The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-08 00:00:00

Fll I DAY. AUGUST 8, :1817.

I‘I,^IIDSTON I& ASSIZES, U 3.. Cr.

CROWN SiLYE.

KUNG V. EDWARD. ERITH'.

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Mr. Abox.ritus stencil this case 'to the Jury.
The proseeutrix,-Charlotne Harvv.y. Ivas'ael.;l,lot
about foot teen. years age', living with her fa-
tiler, who kept a small grocer's shop, in the parish.
'of St ruoduari+l as he hitd another .shop where he
was principally engaged, the prosecutriX was -of-
ten left alone in the xuanagetnent of this. On
the 30th of Julie, au a little before.twelve o'clock,
the prisoner came to•the shop,. on pretence
_of
buying a halfpenny-worth of fruit, but•seeing the
Child quite alone, he lockedl the shop door, drag-
ged her-into a back room, threw her on a chest,
and t-ff,cied his purpose, holding her 'under jaw
with one of his bands to-prevent her from crying.
out. When he had completed this. outrage, he.
opened the door and departed. A female neigh-
hour immediately came in, and found the prose,
entrix in tears, •exclaimiog, " Lord have,mercy
-upon roe !--What shall I do !" with every appear-
ance of pain and agony. She took her to her
own apartments, sent for her. father, a surgeon,
and a constable, so that the child was taken care
of, and tine prisoner secured.
Charlotte Harvey fully proved the facts above
stated. • .
Being cross-examined by Mr. BOLLAND, she
said, she knew. tire- pri,oner before, he had he.en
in her father's employ a year ago, but had left
him, and she believed he had left that part of the
country eight or nine months. Shy had never
gone to bed to him while lie lived at her father's,
nor had ever gone to feed to a nian of the name of
Wa:ker,.who lived.,at her father's about a year,
but had left hint three years ago, when she .was less.
than 12 years of age. She hadnever tomped or be-
haved improperly with any man; She had called out
once;- but the prisoner prevented her from calling.
airy more. Nobody. was in. the Inouse. She bad
'begged that her father might not be told what
had happened, fearing he niight lay the blame
on her.

Charlotte Gardener was a married woman ;
very distantly related to the prosecutrix. On the
AO: of Jane, .she had been out to work ; came

nonatm. at a (ratter after twelve; she lived in roomSl
alcove the shop, to which there was'a separate
cut tance. When she came home she went to the
front door of the shop to get some small beer as
but found it fastened, which had never been
so before at that time in the day. She .went to
the back door which was fastened on the inside,
hut look;ng through a small 'Window at the tide
the door, she saw a man's fOot in the room,
and as she could see the sole of his foot, she was
~.orir he was not standing up.. The room Was so
d.trly from' time 'inkldle door being shut, that, she
could sec.. no more .of the mm's, person. There
was a pane of glass -broken, at which • she cried'
els loud 'as she could, '' Who's within there?"
but getting no answer,' she.. went into her own
room. frt about two minutes afterwards she heard
4 door slammed below, and goitig•into the street,
saw the prisoner, whom she, knew by sight,'cross-
iog the way toward an alehouse. She then went
"into the shop, and found the prosecutrix in the
state' already described ; basing been told what
happened she took her into her own room and laid
her-on some blankets on the floor. 'She then
scent for her patents, and when she came back
examined the child's.face,.and saw broises on the
.lower jaw, which seemed to 'have, been made by
the pressute of a strong hand; and there was also
a bruise on her arm. The prosecntrix had no
bruise on her face when the witness saw her in

