The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-22 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, SEPT. 2L

JAMES CASHMAN was indicted for stealing a quantity of
stones on the 13th of August, the property of the Commissioners
of the SeWeis of the parish of St. George's, Ilanover7squ'are.
. The prisoner made a most eloquent and original defence ; and
there being some doubt on the matter, the Jury returned &ver-
dict of Not Guilty. - •
The prisoner was again indicted for a sithilar offence en the
following day, the 14th of Aughst.
He made an equally elaborate defence, but it being supported
only by his own ipse dixit, it did not prove equally fortunate ;
for the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended him

to meicy.
Tit o titAs Horxitis stood indicted for stealing ten casting
moulds, the property of Mr. Figgins, a letter-founder, on the
20th of August last.
Several persons gave the prisoner a good characteri•and the
Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty.
The prisoner was again put to the bar, on . an indictment
charging him With stealing 561bs. of type, the property of Mr.
Figgins, as aforesaid. OnAhis indictment the Jury found the
prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of
his good character.

BUII6I.ART AT MR. TURTON'S.

WM. DUTTON stood indicted for burglariously breaking
and entering the dwelling house of Mr. Turton, of Chester-
street, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, on the 4th
instant. _ _

Mr. BOLLAND opened the case for the prosecution, and called

the following witnesses :
Susan Salmon, cook to Mr. Turton, went to bed before
eleven, leaving- the prisoner and housemaid up. Witness
bolted the area and kitchen doors with two bolts and a bar—
Got up the next day between tioe and six o'clock, found the
kitchen door open, and saw a hole in the kitchen door large
enough to put an arm in. .That hole was not there on the pre-
viouS evening.
Thomas Edward Mitchell Turton, the prosecutor, stated,

that the prisoner was to have left him on the day the robbery
was discovered. On the 3d of Sept:, the prisoner had.direc-
tions to call the witness at a quarter before six, but he did not
do. so, and the witness got up half an hour, after, and meeting
Mary Clinch,. was informed that the luiuse had been robbed ;
went down stairs, and found the cook and the prisoner in the
kitchen. The prisoner pointed out the hole in the door, and
said, " here is where they have broke in, they have taken the
whole of the plata and my silver watch, for I- broke the glass
yesterday, and left it in the pantry where the plate was kept."
in the course of the morning (having no suspicion of. the pri-
soner at that time) witness said, if he had not got a place, he
might continue to sleep in the house. When the officers came,
the search was made, and the pieces compared with the hole.
The servants were afterwards searched,. and not having any
suspicion that more than the plate was gone, witness had occa-
sion to go to a drawer in his dressing room, in which some
money was kept, and found that two bags.were gone, one con-
taining either 43 or 48 pounds, viz.:--five notes, and the
rest in sovereigns ; the other three guineas and a half sovereign,
and some sovereigns, making altogether about ten pounds. As
sovereigns were found in the prisoner's box, Ginn-tore, the offi-
cer, asked him where he got them, and he replied, " Worked
for them, to be sure."—Gil more asked him, " What for ?" To
which he answered, " For Wages."—The officer then found
another sovereign in his pocket, of .Which he gave a similar ac-
count. Witness then searched a-chest of drawers in the room,.
and found a box of phosphorus and matches, and some broken
seals, &c. Witness had a box of tools in the house, in which
there was a gimblet and a chisel. The holes made in the door,
and the mark left from forcing the drawers, corresponded with
the last-mentioned tools. The box in which they -were kept
was not locked. . _ _

Cross-examined.-.-IVitness received an excellent character
with the prisoner from Captain Lausanne. The only, reason for
parting with the Prisoner was that he had not been used to a
London situation.

