The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-03 00:00:00

MJ nT LESEX SES'STO A'S, NUS'. C.

John:Coop& was indide,i for an Msault on
BrAgge, Fi•q. f Alijis.rote of t County of 1.. 1i fdle-
sex, on IL, Oaober laq, in tt.:e eXevntion of
his duty. There was also a second count, Chlring4
common .

The defendant, it appeared, was a coacfrimn in
the employ of " Francis Percival Eliot, Esq.who kept
his own carriage, but employed the hors, s of a h.iek-
ney-man, of the name of Vernon. Vernon had'
also. Sent the defendant as coachman, but, by a Spe-
cial agreement, he became the servant of Mr. Eliot.
On the t(ith of Octobor, the prosecutor's wife and
family were going to Richmind;froin their residence,
at .the bottom of Old Burlington-street„ when- a-
,
dimple took place with the defendant, who wa, itt
liquor ; who, conceiving he . had full jnrisdia ion
over the horses, proceeded to 'take them from the
coach. Mr. Eliot at that-moment came up, and re-
monstrated with the dufendant on his improper
cOnclact ; but to no purpose, he still persisted iit
taking away the horses. Some of Mr. Riot%
neighbours, however, direr ed him and his son to
mount the. coach-box, and they would take the de.
lendant away, so as to giveMr; Eliot an opporttu-
nity of driving the coach hirns,lf. Mr. Eliot did (;;
hut the defendant, who had hold of the horses'
heads, turned them in such a way as to endanger
the overturoing of the coach. Mr.,Eliot then cadet
out for assistance, when Mr. Bragge, tvhorn the
noise trd6 render heNv
jlstaad.l\alta'iragisC:trt, stated, that;
tance iii his power. By his intervemion Mr. Eliot.
was enabled to. drive off ; after ,t h:ch
the def,ndant began to'abuse Mr. lira. ge, demandeti
by what authority he i;eted, Nid thrust his fist into
his face. Prosecutor iniitantly gave him in char,ze
of a peace officer to take hint to Marlborongh-street
Office; he went quietly for a few yards, when b
got hold of a railing, where he made a stand, and
abused and threatence the pro.ecutor very much
and:when he was finally brought to the Odice, he
made a blow at Mr. Bragge, and ru,i:cd vioientlf
against him.

The prisoner expressed his Contrition for his
proper,condua to Mr. Bragge ; he .acitnovilcdged
that he had attempted to take the horses itml
the coach,' but his reason for • that wa:l,- be
received positive diredions frbin Mr: Vernon not
to permit the horses to be driven by any one but.
himself.

The Jury returned n verdia of Guilty--and the
Court sentenced him to receive six months impti-
soniment.

Humphrey Weetwright was indicted for an assault
on Thoins Lloyd, a man of colour. In thi, cast:
there was'a cross-incliamcw,.

Lloyd, it appeared, was servant to an wtornev of
the name of Morley, who had a country residence
at Highgate. Mr. Wheelwright, who'was a minia.;
tore painter, and lived next door, had taken a very
great dislike to the young man, whom he suspected
to have poisoned a number of fowls belonging to
him.
.He had repeatedly insulted him—and, oa
the I 4.tb of August last, on which day he had
applying at Bow-street relative to the fo%vis which.
had been poisoned, he stopped in
to a brae
Mr. p
na near-ohtiler:
Morley's' house, and was speak;
whom he - met, on the subjeCt -of his application,
when Lloyd, who had beep out on ItisMaqet's bu-
siness, passed. Wheelwright immediately cried out,
there goes thy~villain who has occasioned all the
mischief." Lloyd inquired \whether he spoke of
him ; to which he answered in the affirmative, and-
thrust his fist against him. Lloyd then went home,
and acquainted his master With what had.passed, who
sent up to Mr. Wheelwright to request a few mi-
nutes' conversation ; • that, if he had any complaint
against his servant, it aright be investigated. Mr-
Wheelwright, after some difficulty, came down,
'and a warm-altercation ensued between him and Mr.
Morley, in the course of which he accused Lloyd
with having struck him with his fist, and afterwards
havincr drawn a knife of dagger on him.; , and, at
length he; stretched his arm- over the slrcufder of a
Gentleman presents and struck Lloyd in the 'mouth.
Mr.Wheelw-right, on the other hand,.sWore that
Lloyd had struck him in the road, after his friend,
Mr.. Pope had left him ; and that he drew soma.
thing oti him, which looked like a knife or bayonet;
'although it had been proved that the young man had
a pot of porter in one hand, a bundle of wood un-
der his arm, and a stick-in the other hand. Mr.,
WheeiWright also brought forward persons to swear
that, at the time:of the alteication with Mr. Mor-
ley, he had not struck Lloyd, as deposed by Mr.
Morley and several other witnesses.
The Jury acquitted Lloyd, and found Wheel-
wright guilty ; who was sentenced to. pay a ,fine of
201, to the King.

