The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-22 00:00:00

MARY LEB ONE.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY. - Henry Cannon, John
ShuretAand Thomas Willoughby, three labouring-
looking men, were yesterday placed at the bar before
the sitting magistrate, Mr. HOSKINS, charged with
assaulting on the King's highway a middle-aged
woman, named Mary Kcal, and taking from her
person a shawl and seven shillings in silver. The
Prisoners, who all denied the charge were fully
committed to Newgate for trial.

RAT T ON-GARDEN.
Yesterday William Newman, a young man of re-
spectable appearance, was brought to this office in
the custody of Sergeant Holt, of the N division,
charged by Louisa Prior, a handsome-looking girl, a
servant in the employ of Thomas Warden, Esq., of
High•street, Islington.
The prosecutrix had been about two years in her
situation, and the family were in the habit of allow-
ing her to go on every Sunday evening to Islington '
Church, where she became acquainted with the
prisoner, who, after having met her several times,
represented himself as the son of a respectable
licensed victualler in Yorkshire, and led the girl to
believe that he was entitled to considerable property,
and that, in the course of a short period he was
coming into possession of a public-house on the road
side- He professed strong attachment towards the
prosecutrix, made her several trifling presents, one
of which was a wedding ring, and a correspondence
ensued between them of the most tender kind, in
which the prisoner adopted all the soft and persua-
sive arts of love, in order to convince her that the
world to him without her would be a perfect chaos,

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and that he could not exist without her society
The unfortunate girl, puffed up with the most re-
mantic ideas, began to curl her hair, neglect her
business, assume all the airs of a landlady, and the
crockery underwent • sundry smashings, until about
three weeks since, when she met the prisoner at
church, and he; informed her that he had made
arrangements to . go into the country prepara-
tory to . setting up •in the • -public line, and
being shorf of money he • asked her to lend.
him 41., whieft•he promised faithfully to return to
her when he 'came' back from Yorkshire. She in-
stantly parted, with the money, and he promised her
marriage, and vowed that the ceremony should take
place in a month afterwards. He subsequently made
other applications for loans, until he deprived her of
every, shilling which she had in her possession, and
he, finding that he had 'extracted the'whole" of her
money, declined future visits or meetings,. and after
many hours' of silent grief and meditation she com-
municated the " breach of.prt mise" to her brother,
and also the whole of her Kist Iy, on which he pur-
sued the prisoner, who was e% ntually apprehended
by Sergeant Holt, and lodged in the station-house
at I,slington. . •
Holt produced a letter in tberprisonet's hand-
writing, which had been sent by him to the prose-
cutrix. It commenced, "My dearest, dearest love,"
and stated that in a few weeks they would be plea-
santly situated in a public-house; that he had made
the necessary preparations to proceed to the coun-
try, and that nothing on earth should delay their
union and debar them from future happiness. The
letter was interspersed with doggrel rhyme, and was
wound up with It Yours, for ever, &c., &a."
Mr. Sergeant SELLON—Did you first meet him at
church ? Prosecutrix—Yes, Sir, when I was sit•
dug in a pew.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON—Did you know anything
of the prisoner previously? Prosecutrix (with sim-
plicity)—No, Sir; that was the first time.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON—What did he say to you ?
Prosecutrix—A great many things, Sir, and that he
should like to have me as his wife.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON (smiling)—He never set
you up in a public-house, did he ? Prosecutrix—
No, Sir ; he said he would do that after we were
married.

Mr. Sergeant SELLON—How came you to be so
simple as to believe what he said to you, eh ? Pro-
secutrix—He spoke so affectionately and seriously,
Sir, that any body would have believed him.—
(Laugh t er.)
Mr. Sergeant SELLON—But still you ought not
to have parted with your money so foolishly.
Prosecutrix—But be said he would let me have it
again, your Worship.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON said that it was an infa-
mous and wicked transaction, and asked the prisoner
what he had to say for himself.
Prisoner (coolly)—My dear Louisa knows werry
well that I loves her, and wouldn't rob her for all
the world; no, not heven for the hinges of gold.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON—What do you say about
having borrowed her money from her in the way
you have done ? Prisoner—You are right, your
Wesship, I only borrowed it by way of loan. I
assure you I meant to return it if she only gave me
time.

