The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-28 00:00:00

.FUGITIVES.

On Tuesday, the igth ultimo, fifteen labouring
men fled from the Agricultural Settlement at Castle
Hill, after having committed many ads of violence
and atrocity. They at first forcibly entered the
dwelling.house of Mr. Declamb, which they ran.
sacked, and stripped of many articles of plate, wear.
ing apparel, some fire and side arms, piovisions,
spirituous and vinous liquors, a qoantity of which
they drank or wasted in the house. They next pro.
ceed:d to the farm houses of Bradley and Bean, at
Balkham hills. Mrs. Bradley's servant man they
wantonly and inhumanly discharged a pistol at,
the contents cf which have so shattered his face,
as to 'render hint a ghastly speCiacie, in ail pro-.
bability during the remainder of his life. In Mrs.
Bean's house they gave a loose to sensuality, equally
brutal and unmanly. Resistance was of no avail,
for their rapacity was unbridled. Numerous other
delinquencies were perpetrated by this 'licentious
banditti, whose ravages, however, could not long.
escape the certain tread of justice.
Two of the depredators were taken into custody
upon the second day after their flight, near the
Hawkesbury road, by Mr. Jamieson, junior, assisted
by A. Thomson, Chief Constable at Flawkcsbury,
and a parry of the military, who had been dispatched
in pursuit of them. Upon these men were found seve-
ral articles of property that had been taken from
the dwelling-house of Mr. Declamb ; as were also'
two muskets.• On the-city following they under.,
went an examination before a Magi trate, by whoin
they were fully committed, and sent to Sydney .un,
der an escort.

On the 23d ult. eleven more of the desperadoes
' were secured by a, party of the military and consta-
bles, between Hawkesbury and the mountains. In-
formation had beengiven of their haunt by a body of
natives, shortly after they had broke into the house of
settler, where they had stopped to grind a quantity
of wheat at a steel mill, having previously secured the
family, and afterwards stripped the house of all such
provision as they could conveniently carry off, to-
gether with tw., stands of arms. They were also
taken her bre a Magistrate, fully committed, and
brought to Sydney"under a sufficient guard.
, Justice to the Prisoners at large in the Colony
requires that we stuld observe, that this banditti
is entirely composed of Irish Prisoners, brought by
the Bereft/is and Atlas.

FROM ANOTHER SYDNEY GAZETTE.

TRIAL OF INSURCENTS.
Tuesday, March

A Criniinal Court this day 'assembled, and pro.
ceeded to the trial of the Delinquents who had
absconded ftom the Public Agricultural Settlement
of-Castle Hill on the z sth day of February last, for
feloniously entering the dwelling.house of M. De.
throb, near that place, anci taking therefrom divers
silver spoons, a fusee, pistol, spy-glass, a quantity
of wearing apparel, and divers others articles, his
property.

Palr;cl Garman mid Francis Simpson were first
inditied, on a charge of having beet, present at and
aEtively concerned in the said felony, and with
having a part of the above property, viz, seven
ver spoons, found upon or near 'them when they
were taken into custody on the I 7th of the same
month.

The Evidence for the Crown being called,
Mar"), Tirley, servant to IVlNDeclamb,.deposed,
that on the eveningnf the !ph of Februarytdiesaw
two men approach a but in which one of Mt. De_
clamb's men serVants then was, and that at a little
distance-further alai perceived another man, Whose
appearance alarmed her--irs:conseqUence, of which
she made fast the- windows, and the inner door of
the home* Shortly after some person krynked at
the door—the deponent asked who it was ? and Mae_
dermot answered friiin without, " It is I ; open the
doar, for here is a Constable with a letter from my
master." The deponent opened the door according.
ly, and several men entered .the house—she asked
for the letter, undone of the party answered, "You'll
have enough of the letter byt„and.bye." By this
time seven or eight of them were in the home.—
They .dertianded fire .arms ammunition,. Which
she was compelled to chew them, They loaded a
which they found in the house, and 'one
of them exclaimed, " Fire it down her throat,
"if she says a word." Several of the offen.
dery then opened a trunk) out of ''which they
took a quantity of wearing apparel, which the De.
portent positively affirmed bad been tied up in a.
bundle by Francis Simpson, one of the Prisoners
then_ at the Bar. They had also demanded a telex.
cope and compatssneither of Which were in the house.
The spoons found on or-near to Gaunan, the Depo.
pent identified, as being; the property of her mister.
The 'Witness was cross.examined by the Court,
but did not deviate in her testimony.
Upon her being asked what were her reasons for
so positively identifying the persco of Simpson, site
answered, that he had compelled bet to fill two
glasses of wine for him, during which interval She
tout taken much 'notice of his countenance.
Mr. Declamb identified the spoons, us being a
part of the property taken out of his house during
his absence on the Isth February.
Mr. John Jamieson deposed, that he went with a
patty in pursuit ,ot the above. delinquents, and that
he assisted in apprehending .the two Prisoners then
at the Bit., on the. 17th of Febpary—that when he

