The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-29 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
These Sessions commenced to-day before the
S Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the RECORDER, Mr.
44geant ARABIN, and Mr. Alderman SMITH. The
411dges named in the Cori-mission are Mr. Justice
LotatoyD end Mr. Baron HuLLocK,:who took their
"'to on the Bench at ten o'clock.

RAPE..
Michael Conner and 7hos. Burr, aged 25, were
Indicted for a rape upon Mary Bartlett.
kr. PHILLIPS conducted the prosecution, and
feted that the trial of the prisoners was postponed
tt, the last Sessions upon their own application.--
e admitted that the prosecutrix• was one of that
11fortunate class of females who lived by prostitution;
nt though this circumstance must necessarily di-
'lnish her credit as a witness, it did not, in the eye
of the law, render her evidence inadmissible, parti-
Narly when, as in the present instance, it would
e Corroborated by other persons.
%nary Bartlett, examined by Mr. PHILLIPS.—On
e 23d of March last, I lived in Church-lane. At
C-past twelve o'clock on that morning, I wayin
ek-street, in the parish of Whitechapel, and I
there met the two prisoners—they were both toge-
,e,r• Conner came up and asked me where I was
r,rng to. I never saw either of them before in my
e• I told Conner, in answer to his questien, that
was going home by-and-bye ; upon which he
Iced whether he might go home with me ; I
raked
that he should not go home with me
t‘''at I did not want him. He then
of
then
about ; I could not get i him. j
kas
.passing by the " Three Crowns,"- East
Smithfield, and he would not let me. I after-
lltrds consented that he should go home with me.
\:nen I told him where I lived, he said that he
4,'ould see me before he would go so far with
;e• Upon this I turned about and came down the
Pitrlt‘e street again. We had left Burr at the bottom
phuock-street ; as I was returning back I saw Burr
't a key in a stable door and unlock it; Conner
rk"lt on before me, and stood by the stable
171 which was open; - I passed Conner; he
,var. stook d not seak—he flloed me
th, took holdan I of medid by thep right arm, o
he w
pushed
,lee, of his fingers down my threat as far as he
and then he, called Burr; Burr seized
(1 by the left hand and dragged me to the stable
)4,-01. with Conner; they took their hands from
Z,Moutb, and I tried to cry " Murder," and I
'l-11,1(1 not speak—l had such a horse that I could
t'l°l` call (AL When they were dragging me through
door, I seized the door-post, and held fast.—
ivnaertold me to hold my tongue, not to make a
and that he would give me a shilling; he put
tee band into his pocket, took out a shilling, and
1,1,1 N it into ray hand; I dropped the shilling, and
him to let me no, or that I would give charge
k,hl'ln• Canner dragged me into the stable, and
tkliLlecked the door on the inside. Conner then
140 -Burr, to hold my hands and to put his hands
ar/Ite my mouth. Burr came and placed my right
elltettnder his knee to keep me dOwn. The prose-
theilk positively swore that each of the prisoners
tt Committed the offence with which they were
-At&
continued.—l begged to be allowed
et the prisoners refused to let me out, and one
then In repeatedly struck me. I was more hoarse
'ould"an I am now. I called out as loudly as I
totl " soon as I was able, and some persons came
let he "able door. Conner persisted in refusing to
had he nut, and struck tne back against a bar across,
let On my back very much. He said if I did not
take lin have his will of me again, lie would
brain y te hees and dash my •
s rn
(nle bt• Theh l people then made a very great

