The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-29 00:00:00

MORAL.

Ye industrious poor ! with your lot be content—
When political Foxes would you circumvent.
Still turn a deaf ear—To deceive you they strive—
And mind—if you listen—they'll empty your hive.
HAFIZ.

HAY-MARKET.—The entertaining Comedy of
The Green Man, the first representation of which
at this Theatre, in the present season, we had not
an opportunity of noticing, drew a numerous au-
(hence last night. The Play is so well supported,
that it is not surprising its attraction should
continue. TERRY, JONES, CONNOR, BARNARD,
and Mrs. Gums, as usual, gave it strong support.
The only novelties in the performance this season
are the appearance of Mr. RE ES, jun, in Major
Dumpling, and of Mrs. CONNOR in Lady Squander.
Mr. Rats had a difficult task in following so good
an actor as the late Mr. TOKELET, bat he acquit-
ted himself' very well, and Mrs. CONNOR gave a
very interesting support to the part of Lady
Squander. The Comedy went off admirably, and
the new Farce of Wet Weather gave full exercise
to the risible muscles of the audience.

The PRINCE REGENT and a large party dined
yesterday with Mr. CANNING, at Gloucester
Lodge, Brompton.
The long-rumoured intention of the PRINCE
REGENT to visit Plymouth, which would have
been fulfilled last season but for the indisposition
of the Quesa, is about to be carried into effect.
Oa Thursday an official notice to this purport
was received at Plymouth Dock, and it was stated
that his Royal Highness would probably be there
in about ten days.
Monday afternoon Viscount CASTLEREAGH left
town for his seat at North Cray.
On Sunday and Monday the Algerine Ambas-
sador called upon the different branches of the
Royal Family, the Cabinet Ministers, and other
official Noblemen and Gentlemen, to take leave
previous to his departure from England. His
Excellency took leave of the PRINCE REGENT
formally some time since.—The equipment of the
Myrmidon frigate Captain LEAKS, at Portsmouth,
for the reception of the Algerine Ambassador
and suite, is completed, and his Excellency will
leave town in a few days, on his return to
Algiers.

Yesterday Lord and Lady STeWART, left town
for North Cray, Kent, the seat of Viscount and
Viscountess CASTLRRRAGH ; from there they will
proceed on their way to Vienna.

The Hon. Mr. LAMB, who acquired such cele-
brity•at the late Westminster election, is one of
the Barristers at the present Liverpool Quarter
Sessions.

The operation of dragging the bed of the Ti-
ber, in Rome, is going on with unabated vigour ;
several mutilated Statues have been found, and
one quite perfect, the identity of which is not yet
ascertained. The Duchess of Devonshire, and
most of the English people who have visited the
Capitol, are subscribers to this arduous under-
taking.

News potatoes are selling in Edinburgh market
at Is. 4d., and green peas, Is. 6d. per peck ;
gooseberries, Sd. to 9d., and strawberries, Is.
per Scotch pint.
On ►the morning of the 21st inst. a wing of the
offices at Kilkerran, Ayrshire, was discovered
to be on fire, consisting of dairy, 'brevv-house,
and servants' rooms above. The fire was fortu-
nately confined to this wing, which is entirely
burnt to the ground. Had the night not been
very calm, the whole offices would have been
destroyed. The premises are insured in the Lon-
don Union Fire Office.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.-At the latter end
of last month, as a cat belonging to IMr. ALL-
WORK, of Goodhurst, was prowling through the
meadows, it was observed to kill a partridge, and
on examining the spot a nest was found,containing
18 eggs, which were taken up, and that evening
deposited in an oven that had been recently used.
On the following morning, when the oven was
opened, the whole of the eggs were found hatched,
and the young ones running about, but in
catching them three were unfortunately killed;
the remaining fifteen were put into the nest,
and placed in the meadow where it was taken
from on the preceding evening. In a short
time, the old cock.partridge was attracted to the
spot, and in a few minutes it departed with the
whole brood, in the presence of several persons ;
since that time they have been frequently seen by
the gamekeeper of T. WALLIS, Esq.

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INTENDED PUBLIC MEETING AT HUDDERSFIELD.

" We, the- Undersigned, being. Inhabitants
Householders of Huddersfield, having requested
the Constable to calla Public Meeting of the In-
habitants and Neighbourhood of the Town of
Huddersfield, to take into their most serious
consideration the best means of obtaining Re-
lief front the
:pressing burdens which they
now labour - under, and the most efl'e•ctual
means of securing their constitutional rights
in the Commons House of Parliament, and the
Constable having refused our request, we, the
Undersigned, du call a Public Meeting, for the
purposes above specified, to be held on Monday,
August 2, 1819, in a field betwixt the River
and the Canal, near the Dock-yard, Huddersfield,
and we invite our Countrymen to come forward
and form a National Union on Constitutional
grounds, to support the Pillars of the Constitution
of England.—The Chair to be taken precisely
at Ono.

