The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-14 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13.

The Sessions commenced this day. Mr. Justice
1401:110Y..6 and Mr. JUStiCO3URROUGH presided on

be Bench:

Thomas WCbb was. found' guilty of stealing. two
cows, the property of the' Right Hon. •Jatnes- Earl
Waldegrave.
John Lynch, Robert Selby, and Win. Martin,
were convicted of the offetite of assaulting Wm.,
Heakes on the King's highway, and stealing from
his person a bet and 4s. 6d.. in silver. •
The prosecutor lived in Aye-street, Westmin-
ster, and being intoxicated be was attacked by
the three'pilsoners and robbed. John:Lynch,
io his detente, did not deny that he was concerned
the robbery, but declared that the prosecutor
had agreed to compromise the matter, bad actually
taken 9s. for that purpose, and had, into the bar. 7
gain, a Christmas dinner._
The prosecutor being called up, confessed that
ho had token 9s. which had been left for him, but
denied having entered• into any agreement to com-
promise the matter.
Thomas Lynch, 20, Patrick Lynch, 22, William
Lynch, 24, William Murray, 18, and James M-14-
tosh, r 23, were indicted. for assaulting Sarah
Priestly on the highway, and for taking from her
person 20s 6.1.
The three first prisoners were brothers. The
case was clearly proved against all the prisoners
excepting 111'Intosh ; and they were all found
guilty, excepting ril'intosh.

On Tuesday last the State Lottery finished
Drawing, when No. 5,535, was drawn a Prize of
30,0001. Consols, and 1001. money, and sold in
One Half, One Eighth, and Six Sixteenth Shares,
by 81514, at his Old Establisbed Offices. 4, Corn-
hill, and 9, Charing -,cross, where Nos. 8,441.
1,000/.77-12,816, 1,1001. 8,396, 6001. and
7,140, 2001. all same Lottery,- were all sold and
shared; making a greater Number of Capitals, but h
;a number and amount, shared by Ihsft, than
kiny.other Office keeper, being AS.USUAL !-111
15.ISE1'S last Contract he sold 2 Prizes of 30,0001.
.hoth in Shares, and the Gentlemen who bought
the Half of the 30,000/. this Lottery hail part of
One of the other TWo 30,000L—(His residence is
at Efartturd)

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OUTRAGF Krii4E'fiLlKEitV 1411LITWO:kOLISS.
• [Fripte. 71:?Gailow Aldriatzglelsbi
....to our promised to lay before our
Readel-SY:i "very iinpressive aliditai ion 'address- '
. by M -Priest, the Firz-
ierald;'so
outrage. It is nearly a§ fOlfo*o'
"MY BltEiritttifa;!-;-'1 'feel that 4Tduld b'e a
dereliction of my dwy.ifs. Roritari"CiitireliePastor
Of thiS town, were I Ur Pais untidticed 'er-rnittler
that occurred some evenings back, acirraltilona and
'disgraceful to our' town and our'people.'
" A number of females belonging 'to the So-
ciety of Friends, coming out of their Meeting-
house, were assailed by a vile rabble-who, not
content with using such missiles as fell directly
in their way, raked the very kennels for filth Mid
oidtiee to heap on the peraant of those respect-
able people. My• Very soul is harrowed tip at the
recollection of such an abomination. 'Some of
those wretches are said to be Catholics, but I this.
Own them—Christianity disclaims, and Catholi-
city abhors them—they are the excommunicate
of Civil Society—such wretches in Jerusalem at
the time of the persecution of the Messiah, were
the first to cry out, Crucify Jesus,'—(a'univer-
Sal exclamation of horror ran through the Cona
gregatioti.)—Such Wreeches in Constantinople,
would be the very dregs of Mahotnet an fanati-
eism. 1 thank God their number' is but small,
and 'I am sure they are the vilest, the lowest, and
thesfotdest dregs of the people. There is a state-
'ment Of this outrage circulated by the News-
.„.
'papers throughout the whole kingdom. What wilt
the petiple Of' Ireland say of its 'That We are a
act' ot wicko Fanatics, actuated by a 'spirit of per-
secution: • Wiry should we ever forget that divine
maxim, which woh the admiration' df the Pagan
World, and brimght so many illustrious con-
Veils into the Church of Gods—' Do unto orhet a
as' you worthlaficy should do unter'yOu.' Suppose
the Friends were the most -numerous of our po-
'inilation, and that-the Catholics were the !ohm-
rilY=Lwhat would the Catholics say, if coming out
of their Chapel's, they were attacked by a rabble
belonging to the Ft lends—their aged and infirm
men assaulted anti bruised, and' their respectable
'and delicate matrons covered with filth and or-
dure—they would say it was -dreadful intolerance
and persecution—and, so it •would be. Let 'those
abominable miscreants, then, who attacked the
Friends,' place themselves in the same situalicin,
and say how would they, like such treatment .?
It is a matter of the greatest surprise' to me
that the Friends should be selected as persons
meriting any indignity of this•tiate—they are a
most peaceable, inoffensive, and Well conducted
people, peaceable in principle and 'in practice.
But I shall bare a signal example made of those
offenders-theyeannot hope toescafoth t!le
and eeclesiastical authorities. If I ousi y shall
not continue to be a 'scandal liati ;..ontagiora
amongst the 'people. I appeal to the o!:!est per-
sons in the congregation, who must efn?trber the
stormy times of persecution in this connt...-, they
cannot forget; that in such times they
attend the Holy Sacrifice. nor 11.. v..; :r A
Priests exerei,e their spitual furctiaas,
fear and trembling, L,:t Cont;no cit,! i.
tion of the' Catholics at till.. •,k;har. it
is at present, We are now livintrunikr tthd
beneficent laws—the Ministers of Get Itc:igiort
respected and protected—our Chapels ept.o at 4;l_
times for the convenience of our p‘...oplc--no im-
pediment or obstacle in the way to our praying
and praising God according to the rites of our
holy religion—and is this a time to have the peaze
of society disturbed by wretches who are no more
Catholics in practice than they are Christians
It cannot be offered even as a small extenuation
of their crime, that they were boys and girls. No!
they are arrived at an age ill which they must
well understand the difference between vice and
virtue; and here 1 cannot avoid saying, that [
tear their parents have shamefully neglected their
duty towards them. Some of their names losve
been communicated to me, and I trust they will
be all discovered, that they may receive the pu-
nishment doe to their fool and 114gitions offence,.
" I regoest the Editor of The Carlow Morn-
ing Post will lay a proper statement of this trans-
action before the Public., that we may strive to
have the stain effaced which the conduct of
those nnstt rs has brought upon our town and
people."
11) laying the above before our Readers, we
conceive' it is the best possible mode ot comply-
ing with the request of the Reverend Pastor. tVe.
could not expect by any thing we might 54y, to
add to the force of his reasoning ; and we feet
confident; that there is not a person in this totvo,
of any religious persuasion (the dregs of fana-
ticism excepted), who does not cordially agree its
every opinion, and with every expression, that the
Reverend Clergyman his 4iY4.ns' utterance to its
ttis exhortati.on.

