The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-10 00:00:00

PA RTN E 11S11 IPS DissoLyF D.

R. Watts, J. Weitmt, G. W. Watts,. am) C. 11. Hickman,
Cfn-npsi.te, merchants--,-13.-Coonibs' and W..C-;rcene, Ashford,
Bent, plumbers--J. and 1. Dobinsan, hair and
Cabinet-makers-4. and J. Ormond, Wanl:-sge, suri;euns.

OLD 'BAILEY.

D-EAnt OF A %rbUl'io CEIIMNEY SWEEPER.

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Yesterday John hral, a chimney-sweeper, .Was
indicted , for
,manslatightey, in having refused to
use proper
..means tor.. extricating a boy (John
Dowling) front a small, chimney, into which the
prisoner had. eompelletl him to enter, and in which,
the.hoy was, suffocated.
Mr. ALLEY topii an objection to the indict..
,tent.. The prisoner had, he observed, been in-
dicted for murder, in :consequence of this trans-
action and the Grand Jury bath ignoted.the
Bttt here he was charged with a felonious retusal
to do that which it was not alleged in the indict-
went I,lmat he had the means of doiog, and from
the omission-of this allegation.,:he contended that
_indictment cwlld not be legally maintain?..,.
The Learned Oemmtlernan cited authority in sup.
port of this objectiOn;.W.hich he thought that the
proper time to press, in order tO save the trouhlg
of going ,through the case..
rslr. ADOLPHU-S acklloWiedgo the candour of
his Learned frientias 'to the time and manner in
which he brought forward his objection, against.
the validity of whisk lore confessed. that he was not
prepated ,at once to quote any ease precisely itt .
point.
After a rew words from Mr. PLATT, Mr. ALLEt
replied, and '
The JUDGE decided in favour of Mr. Alley's
obicctiol,, oh erviug that although he should is
went and crprecate as much as any man the exer-
ciser of cruelty towards those unhappy children
who were employed in sweeping chininies, al.
though he should rejoice, if, by machinery, or
any other means, such employment should be
rendered unneeessaiy, still this was a ground upott
which lie felt it his duty, as well as that of the
Jury, to ti ead %%lib peculiar caution--to save
-their judgment from being %s allied by any popular.
feeling, and to determioe according to law. He
felt time lesi difficulty in deciding upon this occa-
, sion,becauseif the Counsel fotthe Crown should.
think proper to enter into the case, the point of
law might he saved lot the cnnsideralion of the
',lodges, while if the prosecution of this indict-
ment-were now ab:mtlotied, the Learned Counsel.
would not be precluded froM another course of
proceeding. But from the omitision of the alleo.
lion in time .record retelTed to by the Coltusei for
the prisoner, the le:A objection of that Learnol
Counsel was indisputable, amid the hmihc,turnt Was
ciearlv had.

The Counsel •for Ihe prosecution' declining, in
consecottcuce Of this tleciion, to enter into the
c3se, pr!sonerWilSßcnrtftletl
After the %ehliCt the Jiidge'said, that:he begged
it to be understOod that this verdict held out no
encoui-agetne'nt whatever to the proctiee of any
hatsl,:iess or crut by towards the poor boys em-
ployed in sw'ecping chimneys, as it was entirely
owing to the iiii cotissuction of Ole indict..
meat, which not being drawn according to the
fwins prescribed by law, necessarily tell to the
ground., and such would have been the case if an
equally
.defect ive itith.ctment vi ere pro el tea for
bor..kry, rottbrry, or Hoy other clo4ge.
130 stork mid Mary Campbell Were indicted
for stealing 35 silver spool's, a silver waiter, and it,
variety of articlesofiblat e, tie goods of Niajoi•-Ge-
nerol John Pare. The Jury found Rostock
nntl Campbell Not Guilty.
Vicloire Catelitt and /14aria Corbin were indicted
for stealing nine shawlS, the goods of Williom
Beach, priv'alely in his shop: The Jury toutiti
Ca•elin Guilty, and Corbint Not Guilty. The two
prisoners were again in,licted for Stealing' a ?)114A71,
the property of Mr. Bird, a iluen-'draper, in King-
street, Covent-Garden. It appeared that while
Mrs. Corbin was looking at some muslin, the pro-
secutor saw Cotclin take a shawl Out of the win-
dow' ; be seized her, and - Mrs. Corbin ran away.
Verdict----both
Mr BAUM GRA lIAIM observed,' the h COnSt-
(pence of tic turn the case had taken, it beitig;
evident that the prisonets, by tlti! deXtelity of the
Woman Catelin, had made shoplifiiiig a ctittimun.
practice, they should be both transported.