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approached them they were asleep, neat a 'pity 611`
Natives; bal. tli'aet when they ait'ulce, th,y offered
resistance;

Mr. A. Thompson deposed, that he 61 assisted
in apprehending the Prisoners, and that tmu t the
spot where Gannan had lain, the silver spoons
were found, that were then prAluced in evidence;
Henry Lamb's testimony cotresponded with thd
others.

The Evidence being closed., the Prisoners were
asked if they had any thing to say in 'their defence,
They acknowledged having had the prorerty, but
denied the aet of taking it Out of the hotise theni.
selves.

• The JUDGE AOYOCAtt Surnthed up the
deuce, and upon a deliberation of about is mioutes;
the Court returned a veedift
Laurence Dempsey, Patrick Macdermoi.,
Woollaghan, John Lynch, Thomas Shanks, jrihn
Morgan, Lawghlan Doyle, Timothy Malabe?y, john
Brown, James Conroy, and Peter Ross, were indict-
ed for having also been present, on the aforesaid
Isth of February, at the house of Mr. Declamb,
for having assisted in comniitting the aforesaid fe-
lony, and for having divers articles found upon
them when they were apprehended, his property;
among which (vere a fusee, a pistol, and a spy:.
glass.

Mary Titley again lepated, that on the tsth of
February, the Prioners at the Bar, several of whom
she positively mar:. to, had entered the huuse as
hefote stated. That Michael Woullaghan was rune
of the men who had entered the houie with Moe.
dermot, and that Laurence Dempsey was the per.
son who had taken away a pair .of razors belonging
to her master. Being ordered to examine the pro.
perty produced in Court, she identified the greatest
part of
interrogate Her the Witness, Here one
ofiterPtte rissosn,ers, (DeMpsey), begged to
to whom he Om the fol_
lowing questions
Q. Had you ever seen me prior td the tsth of-
February No.
Q. At what hour did you see me on that day ?
A. I cannot tell exactly, but it was in the even.
ing.
Q. How can you. swear positively to my person ?
A. You came into the bed.rooM where I was,
with a lighted candle in your hand ; you said, ‘f we
rriay. as well take all as not," and I saw yod takisc
my master's razors.

Mr. Deelatnb here identified Ms fuzee, pistol, and.
most of the property before the Court., and declared,
that when he had gone from home on the x th of
February, he had left those articles in his house,
but when he returned, none of the articles were
there.

Matthew Locke deposed, that he had assisted in
apprehending all the Prisoners at the Bar, lietWeen
Ric! nond Hill and the Mountains--and that they,
in endeavoUri,s to escape,. had dropped sirrie of the
property. produced in Court. • He Li,ther deposed,
that two of the Prisoners had muskets, but ti,at none
of them offered any resistance. Brown, Ntilahoyi
and Dempsey) wort some of. Mr. Declamb's wear.
lug apparel, when they were apprehended,
A. Thompson and D. Brown gave evidence to thy
same efral.

Being called upon for their dcfence, one of the
unhappy men declared, that he had embarked in this
fatal expedition with no other view, than that of.
crossing the l'illounoins, which the judicious and
well-equipped have found impassable, and thereby
returning to his family.
le, Evidence was then summed up, and the
Court after a consultation of considerable length,
returned the following Vcrditi
Lalvrence Dempsey, Michael Woollashan, and
Patrick Macdermot, Guilty—Death.

AU al; otheis were accitilited upon this charge'
hut detained upon another Indiameat f and the CUM
adjuurned till ten tp,inorrow.

lISCELLANY.

