The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-15 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, JAN. T 4.

THIS morning- ar nine o'clock (pursuant to the
sentenca.-passed on him last Monday) was.executed
on board the Ardent, at the Noce, Jacob Godfrey,
late of the .Albezizaise, for having " aided and assist-
'ed a Mutiny on board that Ship, and running away
With her, in November i 8.00.” He died with all
the becoming penitence a man in his situation could
do, 'exhorting the' Seamen around him, to take
warning by .his untimely and ignominious end, and
to be obedient to any commands they might receive
from their Superior Officer.
He was thirty years of ate, about.five feet nine
inches high, of a fair complexion, and rather round_
shouldered.

DEAL, JAN.

ARRIVED the Diligence Sloop of War, from Sheer-
ness, and remains with the Ships as per last.

LOSS OF THE KENT EAST INDIAMAN.

"WE sincerely hope the following Extra& from
Captain Px LKINGT6S'S evidence heff.-.)re the Mari-
time Committee as Bengal, will serve as a warning
to Ship'Pwners with respea to the Arming of Ves:
2wAlch they may let, on, freight, professedly
etpippfitii for War.-

" I drew the men up to the best advantage to
gilmllpr. (the. French ship),a volley as she passed_
and, as she ranged up under our starboard quarter;
we„kept up as heavy a fire of musquetry as the arms
would On*. I obserVed; in giving the first vol-
ley. that most of the muskets 'went off, but, on'the
t_econd pre, very ftw, So much so that many of the-
Soldiers threw them down and took up cuilaSses to
ikei.end themselves, (N.B. rielese latter cost but three
thillitip' kind. Sixpence each, and are .stated to have
be6l..eut through by the fi,rsf stroke Of the French-
' illfn's sabres);: 'My pistol missed -firelowing.to the.
• badness Of the' took; and I was cut down,. I- di not
ltstsitate saying, that if the antis had been Originally
good, that• we could have prevented the- Enemy
from hoarding; artd-'O,-rxillg- to the
,badtze'ss of the
4*1.1* .1
cm olopimioi; thi•Ship 44)11 ceiptared."
The Maritime Committee of Inquiry and the
Marine *Board
.at Bengal, as appears-by their Re-
pOrts,. agreed in this opinion.-;--We are 'afflieted to
?t that it now aears from authentic doctunents,
la ppt the number of Passeng,:rs and Crew killed and
V7ouhded were between fifty and sixty. .

Ve yesterday copied a*Paragraph from TEe Aforii-
l'ig Herald, announcing the. Death of the Earl of
5,a•••- '‘
P • have great satisfadian in this, day
iitTg, that it was altogether -unfounded, :as *by
-we account;, frtim Dublin, his Lordship's hea.lth
4.e,"si4erabi
y• better.
rrne. • ,
by
.oril annual donation of beef at Poynion-P ark was,
n er cif Lard and Lady Bu i.ltEoty, distributed
4:f) lirV.Year'S-dAy one hundred and thirty poor
Iti'a 47—es td seventv_Of the women each a bethg,,own
petticodri
andtiOathing to fifteen men.
of Norfolk, his announced his
leases £alt' in, ide ii-arms,. is fast •as 'his
He- will not let more than two huh.
Bred„,4eres td Any teriabt, nor.suffir any tine to farm
-Lra*nti,. This example it- is. to. be hoped,
Ikl"*rally followed w
1!;113 4
4;1, L',49 D CriA.,;C t'LLORy we understand, with
I.llF,eal
,t;',3, which he has been uniformly actuated
• ..!Asettle„, complicated business of Drury-Lane
• ..,.. "tie 'uon principles of. impartial • justice, has
ill;.questiz,ns
.Which arc to be determined
Y- the- Atbitzator, and which,. we.are 'glad tO
t're tt.; lead to a satisfadory adjustment of all
disputeS.,