(Signed)
" JOHN GILL, Cloth Dresser.
JOSEPH PILLING, Clothier.
JOHN THORNTON, Cloth Dresser.
JOHN BROOK, Ditto.
JOSEPH SAVILLE, Ditto.
MATTHEW DAWSON, Clothier.
JOHN EXLEY, Ditto.
JOHN DICKENSON, , Tailor.
JOHN WALKER, Cloth Dresser,
JOHN SWIFT, Tailor.
JAMES CLIFT, Shoemaker.
JOHN WILKINSON, Cloth Dresser.
THOMAS RAGSHEW, Hatter.
WILLIAL COTTRILL, Frame-work Knitter."
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

ROBBERIES and OITTR.RIES at \VEST-END FAIR.

Bow.STREET.—In consequence of the outra-
geous scenes committed at West-End Fair, on
Monday eveni!Jg an, additional number of Con-
stables belonging to the above Office, us well
as Officers from Hatton-Garden, were order-
ed to attend the Fair, to detect and apprehend the
offenders ; a number of the inhabitanti of Hamp•
stead were also sworn in Special Constables by
Mr. CARTWRIGHT, the Magistrate of Hampstead,
to assist the regular Police. On Tuesday evening,
notwithstanding the increased number of the Po-
lice, they were not equal altogether to meet with
equal strength the banditties, who assembled in
numerous bodies, armed with bludgeons, &c. and
who acted in their attacks upon defenceless indi-
viduals with more daring conduct, if possible,
than on Monday night, by knocking people down,
wounding, and ill-treating them. The number
of depredators was estimated at 150 in the diffe-
.
• rent gangs. After knocking down persons, and
wounding, bruising, and beating them, they not
only robbed there of their money, but also in the
most daring manner of theirearing apparel, par-
ticularly of their hats. One man, while laid
helpless on the ground by one of the gangs, had
nearly all his clothes torn off him ; his breeches
were torn to' rags, so that he was left nearly in
a state of nudity. These disgraceful scenes
were not confined to the fair ; but the mis-
creants sallied forth to the fields adjoining
the fair, where individuals who happened to
be walking in them were attacked, ill-treated,
and robbed, like those in the fair. By great ex-
ertions on the part Of the numerous assemblage
of the Police, they succeeded in securing 30 fel-
lows suspected of being depredators, principally
consisting of two gangs, II in one, and. 19 in the
other. They took opportunities of apprehending
them chiefly in a booth, called Waterloo Booth,
and behind it. They were yesterday morning
brought to the office from different watch-houses,
and underwent ,ap examination before Mr. HICKES.
Some of the parties who had been attacked were
prevented from attending through the effects of
the wounds and ill treatment they had received;
ona man was suspected to have been murdered, as
he bad not returned home, nor had he been heard
of up to the time of the examination, which did
not conclude till near five.o'clock. The gang of
were,first put to the bar; their names are as
follow :

William Brookes, William Burke, Henry Lovell, Edward
Cassady, William Merit, James Smith, Thomas Howlett, Wil-
liam Passenger, John Read, Henry Hancock, and John Smith.
Thomas Hunt, a constable of Hampstead, gave a general
description of the' conduct of the armed gang of robbers
during Monday and Tuesday night, in knocking persons down
and rubbing them in the most outrageous manner.
James Friend, plumber, of No. 1, Avery-row, Chelsea,
stated that on Tuesday he, accompanied by a friend, went to
West End Fair; about nine o'clock in the evening, as he was
passing through a field, near where the fair is held, he was at-
tacked by a gang of robbers, supposed to amount to 'l7. The
first man who seized him by the collar and arm, he was posi-
tive was the prisoner Cassady; he was knocked down by a
bludgeon, received a stab on the right side of his belly, but
fortunately the instrument did not proceed far. One of the
villains exclaimed to his companion who stabbed him, " cut
his guts out." After ill-treating him in other respects, they
tore his clothes off, and robbed him of a one pound Bank-note,
some silver, &c. What had become of his friend and com-
panion he had not been able to ascertain ; he was fearful he
had been murdered, as he bad riot returned home, and no
trace could be made of him. •
Thomas Cooke, printer, of Long-acre, identified the pri-
soner, Wm. Burke, as being one of the gang who attacked bin:
in West End fair on Tuesday night. The prisoner ran against
him,.and at the same time one of his companions snatched at
his watch ribbon, which fortunately broke, and they only got
his seal, with which they made off.
Richard Hinds, one of the gang of the 19, was charged with
violently assaulting and wounding Mr. J. Clark, who stated
that on Tuesday afternoon he accompanied a friend in a single
horse chaise for a ride, and between five and six o'clock, when
they were about to enter West End fair, their horse was at-
tacked by several disorderly men by various noises, which
startled the horse very much, it being a very young one; the
conduct of the men was evidently intended to create confu-
sion and mischief. His friend in consequence got out of the
chaise to take care of the horse, and while he was sitting is
the chaise by himself, he received a very violent blow an the
head from a large stone; the dreadful effect on his left temple
was very visible ; it had caused a great effusion of blood ; his
coat, the inside and outside of his hat, gave evident proofs of
it, and he produced the linen he had on at the time, which
was covered with blood. He recognised the prisoner Hinds as
being ore of the mob, but did nut see bins throw the stone.
George Furinam, a Head Borough of the parish of Hamp-
stead, stated that he was near the spot where the outrage was
committed, and saw the prisoner Hinds throw the stone at
Mr. Clark.

