The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-17 00:00:00

?fir. Williams stattd;'triat he had bought they gad-
flies of the Prisoner for 31. st. and sold them for
31. 15s.

-C,':Alet's father appeared to be heard in evidence,
but,, on account of his relation, to the Prisoner, was
judged incompetent. • One man . appeared:in favour
of his charaaer, -which he said he had never heard
impeac'hed before. , . - - .
Al number' of reipeatble tradesmen appeared in
favour of Lander's charkter, and' represented him
as an honest inclustrions nyin,-Whorn they bad known
severally-from ten to' eighteen years.. • . • -
One -of the ' Jury expressed a' wish to know what
Lander had paid for the bridles, saddles; Br,c. When ,
it appeared from the re.:mmiination of' Shurty that
Lander kid told him 255. while Collet had declared
that,he.had not got more than ss. " •
Lander, at the bar, repeated his having given
2,55. • but. stated the saddles to havebeen incomplete,
and that he had given them iie.w stirrups and stirrup-
,straps befOre selling them. This circumstance was
farther confirmed by Williams. ' '
The ltr.cohnr.a, in summing . up. the o.ldenee,
observed; that nothing
.seemed' ' to' bear against
Flewin, except the circumstance ' of his running
nw:iy, which might ' not, perhaps, be: unnatural On
the seizure of his cenipanion.
Col let and Lander were -returned-Guilty; 'and
P,ICWIII-7-Nbt eiiiiog.:.:.
wiaiarin Howi.,, fan old man, above 70, Was con,
viaed*.et s'tealing a pig, valne twb guineas, the pro-,
perty of Mr, Giles, firmer, at BOW - f;li t Fields. '
The fact being clearly proved, -the old man could
only, in a • trembling' voice, defend himself' by
denying the theft. He had. no friend 4n .cart,h,.).le
said, and hoped' the Judge wotild be his friend.
l'e Judge froth the Bench (the Illt ottotia)- sai
N d,
he believed he had been his friend betbre now, and
W 33 afraid that nothing would reform. ' him ; ob 7
seryhig, to' the Atty.the difficulty of trouing.such iill
old-praditioner in guilt. ! .
7t appeared he had been dismissed some time ago
from the House' of cOrreelion. . -

Twelve were convifted of felonies, 13 were ac
quitted,' and 11 were discharged lip prodalnation.

On Saturday, sennight, early in the evening,. a
Gentleman walking-un the Long Jetty, on the Hum-
ber bank, discovered' a hat floating on the water
On giving the alarm, the body of a boy was:disco-
vered near the spot,: to alraiipearmice lifeless.
ink takcit into the Limckilne, public-house, acid
Medical. itssistance proeured, rite means recommend-
ed by the 'Humane Society were resorted try, ;and
after a' lapse of sante hours, animation was coin-
pie.* yestored. The, boy 11,:d been amusing
self by stepping out of one goat to another, and had
accidentally fallen into the Water, in which it is sup-
posed he had been about ten minutes.
In the afternoon 'Of Sunday Week; apoor woman,
the with of an artilleryman, with two children, went
into A .pUbjie-hOUse in lieden,' Yorkshire, -and after
remaining there until the evening, during which she
got completely intoxicated, Avai taken into .a barn
belonging to the house, wherein She Was shin tly
a4erwards found dead. No marits of violence apc
pearing oti the body; a vadia of did ty arcesswe
drinking," was -given by the Coroner's Jury; From
a pass in her pocket, which had heensignedatnull,
it appears she was travelling for Llasgov!-.