• •
In cohstquehce of the, circumstances ‘vilkh lately
attended t‘v:o
conspicuous cases of Grim. Ccn. it
tQ.he 9.*pcEted th4t in the circles cf gallantry,
ill•alway's accompanied by.. Madeira
ezeitold- that..the .reason of: the rejedian of
in A N by the.
.he haCl writte French Institute; was,_, that
.sPoken with severity againstthe conanct of trie:fprtner Rulers ofrahce that
could
,not be their motive for rejcAing.Mr-
We see by an Advertisement in one of: theiltst
Irish Papets, that 'the following Farms are t 9.
let in the County of Wexford; Viz: K7iockstaii.gtee?",
Scerrtnacrettiogue, • Banaclobibany, -.Shannjbollyttuir-
phy, Pat hain'acartkeen, Rall.ybr'acklanahan;and Bair
1 jbt-gekjienln, •S:co. . .

. '
. It.was evident by the ;:ni=igy mode of disctission
'which' appeared in the Legislative Body of France,
~)...that they were quite out of their del-tient when
the 'Were considering a eivil code.
•••
—441. il•R?crecorded of General LAscy, that he one
'faaLi wager of tcja ducats, 'with his Valet de
14-ilasitbre, that he would never wear a wig; he was
however obliged to put one 01, in consequence ofa se.
:ere illness. - The Valet/. who never:dared tO a4c-rrip
master for the money/ found iry the will of the lat-
ter, after his death/ a legacy of too d-ucats, besides
- -.1 pension fOr-his life. The legacy is mentioned as
a debt. . . .. . .
,".Who is that little man,!' said aXing of France
to the Duke de 1" .loan
—ONTN(2.I3 • " Sire," re_
!'lied toe D.ake, " that little man has been able,.by
fi eans. of a 'little bock; to do that which your Ma- .
3esty-coulci not do with 3o;000 men—he. has ...ade
the Pope ask for Peace." The -littir-man waa,,t4c ,
ii mou4 jurisconsult Dumatnitn i 1 •

TfIE Tl' AT RE,

Ccevent,Garde.

BY Comniand of Ti zi MAJ ESTI ES the Comedy
'of `Speed the Plough, and the new Pantomime of
Harlequin's Almariack were represented at this
Theatre last night. TiiET/ MAJESTIES were ae_
cornpanied by., four of the PR INC ESALS.-•-•PRINCESS
AMELIA was abient.

The house was trcnvded, and the august visitors
were received with every token of cordial loyalty.
His MAJESTY was in military uniform, and seemed
to be iq such health and spirits as,every good man
must wish to see the Father of his VeOple enjoy.
The usual. loyal airs were called. for, and the dra-
matic representations went off with great eclat."

ON AN ,ANGRY PAMPHLET LATELY ADDRESSED TO THE
BISHOP, Of MEAT.H, BY A LEARNED SCHOOL-MASTER.

To bear and forbear is a doltrine divine, .
Qft your lips to my ears have convey'd if ;
But alas ! tny' good DoCior, your conduet, I tear,
In this warfare has sadly bewray'd it: '

Your Hebrew, your Greek; and your Latin we own,
Acizdenius, a true Son, asserts you ;
But the Gloria Vikcenti* translated is lost, -
And the Pun, though a bad one, deserts you.
If the Bishop+ and 'Doetort your rage hive ppovokid,
• By asserting, like many before 'em,
That false Concords at School arc more grievous esteenfd,
Than a breach of religious decorum.
Ille fulls qui capita good Dodor mark that,
If on this they un'..uckili, meet you,
Your Gloria Pineenti. will vanish in smoke,
In plain English 'tis--Vincent 15!'y 'I/ b'eat yea.