William Fletcher, anothesdpf the same gang, was charged
by John Dixon, a constable of Hampstead, on suspicion of
robbing some person or persons unknown. On searching
him, two silk handkerchiefs Were found, and a hat with the
name of Prettiwan in it. This was confirmed by Charles
Read,,a special constable.
Charles Talbot And Jonas Goldsmith were charged with
being =accrued with several others in robbing Mr, Andrew

i'd•Atistar, in the wine trade, in fireat Poiteue)-strce's
and who stated that he was in West-end Fair on Tuesday
evening. At about nine o'clock the prisoners forcibly took
off his hat, and immediately afterwards the prisoner Talbot
struck him a violent blow on the head with a stick ; the pri-
soner, Goldsmith, at the same time made a snatch at his
,handkerchief, and struck him with a bludgeon.
Charles Staines, another of the gang, was charged with
robbing a Gentleman near the Fair.
Charles Poulter, a special constable, stated, that aboutele-
'veil o'clock on Tuesday night he apprebetuled the prisoner.
Staines, in a field at the back of the Fait, While in the act of
robbing a Gentleman, who was so Much injured and unwell
fi-oui the wounds and br'iises he had received from the pri-
soner and his companions, that liewas unable to attend. The
constable searched the prisoner, and found upon him ISt.,
seventeen of it the Gentleman who ;lad been rubbed told him
belonged to him.
This statement was confirmed by anothe'r witness, who said
he had been knocked down, wounded 'and bruised from his
head to his feet.
Samuel Yeomans was charged with resetting a prisoner
from Charles Read, a special constable, who stated, that on
searching the prisoner hr found upon btu, a seal, &c. witi -It
he suspected to have been stolen, and a pair of scissars, the
points of which were in a cork, which h.., suspected to he ir-
tended for the purpose of cuttina; pockets. The prisoner,
however, having proved to the satisfaction of the Magistrate
how he became possessed. of these articles, he was, in conse-
quence, allowed to go at large, to appear at a future d,,.
Henry Lovell, one of the gang of tl, was charged by Ben-
jamin Harrison, a beadborough,, of Hamostead, suspicion
of having robbed and pl-treated Mr. M'ichael Ellington, of
Hampstead, but who is in such a dangerous state in conse-
quence of the ill treatment he received, (hat he was not able
to attend.. -
Thomas Jones and Wm. Cole were charged by John Davis,
a constable belonging to the 01fice, with attempting to pick
several gentlemens' pockets in the fair on Monday night.
John Hayson was charged with being-concerned with seve-
ral others, in robbing Mr. John Sprattswell, of Tavistock-
street, Covent-garden, on Monday night, in the fair, of all.
bank note, and ss. or zs. fid. in silver.
James Cooke was charged by Read and 'Adams, on suspi-
cion of being one of the robbers: they apprehended him in a
field near the fair, and on searehin4 hint they found a one-
pound note, three shillings, and two sixpences, which were
supposed to have been stolen.
William Brookes, one of the gang of the eleven, and one of
the most daring thieves in London, was charged by William
Humphreys, hosier, of Oxford-street, mi suspicion of being
concerned with Whets in robbing him of a silver 1111[1011g
watch in the fair, on Tuesday evening; a bat was found in the
possession of the prisoner, with the lining turn out, front
which circumstance it was suspected to have been stolen.—
Those of the prisoners against whom direct charges were

made, were cOinntitted, the others were scut to the watch►

house to be brought to the- office this day, to enable those
persons who have been robbed or ill-treated to identity them.