ke morning.
She was cross•examine4 at. grea.t length by Mr

PoLLocx, as to expressions which she was sup 7
posed:lu have used in speaking, of this afrafr, all
which she, resolutely denied. She had iio malice
against the prisoner; had received no injury from
him, nor ever expressed a wish that he might be
hanged. 'She was quite sure the, parties within'
the room must' have heard her when she called
through, the window " Who's within?"
Cliarlesßathurst,.a surgeon, proved the state
of -the proseentrix's person, and the bruises on
her face and arm.
The prisoner, in his ,defence, said, he was quite
-innocent of the crime; the girl had often allowed
Itinr to take liberties with her, and be, at Cast; had
yielded o her'solicitations'. .
Walker was called, who swore that he
had lodged at the house of proseentrix'.s-lather
two yeatt aiml a half ago, and that she had come.
into bed to him more than fifty finks.
On cross-examination by Mr..Acis;u.Pritis,he said,
he, was twenty-five years Old, had eaten and drank
every day at the table of her father and mother,
but never mention6l the tnattei. to them or any
one else until about half. a year .-Rga, to a friend
of his own. The girl's two brothers, aged about
ten and eight years, were in bed with him at the

same time. .
Mr. Justice DALLAS summed up the case with.
great.acCuracy, and dwelt much upon all the cir-
cumstances by which the Jury might entertain a
doubt of the prkoner's guilt i exhorting them,
however, if they felt satisfied on all the facts to
do their duty, and pronounce a Verdict, without
regard to the consequences. . .
After about a quarter of ten hour's consider a,
tion, the Jury brought in a Verdict of Not Guilty,
assigning as a reason, that tney. were nOt quite
satisfied that the facts required by law to.c6n-
stirate the full proof of such a case bad been suf-
ficiently made out..
The prisoner was detained, and ano•ber bill
found <against him for an
,assault w-Lth inteukte,
cotniiiit a rape. . . .

BUItCLARY.—THE. KING V. BEER., -
I:'his was a case of some humour. Mr. NDOE.-•
3:141, theTrosecutrix was a witk)w, a6ed.77,

[PRICE EVENPEI`iCE•

who livvd in a cottage,,andhad the reputation of
posse.,sing - some te.o She was in the
habit of tva-rmin her bed. in cold nights, •andss
there was no,thitnnev-place in the room, she set
'the patron she had laid on the floor.
The•etlect of• this-was; Ow any, accident which
sho!ds the house, stt zhe.pan.a cliatteri6g, anti
Manned the •iady.' On thenight of the 20th of
April she .had, gone to ,itedirefore 10, and was
roused frorii her first nap by her-warm friend, who
gavelret notice of: danger.' She alarmed her next
door neighbour,: who going into 'her•back pre,—
mises, found the prisoner, who' bad' broken a
small window, taken a•-few trifling articles out of
the house,,and had shipped. himself to the shirt,
4that he might he .able to get in through the small
breach he intd-efiected.: he was sectired, but could.
give ob reason lot kis tieing where-he was. 'The
facts being proved, therry:found him Guilty.

FEMALE CONVICT§ IN NEWGATE.