* i 1 motto which has not unfrequentiv- been applied in
divers shapes and-forms to the Doelpr by his yo:,,trig friends.
The Eisholvof Meath.
Dr. Rennell.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN AT

• PARIS, JAN. S.
'Y I wrote you last from Brpesef's, dated 3oth
Thee. on which day I set 'but for Faris: The roads
from the latter city. to Falencieglies are very bad,
owing to the artillery; for the DUKE of YURK'S
Army, when it besioged ralencielmes, which entirely
dFstrayed the roads. This once beautiful 2ity still
remains a dreadful memento of the havock
mitted by the besiegers. Mote than one third.of the
town was destroyed,, and not a single house' yet
Pebuilt: nay, not.,even the rubbi:,ll removed.; but
now that the blessings of peace is restored to this
country, the town' is to he 'rebuilt, and the •• roads,
repaired. Ftoni Videnciennei s to Paris the wild is
pavee'all tae way. . ,

7 The Barrier of this City I entered 'by the- FauX..
bourg St. Martin, eagerly inquiring foe every
object which rendered-i 4 famous or infamous. At
• the. Barrier I Slimed my'passport ; and when I ar-
rived at my lodging,-1 was obliged to give: my name,
occupation, date of my passport, and by.whom given.
" Paris is full of foreigners,, but not many' Eng.;
lish,. excepting many Officers • who return through
France from our Army-in Egypt. LO4gings are
very dear ; and I was much disappointed at finding.
every thing very dear. Every species of extra-
vagance and dissipation is -pursued- here, and in
that respect Paris is not altered but - I confess,
that having:seen Pais -in the ancient find
„there is not so Much real splendour as heretofore
the shops,
.it is_ true,` are as full as ever ; the
Theatres, of which there arc no less than thir-
teen open every evening, besides other amusements,
are every night.filled, although the prices of admis-
sion" are as dear as ours, all but a shilling, and the
Palaise Royale as full as ever ; 'still there is a je ne
.sfair quo; wanting, there are not So many spleri
did .equipages, nor even so many people in the
streets as formerly ; this last may perhaps be owing
to the want of thelitistle of trade, but to appearance
Paris has declined in population.
" The once celebrated 13Alia ER‘g ;lives here in a
very obscure station of life ; hesubsists brtratiSlat
ins English works into'Ffeneia.fnrttie booksellers.
TuomAs • PAIVE is also hete„,nd,...ia.pplies himself
very closely, to mechanics, and islabout to present
the world With a new discovery."._,

Fifty per Cent. on the Exchequer Bill Loan' be-
came payable this day. The Redemption Day of
:the I t Loan at the Bank on the 22(1.

FILL VErt I-IL IN:, appointed Charge d'AfFaires
front the Court of .Stockholmi arrived in town-yes:.
tetchy morr:.ing. He came by way of France:
_ .
Cclonel and •Majoi bOYLE arrived in town late
On TtiesdaY night from Egypt.
.They: travelled
with Lord. Var:: BE NT I NC K.

A singular .circumstance riappen6d On Twelfth-
night.—A Mr.. H. went to a pastry-cook's shorin.
Fleet-street, abOtit twelve 'o'clock at night, 'topar!
chase a cake ; and after repeatedly. knocking, a'
woman,balf asleep, came from a back ,parlour, and
on entering the shdp exclaimed, " Q hudiancli we
have lost.our Xing Ce4e I" The husband tan into,
the_ shop, and taxed Mr. 1-I:.wi th. having stolen it.;
however, after an explanation, it. appeared 'some
other. person had dntie that, 'and accordingly Mr.
H. purchased a cake, andwent abdat. his business.
In. his way home, on the §urry- side cf -Black-
friars-btidg.e, he overtook a Kan with--a large par-.
eel upon hi's head, and iiadeliatefy walked tip to
hint, and endeavotired to leafn the contents, sns-.
petting he -was. the person eominiffi.d the:
theft he followed. hirer some-14:0,, till
.an oppor-;
tunity oft-erect of e.otnmuniCating his4=stispicions•
.Patrolei,xt ha .assiskekleuiing the Thief,
but not, until after a. most desperate. resistance, in..
Whieh.the fellow die* a knifq. and thretttened in-
stant destruaitiri to any one who should endeavour
to take him,
_When it proved. to be the very cake
jest stolen from the. shop. On 'Thursday he was
bad before the Ntagistrstesat7Vnion'llallisVhenThe
pastry-cook was sent for, and his-servant proved
• the ornaments upon' it _to' be those he placed' there..
"I.'he cake was, valued at 4:5•5. anti. he was accord-
ingly- committed upon: the capital. charge.of pri-
vately stealing to that arawint,.. and will take his
trial at the Old Bailey Se lions,

bLD BAILEY.