HATTON-GARDEN.—Yesterday 15 persnils at-

tended at this office, in order to giVe information
of robberies committed on them at th'e fair. One
was a young man, vv,ho was, robbed by day-light,
in the midst of the fair, orilis watch and 20s. its
silver.—Another was hustled in the midst of a
ring of villains, and robbed of his money and
watch.—Three'gentlemen. who were in company,
`relying on their own strength, ventured into the
.crowd, where they were forcibly separated, and
robbed in the most audacious manner.—Richard
Wingfield, servant to Mr. Craig, of Marchmont-
street, Brunswick;.square, stated, that as he was
crossing the field near the fair, he was sur-
rounded by a large gang, who, after heating him
most- unmercifully, took the cravat off his reek,
his hat off his Iliad, and also robbed him of a silver
watch, with three gold seals and key.—Read,
sen. stated, that, a respectable tradesman from
Paddington,' in crossing the same field, and being
a little intoxicated, was stripped, and robbed of
his money and all his clothes, except his shirt.—
With the assistance of several extra constables, he
and his brother officers apprehended eighteen no-
torious characters, who were to be brought up to
Bow-street office; to which the complaints were
referred.

MARLBOROUGH.STREET.—Two of the most
daring of the robbers. at West-End Fair were yes-
terday brought to this Office. The first of them,
John Carter, a noted thief, was charged with rob-
bing Mr. Rya❑ at the fair, on Monday evening,
of his watch and money. A gang attacked him,
literally stripped him naked, and afterwat ds
jumped upon his body, and otherwise maltreated
him : he begged for mercy in vain.—John Furze-
man,
.an Officer of St. Giles's, endeavoured to ap-
prehend one of the prisoners, and the serue.out, as
termed, was next given to him, and he was very
severely beat. Furzeman took the prisoner in
St, Giles's, on his way to the fair, on Tuesday
evening, and the prosecutor identified him. The
prisoner was fully committed.
The next case was against John Henley, the
well-known Captain of the gang of James•street
robbers, whose depredations in Oxford-street of a
night is a subject of much complaint.

young man ;tamed Burn was attacked in the field ad-
joining the fair by a gang, of which the prisoner acted as
principal. He was literally stripped of his clothes, and robbed
of two half-crowns. He met the prisoner yesterday morning,
andSellers,an active constable, secured him. _ _

Wm. Culbert, a whip-maker, was attacked by the same
gang in the same field, whilst numbers were passing. He
knew the prisoner, who first came up to him, and he address-
ed him thus:—" Why, Jack, it's of no use you're trving it on
with me,' for I have nothing to be robbed of." The gang,
however, did rob him of the few halfpence he had.
Another charge was preferred against Henley, by a person
named Kelly, for an assault with a knife or sharp instrument,
with intent to rob, on Monday night.
The prosecutor stated, that he collects the money of an even-
ing from the turnpike gates of theKilburn trust, and the pri-
soner, with four or five others in a cart, accused him near
the Kilburn gate with having been the cause of transporting
a man for stealing iron, and with dreadful imprecations
they swore he should forfeit his life for it in a night or two.
Kelly was alarmed, having 3091. of the trust money about
him. When walking away, Henley and others got out of the
cart and attempted to. get his watch, in endeavouring to pre-
serve it (and he succeeded by some persons interfering) his
hand was cut by some slurp instrument.
There were many others present who were robbed at the
fair, but they could not identify the parties. The prisoner
was remanded till Wednesday.

Utuorc-HALL. Sabbath-breaking.-10 conse-
quence of nutnerous complaints lately made to
the Magistrates, of the indecorous conduct of
shop-keepers about the Borough, keeping open
their shops, and carrying on their business iu a
public manner, to the annoyance cif the respectable
part of the inhabitants, when going to attend Di-
vine service in the morning of the Sa`Thath-day,
orders were givetwo the officers to take measures
for the correction of those offences, and yester-
day 33 tradesmen attended
.upon summonses be-
for the Magistrates at the above office, (barged
with exercising their trades as butchers, grocers,
chandlers, green-grocers, &c. on Sunday last, after
10 o'clock, when it appearing the several parties
had carried on the business of their swops as was
usual in a week day, by having their shops open,
their goods publicly exposed for sale outside their
shops, and considerable traffic going forward
inside, the parties v severally fined in. the
penalty of 54. vritli costs, and orders given to the
officers to btvigilant on future Sonda'ys to detect
upy others who should be found guilty atter this
warning.

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LA NV I NTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 28.

CONTENIPT OF COURT.