Box Mot.—An Edition of Bailgis DiMonerr)
having been some time since put up in an Anftioni
the•• Vendue Master ol4ervedi that it wm,u Piro.
atiii.7,—‘l Pm glad of that with all my beast (r 0..,.
plied al:Udder), tot must of us have had enough of
the
.Old one." •

The abundance of anirmi food thrdughout the Co::
lony, is an undoubted, testimony of the solid• ativan.
sages ,chat have accrued from a correspondence with
the native Inhabitants of Otal►eire,

The maize in all par is of the Colony bids equally
fair. The late rains have been very serviceable to
the: backward CON, as also to those now, ready for
gathering.
On Saturday last a quantity of Wheat and Barley
was taken out of a small Sior;p, called the Sophia,
Maria, by a set of villains who lurk about the Whatf
do take advantage of the absence, nt critnival tiegii..
gence of persons who are left in and
other small craft.
The Civil Court, which openea- last
for dispatch of business, drew a cortconisuinintbi.
tants from all the Settlements of the Colony, most of
wltorti were direly or indireellyititercsted. Par,
ramatra contributed largely to the, busy scene, riot
were we much less beholden to Flawkesbury for the
influx.

Among the numerous petty MIRO that came be.
fore the CiVil Court dating the last vitrify, tl,c
lowing diverting tine made its appearance, and was
decided un very little 'to the entertainment of the
Plaintiff : tie lid summoned a poor worral, wlinfie
residence was upwards of 40 mike from 5141,,cy, tot
a debt of i zs. payment whereof had been tenth-red
to him in Wheat, but which he had thought proper
to rejeet. A sample wits produced in Court, the
tender considered legal, aria the Plaintiff ordered
to pay to the Defendant thirty shillings for travel.
ling expences.

EXTRAphDINART INTFRAOSITION OF Peovt.,
DE.Nce.--7-Ort,Saturday night last, AS several ca ,-t!,
were toping to bait near tht First'Pond,. on the
flawkesbury road, a tree of prodigious sizt ,fla
immense height, that had been loosened by succcts.
sive tempests, fell among the travellers, and broke
the carts to pieces, without ioj ry either
,to the
drivers or horses. A child was in one Of ills
cies, upon which a forked branch happened to strike
by-,the violence of the concussion, the infant woo
thrown to the distance of awe. than 20 yArcts, but
also miraculously tscap'vd unhurt I

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Frim the L'I)ND'JN. Q ETTE, z 4, iBo3.

b(f.inir y,
Lieutttttnnt A lexotitlei U rant to lac Captain. Rabcrt Duff;

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' Esq. ui
—l:!itnes Elder, Geut. Ale )(ander 'rhotrip-
si):,,
.Golt.. pliwb Rinnil, Gent, Peter Grant, Esq.
'l'i, Ensigns -Ruben Cinnptst:ll,' Gent. fames

FAliarrs Volunteer In/4"1,:i.

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,
Rob2rt Cotiper, to be Captaiii. Chartes Tod, .Lient
to t-r 4 I.icntcttaiit. Williurn Reid, Gott. totoe Litiutowit.
ltutlert 'cud, Gent. to he L,:m.igui.
Ferret Polunher R;lietneg.

The It.ev. john I\lactivnell to Pe Captain.

• • - restxt Volunteer Infnutty.
Thomas Locllwoad, Esq. to fh M;ijor.CommSnriant,
To be Captains—lohn John Charles Cul-
F:sq. Halfpay of 7 rat foot.-
To he Licatcnanis•-.Wiiliam BMW, jun. Martin BCV.lll,.jun.
Cant.
'to be Ensigns—MNiard tones, Cent. John Place, Gent.

Frf,,hbanil4l/en'eer
U. Ashley, Esq. to be Major-Comm:imbue'.
Gillingpaallolunterr Inf,4l4ity.
Charles Bowles, -Esq. to be Contain. • Edward Bitckland,
Gent. to be Lieetenatit. William Bell, Gent. to be En-
sign.