Mary Clinch, housemaid to the Prosecutor, swore that the
cook went to bed about eleven ; she and the Prisoner were up
in the kitchen about half-past one o'clock, at which time she
remarked to the Prisoner, that she thought she heard a noise
(as if boring), and that he replied it must be fancy. She went.
to bed, and left the Prisoner up. The cook informed the wit-
ness in the morning that the house had been robbed, and she
went and called the Prisoner, who said, on her telling him what
had taken place, " is it, 'tis impossible; for I have got the keys
in my _pocket." On the Saturday before, Mrs. Turton asked
the prisoner to lend her a sovereign, to which he replied he had
not got one. The prisoner asked her to lend him three or four
shillings on the Saturday.
Thomas Griffiths, the groom.—. Witness went to bed a quar-
ter before one. Prisoner came into the room about two o'clock
with a light. When witness again woke, the prisoner was not
in bed; this was about four o'clock; at five o'clock, the priso-
ner again came up and went to bed ; the witness said, " Why
do you come to bed at this time in the mornimt !" The pri-
soner said he had been in bed all night; to which witness re-
plied, " You have not, for I missed you at four o'clock." .1n
the course of the examination that followed, the witness Said
that the reason he did not get up when the housemaid called•the
prisoner, and told him the house had been robbed, and the
plate stolen, was that he thought they had been " courting."
Gillmour and Bew_ , the officers, corroborated the evidence of
Mr. Turton, as to the inspection and state the premises were
found in, and in addition said, there were various footmarks, as
though some person had got over the rails, but the person who
did so could not have got at the kitchen door, in consequence of
another gate intervening • the marks appeared as if the person
was retreating from the housei of Mr. Turton ; the intervening
door bore no marks of violence. _ •

This closed the case for the prosecution, and the prisoner was
called on for his defence. He•declared that what Griffiths had
said relative to his going to bed, was all false, and that he was
not out of his bed from two till half-past five, when he was
called up y Mary Clinch.
Mr. Turton begged to state, that on looking at the cellar, it
did appear as if some person had been concealed in it.
Capt. Lausanne proved the paying the prisoner 51. odd, on
his leaving him to go to the prosecutor's service, and that he
was in the habit of doing little services for his (the Captain's)
brother, for which he might have received payment. He gave
him an excellent character.

Three other persons also gave the prisoner an cha-
racter.

The COMMON StRJEANT, at half-past six o'clock, com-
menced summing up the evidence ; and the Jury, after a short
consultation, found the prisoner Not Guilty.

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.— Yesterday being St.
Matthew's Day, the LORD IVIAToa and Sheriffs,
Sir JAMES SHAW, Bart, and Alderman Sir RI-
CHARD CARR GLYNN, Bart., Alderman C. SMITH,
T. THORNTON, Esq., J. PALMER, Esq., and the
rest of the Governors and Treasurers of the se-
veral Royal Hospitals, attended Divine Service
at Christ Church, Newgate-street, where an ex-
cellent sermon was preached by the Rev. R.
LY-
NAM, M.A. The LORD MAYOR, Governors,
&c. repaired to the great hall in Christ's Hos-
pital, which was crowded with Ladies and
Centlemen, to hear the orations. The first, in
Latin, was delivered by Master JOSHUA WELSH,
the senior scholar ; the English- oration was
spoken by Master JOSEPH YA'rk:s CooxsoN, the
second scholar. After the orations were con-
cluded, the LORD MAYOR, Aldermen, and the
whole of the company, rewarded the young ora-
tors by pecuniary marks of their approbation.—
Ilis Lordship and the company were entertained
with wine and cake, and afterwards broke up.
—The Goyernors and Treasurers of Bridewell,
Bethiem, and St. Thomas's, went to their re-
spective Hospitals, where dinners were In-ovided-
for them.

PARISI' OR LAMBETH.—Yesterday a Meeting
of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Lambeth, was
held in the Vestry-room, for the purpose of con-
sidering a proposition for "harming the Poor."—
The Rector, the Rev. Mr. WO YLEY, having taken
the Chair, Captain TUCK said, the present parish
expenditure for maintenance amounted to nine
shillings each man, when the same might be de-
frayed, if the poor were farmed, for-little more
than one third of that amount. Ile concluded
by moving a resolution to that effect.—Mr. LETT
opposed Captain 'fumes motion, denied the as-
serted expenditure, and said the account did not
exceed ss. 7d., per head. This was confirmed by
the Rector and one of the Overseers.—lt was ul-
timately agreed to refer the subject for consider-
ation to a Committee, including the parish officers.
It was stated an annual saving of 10,0001. would
be effected by the adoption of the new plan.

