The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-15 00:00:00

INDIA.

MAVIS IPETLESLEI,S COLLEGE in EENGAL.

Tits following has been transmitted from,nengal
by the last packet, as an authentic Copy of the Let.
ter addressed by the Vice. Provost of the College to
the Senior Student, for the general information of all
the young men attached to that Institution:
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As some unforeseen rumour prevails in College, tespeaing
a Letter from the Court of Direttors to Lord W t LEI. on
tilt) subject of the College, 1 will thank you to mention,
that the Lefter of the Court of Dilators contains the most
approbation of the plan, and of the purposes of
the institution. •
Their onlyobj.:Ction has respea to the expcnce : they oh-
serve, "that they have great pleasure its expressing their
high approbation of. the public spirit and conspicuous talents
of Marquis W. in the conception and arrangement of a plan,
which, under other circumstances of the Company's finance, •
they should have thought deserving the most serious cots-
,' Iteration." They therefore propose that the. College should
be modelled on a reductxt plan, confining it to two or three
languages, and cutting off the additional ;allowances of the
Students.
His Excellency being sensible that such reduition would
Answer the purposes of the present institution, and that
the objeCtion as to expenee arises from supposing that the
Colley is on a scale of magnitude which does not e‘ist, hag
Issolved to represent these cirCUMStatiCeS to the Court of I)i..
!Wins, in the confidence that they will sanction the existing,
i!`2t'tution. In the mean time, to prevent the necessity of
Students coming from the other Presidencies belbre the
'V he finally established, His Excellency 1144, by an, Ad of
1 C •
wined, declared the abolition of the College 'on the 3 tat of
,
December, 1803.
Till
i.lhalpericol, the existing institution shall remain as it
And ! -rapit......na and Statutes concerning
pas n is his Lordship's determination, ;hat it shall be
";'.every degree of energy 'his Government can at-
, that merit, as hitherto, shall be conspicuously re.
slily to the stattites
1 ,143 w, andthat discipline shall be strictly preserved agree-
The llomisay arsdof the Institution.
Coll Mtsdras Students of 1799 and doe, leave
!"g agreeahly.to the Regulations at the end of :Soz, and
ti fie'
of aot, at the end of 1803. Your's, &cc
l'""e 41 1802. C. BUCHANAN.

la Tut hair is exposed over the brow, in a tuft of
rge curls. The turbans, capots, and tque caps
dn not come forward on the brow. The edges of
the evots- are still turned up, and pressed into wolf's
teeth 1(44.. 'Those in the newest fashion are elf
grey satht Tp he Toe Caps are of satin and grey
elve!. Orshge,' rose, at.d a flesh colour are going
out of fashlan, Hats of radiated ribbons, sewed
together, are still worn. The small Savoy peck_
handkerchiefs are also in vogue.. Black velvet
hats are Are
rare. Short tunics are much in
,a'hidn; they have now the name of Jewish tunics ;
out ;ire
the same which were last year in fashion,
ut'der the name of Mameluke tunics: They are of
black velvet, with a deep black lacing, of white
velvet, or of white. crape, with a border of silver
embroidery, on a hand of velvet, or a ribbon.
Silk and cotton mnrning robes, of a chequered tex-
Ore) and of an amaranth, or a Turkish red colour,
are much worn. The square shawls of fine l loth,
are chiefly scarlet. No person of .fashion wears a
Spencer..
The full dress for Gentlemen is, now, coat, vest,
4NI breeches, of black cloth, with pockets ; sword,
:ith a silver hilt; shoes; with buckles ; point ruf.
at,..,the hands and breast ; great.coats of an
Airiericau drab-colour, c.

