The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-15 00:00:00

OLD ! Al LEY.

Yesterday -E/i:dib'eth Green ‘vac indicted Go•
ctealing., in the 'dwelling-house of Mrs Fawcett, a
tiooklstity of.
The ptiotter
,was tri:v her to a servaur livi,ta in
theitnuse, and' Was to cr,rnf.
out of itte house ..vhettevet sire chose. toe Gie,,s
of thg,sits,c, wr.l•s plai .1y proved aasiost., Jtvi, aim!
-.mato; paw bro,kt-r, produced the artic4,l,ll,4cji
had becn 1)y the prisoner
''Fhe offt rr who sestrched her proolicedt 0
piicates found upon her.- • • ••.:

The prisoner bore a very respeer.ihlempear-
ance, and %vas- rather handsomely dre:-sed than
roberivise. Tite excuse she -pleaoed. i lito. de-
fence was, that she.was in it re.tt disiress, and in-
tended in return the pronet t y when she.liad raised
the 111 c ey out of pawn.
Itec.,itou, siinonint.: tip to the Jury,
told them ;oat Jilts was
.indeLd an ungrateful re-
timi, for the kindness of a good master. The
Wornan at. the bar nad been 'odulgentiv allowed to
c me in and oat cif the house whenevershe pleased;
and instead of setting a good example to 'her
danJeer, took rto opportunity of stealiog whate.v.el
tell in her way. With respect to the detence she
Mid mink., from he! appearance, St could not be
distress wh'icii had induced iter to: do this act.--
There was too Ii donbt J.liat,she was actuated
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solely by a wicked feeling.
.-IThe Jhry tOtibd, without'hesitaiion, a verdict—
Guilty. •
The Itecott;p?rt then addressed the isoner.—
Pristine'', I shall
.thinli it my duty—a duty which
I owe to the public-'-tOsend you out of the coon-
rry. 'Such an infamous character as yoa are,
ought
,not to be allowed to remain among civilized
society. There is no .point of .law tc hich has
arisen .on your anti indeed it is a most ag-
gravated case. Yoh!. daughter is in tespectable
service: you gain access to the house, and. you
have no scruple in cotntnittina depredations' upon
lit.family which is supporting your daughter.
If you remain here, no decent person will take
your daughter into their service, and therefore it
is a duty I owe to her, as well as the -public,. to
order your transportatiuti.
Roberts, an old man, was convicted of
stealing a pair of boots of William Shakspeare.-7
The boots .were not word: a shilling. ,: •

On the prosecutor askitig'for his expeuces, the
Cofunttin Serje ant regretted that such a tiifling
case should cost the County so 'much.

A boy of tender .age was convicted of stealing a
piece ut soap from a grocs-shop.
The RECORDER told the lad that he should he
sure have a sound whipping, because, he added
to the Jury, 'll he conies here again, whiCh
dare say will-be the case, we have markedliim ;
and the exatnple may, deter some at his rascally
cutitpaoions."
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confusion, xvhich
drew together a great . concourse of people, took
pl"ace yesterday in 'Nleail's-row, Esilliam-road; ft
Wiltshire innkeeper' ha'cing repaired thither to
get possession of his ,frgil rib., who was tinder the
protection of a f orr.of Ma%s, no,tl no it ss
sonage than a Setjeant,o a marching regiment of
loot, who *Was lately epiartered on the landlord in
the neighbont hood of Dekiies 'for two days.• The
hnifllsrd reLit.ed his storyj at Mailborough-stieet.
(.)Ilice,at the begi,lning of the week, but it was
which the policezcOnl;l take'eogniz,iree
The trite left tier liOtrig and a large family of
,chiblten on Stincky„se;ntkight., tyith about 201. in
She was traed to. I',
. ieeediliv, tvhere.
tne't took 'her to their
iitiev-horgii,g's-.."' '4 he !'hifsb.,ind-was introdneed
tier,:;4o, she te,fii,sed,fp,,ret,iirti home with him)
attached v, as dlestizt the matt of war, apd he Lot the
spot totieit heiklitciied by the
jukes of 00 ‘;,0,,- •

ls it not ;,huniliintly estalilishe'd;:thai whatever
fernedies maybe ti'git'ai of in PArlia7rnetit, yet that the
main sptitigibf •i'ition is with hie; peuplet them-
selves : that!th et''ricl of thiS'rlisordered state of
61ii•Prciety, the cuittire ofland, in the present
cit'r.o-iiktances of our manu'hicttives,•Call lie•Conti-
'deredlitS' altige the tbundatiiiti of our hope. ''Why
"then set about tit dispel our impett&
'int; pOrientS.,-our'too generally- existiog gloonal
'''fliat'lPinatilt Forest w'inila he a very eligible
'Scite'fof‘tife. iVetrOpolitan Poitr t'o be employed
on[rantioi be donbted, 'add the great loss already
sustained by tleldying so effectual a measurecannot be ton. flinch ret;retted:: ' This'sbould.
hotvever;.stithulate to our imm•Nliate exertion.-
s'6os since, had the establishinent been
fornied;lliow incalculably' cheering the effects had
bcen lirrtliiiilllinthience and TncreaSe Of comfort,
connected'' With an • intic'scribable' 'atigattenta-
!ion of produce, the last of "which'crowding oeir
markers'. What have we as' 6.'ser-off again'st
so 'prominent a good ? Cer(ardly we may
not calculate.otiPthe avittations of'aur Pour in the
Workhouses. would be an.ltbsolute mock-
,
-ery ; and -to those who 'are in need of conviction
'n the snbjece, we would only refer thetn to seek
inlor•niation of almost any 'pat o'clrial officer.