(Froth " The. Times
The public. attention having been lately called
to the attempt now makin,:,. by an association of
persons to improve the condition of the female
prisoners in Newgicte, a -plain statement of faCts
!nay prove interesting, and place the subject in its
proper light.
An individual having for several years past paid
occasional visits to the female side of the prison,
observed, with feelings of deep concern, the inr
jurioes consequences arising frtini -a number at.
unhappy females, of characters and habits more
or less depraved, constantly mixing together,
without object, and withont employment : ample
opporttinity being thus afforded for the hardened
in vice farther to initiate beginners into the myS-
teriei of crime ; and to instil their poison even
into the 'tender minds of the children who were -
confined with their wretched mothers.-
The deplorable state of these chil:lren chiefly
arrested her attention ; and she established,' with
the assistance of sonic others who now joined
her, a school- in which irrey wereinsterthted:,:rs -
reading, . knitting'," and needle-work ; the whole
under the full concurrence of tie Sheriffs, anti
with`the friendly co=operation of the Chaplain,. ,
and of the late Governor. . • - •
The improved condition of the children, and
some ad iilis who were instructed in coMmon wi.th
aitracted.tfic. notice of 'the otherlemale.
prisoners, most of whom expressed a wish 'l6 "be";,
come partakers of a siorildr beneflt. This led to
the idea of a noire extrusive plan, the principal-
object of which was to introduce 'regular w•6l k and
uscfttl employmeta among them oil, and suet&
oaks as would tend to-their moral 'and tel
iMprovenient. FOr this purpose a• well-disposed
and respectable wotWair was appointed Mal 1'011; anti
rooms-were assigned to her in the prison; to act
the part of a'constant superintendant • arid to read •;,
to them a portion 'of Scripture morning and
Mg. Monitors were tel from amongst them-
selves, to whom the care ul5- the whole, atul the,
inspection of the .separate classes, were confided,:;
and .small rewards--were-.-giv-en-t-onthe-most i,u. ,
dust-I
-lions and orderly. Daily visits were paid to •
the prisoners by members of the association,
its
order to assist ,and,sityporyhe nratrontro inspect
the various branch's atid'6l
and to stimulate the ,More promising-. by tittle
friendly counsel and eneOuragement.
A decided improvement in the conduct and de.
port ment of the prisoners loon became apparent—
their regular mnplpytnent prevented:many tlbl.Ml!
of riot acid contention ; and a reasonable hope
may be entertained that many, through the divide
Westing, may become better subjkets of the state, •
and valuable members of society.
The execto ion of this elan tVas at first attended
with-smite expence, -which was defrayed by the
benevolence of private intlivi,tinals, aided by a sub-
scription from the Grand Juries at the spring and
summer SeSsions ; nor will .the estl,enditure-ceitse,
thotigh in future it may be considerably diminished-
by the sale of ,the various articles, made by the
prisoners:.
' The members of the association are fully sat.;
sible that, 'while iii some respects even their own•
expectations have. been -greatly exceeded, much • ,
more suigh t be done by,.4, fat !yer classification of
the pris(!ners, -which the want of room renikirs
impracticable. ' •
In conclusion, they ,consider it .right to state,
that the ,goes' school had .been preyiimsly ,
Wished by the Ordinary, and a few benevolent
GentleMent-; and ttiat Other consider:able iinprove--
ments bad taken place, in consequence of the :
landable exertions of „the G,aol Committee, con- .
sisting of the Lard Mayor, and Many of the Court
of Aldermen ; and it is rcith pleasure they aC-
knowsledge the'great kindness and- attention with
which their requestts, have been received, not only
by that Committee, and by the Sheriffs, but also
by the higher departments of the Governnent.
Within a period Of little-, more.than 3 .monthS,
the women and girls have maoe..nekirly 4,000,
shirts, Ste &e. they have knittud.22o pairs of socks
anti stockings,' and Rave lately Collifilenced the
inning' of flax.

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On Are;hies.dav night; bet Ween seven'anll'eight
'o'clock, 22 convicts were put into an open wag-
Iron ft. the o.lllBatiley yard, .r,-Irich sOon aft.er-
wat cis drove off on their way to Portt•mynth 140:
embarkation to Botany Bay. The varly -hone
attracred a greater crowd than usnal cuisine ; and
Olt ions incident occurred. • -bevet3l persons
clitobed..np, as usual, ootht Outside wall, to take
a k;ieW of the convicts. One of them Ml* impin-
•iltiiiv enough openly to cialin acquaintance with
one or two of the most hard.ened ; when•the
et is in attcudance„ suspecting; him ts)be,en al
rushed out at the gate, and took him
Inc() eiAt6ily.. kie was lodged- it Newgate, with
seine diffituity.
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We received this morning the Yar;s 1 a ",,s of
Tuesday last. • Jr will be seen that a provision has
been made for introducing a certain number of the
11 tlf-pay Offic.rs into the different Corps d'Armet.
Tine following are Extracts :
" PAltt;, AUG. 5.—A Cabinet Council was held
yesterd.,y, which was attendee' by the Dtike de
Bich el jell , the Chancellor, the Counts Lally '1 ol-
lential, de Fontaines, and Gamier, and the Coon-'
oillors of State Count Moll and M Royer Collard.
" Jr is understood, that according to a decision
of the Minister Secretary of State for the Wi;r De-
partment, approved of by his Majesty, a certlin
rminher of halt-pay officers are to be attached to
the different Corps d'Armee, and that half the
Commissions which tall vacant are to be given
to them.

