The Sun.
London, England, 1819-05-29 00:00:00

CHARLES RENNE fT.

On the trial of Charles Rennett yesterday at the
Old Bailey, the followin4 letters were put in on
the palt of the prosecution:—
,

" SJR—Pertnit a poor miserable wretch to ;t11.4
plore your intercession with the much-injured
Mr. ll.—not on my own account, alas ! I have
forfeited all claim to pity; but let an aged mo-
thet's sorrow, a wife, and• an infant child, operate
.i❑ my ,behalf. Their late hangs on mine. By
punishing my crime as it deserves, my unhappy
mother will be brought to.a premature grave, and,
a poor unotiending infant deprived.of a parent,
who would other►vise work hard to support him.
Oh ! let me not be deprived of all hope of ever
more embracing them ! 1 would live with credit
to myself in society, and my child shooht bless
the mercy. that •preserved to it a father. Once
more, Sir, 1 implore you to intercede for fire. 1
dare not myself apply to the much-injured parent.
j am, Sir, your's, most respectfully,
4, Macnawara, Esq." " C. RENNETT.'

MUCII-INJURED SIR—I scarcely know in
trite words to address you, and I tremble lest
the moment
,you discover the hand-writing of
one • who has so injured you, r.,,„ in your in-
dignation, should- tear it to -pieces. Nly own
griefs it would ill become me to speak of to you,
for they ar6 caused by the wrong I have done you.
But I entreat you to consider my poor mother
(she is an affectionate one), and that I am bring-
;stetter with sorrow to the grave. There is also
a wife and beloved infant, for whose well-being I
am necessary. Let those considerations operate
upon you ; for in punishing my crime, you must
inevitably bring misery on them. Through your
mercy I might vet become a creditable member of
society for while I write this 1 call God to witness,
that through the rentainderof my life I will act in an
upright way, and will, by my unceasing industry
(throug,b your mercy), support myself and fa'-
mily, be ,a comfort to my now wretched mother
in her old age. Oh, Sir ! do not deprive the of,
the happiness I may yet give and receive. Most
sincerely do 1 (or may I never be forgiven my
sing) repent my cruel conduct. 1 blush for my-
self, and only dare hope to obtain your forgive-
ness, luta) your being a parent and,a son, and
having the feelings of those ties. That you may
prosper in life is not wished more•ardently by any
one than by your afflicted and repentant servant,
" CHARLES RENNET"'.

" Mr. J. Horsley."
" 1 beseech you case my anxiety by a reply ;
and, for God's sake, let it be a merciful one."

CURIOUS AQUATIC WAG ER.—TtleS day a man
undertook for a wager of twenty guineas, that he
would, in a boat, row under the eight follow-
ing bridges, and also walk over them in the short
paee of two hours, lie started from I.,onrion
Bridge, and walked over it, as he did the Iron
Bridge at Sonthwark, l3lackfriars, Waterloo,
Westminster, Vauxhall, Battersea, and Putney
Bridges. Lie pettormrd this extraordinary task,
with the utmost comparative ease, in eleven 'mi-
nutes less than the given time. The odds were
six and seven to four • against him. The above
teat has been pronounced by the watermen upon
the Thames as a very clever exploit.
Tuesday the maid-servant of Mr. Moses, sales-
man, of Broadmead, Bristol, was standing close
to a winito7 of the second. story, with Mr. M.'s
infant child in her arms, when the child sprung
from her, end falling into the 'court below, was
so injured, that it died in an hour.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT te
THE KING V. PLATT AND OTHERS.
This was an indictment against eight individuals
for a conspiracy, arising out of the conviction of
Mr. Merceron, as treasurer of Bethnal-green poor.
rate.

Mr. Serjeant "ELL,, on the part of the prose.,
cut ion, began to open the case, and expressed his
regret that the tranquillity of this parish should
still be disturbed : be should be happy if the pro'
ceedings of this day should lead to the adjustment
of all disputes, and be the me•sns of reconejling
the difference of opinion which had so long pre-
vailed among so great a portion of the cniutnne
nity—when
Mr. SCARLETT, who appeared for the defend.
anti,-intimated, that they were equally desirous
of restoring the peace of the parish.
The Lolly JUS"kIC_E said, that. if that
were really the desire of both parties, the present
indictment ought not to proceed, upon the under.
standing that no further proceeding of any de"
scription should be taken ; which Mr. SCARLETT
and M;. GURNEY, for their clients, pledged them•
selves should be the case; the Learned Judge as
the same time observing, that the result of this
indictment should not be considered as a triumpb
obtained by either party, upon which the Counsel
for the prosecution consented to a verdict of at'
quittal.