The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-07 00:00:00

OLD 1341LEY.

SICOND DAY-.--THURSDAY, DTC. 6:

yob" While was indicted I r burglariously enter.
ing the dwelling.hottfe ot Benjamin Butler, in Mid-
dle Sutton, and stealing theret,ut a coat, a waist.
coat, and other atticles, the property of William
Curtis and joset I) Butler. Benjamin Butler &posed,
that his hi was broken open in the night between
the 7th and Sth of November.: He heard sonic
noise in the u ash-house, which "was next to the
room he in he called out, Who is there
but received no arsvter ; he went to sleep again,
thinking it was sline of his lodgers. He'got up in
,the morning, before day.light, anti went out to his
work; and when he returned to breakfast, discovered
be had been robbed I he went in search of the thief
to Brentford, where he found him on that night,
with the coat and waistcoat on which had been taken
our of his hisose, and more of the articles in a

In) odic, which he knew to be his. :Other "witnease*

were called, who swore to the clothes ; and a sales.
man of Brentford proved he had 'that day sold him
a pair of breeches; which jimph 'Mulct swore to
as hits property stolen that night. The Prisoner made.
no defence, and was found Guilty.
Hannah Palmer. and Atm Ilrrrrir, 'both handsome
young' women, unties twenty years of age, were in.
dined for stealing privately twenty. eight yards of
lace, Ihe property of Christopher Fisher, out of his
.
shop ityGreat Gailtiford.street.
Christopher Fisher deposed, that on the zoth of
Oetober last, the -Prisoners came into his shop to
purchase some black:lace ; he asked them, did they
wish for real 'lace; or:British ? the Prisoners said
real ~.they' wanted something very` handsome.
They remained, near tWerity inintitea in his shop,
and had a .great quantity of lace shewn, to them,
all which remained on the counter. Ann Harris'
Seemed very well pleased with one piece of lace, and
:s, id tit Palmer, that she liked it better than any
of the others, as it was real lace, not like the lane
she had on her cloak, which was, she said, British;.
'and for the purpose, as the 'witness then thought,
of Orr-wing the difference, she threw the end ti i her.
acrusa,the. counter, anti. over all the lace
which lay on,
rt. ,l'he Prisoner paimer said to her,
she 'knew the lace on her cloak was. British,. end
saw there was a very great difrerence, The Pri.
stoner, Ann Harris, then went to the door, for the
purpctie, as he Prosecutor thought, of.painting
out ROMC piece of, lace that might hav:;....hecti in the
window ; but she did not go further than the shop
door, where she stood behind a pile .4 gouds, which
she thought concealed her front him; but which,
sit reality, not ; she kemed to him as if she
Was adjusting some part of her dress. *Soon slier
,he returned to the counter, and Hannah Palmer
illying asked thc,price of a piece of lace, which the ,
Prosecutor told her was r Bs. a yard, 'she said she
could not, give
.1., le than fourteen, which he re.
fusing, they both went nut of shop. The Wit.
,tress at that rinittlid not suspeit that any thinthed
beep taken horn him ; but as soon as they went
nut, he began to roll up his lace, which lay on the
Counter, and in less than three inioute4 missed that
piece which Ann Harris had admired so much. He
immediately lollowed them up Cranbutitri.illef, but .
could no where see them,
On the, he saw them pass his door, and f tt,
.t.
lowed them up tong-acre ; he followed them into
a linen.draper's shop belonging to a Mr,Nl.Knight ;
he went ,to the door, and beckoned Mr. M'Knight
to come to him; but he said, if he would come into
the,..porbior, he would, speak to him. He accord.
ingly went it!, and the Prisoners seeing hint, went ,
our of the shop; ire followed them; and. took Han.
rrah raliner by the arm, and asked her' to So with
lien : to which she said, she would go with
.him
h,rever he pleased. He. brought her into Mr.
114. Knight's sh,,p, and icnt.ft4r a constable, to whom
he vered thetn.—The lace never Was found, nor
did t')ey milk,: any admissions in their eximitiation
before the 'Magistrate.—The Prisoners did not call
any wltnes3, but said that they had Often, bought
dings at the Prosecutor's shop, and' that day they
saw earlh other bPi.for a ~few tninittes, while Ann
`Dorriswas trying'on a gownwhich-she had been
thaking.for Hannah Palmer. . . •

