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

UNPRECEDENTED METLTY.

AN instance of barbarity, surpassing any thing
ever heap4-Of in this Country, was yesterday exhibit-
ed before the Sitting Magistrate at Marlborough.;
street Office, at the instance of a laudable, prosecu-
tion, by the Officers of St. George's Parish, against
Rojiert liennolds, a Private in the Ist Regiment of
Riot Guards. Thp Prisoner was charged with
'cruelly assaulting and ,starving Eliz.• and George,
his two children, the one ten, and the other seven
year's old. The following are the particulars :
On Sunday morning last, as a woman was passing
by the door of No. it, North-row, Green-street,
GrosVenor-square, she was alarmed.
,by grievous
moans and groans, apparently from persons in great
distress. She remained on the spot some time, and,
at length, found, that the noise proceeded fromdthe
cellar Of the house. She looked through the window,
and beheld two children, fastened with cords to a
dresser, whose laMentatienS'increased at seeing her.
She made it 'her business find Out the occupier of
the wretched dwelling, and having learned that the
same belonged to a Soldier in Portman-barracks,
she repaired thither in haste,. to give int:lmitation
of what she had seen : she was refused adniittance
by the sentinel, who, hmveVer, could by no Means
pacify 'her'; and Mr. Keeling; who resides at No. 20,
Chandler7street, Grosvenor-square, perceiving her,
anguish of mind, and being informed of the cir-
'ctimstance, repaired immediately to the house in
North-row. On finding the door locked, he broke
the windows of the kitchen; and, on entering, a',
sight presented itself, which, .to give a minute de-
scription of; would be too much tbr the feelings of
our Readers. Two children, as above stated, were
fastened to .a dresser; with their arms extended, and
fastened by a rope, as closely tied as-possible for the,
strength of man, and their feet as closely fastened to'
the fioorwith another rope. .In this situation a loaf .
of bread was placed before them. On releasing them
front this' pitiable situation, a sight presented itself
sufficient to torture the feelings of the most calleus.
The girl was unable to stand ; her back had, been
scourged in a manner which we can compare With a
man who has undergone 500 lashes. This is an as-
suasive comparison ; for, besides being cut raw, the
scourge had been extended from her loins to her
neck. The boy had also been shockingly whipped.
On questioning the innocents, it appeared, they had
been kept five hours in this Situation ; the wounds
had been inflieted-by the brutal father, in the morn-
ing, with 'a whip, the thong of which was unravelled
ere he .desisied.• They had also been kept some time
before this without, food,, when he placed the loaf
before them. ' Their appearance sufficiently verified
the assertion, for they were 'reduced to mere skele-
tons. The father, being asked what he had to
say ? replied, that he was sensible he had a6ted
wrong;; -but the .girl, who was placed at a'. free
. schoo, in Orchard-street, had so often played truant,
that his pasSion had overcome him. With resped to
the boy, he was kept from,heme, by. the girl, all
day, : After the Prisoner had finished his defenee, it
was-proved by another witness, . that he had been
a long time in the habit of saverely beating his
Motherless children. The Magistrate committed
the Prisoner for trial, and bound over the witnesses
to attend, without delay, before the Grand ,ury, to
prefer a bill. .The poor little girl was immediately
carried awAy, in a wretched state, and the major part
Of the spedators were full of tears.

MtIRDZR.---Yehterday Samuel Siir4in g was brought
before CA HUNTER Smyru,. Esq. Silting Magistrate
at Union Hall, charged with the murder of Thomas
Halsef, on Saturday last, at the China Hall Public-
Llwer Road, Rothethithe.

James Skinner, master of the China Hall, stated,
that the Prisoner and the detieased, who are both
DeptiOrd Carriers, cultic to his house on Saturday
last about two o'clock in the afternoon ; that they
both appeared to be somewhat intoxicated at the
time ,they came in ; they had some beefstakes for.
dinner, of which a third perion partook. They
continued there till five o'clock; at which time they
warned more liquor ; this the Witness reillied, but
advised them to have sortie tea ; they accordingly
came into the, bar, where the sister of the Witness
made each of them a bason of tea. Whilst they
were drinking it, the deceased said to the PriSoner---
" SaM,,do you think I treat you ill ? if you'd°, take
that knife (pointing to a knife which laid on the
table) and stab me." He repeated' the wards;
which the Witness took away the knife. The
deceased then took a knifit out of his waistcoat
pocket, and said, " Sam, take my knife and stab
me with it." The Prisoner took the
.knife, and in
a. few minute:; afterwards the Witness saw the
knife in the Prisoner's hands bloody, and pereeived
the
,deceased stagger the Witness took the knife
fram4. the Prisencrond exclaimed, " SaM, for God's
sake what have:you. done ?" when the Prisoner said,
" I have done it." The deceased said he was a
dead man; and reeled towards the door;-. be pulled
his 'boat and waistcoat off; when the Witties
observed a large wound in his left side. Surgical
was instantly provided, and the deceased
was put to bed '• it was at first the opinion of the
Surgeon that the deceased had received no material
injury; he died, howeVer, oh Sunday morning about
eleven o'clock.—The Piisoner was connnitted,for a:
further examination.

