The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-19 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday William Bush and Hugh Allen Clark, two
privates belonginc, to the Woolwich division of Marines,
were brought before Mr. WEDGWOOD, charged with as-
saulting and robbing Edward Delves, the son of a gentle-
man residing at Tunbridge Wells, and late a second officer
of an East India free trader. The complainant, who ap-
peared in a weak state from loss of blood, exhibited marks
of maltreatment about the face, both his eyes being very
much swollen, and he complained of violent pains in the
left side, where he had been kicked while on the ground by
his assailants. The injuries he received internally were of
so serious a nature that while in attendance at the office he
vomited blood.

The complainant on the preceding night as he was walking
down to Woolwich with the intention of going on board
one of the government steam-vessels, met the prisoners in
the lower road, Deptford. It was then between seven and
eight o'clock in the evening, and he had been previously
drinking and was not sober at the time, and therefore did
not exactly remember how he came in company with the
prisoners. He, however, went to several public-houses
with them, recollected that the last house of that de-
scription he went into with them he was desirous to
quit their company ; but they urged him to walk on with
them as far as the Marine Barracks at Deptford, and
he was at length prevailed on, as he intended to go
on to Woolwich. They then left _the Dui)lie-hours__
gether and walked on, and in about five minutes after quit-
ting it he was suddenly attacked, and received a tremendous
blow on the forehead, and another in quick succession on the
face, from the force of which he fell heavily to the ground,
where he remained in a state of insensibility, bleeding pro-
fusely from the nose and mouth, until he was discovered
some time afterwards, and taken to the Red Lion, in Lower
Deptford Road. The complainant added that the attack
was so sudden, that be could not identify which of the pri-
soners had struck him. Previously to meeting with the
prisoners, he had a purse containing a good many sove-
reigns, he should think about eighteen or nineteen, besides
some loose silver and halfpence, and also a watch, all of
which were taken from him.

George Wilson, policeman, 179 R, stated that about a
quarter after ten o'clock, while he was on duty at the bot-
tom of Grove-lane, Deptford, he received information that
a man was knocked down and robbed in the Lower Road,
Deptford, by two marines. Witness afterwards saw the
two prisoners pass, and from the description given to him he
stopped them, and said that a robbery had been committed
by two men answering their appearance, and at the same
time expressed his intention to detain them. The moment
he said these words, the prisoner Clarke exclaimed, " You
have got the right two." On searching Bush, the police-
man found I Is. 3d. in his watch fob.

Clarke, policeman of the sa-;;;di:vision, stated that sub-
sequently to the outrage and robbery, as be was on duty,
the prisoners inquired of him the way to the Marine Bar-
racks. He particularly noticed that they appeared corn
fused and agitated, and mentioned the circumstance to
them, upon which one of the prisoners said, " We are late
for barracks." Bush wanted the witness to drink some-
thing with them, which he refused, and then offered him a
shilling, which he also declined accepting, and they both
went away towards the barracks. In about ten minutes
aftewards a female came up to witness and informed him
that a man had been knocked down and robbed by two men
dressed in privates' uniforms, and it immediately occurred to
him that the parties whom he had previously seen were
those who had committed the offence. He lost no time in
pursuing the suspected parties, and came up with them
near the barracks, upon which Clarke said, " I am aware
what you want us for. My comrade is the man who did
the deed." The witness warned Clarke to be careful what
he said on the subject, at the same time intimating that
whatever he did say would be communicated to the magis-
trate. Clarke, however, said that he only wished to tell
the truth, and proceeded to state that the complainant,
together with Bush and himself, had been drinking in
several public-houses, on the night in question.
That at the last house they were in they (the pri-
soners) went out together for a necessary purpose, and when
outside the door Bush, addressing him, said, " That fellow
inside has got plenty of money ; we will have it ; I'll knock
him down, and you take the money out of his pockets when
he is down." That he (Clarke) objected to an attack of
the kind, saying that he would have nothing to do with it.
Soon after this conversation the complainant came out of
the public-house, and they all went on together towards
Deptford, he (Clarke) walking on a-head of Bush and the
complainant, determined not to have anything to do with
the intended attack on the latter. After going on a little
way the complainant appeared unwilling to proceed, and
turned back again towards the public-house, upon which he
was followed by Bush, and immediately afterwards he
(Clarke) heard a heavy fall, and Bush came running up to
him, and said, " I have done it ; I've got all his silver, but
he has got no watch." Bush then offered him two or three
half-crown pieces, saying, " You have half." He (Clarke)
refused to accept of any, saying, " That he would have no-
thing to do with it," and adding, " You'll get me trans-
ported and yourself too." They then walked on together,
and Bush said, " Here's a half-crown, let us have some-
thing- to drink." He (Clarke) again refused, and told Bush
that he was sorry that he had come out in his company.
The policeman, in concluding his evidence, said that, on
taking Clarke into custody, he dropped ninepence in copper
in the road.
George Dawson, landlord of the Red Lion in the Dept-
ford-road, stated that between the hours of nine and ten
o'clock on the preceding night the complainant, accompa-
nied by the prisoners, entered his house and had a pot of
porter. Witness perceived that the complainant was very
tipsy, and refused to draw any more for them on that ac-
count, and they then left the house together. In about
half an hour afterwards the complainant was brought back
to the house by Mr. Day, a mast-maker, who found him
lying near the centre of the road in a state of perfect insen-
sibility, and bleeding freely at the mouth and nose. The
complainant 'was lying in the road in such a situation that
had any vehicle passed along it must have gone over his body.
The Magistrate, after having commented on the despe-
rate nature of the outrage, committed the prisoners for trial.

