The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-11 00:00:00

FIFTH DAY) JULY 9.

Mr. O'Meara replied in a speech of considerable length.—
He disclaimed all .asperity in bringing for Ward his charges.
He was more tried than trying'. He contended that the first
charge was proved. As to the second charge, attempts were
made to vilify him by Mr. Gordon; but he had disproved all
the reports by the evidence of Mr. Dunmore and Sir George
Cook, whose testimony was better than that of -myriads of
Grants and Gordons. Mr. Gordon had been dismissed from
the British Commissariat for incapacity and insubordination,
and had been. at Cadiz only interrupting the supplies to the
regular Commissariat. He (Mr. 0 Nleara) had been two-
thirds of his life in the service, and had regularly been pro-
moted.- He had never -lost 'one step or one friend. He had
been graciously received by his Prince, and taken by the hand:
by the first Captain of the age. He confidently expected the
judgment of the Court in his favour.
The hesident declared all the public proceedings to be
then closed. The parties and all strangers withdrew, and
left the Court del on the evidence.

The Court had met every day at 10, and continued sitting
till 3. The President, General Sir Alexander Campbell, was
supported on his right by General Pringle, and on his left
by General Douglas. Mr.O'Meara appeared to have no legal
adviser,• and conducted the cause himself. Lient.-Colonel
Grant had the assistance of Mr. Denman, the barrister. The
room was constantly crowded to excess.
Some days may elapse before the decision is notified.

Friday a number of deserters from different re-
giments, who have surrendered themselies in con-
sequence of the PRINCE REGENT'S Proclamation,
were marched from Edinburgh Castle, under a
guard of the 88th regiment, to Leith, to embark
for Gravesend, where they will be inspected.
Those fit for service will be retained, and the
others discharged.
Friday being the Anniversary of the Battle of
Maida, where✓ that gallant corps, the 78th High-
landers bore so distinguished a part, ate barracks
at Aberdeen, the head-quarters of this flue regi-
ment, were decorated-with oak boughs and ever-
greens, while the soldiers had sprigs of laurel in
their bonnets in honour of the day.
A National School is bnilding at Lancaster,
which MATTHEW PIPER, Esq. of \Vhitehaven,
has endowed by a gift of 2,0001. Re has also en-
dowed two others, one with 3,0001. and another
with 2,00 W.

- An-excavation is now making for the purpose
of opening the Roman tumulus, called Hay-hill,
upon the Wimpole road. This tumulus is eighty
paces in circutn•erence, and about twetVe feet
high ; it stands close to the Roman road, upon the
right hand of the turnpike, leading to Wiwpole ;
and may be seen immediately after passing Lord's
Bridge. 'The workmen are making a section
through it: from south to north. Near the same
place is .Horsefield, where the ROMall antiquities
were discovered, which were exhibited at our
Midsummer fait:.—(Cambridge Chronicle, July 10.)

OLD BAILEY.

CH.IIIGt OF EXTENSIVE ROBBERY, ACCOMPANIED
BY FRAUD AND DEXTERITY.

Yesterday Solomon Cohen was indicted for steal-
ing 675 yards of silk, value 200/. the property of
James Foot, a silk mercer at Spital-fields.
Mr. I.3oLLANn stated this case to be one of the
most important that ever was brought before a
Jury. This prisoner, as it appeared by his state-
ment, which was afterwards corroborated in evi-
dence, stated hinsclf to be a ship agent with a
partner, Wilk!! Wai written over his door. lie
called at the prosecutor's shop, on the 10th'of
JIW, and stated himself to have occasional large
shipping orders for silks, and he purchased 301.
worth or that article, :which he paid for in ready
cash. He bought 601. worth the next day, and had
all the appearance and .manner of being an exten-
sive and upright dealer. He even refused to receive
17s. which he paid over in the last bargain, until
the next dealing, and thus lulled the security of
Golding, Mr. Foot's foreman. The next day he
called at the shop, and gave an order for 24 pieces
of silk, for exportation, and he would receive a