Thomas _lnnis, who had been found guilty. of an
assault on , a Gentleman's servant, `with intent to
commit an abominable crime, was sentenced to -18
months imprisonment.

Porchester Castle is completely filled. with pri-
soners. Upwards of tiouo are at present in that
fortress.

•
(An interesting speEtacle was yesterday exhibited in
the Borough. Upwards of two hundred persons,
consisting of women, girls and boys, received tww-
cloathing, according to the will of a charitable Lady,
who left a considerable sum in St. Saviour's Parisi'
for that purpose. Tue poor receive these. comforis
annudly, and, after attending Divine Service, walk
in procession with the Paish Beadles, to partake or
a dinner prepared on the occasion.

•
Yesterday as a Gentleman's servant MIS going _
along Park-lane in his master's gig, the horse took
fright, and became unmanageable, tan down Upi:er
Orcovenor-street, • and went three- titnes round
Gromenor-square ; and at length coming in contact..
with the iron-raling,' the man, was tbiown out
with great violence, and received considerable.in-
j9ry ; the ,horse took its course towards Cavendish.
'street, where it broke the vehicle to pieces.
---•

•
Yesterday morning, as a poSt-chaise was coming
along Piccadilly, the driver being inside, therEiii4
broke, and the horses upset the chaise against th 4
Green-Park railing, and broke the pele,and axle-
ti-ee ; the man escaped unhurt.

P

I

L OF THE CO U NTESS- OF
E S,L EY ,

ON A CHARGE OF BIGAMY, BEFORE THE RIGHT

HoN. SIR GEORGE' DALY AND :JUDGE OSBORNE..
AT THE. SESSIONS-HOUSE, GB EEN-STREET, DUB-

LIN, TUESDAY, OCT. 30,. 1810.

Mr. M'N4.I.LY stated the case on_ behalf of the
prosecution. He said the prisoner, Sophia Connor,
stood charged,
,that she, on the 29th September, in
the 37th year of the King, did marry the late Earl
Annesley, though Mirtin Connor, her fortnerhus-
band,' td her knowleige, was then and still is alive.
He said, that in his progress he would do every
thing within the limits of his duty ;. that the prisoner
had a right to have it presumed that she was kilo-
cent ;- and . that., he would be amongst those that
would rejoice if.she established that innocence.--
Mr. M'Nally proceeded to say, that the present
was not a.ease without precedent; a lady of even
higher rank .had been tried for a ,aimilar,offerwe—he
meant the Duchess of Kingston; and that though
upon the present opcasion he stood alone, he yet.
bad the example of Lord Thurlow, who conducted
the prosecution ag:iirist the Duchess of Kingston;
and tflat example he would endeavour Iminh:y to
imitate The ofit..nee charged in the indictment was
bigamy, the matiyiog',a second husband while the
'first Au offence more dangerous to so,
ciety or lnor dity could not be found. By a former
law in this country, this crime was punished with
death ; but by the. Nil% of Geo. I. the capital pail
of the•punishment was repealed, and traosportatinn
was substituted.. Itr the course of the trial, if any
doubt could remain of the guilt of the prisoner, Mr.
called' lapis the Jury to give the prisoner
'the heni-fit -of it. He wished to_atit, candidly and
he would not 'Stop to 'advert- to minor
circurnstancts ;hd had no inclination-to aggravate
on the contrary, he' would endeavourto reconcile-
tbeicJings of his heari with the duties of his pro-,
fession. Re then proceeded to state the circum,-
stances of the case as they were to be proved by,evi,
deuce. The. ffirst'witness, Mrs. M'Veagh, was. .
rumt.mateiial;• arid to be attended to, as she would
clirde43efore the .Cdurt with advantage that
moral good .condu6t could entitle her to. [Elete.
Mr. Goold, Counsel for the prisoner, applied to
the -Ciitart to have all. the :witnesses on behalf of- the
prasectation removed ttom.the hearing of the Advo-
cate, and they were removed accordingly; after
whicji Mr. M'Nally pfoceeded as tullOwsj—TWo
faelsit was necessary to prove; first, that a mar-.
-riage adually did take place between the prisoner
and Martin Connor'; and not only that he, Connor,
was ali%;e when a-second marriage took place-1)2.7
tween the prisoner and the late Earl Annesley, - but
that.tbe.prisolier Oually-knew.that her. first bus-
Jaankwas alivt" .when she permitted. the marriage
ceremony to be performed .between her and Lord
Anneslev.. _

