The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-18 00:00:00

St:RREY StSSIONS,

tONVIcTION Or A LOW METHODIST f.r.EAcuEn.
Ygsterday Isaac Topper., who had been a long
time. a Methodist Preacher, and had a chapel of
his own in Lock's-fields, bras indicted for haviog
received ten books and a table-cloth, knowing y
them to be stolen. The articles in question
were the property of Mrs. M. Schroder, of Clap'
ham-rise.

The circumstances of the case were shortly
these :—On the 14th of October last the house
of Mrs. M. Schroder, a German Lady residing
at Clapham, was robbed of considerable property,
amongst which were 10 volumes of a Germs°
work, Martin Luther's Commentary on the Bible,
and some table-linen. One volume of the word
in question was left behind by the thieves. Cu
the 4th of December the stolen work was offer-
ed for .sale by the prisoner, in company with sr
woman with whom he cohabited, to a Bookseller
in York-street, Covent-garden. The Sum de,
manded by the pristiner for the Work was 71--
He said he had had it in his family for 50yearsi
but the account which he gave of the possession
being disbelieved, he was taken into custody
and aho the woman who went with him. The
books offered for. sale by the prisoner were sword
to by the son and daughter of the prosecutrix
her property. The prisoner when he was taken
into custody gave a false account of himself, and
refused at first to disclose his residence. An
Officer searched the residence of the prisoner ill
Temple-street and found there a table-cloth and
harp-cover, the prOperty of the prosecutrix.----Thd
Jury found the prisoner Gztilty,
`r lie Court, in Passing sentence, observed, that
Itney never saw a stronger instance of determined
depras ity than the case of the prisoner at the
bar, who had been before the Court no less than
five times for heinous offences since ISIS, and it
was no late!' than July last since he was tried
before the Court, when he was cautioned -and
particularly athnonished against continuing in his
iniquitous course of life ; but he had disregarded
those 'admonitions. Ile was, however, at last
within the meshes of the and the Chairman
regretted that in this case it did not go farther
than ir did, for certainly the prisoner had been
for years °lie of the most flagrant and. successful
reC"eivers of stolen goods in the Borouzh of
wark. The turpitude of his course of life wai
particularly aggravated by his setting himself op
as the promulgator of that law which said.
" Thou shalt not steal," and " thou shalt not do
any manner of injury to thy neighbour,' and upon
which they had now his practical comtneat.--:
The Court sentenced the prisoner to be impri-
soned in the common Gaol for a term of Twenty
four Calendar Months, the full punishment ale
lowed.by the law.

The Prisoner begged leave, before. he left them,
to undeceive the Court. lie had not, he said,
" bought " since he was cautioned by them iu
July last, but had sold " his business."--(Merit-
ing Paper.)

MIDDLESEX SESs;ION'..
Yesterday the trial of W. G. Wilmot, J. Wad,
Eliza, his Bi,ife, and Maj
.flatter, was continued
for cuntrpiring to charge Eliz. Gage, at the. ola
Bailey Sessions, with conspiracy. The Counsel for
the prosecution, however, waived all charge ai,rainst
Mrs. AVant and Mary Butter, but, after hearing evi.
deuce for the defence, Wilmot and Want wefe
convicted of the conspiracy. The former was sen-
tenced to 15 montts imprisonment ; and the lat-
ter to pay a fine of 2001. and to be imprisoned
till it is paid.

MVRDER.-About twelve o'clock on Wed-
riesday night, the Bth, a set of villains, armed
with pistols, attacked a btrat•laden with a cargo
of different merchandize, on the Grand'Canal,aC
Colgan's Bridge, near the town of Edenhurn, is
the King's County, Ireland, proceeding on her
passage from Dublin to Shannon Harbour, and,
after shutting the hatchways on the crew, one
•1 whom they unmercifully beat about the
head with a butt-end of a pistol until parr
of the scull was completely discarnate, they
sunk the boat by breaking in a plank in bet
stern with an axe, having plundered the most
valuable property. Several Gentlemen resid-
ing near to the spot have subscribed a very
liberal reward to any persons who shall cause the
delinquents to be apprehended, and brought to
condign punishment ; and the Directors of tilt::
Grand Canal Company have, in a Manner 'rigid/
commendable, offered 1001. to the same purpose-
Several reports having been promulgated, which
promised at first to be a clue which would lead
to the detection. of the offenders, a prompt and
strict inquiry was set. on foot by the Magistrates,
which has not yet been attended with any effect;
It is however, sincerely to be hoped, that the
monsters will not escape an ignominious death,
;rich the demands seem so justly to entitle them to.
DARING .11ConathiBetWeen five and' :lc
o'clock on Tuesday evening, as CHRISTOPHER,
SCULTIfORPE Esq. was proceeding along the
Borough High-street, he was surrounded hy_at
gang of pickpockets, five or six in number ; and'
although more than five hundred persons- Were
within pistol-shot on either side, the villains'
pushejitirn abOut'in the most audacious manner,
till they contrived to rob him of his watch and
pocket-book, but fortunately the latter contained
nothing of value. Mr. S. marked the fellow who,
had the property, and pursued, aided by several
of the passengers whom the cry of " Stop thief V'
had alarrried ; he ran through the various courts,
and finally escaped, but the watch was picked up
by a young woman, dud returned to the owner.
•

BIRTH.
On Sunday last, at Cirencester, Mrs. C. Lawrence, of *
daughter. • •

MARRIED'.

On Tocsday last, at Lutterworth, H. Wright, Esq., of
Manchester, to Mai ia, only daughter of Marston Buszard,
Esq., of the former place.

DIED.
On the Wth inst.. after a long iiiness, Mr. Thomas Chat-
teris, formerly of Cornbill.
Al Janina, on the I.7th of June, 1820,. Thomas Larkin*
Starr, Esq., Assistant Surgeon on the Madras Establishment.

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