The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-12 00:00:00

RIOT.

A curious case also. came on relative to 0 riot, of
which the circumstances were briefly these
A Captain Atkinson land left Ireland abOut font
months.aga, Leaving his wife and two children be.
hind him. Upon his not returning, his wife ftAlowea
him to-London, and found that the Captain had been-
consoling himself with a lady of easy virtue. This
usage could not.be expetied to he borne with pa.
tier= by a jealous wile and.an Irish woman. Mrs..
Atkinson, who is certainly an handSomc woman,
but.tatheC.thasculine, having assembled an army,
consisting of Mrs. H9gln, her mother, who might.
well have led a band of Amazons, Anne Notchin.
son, her maid, Henry Hutchinson, and Thonsti
Sheridan, marched to attack Mrs. Hauls, the ob.
jen of her jealousy, and made a great deal of noise
about her house, but for the two first times com-
mitted no dirt:A violence. On the third time, how.
ever, whicliwas at two o'clock yesterday mornin4,
her house was attacked in form, and several of the
windows were br,ken by the comet Inds, of Mrs.
Atkinson, who asses:Jed that the .house. wag
Upon this Mrs. Ilarris called the watchman, and
lodvd.a charge against them. Nyidle in the watch.
house, Mrs. Hogan, the mother, aimed a blow at
the Prosecutrix, which was turned aside ,by
watctllciuse keeper.

The .condud of the whole patty was marked I.with
a singular degree of violence.. Mrs. Atkinson exhi.
hired a perfect specimeo.of a jealous woman. Ilex
features were convulsed, and it. wa jib the utmost
difficulty she COW restrain her rage at the sight of
her hated rival: Strumiet and prostitute were corn.
paratively mild terms ; and silence.was with difficulty;
preserved by the authority of the Magistrate. Ulynn
observing that her rival was pirgnanr, her fury could
not be restrained. She stamprd on the ground, awl
cried out, " There is the fruit of her villainy," and
in a rage fling out of the room. As there was no
answer to the ai of breaking the windows, the
whole party, except 'lllolll,li Sheridan, were corn.
naitted for trial.

A Swindler has lately made his appearance at
-Elinburgh, who plays off his cheats in the follow-
ing manner :—He calls at the house generally of a
Gentleman of the La :v, and inquires if he is at home;
if so, he devises some excue to get off; but if not,
he explessea much concern and wishes to know
when he in ly he expeded. This 4etticd to his
mind, he begs to be accommodated with pen and
ink, and sits down in his chamber to write a long
letter, which he leaves on the table ; and.in the in_
terim having picked up whatever is portable within
his reach, he take's iris departure proposing to call
the following day•for the answer.' •
Sunday seitinight between three and five o'clock
in the afternoon, Martlyke.how.e, the residence of
Mrs. Cu la is, in the Hotivell-rnail, near Bristol,
WaS entered l)y thieves, who, while the family
were attending divine service, carried off several
articles of valise, consisting of a g-ld Watch, metal
gilt watch,, a pair of diamond ear.lings and dia-
mond pinsi and 4.01. in cash and notes. ' Nu disco-
very has yet been made of the perpetrators of this
rdlibe ry ;„. •
On Thurs4ay sennight an alarm:ng fire broke on t
at tightpill,, near Rndhorough, in the, cloathing
ma'nufaaory of y4r,, SAMU I'HQMAS, which was
almost entirely consumed.; and the flames corn:
municating to the dwelling-home,. burnt furniture
to the aniount of about 501. and otherwise damaged
the premises.
An Inquisitian was taken on the 31st ult. before
JOHN GAai eistt, Esq. one or His Majesty's Co.
rOners, on the body of Richard Woods, lying dead
at Caton, sneai Lancastei ; when it appeared, that
the deceased had been subjea to fits, in one of which
he died, as he was at work, the preceding evening,
in a cbal.pit now sinking near GrassyardHall.
He was an industrious able . workman, about 34
years old, and has lelt a. widow and several chil-
dren.

man -from •Alte'neighbourhood of Shiftnal hal
been committed to Shrewsbury gaol for the atonic
of his wife.

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

HICKS's HALL, Sr..tr It.