noise at the door, and said they would fetch
the watchman to break it open. Some of
them went after the watchmen. Conner then told
Burr to open the door; Burr opened the door;
Conner pushed me out, and they locked it- again,
they remaining inside, In about five minutes after I
got outside the watchmen came; they put a stick in
and broke open the door. I remained at the door
till the prisoners were taken; I went to the watch-
house to give charge of them when they were taken;
I did give charge of them. After I got outside the
stable door, I saw a young woman of the name of
Ann Warren. She saw that the prisoners pushed
me out of the stable. The same hoarseness I then
had, has continued ever since. I came out of the
Hospital the night before last. (The witness seemed
emaciated, and in a sinking state of health.)
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I had lived
in Church-lane three months at the time the as-
sault was committed. That was the first place I
lived at in London. I came from St. Alban's to
London. I belong to Dorsetshire. I have not been
in any employment at St. Alban'i; I was left there
by a gentleman who brought me from my native
place. I have no mother, but a father and three
brothers. Accompanying the gentleman .from home
to St. Alban's, where I remained only one night, was
the first of my leaving my father's house. My
father lived at Chidwick, twenty miles from Dor-
chester. I had been on the town only for a month
previous to the time of the offence; the preceding
two months I supported myself upon 3/. 10s. which
I got from.the gentleman who left me at St. Alban's.
I knew nothing of Warren,the female before spoken of,
who saw me pushed our of the stable, except having
passed her on the street occasionally, and casually
spoken to her. The stable is near the bottom of
Dock-street; it does not join the high road, -it is up
a little close place; it is about five minutes walk from
where I lived. When Conner said he would- be
if he would go so far with me as to my
house, I was nearer to the latter than the stable.
When he said that to me, I was about 40. yards
from my lodgings; the stable was in a contrary: di-
rection. Ido not know John Cannon, nor a person
named Sarah Clarke. I did not tell Sarah Clarke
'or any body else that I would settle this for two
pounds. I was in the stable altogether about a
quarter of an hour; I never accepted a shilling from
Conner. I told the Magistrate I dropped it; I
was before the Magistrate on the Monday following.
I was before him only once. I had no attorney with
me, the watchman and two constables accompanied
me. The clerk took down in writing the deposi-
tions. The Magistrate "put the prisoners down
to bail." This prosecution has since been under-
taken by the parish of St. George's in the East. I
do not know that the gentlemen of the parish knew
that the Magistrate had only required bail for the
assault; I did not tell the Magistrate that they gave
me a shilling and afterwards knocked it out of my
hand ; I told him they put a shilling into my hand
and that I dropt it.
[lt turned out at this stage of the trial, that the
depositions taken before the magistrate at the Thames
Police office, had not been returned. It was admit-
ted too, on the part of •the prosecution, that the pri-
soners were only held to bail by the magistrate, after
the prosecutrix had made her statement for a com-
mon assault.]
(The case was proceeding when we went to Press.)

NEW COURT.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY SERVANTS.

John Charles Mussered, a young man of respec-
table appearance; was indicted for stealing fifty yards
of silk, twenty-seven yards of cotton, and divers other
articles, the property of his employers, Messrs Fen-
wick and Co., of Oxford-street.

Sarah Browne, a little girl, deposed that her -mo-
ther washed for the prisoner and several other shop-
men in the prosecutor's employ. Witness was in
the habit of fetching and taking their clothes from
Mr. Fenwick's. The prisoner had, at various
times, given her pieces and remnants of silk and cot-
ton, to give to her mother to pledge. Witness bad
been told that the prisoner had been in business, and
the property was the. remaining part of his stock.
Witness had a brother at that time a porter in the
establishment of Mr. FetiWick, but she never pledged
any thing for him. • •
Mary Browne, mother of the last witness, stated
that the property which she had frequently received
flom the prisoner Mussered, and which she had
pawned, she firmly believed to be his own, as he
had stated that he had kept a shop in the same line,
and from his holding a confidential situation she had no
doubts upon the subject. Witness was apprehended
and confined three weeks as an accomplice with the
risoner, but was subsequently released and admitted
as evidence.

About twenty pawnbrokers here produced im-
mense quantities of silk and cotton goods, which had
been pledged with them at various times by Mary
Browne, in the months of July, August, and Oc-
tober, and which were identified by the prosecutor.-
Mr. Renwick then stated, that the prisoner came
into his service from Messrs. Williams and Price, his
next door neighbours, with an excellent character, and
he was well satisfied with the prisoner's conduct for a
few months of his service, but he became shortly
very irregular in his hours, thereby setting a bad
example to the other servants in his house, and for
that reason he discharged him, not for dishonesty, as
he had not the least suspicion of any thing wrong
till a month after his quitting his service, when he
discovered the robbery, and hat him apprehended.
Prisoner was then in the service of a Mr. Cliff, in
the same trade as himself.