English now inTaris intend to give, on the
ii
I.°lll°fisiwary, a magnificent Ball and
ae nirth.day Sup
Gper, in
onour th
nit tutu. of the (.2vERN Of lt SAT

Several slight shocks of an Earthquake were felt
On the iaSth and 26th ult. at Sion, in the Upper
Valais.
Two Martians of the most furious kind, kicked
up a row Ye'terdaY, in
Was e middle of e day, in
Cheapside, which
theth th
occasion of collating
a great mob. These two Irishmen, it appears,
vere, in the
rd Horning, -great friends ; bat, meeting
fair gyprian, they took her into a coach, and
timed so inuch smitten with her,' that- both ins.
rneiliately became candidates for her favour and
atfation.... This ptoduced a quarrel, which ended
in blows. One of them was severely
.beaten, and:
his face wils covered with blood. As they.fnught•
in the coach, the battle did not last ling; for there.
was no roots for shifting. ' The fair objea of their
quarrel chose, in her opinion, the bat man, and of
course went off' with the conqueror.. The defeated
lover was driven away in the coach, who, on re!.
flen
rs, ion might fairly conclude he was a gainer liy
the h.

•
ANECDOTP*—Wen FIELDING 'bad finished his
Novel of 'rain goner, being much distresied, he sold
it to an obscure Bookseller for zgl. on condition
of being paid on a certain given day. In the meats.
time he slimed the MS. to Thomson, the Poet,
who was immediately struck with its great merit; ad.
'sited Ftt Lot izo by all means to get free from the
bargain, which !te did without 'much difficulty, as the
konkseller 'wal"bot capable of estimating Oat value
of his purchase. THOMSON recommended the work
10 ANDK Elv 'MILLER, and the parties met at a "Isa.
Vern over a beef-steak and a bottle, MILLER be..
Raa,with saying, " Mr. Ft ELDINO, always deter_
Imine on affairs of this sort at once, and never change
Ycifer, I will not give one far' thing more than
!'0 hundred pounds." " Two hundred Nunds
(cries Ft s ut rto) " Yea," says the other," "and
If not one farthing more," Ft s LDING, whose cur.
Prize arose from joy, and not disappointment, shook
hint by the hand, and sealed the bargain, and ordered
in two bottles of wine. MILLER got a .very large
31int by, the sale of the book. He at different times,
du,rint:bis life, assisted FIELDING With 25004
4cbt he cancelled in his will.
In the erigti of CIJAR LES 11, a Professor of Clas-
llow, named ZACHARY BOYD, translated the Bible
into rhyme, and left the MS. to the University of
Clasgow, with a legacy of 30061. •to defray, the
txpences of printing it. The University refused
to accept the money,. but retained the MS. That
they consulted bath their own .ereclit, and,. that :of
the testator,' in not publishing it, will appear from
the following specimen :
"#RtWas three days in tbe whale's bellyi without fire or
AM eaa
ot die,
had hhint all tht %Nis but cold till-guts to
~bandis,•l

OLD RiaLEY,

?HMO DAY---JAN. 14.

MURbER.
George niter was indieled for the wilful Mur.
der of his wife, by drowning her in the Padding.
ton Canal on Sunday the sth of December last; to

which he pleaded not guilty.
He stood charged also with another indidment for
the wilful murder of his infant female child, of
about the age of eight months, at the same time,
and in the same manner. He was tried only upon
the first. _

Mr. KNOW LYS opened the Case for the'Prosectt_
tion, in a very sensible speech, observing that the
evidence was purely circumstantial, and arising out
of fads which were to be compared with the deli-
berate declaration of the Prisoner himself before Sir
RICHARD FORD, at Bow street, and by which cir-
cumstances, as they should be detailed by the Wit.
nesses, it would appear that the most material parts
of the Prisoner's declaration must of necessity be
false, and that these circumstances could not exist
consistently with the possible innocence of the Pri-
soner at the Bar; so that the necessary and unavoid.
able inference must be, that the Priioner threw his
unfortunate wife with her infant in her arms, into
the Canal, by which they were drowned. He then
stated all the circumstances of the case, and proceed.
ed to examine the Witnesses, the substance of whose

testimony was as-follows
Jane Ilotha-m•—•4.‘: I mil the mother of the deceas.
cd ; I live in Boswell,court, near Carey-street ; she
left my house on the Saturday three weeks before
Christmas Day, about five minutes before four
o'clock. I took her from the Work-house to sup.