John' Allister; foreman to a gang of workmen at
the. West India Dock, was tried for' an assault with
intent to commit a rape upon the person ol'Hannah
• Hanson, a girl between 1 t and 12 years of age, on
the tsth of March last. Her father is the captain
of a stop iii the Greenland Trade, and her mother
keeps a brazier's shop at Poplar. The Prisoner is
a settled looking marl, about 4.0 years olage.
It appeared in evidence that there was a dispute
about money matters between the parties, and that
there was a deal of ill.will between them on that
at:Count. It was also near three weeks after the
supposed transadion before the charge was brought
forward against the Prisoner. Several most re.
spedable people gave the Prisoner an excellent moral
charader..
The Jury,without the least hesitation, pronounced
him Not Guilty.
The same Defendant was then prosecuted at the
suit of the King, on the information of Mts. Han.
son, the mother of the girl above .named, and a Mrs.
Russell, a lodger of het's, for a misdemeanor, in hay..
ling made no! of the expressions, " God d----n the
King and all the Regal Family," on Good Friday
last, which was the sorh of March, at the house of
Mrs. H. before Mrs. H. and a- Lady who lodged
with her.
Hanson and Mrs. Elizabeth Russell swore
that the Defendant had come to the house of Mrs.
for the purpose of speaking about the account
which lay unsettled between them. They each de.

dared to the Court, that very warm expressions had
been made 'use of by the Prisoner towards Mrs. H.
on account of her insisting to have her money. fie
afterwards asked Mrs. Fl. v;lfit news there was?
She said that she was glad to see such good news in
the Papers as that His MAJESTY had recovered from
his late indisposition. Upon this they swore that
the Defendant said, " Donut the King," and used
several other scandalously disloyal expressions,
vi hies theytepeated to the Court.
Mr. Guitiq Ey , the Prisoner's Counsel, ridiculed
very forcifity the idea of a man ar the middle age
of life, and in a tolerable decent situation in life,
being supposed to have. made use of such inciirmi.
tory language to two old women, and that cagily
at the time when the most violent bickeriigs and
threats had passed between them.
The same Gentlemen as appeared to bear testi.
molly to the mural charaller of the Defendant, in
the former case, now appeared to prove his. Joy.
arty.
Captain Barclay had been inatrufted by the Di.
tenors of the West India Dock' Company to raise
a Regiment among the people employed in their
works, for the Deleoce of dm Country and the pro.
tection of their property. The Defendant wag
timing the first who volunteered into that Corps,
and he believed him to be as loyal a man, as arty in
the liogim2nr.
- Captain Burrows said, that if the Enemy were
to land, and Le was to he sent on any expedition
against them, he did not know a mart that be would'
. sooner take with him than the Defernidnt„
The Chairman' delivered, no charge, and. the jury
immediately declared the Prisoner. Nod` Guilty.

The Bishop of Sr. DAV IDN, in his admirable An.
,niversary Sermon, preached for the Humane Socieiy,
observes“ to act in motion the wheels of life when
once ~topped, is the t riumphant boast of the Resoci.
tative Art," —We might perhaps have been con.
tent to admire the fortunate issue of a few solitary -
efforts to restore life, and have considered the re.'
newal of sa,pendcd animation as a beautiful subjed
of speculation, if some generous and elightened minds
had not realized the art, and rendered it an intim.
ment of great national good.—Most judicious, there.
fore,
,was the prnjetft of making the Resuscitative
Art the ground of ;,..) appropriate Institution ; and
thereby uniting the efforts, and concerur.ting the
experience of individuals ; of tnethodizing and per.
feting the processes of resuscitation ; of • exciting
and diffusing a spirit of observation and inquiry con.
ducive to the preservation of life ; most charitable
and patriotic the design of thus extending the means
of relieving the distress dour fellow.creatnres ; and
st worthy the patronage of a benevolent and re.
lijious Sovereign.
On Thursday evening last, at the burying.ground
of Queen-street Chapel, Salford, the corpse. of a-
young woman having been brought thither far in.
termenr, a dispute respeding the grave took place,
between the friends of the deceased and the attend.
ants ail the chapel, which continued for upwards of
an hour, and terminated in the parties attending
the funeral digging a fresh grave, and Warning the •
corpse without the necessary rites being performed.
man is said. to have had one of his Ws neatly
bit um off by an adversary in the affray.
On Wednesday morning, about eleven o'clock, a-
fire was discovered in the premises of Mr. Joshua
BrOoktrlin, tanner, at Winnall, near ,Winchester.
Fortunately there was but little wind ; from.which
circumstance, with the timely efforts of the inhabi.
tants, and sonic of the - military atatiorted at that
place, it was soon got under. The mill-house,
countinghouse, and all the accornpt.books, papers,
&c. were, however, destroyed. The amount of
the loss is estimated at zBol.

The fire on Saturday sennight at the•KinivA
Arms, Lancaster, consumed the interior 'of one of
the, Stables, with a quantity of hay, damaged a se-
cond stable, and burnt lour horses to dea►h; 03
horses were wi►h difficulty rescued from the fi-nes,
one of which died soon after, and another was so
much burnt that be was obliged to be killed. The
cause of the fire has not been ascertained.

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