A most diabolical act of cruelty was perpetrated at
Bristol last week. A dog, belonging to Sir R. Wilmott,
was rubbed over with turpentine, and then set on fire. The
magistrates are endeavouring to discover the author of this
horrid barbarity.—Bristol Mercury.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.
41.
An Inquest was holden at the Rossington Bridge Cv
on the 7th instant, before William Sheardown, Bridge, of
roner for the borough and soke of Doncaster, on vie
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the body of Mr. William Addeman, of the B°,s7esi.
Bridge Inn. The following particulars transpire(' 1.".,ed
dente :—On the sth of November instant, the dfieujeft
had been attending a rent-day at Doncaster. net is
early, and had partaken very slightly of refreshme°,:.of
consequence of wishing to join the poor inhabitaopet
Rossington, to whom he was in the habit of giving a Sted
on the sth of November annually. Mr. Addeman P-eld
two of the Rossington inhabitants at Bennetthorpkdia
wished them good night ; it would appear that be Os rin, be
briskly on the road, and that the gentlemen Iht,e;got
passed were merely going at a foot's pace. Wile° t7lllr,
to Cantley-lane end, one of the horses shied, B,l' had
Addeman was observed on the ground on the rigs The
side of the road, lying on his back, quite senseless.
surgeon
most considerate attention was paid to him—tbe,Asuderoas
to the family was immediateiy sent for—and gr. '" .c h
was instantly conveyed home in a post-chaise, wh
passing at the time. The deceased was perfectly teak
3, at
and sober when the accident happened ;
all times a remarkably temperate young man. e „lies
was not seen until about four o'clock next morning,',loes
indeed,ibe "hooe
it returned to Rossington Bridge. The
were broken, and the hair was also off the right snu.
which was not the case when Mr. Addeman left l°sole
house in the morning. The bridle was broken, tbse 'bead;
and all were gone, excepting the curb-bit and tefollea
stall. It would appear that the horse fell, and then;dock
hair of its
on its broadside. The deceased lingered until seven° red
the following evening, when he died. The jury 0001
a verdict of accidental death, and after examining stiepasi'
witnesses with reference to the horse, expressed a° -Dope
m ous opinion that the accident was occaaioned by the
id,
falling over a heap of chippings, the colour of the gad,
avoiding a parcelof stones near, which, at at un-
would attract attention, when • •
the chippings wool
noticed.---Shelfield Mercury. morning

COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOO.°I

DEBTORS.

bere°'
The matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the .Prisoners„pri,o,
after named (the same having been filed in the Court)3:00a101.10
to be heard at the Court-house, in Portugal-street, L.' ofcloc
fields, on Monday, the 24th of November, 1834, at 14'ne
the Forenoon. '
Rochfort, Goo., Piccadilly, assistant to an auctioneer. „.400.
Leonard, W., Galway-street, Bath-street, St. Luke's,b"-
..„„
Davis, Thomas, Moulsey, Surrey, cooper.
Mallam, Thomas, High-street, Battersea, furniture-broker'
Dunn, Henry, High-street, Epsom, Surrey, cooper.
Mallam, Thomas High-street, Battersea, furniture-bros
Dunn, Henry, High-street, e
Epsom, Surrey, tailor. otoro'
Vickery, James George, Guildford-street, Russell-Wl:Noel'
Cooper, Wm., Garden-place, Haggerstone, dealer in rlctualler'
Perry, Benjamin, jun., Brewer-street, Somers-town, ,
Millis, Joseph, Earl-street, Lisson-grove, stage_coachiler,
Brett, Richard, M"or-lane, Fore-street, Cripplegate, c'rchsai.
Pattison, Gustavus William, Cross-street, Islington, we
Stephenson, James, Chancery-lane, conveyancer.
On Tuesday, Nov. 25.--Same Hour and Place"
Somers, Lewis John, Manchester, bookseller.
Giles, John, Boston-place, Dorset-square, MarylaboneLrrier.
Morris, Thos., Lower Copenhagen-street, Islington, cle
Cobley, John, Carlisle-street, Soho, carpenter.nt,l
Hunt, Edw.'John Pratt, Deptford Bridge, Deptford,
Edlin, John, Harrow-on-the-Hill, retailer of beer.
Steer, Richard, Sydney-place, Chelsea, cowkeeper. neer.
_ter,
Knife, John, jun., Harp-alley, Farringdon-street, auenvorwdeP
Hayes, Corbett, Beckford-place, Kennington, Surrey' h ;01"
Gilson, Richard, Upper Seymour-street, butcher. 000,
Merryweither, John, Gloucester-place, Walvvorth-mss
rey, shopkeeper.
Kent, Joseph, Salisbury-street, Strand, agent.
On Wednesday, Nov. 26.—Same Day and Place:
Jones, John, jun., Tottenham-court-road, hatter. itepoiar
Banner, Francis, Notting Barns Farm, Notting-hill, •
c
farmer. c°° r
erer
Hollier, Till Henry, Southampton-street, Cambervre
Blyth, John Phillip% Colonnade, Brunswick-square, uttet.o"-
Parfett, W., Queen-street, Lower-street, Islington, e2'., •
Jones, John, Hill-street, Berkeley-square, coachman.
Griffiths, William, Bell-street, Paddington, milkman.
Smellie, James, Hampstead, baker.
Mather; Thomas Lowes, High-street, Kingsland, groom'
Ennever, Robert John, Edgware-road, green-grocer.
Perryman, Francis, Long-acre, eating-house-keeper.
cutler'
Palmer, Henry Geo., Stafford-street, Bond-street,