port, her with her child, and to live with me on
her endeavours. She slept most nights and in gene-
ral with me. She left me three Saturdays running
to go to him (the. Prisoner at the Bar). She .hail
four children, two were at Barnet at the Poor-house,
one had died, and one in her, arms.
.1 never saw
her after that Saturday, neither did I ever see the
body. She took the child with her when she left
use on the Saturday."
Cross.examined, she'saiti; the deceased had been
twelve months in the Work-hot:se, She was eery
unhappy in her mind. They wanted her little,
child to be sent to Barnet, hut she was so fond of
it that she would not let it go.
Joseph Bradley.---.--" I live with Mr. Row near
Grosvenor-square. The Prisoner lodged with me ;
his wife and child did not lodge with hiin at my
house. On the Saturdareeening before the death
Of the unfortunate woman, she. was at my house;
she slept there with .her husband. I saw them all
three on the Sunday morning ; his wile breakfasted
with me, and she partook of a glass of rum, before they
went away from my house, which was near or about
ten o'clock, I did 'not see the Prisoner again at his
lodging until about half past eight o'clock 09 the Sun.
day night ;:his wife and child w.e re not then with MT,
neither did I ever see them after they left my house
on the Sunday morning. The Prisoner. did not
make any inquiry after his wife and child again of
me until the following Sunday, the a ails of Decem.
bee. On that city I• had been to Highgate, and I
believe the Prisoner had been to Barnet. lie called
frt hlt at my mother-in-law'S hou:e ; her name is
Young. He bad never called for me there befOre,
except, as I believe, once, which was the Summer
before.. On Sunday the t ath he had no conVersa-
"„ticin whatever with me about his wife and child
Highgate. - We came' from there altogether., the
Prisoner, myself, and my 'brother.in.law. • When
'We Came to town, he asked me, if .his wife had
been at my house. I replied, not.thar• I knew of.
She used to call on him in general twice a week.
In the beginning of the week often, but always on
the Saturday. ..From what I. heard hoth his wife
aedhim say to each other, I found that they were
not on good terms, and they appeared to live un-
haprOy ats husband and wife; but they did not live
togethei. I • cannot tell exadly, . but I think he
lived :with me about three quarters of a year. She
Used to come to him on the Saturday to. receive, I
believe, some little matter of. money,. She wanted
.to come home to her husband. and- live with him',
andthatappeared to be the: cause of her uneasiness."
.cross-examined, he said, 41 She did 'not' sleep
malty times in my house, it might, be four timeg;
She used 'to come on the Saturday, to receive a little
money. , I never observed in my life that she was
addicted to drinkirig. I had seen her but
:sehliim
,beforershe Jeft the Work-house, and what her habits
•
Wert before that time,. Ido not know. Whert.'the
Pt;,'orire asked me about his wife,
...whether she had
been at my house, there had been no tumour of her
haVieg been lost. • The PriSoner is a Coach-maker,
and from. the sth of December down to the time he
was taken, he went to his work daily, and followed,
it as usual."
Margaret Bradley, the wife of the last witness.
" The Prisoner had lodged at our house for six or
eight months. I saw Isis Wifc .09 the Saturday
previoei 'to her death ; she staid at our house all
night•l—l knew her and her child very well. I was
at borne when_she left our house in the morning of
the Sunday, which was abOut ten o'clOck. From
what I obierved from both of them, I Am convinced
that they did not live on good terms at itll.—On
the. Wednesday week afterwards I saw the body of
• the child at Chelsea : I knew it very well to be the
Prisoner's child, which was brought to our house by
the. mother; it was a little girl, her name was
Louisa---I cannot seiy,tliat sever saw the Prisoner's,
wife in liquor:" - : •
.Eleanor Winter.—" I live at Westbourn Green,
hy'the side Of the Canal., my house' was c?tite,t the
Spotted Dog ;it is-now called theWestbOurn Green
Tavern.; Oil the sth of December last, I Saw t'ire
Prisoner',at my house-. lie came aloha eleven'
o'clock in-the morning, with his wife 'and cliild3o:
hcr arms' They staid at our: house
tecleek they 'brought some beef-steaks, which
• were dressetniy the Prisoner. They had a two.
penny glass of brandy, and fuer pints of porter be.
twcen them. My house is about two miles from
the Mitre TaVern, which is nearer the:Canal"; my
house is on the side of the towing path, and the
other is on the opposite side. While they were at
our house, she seemed low in her spirits, and she bad
.been cryitig—she. Said in the prOserice of her has.
band while he W;9l..Clost by her, that Ike ,ad *B4'M