Mr. Sergeant SELLON—Why did you promise
her marriage ? Prisoner—l own I did, I don't deny
it; but she wouldn't have patience.
Prosecutrix (blushing)—l am sure I waited with
great patience, your Worship. I don't think he
means to marry me now, that I don't.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Sergeant SELLON concurred with her, and
asked the prisoner how he dared commit such a
barefaced imposition upon a poor simple artless
girl, and to aggravate his offence by commencing his
nefarious purpose in a church.
Prisoner—l don't deny having borrowed the
money of her, which I intended to pay her back
again. I certainly did expect to have been set up
in business in the public line by my friends. I
wrote to the country for remittances and was dis-
appointed, or she would have had the money.
The prosecutrix's brother here said that he had
made every inquiry, and he was led to believe that
the prisoner was in the habit of meeting simple
girls at church and chapel, and making them the
victims of his artifice, and that the country public-
house by the road side and all the beautiful pros-
pects merely existed in his own imagination.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON regretted that he had it
not it in his power to punish the prisoner. The
girl parted voluntarily with her money, and it
could only be viewed as a matter of debt between
them, and he discharged the prisoner, leaving poor
Louisa to her remedy by action at law for the re,
covery of the money, or the breach of promise o
Imarriage.

ty
-and iambs, besides pigs, every week, and now half
my business is gone.
Mr. BRODERIP said that Mr. Halton ought to be
able to regulate the 51901Pstic_affairs of his establish-
ment without makita application to the magistrates
to do it for hires.rHe must make the best of his
bargain.
Mr: Halton—This is the worst bargain I ever
made. She is the plague of my life. She is so
suspicious that I can't look about me. Will you
• tell me how I'm to get rid of her ?
Mr. Cosigt-,-No, we can't, indeed. How long
have you been married ?
Mr. Halton—For eighteen years, I am sorry to
say.—(This was uttered with such a long-drawn .
sigh and ludicrous self-sympathizing
:manner as to
cause great laughter.)
Mr. COMBE—And how has she behaved all that
, time ?
Mr.
.Hatton—Oh just the same, exactly the
same, Sir.
Mr. "BRODERIP—Then, if your story is true, I do
pity -you,--(A. laugh.) Eighteen years of it is
pretty good.
Mr. CoNnE said he endeavoured to persuade the
parties to come to a better understanding when they
Were last before him. They made a very ridiculous
exhibition, the wife swearing the shopman had
Stolen a leg of mutton, and the husband declaring it
was a falsehood, and that no mutton was lost.
Mr. Halton—There was no lea of mutton lost ;
my wife will swear any thing; she would swear the
devil's; life away if she could.—(Loud laughter.)
I never knew such a woman.—(Here Mr, Haltott
was interrupted by the opening of the door, tov.srds
which he looked very anxiously, and evidently mud*
alarmed, expecting to see his wife; but finding it was
some one else lie took fresh courage, and proceeded
to state that she swore falsely against his brother,
and got.him.confined.for,debt for .five years.)
Mr. BRODERIP said that was no fault of the wife,
but of the applicant, in whose name the action was
brought. His wife, as a femme covert, could have
nothing to do with it.
Mr. Halton—Oh, yes, it was all through her.
It was for a debt of 2501. she got him locked up.
Mr. COMBE—You had no occasion to proceed
with the action against your relative, unless you
pleased.
Mr. Halton—Oh, Sir, I dared not do otherwise;
my wife would have it so.—(Much laughter.)
Mr. BRODERIP—You could have liberated him.
You had it in your power to do so.
Mr. Halton—Why, yes, Sir, I might; but I was
afraid of my wife's anger. Besides, she had done
some dirty tricks. I hope you will assist me in
getting rid of my wife.
Mr. COMBE—We cannot assist you to do that,
Mr. Halton—Can't you, now ? What am I to
do ?—(lncreased laughter.)
Mr. ConmE—No, we cannot, indeed.
Mr. Halton stood still for a few seconds, with
his eyes fixed on the ground, and then took up his
hat and walked slowly out of the office, exclaiming,
" Oh, dear, what am I to do with my wife ?"

CRIM. CON. IN THE HEPTARCHY.—Under
our Saxon ancestors, by the laws of Kent, when a peca-
dillo took place which in modern times brings the partite
into the Ecclesiastical Court, the gentleman became " the
property" of the King, and the lady of the Archbishop.
Every widow making a faux paux paid, by the same
token, " twenty shillings to the King,"—a mighty pretty
addition to the civil list. —See Sir Henry Ellis's Gene-
ral introduction to Domesday Book.