led
na'alet 0
VICISSITUDES 01 ROYALTY.—AnY uich''s.lt.
man now living may reckon up 18 crowned heads a'`Dge4:
worn the royal or imperial diadem, and have beellfeuiperrel
lay them down ; and so many kings, queens, ta'stje
bereft of throne, life, or country. Of these five ha testa`.
by the hands of the assassin or executioner,_ via" joacbALt
Sweden; Louis, France ; Selim Mustapha, Turkey; have r,
Naples; Augustine, Mexico. Eight still exisit:Froee'
rished, in exile—Gustavus Sweden _kaPeg"nai Char
14-Juts, flonana; Jeroinc,--vvistpnaita•Josepup r Fero
France ; Pedro, Brazil; Miguel., Portugal. i'Ll-F-ec)rudioall'ii,
restored, and have died, or now live, on a throne aLA
Spain ; Ferdinand, Naples ; John, Portugal ;
France.
DrAGO.4I
ANECDOTE OF NAPOLEON AND THE A vg
Madame de Genlis, in her memoirs, relates the followl ypiio
gular fact :—" When Napoleon was engaged in the
expedition, M. Desgenettes, so justly celebrated for „re,l
al
ties, was physician in chief to our armies ; we had ae(l-3100r,
our climate a false idea of the plague, regarding it acsmall Feb
disorder, when in truth it is often not so. Like the -111 olve
It is, according to its quality, deadly or mild, a fact °IA 1)10,
all our great physicians are perfectly acquainted 'notlall4
of this latter kind declared itself near Alexandria ; hurtieci
could calm the terrors of the pest-stricken, who rega-des atirC:
malady as without hope of remedy ; their disquiet° et!
mented the fever, and a great number perished aucicier:oulcitiie
tiros to their own fancy. Upon this Napoleon Ca-that `lf
M. Desgenettes to declare, in the order of the day' 0„li,
contagious malady in question was not the plague } uttb°,sf.
Desgenettes protested that he would not be guilty °th ritit
ing such falsehood. Napoleon insisted strenuously'
fielded be
sician resisted courageously his menaces, but lit Yaruy.itio
last to the entreaties made to him in behalf of tile ex's
accordingly declared, without delay, that the disord.eratioo
ere
was not the plague. This was believed—the ireag.„l?ed
the soldiers were calmed, and all the sick that renw-
saved."—Oracle of Health. 11054
ANECDOTE OF NELSON.—Lately died' itetreul'
the
Herefordshire, at an advanced age, Thomas DeVierecl
out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital. This veteran e"f bis
army more than fifty years since, and in the course °order! 0,
sequent service had several times to act under the toticalter
Nelson, of whom he used to relate some curious Joy °Ato"o,
and, among others, that he could say what he clean; pall; it
man in England to pay, that Nelson had beggeddßbe- olaP,
" Yes," he repeated " begged my pardon I" ae-- ,'. en
t
thus :—Devereux had a turn " for the butchering. ",:gl°,
io
he was early one morning, during the service of hie soishveir
in Corsica, sent up the country in plain clothes tf„B to t: er•
the transmission of cattle to the camp, preparatoq lottaii,
being slaughtered. On his return, and when he °,bort ,00
ing near the lines, Nelson happened to pass at I a "tile
tance in company with two other officers, and sef,ttllst ,pa
out of uniform lurking about, a suspicion struck uh-pretti'heea
individual was a spy, and he came up, collared Del." bk,cl 'OP
began to question him. It happened that DevereulLegi",, to
employed in the store tent the previous evening, -ugue
was present, and he made use of his " English to 0110,
bbl
remind Nelson that he (Devereux) was one of 010903,1.0 e,
" then and there" assisted in setting out the rum iolll',lo
Nelsct ged
Nelson for the men under his command.
diately recollected the circumstance, and then 13:.7.ed '1„),
poor fellow's pardon for the error. It may he he'lio*o
Devereux immediately forgave it ; but yet, like ,surs
other forgiving people, never forgot it.--x lua
Chronicle.

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