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tbtre ihrlu. timer; ,and I Tecollo.
and she sold, that they tootesa,,,tb meet a malt ,i,tho
owed her betsband money, and
.1,.r.t1.14. 6Usiness was not
settled that day, she would not come after rt. any thoi-e.
They were both close togetbekin my house then.",

[This assertion of the deceased, alluded to what her, hus.
tx,nd had told her, by way of inducenient, to p,,o—xith him to
the side i,the Canal, r for, he said; it was there he vies to,
set" the Orson who owed him sonic nwney, and Who pro-
mised to pay it to him therel

The Witness proceeded.—" They left my house
A little before one. Abotit a fortnight after, I saw
the body of the woman at the Mitre Tavern, 'and
knew it immediately to 'be the -same person I • had
seen with the Prisoner on the Sunday."
John Gough.—“ I was waiter at, the Mitre Ta-
vern, on Sunday, the gth of .December last. I le_
colic& the Prisoner was there at two o'clock. I
think it Was half east four when they left our house,
because it . was quite dark. They left our house
both together, and the child with them. I was in
the house all the time they were there. Duririg
the time they 'were there, timber of them requetted a
bed, or prajmred to stns all night. They turned to
the left hand when they left our house, and that led
them to the opposite side of the towing-path. I saw
them from our house about too yards. A little girl,
of the name of Sarah Daniel, came to our house
few. minutes after the Prisoner and his wife left it."
(This the little girl corroborated afterwards, saying, she
saw the Woman with a child in her awls, and heard her say
to the child, " Your Daddy will come presently," and at
that tirnp it appeared that the Prisoner, alter having gone
,out
with his wire and child, carne back again in searvh c,t the
child's shoe, a material circumstance, because it showed
that the Witnesses were right as to the time of the afternoon,
it being then dark the importance of which will appear
when we conic to the statement or the Prisoner, signed by
him..
The Witriesi J. Gough proceeded—" \Viten the
Prisoner and his wife left our house they had not.
the least appearance of b. ing the worse for liquor,
Thse body of the woman was.afterw,trds brought to
the Mitre Tavern, and I knew it immediat'ely."-
Cross:examined, h,. said—t' -My mistressServed`
them with the last quarter!) of rubs. I will posi=
tively swear it was about half past four when
they.' left our house, • though We have no clovk in
the house; the I have tar that is, that it was
gtotviOg dark, my mistress came into the kitchen
tor catidles.---1 think •it w,t.s alymt half past four.
- The Witness'then added, that the way".the Prisoner
and his wife went from the Mitre Tss'etu teas not
the usual way, and that no bud wvnt,it, 'there he.
ing railings to stop the wly, except a person had a
mind to go over the fields to. Mr. Fillingham's
house, for which there was vin Meth, amid over which
he never observed any body' go before. He saw
the Prisoner anti his wife, howei;er, 'go .that way
for about a hundred yards,"
Hannah Patience." I keep-the Mitre Tavern.
1. On Sunday the gth of December last, the Prisoner
was at my house within woman and a child in the
Tap. room. They left my house about half after
four, as near as I can guess, but I have no clock.
I saw them leaving the house—neither of them tip.
peared to be the least in liquor. Sarah Daniel came
to me at that time and asked far a candle, and' the
Prisoner came back for the child's shoe, which Was
not found. I had nobody at the time in my house
but the Prisoner at the bar, and the woman.---.litm
very char,. rho. Neither rbi lose.lhe 11,1c.4a'
eledrie a bed at ely net er asked ati bad,"
trace f have been ce t?.:e spot, balf.a.erti-wis• for a
bed at our bout:. I afterwards saw the body of the
woman, and I ktiew it from the person andapparel."
Sarah Daniel gave the Evidence we have stated
already.
Charles Wield—" I was a fellow-worktnan,with
the Prisoner, at Messrs. Williams and Bushnel's,
coach.makers in Oxford.road, near Park-street.—
On Sunda'', the 5,11 of December, just before he got
to the house where he lodged., I merbiin ; it rwas
illiVii6olll six 6%1,4,1, or ,ver). -little after six o'clock ;
I knoie the time, for I was come from Chapel. He
did not go into his lodging, but went with me to
the Horse-Grenadier Publie.hoose, where I always
go to. I parted with him about a quarter after
eight. It might perhaps 'be. half after six .when
I met tke Ps-Isomer, bat 1 'ass quite su'e' it ;cos not
Jeven.''