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LITERARY REVIEW.

POETICAL and LITERARY ANECDOTES of HIS OWN
TIMES. By Dr. WILLIAM KING, Principal of St. :Vary

Hal!, Oxon.

We have seldom read a more amusing, and,
indeed, instructive work, than the present. It is
the production of a man of an admirable under-
standing, a sound scholar, and an acute observer
of life. The Author was connected with the first
People in this Country in his day, and he has
drawn with an accurate pencil most of the persons
who distinguished themselves, not only within
his circle of action, but on information from
various sources. The work is, indeed, a proper
Valle Mecum for all who wish to know mankind,
and to possess themselves of curious and interest-
ing anecdotes. His characters are touched with
ease and spirit, as well as with the pencil of truth,
and his remarks are profound as well as animated
and striking. We shall at present copy a curious
story for the entertainment of our Readers, and
take an early opportunity of renewing our at-
tention to this very pleasant little volume.

" OHitusgue menruin, o'olivisce
is the sincere desire of many me. :holy heads
tt, &hi; ;
nod therefore I have often wished, that when we
reformed from popery a few convents had been
exempted from the general pillage, in which men
of severe morals, or of a melancholy cast and turn'
of mind, might have found a retreat. But I have
observed, what is perhaps peculiar to this island,
that there are men wholly free from the spleen,
or a lowness of spirits, in good health and good
trrctonstances, and only actuated by some whim-
sical considerations, seek a retreat where they may
forget their friends and relations, and be forgotten
by them. About the year 1706, I knew one Mr.
Howe, a sensible well-natured mitt, possessed of
an estate of 7001. or 8001. per annum : he
manied a young lady of a good family in the
west of England ; her maiden name was Mallet ;
she was agreeable in her person and manners, and
proved a very good wife. Seven or eight years
after they had been married, he rose one morning

