The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-27 00:00:00

disposition's of the witnesses. baron Pennetather concluded a 1
luminous' charge thus • !
" Gentlemen of the Jury, you will judge with caie—you will !
deliberate fairly and impartially, remeirdicting that in one hrinn,
you hold the justice of the country, in the other the life,of.a fel-
low=being. On the whole, if you haVnany rational doubts on
your minds as to the identity of the prisoner, ..for on that every
thing deperidS, he must have the -benefit of that doubt The
law, which is al*ays as merciftit as it is-impartiali says, .that
it is better that 99 guilty persons should csepe, than hat one
innocent person should suffer.' Gentlemen, doubtless you will
exercise your solemn and important duty firmly and conscien,
tiously!---voti will acquit yourselves as becoMe you, and you
will discharge the trust vested in your hands by your country,
in an adequate arid laudable manner.
The Jury retired at six o'clock, and after deliberating some
time, returned with a verdict of ACQUITTAL for the prisoner
at the bai. .

TREMENDOUS INUNDATION AT HOLYWEI.L.-011 Fri-
day last, Holy well and its neighbourhood were visited with one
of the heaviest falls of rain ever remembered, accompanied with
tremendous thunder and lightning. About one o'clock, •the
villagers' in the low lands became greatly alarmed ,by the tor-
rents which descended in all directions from the mountains, and
with such extreme rapidity, that it became very difficult for
theM to escape the danger of benig drowned. Our correspon-
dent
informs us, that several houses were nearly demolished by
the violence of the storm. The cotton works in Holywell sus- •
tained much damage from the overwhelming torrent forcing its
way through the lower stories with such' rapid progress; that •
the lives of the people employed in the works were greatly
endangered, the lower rooms becoming literally filled in a
few seconds. Greenfield appeared most awful, the 'inhabi-
tants of. which were crying in all directions for help, and
flying for security to the sides of the hills. The copper
works were also speedily filled with the flood, which creat-
ed no inconsiderable degree of alarm.—On the waters reach-
ing the heated steam furnaces, the latter burst, with an
explosion resembling a heavy clap of thunder ; some.
part of the works, in consequence, took fire ; and it was not
without difficulty extinguished: Coals; and lead and' copper
ore, were washed in considerable• quantities from the differ-
ent. works in the neighbourhood. Our correspondent adds,
that on Saturday morning the Marsh (below Holywell),.
presented a scene of desolation, in which were discoverable
the wrecks of valuable property which had been swept'
away by the impetuous deluge. Coal, copper, and lead
ore, cotton in packs, broken machinery, dead cattle, - house-
-11014 furniture, stacks of hay, sheaves of corn, and, in
fact, all kinds of materials . which lay in the progress of
the waters, were forced before the storm. It is said, that
the loss sustained by the cotton and copper works, is estimated
at several thousand pounds ; it is likewise reported, that three
persons fell victims to the ravaging deluge. At the time the
.abovc, tempest was raging, at Ilolywell, our city enjoyed the
calm and clearness of sun-shine ; though, we have heard, the
storm during the afterno.i and night was very severe in dif-
ferent parts of the country. A gentleman of
.Chester, going.
by the coach towards Manchester, reports, that about two in the
afternoon, hail and rain descended in such torrents as almost to
darken the air, and render it impossible to see half a doien
yards beyond the leading horses' heads.—(Chester Courant,
Sept. 25.) •

EXTRAORDINARY FOOTPAD.—About dusk, on
Tuesday evening, as Miss ANN WALKER, a young
lady residing at Pimlico, and Captain IVI r.I.Ps,
were taking the air in St. James's Park, they sat
for some time on one of the benches, and ob
served a furious looking fellow pass them several
times. The young Lady observed he had the
look of an assassin, and she thought he was
looking out for prey. The Captain only laughed
at her timidity. She however urged him to quit

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that spot, and they walked into the Gree❑ Park.
When they arrived about half way they saw the
same fellow approach them from the pond, and
when he came up to them he pulled oti his hat
to beg for charity. The -Lady threw a shilling
to him, upon which he pulled out a large knife,
declaring, with dreadful imprecations, he would
murder them both, if they did not deliver up
their watches and money. The Captain hap-
pened to carry a dirk, and pulled it from under
his coat. The Lady screamed, which attracted
the notice of some Gentlemen in the Mall, who
ran up ; but whether that, or the appearance of
the dirk, terrified the robber, he took to his
heels, reached Piccadilly, and escaped. A
proper description of him is given to the Police.

A Gentleman applied at Marlborough-street
Police-office yesterday, to know •what mode he
should pursue to quell what he, applicant, term-
ed "an insufferable nuisance." He was an Wm-

bitant of the tdg,eware-road, and a set of fel

lows, stage-coachmen, were in the daily habit
of getting together in front of his house and dis-
turbing his family by blowing their trumpets or
horns. The annoyance at length became so great,l
that he found it necessary to remonstrate with
them, and his remonstrance seemed only to ex-
cite them to fresh acts of annoyance. lie merely
wanted to ascertain by what mean's he could pre-
vent such, nuisance, or whether the late New-
street Act recognized such proceedings as an
offence. The Magistrate did not see that wry
remedy lay in his own power, but recommended
the applicant to complain to the. masters or em-
ployers of the parties who annoyed him, and if
they did not cease, to bring the matter before a
Court of law.

Yesterday morning two labourers, who are
employed, amongst others, in pulling down some
old houses in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury,
were at work on the ground floor of one of- the
houses, when suddenly a huge beam at the top
gave way, which, together with an immense
quantity. of bricks and mortar, fell with an
alarming crash, and the two men, named Dutton
and. Davies, were buried underneath. The re-
mainder of the workmen, with great alacrity,
began to remove the rubbish.; and eventually
the poor fellows were extricated from their peril-
ous situation, in a state of great exhaustion.
They were, without delay, conveyed on shutters
to the
.Nliddlesex hospital, where they were
examined by the surgeon, who declared they had
not received the slightest. injury ; upon which
the men, after thanking the surgeons, went.to
work, previously taking a glass of whiskey.
On ThurSday night last,Missll EATH, governess
in the family 'of the Duke, of NEWCASTLE,' died
suddenly at Clumber, his. Grace's seat. After
passing the evening in higher spirits than usual,
and retiring to her room. at eleven o'clock, she
was seized with a fit of apoplexy, and expired in
a few- seconds, in the arms of a female domestic.
So'highly was this lady esteerned,-That an expreSs
communicating the mournful intelligence was dis-
patched at midnight to the Duke, who was at
' Scarborough with the Duchess, and on receipt of
it their Graces immediately set out on their re-
turn to Clumber, to show a respect for departed
worth not less honourable to their own feelings
than to the memory of the deceased?,
During the late thunder-storm in .the metro.
polis, a mail-guard, who accompanies the bags
to the coach,. placed a leather apron upon his
-knees. to- protect him from .the wet, when the
electric fluid of the lightning consumed the apron
to a einder,:.Without doing the -least further in-
jury even to his clothes! •