The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-28 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

THE HAGUE, DEC. 23.—Letters from Berlin re-
ceived here announce that her Royal Highness the
Princess Marianne is new recovered, and her daughter
Princess Charlotte is in very good health.
A letter from Fort Bath says, that his Majesty's
shin the Zeeuw, which has till to-day been s'ationed
near the fort, to defend that important point against
any attack of the enemy's naval force, had received
orders to go to Flushing (where it has already ar-
rived), as no attack can be expected at this advanced
season, and a longer stay i❑ the river might be
dangerous to the ship on account of its size.
We learn from good authority, that the Captain
and crew of this vessel will be employed during the
winter in other services nearer the enemy, and when
the Zeeuw can leave the port again, they will return
to it, and resume their station in the Scheldt, in case
the enemy should be disposed to make an attempt
in that quarter.
We learn from Dutch Flanders that all was quiet
on the frontiers ; according to the accounts, the in-
habitants of the Belgian Flemish villages suffered
very much, because they were forcibly taken away
by the French soldiers to assist in erecting the
works for the attack of the citadel of Antwerp.
Several of them are said to have been killed or
wounded. Several Dutch ships have lately arrived
in our ports, which were under embargo in England,
but were released, according to the Order in Coun-
cil of the 3d instant, because they are laden with
perishable commodities.
TIIE HAGUE, DEC. 24.—News has just been re-
ceived here of a landing made yesterday, near Doel,
by our land and naval force, which had not the suc-
cess that was expected. A very short action took
place at Doel, where the enemy, greatly superior in
number, was posted behind the dikes. The loss on
our side seems to have been 14 killed and 60
wounded. Two officers of the army were killed,
and several of both army and navy wounded. The
object of the landing was to make a larger breach in
one of the dikes up the Scheldt.
On the 21st the garrison of Lief kenshoek made a sally,
for the purpose of driv rig the French from some houses in
which they had taken up their quarters. The object was
accomplished, most of the houses being burnt. We had
three men wounded, none of whom were left behind.
AMSTERDA)I.-The Amsterdam Courant of 26th of
December, contains accounts from Brussels and Antwerp
of 23d and 24th, announcing the capitulation of the
citadel, the destruction of the Dutch gun-boats, &c., as
stated in the Brussels papers.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, DEc. 24.
Actual Debt, 2.Y, per cent 39% to 40%,
Ainort Syndic, 456 per cent 664 to 67
Ditto, ditto, 3Y2 per cent 5356 to 544
N'oluntary Loan, .6 lftll, 6 per cent 97 to 984
....___

Ditto, ditto, 1831, 5 per cent 7s— to 75.k1
„Dutch Papers, Der. 26.

Johnson—l want the thing that's right, that's
all ; it is not a piece of my trousers.
Cooper's confession was not read.
The CORONER then asked the prisoners if they
wished to say anything. They were not called upon
to do so, but they were at liberty to make any
statement they thought proper.
Johnson said he had nothing to say.
Fare also said he had nothing to state, and
added," The pipe-bowl you talk about was my own."
CORONER—If the Jury return a verdict against
you, you will be committed to take your trial for
the murder.

Johnson (with apparent indifference)—that re-
mains to be proved.

Johnson then put on his bat, and tucking up his
sleeves to receive the handcuffs, which were imme-
diately placed on him, walked out of the room in an
unconcerned manner. Fare and Cooper were
handcuffed together, and with Johnson conveyed to
prison.

The CORONER then summed up the evidence,
and the Jury, after consulting together a short time,
returned a verdict---" That Benjamin Couch Danby
was wilfully murdered by William Johnson and
John Cooper, at or about midnight of Wednesday,
the 19th inst., and that Samuel Fare aided and as-
sisted in the commission of the crime."

The witnesses were then bound over to appear
at the Sessions against the prisoners. The execu-
tors of the deceased's father undertook to prosecute.
Evidence was taken against Fare fur having
robbed the deceased before he was murdered, and
for which another indictment will be preferred
against him.
From the evidence which has been adduced in
this long and laborious inquiry it would seem that
the commission of this dreadful crime has arisen
entirely from the free and imprudent conduct of the
deceased in associating with almost every aban-
doned vagabond whom he met at the public-houses,
and to whom the exhibition of his purse was a suf-
ficient temptation to commit murder. It was sup-
posed that Danby always carried a great deal of
money with him, but that was a very mistaken no-
tion, because it is well known that when he left
London, about a week ago, for Enfield, he had
only 3!. in his pocket, one of which he had paid on
account of a debt which lie had contracted, so that
the utmost sum taken from him by his murderers,
was 2!.