Ti-r.r- NewToN PELLows, V. THE EARL OF

PoursAtouTit AND JOHN HAtVsON.
11seT stated that this was a motion for
ennimitt lug the defendants for a breach of an in-
janc.ion 0-anted to restrain them from cutting
down eerteio trees, and also from pulling down
the beildings belonging to the mansion-house, and
frien destroying any fixturea in the latter. The
defendants had not denied that they had felled the
trees, and therefore it woold prevent the neces-
sity of big going frilly into the merits of the case.
'the plaintiff's affidavit stated, that some °ma-
in. ntel trees hail been felled since the order for
lee injunction was granted, and that lie, as the
trustee et:d tl,e heir sit law of the estates now oc-
cepiof by the defendant (Lord Portsmouth), saw,
that this wes Ole case, especially as far as frier-teen
fir trees and a very fine oak, ell of which were in
view of the house, and the reliciees of which were
visilleithough kitten pted to he eoneeel,d by
teeth and eras. fle was Also informed by a labourer
that he (the labourer) had ctit them down, and
eet they were marked for the purpose by order or
the defer lam's bailiff, who bad finite so by the
direction of thedefendatit. The Ishonrer eoeldnot
make an affidavit of this, because by dol,rig, so
he would have lost his present employment. Even
the bailiff was so much under the influence of the
defendants. that front hint also informs ion could
not he obtained. The breach of the injunction,
so ter troll) being occasioned by accident, must
be attributer! sob lv to a contempt of Court. The
very pulling down of one tree was as much a con•
tempt of tie Court acs if 111- whole had been de-,
tooli-thed in the Valk. On the other side, it was
attempted to make an apology, by saying that a
lodge had been recently erected for the game-
keeper of the Noble Lord, and it was therefore
necessary to fell certain trees which essentially
retarded the game-keeper's view of the country
fuom his lodge. it was also said, that the removal
of a saw-pit nearer the mansion-house occasion-
ed the entring down of sortie timber. Wit &such
apologies were admitted, the aothority of the
Court was rt en end, so far as related to injenc-
;ions ;-and stick, be hoped, would be the conduct
of his Lordship, as to shew the Noble defendant
that tnis,Court would not he trifled with.
Messrs. WE-rim:mu, and BALL followed on the
3atne side.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the defendants,
edont red that the oilier side were so far right in
lehst they had said, but it could never be meant
that the injuuction was to extend further than
ornamental timber, the defendant (Lord Ports-
womb) being only tenant for lite, and besides,
lie was so without any impeachment of waste.
I'l is Lordship would recollect, that the in-
junction was granted in 1814, and the
,Noble
Defendant swore positively that never be-
tore nor since the injunction had be cut
down any trees in the park or pleasure-grounds,
except two fir-trees welch were between the saw-
pit and the garden-wall, which, so far from being
enneeweral, were totally the reverse, as by their
aitnation they totally obstructed the growth of
the fruit-trees on the other side of the wall. The
defendant, [Dawson. had most positively sworn
that he never gave directions to any one to cut
down trees, and if they had been cut down it was
contrary to his knowledge. Tee bailiff made an
;affidavit, in which he declared it was necessary
foe the mansion•bouse to be repaired, and that he
accordingly had cut down fourteen trees for that
purpose, which were growing in a clump nearly
one mile from the house, and which trees had
been marked for cutting down some years !Afore
this took place. Another free bad been felled, but it
was so rotten as to be fit only for firewood. None
of the trumps of the trees had been covered
over with grass or earth to hide them, and for
29 years had he acted in the same way as be had
done. Such was surely sufficient evidence to
hew the order was not violated, and he (the At-
torney-General) hoped the *notion would be dis-
missed with costs. _
Mr. LIeALD and Mr. TnesseoYa followed on
the same side, and seiti that the other side seemed
to have forgotten that a Peer of the realm could
riot be committed for a contempt of this Court.
There' was, no doubt, an order of Parliament that
a writ of sequestration might be issued, and this
had been strewn in the cafe of Ewer and Lord
Shaftesbury.
Mr Heel., in reply, contended, that he was
still right, for the Earl of Macclesfield had been
commitred.
The Loan CHANCELLOR, at great length, en-
tered into all the facts of the case, and pronounced
his opinion, that the it junctiou had not been
wilfully violated, and therefore he must dismiss
this motion against the Noble defendant. He
would at the same time assure the parties, that it
could hot be too often repeated, that this Court
Lad such a jurisdiction as would reach the highest
Peer in the realm, were the slightest insult offered
to the authority of the Court.
CASE. OF ILLEGITIMACY.
AERG!SON AND tIXOR v. MARIAN SRRLUSON, AN