The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-21 00:00:00

MILES V. MILES.

This was also a suit of the like description, pio-
moted by Lady Betty,Mtles against Sir Jonathan.
Miles, her husband, by reason of cruelty and adul-
tery.

. The Learned Judge in this case was so fully satis-
fied from the et iiience,,tbat the tact eat adultery 'A- as
clearly established against the husband, that t,e pro-
nounced for-the sepration prayed, end a,lotted the
.wife 1501.15.614-annum, until tile question of Alimony
was decided.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 17..

LUPTON V. wESTON.

This was an "at:tion- brought by the plaintiff, as
I executor. to Mrs. Anne Stuck., It appeared that
Mrs. Shick had a house and .hop in Little Guild-
; ford-street, and had taken the defendant in as a
lodger in the year 1808, where he remained for
fiftevn months 7 `An agreement had beep entered
into • into between Mr. Weston, who is an eminent
bricktnaker; and Mrs: Shick, by Which the for-
: agreed to pay. 30s. per week f..r,his' board and
lodging, according to which stipulation 351. was now
due ;- to recover which the preset-it anion was
brought.
The defence set up was, that Mrs. Shirk was,in
fact the mistress of Weston ; that she went by his
name.; and lived on, terms wit: bun which render-
ed the presents contraa highly im,rohible.
Mary Roche, the first witness called, said she had
lodged in
,the house with Mts. Shick and Weston,
-and was present at the
,agreement for the 30s. a
week. She admitted that Mrs. Shick Went by the
name of Weston, because she was, a cousin to the
defendant. She did not pass,for his wife, nor did
she ever- see Weston•take improper liberties with
her. Mrs. S. sometimes slept out, but she did not
know that ,she slept with Weston. Weston had a
house at the bottom of. Gay's Inn-lane, when he
lodged Witth Mrs. S. She had seen Weston at din-
ner; he ate no meat, but dined upon fowls andrala-
. bits. Mrs. S. went by the name of Weston before
the defendant came to lodge in the house. , ,
Grace - Christie knew Weston since 1792 ; he
lodged with her, and MrS. 'Weston came often there,
and passed fOr his wife. She had a child by Weston
in the year.l7Bo.

Mrs. Bishop had Weston as a lodger with her
from 1807 to 1809. Mrs. Shick had .called often
to see him, and remained a week together in his
apartments—she went by, the name of Weston.
Mr. Field, an attorney, defended an action once
for Mrs. S. in which she was successful there were
some extra Costs to pay,Which were defrayed by the
defendant.

Chief Justice MANSFIELD recapitulated the evi-
dence, and. Commented •on the singularity of the
lady's going by the name of Weston ; she could
have'no other cause,for it than to account for the fa-
miliarity with which she lived with the defendant,
and iMpose herself on the world is his wife. It was for
the Jury to consider whether it was probable Wt St on,
who had an house of his own in Gray's Inn-lane,
would take a lodging in a street -so near as little
Guildford-street, and whether it was not likely lie
visited it merely is an house of pleasure. If.sult a
stipulation for such -a purpose was made between the
parties, it was nullin- itself., because m3de for an if-
legal purpose. The Jury, however, had to consider
whether the first witness was to be credited under
the existing circumstances,- and whether it was pro-
bable that_any such agreement had taken place.—
,
Verdia for the defendant.

The cases yesterday were very uninteresting- here.
The only one of any moment was that of John
Weaver, for a riot and assault.
Our readers recoile& the' disturbances, that
took place near Portmati-square,Barracksi between
the Life Guardsmen quartered there and a mob of
people, who assaulted and insulted them, in conse-
quence of the accidents that so fatally 11.,ppened on
the day that Sir Francis Burden wars conveyed a pri-
soner to -the Tower. Thii prosecution originated
out of those disturbances., .The defendant had as
some of the soldiers,...in common with others
of the niob, who were pelting Oem with stones
and brick-bats, and insulting them with the epi,
(bets of '° Piccadilly Butchers," " Living LObsters,"
&c. till the riot became so serious.as to endanger the
not only of the soldiers there, but of. ,many
other persons. •
This was proved by Taylor, one of the Life
Guards, and by others. . ,
The detehdant endeSvoured by hiS witnesses to
shew that he.was mistaken for another person, and
that lie never did corninit any,outrage upon the sot-.
diery. .In this, however, ne..failed; for after the.
Gentleman Who presided instead of Me.
IN.G (Mr. WATSON), had summed. up the evidence,
whit.ll he did with. great precision, making suitable
comments thereon, the Jury, withoutretiring, found
the defendant Guilty.

