The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-15 00:00:00

'E OF THE VARIOUS OFFENCES WIT]

A SUMSIARY STATEMENT, DF.SCRIPTIV.

WHICH THE PRISONERS SEVERALLY STAND CHARGED.
Assault with intent, &c.
Burglary 2 Ditto, by Servants' l6
Uttering and having Counterleit Stealing in a dwelling-house
Coin in possession
Conspiracy 1 Stealing from the petson
Cutting and maiming 2 Sending a threatening letter ... 1
Housebreaking 1 Misdemeanour 1
Shojihreaking

Totl lO3

London prisoners l5
Middlesex ditto 74
Essex ditto 1
Kent ditto
Surrey ditto -2103

STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEIVGATE,
MADE UP TO YESTERDAY EVENING. Males, Females.
Prisoners under sentence of death
Prisoners under sentence of transportation for life lO 6
14 years .... 3 5
-10 years .... 0 0
' - 7 years .... 24 14
Ditto, sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, having
been convicted of felony, &c. l2 0
Ditto, for trial at the present Sessions
Ditto, acquitted on the ground of insanity, but remain dur- •
ing Royal pleasure 6 1
Ditto, whose judgments are respited 4 0
Ditto, committed by Commissioners of Taxes 1 0
.

Total

151

50

COCKERMOUTIL-Mr. Moorsom has offered him
self for this borough.

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We have to record another instance of the gross
superstition which, even in these days, continue to prevail
in many parts of France. A child, seven years of age, at
Anduze, in the South, having lain so long under a linger-
ing complaint as to be supposed beyond the reach of
medicine, its parents bad recourse to a species of magical
process, which consists in having the patient conveyed by
the mystical number of seven persons, at eleven o'clock at
night, to a point where three roads meet. He is there
stripped of his garments, on which one of the party in-
flicts a certain number of stripes with a rod, observing a
regular cadence, while the rest hold the sufferer by the
hand, all preserving a dead religious silence. This exorcism
completed, the poor patient is again clad and carried home.
In doing this not one of the assistants must turn his back,
nor must they go home by the road they came ; for if they
did, the charm would be destroyed. On the occasion in
question, in consequence of the situation of the house of the
parents of the child, which is in a narrow court, the party
were obliged to come in at the opposite end of the town,
and knock at the back door of a neighbour's house, the in-
habitants of which, not being, aware of the intrusion, were
struck with dismay at seeing this solemn silent procession
enter and pass through, bearing what appeared to be a dead
body. This mummery commenced on the 2d instant, and
was to be repeated for seven consecutive nights. We
are, of course, unacquainted with the result, but may ven-
ture to predict, that it will end in the death of the miserable
child who is the subject of it.
LAND AND
SEA TALES," by the Old Sailor, ap-
propriately called " the Sea Stuollett." The admirable
humour so conspicuously displayed in " Tough Yarns," has
long been well known on shore as well as afloat, and we
ars much gratified at seeing these warm-hearted, genuine,
characteristic effusions in so acceptable a form.
and highly char
The worth of these volumes are incalculably advanced by
some masterly etchings by George Cruikshank. Several
of the Tales exhibit very marked excellence, and are
thrown off with a liveliness and vigour, and imbued with a
degree of humour we have not found surpassed in any Tales
of either Land or Sea.