iir Ro2 EKT Cr It MI AM summed up the evidence.
The Jury found them both Guilty ; but rec ominena.,
ed them to Mercy on" account of theit.yohth.
watrindiaed,for stealing two sheets,
two blankets, and other things,, the property of Colin
Forhes, lett to the Prisoner with,afornished lodging.
Ann. Fro lies deposed, that the Prisoner, had taken
the tos!giogs rata, middle of Olciber last
_; that
orr the i sth of November she missed her, property ;
she, saw the Prisoner the night :before, but she did
re,urn to her house ; she found, oat. where she
sv,is, and had her tidc, en,into custody. It afterwards
appeared irr in the testimony of the QiEcer a great
part of the goods had been returpedoky, the mother
of the Prisoner; but when she wa o!st.Leti what she
had to oiler in her defence, she rroduced-st written
paper which container% a confession of her guilt.
Sir Ron rive thiAltAM said, the cotitioet of some
persons was highly torehensibleovho undertook. to
write defences for poor Prisoners, which, instead of
being a defroeti went direeily. to rntri?ve all doubt
of their
"(milt, ,She was accordingly foUnd
70.rith ,Ncort stood indiaed, for,,,Moninasly
wilting Ann 'Bray' on the King's highway, and
ling het in fear oilier. rife, with, an intent to robber.
Ann liraY deposed, that-on the zdth of !slave:obeli,
as she was going across the fields to Newington, the
I"risoner passed' her, and in-Iced what o'clock it was
that she' told him about 'eleven ; the. Prisoner thto
&mantled her money or her life ; she said she etasnot to be frightt4;ed out of her money that way
tip in which he desired her not to resist, as he viuld
call ‘lssif,t;irer, at die same time -whistling through
Lis teeth ; she said she could call absissence ss well
hi he, and imincdiately called our, "William :"
the Prisoner, al her rniking a noise, went away; but
she 10110 W e,! him : he turord alp)1:, and desired her
pot to follow him ; but •Aihe said she would, and
tigain cand !" the Priioner then r‘in
si awn w lane out of her sight : soon'after
tji v, and another carne to hcr assistance; Kinit

- - aim 1,101%11c utwmp,
aria knew him to be the same man.
William King said, he heard the former witness
scream, aline tan to her assistance ; wilco he came
up to her, she seemed very much frightened, and
said she had been stopped by a man, anti pointed
out the way he had ton ; that he followed him,
and saw him run down Dirty.lane ; he overtook
him, and asked him to come back, which be refused ;
he then told. the Prisoner, a young lady had been
stopped in the fields, and that he must detain him
on suspicion ; the Prisoner then agreed to go back
with him to the lady, and, on his way, he said, he
bad done. wrong ; and, being asked what be had
done ? he said, he had asked her what o'clock it was;
witness then brought him to the lady, who land.
fled him • he then lodged him in the sage.
Mr%.May, the (Meer who searched tim, found
about him a black silk handkerchief, tied up to put
on.the head and cover the face, with holes in it for
the eyes, such as, he said, :Was usually carried by
highway robbers, for the purpose of covering their
faces.

The Prisoner made no defence, and was found—
Guilty.

70seth-llawlint, and John
Field, were indiderl for stealing a gaMe cock, 'the
property of Isaac Ryder. '
It appeared. from the evidence, that the Prisoners
were shoemakers, living near Kensington, and that.
they had been in the habit of selling ;sme cocks to
the' boys at Kensington Academy. Some of' the,
boys attended, and identified the Prisoners, as hay.
ing often sold them cocks. The cock ,in [(petition
was stolen on the 2,4,r1i of M.vembet last, from the'
premises of one Stayes, who had him to keep 'foe
the Prosecutor. The Prisoners were seen lurking
about the place, and .the: same slay the •cock 'was
missed. It was afterwards found in the possesiion
of the Prisoners.

Several persons attended, who ,gave them n gond
&trader fur industry and honesty.—Griiity.

ON THE - •
111ALIGIVANT FRYER OP GIBRALTAR.

,TO THE EDITOR OF THE SD*Pi.'