John Atkins, ,a Boatman who dragged for the
body by order of Sir IcICY4ARD Fokp, gave an
account of his findi,ng it at a part of the canal call.
ed Chelsea Reach, abont two hundred yards from
the Mitre Tavern ; that of the, infant was found a
little way off.
Sir R. Fotto.**" I am one of the- Magistrates
at Bow.street. The Prisoner was brought before
the for examination. I had (heated him to be taken.
I do not recollea the day, but it was about a week
after the death of the woman I took the examina-
tion of him. I examinee{ him two or three times.
At two different Examinations, what he said, which
had been taken down, was-read distinetly over to
lum. He desired some alterations to be made in
it, which were made accutdingly. I read it over
to hini paragraph by paragrah,
.and that distinetly,
and I asked him at the end of each, whether it was
true ? He said it was. I told him he might sign it
or not. It was for him to consid,:r the conic-
quences of it; and he did sign it. There was not
the least threat or promise hell'out ro him before he
did it, but it was perfectly voluntary on his part."
The examination was then rcad, Which is, as
nearly as we could hear it, as follows :
My wife and child came to me on the night of the
4th of December, and slept at ray lodgings that
night. The next morning, between nine and ten
o'clock, .I went out with them, and we walked to
'Paddington ; we went to the. Mitre Tavern and had
some rum and some porter, and bread and cheese—.
Before that we had stopped at tile public house by the
Bridge, where we had Sk nu: beef steaks and porter,
arm which site wi,h4 itte to walk on by the
same way, so I
_wi9;,,lyith.her, and I left ,her
directly after we canyl ,fru!rt the Mitre .Tavern ;
which was about three o'clock.' E Ibis was in.
terhined by, the Prisoner's own request after it
was deliberately read to him.l I made the
hest of my way through lanes. and fields to.NAThet-
stread, being desirous to go to Barnett 9 see my
MO children, who were in a Work.hunse there.
I was about an hour and a halt walking front 'the
Mitre to Whetsead—C This %yds not less than shuns
ten miles, by the must desirable way, nor,less than
eight miles any way.l—When I got th'Zlre; I f',,una
it bu dark that I did not go to Bittnet,, but came

Lion.

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ilOrparo4olW.llT step MTV ITU 'TITTnIId
since.
had' not inquired for them, but meant to do so as
came back. came from Whetstead that evening,
bet %Ten 7 and 8 o'clock. I saw no person in going t 4)
Whetstead,.nur did I stop arty'wherei except at-the
Preen-Dragon at Ilighgate, where I got a glass of.
ruin. My wife had a hhick bonnet on the sth of Dec.
cember, and the chile had a straw bonnet or,. Afj.to fe
Ewa! a little in lipat. Then the Prisoner tnade-an
addition to his fiat exantinatinn, so deliberately'
read to him.7--"M_ y wife asked the mistress .of the
Inn, Whether die could not have a bed there? .bas
the mistress of the Inn raked I:l4.la.crcun for it,
quhick 1 and my wife thought too much, and there.
fa re
_she Said she :siaoald go_home," _

MI-is the substance of the cSse for the Prosieu.

Mr. Hoosow, Coroner .for_ Middlesex, befOre
whom the Inquisition was taken on the body of the
deceased, proved there was no mark of violence on
the body, and' therefore the verdid of the jury be.
fOre him was accidental death. He described the
Canal and the paths near it, and shoved the rz i.
sorter antibis wife went the nearest tray to the toad
to Towo, as they went from,the Mitre Tavern.
The Prisoner had an excellent charatler from hi, :
master,. and others.
The Cut F. BAR.ON Qf the EXCHEQUER summed
Up all the Evidence with clearness, and made Many
remalks on the most important parts of it,
as well as on diC nature of the. case itself, and left
the quesOon of'thii.goilt or innoeence of the Prisoner.,.
entirely to the jury, ..who retired, and having re:
Mained out of Court Abut a quarter of an hour,
brought in their Verdiet Gujhy.,
The REcottbEß• immediately pait the Sentence
of the Court, which was, that the Prisoner be hangs;:
ed no Monday, nytt, and his body, be disseeled and
~anatomized, pursuant, to the Statute.

