against his will by Burridge, and had been frequently
beaten and ill-used by Shipley and his son. He had no op-
portunity of getting away, as he was never left to himself,
and he was never brought into this neighbourhood, and
shotild not have known how to find his way back.
Shipley, the father, said the boy was brought to his place
by Burridge, who said that it was his brother, and he denied
that he had at all ill-used him.

Burridge said the boy went with him to be a sweep at
Lis own desire.

The little fellow himself, however, said that he was partly
'oreed away by Burridge.

Mr. BROUGHTON, after some remarks upon the case,
said, the misery which the poor woman, so lately being
bereaved of her husband, had endured, by having her child
dragged away to be made a climbing boy of, told the pri-
soners that they were all liable to severe punishment under
an act of Parliament, a portion of which he would read to
them.

The Magistrate then read the 21st section of the 9th Geo.

IV., c. 31, which enacts that " if any person shall, by force
or fraud, lead, take away, or decoy, or entice away or detain,
any child under 10 years of age, with intent to deprive the
parents or other persons having lawful custody or charge of
such child, or with intent to steal any article it may have
on, &c., such person shall, upon conviction, be transported
for seven years, or imprisoned for two years ; and if a male,
be, in addition, once or twice publicly whipped (if the Court
think fit so to order it.")
Shipley said Burridge told him the boy was more than
10 years old, although so little.
The mother proved, however, that he was not more than 9.
BROUGIITON remanded all the prisoners for a week ;
and Hanley said he would then bring forward the person
at whose house the child said fire had been put under him
to make him mount the chimney.

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than has yet been afforded of estimating the present condition
of the United States and Canada, by the extensive information
recently collected by Mr. Arfwedson, a gentleman who has
travelled into every part of the Union and throughout the
neighbouring colony. The enterprise and research of this
traveller (undismayed by personal inconveniences, and even
dangers), extended everywhere, even to the remotest infant
settlements, and among the lands of the wild Indians, with
some of whose tribes he dwelt and hunted. In almost every
month of the year towns are arising, as if by magic; in the
American wildernesses, and these grow so rapidly into commer-
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rica, if written with ability, research, and candour, must be the
best, and must contain facts, without a knowledge of which the
reader will be comparatively in theidark. Mr. Arfwedson's
explorations were continued even in the present year, and his
volumes will, in a few days, be published.

CIRCASSIA.--We are enabled to state that official
accounts have just reached London of the defeat and total rout
of a large Russian force by the Circassians. It is already well
known that the inhabitants of some of the countries bordering
on the Caucasus have been long in a state of insurrection, and
have occasioned much disturbance to the Russians in that quar-
ter of the empire. So general bad this insurrection lately be-
come, and so much did it tend to impede any military opera-
tions which Russia might desire to undertake in other direc-
tions, that the Emperor came to the resolution of making such
a combined attack upon the insurgents as must altogether crush
the rebellion, and establish the Russian authority throughout
these districts. With this view a large force marched from
Anapa, on the Black Sea, and being met about thirty miles
south of that fortress by a Circassian army, much inferior in
numbers, an obstinate engagement ensued, in which the Rus-
sians were defeated. The Circassians remained masters of
the field of battle, made a great many prisoners, and took 100
ammunition waggons, with several pieces of artillery. Al-
though the loss of some thousands of soldiers can cause no
very sensible diminution of the military strength of Russia,
persons well acquainted with the circumstances of the country
in which this defeat has taken place, seem to think that its
moral effect upon the insurgent tribes in those districts will be
such as considerably to increase the difficulty which Russia has
already experienced in attempting their subjugation.—Ob-
server.

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THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
Extraordinary Attraction., and continued Nightly Overflows.—
Notwithstanding the great success of Lord Byron's Drama, and
the expense attendant on its performance in cenjuntion with the
Grand Opera, an opportunity is this Evening afforded the Public
of seeing Manfred and Gustavus together.
THIS EVENING will be presented the Grand Dramatic Poem of
MANFIIED.
Count Manfred, Mr. Den it ; Chamois. Hunter, Mr. Cooper ;
Abbot of St. Maurice, iiir. Wards; Manuel and Herman (Depen-
dants of Count Manfred), Mr. Younge and Mr. Duruset ; Ari-
manes, Mr. Howell. Spirits and Destinies tributary to his will—
Vesper (Spirit of the Air), Miss Poole; Orcus ( Spirit of the
Mountains), Mr. W. H. Payne ; Thammuz (Spirit of the Waters),
Miss Kenneth ; Baalim (Spirit of the Storm), Mr. F. Cooke ;
Nox (Spirit of the Shadow of Night), Mr. Wieland ; Omorasdes
( Spirit of the Elements), Mr. G. Bennett ; Astaroth (Spirit of
the Earth), Mr. F. Sutton; Nemesis (Goddess of Vengeance);
Mrs. Vining; Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos (the three Destinies,,
Miss Lee, Miss Murray, and Mrs. Chester ; the Phantom of As-
tarte, Miss Clifton ; the Witch of the Alps, Miss E. Tree.

To conclude with—GUSTAVUS THE THIRD,

Gustavus the Third, Mr. Wards; Colonel Lillienhorn, Mr. Tern•
pleton ; Captain Ankarstrom, Mr. Seguin.
Oscar, Miss Shirreff ; Ma-dame Ankarstrom, Miss Betts ; Ar•
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