THE KING V. MADDOCKS AND SAUNDERS.
' This was an indictment for an assault, on the pro-
secution of AndreW McMahon, Esq.'''. an Irish Bar-
rister, who deposed that the detOdant, • Maddocks,
had assaulted him in a ferocious manner, aided by
the oilier defendant and iliree other persons.—After
heArii,g the 'evidence, and an eloquent speech from
'Mr. Reynolds for Mr. M`Mahon, against an- ingeni-
on;i'address froM Mr. Gleed on-behalf of the deten-
dams, and a full charge from Mr. MAINWARING,
to e Jury 16und the detendants,Guill. They were
then sentenced to pay a fine of 201. each.

-One hundred and three` prisoners are entered for
trial on the Newgate Calendar, at the present Old.
Bailey .Sessions : few of the offences, however, are
very atrocious. - There is one indictment for man-
81,iughter, two for bigamy, two for returning frOm
transportation before the expiration of the allotted
'lt-nod, and one for arson .and robbery. There are
also a few for highway robbery, burglary, and horse-
stealm2). The remainder are petty offences—
Sunday se'noight, about six o'clock,' the large
venerable, oak, which for ages had stood between,
the Bridge and, the Hall, in Costessey-park, Nor-
folk, fell .0 the ground with a crash that was heard-
all over tLe village.

All apprehensions respeaing the-ensuing.haryest
vare now removed, acid it• is 'generally understoOd
that it will prose a fair average crcip. .The Oats.in,
Kent and the adjacent Ruts or'Sussex are abundant,
and the Barleys have,n,,w assumed a favourable -ap-
pearance. .
, betters from Spain state, tliat tlie French Govern-
men t at Madrid has sold, by a public sale, the estates
of all the Spanish Grandees, and' Other great landed
proprietors whOlhave emigated to Cadiz, and adhere
to the cause of FERDINAND VII. •

It is now geoeraly, understood thht the Privy
Council at the Cockpit hive t*orted to the KtNG
their opinion upon the late application to his MA•
JESTY in Council for a Charter of Incorporation, in
order to establish a new Theatt,.!, that they cannot
advise his MAJESTY to yield to such application, be-
cause it would put the, parties upon grounds of
greatet ad►antages than those'attached to the exist-
ing News; which would be unjust to the interests
secured under those Patents ; and as to the 'sugges-
tion of resorting for such a purpose to the authority
of what is called the.Dormant•Pateht, they are of
opinion'that that idea cannot be carried into effe6l;
because, for reasons which, they stale, that Patent
h s become invalid. As to•the expediency; or not,
of a third Theatre, to meet the increased population
of the metropolis, khe Privy Council. leave the point
altogether to his MAJEsTO-wisdorn to decide.-• The
result of this Report, upon the whole, is, that 'a
new additional Theatre is required, it must be under
the authority of a new Grant from the Crown, and
that too of no greater extent of powers than '►hose
of the Patent's of-the Thuatres of Covent-Garden and
Drury-Lane._

On Wednesday the 4th inst. Miss an in-
teresting young woman from ‘Crail, was lodged in
the gaol of Cupai Fife, upon a
.charge of having
poisoned her:mother., The poison, a rarge quantity
of arsenic, was giVen ainotigSt tea, and the un-.
fortunate woman.Aurvived the 'swallowing of it
only, a few, hours. The catastrophe excited the
greatest grief and alarm.' There were several
lodgers in the house' for sea-bathing, to whom,
it may well be supposed, the horior•of the scene,
added' to the state of uncertainty how • far the
•etfeas of the poison might extend, Were most"dis-
tressing. It is undersood that the unhappy: young
Woman is.stibjeti to periodical fits of insanity ;. pnd
no other suspicion can be entettained than that it
was in one of those fits. she perpetrated the dreadful
att.. When in 'sound mind, she was 'remarkably
dutiful and attached to her parent.
PICKPOCKETS. —it was anticipated that many
gangs of daring pickpockets would resort to Dept-
ford, at the launch of the ROYal Charlotte on Tues-
day ; the Commissioners of the Yard, therefore,
applied at the Public Office, Bow:street, 'for some
assistance, and in consequence Clark, and a party
of the ‘Patrole
than
and ,apprehended in the
yard no less than eleven well 'known pickpockets,
'and took them before Mr. GoonitEW, the aative
Magistrate of. Deptford, .who sent seven of them On:
board toe tender. The notorious Bill Soames was
seen in :the Yard,. but in the, crowd escaped the
vigilance of the officers. On the opposite shore, in
the neighboarhood of Black wall, there . were seve-
ral numerotts gangs, who openly turned the pock-
ets inside out of a number of respeciable people,
without the least interruption.

-4411- Piz rya.

--calvassuir, JULY tg.

. . .
Arrived—the Angmoria; Gripps, Favourite, Gray, WiL
hiairl, Noffinesi and Nancy, Samson, from Oporto; and the
Isla, Nattham, from Lisbon.
Sailed —the Pocahuntes, Tompkins, for Philadelphia.