LaSt week was marked by two atrocious murders
cemmittea in Manchester and neighbourhood. A
man has been apprehended on a charge of murdering
his wife in Aricoei4ane; end, after a mature in-
vestioation of the evidence,' before Nathaniel Milne,
Esq7Coroner, on Thursitty lasi, by whith it :ippear.7
ea that the Prisoner had been in the habits of treat-
ing the deceased with great barbarity, the Jury
fornui a verdid of Murder, he was :there-
fore committed to Lancaster Castle for trial at the
next Assizes. The ether murder took place at
Wes t houg h ton where, it A p pea rs., the parties re-
sided. A man, who had tbr some time past be-
trayed .strong symptoms of insanity, in one of the
piroxystris of ,that dreadful disordcr, committed the
horrid ad ljy nearly severing his wifo'S head from
her body with .a hatchet.

fine child, sewed up
Chi Thursday morning last a
in a bag, with a large stone, for the purpose of sink-
in was discovered in a mill-pond, near Pen-
zance, dead. It appeared to have been born alive,
and /ecently destroyed by its inhuman and wretched.

LONDON : rffited by R I CHAR Dli 4 K R IS, of No. 4, Motiett-court, Oow-strect g. ap4
At the tiN•OFFICL, No. ,i 12, Strand ; where Alt crtisements Orders" to

Suictri-E.,—Sunday sennight Wm. Ctizen, a p=i-
vate in the Royal Artillery, aged about 28 years,
blew his brains' out with a h•Jrge pistol, near the vil-
lage of Westoe, South Shields. A short time before
he called at a public honse in Westoe, and wrote a
letter, which was found upon him ; it is as below,
and addressed to Mr. Chadwiclz. The Coroner's In-
quest returned a Verdi& of Lunacy.—His head,
from the lower jaw upward, was blown to atoms,
some 'pieces being found many yards off the body.—
Part of the letter is a quotation from 131,AkR's Poem
on the Grave. In the poetical part, the words in
italics lie did not write—they are inserted to make
up the quotation ; but in the prosiac part, the words
if possible' were underdrawn by him, as if to be
printed in italics :

" Mr. Edward Chadwick, ? Burgh-Hall,
" Thomas Chadwick, S Lancashire.
" Ab hoc momenta pendet • xteruitas
" Dreailitil attempt !
" lust reeking from'self-slaughter, in a rage,
" To rmn nitu the presence of our udge ;
" As it we cihilleng'd him is do hir s.vor+t.
" And mai.terd not his wrath ! Unheard of tortures
" Must he reserv'd for such : these herd together :
" The common dainn'd shun their society,
" And look upon themselves as fiends less foul.
WM CUZEN.

" Sir Edmund (lead,
" Sir John tionciy wood,
" Mrs. Eliza Vincent 4
". Captain.'clionias -Cozen;
" Sir Ralph A hercrombiedead.
" Mrs. Caurhruno:: )
"' Sir Thos. Lovingston;l• London.
" LOc, Esq. )
R. F•• Lee, Esq. Werant of Attorney..office.
" merchant, London.

•
" I once had thousands' and was once philosophic enough
to brave misfortunes': but I have been neglected, there-
" fore have I done this.
" I a gone a long journey, but, if puible, will return
-- to torment ingratitude.
I was ever grateful :
" he world have lost an ornament, a diamond in the rough.''

A serious disturbance took place on Lincoln Race
Ground in the night of Friday se'nnight. Some.la-
bouring bankers in a state of intoxication, attempted
to break into a booth, but were resisted by the owner
of it and his Servants; One of the bankers had a
thumb chopped off with a., hatchet, and another of
them was chopped on the shoulder in a dreadful Man-
ner. They are now in the County Hospital. Great
praise is due to the Lincoln Infantry on this occasion..
The drum beat. about one o'clock in the. morning;
and very soon afterwards most of the Corps Were un-
der arms.

A Gentleman of Newing Green, eager in coursing
a hare on Thursday last, in a field near that place,
thoughtlessly rode against a shock of' wheat,which he
expeeto his horse. would have avoided or by leaping
have.cleared ; the animal, however, sprung into the
midst of the shock, dismounted its.rider, and pitch-
ing on its head, broke its neck and (tied instantly.
The Gentleman escaped luckily with a few slight
Mruises. The horse was valued at thirty guineas.
Some time since, in making an excavation before
one of the gates of Snultgard, the workmen disco-
vered the bones and teeth of an elephant. The
largest of the teeth is six feet long. Six years since,
in digging at a short distance from the'same place,
were also found the skeletons of 14 elephants, which
appeared of a di&rent nature from those we now
know. At the side of the bones of the elephant
were hound the bones of a rhinoceros. Here are
ample materials for conjcaura on the antiquity, the
flooding, and the changes of the globe.

There are about forty families going out as set..;
tlers to New South Wales, each finnily having above
3001. property to take with them. There are two
Ships now in the London Docks for their accommo-
dation. /

On Wednesday last an oh woman hciving4with
her four children, happened to rest on the frame of
a tobacco-press laying against the Mall-Wall of Lon-
donderry, which, being overbalanced by the weight,
fell upon one of the children, and crushed it in so
shocking a manner as to occasion its immediate
death.

About seven o'clock on 'Wednesday evening, a
young man was drowned, while bathing on the Sur-
Side of Blackriars Bridge. By several bill-) foutid
in his pocket, it appeared that he ivas a Bali.vr in the
service of a 2dr, Young.