very early, and told his wife he was obliged to go
to the Tower to transact some particular busi-
ness : the saute day, at noon, his wife recuiscd
note from him, in which be informed her that he
was under a necessity of going to Holland, and
should probably be absent three weeks or a
month. He was absent from her 17 years,
during which time she neither heard front him, or
of him. The evening before he returned, whilst
she was at slipper, and with her some of her
friends and relations, particularly one Dr. Hose *,
a physician, who bad married her sister, a billet,
without any name subscribed,• was delivered to
her, in which the writer requested the favour of
her to give him a meeting the next evening in the
Birdcage Walk, in St. James's Park. When she
had read her billet, she tossed it to Dr. Rose, and
laughing, P 'Von see, brother,' said she, as old
as I am, 1 have got a gallant.' Rose, who pe-
rused the note with more attention, declared it to
be Mr. Howe's hand-writing : this surprised all
the company, and so notch affected Mrs. Howe,
that she fainted away ; however, she soon reco-
veied, when it was agreed that Dr. Bose and his
wife, with the other gentleman and ladies who
were then at supper, should attend Mrs. Howe the
next evening to the Birdcage Walk : they bad
not been there more titan five or six minutes.
when Mr. Howe came to them, and after saluting
his friends, and embracing his wife, walked home
with her, and they lived together iu great har-
mony from that time to the day of his death. But
the most curious part of my tale remains to be re-
lated j-. When Howe left his wife, they lived in
house in Jertnyn•street, near St.James's Church;
he went no farther titan to a little street in %Vest-
minster, where he took a room, for which he paid
five or six shillings a week, and changing Iris
nair,e, and disguising himself by wearing a black
wig (for he was a fair man), he remained in this
habitation during the whole time of his absence.
He had had two children by his wife when he de-
parted from her, who were both living at that
time : but they both died young in a few years
after. However, during their lives, the second
or third year after their father disappeared, Mrs.
Howe was obliged to apply for an Act of Parlia-
ment to procure a proper settlement of her
husband's estate, and a provision for herself out of
it during his absence, as it was uncertain whether
he was alive or dead : this act he suffered to be
solicited and passed, and enjoyed the pleasure of
reading the progress of it in the votes, in a little
coffee-house, near his lodging, which he fre-
quented. Upon his quitting his house and family
iu the manner I have mentioned, Mrs. Howe at
first imagined, as she could not conceive any other
cause for such an abrupt elopement, that he had
contracted a large debt unknown to her, and by
that means involved himself in difficulties which
he could not easily surmount ; and for some days
she lip, rl iu continual apprehensions of demands
from creditors, of seizures, executions, &c. But
nothing; of this kind happened ; on the contrary,
he did not only leave his estate quite free and un-
encumbered, but he paid the bills of every trades-
man with whom he had any dealings ; and upon
examining his papers, in due time atter he was
gone, proper receipts and discharges were found
from all persons, whether tradesmen or others,
with whom he had any manner of transactions or
money concerns. Mrs. Howe, after the death of
her children, thought proper to lessen her family
of servants, and the expences of her boasekeep-
iug ; and therefore removed from her house in
Jetmyn-street to a little house in Brewer-street,

• I was very well acquainted with Dr. Rose ; he was of a
French family. I
often met him at King's Coffee-house, near
Golden-square, and hr frequently entertained me with this
remarkat►le story.

t London is the only place in all Europe where a man can
find a secure retreat, or remain, if he pleases, many years un-
known. If he pays constantly for his lodging, for his provi-
sions, and fur whatsoever else he wants, nuhodr will ask a
question concerning him, or inquire whence he conies, whi-
E'er he guts, Sec.

near Golden-square. Just over against her lived,
one Salt *, a corn-chandler. About ten years
after Howe's abdication, hecontrived to make an
acquaintance with Salt, and was at length in such
a degree of intimacy with him, that he usually
dined with Salt once or twice a week. From the
room in which they eat, it was not difficult to look
into Mrs. Howe's dining•rootn, where she gene-
rally sate and received her company ; and Salt,
who believed Howe to be a bachelor, frequently
recommended his own wife to him as a suitable
match. During the last seven years of this Gen-
tleman's absence, he went every Sunday to St.
James's Church, and used to sit in Mr. Salt's seat,
where he had a view of his wife, ibut could not
easily be seen by her. After he returned home,
he never would confess, even to his most intimate
friends, what was the real cause of such a singular
conduct : apparently, there was none : but what-
ever it was, he was certainly ashamed to own it.

Dr. Rose has ofte❑ said to-me, that he believed
his brother Howe t would never have returned to
his wife, if the money which he took with him,
which was supposed to have been 10001. or 20001.
had not been all spent : and he must have been a
good economist, and frugal in his manner of
living, otherwise his money would scarce have
held out for I imagine be had his whole fortune
by him, I mean what he carried away with him in
money or Bank bills, and daily took out of his
bag, like the Spaniard in Gil Bias, what was suffi-
cient for his expenses."

• I knew Salt, whom I often met at a Coffee-house called
King's Coffee-huuse,, near Golden-square. He related to we
the particulars which 1 have here mentioned, and many
others, which have escaped my memory.
And yet I have seen him after his return addressing his
wife in the language of a young bridegroom. And I have
been assured by some of his most intimate friends, that he
trmsted her during the rest of their lives with the greatest
kindness and affection.

LONDON JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT,

[The Times.]

If, in speaking of the affairs of Spain, we have
cautioned our Readers against rashly harbouring
the belief that any general system of insurrection
was formed and organized, by which the Sovereign
would be deposed, we did not mean to doubt ur
deny that there was great confusion in the inte-
rim- of that kingdom—a confusion naturally con-
sequent upon the events which have taken place
there within the last nine years. For this how-
ever, the Government is rather negatively than po.
sitively to blame. It does not possess sufficient
force to control irregularities and bring back order.
We do not mean by this, that it should exer-
cise severities, but rather that it should possess
a character that might- .command the respect of
its subjects—should exert a power that might
direct their energies into legitimate channels.
—The face of the country, particularly in the
vicinity of the mountainous fastnesses, is over-
run with Guerilla parties, termed banditti. The
majority of these are not rebellions through
choice, neither is it tl►eir united aim to overthrow
the State : they are without any other trade than
that of war, without any other property but their
arms and courage, and unfortunately there is now
no other enemy within their reach but their
peaceable countrymen.