The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-31 00:00:00

POLICE.

Gu iLn it A LL.-Mrs. Rachael .11P Milian, the spouse
of an 'Hibernian' carpentor,, yesterday exhibited
against her husband charges of frequent battery and
outrage, which she sustained by,a considerable share
of voluble eloquence. Thin-loreimmediate cause
or appeal °centred on Sunday night. This discor-
dant pair have, for some years kept two houses in
the vicinity of Fetter-lane, well stowed with lodgers.
The husband had some time since presented his 7i6
with a srrwll watch, as a token of InS affection. For.
wine cause, which did not appear, he came on Sun-
day evening to demand the restotation of this
The lady was ti_ 01 :dressed in white muslin, and a
fashionable straw bonnet, for an evening's prome7
oaile ; and conceiving . her tithe-keeper too. impor-
tant a part of' her chess to be surrenderedat that
jundure,. refused to. givc it-up. 'Refusal tended
to render dernan'd more peremptory.", and the
hosband.insisted 'on having the watch—or else
warm debate' ensued ; and t he blisiaeSs of argument
ant 'an4wer, reply and rejoinder, was carried ott fOr
some tune with• increa.ing brat. At length the
husband, findtog himself no twitch for his, yoke.;
felhsw iri elovence„ ;bought it m'gi t serve his
4, t. suit tic acltriin to the word, and the word
to th- acti;" and suspecting the smartness of her
dress boded nothing favourable to the fidelity of her
conjugal aeuchm-nts, he laid violent hands on her
bonnet and snow-w bite robes, and sacrificed both to
his fury. The lady produced the fragments, in
evidence of the fad, adding, that lie had repeatedly
agreed to part from her, and 'allow her "a separate
Inuiniertanre,-" but as often broke his word ; and she
now claimedthe performance of his promise in a
formal separation. This demand was accompanied
by a long detail of black eyes and rib-roastingi;
conferred on her by her cruel yoke-fellow.
The defendant now spoke in hislurn, said he had
been married to this woman twenty-five years, and
bitterly complained of her extravagance and infideli--
ty : that-she ran him in debt in the neighbourhood,•
borrowed money from his lodgers, which he was
obliged tb allow_in their rent; and, iii short, that
-she "" confusticated . every penny he could rap or
run ;" that she was a very. bad woman ; for while
he was industering earl and lateto get the better of
poverty, she was spending his property with oiler
men ; and that one 'morning after be went to work
lie made a short turn upon her unawares, and found
her locked up in his room, and she refused him at:l7-
mittanoe.; that he got in at the window and puled
a man tram under her bed ; that for four years to-
gether she frequented a noted 'receiving house in
Holborn ; that one night last week, she went to-
Vauxhall against his consent, and staid out.all night;
that when he went home on Sunday evening, and
Zavir her dressed in her Walchereen bonne',
hc suSpect-
ed it was for DO good, and he was provoked to tear
it; that he was willing to do any illuij‘ in his'
power to get rid of her, and now offered her an al,
lowance of los. per week, which was one-third of
his earnings.
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'These iiroposals, however, the lady did not think
sufficiently advantageous ; for although divorce 'and
alimony formed a principal part of her. objeat, yet a
divorce'a mensa et Moro did nOt suit her purpose';
for she insisted on a moiety of his beds and tat/es,
thinking it but just, that i 1 he divorced her,
must also divorceonc hallo( his household fortuture
to her use, tbr ever. ' This point, was discussed Oa-
some time with diplomatic addre,i on both sides
and at:length, the husband profe3sing himself dk-
posed to sign any terms, upon the basis of a rid-
dance from his yoke-mate; pgreed: to give her onv-
half of ,his fui niture, and to get. quit of her. Not
content with this.arlicle of the treaty, the lady still
acting on the uti jiossidetis, wanted to have one of
his two
,houses, with the proposedpin,money, and
to saddle her husband . with the costs of suit, and
compensations to the watchmen whointertered dur-
ing the last evening's quarrel. But these conditions
were deemed inadmissible by her, linsband ; and
every thing woukt have relapsed into the status' quo,
had not the worthy Magistrate succeeded in advising
the lady to be content with what she had obtained,
and both parties went away seetninglT.Well ,satis-
fied with the issue of the negociation.

