The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-11 00:00:00

FELONY STEALING a'ksTEßs,

CN Saturday, at an adjourned Quarter Setssidril
for Esseit, holden at Chelinsford;, rtute
Oyster Dredger, near Mersey Island, was brought
up to receive sentence, Under a f:oniiition at rho
last Vessions,•of feloniouslyitefiing a c!msiderabie
quantity of Oysters, the property of titephen Over,dl,
of titat isianrl. TheChainnan, T; EAci.
infoi-med the Prisoner, that some docbts having been
suggested on his trial, by his Counsel; whether th
offence amounted to a larceny or not, 1:11 sentence
had been respited, that this essential fa4t might boi
clearly ascertained, which was now done and onL

der the authority of this decision, it became his
duty to inform him, that the crime he had commit.
ted was certainly a felonious one, and for whies
he must now receiye a, sentc.:c propot:ioned to,
the Offence. The Court, however, in consider.
ation of the length of hii confinement, and a recom.
mendatiou in his favour on the patt of his lenient
Prosecutor, had changed their intended Senience of
Transportation, into that of Impikonnient in the
County Gaol for one year from the tinie'of his con..
vidion ;. which was pi4sed upoO him according'4.
The Chairman exhorted the Prisoner to ptogt by
this clemency lie had experienced, assuring him that
any pexson in future convidecl in that Court of
similar ofFence, would, unquestionably, be trans,
ported for the term of seven years:

The late Pitutt CHAbirtoti. CititsPlCNt, Efri4
who'died last week at Bath, was formerly Ki NG'S
PitoCTOR, and Member for Sudbury He resigned
the office in Dodoes Ccumsons to Mr. 'Hest
and his interest in Stidhury to his eldest son, file
late THOMAS CKEsPIGNY, Est]; a very amiable and
respectable, young map. Mr. CREsI! IGNY, the
father, was a man of extensive knowledge ; he'
possessed a taste for literature, and was in habits of
intercourse with the higher ranks in this country.---
fie wrote two number§ in the petiodical ?Apt:
entitled THE WoaLD, which Was conduard by Mr;
Moo tt e, the Author of The dgmelter, though ai
that time Mr. CREsPIGNY must have been very
young ; a proof that his taste and talents Were
:however; matutt, as the WatulyWilS enriched by
'conttibutions' from the most distinguished Wits of
that period. Mr. Catsi,totiv was married four
times. His third wife was particularly esteeritett
for her understanding and domestic virtues'. His
last wife, who survives him, is also much' reipeaed
for the worth of her private charader. Mr. CRS!.
PI6Ny has left several Children by his different
marriages. lie was very much the man of fashion
in his person and demeanor, full of anecdote, and,
with a turn for 'satirical humour, that rendered him
a very amusing companion.

Yesterday morning a young: man, of re,pritiable
appearance, underwent a long Orfrafe examingtion
4t the Secretary of State's Office, befereSir RICHARD
FORD, on a charge of being concerned in counter.,
lei t ing -the coireof Denmark.---Ile was committed ,to
Tothill.fields Bridewell, for further examination.

A few• days ago a very melancholy accident hap.,
pened on a Warren, .near Driffield, Yorkshire
Bricklayer's labourer, in returning from his work,'
having unfortnnately lost his way, got into a man.
trap•that was placed for the purpose of defending
rhe‘ warren from poachers : notwithstanding his
groans, he remained there for many hours before he
was found by sme of the Warreners who was going
his round. When conveyed to Driffield, his thigh
was so lacerated by the trap, .that he died in con.
sequence.
i-TN rr.RAL Yesterday Sarah IP;va?, the
wile of a celebrated Pugilist, was examined on se.
vetal very serious charge.. The first was that of
unlaWfully pawning a quantity of linen and wear..
ing apparel that was entrusted to her care to wash ;
the second, for a similar business, as to the bt.d.
furniture andslinen- of her ready-furnished apart.
meats ; and a third charge, for having. toi4st,lpt.-r.
tense of being extremely fund. of sn,n.:
dren, carried off several of them, a,. '; th,lu
of their frocks. She was fully Cc
MAR i:Boactran.STa a yr.--On
Machin:on, and Alice his wife, who are iii,
by their daughter with stealing and inurdefink,
a child-in the neighbourhood of Chelsea, were
brought before Mr. CONAN?, and underwent
another examination. 'SeVeral persons attended
who had • been dispatched by the Magistrates
to the ,neighbourhood of Chelsea, to make. dill.
gent inquiries respeding a child having bien
lost, when they all stated, that, after very Patti.
Cular inquiries, they could nor learn the least
tidings Of any such circumstance having taken.phice.
The girl accounted fur the child riot being found at
the place she described, by asserting she suspefted
her father had taken it away, as he got up at five
o'clock the following morning ; but the Magistrate
_am not give credit to this tale, for the man was
discharged. The woman was committed to the
llonie of Cortedion for farther examination. The
girl told another tale of her mother havirik stole
another child in a village on their way front Scot.
land, and took it into
,a barn and stripped it of its
clothes. The girl is secured at the Workhouse bX
order of the Magistrate.

a
.'r,.
'± ~'

i

"u~.'_