The Sun.
London, England, 1803-07-12 00:00:00

FIFTH DAY--.-MONDAY, JULY 11.

Matthew Banks ‘vas Chaiged with the offence of
bigamy, in felOnibusly intermarrying with Alice
Higgins, on the. sth of November I Soo, former
.wife, Elizabeth Banks, being then olive.
The necessary fads in this case, of the two mar.
riages, and the two ladies being living, were duly
proved. The defence of the Prisoner, though eir.
cumstantial, not being satisfadoty to the Jury, they
found him Guilty.
Anttrm Gill was charged with stealing and, ern.
bezzling sevetal pieces of money,' ainOunting'to tl.
95. 6d. the property of Joseph Chabet, a potatoe.
merchant.

The evidence adduced in support of the charge,
did not bring the case home to the Prisoner, the
Jury therefore pronounced him Not 'Guilty.
Sarah Blackball was conviCted of stealing a
wheelbarrow, the property of Mrs. Mary• Wynne. ,
• Charles Fic:l,l was found guilty of stealing three
printed books the property,.of John Mudie, Book-
seller.

A few other cases of a similar
disposed of, the RECORD? it proceeded to`pronnunce
the Judgment of the Court upon such Prisoners•as
hael been convitted in die course of the Session,
viz. Sentence of Death upon the following carntai
Convids.

Benjamin Smith, Matthew 'Webster, Dominic
Welch, Chas. Wilfred Eyres, Charles
Ward, Maria Batrell, Maria Tate, John Thompson,
Samuel Collins, Red. liajties, Eleanor Brown,
SoPhia'Blondell, Moses Murphy, and 'Alice Bennett.

Twelve convi&l were sentenced to seven years
transportation one to fourteen yearitransporta.
lion, and eight to twelve months imprisonment.

The remaining Convi4s were, then,adjudged to
.puniihtnintS ; after Which the' Sessions were
adjourned to -Wednesday t4.rlt of September. '• '

PUBLIC-OFFICE, BOW-STREET.

LAST, Wednesday, as two of the pairale ivere
passing through- PicCadilly, they apprehended.' a.
man .as being disorderly, Alter he had been in
custody a short time, the Officers suspected him to
be a returned trantport. On 'examination,it ap.
peared that rhe Prtsonei was tried at the last Sep.
tember Sessions, and capitally convicted for break.
ing open a public.house,in Queen.street,
but received His Majesty's pardon, on condition or
being transported' during his natural life.
Yesterday be was re.exaMined, when a Captain
R!AD, of the hulks at Woolwich, stated, that on
Saturday the 2d insh being on board the Retr;bei.
tisn hulk, he heard an outcry, and going upon deck,
observed a small boat Toing from 'a lighter that
was employed at the stern of the hulk. He heard
"'wet men who were left in the lighter calling out,
that six of the convicts had glade they escape ; Capt.
RP. AD then got into the ship's boat with four men,
and pursued the convicts down the river`; he followed
them on shore at flick i t;gCree,k Mouth', landing abdur
five minutes after them, and soon after pvreeived
them in the marshes : following them alone (his men
taking different routes) by trackS, for about six
miles, he discovered them in a corn field, 'where
they had all but one contrived to get their irons off;
and, on making towards tkem, three ran off, one of
whom was the Prisoner, the other three'he secured.

Joseph Punter, a lighterman belonging to the
Board Of Ordnance, said, he was in a sktfrat the
rime of the escape, and was clo,e to the
ti®n hulk, when six of the cont sqddenly-jume-
ped into his boat, and one of their) running up to
him with a draWn'knife, swore hi would stab him
if he did not instantly jinni) our, which, inringh
fear, itecomplied with, and got into- the 'lighter.;l
Two of the convids seized, the oars, and droiher
cut the headlast of the skiff, and they r,,tt
down the river. A koil.e wa. fonfid :upon' the Pri-
soner, which proved io he the in,tromrot frr
,ving off their irons. -He Weii com:nit ted
I r being at large in this kingdom Ater
ordered to be trAnsported.