BOW-STREET.—.-On Saturday night, as Mr. Kib-,
blewhile, of Lidd:ard Melliscent, in Wiltshire, ac-
compan ed byhis.Lady, entered London in a single
horse chaise, about nine o'clOck, just as they- had
v:ssed through Broad-street, St. Giles's, and werca
a )out to enter Holborn, some persons called to them,
poi erg ing th y v. °old lose some straps which were

I tehind the chaise, .Mr.Kibblewhite rooked l)eliintle
• •
and clize.ovAtO. that their . trunks e_anne.
Limberick, one.of the conduetots of the PatroleA
belonging to the above Office, har)pening to be on
duty near the spot; with his party of Patrole;
hearing of the circumstance, ran off with all posl
sible steed to Bowl-yard, where they overtook a
"Well-known. thief,
__with the trunk upon his back.--.-4,
Tney secured him with it.
• Vestk,rday morning he was brouzht to •:= Office,
andunderwent an examination, when Mr. Kibble.
white attended,
.and identified-the trunk found up.
on the prisoner, John Graves, to be the same that
way stolen from .behind•his- chaise. It contained
their wdring apparel, and several articles ot oki
luThie plate; which they were goiung to get ex-,
charged for some of a modern shape.
The pri,oner was fully committed for.trial,

ITECHAPEL.-YesterdaTaMr. Jones, of East
Smitlifi.ld, charged: three men, drovers, of the
nines of Smith, fPilliams.,:and Fitefie3, with stop-
ping, hiin on .Tower-bill, on Tuesday, about otie
o'clock at noon-, and:holding up his head, while.they
robbed him of his watch, gold-chain, and seals; a
lad tchosaw the- transatiioo,,identified the man.who
took the
,watch. They were cointnitted:loe re-exd-
minaiion. . .

QUEEN•SQUARE.—A Lu NATI c,----7esterciay a lady
of acconipliShed and.elegant mantieis was brought
to the above orrice by Serjeant of the Guards,
from the orderly-room at Whitehall, where she had
gone early in the morning, stating that'slie was the
Duchess of cumberland, and that she wanted to
see his Attjesty and the Queen uon her marriage,
and requested the of=ficer on guard would setrd •a
military escort with her for proteion ;'slie was.
then secured, and'brought befole \\ Thant Fielding,
rsq: to whom she related, that Vilely she was mar.
tied to his:Royal Highness the Lake of Cumber,
land, and attempted to destrpy his
Royal Highness, was hired for, ihat.porpose. Mr.
Fielding, observi.ng her state of insanity, -commit.-
ted her to the charge of J. Lavender, the oth,:er,
and gave directions th it he would. take a co,,c.t.t..e.tad:',
go along with her to e.ndea.vonr to find oot 14.4 re,
teriurntely discovered them living in,
the_ neighbourhood of Fitzroy-square, and learned-
that the unfortunate lady,- whose name is Amelia ,
Larichain, had, at an early hoiar,.gons out, aitd that
ar intervals she is in a slate of insanity...
then bionght her back;:an-d she wais,sent to Tuthill-
fields till tier telat:ives, •wnci itre of great respectable
lhy,, procure. a. proper plaee.of sebutityfor her. -

UNION HALL.---Yesterday Mary Pobner w 4•
chArg .d on suspicion of 'having comdit-tvd various -
robbcries of two there was no dmiht-4,f thr,e
more there was little doubt but a further 'hearing'
is ordered.

A young rn in, who stated himself to Captain'.
VircasTint, of the lOth Ligh! Drago4os, Was aprc-
bended on Tuesday last at Bristol. I-fe ha,! ncen
previously at Bath, where,. nii,ier this aiming-4 eha-
racqtr, he obtained crecht to asotaSidt4able -„to. rit.
The impostor was di,covered by the arrval of 2,1 r,
Weddet borne Webster, a Lien enant toe t ukh, at
Bath. The culprit, it seems, h in ihe course of
his mock character, forged d-alts on Messis. Green-
mind, the agents of the regiment, to the amount of
901. In considera ion of lt,s youth and conneaions
(he .is only 19, states himself to be the son of a
clergyman, and to have held a commission in the
Militia), Lieut. Webster declined prosecuting.
Yesterday afternoon as a Min of the name of
Freshwater, a labourer in the einPloy of
_Williams,
Burford, and Co. was viewing some old houses that.
were pulling down near,the turnpike, at Stratford,
;n Essex, he was desired by the workmen to get out
of the way f the words were hardly uttered, when
the front of the houses fell with a most tremendous
crash, and baried the unfortunate m3n in the ruins.
He was itnntedizuely dug out a mo,t shocking
spec-
tacle: ; his neck was dislocated, both his thighs and
legs I.roken, and likewise one of his arms.