'CONI:3 JAN. T 4:

THE ATTORNEY GE ivERAL appeared in Cputi a
little. after ten o'clocK, and,prayed that joi'eph
Wail might be called-in,and arraigned.

- Giverno.r. 'Wall theoappeared; and the Clerk "Of
the Arraigns read an indiciment against him. The
"substance of which was--That certain persons, to
the Jurors tinknown,
,had.On the loth of July, in
the zzd year of His Maies:ty's-Reign, with a Piece •
of 'rope, heat, penetrated, and wounded, one 11(vz-
jamin ArmsoviT,
,in several parts of his body [re-
ferring, as we presutne., to the floggini supposed
to have been ordered. by the Governor], ai.Goree,,,
&c. of Which wounds he languished, and languish:..
ina, did live until the /sth of that month, and then
died; and that he the.said Joseph Wall was present
aiding, abetting,• helping, assisting, comforting and
maintaining the said persons so to wound the said
Benjamin Armstrong, whereby he the said Joseph,
Wall, the said Benjamin Armstrong did kill and
Murder.'• .
•

To this Indiament Governor Wall pleaded—
Not Guilty. , •
He %vas .charged with two other Inditiments,
precisely of the same. nature as the former; the one
charging him with the murder of Thomas Upton
the. other of George Paterson, to which the Goitr-
nor also pleaded—Not Guilty.
He wAs then informed-by the Officer of the Court
that his trial would-be called on at nine o'clock on
Wedoeiday morning next---and he retired.