" Uit the 4th ult. a woman named Armonciade
N• ri was delivered at Rome of a monstrous in-
fant, which (lied the same day. It had the head
of a fish, which the Italians call Arzilla ; the body
w:is well shaped.
•<A German Journal states, that posijve orders
have been transmitted from Carlsruhe to the
Direc'or of the circle of Upper SoabiA not to
permit Madame de Krudener, who has again re-
tired to the Badese Territory, to hold religious
Assemhlies.

" The health of the Duchess de Berry is in a

satisfactory state.

" One of the Journals states, that the Lady
who was asserted to have enrolled herself among
t!ie Carmelites, ins'ead of entering kimono them
titer a trial accompanied by much •ennui, left
!:iem, and re!nened to her
FivE PH:t CP;tirs.—Monday, 68f. 90c.

" JULY 26 —Tile Russian Major-Ge-
t;axl arr'oed on the 10th pt Carl,htul,

charged with antograph lows from tic Enlieror
of Russia, and the Empress Mother, announcing
to the I(ing the marriage of the rtincess Char 7
lotte With 'the Grand Duke Nicholas. on the 7th
inst.

" VIENNA, JULY 24.—A tumult has taken place
at Lucca, chiefly directed against the monopolizers
of grain. The ,Vistrian Military Chiefs who were
there succeeded in restoring tranquillity.
" STUTTnARD, JULY 29.—The King and Queen
of Wurternberg have returned here in good health

from their journey.
" Srlart, JULY 28.—Great preparations are
making at Alayence, tor the reception of the King
of Prussia. Several Sovereigns and Princes of
Germany propose to proceed to Mayeuce to pre-
se ,t their homage to his Prussian Majesty. It is
thought the King will make excursions to Darm-
stadt to see the Grand Dural family of Hesse, and
to Wisbadel, to visit the Ducal house of Nassau.

" At:GsruaG, Jut.v departure of the
King of Prussia from Carlsbad is fixed for the
2d or 3d of Anguit. His Majesty proceeds I,y
Franconia to Mayence, and from thence to Treves
and Luxeinberg.
" LUBEC, JULY 20.—Prince Blucher is every
day expected in the Grand Duchy of Mecklen-
burg. He will use the baths of Dobbernu, and
pass some time here and at Hamburgh.
" The intelligence respecting the conspiracy in
Sweden is still contradictory."

The Morning Chronicle this day refers to the
supposed PROTiST of the Princess Alloan LOULSA,
anti seems inclined to contend for its authen-
ticity. All lye sin say on the subject at present
is, that if it be genuine, 4' the Lady (loth protest
too much," and if otherwise, that it is " a weak
invention of the Enemy." •

Tim FUNDS.—Great exertions were this morn•
ing made to depress the market ; at the corn:
mentement all the house appeared to be sellers,
and lArge salts were made, which lowered the
price full three quarters for a short time, but the
market recovetet), and Consols rose, at eleven
o'clock, •o with plenty of purchasers at that
price.

The following is an Extract of a Letter from
Boston,. reccivad in town this morning, dated
Jtily 9, 1817:

" a tew days past three vessels have
at-lived at this port from Havantoh : one of them,
the Union, in the short passage of 10 days, Two

clays previous to her sailing, the cases of the yellow
lever, which !has made so many melancholy ra-

vages among the Americans and Europeans at
11-isannah, were increasing in number : aat priOr
dates its violence was thought to have abated.—The
Mount Hope, Capt. DAILY, whilci lying at Ilavan.
pab,was fotcibly entered by nocturnal desperadoes,
and robbed of several lnindred dollars in money,
the ;Ives of the Captain and his crew were threaten-
ed, and their watches were antoug•the spoil of the
freebooters. Such was the frequency of robbery
and murder, that the most respectable Gentlemen
of the place had organised a pat role watch, to pre-
vent, during the season, the teeurrence of scenes
so atrocious in theie nature."