The statement made by Cooper of the manner in
which Johnson destroyed the life of his victim
caused a thrill of horror through the jury-room.
From the statement made by Cooper, it is evident
that when Johnson threw the deceased down he
plunged the knife into some part of the deceased's
head; a mere push into a soft ditch would not have
caused that sudden insensibility which affected the
deceased, and the pain and anguish it is evident he
endured when he exclaimed to his murderer, " Oh
don't, for pity's sake, don't take my life." The
circumstance of Cooper's cap being stained with
blood, when the deceased fell on him, is a strong
circumstance in favour of that supposition.
Johnson has for a long time been considered
an abandoned character. When in the cage at En-
field on Wednesday he did not appear anxious to
enter into conversation with any one, but continued
in a sullen reserved state during the day. Fare was
desirous to converse with any one, and said he was
fully satisfied that the inquiry wauld terminate in
his favour. Fare amused himself nearly the whole
of Wednesday night,
laughing and singing, but his
fellow-prisoner was perfectly quiet, and slept nearly
the whole of the night. Yesterday evening they
were conveyed to the New Prison at Clerkenwell.

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The LORD MAYOR—You seem to be above your
present condition. Have you not been a singer ?
The prisoner—Yes, my Lord, and I could earn a
good livelihood at that profession, but I hav'n't as
much clothes on me as would scour a spit. The
whole trade of acting is falling into ruin, so that
whenever I have gone to sing or recite of late, I
have found several rivals from the theatre in the
field. But for all that I wouldn't despair if I bad a
little toggery.
The Lon') MAYOR—I am afraid that your bre-
thren at the theatres are very badly off, and it is a
melancholy thing to see a person who is capable of
amusing a room, apprehended on suspicion of steal-
ing a side of mutton.
The prisoner—l was glad of the offer of a trifle
for carrying the meat.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, I don't think you got
the meat dishonestly, and I hope I shall never see
you here again in such a character.
The prisoner—You never shall, my Lord, but I
hope you will have no objection to let me describe
this event in a poetical way. I can dress it up in a
bit of a dialogue in Tom Hudson's style.

The LOUD MAYOR—It is an honest but a very
doubtful way of living, and will always make you
poetical about the pockets. His Lordship then
gave the poor fellow a pair of shoes, and sent him
off to compose.
The officers of the police brought up a great
number of tattered children of both sexes, whom
they had apprehended for begging about the streets.
The ages of the unfortunate creatures were from
seven to fourteen years.
One boy, about nine years old, candidly stated
that he had been six months begging at the com-
mand of his parents, and had received from six-
pence to a shilling each day ; fourpence was the
smallest sum he had ever received in one day in
contributions. His parents did not show any dissa-
tisfaction at so small a sum as sixpence for a day's
work, but they growled at any thing under that
sum, arid whipped him if he appeared before them
empty-handed. Another boy took home to his
parents from sixpence to one shilling and twopence
per day, and was whacked if he ever failed. The
two boys, who usually begged together, were with-
out shoes or shirts, and had bare breasts as well as
bare feet. They were in the habit sometimes of
following ladies and gentlemen, and on such occa-
sions they ran through the mud to show how much
they were in want of a halfpenny, and at other
times they were to be seen shivering and shaking
in a corner.

Several of the other children denied that they
had ever begged at all, and said that the officers
took them into custody to show how clever they
were at catching little boys and girls.—(Laughter.)
They declared that their parents were dead, but the
LORD MAYOR ascertained that in almost all instances
of the kind the statements were false.

A cobler who has been working in the city for
forty years stated that many of the children infested
his neighbourhood, and had robbed him frequently.
They were so small that they could get in at a broken
pane of glass, and carried on operations without the
chance of detection. One of the set, a boy about
eight years of age, was cautioned by him on a certain
occasion ; 4‘ Oh," said the boy, " you say so, do
you; well (flattening his nose with his finger), you
may take it out of my elbow."—( Great laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR ordered that most of the
children should be sent back to the Compter, and
detained until their parents should be found.
An old woman who has been for ryevqal years re •
ceiving parish relief and parish clothing was brought
up, charged with having got drunk and abused the
parish authorities,
The LORD MAYOR-. 4 SOt lorry to hear such tin