. The Court then proceeded in the conimon busi
ness of the day, and several Ptisoners were convict_
edoffelonies, in trifling, articles.
'Edward IVarrea• was tried for a burglary in the
dwelling-house-of Mark Hodson aud Edward 'Par-
don.
The Prosecutors are partners in the Brewery at
Bow.. 'fheir, counting - house belonging to the'
brewery was robbed on the 4th of December last,
about one o'clock in the morning, .arid. a great,
civantity'of Bank Notes; some money; and a bad
half-guinea, .a bad. dollar, some bad. half-crowns,
and some other-bad-silver ,Was taken- away. • ,
A Clerk belonging to f essrs. eteyre and Co.
Bankers, swoie that a.zudn came into their house
on the morning,of the 4.th of December; about nine
o'clock, and got zzl. in payment for a check.
They gave him a zoi. lyre. Shortly after,- the
Prosecutor's Clerk- came to stop payment. for the .
check. The Witness -wept, instantly to the Bank
of England, to desire that the 201., note, he had
given in payment for the check that morning might
also be stopped. The Prisoner having in the course
of the day come to get change-for it, he was taken
up, He then stated, that he had it of a man named
Pritchard, who was -also taken up.
The Officers who took this man into custody
said, they went to his house, at No. S, King-street,
Mile-enti New 'Town. They searched his house,
and the •pockets of his wife and daughter; on
them they found two sixteenth shares in the Irish
Lottery,, together with some Bank notes, all of
whizh had been istolen frdm the Prosecutors' count-
ing-house. They then wcnt to* Bethnal-green-
road, and searched the 'house of the Prisoner, but
'found nothing in it. The' next day, in conse:.,
qucnce of Some. information they receivcd,, they.
searched the privy belonging to hi.s house, and there
found concealed a bundle, containing a qqatitity of
false anti picklock keys, of ail sorts anki-sizes; toge--
ther.with a bad half guinea, a bad dhilar, and Iwo
bad.shillingsand a sixpence... One of the keys opened
Hodgson's elunting,-house ; atiother,Picked,the
(loot leading into the yard ;:andanoiher a cupboard-
door., On cross-examination the Officer.; said,. the
privy belonging.to the PriSoner's house,',yhere they
found the-bundle; was in. such an open situation that
any person miglif have access to it. -
.. Benjamin Pritchard- said; he was the Prisoner's,
accomplice. :About twelve o'clock, on: the night
of the 3d it. they went to,Mr..Hodgson's Brewery;
they. staid lukilg about till one, when they un-
locked.. the wickc;74.oat pith a false key ; then
they opened the ciiu,ikking-house door with. another ;
made. a light hy, !titans of- phosphorus, unlocked
the door of the itork'cuPboard; broke. open four or
five desks; and took away all the propety they.
could find; :they. ' took away a Bank note of -251;
one of. 261: one of 151. one of 51. with ,several
21. and 11. Notes; two shares of Lottery Tickets; a
"book, a Banker's check, a bad half_ guinea; a bad
• dollar;', two, bad shillings; and a bad. sixpeoc.e.: They
then 'skimmed • the doors after them, and went.
• 'away to ::Bow Fair rields ; after which they pro;.
',Ceeded With .an intention .of committing another.,
robbory.. They Went to the Prisonces house; and
, counter.i.over the ijooty. The 'Witness took the check,
and.Canie away to get cash for it; while tlie Prisdner
pent-off%to Bow -to 'tee thet -any en.
Auir4, makeaneerning the burglary. The Witness .
camp. into town; an at the end of GraceChoreh-
• street- m
..he et a man, 4•Junn lie Asked if he knew
wheie,•the cheek"..Was payable.. The ma' .under--
:.took to caw the: check to the Bankers; and ask..
Payment for it. It was then nine o'clock in the
morning; After waiting some 'tittle; the man
brought him the dioney the. check,—being
01; note; and. 21'; in cash, -He gave the. Illatl'ettri%
shillings far his trouble. ithmediately afteb he
:unit the Priso6er, who. told Mitt he had lust ,fir,
frotri -Bow; where there was giCat distuthance
about the robbery. rtk Prisoner's afterwards took
-the 20: note, and. saifrhe.would go and-get small
notes fot it at the Batik. The Witness adviied
himnot; but he went away and when the Witness
next Saw him; be4V-tfl at the Police Office in custody.

, .
Tire Witness mrp-fross-exatiiin'ed by Mt. 'ALL E i.,
He said, lielii4l64ionee fore in chat Court as a
be,
King's eridtink,ilytalkitt Irdoldridgej,vho was -tried
for forging - Itulk".Notes; and I.l'' 'once tried for
felony at Staff-drd. - •

After a yet), long tfial?it was objiaeri Ott' the part
of theTrisonerf by Alt LI hi.Coutseli that
as this countinhouse was:act:tat& to .the brewery,
JO
neither of the Partne.rs' lived -in any part of the
hayinl; each a Etpaitithouse, upwards of
iob'xardS'tiff,.rhis could not be called-their dwelling
'houSe; ante then :fore he submitted' that the capital
part of the Indiatnerity eonsiderin4 the. r:ase either

'as a burglary iierilin§ it the
could not be supported, and that the Prisoner eould
not therefor!! be found ..guilty of any: thirg More
than the mere stealing of the gOods: 'Next to this
tie gubititied also, that the Parish was misstated
'in the Indictment ; it being called St, Mary Stiat:
ford, Bow; whereas the real name was
,"-Saint
Mary Stratford Le Bow;"
But the Court observed that a this ()tinting.;
houSe was phited to lie -adjoining to a building;
with an internal Commuriiotion from it to the place
where the servants ate their viatials, and where one
of the Clerks had-a bed and..slept every night,. and
the A-Vlitile being cOntineed bu'il,ling under one
roof, this plate
.was dweiling_honse of the Prose-
cutor's; It. Was not necessary for a person to lice
himself, in a hotise, in order to constitute it his
its was isnfEciint_ that •he should
haVe a serv.ant, to liWell tliere; arid 'therefore. this
Objeaioh was over-ruled; As to 'the 'other point of
the name of the Parish; it tieing called by both
names in common, the Parish, was well stated, and
this objection was also Over-ruled: The whole:
case therefore went to the Jury, who, however, as
so much of it depervied On the evidence of the ac-
complice, whom they did not like td trust tO;
brought in their Vercliti==;Nid Guilty.: •