But besides" the 'immediate 'hehe9t to these
cities, and besides what is even of far More ainitle,
importance, the action of such a redress, and
whch- has been adverted to on tiie circums'aliCes
it so many Of our nuts degraded fellow-subj. c;s,
how allitriportant might not such. an example
htive been in its 6116W161i OcCountry).
From the Reports of tire Overseers, published
itne to time, and from the •e)tiitenci!lt a 'patriotic.
' Society, now established among. ifs, these is
ncr doubt that :the • neceit'sary circulation
obtained,
,might have been the, means of:•sti-:
.mulating: a salutary activity in .-general -The,
unpi oductiveness of so many millions of acres
.of waste and other land had probably, by . this
:time,. have been .on, a scale most flourishing.
The .desmt might have indeed rejoiced, and,
disgraceful; because., so utterly causeless,
,xperience of deficiency of employment, been tin-
kl,own...: Judged, could our ancestors have autici-
!wed r,!missness at an epoch when all our:
months are filled with exclamations of our in
;- • „
ereised„ population, what astontsnrtymt would'
they.not ha,e cannot
hot lia%e l're4on deeply to lament the inertness of
the pre'sent moment", which cannot tail, unless
speedily dissrnated, to 'entail Ei burthen the*.ntost
miserable awl portentous', both iti:kiutV'tind de-
gree. .Had We•katl It dread OrforeignAtivasirio,
or were writhing under rebellion at trod,-,'-our et-•
tention might have heeti
.sn'ppOsed liable .to
dis-
traction. But in times of peace, that an apathy
so unhappy in its consequences should prevail,
must be deeply regretted by every r fleeting mind.
lite. Legislature has
,now, by the "Pnor Inws
Amendment Bill," wit hmised Parishes universally
to take land and let it to the Poor. DeanSwirr.-and

his Droplet. !teem to be wanting. Jf a -spark trout
his fire could, -however,. on such an occasion, be
efficacious; surely we --have-writers who, if occu-
pying their pens in a cause which nee4s..so
illustration, might tempt the patriotic merchant
from the, Exchange—the citiAva,for a time from

bito desk.
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Are Police Officers our refuge ? flow efficacious
the cure above contemplated I Were .Judges to
notice it tratn the awful Seats of Judicature; it
migla have an influence: Let our Magistrates,
every where, act on a resource 80 di. tnonstrated.
Let all be found assisting, and 'thus rid us of the
ohloquyythat su m,iny :thousands of our tellow•
subjects are maintaiued h,y l'our's Rates, and so
many hundred thousands raised tor the stipport
a population discontented for want of employ
went 4C.
Lty

GAMMA:

THUNDFiR STORM.—On Sunday se'nnight aeon-
Siderable district of Norfolk was visited by 'a most I
ireinendous Thunder-storm, accompanied by a
hurricane of rain aria bail.' The storm diSpl.iyed
itself in terrific form at Mattishall; East Dere
ham, Reepharn, Aylesham, and adjoining villages.
Pieces'of ice tell at fiackford and WhiCvvell, some
of whiCh. measured' tiw,fincyl es long, an inch wide,
and am inch •Haikstoties'of the usual globular
form descended, of oticonimon size; three of these
were proved to weigh two ounce's. A gentle-'
three ladir§ on their Way .to Cromer,
were compelled, by the' pelting Stotfn,
to take reterge at the Fo!i public hon:e, at
LNvitigli'ani•i. Which they bad: scarcely entered,
when upwards of seventy, panes glass 'in 'the
new front of it were shivered to atoms by the
hail-stones: The storm 11-ISO•eitended to Lod
don, Bohgay, &c. At • Thurton the rain fell in
such a torrent, that the water tusheil into a 'field
there, and swept away half a ridge of lirryripsoe-
moving 50 loads, of soil to,a considerable. distance.
In malty places the reeds' were-rendered
impassable by the immense gat a ntit)i'7OF rain which
fell;':and which' washed. away .acres of thri.ips.
Several fields of wheat were.; not only` iajd, but
even the ears broken off by the-hail.. -One tar-
; mesr,..near-F02,0.-y; is said :to 'Have uosiain.ed da•
wage in his crops•to the amoont of one thou'an'
pound t 4.• At'Tilnry, trear•Lynn, the lightning t,et
tire to a barns-but by timely aSsisrance it Was got.
Hurler, without- connutthicating the Lidjoitrin;„;
ebuildiogs.