Putitished by WILLJAM AAMICEA
to the Pager. Ldirri lut the ALiagr. A

From tim LOXDOAT GAZETTE, Ju! t 8o)

by the I.,tdL:eute.wpsl f.cr the .N1))11) Riding
of tise•CoCinly of York.
hz.l)cputy Lieutenants—The Right finn,:•Geocget,el Of
,n Fret. Right iron. "_-no mas I ,Lorti (;ran-
t:. The Right I u. Morris Robiii,m tord,Rek,:bV.
.Xl.le,rinan. Sykes.' Bart. Sir George Cisyl4l
nail. Sir George Russell, Bart. Ralph Greniile,
rhosn is Hustle:, Esq. Peter Denys, Esq. Piet.
Ince, Esq. Richard William Christopher Peirse,. EA.
IVillimn Batchelor Bailey, Esq. Christoplier.Richarlwili
EN. Richard MoOrsome, Esq. Williain.Rookes Leeds
Seriz.antson, Esq. Sheldon Cradock, jun. Esq. Wil-
liam Bethill, Esq. Edward D'Oyley, Esq,; Georo
Nag. Bartholomew Rudd, jun. Esq.. John
Fouicrgill, Esq. •
~,metlr3lems Itt the North Riding of Yorkshire 'Militia, sigle4

by the Lord -Lieutenant.

William Chaytor, jun. Esq. to be Captain. Dated April tsi
1803.
Frani.:ls Hartley, Esq. to be ditto. Dated April t;, iBO3.
It ichird P. Strangeways, Esq. to
„be ditto. Dated May 14,
igo3.
Healey, Cent. to be Ensign. Dated May 24, O.*
(' n~uicoiatJ in the North Hants Militia, signed 6y the Po
Lieutenant. '
•,
lohn Lovett,. Esq. to be Captain. Dated Tune jo, iSo3.
Harris diggwither, Esq. to be ditto. Dated tine 30, ISO'
Ensign junta Gauntlett to be Lieutenant. Dated June 151
5.33

Comoit:lons in. the Ayrshire 'Militia, tlgnerf hy the Lod Lial"

&mat!.

Ensign Andrew Hire to be Lieutenant, vice Duncan, resign'
.ht. Dated I tine t 7, 1203.
?Redrew Lathe-art, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Johnston, fe•
-sigdeTl Itateri as above.
fame.,,liendorsou, .Getat..to be ditto, vice Auld, promoted.
Dated Inn_ IS, Maj.
.Neil Gent. to be Ensign, vice Hair, procnotA.
18°3.
- Catuzniisions in the Aberdeenshire Militia, signed 4v she Lori
L'eweisant. Dated 711.1. 27, I tioj.
George Gordon, Esq. to be First Major.
Keith Turner, Esq. to be Second, Major.
.•
Grorge Primrose, Esq: to be Captain.
Dotizid, Fraser, late busign iii Diiite.of. York's FentiloW•
• _Re.4iinetit, to,be Lieutenant, vice Griiiksliank. ..44;!
C;ninissians in the Norfolk Militia, signed ey the .Lard
tenant.
1- Eastern Regiment.—Ensign William Algar to be Lieutenant.
vice Williams, resigned. , Dated June 24; 1117.3. RichirJ .11
Browne, Geiit. to no Lieutenant, vice Beale., resigned, ;•''
Dated as above. Lieutenant Kichard Money, trout ne
Halt-pay of the 24th Light Dragoons, to be Lieuteliatit•
Dateu lune 27, 1203. , • . .
..41-mmissit,aa in the Roxal;Carmarthenshire Fuzileet Keithlica;
of Militia, signed ly Ike Laid Litatenalt. •
George Harris, Esq, to bo Captain. Dated May 30,1803.
Charlet-Rowland gent. to bc Second Li,:utolut,t•
Dated lone di, 1303.
Ccatatintrai,iis tho ,Fifi Shire Militia, signed 4y the Lie:dr:ant.
Dated 1,0,0 17, 1 Sof.
To be Ciptairis-.-Captain Alexander MaDodald, frorli the
Half-pay. Lieutenant William Hedderwick, of the 41,4 •
Foot.
To be LieutenantiLEnsiin Sinall. Ensign Mackenzie.
To be Ensigns-..lames Finlay, vice Small, promoted. Rich.
and Hoist, vice Mackenzie, promoted.
To be Surgeon—Alexander Methuen, vice Grace, resigrA.
Cainnarlion in the Tower Hamlets Militia, signed by thi L'A
.Lieuts,ant. Datet
.7u,e 30, 1833.
tsi Royal Regiment.—John Gail, Gent. to be a Lieutenant:
vice Gant, promoted. •
. Ea RAT ti 14 in the Gazette of the 9th April, 1203. • :
.11e,:frewsh;,e
For Archibald Main, Gent,- to be Lieutenant—read A rchibila
Mir, Gent. . •
,Exia.r&in the Gazette of tiutkasth tune, 1303.
Noethilinkiriand
For Patrick Romney—read Patrick Renney, ,
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