The Master of a Genoese vessel arrived at Innis,
reports, that the Fiench Government has caused is
to be intimated to the. Regenties of Africa; that if
in the course of forty by.* they do not set free all
their slaves, and•deciare theniseives in peace with
all Nations, (hey will be compelled to do so by force
of arms. • •

IQ throwing dot ihduse near the rue Sts:
nore„ at Paris, to.rtiake room for some ir.cv build-
ings, a it•illar forming one of .the angles was found.
to .be covered with a very extraordinary allegorical,
sculptures A numbetof young apes aresepresented.
as eagerly graying at the branches-of a, tree, in
order to.ger,at its fruit,. while an old ape, .who sits
quietly below, regards them with an air of mockery,
and holds in his paw a fruit which has' fallen,,in
.consequence,or their exertions. The whole is sup-
posed to be as old as the r ith century; The pillar
is tobe placed in the Museum of French Monument:
A most. Unhappy accident happened_ near Brent,
about ..fifteen miles from' Plyrriduth, last week
aChristmasleas: of some respeetable farmers'
daughters: and -their friends, a young man, out of
fun, presented at a- young woman, ,a caroler's daugh-
ter, a piece, left by accident it-. the entry of the
fat-tn.-house, which was tinfartunately loaded.. The
contents lodged- in her thigh, and She languished
several days and expired. To add to. the distress
of her Inver,,one of the party; she was to have been
married, in a few days.

On Saturday night an urifortnnate affect happened
on board a boat belonging -to the Resistance Frigate;
at Portsmouth: in consequence of one of the sea.:
men not behaving agreeably to the orders of the
Lieutenant; . the latter struck him; in a passion;
with the tiller on the head, which_So ,badly fraetured
the skull, that he died a .thort, tiirie after. , The
I.leutenant
.Was taken immediately into custody,
and was on Tuesday corriMitted for trial. An inquest
being taken or the body; the' Coroner '..yrotight, in
the verdil Wilful Murder.

On Monday last, a young man; of the midi
of Northman, whose parenta -reside in Bond-
streef,*-Wctit to skait with .otne of hiS companions;
on the Serpentine River;- when ~he anci another
agreed to rin :a face on the_ ice; in their skaits;
anti having proceeded . to; some- dietnnee, unhap-
pily. they ,run,Agait-At each othef; which caused
them to fall on the ice With :such
,ii,iplence as td
break it in and plunge them. both into the wa.:
ter. After having struggled .tbgethcr for a short,
time under the ice; 'one of them extricated hiMself
from the dangerous situation; but young Northman
was irrecoverably lost; Immediate assistance was
procured to'cleaf away the ice; to drag for his body;
which was foUnd after a short search. The rules pref.
scribed • by the Humane Society wet put .in prac..
rice, but it was too late to afford relief. A Coro.:
ner's Inquest has been held* upon the body, and a
\Taft brought in of Accidental Death;
A man on Wednetday fractured his Slz.till;
skaiticig on the ice of, the Serpentine Miter; Two
fell in, one Of wliotti was tinfOrtunately drowned:

. •
MUSICAL.REMARI.IitiefI upon Key'd Instru;
MeDts, Dr: BURNEY informs use are' frequently
performed by German Musicians. This int4ligerm
and scientific Musical liistorian, a,few years.agoi
published his firSi,DuttS for the Piano-forte in Eng;
land: The late HOnourable Ti,AINES BARR:INC.;
'roll,. the great nitron Of real Genius; instigated this
idea for two digan. PcifdiMets. The Messrs:
WEsttY, at, the request of thiS Gentleman; corn-
posed and seleaed froM HANDEL, which cortiposi;
'tions'can only lie-heard to advanzßge by Performer
'who have early in.life been aCcustonlecl- to play withi
accuracy. We liear the late Royal Concert ,Room
in Tottenbani-street, is fixed On by ,these
Men to.regale!th,eir friends, the ArriateiirS of Orgair
Perfohnance. ,"-

, .
~ When the Managers of ari eicellent Institution
akc itOefatigable in. the sublime office Of preserving
':ifie.li've,s Of, their fellow-creatures; such a cOndiet
' e' it cotrinand the esteem of the candid and
iMp•rtrial cif every denomination.---Our. Correspw.:
(Wilt :was. naturally_ led. into this train of reflection;.
by' 'seeing several l rsons with a badge on their
arms; signifying the liiimAxii Soctu•riN They
caution all ranksdf 1,.!.0p1e no't to vesture oil dan-
gerous parts of the 6,e.s:pentineßitier; and have likes
wise poles and a l'irvarive ladder; which hag,
' saved the lives of thi4e Gentlemen.;—=Curiosity'
,prompted. the writer to'4 P-ify- the Receiving-house
which, to the honour of tiit .ikis'titutioo.; contained
every necessary article. for 41.6. rtt tofaticip of life.— ..
.. The aid thus' affordeL'i-for eilt474'hore intoftant puil.,—
pOSesi must, . during this', inittl 2ttit season, b. at-
: te.odq.d.. with considerable 04-ty: expense.--Th
friends of huirianity. indulge ,tfilepleaSing. hope; that
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SESSIONS-I 4 OUSE,CLERKENTV,ELL, JAN. 12.

RIOT IN BOND-STREET.
ylfrlliarn Meads Was inaided for assaulting Tho-
mas Fricker on the nig.hv.of• the 7th of Qaobcr