.may not be accused of gqrbiii?,;, or of servile slip.
.pressjon. IVe are frilly persuaded that 4iiiiscets
,are disposed, and anxious, to mitiga,te,the.suffAr.
c).f every part of the community,,. bit they
jiave,Aly 0u ;4*s of 1 Country, and all its
Uolonial interot.4,opoo their ipind;; and the busi-
ness the: Nation. has been, so-much int,erruptgd
eml,rewded by,thb.vaoily amkambitionfof Parr,y,
the.ilechtsoatpry harangues and frivolous discus-
which have fliyerted the,attention of Govern-
Aunt from i:nportant.rnatters, that we wonder our
Rolursbeve been able to atteutlso.much as they have
done to the concerns of the 141opire _at large. lint
Row-, that there is a sot:pens4),n of Ppposition'elo-
. quence, and of the obstacles which. were,thiown in
the way of essential objects, we doubt not, that
,ovylituent will earnestly, attend to the dis-
tresses of the Manufacturing Classes, and by
affording to them all practical relief-, prevent them
from being roused into-misebief by those rebel.
Reformers and Jacobirkical Journals, which ate

prrpetuAkly at work ;cc)
,corrupt the ,polic mind,
and-•to undermine the Constitution.

(frow,;he Pachtt,,TM 12.)

" It has. now become the bounden duty of every
individual to assist in 1.-iising, a rampatt round the
Conbtitution an'dLiberties of this Country, which

shall protect it from :the insidious and determined
intentions of a7few popular discontents, who are
progressirely'advancing iu numbers and influence
and Who are resolutely bent* oipOn the
.establish.;
merit of nu 'Union, on the basis-of a creed, which,
if the foil measure o,f its spirit prevails, will tear
down the barriers of'society, and let loose Out&

hat pies of a factinO.; si hose highest pleasnte.
would be excited' by 'seeing their country wtith-
ing under the tortures all:Revolution, and bowed
down with the tkgrattation and misery consequent
-On such a situation. Far be it from, ourselves .
to condemn the progress of a constitutional
;enquiry into. -the abuses which, may.... have.
crept ioto the system, or to cry down the ne-
cessity of any..applicat ion _towards their remo•
val.—lt agaitast some of •the principles laid
downe:rttle.; measure :lon-sued—and the criminal
intentions ,of.a glass
.of risers, who are recognized
as the representatives of a complaining people,
that our abbot-erne is directed.. One of the most
hateful features of their system, that is to pro.
cure tedress and a restotation of rights to the na-
tlisti; ii to intulcate the chit:trines of Rtidicat Re-
forrn into the minds' of children ! whose hearts
a're' to be made the soil fen-rearing the tree of li-
berty, alias the: plant of seditiOn and revolution.
:Mothers are to infuse, by the breast and :cate-
chism, into the. minds of their offspring,
poison of infidelity, and hatred to constituted
authorities.. Callous is the soul that will .noe
estimate the. consequences • which must ensue,.
were this plan of edocation universally orzeviels:
partially sanctioned,e-eThat there is ample ropm
for tearful concern, we think will be,admittedjiy
every reflecting Mind. Females are now entering
into the lists of these champions for anarchy or
equality. The 1-I!ackborn Female Society of Re-
formers are displaying a spirit revolting to lin-
MaiiitY, and an" insensibility disgraceful to the'
female character. Tiny have pledged thentiselveS
collectively - and individually to instil into the
minds of their children 'a deep and rooted hatred
for our corrupt and tyrannical rulers ;' or, in
other words, a deep and rooted hatred to every
system of Government .but a Republican.—We
tear they have 'already made many converts to -
their principles,. and, to a great extent, spread
the infection Of insubordination, in precept and
practice, amongst the youth of this age. A want
of employ is the great cause of this restlessness
its-a large mass- of our countrymen, who are, pro-
verbially, whet-, well employed, an hardy, in-
dastriona, and happy race ; and would, we ate
sort, be the last men to sanction or encourage any
innovation upon the establishments of their coun-
try, by adopting the ruinous system for Radical
Reform which is daily. developing. But, in thus
obsaviug, we. are conscious our Rulers have not
ilireered then- attention sufficiently to the com-
plaints and necessities of the Nation : The Session
is On the eve of being terminated; and, a 4 yet,
no plan has been carried, nay, hardly devised, to
ameliorate the' condition of starving thousands.
They •have most certainly in their power
.the
means that will lighten, if not remove, the nronn-
tail) of natioual distress, and allevbc e the sufferings
oteoor unemployed medianies• Why hate they
oat :then attended to the.major, rather than the
minor duties., ,evhen time was ,vanting for the dis-
eharge of bosh an Act had been passed- to
appropriate ~the waste, lands for cultivation, or
consolidating aome.plan for successful emigration
tti astir fo-eeign,oolonies, with the adoption of
those. remedies, which, are acknowledged to he
necessary by all parties, and are loudly
Called• tor by the country, then would they have
finished their labours' with honour, mind the New
rit.onelit would have been hailed as an harhin.
ge'r or returning prosperity anti hapritiess to Great
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