The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-18 00:00:00

DESPERADOES OF WEST-END FAIR.

Thomas Brown, a wretched-looking, buy, was
ind.cted for putting in bodily fear, and violently
robbing, a person named Walters.
The Prosecutor, on returning from that unlucky
valley, had his hat knocked off; he pursued the
fellow who did it, and knocked- him down.----
stab him," cried another of the, gang, and
strait way Mr. Walters was surrounded by about
two dozen ruffians, knocked down, robbed of his
money and pocket handkerchief, and left sense-
less. The next morning the prisoner was seen to
pry about the spot, and being asked hy the offi-
cer what he was doing, answered that Ire was
looking for a murdered man. The prosecutor's
handkerchief was tound upon him.
Justice BEST observed, that there was' proof
that a robbery had been c4immitted, and that the
prisoner had been connected with 'it. But it was
not quite plain that the -prisoner had perpetrated
any part of the.violeirce, the evidence which it
was necessary to •establish clearly before the pri-
soner could be ;convicted of highway robbery.
-stealing from the person,
but not .violently. • •, •
..Henry Lovell, _aged 16, was indicted for vio-
lently assaulting, on the 27th of July, Michael
Heddington, and taking from his person a snuff-
box, a hat, a handkerchief, and gixtecti
in money, at \Vest-End Fair.

This robbery was committed by a part of the
general gang, amounting to about twenty or
thirty., The prosecutor saw them coming to-
wards him, and getting through a hedge. On
approaching him the prisoner came up boldly and
knocked off his bat, for which he returned a blew
which felled the prisoner. A cry was immediately
made of " Stall him, stall hint," by the prisoner.
which was re.eehord by the gang, which now
amounted to at least fifty. The prosecutor was
so dreadfully beaten that he fainted away, and re-.
untitled senseless for a day and a night. The
prisoner was described by the prosecutor to the.
Officers, who, assisted by a body of special con-
stables, took him and about a dozen others from
a booth. The prosecutor recognized the prisoner
immediately. from among the others, when they
were taken to Bow-street.

The prisoner put in a written defence, in which
he denied the charge, and described himself as
getting his living by going about with a drum and
Pan's pipes. He also said that' he had-lost his
montl;•organ and drutu in the confusion.—Guilty,
Death.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CHILD-STRIPPING AND

STEALING.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday Mary
111'Natly, an urchin, eight years .old, but whose
depravity shocked all present, was charged with
enticing a boy, named Fodder, three years and a
half old, from his playmates, and stripping bin)
of part of his clothes.

A youth n►►med Smith, son of the King's Mes-
senger of that name, in baton-street, lihnlico,
stated, that between six and seven o'clock on
Thursday evening, he saw the prisoner in the act
oistripning the child, she havin.g.got off the frock
and wepara:ed the skirt from the body. He ques-
tioned her as to what she was doing with the
child, when she swore at him and said it was her
roiher. Witness followed her from Palace-street
to the corner of Stafford-street, when some females
interfered, and at their request Winstanley, a sol-
dier, followed her.

The soldier stared, that the prisoner persisted
that the child was her brother, nod that she was
going to take him home. The child at first made
no answer, but subsequently said that she was not
his sister, arid the prisoner's reply was, that her
brother never spoke without telling lies. The
prisoner led witness a dance by Constitution-hill,
Park•lone,and Bond-street. She said she ex-
pected to meet her father, .and if so, the soldier
would get his head broke. She gave different
unwell and addresses, and to detect Ler Winstau-