jameslilley was charged with feloniously killing
and slaying Elizabeth Hardie, against the peace, Sec.
IhiS Case waif shortly dispose4.of.—lt generally
appeared from the 'evidence, that the, partks were,
very nearly related. At the time the unfortunate
event took place, they were both in a state of
intoxication, and had a kind of quarrel, in which it
appeared thedeetased was the aggressor, and had first
assaulted the Prisoner. There Was. no direa evi-
dence. of his having struck her. She died not long
after the affair, 'but was—in'a latigiiiihing state from
that period. the opinion of the Medical At-
tendant, her death was not caused by external vio-
knee, but proceeded froM an inflammation of the
lungs and 'heart, which was owing, he seemed to
say, in a great degree,: from the intoxication of the
(Ircea,;cd. In short, the Case was. of that nature, as
to induce the Jury, taking into their consideration
the-opinion of the Court upon the Case, to pronounce
a general verdiftOf Acquittal.

Samuel Richard. was capitally convicted for a
robbery of pl4te, is the dwelling-house of his roaster,
Wit). job3on, RI. of Finsbury-Nqu3re.

C44iR li EN;rALL QUARTER SESSIONS.

H 1 CIi:itS.HALL) JAN. 14,

Edward Gaybrerne was tried for uttering, know-
ing it to be forged, a seven shilling piece, as the
lawful coin of this realm.

From the evidence itappeared, that the Prisoner,
in company with another petson, went, on-the ad
inst, into a tripe.shop in Rosemary.lane, and after
buying a piece, to the amount of Id. the other
person demanded change for a 7s.' piece, which he
laid upon the counter. The woman of the shop ex-
amined it, and finding it to be a good one, gave
him the change, which, however, he immediately
returned to her, saying he did •not want it, and got
back his good 7s. piece.. However, in a moment
after, he said.he found that he could not manage
without the chaoge, which the woman returned to
hire, receiving in exchange a counterfeit piece,
which she put in her pocket without suspicion, as
she supposed it to. be the same she had examined be-
fore.
The two • men then went away together ; but
in this tratlae.tien, the Prisoner' appeared to have
atted only a subordinate part. They next proceed.
ed to a public house in the same neighbourhood,
kept by a person of the name of Smith,' on whose
wile the same trick• was repeated, with an equal de.
gree of success 6 hut a discovery of their persons being
made, the Prisoner was, apprehended and searched,
but no more base coin found about him, As to the
confederate he had note yet been taken. 'ln both
houses, as will as when apprehended, the Prisoner
appeared to have been much intoxicated, but, was
perfeetly sober in a quatter of an hour altetwards,
when carried before the Justices. , . .

The Jury, on, account of no more, bad cnin being
fou.ai upon him,- and Mrs. Smith having arknow.r
ledged that the put the counterfeit into her pocket
with other seven shilling pieces, thought, proper to
Acquit him.
Mary IL!! was tried for a similar offence, in ut.
tering.a ladd shilling, knosving it to be forged, on
a person of the natue of Neighbour ; but no other
counterfeit money being found upon her when search-
ed, she also was ilegurited.
This was a fortunate acquittal for her, as she had
been conviaed of the same offence before, the record
of which. was proved,. and the law makes a tepeti.
tion of it
Smsalitoh Sortie" on a charge of uttering a bad
sixpence to i 4 Mr. Bellamy, was pronounced--Nor
Gtirlty.

Thorsday night JOHN WILLIAMS, Esq. Comp.
troller of the Cu,storus' ac PCHISMOUtiI, seized in- the
London Stage Costeh, a very large quantity of
French Lace.

Seth was the power and impetuosity of the east-
erly wind on Tuesday, that the tide was driven up
to Chelsea in a torrent, an hour and a half before its
regular time, and swelled to such a volume of flood,
that the Thames overflowed its banks, and rose so
high facing the' church, as to cover the road and
footpath, and extended at some depth even to alit
wallAtf the cli if not quite, fifty
feet from the wharf.