~ .11 11, .
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Though the nature of contagious rlireatelLand •,
the 'laivs of morbid efiluvia have of late heap ably
investigated, and great progress has been Mall* . in
the art of obviating their influence, much still re.
mains to be done. No apology, therefore, is ne.
emery for any individual who exerts himself in so
important a cause. My intentiaw in this letter is
twofold ; first, to impress on the minds of the
public, particularly of erofessional men, the im.
portance of one article in. the mode of curei and
secondly, to propote a iimple,..end what I .expett
will prove in inthe' elegiac ae .effeitual method of
checking the progress of' emits nine • .
. iNQ accurate description of t symptoms of the
Fever which has raged In Nits agi and' Gibraltar
El
iar, as fat as I know, been yet published in this
Country.. I find it ,therefore necessary to inquire
olthose.whn are bettor, infrirmede whether or not
that.. Fever has ranch of an,. ardent type ? Is it: at.
tended with an increase ofheat, headset), and urgent
thirst ? . If this is.; i 4 Cale. .yery great advaiitage
will be experienced front the cold
.attlision, as recom.
mended by Dr. Co a a t it, of Liverpool. The Medical
Report,:
,of that author are now, it is to be hoped,
• familiar to every medical man. , Referring , the
Reader, therefore, to that :publication, I oITJ-tio
minute. aiSerVarioll4 on the eubjeti. :Whether
theories stand or 1411, a Mak* so unifotmly, effi-
cacious must triumph. I should he terry in think
that there ware any delay in recto:to& to it in thine
Fevers to which it.is sulted.,..'aiiii I coinet fret cori
sides every preiaitioner-who rejeCts it without pd..
per trial, as guilty of a gross negied, of,aneimpore
rant duty. ,An host of frivokns objeatons arid
excuses occur to persona , unaequiinted with , its
efficacy, which will never interrupt-the exertions of
those .who know it. Such tkje4ions it is impossi.
!ile always to, anticipate. I Alia!' 40001.04,e5.
a specimen- from . the works of , the celebrated
• Dr. Rosit,.• of Philadelphia. That -Author,' while
he expresses but an •intlifferent opinion ' of
its efficacy (an opinion which evidently arose
from his not employing it in the proper stage
of the disease), mentions as an obs•iieic whiefeien.
• dered its general use in the Yellow Fever imprac.
ticable, that a tub was seldom at hand, and that the
emergency of the case, and the shortness of the
time, which a physician coulthspentl with tiny one
patient, did not :admit Hof - the delay riecesaary In
sending for one. The cold effusion he thus con. ,
ceives inseparable from the use of a tub, an article
which, unless• it is at ,handr..will hardly he . thought
of by a pratlitioner who is eensibie of the impart-
ance.of this mode of cure, especially if he has been
accustomed to the frequent tneunvenienciet which
occur in military prattice.. All that is necessary is
cold water'in a vessel of convenient size.-...Allrge •
sponge ii also very useful, and 'may easily: 1)C kept
in readiness, If the patient is laid on.the fltior,
whether it is composed of wood, stone, or earth
(for no cerpet is to he allowed in his chamber), and
if the water is applied according to. the rules laid
down by the Author of the Medical Reperts, the
efficaey of the. remedy will not be dinimished by
the want of a tub; and the water thrown about is
afterward easily mopped -up* '1 All similar objec.
tions, where water either salt or, fresh can be eru.
cured, I consider as equally frivolous. -'
At Gibraltar, however,' the propriety of the cold
effusion, in the manner of Dr.Cuk alto tuultrdapenti
on the form of.. the, disease. ::Dr. leekstror recom:..
mends, the•preCtice of keeping the patient covered
with wet clothes, in the Yellow Fever o 1 '.tare Went
Indies,, even in cased to which Dr. CUR It I 4'5 mode
of application bettor- adapted. - A.eitnilat practice
is rnentionetl,by Mr. BICUCE, the traveller,. :is in
use. among the inhabitants of NaPstia. Its Utility,
however, .is-not yet, established, and it cannot
~
prnvc.oo-kviasal,; for it frequent.lv itappemi, evi-n in'.
itn early st,ige.of Fever, that the pititotialtable to
litirikd fitN of shuddering from the:uppiictoiOn of the
slightest cold. Thu. in twiny cases it merits a trial; 6