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last. It appeared, that on that evening, a report
was spread through . town that the Preliminaries
of Peace Ilad been signed ;, and on that account
several ,-;es at the West end of the Town, were
Mr. Fricker,
.the Prosecutor; said,
that 7'.ne he was at the house of an acquaint-
ance4Viion,'4.-street; opposite to that of Messrs..
Bennet and-;Tolson, where Lord Camelford lodged.
Most Of the houses except this were illuMinated ;
a, great mr,b came up, and called out for lights ;
none appeared in this house ; and when the snob,
became, very clamorous, and began to thiow stones
at the- windows, Lbrd Camelford came out; and at-
tacked life. people in the street. The. Prosecutor
and two friends of his mixed among the crowd, for
the purpose of seeing :what was going forward,
when his Lordship sttuck .his two friends with his
stick.;- and then the Prosecutor went and took hold
of Lord Camelford-'s arms, which fie held fist, in
order to prevent him from striking any other per-
son. At this time the Prisoner, who was Porter
to Messrs. Tolson
,and Bennet, came up, with his
bludgeon, and struck the- Prosecutor.. This fad was
preweti by,several Witnesses, and 'they all said that
no lights were put up in the house-at the time when
Lord. Camelford issued forth into the street.
Mr'..E.lrt&PP made a very oldie speech on the part
of the Defendant. He reprithated. the cOndua of
those mobs who went about bieaking windows,
thross squibs and crackers, and compelling
people to illuminate their 'houses. Every man's
house was his castle, which no person had a right
to intrude upon ; and, if persons came, and made
an attack against it, in a Violent manner, the
owner was justified in going out and defending him.
self in -the best. manner he could. On: the same
principht, Lord Camelford was jusiified in going
out and attaeking the riots:: 3 mob -that had 'so vio-
lently and Outrageously made' an attack against his
honk. Although the house went by the name of
t'lat•of- Tolson and Benhet, yet it was his Lord.;
ship's hottse,', as he occupied the upper part of it.
He thgn:cal,l,ed several witnesses, who. stated, .thit
the.nigh'trin question, a large mob, composed of
boys men, cattle, along Bond-street, desiring
the .people ;to 'light up their houses. When they
came to the hOnse where Lord Camelford lodged;
they threw stones at the 'Windows,. and broke seye"::
ral panes In the fiat floor. was then that Lord
Camelford came out in order to disperse- the mob;
and, while
,he it tempted to -take up the ringleaders,
they _hissed, hooted,- and. threw stones at him.—
•They also struck him with 'sticks, but'when-he
glade a violent attack against 'them they all ran
• away.: .His. Lordship called out to hiS assistance all
the shopmen of Messrs. "Tolson and Bennet, and
furni'shed each of -,Them with a bludgeon." The
no returned, and 'made ia second attack against his'
Lordship, which he resisted in the mean time, the
Prosecutor, who had been in-the thick *of the mob,
took hold of his Lordship's awls, and pinioned him
down. for some minutes, during which time se;
venal persons were beating Lord' Camelford with
bludgeons.. It -was 'then that the Defendant struck
the Prosecutor with a. stick. The-mob refused se-
veral times -to diSperse, . after his Lordship had de-
sired- them. Henever.came out until the people had
brake his drawing: room windows, ' by throwing
.stones,- crackers, &c._ at' them. . The ,Defendant
had, in consequence of his Lordship's request, co*
to his assistance. The riot lasted two or three hours:
There was an apartment on the second floor which
did not belong to Lord Camelford, and which was
illuminated at the time. •
Mr. SYLVESTER, the Counsel for the Proscution,
observed in reply,. that it would have been Well if
LOrd Canielford's name had not been , mentioned at
all in this business: that if a mob- called out for
lights, .and attacked his house, he might endeavour
to-have the offenders taken up, and brought to pu-
nishmept ; hut it was not his business to take the
lay into,: his own hands. He and his bludgeon-
men, instead of searching after and apprehending
rioters., rushed out indiscriminately, and struck
every person they _Met. They struck thoSe'who
formed no :part of the rioters—men who' passed
along merely . from curiosity : and therefore, to
strike any person who prevented'Lord Cathelfard
from continuing this violence; must be an assaUlt.
'.l he CHAIRMAN observed, 'that though 'LOrd
Camelford was no party-in -this indiftment, yet it
was .nat only proper, but necessary, that his name
should' hive been mentioned, as well as the circum-
stance . which gave rise to this Assault', It was
not to be endured that a violent and riotous mob
should, go abiiut, calling on people to light-411'4_4r
houses, - and. break their Windows if they did nat'do
so. Every man, whose house was so attacked, had
a right to go out, and resist the ,-attack by'Open
force. He had, under such circumstances, A. right
to- rake nits law in his own hands : Lo-rd Cameltord
was exactly in ,this situation. . .The where he
liyed:;was ,house—that, house was his castle ;
and hewas justified in resisting the attack that
had been.made• upon it., The. question, then
.was;
first, Whether the Prosecutor, by mixing in a
riotoua‘mob,.did not form one of theta ? lind:next,
whether the Defendant was or was not endeavour,
ing to suppress that riot ? . .
The Jury fnund 'the Defendant Guilty, and the
CrtAramAla sentenced him to pay a-fine of 63,.5d
and be discharged.

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THI.7 ItSD AY carte .on-the ',Grid, of Andre,7l., Law-
r;e; late letter:cikry the General Post-Ofiiee,
Edinbnrgh, :indi',;lf.qrat the instance of His Ma-
jesty's Adirocate, Jiirabstraaing money krona let.
ter'. The Ichcl, w7r.,:ti is laid 'both-at Common
.Law, and the Stawite of the 7th of His present Ma-
jesty,. which decUares, that all-Clerks; Lette.r-car,
rierS, &c. conviaed,Of stealing or abstraaing mo-
ney-bills, notes, &c: from letters, shall be deemed

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