The first ,witness, Mary-M'Veagh, would prove.
that the
.maiden name.ofthe prisoner_ was Sophia.
Kelly; she .was horn. in the north of Itelaud,
near where Mrs. M'Veagh lived. Mrs. M'Veagh
removed from the place of:her birth to arcane,
near Killis'er, within a few miles of and
mar the residence- of the. late. Earl 4,nestey, _ to
whotnMartin Connor was gerdener. Miss Kelly;
the prisoner at the bar, accompanied Mrs. Al'Veagh
from the north, and was upon a visit with her
at Attane when she became acquainted with, Mar-
tin Cannor, who paid his addresses to her, and he
proposed marriage. The. Rev. Ms. Larkin, thepa-
rish priest, was eppliedto to perform the.cereoteny;
but M 163 Kelly being a stranger in the parish, he,
declined to perform his office, until her father, who
lived in the northewas applied to, to learn if he had
any objeCtion to the match ; end -a favourable an-
swer being received, together with .a certificate from
the parish Priest .in the north , where Miss Kelly re-
sided, that he knew of no .itneeditnent to her mar-
. riage, Father Larkin performed the ceremony of
marriage between Miss, Sophia Kelly, the prisoner
at-the. bar, aud.Martin Connor, the gardener, in the
presence of five witnesses, of whom two are dead
and three are alive. At the time, of her marriage,
the jaw did not permit the Clergy of the Roman
Catholic religion to beep a registry of marriages,.
but a mernotandurn of it was made by the' Clergy-
man who. perfo4:rued_the ceremony. A supper was
givee by Mrs. M'Veagh at her houSe,. in conse-
quence of the marriage, where the new married
ceuple remained and cohabited for two or three days,
after which Connoreook his wife home to his own
liabitation,-where they lived as man and wife but
it uolortunately happened after some tune, that
Lord Atmesley took, a liking to Mrs. Connor, and
bis rank in life appears to have-made an impression
upon her. His Lordship. carriedirerreff in his car-
riage to Dublin, where they lived .tegether. Mrs,
fit' Neagh found her out at his. Lordship's house.
She visited the prisoner, and'gave her excellent ad-
vice, which unfortunately had no influence. Lord
Antresl4 'Made- some compensation or other to Con 7.
nor for the.less of his wife, it.4asto be presumed, for_
he brought' no -"gaiOn of' Crim. Con. against bis
Lordship ; on the contrary; he kept ,hirnSelf a re-
close, and gave the amorous pair no trouble what-
ever. Something was done to induce Lord Alines-
ley to believe that Connor was, dead, and a cere-:
mony of marriage was performed. The prisoner;
had two children hylis- Lordship ; one of them
alive. Upon bet. marriage she assumed the rermei
and, title_of the Countess Annesley ; and though]
the Earl bed been. dead ,frie some years, that title.
she still assumed. ' flare Mr. Wltially intreated the-'
Jury to. banish -from their minds any impression
which former reports might have. made upon them,
ind„to form, their decision selely
.upon the evidence,
The first witness called- was

ifary M'Veagh.--Witness is a widow, did live
in the county of Down,. where she knew the pri-
soner.; left the North about .2 LyearS ago, and re.-
ittio.ved to Killister, near Dublin, where she received
t4,:--.otisoner, then Miss Kelly, as a visitor. She be-,
4414: acquainted about the same time with PvLartin
Connor, who is living, and whom the witness saw
within this half ,hour. Martin Connor was married
to the prisoner fifteen years ago from last Shrove
_I" ;