Jane Greenslade sworn—Two years ago, the 6th
of June, the prisoner, John C. Elisha, came to my
mistress's house, Mrs. Currie, Upper-terrace,
Islington, and drank tea with her; after tea he still
staid, and did not seem willing to go. About
eight o'clock I took no my mistress's Supper
into the parlour, and when I returned into the
kitchen, prisoner was sitting by the side of the
tire, with his face in front of it. I heard hint
rattle the poker against the bars .ofthe grate ;
'stood by the side of, the sink, and prisoner comb-
ed his hair over his eyes, and I remember it was
quite black ; he then caught the poker out of the
tire, and gave tne five or six bloWs oti the skull ;
prisoner then forced his fingerS. itito try mouth,
which was so- seriously it joyed by_ his violence
that I c ould scamely speak. There _was also a
violent hruize tinder my chin, whiCh did not
disappear fora month alter; Ptisoner also in-
flicted tw) serious -wootols•,. on my right arm
with the said poker. lie gave me a blow on
the left arm and anothr on the lett finger,
so that I could not move my hands nor feed. toy-
self for a long time., At lasi prisoner left me
nearly dead. lie (hen ran, out of the kitchen up
stairs, with the poker in his hand, and there left it,
and went out by the back door. My cries at this,
timealaroted the neighbourhood ;.my mistress was
in the pat lour, and also heard them. liTlien I looked
out I saw that the prisoner bad opened the yard-
done, and let himself out : he then Wulf mond to the
front door, and made a violent knocking. The neigh-
bours saw the prisoner knocking at the door, when
he told them that somebody had been at No. 11,
and murdered the servant ; lie said if they would go
for a surgeon, he Would go for an officer, and be
then made his escape, Mr. Semple, the surgeon,
came and dressed my wounds. My skull was so
mod) injured, that he feared I could not live the
night out. I -was examined by the Magistrate
about-a ononth after, and the poker with which
the prisoner beat tne was taken and lett there.

Mr. Robert Semple, of No. 85, Upper-street,
Islington, surgeon, sworn.—Ou the Gth June,
1817, I was sent for to the house of Mrs. Currie,
where I found Jane Greenslade, the servant, now
present, in the parlour, with several wounds on
her bead and various parts of her body. On ex-
amination I found she had received four deep.
wrinnds on the right parietal bone, and one on
the right side of the os fronds, near the coro-
na( artery ; they were apparently inflicted by
a poker or some such instrument ; several
wounds and many black marks were also dis-
cernible on other parts of her body ; the face
was scratched, arid the marks of nails were evi-
dent on the inside of the lips, probably with in-
tent•to„strangle her; she vomited much during
the night, and at times lost her recollection ; but
on the following morning her faculties were re-
stored, and she continued in perfect possession
of thenwill I left• off attending on her. It was
about two months before Jane Greenslade re-
covered of her wounds, which appeared to have
been inflicted by some persdns with intent to
murder.

The prisoner will be tried at the present Ses-
sions.

FlRE.—Last night, between I l and 12 o'clock,
an alas-Ming fire broke out at a Gentleman's house,
in Golden-square, which consumed the interior,
hot by the speedy arrival of engines, the flames
were extinguished without further damage.

Thursday night, after the Second act of Up 411
Night, Mr. HUNT appeared in one of the dress
boxes, accompanied by two Ladies, at the Eng-
lish Opera House. He was immediately tecog..
nixed, and most loudly cheered from all parts of
the house, which he returned by rising and how-
ing respectfully to the audience.
Mr. CHARLES HARMER, a cattle salesman from
Wales,. had his
.pocket picked at Harlow Bush
Fair, in Essex, of his pocket-book, containing
cheques and Bank-notes to the amount of
tween three and four hundred potrta, w4h which
the thief escaped.

