The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-01 00:00:00

GENERAL, OBSERV4TIONS:

The prevailing colours are like, purple, blue,
buff; and yellow. Scat( cloaks of lenu or worked
muslin, over coloured silks, are universally worn.
The I ire Uri hat of straw or inudin, orna.
merited with feathers or 11)Wer,s, are generally
adopted.

THE Oiritoi.—l'AirsieLLo's charming Opera,
/I/di/tart:, was last night performed before a to.
leraolv nuttier ►u►t Audience fir the time of the year.
A heautitul quartet to, in the F:rst Act, and the
opening duct by Bot.t.A and VtomstoNt, in the
Second, were encored. Madame L'Altoate
;nide her first appearance in 7be 7tagmemt of Pa.
cis, after her late illness, and the unfortunate acci.
dent of her husband. She was very w•irtniy re.
ceived, but was evidently oppressed by that Itim.-
tunate event, which, however, gave a more endear-
ing interest to her appearance.
THR THEATRE.—MiSII LEE'S Comedy of The
Chapter of IleridrAllit Wds last% night pc rtnrmed a►
the 1-1.9, inAtket Theatre, and the charaders alto.
gether were tolerably well supported. BANN I,TER
in Jacob, and Mrs. Gt uas in Bridget, chiefly dot.
tinguished themselves in the coin►c paths of this
agreeable Drama, Miss WoODFALL and Miss
GR !MANI were both interesting in Miss Mortimer
and Cecilia. MATHEWS did not mike the Go.
'vernor so prominent as we expeeled: lie wanted
' vat, and he wanted also the restless impetuosity
which the fair Author had in view. An instance
of Party-spirit occurred which was disgraceful to a
pan of the audience. S;Ane Mee r•ibbaadr happened
to decorate a toilet, and excited great disturbance
in the Galleries. Ett.isTorr came forward, and
.with promptitude and manly fervour, assured the
audience, that the ribbands were to be included
in The Chatter of Accidents, trusting that nol►o►ly
could suppose Politics would be suffered to niark
any Performance on that Stage. This pertinent
Speech, however, did not satisfy the perturbed
spirits who bad excited the commotion, amid ELL Is.
Tort therefore immediately removed .the offensive
ribbands from their sight. Mrs. Grans, who had
been driven off the Stage by the clamour which
prevailed, Was then permitted to return, and the
Comedy went on without farther molestation. It
ia wonderful that the same CiAintni zealots were
not likewise offended at the calm,- of the acne:
which formed the Dressing room that contained the
unfortunate toilet, as that also was light blur.
011 Monday died, at Bath, Mrs. KNIGHT, wife of
Mr. Ktefoice, late of Cavent.Gardet►
Mrs. K. wat tittar to the Countess of Dakar.

LEWES,
M• - ~ J
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twEs, ot:DAT, ULY 30,
Mi. Baron HoTttAM and Mr. Seti2 int RUNNING:
TON arrivrd at this town on Saturday evening, a:J
opened the Commission ; this rtititning they piocerd;
ed to business. .

On the C±vil Side nine ctit,es• were entered r()t
trial, three of which were Special Juries, but they
were all fur assaults anti olwrui!lions on Revenue
Officers, and notit of the causes are worthy any de:
tailed report.

CROWN SIDE.

SERJEANT IttlNNlNOtrtt.

Mary Gear, a girl of Sevetnee.:, was inclined
for the 'wilful murder of her female basiatd
by throwing it down the priVy and suffocating it.
Srah.Stainforti a.iid, site kept the Anchor public;
house, at Ringmoor, in • this 'County, anti that the
Prisoner lived servant with her in March last. On
the Bth day of that m=ll, as she was passing the
bed..rtiorn door where the Prisorx.r slept, she heard
her moaning as though in great pain. She-Went in
to inquire what was the warren; the girl said she-
was very ill, and that she had hurt hetielf 14 hitin
a large keeler boiler). The Witness got her stitne
warm gin and water, and bbC felt herself
better. Soon alit:maids, about eight in the even-
ing, the Witness went up into :he room again, an.l
was surprised r t finding the Prisoner nut there:—
She immediately went into the garden, And rota
with her coming from thence. Su.putting what
had happened, she asked her Where was the child
The girl immediately replied, it was th)wn the
privy.
Mary Stamford, the daughter.in.law of the last
Witness, confirmed the above staterne,t.
Chatles.Stamford stated, that he was in the 0„,
den on the 811 of .March, in the evening, and he
heard snmething, as it were digging, at the back
of the privy ; afterwards hearing what had hap.
pened, he searched the place, and found a new-born
mate

James Moor, a Surgeon at Lewes, stated that he
was called in I.) examine the child—he found it
Without any syMptoms of puttefanion; there was a
small laceration of the scalp behind the left ear,
above that a small hole, through which apart of the
hair had oozed out ; but there was no extravasatiun
of blood, or any thing which could lead him to sup..
pose that any Nioletize had been used to terminate
the life of the child. The lungs were florid and
healthy, and seemed to have imbibed atmoapheric
air ; but, he said, that was no decisive proof that
the child was born alive.