discount of ten per cent. for ready money, and.
an invoice and receipt was to be sent with the or-
der. Mr. Golding accompanied a porter with 18
pieces of the 24, to the prisoner's house, where
he presented the invoice, and the receipt for
ready money. The prisoner pompously requested
change for a 6001. cheque, and regretted that
the Banking-house %vas shut, and Mr. Gold-
ing was prevailed upon to leave the goods un-
til next morning, when the prisoner said he
would call and pay. The next morning the
prisoner presented' himself at prosecutor's ware-
house, and otdered twelve other pieces of silk,
without mentioning a syllable about the 6001.
cheque. Golding, accompanied by Deighton, a
porter, took the other twelve pieces to the pri-
soner's house, and here he was at a stand for
change for a cnetpie 0t.1700/. which he had sent
his clerk with to the banking-house, and he had
not returned. The clerk came whilst Mr. Gold

lug was waiting, and said the banking-house
was shut. The prisoner called him a chuckle-
bead, and affected to be very angry ; the goods
were deposited in the counting-house, and the
prisoner used many stratagems to put off the pay-
ment, and he said he would try to get the money
of a friend, and he returned with 481. which he
wanted Golding to take in part payment, and which
would have made a debt of it. This he positively re-
fused, and insisted upon either the goods or money.
The prisoner pretended to go to the City to get the
money of friends, and during his absence an am-
bidextrous trick was played off. -The counting-
house door was locked, and Golding heard a noise
like the moving of silk. At this moment a musi-
cal cluck was set going, which destroyed all the
noise of the silk. Mrs. Cohen, after it went

down, set it going again, but Golding was not in
musical tun, and be could not get into the count-
ing-house. It was a wet night, and, the streets
were very ditty, but the prisoner's boOts, although
dirty, had not a damp spot upon -them-. The pri-
soner at last said that the goods ‘vere sold. Mr.
Golding went again next morning with h friend,
and also his attorney, when the prisoner said he
would pay in jewellery. The attorney refused,
lest an action of [rover would be cotnmeneed for

the value of the jewellery, to which the prisoner
replied, that that could not
.happen unless he be-
came a bankrupt.
Deigliton, the porter, and Mr. Jones, the Gen-
.

tleman who accompanied Mr. Golding, corrobo-
rated the previous statement, adding, that there
was a back-door to the prisoner's house.
The case on the part of the prosecution being
closed, Mr. ALLEY, as Counsel for the prisoner,
contended that no felony had been proved, as it
did not appear by the evidence that the property
was taken away against the will of the owner.—
The person who acted for the prosecutor had
been, it was true, beguiled, but it had not been
proved that there was any trespass upon the pre-
mises, or any taking contra voluntoteni.
Mr. Cunwoon and Mr. WALFORD followed on
the same side.

Mr. COMMON SERGEANT thought it unnecessary
for the Learned Counsel for the prosecution to
answer the arguments, as it was his decided opi-
nion that there was no parting of the possession
of the goods ; on the contrary, the money or the
goods was constantly demanded by the foreman,
and. therefore, that this was a felony in poilat.,of
law there could be no doubt.

A few witnesses of the Jewish persuasion were
called, and proved their knowledge of the pri-
soner for a considerable time, during which he
had behaved with honesty.
After the summing up, a verdict of Guilty was
found, and sentence of seven years' transportation
was pased upon the prisoner.

Wednesday night the house of Mr. Parsons, a
farmer, near Rumford, in Essex, was broke open
by 'two men, who tied up, a quantity of linen,
wearing apparel, arid—otTier -articles, in order to
carry them off; they afterwards 'vent ins.o an out-
house, in which a boy slept, and where thefe was
a large mastiff that lay at his feet, who attacked
the villains in so furious a manner, that they made
a precipitate retreat, leaving the bundles behind
them ; it is supposed that one, if not both of diem,
must have been very much torn by the dog, as
there was a great deal of blood bu the floor'. •
Early on Tuesday morning last, the mansion of
the Earl of LINIMY, at Utfington, near Stam-
ford, was discovered to_ be on file in two separate
apartments of the.house, By a providential dis-
covery the flames were extinguished, after doing-
damage -to the amount of about one hundred
pounds. LAvANDka, the Bow-street Officer, 1
at present endeavouring to ascertain the cause of
the fire.

Tuesday se'nnigbt, as Miss Heriot, (laughter of
John IHedo►, Eq. of LAykirk, Was bathing in

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the river Tweed, she got too tar into the ctorent,
out of her depth. On her screaming for assistance,
the nursery-maid, who attended her, having has-
tily laid upon the grass an infant , she had in her
arms, plunged into the river, to save, if pOssible,
the young lady, but both,were drowned. The
servant's body was got that day, but no .accounts
have arrived 'of Miss Heriat's being touiid.