ULD BAILEY.

THIRD DAT-FRIDAY, JULY O.

, •
Four JGurneymrn rally named Gel-
dart, Bradbee, Little, and . /khans,. employed at.
The Day newspaper.office, ‘4 ere brouglu
They bad, been apprehended 'in: consequeuct r• a
bill of indictment ha‘ mg been .f(.)und tri
for conspiring to seduce the Prima-,a' Ihe
Time, otticeto quit their situations. The, p d
not guilty, and vk ere committed to. Neg: at at
of, bail.

Three othe'r Printers, named ax, Howlett and
Paskirs,,-lately engaged at- Die Times ()thee, '+e•e
next brought to4lie bar to plead ru an kid!, en t.
found against them for conspiracy, I
committed for the same reason.

Joseph Austin was indicted on a' charge of disony
in sefting file to the house of Mrs. Haimah Tit •
son, of Sackville-street, St. James's paris,', t1:0
17th of June last,. witll.intent to d stro) the S..ne.
It appeared-twin the statement of Counsel, a., stip-
potted by the evidence, that the prisoner wits d
let in the service of, Andrew
Ileum who-lodged in the house of Mrs. Thompson,
and occupied her first 'floor. ' The pi isotir was in
his.service about thirteen months. On the minting
of the 16th of June, Mr. Tuflort sent' it, pi-
Soner to.a Banker's in Pall- Mall, for payment ~1 a
draft for tool, which theptisoner brought 6) him ill
50 notes, for two pounds each, 47 of which he tut
into his portable writing desk on his . tch
he then locked. , He then wont and did
return to his lodgin4s until the next ITIG11131;g,
he found-his apartments had been set on tire, utS
writing desk broken olirn, and his mites-gone.
Mrs. Thompson, the lady of the house, had gone
to bed about two o'clock in the morning, and t #
prisoner had gone u 7 to bed before her, and at an or
tour in the wonting she was awaked by a
smoke in the hou,e. Her apartnenis were ot, the
second floor; she_ awakened her dauglitr, who siepL
with her; she immediately got up and hip down tO
the first floor, opened the dipir,g—room, - and the
smoke-burst out on her in gteai quantry; but blie
sap in the fuolll no light or fimne, she unagint.cl 1110
smoke came from a public-house next ; ()11
turning rocind again, she'vrceived ihe prisAler 011
the second floor stairs,,a few steps behind her, and
saw 'her daughter also
,coming nowt) stairs. Sliel
could nut tell whether the prisoner was' with of..
without his;clot hes as she h
was
mucalar.oed, fate
alarm-of fire was .given to
.some firemen who wet''
passing with an engine..to -extinguish borne-other
fire, and they came in. She assisted in serving dicta
With water, and the flames in Mr. Tutton's to i"
were got under. When the firemen,, of whota
thete were, three, 'proceeded -into the. room; they
found-. it full Of smoke. :They immediately 'thte,sr
several buckets of water on alielloo), end oho on a
sofa in the room, from which the fire appeard tO
proceed, and extinguished it; .and after titrowiq:
open the w;ndows arid cleating the apartment ot
smoke, 'she pulled up, the carpet, and tOund
boards of the floor, about the cell, re, burnt. through?
and that the fire proceeded front Vetween-the ccihug
el the room below and thatmoment. One of tt 6
men perceived the prisoner with a 'writing-box
his hands, which appeared to have ,the binges aou
the catch-of the lock broken. They perceiVed
was not opened by the effects of fire, but they cell:
not tell whether-at might not•have been opened Pi
the cited of a fall. None of I taeni;. how ever, rtf"
collected to have heard any thing tall in the rooll'
whilst they were there: . •
After several witnesses were. examined;
.the Fri;
soner in his defence, asserted. his innocence,
acknoVledged the boxes found ou Mr. Crap's le"'
to have been thrown there by him, as containibt
the cloathi of himself and his wife,. on the fir-
alarm of fire; and said, when he first entered 111 d 6 -
room, after the fire was extinguished, he found
.desk lying open upon the, flour with the hinge 40
lock. brokenl• •

Colonel Wood, with whom he had lived se%Ttri,
months; the. Hon. George Irvin, with whoto
had lived thirteen months ; Mr. Lines VII
ie
Steward to Lord Grenville, wlkthe.,prisoner 100
been seven months as under butler ; and. above.%
other respectable persons, appeared, and gave hi~l~
excellent character. •

Sir ALLAN CEIAMBRE then summed up the. e'l
dence for the Jury, who, atter 'Living retired .71t
three quarters of an hour, retuined a verdict of .0°
Guilty.
This excited, from a number of persims in WI:
galleries, such disorderly bursts., of applause, ti),!,,
the Court immediately ordered- the galleries 10
cleared.