11anky Volunteer 14100.1 k •
To be Captains-1,411c; Whitek-A, john Yates, Esq.
lohnliaddeley, john Shorthobe, Esq.
To b;... Vates,Gent. E. 1.
Charles .114tiall, Gent. )kiseph, t.orl ee, Gcnt. Richard
li‘dlino, Gent. lohn I Gcnt, • japie;,.Y4tes, Cent.
Thomas Sir:an-rin, Gent. • -
To 11:: Ensign3'—lohn NIN(.e, jun Cent. John Wilde, Cent.
lobo YAMS. Gcnt. •Thollia3 Tay leg, Gclit.

flar4owAlsenleo4try.
elvarics Iliootson. Eg. to be Captain.
141,1 enter

Tan Hopkins, Ctal. to be Major.Connnandant. John Day.
ley, sett Lig. to be Caytato. loin Dayitty. jun. E.
to be Capin Francts; Su :Thetis, jun. Gent. to be
Lieutenant. john Woodrotth, Gent. to be Lieutenant.
Nathaniel Clements, Gent. to be Lusign. N..thanicl
We;,thurpe, Gent. to be. Enagtl.
ikhe.ate 141;m/ter

George 'Neon, EN. to be Captain. Nem Greville Pri.
&aux, ,Cient. to De Lieutenaiir. S.atithlt Forward, Cunt.
WI be t.n4ign.

stwierneii.thirs,g)hoterr

Itivernesit Company—Alpin Gnat, Eici. to be Captain.
Alexander lal,Gillary, Gent. to ix LigOtettaut. joint
faser,,,Gent. to be ensign.
Inverwrs ,ved I Gov Datbdic,..

Ardersier C011111)411Y fames Macpherson, Esq. to be Cap..
(arses Alarphersuil, Cent. to be Lieutenant. Charles
Macpherson, Gent. to bo Ensign,
}film Compaity john Troup, Esq.- to be Captain. John
blacisicil, Gent. to be Lieutcuant. David Rose, Gent. to

be Ensigi'.
Cantray Company—Evan Macpherson, Esq. to be Captain.
Alexander Nlacplieranti, Cent. to be 4ieutettant. &am
I%lin:l4ler:ion, Lent to be Ensign.
Inches Cottipany7A rtlinr Robertson, Esq. to be Captain.
Alexander MaLgerizie, Cent. to be Lieutenant. loin Et-
tles,,Cent. to be Ensign.
(Ka imhic) Stiatlideal it Company—Andrew Macpherson,
~Esq to be Cotaitt John Macintosh, (lent. to In la:cote-
nant. William Mammal', Cent. to be Ensign.
(Carr) burgh) th rat !idea+ it Company —Ponald Macqueen,
Esq. to be Captain. ItlcioviciC Mat:bean, Cent. to be
liieutmant. Alexander Macpherson, Gent. to be Ensign.
'oho Rubortson, Cent. to be Adjutant.
S:rathealf, Urquhart, and Dares Battalion.

tst Aird Company•—'Cliornaa Rater. Esq. to be' Captain.
llugh Fraser, Gept. to he Lieutenant. Alex. Ealt;onar,
(;ent, to be linsign.
ed Abvieganpmy—tittgb Fraser, . Esq. to be Captain. Ro.
bert frasc.r, to be Lieutenant. Chishdin,
(41,t. to he Ensign.
Stratligl,si .rop.tny—,l)nnahl Chisholm, ti.sq. to be Cap..
twin. Joist. Gent. David Nicoll, Gent. to Dc
Ensign.
Urquhart Company—Alexander Grant, Eq. to be Captain.
Alexander Beaton, 'Gent. VI be Li:utcnant. lames Ftascr,
Gent. to be Ensign.. •
Ports Co,pany-- John Fracer, Esq. to be Captain. Simon
Fraser, Gent. to be Lieutenant. WiMain Clark., Gent. to
bc 17.01gn.
Glorgartyi and Lain:find/ay Battalion.

Morar Company Holm' Macdonald, Esq, to be Captain.
t. Macdonald, Gent. tube Lieutenant. George Macdonald,
Cent. to ba Ens.4o.
Lettertindlay Coinpany.;--Gordori Cameron, Esq to be Cap-
tain.