CH I LD-STEALING.
Befu►e the it ECORDE R.

Louisa. Perkins was indicted for stealing Emma,
the infant. daughter of Sitsaonalt Totter; five yeArs
and seven months of age, with intent to deprive
her of its possession.
The short circumstances of the case are these t.
proserntrix is a widow woman, residing
at No. 15, Vere-stt•eet, Clare-market. On, Toes-
day morning, the •4(1). of November, the chill
was sent.by her mother to the baker's, to get
some rolls for breakfast, and just as she •ar+
Civet' there, the ptiSoner came up to her, took
her by the hand, and inveMed her awAyi under a
promise of giving her bisenitsand doll's clothes. She
carried her into Duke's-court, front thence to Lin-
coln's-heft-fields, down Portugal-street, and so 0/1
to the pas,Fages Tempie, and finally, as far
As Todoe-street. , int s. On their at rival
there, however, Ike child began to cry, and her
cries excited the coriosiy.of a passenger named.
Gibson,- who asked the prisoner what she was. go-
ing to do with. the child ? and the prisoner re.
plied, " D—n yOn, Sir, she is my niece, she has
been disorderly and disobe-lient, and 1 shall do
.whe I think pruner with her." The child then
told where she lived. •'

In her,detenee; she said she had been out
night, and «•as in such a state as to be ignorant
01 %% hat she did.
Gibson proved that she was in a state of intoxi-

Cation.
'lwo witnesses gave her a gond character for
humanity, and said she had a child oilier own.
The RECORDER stimmed up the evidence, and
the Jury found her Guilty,

• Sce Nitawires 41 Paul Jotics,ecrit par (ui•wkwe, a. Parisi,

t; 9si.

(Nye Hopkins finding (tasty of his men kilted and
tvoundeel, the squadron considerably damaged,
and that he was moreover cannonading to very
porperse, hauled his wind and made off, just
Majesty's; ,:slalps the 1.0-se, the Swan, and
the .Nautilits, had worked out of Rkode
unfortnnately too late to come op with him. Next
day; however, lie captured the Balton armed brig,
commantied by Lieutenant Stteyd. Then revolv-
ing its his atind the events of the late action, the
Commodore held a Commit of War, which visited
severely on the Captain of the Providence, his
nevlect iu hiving; taken no pact in the battle. He
was tithmissed, and the intrepid Patti Jones ap-
pointed Commander in his room.
nos ended the first exploit of the American
Navy, which has been carefully and accurately
elescrilrett, as well from the original log-hook of
the Glasgow. as front the nal of the euetny's
brig Andrew Dacia, which happened afterwards
Co be taken.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Performa Lae Night.
THEATRE ROTAS, DILMIT-LAKE.—KROV7 Your Own Mn:id
lvfillastiour, Mr-Bar; Lady Belli Mrs.. Alsop. After witicit,
Tke Man in the Mien.
THEATRE Ito YAL,Cov,ENT-GanntNi.—Guy Mannerinr: Henry
Bertrand, Mr. Brabam ; Lucy Bertram, Miss Stephens.
After which, Husbands and Wires. 'to which was added,
.Mora's Love,.