Tuesday, by Father L The prisoner, her
hnsband Connor, witness M'Vea2;ll, the husband
_witness, and Pat Connor, the brother, of Martin
Connor, were present.- It was after hinter when
the marriage ceremony took place; Father itarkin,
wha performed the cetetnony, ua,s the priest of the,
paiish—he d,ad--he Wa3 sober at the time. Thu
I,ew-married couple sle'pt at Kidister, where the)%
afterwards li‘ed as man- and wife for six of seven
weeks; they atierwards went to the N•rtli.' Con-
nor was gardener to Loh( Annesler, and lived
a lodge in Lord Annesley's garden. Witne:A re=
carets the return of the prisoner and her huoand
Jo Lord Annesh-y's. In the month- of Octoher,
after the marri,lge of the pri4o'u she was carried
off in a carriage, by Lord Annesley. CannOt
where Lord Armesley canted her to. Visite I
soner afterwards at Lord Annesley's in'Dub-
lin where she 'went by the name of. Lowry. Th •
husband of the WitnesS has been dead about five
years. Cannot tell how he came by los death : was .
found dead in Killister-lane, with a bl.:tck •mark
about hiS !leek. , • • • -

. ass-examined by 41r. Goo t. n.—Ca 11 001. tellhow
long since she swore examinations against. Lady
Annesley believes it is about -three month. Mr.
Jeifereys and his Att"tney called upon witness. She,
.was influenced bul.ely by a 1,-;ve of justice ;. cannot
account for the motives of Mr.Jelfeleys,
he was under a prosecution at the suit of L7idy
nesk.y, in the Court of King's Bench. fl*re the
while's underwent a severe and tedious cioss-eva.
initiation, the purport of which was to shew that
she was ivfluenc .d by Mr. Jetlereys, atoinit whim')
LadyAnnesiev had commenced a piosecUtion,u;ino
a_charge that he li,id accused his .00rt ntother,-Mr..
Grove, and lAA.), Aiinesley, of having piocurecl the
:murder of M=Veagh,• the husf!aod of witness.]--;
Witness acknowledged, after Much -difficulty, that
she disliked Lady A. and
.su-speCted that Lady. A.
had injured her; - •
• Next -witness called to prove the marriage of the
prisonrr. with LOrd-A-. was Marcus AnneSley, -who
(lid not appear. Mr—Jetrereys then addieSsed the
COurt, and said, that Mr.•Annesley could not be
found; whereupon the,pi ismer rose, and addressed
the Court,. that if Mr. Annesley u as called to,prove
her marriage With Lord Annesley,.•She was - ready
to admit that fad; The Court said, that as She had
pleaded Not Uuilty to the indiatneni,.. no admission
fiom her could.be.now.receiVed.

Judge DALY then • proceeded to charge the Jury,
that the marriage had been, proved, but that of
the illegal .marriage no proof •had been given, and
diredtd the Jury to acquit the-.prisoner, who was.
acquitted accordingly.