ed to Mr. SOUTHEY
" The National Cnneentio'n, in the year 1793,
passed a deci-ee, on the motion of Barrere, that
the graves and monuments of the Kings in St.
Denis, in all other places thronai;out France,
' should be destroyed. Nor were they contented
with this : but the graves c,t all the celebrated
persons, who had been interred ar Sr. Denis were
opt net) also, that the !e,den coffins might be ap-
plied to he use of the Republic
" The details of this barbarous exhumation are
curious, and serve to heighten, if that be possible,
our abitorreo‘e of tin act so abominable in every
respect. The first vault which they opened was
that of Toreone. The-body was to',iul dry like
a mummy, and of a light bistre colour, the feat-
tures perfectly resembling t‘e portrait of ilos dis-
tinguished Cserietel. As *furenne did nor happen
to be an object of popular oh!oq.ty, some enthu-
siasm was hit or effected at the siaht of his re-
Mains, relics were sought after with erect aagt r-
nest, and Deancitilins cut off one of his
little' fingers ; the body was turned over to ~he
person who held the sexton's place, and tic kept
it in a chest for some months to make a sh,:w Mf
it, till,•at the-intercession of 'M. Destontaines, it
was permitted to be removed to the Jardm des
Plantes. it; 1799 it was twice transferred, by
order of the Directory, first to the Museum of
Mopuments, (thm. most characteristic exhibition
of French ferling and Fiench taste), and ,e-
-condly to the Church of invalids, which, accord-
ing to the anti-Christian fashion-of the day, was
theft called the Temple of Mars !
" Henry the Fourth's grave was the next which
Was violated. His features also wet e perfect.
The head had. been opened and the cavity filled
with tow, dirtied in an aromatic extract, so
strong, that the odour Was scarcely supportable—
A ioldier cut 'off a luck of the beard with
hit -Sabre, anti rnitting it upon his upper lip,
.exelairnerd en lertnes energiques et ',raiment
mili-
taires, says tne Ft erten t% titer, Et nroi aussi,
je suss 161dat Francois !. di.sormais je n'nuiai pas
d'autre moustache ! Iliabitenant je suis sup de coin.
ere les enneinis de la France, et je marche a la ries.
toire I- In suite, hoisserer, of ink rantaronade,
the body Was placed epriis,ht noon a stone, for the
rabble to divert themselves u'ith ; Had a woman,
reproaching the' deal Henri with tire crime of
tracing been-aging, knOeked down the corpse
by giving it a.blow on the face ; after which it
was left fur some days to be the sport of the Ya-
hoos, till it was thrown at last into the comtuon
pit •prepated for the remains upon which their
senseles's-vengeance was exereised.
• " Louis XI V. was room! in a state of perfect
preservation,, but entirely black. The body of
Lords XV. was fresh, but red, lying bathed in is
liquor formed by the dissolution of the salt with
which i; had been covered. In the coffin of Jeanno
de Bourbon, wife of Charles V. a gilt distaff was
found with the remains of a crown, bracelets and
embroidered shoes. The hotly or Louis VIII.
was the only iine which had bean sewed op in
leather : the leather was strong and thick, and re-
rallied all its elasticity; the body was almost con-
sumed, as was the winding-sheet, but fragments
of its gold embroidery were still existing. Dagoa
bert and his Qieen Natithildes were in one coffin,
with a partitton betWeen' them. The workmen
were long before they could diScover the vault of
Francis 1. and his family. It contained six leaden.
coffins deposited upon bait of iron ;" in all these
the remains were in a State of liquid putrefaction,
which made its way through the lead as they
were removed, and the odOur was almost instill.
portable. 'The bodies of many of the later Bour•
bons were also in a state of decomposition, and
when the coffins were opened, they are said to
have emitted 'a thick black vapour, which, though
vinegar and gunpowder were burnt'to prevent ill
consequences, affected the wretches, empicyed in
this inhuman work, with fevers and diartheessas--
Two large pits.had beendug in front of the north
entrance of the Church, and quick lime laid in
them ; into these pits the bodies were cast pro 7
miStuously, anti the entrails which had been depo•
sited separately in leaden vessels; this lead and
the leaden coffins were then carried to a' furnace
which had been erected in tire Cemeptery, and cast
into halls ` destined to punish the enemies of the
Republic,' and it was more than once proposed in
the National Convention Ora: the Church itself
should be totally destroyed I"

DEATH TUROUGH Passtots.—Yesterday rift r-
noon an Inquisition WAS taken before
Coroner, at the While noise Tavel n, 0. chard-
street, Westminster, upon the body of John
Batchelor, about sixty years of age.—Phebe
Briant, a young woman, servant t a the de.,
ceased, stated, that. about seven o'clock on
Wednesday evening, she was in the.bed-room with
her mistress, pitting her to bed. The rleceateci
was in the sitting-room, and had got up to go
kilo the bed-room; but when he cache near the
door he fell, aiid continued senseless till a sur-
geon came, who attempted to bleed him, but no
blood would flow, and he expired shortly after-
wards : be had been quarrelling witli his wife
doting the whole day, and when hg attempted to
come into the room, he had his arm up,, and his
fist clenched, in a threatening manner; he was a
very passionate man. The Jury were satisfied,
that whatever was the cause of his death, anger
facilitated it, and probably produced apoplexy
but as no medical Man was in attendance to clear
op that point, they returned a verdict of " Natu.
rat Death."

On Tuesday next, being St. Matthew's Day,
according to annual custom, the Lord Mayor, Al-
dernen, Sheriffs, and Governors of the several
Ittiyal Hospitals, will attend Divi .e Service at
Christ Church. Atter a sermon by the Rev. J.
Greenwood, A.M., they will iiroceed to the great
ba in Christ's Hospital, where two orations will
be delivered—in Latin, by Charles Stephen.; Ma-
thews ; in English, by Frederick lliff, the two
Senior scholars of the Grammar-school.

r'(3 [t VIE SON.