By Mr. BARRY—Did yeu give the prisoner a
good character to Mr. Cliff ?—I gave him a fair cha-
racter, but stated the cause for which I parted with
him. I have suffered greatly by depredations com-
mitted by the prisoner.
The prisoner said little in his defence, merely de-
nying the charge altogether.
The COMMON SERGEANT observed, in summing
up the evidence, that the porter in the prosecu-
tor's employ might be fairly suspected of stealing
some of this property ; the officer who appre-
hended the woman Browne had stated in evi-
dence, that on taking her into custody she
exclaimed that " she would take care and exculpate
her son at all events," which if they believed, little
reliance could be placed upon the testimony of
either of the witnesses (BroNwie) and upon the girl's
evidence the prisoner's innocence or guilt rested.
The prosecutor here intimated that most of the
property was pledged previous to the porter, Browne,
entering his service, but admitted that some of the
tickets were dated after the prisoner left his employ.
The Jury having retired for a few minutes, re-
turned a verdict of " Net Guilty."

Two Gentlemen, viz.—D. W. HARVEY, Esq.
M.P., and Thos. SAUNDERS; Esq., intend offering them-
selves as Candidates for the Office of Sheriffs, on Midsum-
mer-day next.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. HARLEY,
the comedian, took his benefit here last night. His
bill of fare possessed the two strong recommendations of
abundance and variety, and was rewarded with the una-
nimous approbation of a Crowded house. The perform-
ances consisted of the farcical comedy " \Vho wants a
Guinea ?" (in which the whole strength of the house was
engaged), " My Grandmother," and
the musical enter.
tainment of the " Poor Soldier," in which Miss Lovenue_ parfo d
the part of Patrick. MATHEWS represented
Dicky Gossip, and HARLEY Vapour, in the farce of "My
Grandmother."
The Jesuits, it seems, do not forgive the
Russian Government their own former expulsion from the
empire : they arc said to have found fault with the invasion
of Turkey by the Russian armies, which they call the irrup-
tion of a barbarous nation tired with the inactivity of
peace, and eager to find means for the gratification of their
inclinations for warlike pursuits. Their solicitude for the
permanence of legitimate principles seems also to have been
considerably awakened by the dangers which apparently
threaten the stability of the Mahometan throne at Con-
stantinople.
We have just been informed that a most beau-
tiful field of grass has already been cut in the parish of
Whitnell, and that it was very heavy on the scithe..—Pres-
toe Pilot.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM,
For the. RECEPTION of DISTRESSED.LICENSED VIC-
TUALLERS and their WIVES. or WIDOWS.

.The Ceremonial and Procession for Laying the
Foundittion-Stone of the Building to be erected for
the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, in Asylum-road,
Old Kent-road, took place this day amidst a great
concourse of spectators.

The Brethren and Gentlemen who formed the
Procession assembled at the Shard's Arms Tavern,
near the Surrey Canal Bridge, in the Old Kent-
road, at Half-past Twelre o'clock precisely, when
the procession, on foot, formed as follows, pro-
ceeded to- the site of the intended;Building, which is
at a distance of about six hundred yards.
Police Officers.
Military Band of Music.
Two Tylers.
The Wardens, Past Masters, and Masters of the several
Lodges according to Rank, Juniors walking first.
Officers of Grand Stewards' Lodge.
The Architect, with the Plans.

Grand borAneCobyrnthuecoltlaa; wter iothf aC°Lrondge. Grand
Steward. Two Ewers, with Wine and Oil, Steward.
borne by Masters of Lodges.

Grand Organist.
G. Superintendent G. Director
of Works. of Ceremonies.
Past Grand Sword Bearers.
Past Grand Deacons.
Grand Secretary,
bearing Book of Constitutions on a Cushion.
Grand Secretary,
bearing the Plate with the Inscription for the Foundation

Stone. -
Grand Registrar,
bearing the Great Seal.
Past Grand Treasurers.
Grand Treasurer,
bearing a Phial; containing the Coin to be deposited
' • in the Stone.
Past Grand Chaplains.
Past Grand Wardens.
- Past Provincial Grand Masters.
Provincial Grand Masters.
Past Deputy Grand Masters.
The Corinthian Light,
borne by the Master of a Lodge.
The Column of J. G. W.
borne by the Master of a Lodge.
The Junior Grand Warden,
with Plumb Rule.

Grand C The Banner of the
Steward. Z ()rand Lodge

Grand
Steward.

The Doric Light,
borne by the Master of a Ledge
The Column of S. G. W.
borne by the Master of a Lodge.

The Senior Grand The Junior
Warden, Grand Deacon.
with Level.
Grand S The Grand Chaplain
Steward. 11Tearing the Sacred Law on a cushion.