The following article appeared in the Leith and
Edinburgh Telegraph, of the 30tb ult. , •
We are requested to coirea a paragraph, which
appeared in Our paper of the .igth iiist:,(copiedfrOm
' another paper), that the ship Active, di Peu:rhead,
John Sumer master,' from Otlan to Prince Edward's
Island, North America, with emigrants, had put
back to Oban in diStress, and that some of the pas-
: sengers had died. The circumstances of the case
are quite different; and we are now unabled to lay
the following faas before the public:—
" On the 7th September last, the above ship
sailed from Oban,, ith go emigrants, and havi-7g
proceeded about zoo miles to tt,e westward of Bar-
rahead, was overtaken on Thumtay, the 20th, with
a gale ofwind, which, which lasted the greatest put
of .t hat day. The captain, mate, and crew„ judging
. this a favourable opportunity, fOr pursuing a plan
(which, .it now clearly appears,,they.had previously
concerted), began to work upon the fears Of the
unfortunate and ignorant passengers, by represent-
ing the ship as having steeived so much damage in
her sails, rigging, &c. that she could not proceed on
her voyage, unless at the imminent danger of their
lives ; that the provisions were damaged, and the
water casks stove in. In this situation, the captain
prevailed upon a few of the passengers to sign a
paper, desiring that the: ship should be put back to
any port in Scotland, to save their lives; and to
this paper he compelled others to subscribe their
names, under: the .most un,ju,tiable coercive 'mei•
sures, having' threatened the lives of those who .re-
fused their signature. The ship did then put back,
and arrived at Oban the 26th silt. without the loss'
of a single passenger; the provisions and baggage
were then thrown upon the sea beach, by orders of
the owners,-.and without the sanction of the Cus-
, -atom-house ;. and this was done previous to the ,
landing of the people, who were on board, for some
time, without. sustenance, fo that they, were forced
on shore, unprotected and friendless. It is now
ascertained, that the master and crew misrepresent- 1
ed.the state of the ship, as she was perfealy- tit for
:sea, having sustained no injury in the gale. Gene-
ral Campbell-of Lochnell, 'with his characteristic be-'1
nevolence, no sooner heard of the destitute state of
the passengers, than he offered HI of them work,
until some more favourable arrangements should be
made for them.; and, we understand, Mr. Macdonald;
of Staffar aauated by motives of humanity, :which
cannot be too much adniired, has afforded these un-
fortunate strangers relief and proteaion, and is now
11C-tunny engaged.in an investigation of lice whole,:
circumstances which led to these unprecedentell and
atrocious proceedings; and we have authority to
that' lie 'is resolvecl to lay the Whole before the
Lord Advocate of Scotland."

Mr. Smith, a baker, of Chandos-street, having
had his premises Tubbed of a cousiderabie quantity
of lead, obtained a search-warrant to. starch an old
rag-shop in Chandos and Vine-street,'wheie he sus-
petted his lead had been sold ; and -.Donaldson, and,
Cl2ric., belonging to Bow-street Orfice, went_to
ecute it. They could not find any lead that 'Mrr
• Smith couldidentify as his property,-but,they found
a quantity of lead,: of various descriptions, in
.each
shop,' under the counters,' concealed ailst covered
with rags, &c. ; in consequence. of which .the par-
ties were brought before the. Sitting Magistrate, and
convicted in the penalty of 40s. audeF a particular
Ata of,Tarliament, for having . lead in their shop
Concealed.--The satne Act of Parliament also pro-
hibits shop of the above description trona having
iron, copper, brass, or solder, concealed in their
shop's.

OLD B,IILLY.

THIRD DA"I'l- °.

EMBEZZLiNG OR STEALING OE LETTERS.

. .
/Villiant Siwpsoe' was inditted for (he being a
letter soi ter or, carrier in
:the emplvinent ref the
G neral Yost-Office) having secreted, embezz!ed,
-&-e. a letter which 113 d been entrns.ed to him,- or
had co fie i.cto his possession in virtue of his said
employment. Inanotber eoutit -of .1
-be indictmenthe wag charged,Wiihout reference to his being in
the scrvi-ce of the Post Ottice, with having .stolen
a letter Inch had been' :scot by Post, previ-
ous. to its having -peached the place of dehtina.-