pernicious *twee its e
artfully watched, and judiciously modified.
The other subje4 on which I wish to luittress
the Faculty and the Public will appear more novel ;
but I hope to convince such as favour me with-their
attention, of the propriety
.of giving my plan a
full teal, though nothing but afloat experience.ean
ultimately determine its utility. I propose a tom.
plete and contin nal irrigation, for tome weeks, of the
streets and house: of met), town where a contagious
Fever prevails in any alarming degree. lam led
to exped advantage from this, not by any analogy
which it might be seppoSed to have with the afiu.
sion of cold water on the body in 'ardent •Fever,
but by the frequent experience of an improvement
in the state of general health in a 'Country on the
setting in of the rainy season. The inhabitants of
the South of Spain and of Gibraltar express great
hopei that the rainy season will terminate the ra-
vages of the present dreadful malady.
Taking the fact for granted, this salubrious effect
must, I think, be produced on one of the three fol..
lowing principles: either, first, by that alteration
in the state of the atmosphere which is the cans( of
rain, which precedes :it in the order of time, and is
partly indicated brthe barometer ; or, second, from'
the drops of rain purifying the air during their fall ;
or, third, .from the influence of the rain after it has
fallen and has drenched the whole surface of the,
Country..
If we believe that the beneficial effeas are prP-
duced by that state of the air which proves the
cane of rain, we cannot expett by atay process.
of art to imitate this Atatural. remedy. But the
hypothesis is in itself destitute of proof, and, in •
my opinion, even of probability. ,If we.embrace
the second hypothesis, that rain purifies the air from •
hurtli) particles as it falls, we shall also despair of •
'correding in this manner the state of the atmos.
phere by .art. But this: hypothesis is still more
improbable than the' former. The noxious cause
does ritt seem at all to 'exist very high in the at.
mospbere. Were that the case, contagious dis.
eases would he much more rapidly diffused through
a Country than they really are, They would neat.
ly equal the, wirlds in velocity, and would spread
in as many hours as il'ey require months. They
'are .evidenilfpropagateil by a contagion which is
possessed of very slight degree of vola tili ty, and
which is only communicated by a near approach to
the'pa' tient, of by the Conon of sub,..tatices to which
it etiheires,".
• 'The. Most tenable doEtrine is',that the, salubrious
influence` of fain proceeds, freitn the moitteniog
the general surface of the earth. Perhaps contagi.
ants matter is thus titstroyed, though this appears
less probable when we consider that contagion exists
chiefly in the 'interior parts of houses. But it may
operate very powerfOly by changing the tempera.
ture of that,stratum of the atmosphere. in which
the animated ivosid is immersed. The influence of
slight alterations of temperature no health, especially
when Trodnceri through the medium of moisture,
however difficult of explanation,' is evidently great.
Lone continued rain seems oflen to render that past
of the air . which lies nearest to the-surface of the
earth less fir for, cherishitsg'contagi'ous effluvia,
have no doubt-that, it alssrdititinislies rheaesceptibi.
lily of the human constitution to its influence.
this reason, dining the
.prevalence of malig
noir severs (whether our Opinions lead us to believe
them contlgious, or merely epidemic), I would proi
pose, especially in warn' clitnates, that 'we should
imitate, far as posiible, this procesi of nature,
Let carts of the same m
kind that are edlar moiiren.
the streets cif London, 'in stinitner, he constantly
employed,
,and,' let the same Grater engine* that are
used for 'eXtinguishing fire be cited in watering the •
houses of every sown and villa& where such mala.
dies prevail-. At-Gibraltar. the sea-water-Can, by
means of pumps and wooden pipesrbe conveyed wish
Facility, to every, part of the town. The predict
should also. be,otteruled to, the interioe parts of the
houses, provided no bad. effect, further than a slight
incouventerm, is experienced from it, •
The candid and enlightened, will, I trust, re,
quire no additional reasoning to convince them of
the propriety of this experiment ; I should wish
also to convince such as may entertain prejudice.
against.it. But what arguments they can produce to
raliresenr it either haziodcms on the one handl, .0t
trivial on the nther, Y cannot at present imagine.
I am• sensible that this, Process would not form a
perfect analogy
,with the setting in of the rainy, sea,
son. Aitifietal
,irrigation cannot be diffused s 9
extensively as rain is by the of Nature.. But
the limits set to ottr' useful exertions should never
discourage tis'froin doing what we can. If the it,
tlgation is extended to the apartments
.of every
house, probably poSqeSS advantages which. .a
fall of rain` does nun, For My own part, ink ppi,
flints of its success can only be changed by .41'141-
failure after a full trial.

ena iT
CXllrlOf preVe

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are

• will surely 14 that tne immense la,
hour requisite for the pu‘pose would prove too op..
pressive to the inhabitants of a town, or the soldier,
of 'a garrison; the greatest drudgery, which .it.it
pOsailde for imagination to omceive, cannot be
Compared to 'the misery, of finding so many of our
felloW.eseatutes cut off by disease, that the labout
of bury ing the dead, beCoMei oppressive to the liv.
log.
' 'llse novelty 'of the.experimenr, instead of fotm
, .
ing an Gbivetton, is a strong recommensiatspn of it.
The means hitherto employed for' cht-cking conta-
gion' have, in a 'great measure, failed. New me.
thoits, 'therefore, wheic they afford' the slightest
proven of success, cannot be too eagerly resorted
to. They always pruJui:e a ternriwiry.gleaM of
impel sand 'it )iny one among the nurnbers'ihat 'rife
tried. prove beneficial, we haye reason to congra.
tulate mankind on the 'result.- The method .I.llaVe
here proposed is sounded on mc.fantastic theory, but
suggested 'by well.known fins. I'should: be deli.
ciUnt in humanity if, with my present-cnovidions,
I`~iid not endeavuur to give publicity to tny-Senti.
merits.' My 'interest has been still ni,,,re.l4,iwerfully
excited by the late dismal newr from Gibraltar,.
from my being connoted by the ties of friend,hip
With several worthy indiVidual3 in'that garrison; of
whose Lee I am ignorant.
Allow -me to take the pftsent,'OprJrtunity of