The Deputy Grand Master,
with the Square.
M. W. Grand Master of Ireland,
r His Grace the Duke of Leinster,
with the Mall of Grand Master
Grand Sir Christopher Wren, used by
Steward. , Ring Charles the Second, on
1
1 , laying the foundation-Stone of
L St. Paul's Cathedral.
The lonic Light,
borne by the Master of a Lodge.
Grand The Banner of H.R.H.
Grand
Steward. The Duke of Sussex,
Steward.
M. W. Grand Master.
• The Grand Sword-bearer.

Grand CH. It. H. THE DUKE OF Sussex, Grand
Steward. I M Z.W. Grand Master. i Steward.
Two The Senior Grand
Grand Grand Stewards. Deacon.
)i The Standard of Grand
T ,
•
IIISMAJESTY KING GEORGE IV. Steward.
Patron the Order.
(
Steward.
of

Two Grand Stewards.
Grand Tyler.
Tivo Stewards of the Licensed Victualler? Asylum,
with Wands.
The President and Vice-President of that Asylum.
Two Stewards, with Wands.
, Donors to the Asylum.
Two Stewards, with Wands.
Governors and Trustees to the Asylum,
and
,Committee for General Purposes. -
Secretary of the Asylum.
TWo Stewards, with Wands.
Police.

When the head of the procession arrived at the
place where it was to halt, the Brethren divided to
the right and left, and faced inwards, forming an
avenue for the M.W. Grand Master to pass through,
preceded by the Standard of the Grand Parson and
the Grand Sword bearer, and followed by his Royal
Highness's Banner, the lonic Light, the Grand
Master of Ireland, Deputy Grand Master, and
Grand Officers, who then took their respective sta-
tions on the platform. The President and Vice-
Presidents of the Institution, and the donors, trus-
tees, and members of the committee, also took their
places on the platform.
The stone was then raised, and, after the lower one
was adjusted, the Grand Treasurer deposited the
phial containing the coin and medals in the cavity of
the lower stone, and the Grand:Secretary read aloud
the inscription engraven on the brass plate, and then
placed the same in its proper situation, after which,
the Grand Chaplain offered up a prayer.
The cement was then placed on the upper face of
the bottom stone, and the Grand Master adjusted
the same with a trowel handed to him for that pur-
pose. After which, the upper stone was lowered
slowly, the band playing "Rule Britannia.":
The Grand Master now proved the just position
and form of the stone by the plumb, level, and square,
which were successively delivered to him by the De-
puty Grand Master. I. satisfied in these par•
ticulars, his Royal Highness gave the stone three
knocks with the mall, which was delivered by his
Grace the Duke of Leinster.

The cornucopia, containing the corn, and the
ewers, with the wine and oil, was then handed to
his Royal Highness, who strewea the corn and
poured the wine and oil over the stone, with the ac-
customed ceremonies.

The Grand Master, having inspected the plan of
the intended building, delivered the same to the
architect, together with the several tools used in
proving the position of the stone, and desired him
to proceed, without loss of time, to the completion
of the work in conformity with the plan.
The children of the Licensed Victuallers' School
, sang a hymn, written for the occasion.
The band then performed the national anthem of
" God save the King."
The ceremony being concluded, the Brethren re-
turned to the Shard's Arms Tavern.
TIIE FOLLOWING IS THE copy OF THE INSCRIPTION EN.
GRAVEN ON TIE BRASS PLATE, DEPOSITED IN 71IE
FOUNDATION-STONE :-
In the Ninth Year of the Reign of His Most Sacred Majesty
King George IV.
This First Stone
of the
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM,
for the Reception of
Distressed Licensed Victuallers
and their Wives, or Widows,
resident within Ten Miles of the
Standard in Corohill, London,
Instituted in February,
1827, •
was laid, in ample Masonic Form,
on the 29th of May, 1828,
by His Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick,
Duke of Sussex, K.G. &c. &c.
Most Worshipful
Grand Master of the Ancient and Honourable
Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England,
and Patron of the Institution.
Henry Rose, Architect. Absalom Symmons, Builder.

A meeting of the Lords of Trade and Plan-
tations was held yesteiday at the office of the Board of
Trade, Whitehall, which was attended by the Duke of
WELLINGTON, the CH•NCELLOR of the EXeIIECWEIC, and
Mr. HEERIES. The meeting was held on matters relative
to. the coinage. The Governor and Deputy Governor of
the Bank of England were present.