ItE:FC)ItNI.

Me. Ebreasi—Thongli this seems to he • the
AGE OF REFORM, and though various plans have
been offered for the welfare of the State, yet, in
my ()pillion, none of the Political Speculators
have yet proposed any scheme that is calculated
to be productive of real practical advantage. I
will, therefore, propose a plan which has not, as
far as I can learn, been hitherto publicly suggest-
ed. The plan which I venture to lay before Mi-
nisters is as follows':--In the first place, they
should not suffer mere Parliamentary interests to
possess so much weight in the participation of
:heir favours, but bring forward men of talents,
ho may be really qoalified to serve the Public.
In the next place, no Person should be allowed to
hold more than one situation under Government,
if that one will enable him to' maintain a decent
rank in Society. In the third place, ell large sa-
laries should be reduced to a moderate.extent, and
the surplus, if not whol'y saved to the Public, be
imparted in due proportions to those whose offi-
cial emoluments are scanty. It is quite.,disgust-'
log to see one person in the enjoyment of several
appointments, when each of them is, perhaps, more
than sufficient to yield a very handsome income to
the possessor. It is said, that during the time when
Mr. Fox was last in office, instead of bestowing
several appointments on an individual, 'a single
place was shared with others, and, that having
had many applications from the hungry retainers
of his Party, he told them that there were so few
places to give, that his official friends already
" lay three in a bed." This was a much wiser
policy than to give three places to one person.
A resolute Minister, as vacancies arise, should
dispose of them in this manner, and he would
thereby extend his influence and increase his
strength. Retrenchment is a very proper mea-
sure, and is particularly called for in these times
of distress and difficulty, when the people are
heavily pressed by taxation, the price, indeed, in
a great degree, paid for the safety of the Country,
and the deliverance of Europe, but retrenchment
should not operate upon the inferior servants, who,
after having held their situations for many years,
and perhaps having families to maintain, are turn-
ed adrift into the world without any means of
support. No, Sir, the superiors of any Puhlic
Office under Government should rattler be re-
quired to allot a certain portion of their income
to the support of the subordinate officers, who,
%%hether on the establishment or extra, if they
have conducted themselves properly, should be
supported to the end of their lives, and the situa-
tions be then abolished, if no longer necessary.
There are doubtless many persons who have rea-
sonable pretensions to Ministerial Patronage, but
are neglected, because there is not that extended
and equitable distribution of places which I am
now recommending. Many persons of real loyal
principles are soured on finding that several pro-
fitable situations are held by individuals, who, per-
haps, have by'no means equal claims to the favour
of Government, if any, except that they have the
good fortune to be connected with those who
possess Parliamentary interest. It might be
thought invidious to urge the policy of reducing
the appointments while the occupier is alive, but,
if the emoluments of one office, as I have before
said, are sufficient to yield a, comfortable provi-
sion, some sacrifice might be expected in these
hard times from the possessor, and that sacrifice
ought to be made for the benefit of the Public, a
due reward to 4merit, and the encouragement of
talents, which might be useful to the State. Con.
sider, Sir, what comfort would be diffused, and
what satisfaction would be given, by such an equal
and liberal distribution of Patronage. A Minister
who had firmness sufficient to early into effect
such a plan, would be an object of general esteem,
and his popularity would indisputably secure him
in his post. Whole families might be rendered
happy by this plan, the relations and friends of
those families would form a phalanx round the
Government, and the rude Reformers, who would •
overturn that Government, would have at least
one ground of complaint removed. There is
another practice that ought tot be resolutely
abolished—no person who is capable of execut-
ing the duties of office should be pensioned off,
as it is stiled, in order to make room for an-
other who happens to have Parliamentary interest,
or because the former possessor wishes to pass
the remainder of his life in indolent retirement.

'fliis, Mr. Editor, is my Plan ; and as I have
observed many instances of your impartiality and
public spirit, though you are so determined a
friend jo Government, I have little doubt that
you will give this Letter insertion when you are
relieved from the-disgusting necessity of record-
ing the operations of Seditious Meetings, and the
hackneyed declamation *t Pseudo• Politicians.

Bristol, Sept. 13, A acrommEn.

HEATRICAL REGISTER.
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