The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-21 00:00:00

OLD DAILEY.

ExTENst*-E RonaEtt-i-.----Yesterf.lay;.
White, Jas. Ford, and Jas,. Wells, were indicted
for stealing 6001hs. weight of raw silk, 'Value
6001. and upwards, the- property of Messrs.:
Doxat. Five witnesses were then called by
the prisoners' Counsel, tho -positively swore;
in the most .unequivocal manner, that the
prisoner Ford was'at the public..; house of Mrs.
Thotnas;: Worcester-street, Binning ham, , oft
'Saturday, the 14th of September (the night
.of, the robbery) and on..theSunday following.
The witnesses were severally. cross-examined ;
but their evidence was not shaken. They . all
joined in giving Ford a most -excellent character.;
Two other witnesses were also called to the cha-
racter of White. The Jury, after a short eon.:
sultatiOn; returned, a verdict of Gado against
White, and acquitted Ford and Wells. The
COMMON SERJEANT immediately sentenced White
to seven years' transportation.

,
CAUTION TO EAWKERS.—An Association is
about to', be formed among the trade in Southamp,
ton, for the' purpose of prosecuting per Sons, of
this description, some of whom, accompanied by
an auctioneer of celebrity, have this week visited •
Southampton with a' large assortthent orjeWelleq,
cutlery, plated goPds, stationery, &c. and opened
a room at the Star Inn,for the sale of theSe articles
by public auction. The goods Being Of a superior • "
quality to those generally offered to the-public •
throUgh the medium of these persOns; the sales
have been both numerous and respectably at-
tended.. As these persons getierdlly contrive: to
carry Off all the ready money in the town, the
inhabitant tradesman not only surfers fr-orn the
loss of his profits, but the trade itself, for some
considerable tithe afterWardS, suffers a great de=
pression. The parties alluded to having -been' •
nearly, a
.week in the town; and intimating their,
intention
,of remaining another, snrue of the prin-
cipal tradesmen met together upon the subject,
and determined to put a stop, if possible, to the
sale ; they according instructed their Solicitor to
commence legal proceedings against the parties,
for the penalties imposed by the Fruwkers' Acts. r
As a matter of courtesy, the Solicitor gave no-
tice. of what was about to take place, and the
• .
partieS', aware of the consequences, Wert glad fo
embrace-the Offer of 'quitting the town itritnedi-*
ately. .The 'following is a 'copy 'of the paper
Which they signed :--•

" In comilianee'with the notice we hai:T this 'day received, or
the intention of the trade 'in this town to mit in force aghinst,
ili,the,Penaltie..s imposed-by -the Acts of Parliatrient relative -to
Hawkers, Pedlars, &c. if we continue the sae latily commenced
by usat the 'Star Inn, in this town, contrary to the said Acts,
—We hereby proMiSe to discontintid snch -Sale forthwith ; and
upon being permitted to•withdraw from the .town without arty-
of the said penaltieS being enftimed agtirnst as, we also promise
in-future to refrain from attempting any such sloe in this town..
_Witness our hands, this sth day of April,'lB2l,
(Signed) J. K. J. IL J.
" We authorise the 'insertion of the foregoing paper in x/
t:
of the Newspapers which the trade may. thin-
k proper t°
' sele, • '
K. Jll. JAV.
At the earnest request of the parties, the • nil tills 0111.1
inserted.l of
thteiirsntaothebsearre
arneied that the
i
public •
preference to persons Of this classy give a
s;
while the
trade are experiencing every day a diminution
in their profits, from the 'heavy rents, taxes, Scc-
which they are obliged to pay : and as fellow;
townsmen, surely they have a superior claim to
these itinerant traders.—(hlampshire Teteg-raph)
DrdADrut. SUICIDE.—An inquisition was hela,
on Thursday:night at the house of Mr. liarris,
the sign of the George and. Crown, Broad-street,
Bloomsbury, before THOMAS STIRE,INO, Esq./
Coroner for the western division of the Coma!,
of Middlesex, on view of the body of Mr. Alex:-
ander Murray, who shot himself.' After the Jur?'
were empanelled and sworn, they proceeded 'V
stairs-to view the body, which lay in its clothes
otr the'lloor, which
,was covered with blood. it
appeared from the view taken that the
with which he committed the melancholy at t
must have been over+loaded, as it lay -oil th:e
floor near the body,
.o'e-barrel burst to Pleciejs;,
and the pistol hand dreadfully shattered• it,
must have put the muzzle of• the pistol;qu•de
close to his heart, as the wound on. the le"' lit," •
was wider than the mouth of a- quart rt,
the heart and the intestines were exposed to v,,"e'd
The wadding and part of the clothes were toug h
in the body ; but the. halls passed, quite throng:
and lodged in the wainscot. From the .evidelie
taken before the Coroner, it appeared th t
at
deceased was a stranger ; came on MMondayo. I t
to lodge at Mr. Harris's. Ile had apartu'eilts
himself, and had plenty of money to PaY for
whathe wanted. On Wednesday night lie caet„.
home from a concert, went to bed, ail(' "c4,,g_,nt
ting up at•hig-ustialliour next rnorniog. a sei ''he
Went up stairs •to his room to call him, whenhie
was found as above desc4ibed. On the 7.141.„
was a sealed letter directed to,his father, ---fed
• h
ray, Esq., Brownlow-street; Holborn, whit-iv..
to the discovery of his family. Also the f°ll °the
ing note, in a female hand, lay open 9_l mr,
table :---" Miss Hatfield's,. compliments Tecijoe
Alex. Murray,' request• he-will in future " was
his. visits." The remainder of the letter- co
torn•off; on the' back- was written with pert:
in his own Itawd-:writiox,.the following lines;c_....
" I am tired of life; there is only one thing can tu,rf peace
pod pistol and ball is the only Tenfecly left me.
I 4"-cornelii,
with'all mankind. In my pticket are two pieces of ; IVY
which I wish to he given to Margaret to keep for my sake
brooch I wish to be given to James. Adie 3
u ! „TiazAY two " ALEN. °
The report of the"' pistol was elr.(l lrbotuknow-
o no,
hours before he was found' dead t. d eabeed-
inff froth whence it proceeded; it passe deceased
ed.s The pbor. afflicted. 'father of trie,_ineut lit
stated several 'instances-of mental last,
the deceased,' and "paxticularly on !!.i.o lu::Y The
The deceased Was only. 18 ,'cars °/,::4t 44 Shot
Jary,'after, 'smile time, returned a verdi,r
himself in a state of menial derlirig

On the ,19th ciiodey,
- MARRIED. tarey,
to Wooiton, of NiCliolasaane;
of Merton, S

nf.othnt..ts:474.
Brussels, aged Bf>
DCED.
second Baron of Ireland.
Cuthill, wife of Mr. 'n
Ocor '?r,Ll mother of Pr. Vi
drasArtillery.-
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