STEAM NAVIGATION.—The subject of es-
tablishing a communication by steam between Great Britain
and India has excited a degree of interest creditable to the
Calcutta public. The papers of the presidency, during the
past week, have teemed with communications on this sub-
ject, and the sum already subscribed in Calcutta alone has,
in nine or ten days, exceeded 34,000 rupees. This is the
more remarkable, when we recollect the decision of the
public ►meetings of the 14th inst., and the disasters occa-
sioned by the late failures. The contributions hitherto
have been principally those of the European residents of
Calcutta; and it is confidently expected that the fund will
soon receive considerable accessions from the Mofussil.-
Gyananneshun,

SPRATS.--It is asserted that the oil of sprats,
when ignited, produces a more brilliant light tha❑ that of
whales, with the advantage of being inodorous. Persons
who are fond of sprats should beware and not eat them to
excess lest they should be consumed by internal spontaneous
combustion ; and instead of frying sprats in future, run the
chance of being fryed themselves.
During the latter part of Handel's life, about
the year 1753, in the Lent season, a Minor Csnon front
the Cathedral of Gloucester offered his services to Handel
to sing. His offer was accepted, and he was employed in
the choruses. Not satisfied with this department, he re-
quested leave to sing a solo air, that his voice might be
heard to snore advantage. This request also was granted ;
but he executed h:s solo so little to the satisfaction of Isis
audience, that he was, to his great mortification, violently
hissed. When the performance was over, by way of con-
solation, Handel made him the following speech :—" I
sin very sorry, very sorry for you indeed, my dear Sir;
but go back to your church in de country : God -.ill
forgive you for your bad singing, dese wicked people in
London, dey vill not forgive you."—Mirror.
LARGE PIKE.—A pike, weighing 221bs.
was caught, on Friday last, in the Derivent Lake, by
Messrs. Pearson and Walker, of Keswick. This immense
fish took the minnow, and in consequence of the tackle
being very fine, and only having single gut next the books,
it occupied its captors a long time, and required very
skilful exertions before it could be finally secured.—
IVhitehaven Herold.

NAVAL ADVENTURES.—In this work we
are promised one of the most eventful lives which ever
occurred in " the Service." The author is known to
have undergone greater vicissitudes than are usual even
in the hazardous life to which be belongs ; and to have
seen more of storm, shipwreck, battle, and strange
countries than the majority of his brethren. In chronic-
ling his career, he has not confined himself entirely to
the romantic, and too often tragical circumstances attend-
ing it, but has given also, with true spirit, the peculiar
butnours of life on board a man-of-war.
We are happy to state that there is every
prospect of the shipwrights of Whitehaven having very
full employment for the ensuing season. The new steam-
boat for the Whitehaven Shipping Company is contracted.
for by Messrs. Brocklebank, and will forthwith be coin-
menced. The keels of several other large vessels will
shortly be laid by different builders, and among the rest of
a large vessel intended for the East India trade, by Messrs.
13rocklebank.— Whitehaven Herald.
OUDE.—To the north of Khyrabad there is
a large wilderness inhabited by a wild race, who diet on
iackalls ; they are armed with spears, and were first dis-
covered by their rushing out in a body of near 400 men,
and plundering some treasure forwarded by the Govern°.
General to Bajee Row. The first mention of them was
made by his Lordship at Gwalior ; on which the authori-
ties at Lucknow made inquiries into this matter, and, after
a long and fruitless attempt to surprise them, Nawab
Roshen od Dowlab gave private orders to one cf his sir-
dars, named 11Iaindoo Khan, who proceeded to Laharpoor,
a village adjoining the jungles, and rinssed the night there.
When dawn began to break, he proceeded with about 150
armed men to the jungles, and arriving there by sun rise,
perceived about 4,000 of these savages scattered in the
jungles. A conflict took place, in which about 40 of the
Oude troops were wounded, and Maindoo Khan, their
leader, killed, together with 400 or 500 of these savages.
The party succeeded in capturing about 2,000 of them,
who were forwarded to Lucknow.—Bengal Hurkarn,
June 29.

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FORTY-ONE SHILLINGS WORTH OF KIND
L00K5...-. On Thursday a country girl attending the fair
seemed much pleased at finding a young lad directing
some very expressive glances towards her, which she, in
the innocency of her heart, construed into "looks of
love," and expected every moment that the supposed
lover would break ground. , To her dissappointincnt,
however, no advances, saving an occasional rub in the
crowd, were made, and all at once the man of kind looks
noofthtiiinegwwaanst footfindheorunlitoinuet.,
but
disappeared. Unfortnatcly, at the !wile time, two pounds
one shilling of her hard won penny fee disappeared also.
done, and the sufferer had nothing left
In this dilemma she applied to the police for aid, who
assisted her in searching the crowd, and who, after a
long search, were fortunate enough to discover and cap_
ture the Basilisk. Ile was taken to the Police Office and
the principle that " A cat may look at the queen," nothing
sf o r
farthericth,e,d,c,
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euTirsriol:eew
lnarrowly, butthought
to think of the kind looks that preceded its loss P' I
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