The Learned S,,ojeant who tried the cause told
the jury, thatihey first ought to be satisfied that the
child was born alive, before they pronounced the
Prisoner guilty of murder. He then recapit'ulated
the evidence upon this point, and observed, that
there was not a single tittle which Went to demon.
strate that the child was live born. IF they were of
this opinion, their next duty would be to say, whe.
ther she had concealed the birth, WHO woo d sub.
jeEt her to another kind of punishment. And he
confessed, from the nnoner in which she answered
to the interrogatory of her mistress, where the child
was ? declaring, that it was down the privy, that he
thought there was hardly sufficient evidence to find
her guilty of this part of the ca,e.
The Piry, ith some hesitatiJn, Lund her gene.
rally Not GilUty.

Thomal Kentredj, a syldier in the 14. th fiegirrienr,
was intlideti fora bloglary and violcot,assauit.tipoa
William Martin, at the parish of Icklesham.
In case, which oils of a. very aggravarea
nature, the, evidence was chiefly Circumstantial.
The Prisoner and. some other S ildicrs had been
in the habit of using the house of the Prosecaioro
who was what is called in this coon, y fi
trader, (.hat it, a Slltlg:i)c r ) who ,tiarit.,l the
soldiery with spirits, &c and ,‘one time in rehrua.
ry I,st they be:ntved ith a great di:gree of riot.
ousneEs, for which they were setitenced taa ,ever:
punishment by a Coot t Martial, Tlrs.was, how ever,
remitted upon the application of ?V tin. The t'ri.
sorter, from this time, conceived a design ot tr ve.•ge
against'the Prosecutor, anti, it 1v .I`4 proveti, frequent.
fy ingril a man of the name of Water to break into
his house, and not only to rob him, but .41,0 to beat
him severely. 01 the night of the z.l of the
Prosecutor and his wife both in bed, weie
awakened by several heavy blows; not,a Histanding.
their- cries they were continued ; the ite had her
arm broke, her' hands and sides dteadfullv bruised
and in their retreat, the villains car-tied Of a watch
and other articles. They could n..it identify the
Prisoner, but one of the persons, supposed to be Ge
Pt itoner, spoke with an Irish accent, 11041 woe
Soldiers cloud's. When the alarm was given at the
B•stracks, which was done immediately, the Pri-
soner was found in bed as though not having hen
out that night ; hut the &demi searching about the
bed, found his breeches concealed und.:r the bed,
the seat of them being very much dirtied and wad&
• rd, and looking unand, they discovered that a man
had evidently got out of a window, and had
down a window frame, which wouhi have t!,e eficzt
of dirtying the cloaths just as his were. It was also
proved, that a persoo like Hun was seen :.Gaut the
street on the outside of the Barracks.
The jury found him—Guihy.,

The following particulars are just received frith
Botany Bay respeaing G.:orge'Cross:ey, the At-
torney 01 notorious. memory : That on his aliiv,tl
there he first kept a shop for the sale of all kinds of
goods at Sidney, in which shop he contiont7,l thrae
or four Years, and from Ocoee removed Ilawkes-
bury, wlure.he.now keeps a f:trin, 44n1l is Siillyo9e4
to be pussessesFol considerable property; hot at
mu3l, not being 43ti$iittl in any situalion, and
hankcling after gain, whether by fair means or
he is about etez'king hrewely cur the side of ~,of,g
beer ; and being equally anxious to his 0.. t
practice in the Law, la now engaged
With a Dr. Watford, it praCtitionet in pity ic, rt.
spteting a ht,u,e, which he and the Dottor purehas
of DA:key lUtinson, another convict. It is
equally true, that jut before he left the shop at
Sydney, not being willing to lacy Lis just
the creditors obtained execution, and sold his g tod
As to poor Et.irrinAton, lie is still a Innatic, and
has a man to attend him upon all Occasions
am he goes.