MISCELLANEOUti.

liruilCATE TatinDEß.-- Since the last ocarnina-
tion of Barrett and his wid'e before Dr. Ow EN;_of
Highgate, every thing has been done that was
likely to lead to a discovery 'of the..mysterions
affair. Persons have been employed in dragging
the various ponds. about that neighbourhood, it
being thought probable that the murderer might
have thrown things therein in order to prevut
discovery, but nothing was found.—A man named •
Murphy, who was before Dr. Owen on a n'ccnt
occasion concerning the horrid affair, has been
again brought up, .to account-for some suspicious.
circumstances arising against him, in consequence.
of a shirt found concealed,- which was supposed
to belong to him, but. he disowned the shirt, and
there being- no evidence against him, he was des-,
charged.

DREADFUL. ATTEMPT' AT SUlClDE.—Wednes-
day evening Mr. F. a young gentleman con-,
fleeted with a respectable family in the neigh-
bourhood of Clerkenwell, made a desperato
attempt to destroy himself. It appears that
Mr. F., who is 22 years of age, unknown to Lig
family, had •formed. a strong attachment for a
young lady, which was disapproved by his fa-
ther, who forbade the banns. Wednesday eve
ing he went to White Conduit House, wrote a
letter to the young lady, the object of his affec-.
tions, and sent the waiter to deliver it to her ;
soon; afterwards she arrived in the company of a
female friend; he met them at -the door, ushered
them up stairs, and requested them to accept or
some negus, which they assented to, and he said-
he would go and order it; he went down
but instead of ordering the negus, he went into
the middle of the road, placed a pistol to Iry
bead, and discharged the contents, by whicti
part of the left sille.of his skull was carrieti
away ; he fell on the road insensible ; tneclical.
aid was instantly procured, and he was placed
in•bed, but without the least hope of recovery.
SINGULAR ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—OII Wed:
nesday afternoon, about five o'clock, the Bed'
ford Telegraph Coach arrived in Londen.--7
Amongst the passengers were—five convicts, 31-'7!
companied by the gaoler and his man, who %Ter'
placed in the dickey ; the prisoners being double':
ironed, and having a strong chain passed through
the links—the extremities of which were fastenel,
to the coach. When the coach arrived opposite
Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell-green,, one of the
prisoners, a dexterous thief, who was convictecl,
for uttering forged notes, by some means
his feet from the manacles, and instantly alighted
and took :to his heels up Compton-street, tow"-'5
Gosw ell-street, whither he was pursued b)
number of people, •but in vain. A considerable"
reward is offered for his apprehension. Ile is
well-known character in the Police-offices UI 1-1-44
Metropolis.

C OILN -E
X CHANGE, SEPT. 21.=-NOlWithstanding the 017;
'in the weather, and the unfavourable accounts that are "h,„.
received of the serious injury sustained to the out-lying 014,,5;
the 'Wheat trade was very heavy this morning, yet there Ic,:
rather more demand than either on Monday or Wedne6al
but the supply this week has been so overwhelming that DS,
one quarter of it has been got off; hut what sales were made 14`c''
on full as good teams as on 'Wednesday. Barley, Beans, Yea 5,;
and Oats, sold also full as well as on that day, in conscilue°'
of the return of wet weather.
foO4-
SmilairrELD MARKET, SEPT. 21.—There was
.;
supply of Sheep and Lanibo at market this morning, init..ll
Beef there was rather a short supply, in consequence of villi...`et
the price of good Beef is on the advance. In the Hay-loar
there is no alteration in the prices of Bay, Straw, and Cloer.
_ _

COAL-MARKET, SEPT. 21.
Ships at Market. Ships sold
70i NeweaStle . 51i
11 Stindeiland . • 9i