During the fire on Sunday morning,Fleet-streef
exhibited a most distressing scene; the inhabitants
of Crown-cOurt and Hanging-sword-alley being
chiefly room-keepers, they brought their little fur-
niture into the street, where they were piled in se-
parate lots. The distress of the women and. their'
children appeared beyond de,cription—the affrighted
infants clinging to their mothers for that proteaion
they theinselves were soma) in need of ;•one poor'
funily'consisted of a widow; and two chiliren, their
whole furniture did not appear,to be worth.sl. and
on it lay. a coffin containing the;eorpse of a feMale
infant, which was to hive been interred ye3terday.:
It is said "that there had not been either fire or
c,i tidle in the building since the Printers left off
working-by candle-41ft in March ht t; and" that
Mr. GILLETT, accompanied, by his': sons, SW' that
every thingwa,.i safe before he retired: to bed on •
"Saturday night. "It seems. to be ri pretty general
opinion that the fire must have:niketi place from th
dianolical condna of some incendiary. A stria
vestigati•ni into the Ouse,. We unders;and,
ti ill in~-
medtately be wade ; and if ii s head be proved to be
malkiously done, it is to he hopd the villain
receive th,it punhilint;ht which his crime so'jusili
cntiles him to:

The cahmity was first diwovered by a Mr. BAKER,
fit Mr. GALE'S, virho had got up with the intent or
going into the country; he ob3s:itrei a vointne Cpi
smoke burst from the ‘vindows of tir•a P,inting-offif
He immed.wely alarmed Mr: GILLEIT's family, Mr.
GALE'S, and Messrs. JACKSON and Co. in Salisbury.•
square.

In the hnrry to 'get out' tie property, a drawer
was taken from Mr. Ga.r.v.Tr's, containing a gold
watch, and various other ‘aluable articles.

The roof of Mr. GILLE:TT'S thvelling-Itouse, with
'part of Mr. GALE'S, and the InocuLition Hospit:ll
adjoining, are, greatly damaged. We have been in-
formed that Mr. GILLgTT is not insured to near the
amount of his loss. •

Last week, as some workmen employed by Mr.
WATERS, butcher; of Brecon, were polling down
an old house in 'that town, for the purpose of re-
building it, he was very agreeably sktrpre,l on tint-
ing a valuable, purse, which had been secreted to the
wall of a chimney, and had pr,bably lain them more
than two centuries. The purse contained about
thirty' pieces of gold coin, and 200 of silver, chiefly
Of the reins of Henry VIII. Philip and Mary, and.
Elizabeth.

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LAW REPOUT.

COURT OFKIN(PS 141...NCH, fuLx

GARNETT V. DUNKIN..
This was an action by which the plaintiff sought
to recover a compensation in damages fron) the de-
froda!,t, for an.assau;t committed on the pl9intiti
by the tietendant on the public Corn Exchange.—
It appeared, that the plaintiff and defendant (both
of whom arc Gentle:neti of respeetabiltty engaged in,
th..'t cot trade, •and al,x! Officers of Volunteer Ca-
valry Cores, 111, defendant belonging to-the.• Surrey
Ye,arianry Cavalry, and the plaintiff to the London
Light flprse)had words tol;ether on the Corn .Ex-
chattge:on a certain clay in May last, relative to a
prosecution commenced by the defendant against a
s • rvdilt.o4 the' plaintiff 's, but which the defendant
had abandoned. The defentli.nt asstned as his
reason tor ni,r perNisticg in-the prosecution, the re-
spect he telt fur the house of business of which the
siAintitiwai a partner; and the plaintiff, on the other
hat,d, allege t, that he had been anxious that the de-
fendant should -have proceeded. In the course of
this,Aiietcatitin, as the evidence for the plaintiff went
to she ; the defendant accused the plaintiffof as—
serting a falsehood, and squid: him on the face,
calling him a mean contemptible fellow ; the plain-
tiff retorted the.words on the defendant, who-then
took Op a handfui of wheat, and threw it in the'plain-
tof's tate.

Toe evidene.l for the defendant was of a different
nature, and went to prove that the original insult,'
at least so far as the,le was given, came from the
plaintiff." The defendant even after, the words
were first used, called on- the plaintiff to repeat, the
insolt, it he held to it ; 'cautioniog hint, it he did
repeat it, he would chastise him.—The witness for
the defendant, hoJ. ever, did nut see the whole of
the transaction, but, trom what lie-did see of ir, he
considered the defendant as being the person 31-
grieved.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH left the circumstances of
.aggra.ation, or ot alleviation, to be considered of by
the J,ry.—That an assault had been c,ininitted, so
that some ciainageos most. be given, was not denied.
The question ror the consideration of the Jury was,
did the charge ot :alsitood originate on the part ot the
defer), aut, ur of the plaintiff? according to their be-
lief ot the one or the other, they- would give aggra-
vated ur mitigated damages.—Verditt for. the Om-
mr—Damaget spl.