• • Art Albaig, 11.7allarr, and Eigg Barialign.
tat tort Company —Angus Cameron, Eini. to be
Captain Witliout Stewart; Gent. to Lieutenant. Juhn
Macdonald, Gent. to he. Ethign
ad l'urt Will, on (or (;0r;...;•,,,nui•,.,h) Company—Donald
• canselon, to be. C,l;)t..tin. Patti (lent. to
I.ietreitain, Donald I,l'l'iwr4on, (;ent. to be Lsiatio.
3d ri)rt (ur Nlaryborgli) Comp:lay—Pam; k Camp.
to be Cantata. A lexanorr Campbell, Gent'. to
• hr Robert 1 lyter,•G.int. to be.r.osi,,n.
A,,b;cr,.., Comp v • ~\ ;•:!tibahl Macttortaid,
.11.iy. to be Cap-
tain (4iit.' to be Lieutenant. Alex.
(;,•1:I. IQ be Ensign.
Moidart Esq. to he Captain.
Alex. Macdonald. Gent. to be Lieutenant. Att4us MAC-
tit„,.,ld, cc:lit, to be• Ensign.
Ible of (.otopany,-;; Anglia to'be Cap,.
mitt. Ned Maclean, t;eitr.f,to .be' Lieutenant. tlettor
Mackinno.., t,( itt. I“ Emitgit•
Cooll,,itiy--N'Aolail Macleod, Esq. to be Captain.
A (.4.11i. to be Lientetwat. Norman Mac.
Ist Sit Grant, Esq. to be Captain.
Cunintin,t, Gent. to be Lieutenant. John Grant,
Cent. to oh: Eti*lgn.
•
Strotb.ipcy Company . Grant, vsq. to'bc Captain
Donald Ctni.:kalianks,. Gent. to be Lieutenant. Peter
Grant, to be V.iidigti.
gothieritioreiltis tompany— J tines einwon, Esq. to be
Captain John Stewart, Gout. t. beldeutenant. Duncan
Meintosli, Gent, to be lin ,i;ul. _
rat nadinocli Company—A lesiAnder Clarke, Mg. to be Cap_
lain [lmes Clarke, Cent. to be Lieutenant. A. Mac.-
. .pberson, Gent. to be Etislgii. • • '

IlLmonalloust•
Captain Peter Barron, ut till 3 113t,t311011 of Reserve, is
roopesto..ded, having abseilted himself without leave.

kkk.rk in the Ga4ettes 019th Augtist last, and 13th inst.
6th Ftsit-. Poi f..kotsmoit H. S.-tidal"; rroin llall.pay of
the licgiattot, to he Lteuten4nt, vice Wallis, who ex.
Viatiges, rta.t locatenatit I. 11. S. Althoi. haat 11411. pay of
the kcgittlettt, to tic Lieutenant, prin9ted in
the Nov lictinswic.k Vencibles.

4 C 0 I one! Robert c4olpbel I,
mot 4lf7pay sit" the late ndoperttlia Conipanies, to bo
Captain of a etinw m atty, ut Cajw.sth Robert Campbell,
liom ot the late legicpentleat Companic, to be
CapLnr, of a Company,

In Yorkshire Alilitia, iigned /y Lord Lieu-
.

,r.st West York Regiment. To be Lieutenants— fohrt.Lewis
Cramer. D trot lot), CharlCS DaViti Faber.
• Dated AtiptAt
.17, Oki.. Samuel Fenton. Dated Aug.
it, *BO3. Plitt Dysoit. VAtect August' 1803.. Tito-
twit ktioes Elecktor,t, Dated Augustly, itio3. Thomas
Fors tvr mita. Mits:ii August 28, 18r3.
To IN; k Peter Riley. Dated Augttst t 7, 1803.
Richard W hitaker. I)ate.l ttgust , 1803. Rnd° I pit
Crewe. Dated August 27, 1803, Wi Warn TeMple.
Dated August 28, tBo3, William Barstow. Dated Aug.
,t 803.-
2tl W.:at York Reginietir. To bt Captain—'lhotruts Cham.
bertaitt. Dated August io, 18.03. •
To b Lietto.otts =Ltoiwtt jatoes gayit. I)ated August t 7,
14.3. Rohert- leo:4111.dt lidw;trd
tvi Ddje.4l
Atlhiktit kusign aelti Quarier.aster Tho-,,141$
Lockwood, 1.) Itrcvet. Oated• Aug. 19, r 3403. Ensign
Patrick Ni,c.trrhy. Dat..d August 20, Fl"igil
1"lin Wilhite. Dated AUSUbt 21,1643. L'Aibigu