The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-22 00:00:00

CERTIFICATES.

Sept. U.. William'C,olebourn, of, Vavcrtrec, Lancashire,
wheelwright.
lohn Tremlett, of Exeter, draper.
!ohm Cover and lames Hardum, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, pa-
tent gun-carriage:makers, co-partners.
Benjamin Davis, of West Smithfield, London, money-scri-
vener.
Stephen Bally, of .Bristol, tailor. • •

Gut LottALL.--Yesterday.an old. man, who called
himself job's Biggs, was charged' befOre Sir Wtt..
LIAM STAIN2S with stealing_a .ham from a shop in
Newgate Market. The Prisoner confessed his
guilt, hut pleaded great poierty, saying, he had a
wife and three •children, and 'wished to be sent to
his parish. Sir WiLLIAM ordered him to be sent
for seven days to Bridewell, and then to be passed
to his parish.
The errandboy of a Gentleman in PaternOster,
row, was Charged with robbing his master, who
chastized him for his faults, when he charged several
persons with being concerned with him ; and. on
inquiry, it appeared that he was the only culprit ;
that he had sold the goods to Jews, and gambled
the money away at houses in Sr. Martin's.le.Grand.
The Alderman ordered 'him to be sent on board the
Tender.

An accident of a very serious nature happened
to spa of the Liverpool Coached, between Carlisle
and Penrith, Monday se!nnight in the morning.—
Not far from the village of Plumpton, while the
horses were going briskly, one of the wheels came
off; the consequence of which was, that the driver
was much hurt, being thrown with vinlenee from

his seat, among the horses; and two outside !Nissen.
gers got each of them a broken leg. Mr. GanftAta,
of Wetheral,' was one of these unfortunate passen.
gets, and his case is truly deplorable. One of his
limbs was so terribly bruised and shattered by the
fall, that amputation was rendered iminediately.ne.
cessary, which took place in the superior part of the
thigh. The roof of this vehicle is railed. all round,
excepting the 'front : through these iron tails the
passengers had incautiously put their leg's; in any
otter situation, it is probable, their sufferings would
have been lighter.

On Monday afternoon, a Mr. B. left his Itoitse
and went to Whitehall Stairs, anti after inviting
of the Watermen the depth of,the water, instantly
jumped into the River. By timely aslistance of
the' Watermen, and a Nobleman ►vho happened to be
on the spot, he was got out, brougkt to himt,elf,
and conveyed home: No cause can be ilbSialled fur
this rash ado, • •

Ort Sytturday morning Patrick Kennedy, late a
private in the 14th Regiment, was executed here,
pursuant to his sentence, .for a burglary and rob.
bay.— He was the only conviet who has suf.
feted a capital.punishment throughout the whole of
the lasi Home Circuit.

Our Readers mat', perhaps, :recoiled the eircum.•
stances of his case:—The aft of burglary was at.
tended•with.aggravated cruelty. It appeared that
an ojd man and his wife,. lived in a lone liuse,
which the Soldiers from the neighbouring Barracks,
• used to frequent to get smuggled gin, and sonic
time before the fad for which the Prisoner suf-
fered was committed, the Prisoner and some of
his comrades had been turned out of the house for
being riotous ; from that .time he swore he would
be revenged of the 'old man ; and another Soldier
deposed on the trial, that the Piisoner had often
solicited him to break into • the house, urging
that they should get a gOod booty, and be revenged
of the old fellow--adding, as an' inducement,
that, from the solitary sitUation of the place, they
were likely to do it without detedion.- On the
night of the burglary, the old man and his wife
were asleep in bed, • and the first notice they had,
was by being waked by several heavy blows on
their bed ; •but as it was dark,' they could not see
from whose hand they came—they were continued
with great fury, and the old woman had her arm
broke in two places,and both were severely bruis'ed.
The assailants then retreated, and carried off seve.
ral valuable articles with them. The hue and cry
was raised, and the Barracks immediately searched;
the Prisoner was in bed—but the Serjeant of the
Guard stripping down the clothes, found he had
his breeches on, .which were very much dirted in
the seat ; and afterwards a window leading from the
Barracks,
.exhibited marks of a man having slid
(I,,wn from it. From these and other circumstances
the Jury found the Prisoner guilty.
About eleven o'clock the Executioner arrived
from London, and at half past twelve Kennedy was,
cbnduled from the prison to the Common, where
the gallows was ereCted. .Ever since his convidion
he behaved himielf with the greatest propriety, and
manifested the deepest contrition for his offences.
Being a Rcman Catholic he was constantly visited
during his confinement, and attended to the place
of execution by a Clergyman of that religion. When
he was about to' be put in. the Cart, he expressed
a wish that he might not be executed in .his regi-
mental, coat, because he said it' would-bring
grace upon. the Army. His scruples, however,
were overcome, and he ascended the cart, seated
himself upon. his coffin, which had been previously
placed there, and prayed very fervently. with the
Priest until they arrived at the place of execution.
He then rose, and with great.firmness., placed hiniself
on the 'plank immediately under the gallows ; he
did ,not spew the least alarm, but stood in an
ereCl soldier-like attitude while the Executioner
was fiXing the fatal apparatus. Then after again
acknowledging the justice of his sentence, arid
expressing the deepest contrition for his offences,
the Under Sheriff gave the signal, the cart drove
away, and he died without a struggle.• He was a
good.looking young man, about 2+ years of age ;
there was an immense crowd of Spedaturs present,
particularly of Soldiers, who seemed deeply impress.
ed with the awful scene.

,Several of the Soldiers quartered in the Barracks
here, have been attacked with a severe complaint
in the eyes, and some of them have alually lost
their sight. This disorder is supposed to proceed
from using the water dal well lately dug, and which,
upon examination, yvas found to possess a very strong
mineral quality. The use of the waterbas, of course,
been discontinued.

At Lancaster Assizes a cause 'came before the
Court, on Wednesday list, wherein the Assignees of
Mr. Aveson, late of Ashton.under.line, but now a
prisoner in Lancaster. Castle, were Plaintiffs, and
the Managers of the Westminster Life Insurance
Office, Defendants. 'lt was 'to recover from the
Office the sum of tsool. insured upon . the life of
Mrs. Avesun, who died about four months after the
policy was.granted.. The Trial was of considerable
length; and, after Messrs. COCKEIA, ScARLETT,
PARKE, 'formic, WooD, &C. had severally dis.
played their legal abilities pro and con. a -verdift
was given for the Defendants, on the ground that,
at the period the policy was 'granted, the constitu.
lion of Mrs. Aveson was so much impaired and ra.
vaged by a thong propensity to the use of.ardent
liven,: that her lite.was not'an insurable one.