lion. • • .
.From the evidence adduced, 'it appeared that a
Gentleman of the name of Thomas Simpson, h Id,
oti the 19th of August last, sent by the -General
.Post, a fetter from Stamford, addressed to Jinn's
Noamid and San, soap-makers, King-street, White-
chapel, LimLion, containing five.LeiCester Bank notes
, tor, 201. each, but.that 'wisher letter nor notes were
ever;eceiVed by Mr. Nolland. The Stamford NIA
arrived in due coat se to London. The prisoner, was
on duty at the Post Office on the morning on w hicth
the letter in question should have. arrited, and .a
person of the name of Jones, the letter-carrier for
the 11th or Whitechapel division, arranged his
letters at the same table where tire prisoner was en-
gaged in sorting his own letters, being 'duke which
tell to he delivered on board of'ship.-, Jones WA' pot
certain of having asked the prisoner to assist 'him on
that. dav,_ though he sometimes did so. A young
niati.,of the name of. Kane, an acquaintance of the
prisoner's, was employed by. him 'on -the, 20th and
23d days of August, to get payment from Smith,.
Paylie- and Smiths, of two Leicester,Bank Dotes of
201. each ; and'again, on • the 25th of August,. he
cashed f.!rthe prisoner, at she same bariking-house,
other Iwo 201. Leicester Bank-notcs, for which he
receiveda 401. Bank of England note. The prison-
er seemed disappoin:ed, and begged of the witness
•to go to the Bank and, get small notes for the 401.
note, desiring him, if they wkhed-hiM to put his
name neon it, instead of his own name; or that
of the' prisoner, to give them the name of George
Bennett, . No. 4, EaSt-lane, Bermondsey, from
whom, be Said,' he had received the Leicester
notes. On the 29th of August, the prisoner again
. sent this young man to receive cash at %Smith,
Payne, and Smiths,. for a fifth 201. Leicester Bank.
note;'!when intimation of the loss of the, letter
Itavint4 in the mean time heen recetveii,_payment
was refosed, and the young man was relersed to.
Messrs. Nolland 'and Son, having, previouily been
. required to put hiS own namentithenote, which he.
did, adding the name of the prisoner also,. from whom
he had received it.—When this warless told the
prisoner that same night what -had happena,, he
said he had got the note floor a smuggler. _ On, the,
following morning, being the '3oth of August,. the
prisoner was absent from his duty, but was after wards
apprehended. with thirteen of the one pound notes,
given at the Bank in change of the 401. note, in his
possession. On inquiry there was no such person
to be found as 'George- Bennett, No. 4, East-lane,
Bermondsey, and the five 201. Leicester Bank notes
which; had been paid ,by Otnith, Payne and Smith,
to the young man employed by the prisonese'Nvere,
soutia to correspond in number and date. with the
noes transmitted from Stamford the letteri ad-
dressed to Messrs. Nolland and Son;
Mr. ALLEY, for the prisoner; contended that as
it did not appear that the letter in question had
come into the possession of the prisoner in his cha-
r-ea-ter of a servant of the Post Office, in which case
the first section of the Aa of Parliament, making it
a cajtal offence in' any person su employed to se-
crete, embezzle, Ike. any-letter entrusted to his care,
could not apply to. him ; so, ',on the idler hand,
neither could he be consprehended under the gene-
ral words in the second seelion, " any other person
whatever," the prisoner athially being in the- cm:-
ployment of the Post-Office, and therefore compre-
hended under the description in the :first section;
the enaament contained in which he had vio-
lated.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL, in answer, contended,.
that to give the argument of the Learned Gentle-
man its kin effea, would be to lay it down, ,that the
servants in the employment of the Post Office, from
the circumstances of their being such servants, had
an exclusive license to steal the letters sett by the
post, each one only taking care not to Secrete the
letters entrusted to his own care, but to steal from
his neighbour.
'Lord ELLENBOROUGIi and the other Judges were
of this opinion. .
The Jury then found the prisoner guilty, but fe-
commended him to mercy,'on account 'of his outh,
'being under 20 years of age.
FORGERY.
James Forster was indicted for forking,' or ut-
tering, knowing it to be forged, a check for 1031. '
12s. purporting.to be drawn by Stokes and Hod-
son,
on Messrs. Snaith, Sykes, and Co. bankers,:
Mansion 'House, street, with intent to defraud,
,Messrs. Suaith, Sykes and Co. or with intent to
defraud Messrs. Stokes and Hodson.
The case was clearly proved, arid' on The person
'of the prisoner, when apprehended, were found
other thre,t orders of a similar kind,. for different; ,
sums -ready prepared, 'and one in an • unfinished
state.

The,Jury found the
,prisoner Gnifty, but recom-
mended h ins to mercy an account ot, his youth, be-
ing only Q. t yeara.of age.
Katherine .M'Carthy was capitally cenvi3ed tor
uttering base monry, she having hen uonviOed on
two former occasions of .sirrrOar 'offences, and ,being
a reputed utterer of base,coiti. • ;

11;largaret Chittleborovh,. for stealing a gold
watch, two gold rings, two gold broaches, -and
other articles; of the value dt VA. tba property .of
Samuel Bailin, in his dwelling-house;
LGillianc Truemati, for assaulting Mary Jackson
on t& King's high-way (in.Barttiolotnew- 'Hospital)
putting her in fear, and forclbly,. and against. her
will, taking from her person a watch, her property,
were capitally convicted."