The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-22 00:00:00

CHILD DROPPINO.

Elizabeth Pugh and Thomas Pugh were indicted
for conspiring, with other persons unknown, to de-
fraud the overseers of the poor of the parish of St.
Andrew, Holborn, by exposing there a child of
tender years, and
Which must, of necessity, have
become a burden On tlie funds`of that parish.
William Sculthorpe, a letter carrier, proved his
having found a child, not above two years old, at
the door of the house of Mr. Moseley, in Castle-
street, Holborn, at past nine o'clock, on the night of
the 31st August last, half way between the step of
the door and the curb-stone. He took it up and
kept it on his knee till Mr. Moseley came out, and
who humanely took the child in.
Mr. Moseley stated, that after some ineffectual,
endeavours to get the child into the Foundling Hos-
pital, he sent it to the workhouse, Ann Taylor •
nursed the child_ from the sth Oct. 11107, till the
27th August last„ when Mrs. Pugh took her away,
but afterwards,
.on the remonstrance of a Mrs.
Daily, who suspected, some
,injury was intended to
the infant, was given in charge to another nurso
of the name of Inglis, from whom, however, she
was taken between seven and eight on the Thurs-
day evening following.
A coachman proved carrying the two prisoners
and the child (on the night the latter was exposed)
to Castle.street, Holborn; and Elizabeth Feary -
swore, that Mrs. Pugh had told her, that, in the
event of the death of the child, who had been en-
trusted to her care, .she should have 3001. . The fa-
ther of the child was an otEct!r, who had settled
that sum on the child, and on tier death tits LikoLicy
was to come to Mrs. Pugh, This story she often
repeated to the, witne::;cintirnating her wish for the'
death of the child This alarmed the witness, and •
she, in consequence, warned the nurse to whom
the child was entrusted

John Timbray proved Thomas Pugh's confession, ,
that .a letter appointing the meeting with Eliiabeth
Pugh, at St. Andrdw's church, Holborn, On the
31st August, was in his hand-writing.
A long defence
,was read by Thomas Pugh, who
is 85 years of age, and was father7in-law to Eliza-
beth Pugh, in which he threw the whole blame on
the woman prisoner.
Mr. GURNEY, for Elizabeth Pugh, contended,
that the whole circumstances of the case proved
that his client had no intention to put the child out
of the way She had paid to]. to the other de-
fendant, Thomas Pegh, who had undertaken tG,
get it provided for, where there would be no proba-
bility of its mother being inquired after, and in this
he had deceived her.

The RECORDER made a suitable charge to the
Jury, who immediately found both the prisoners
Guilty.
The RECORDER then pronounced the sentence of
the Court to be, that each of the defendants be im-
prisoned in Gilt spur-street Compter for six calendar .
months.

As very erroneous opinions are entertained rela-
tive to the Prench Ports being open, it may te! use-•
ful to many persons to know that our Government
have for some time' past refused to grant License;
permitting the importation of Wine, Brandy, Ge-
neva, Clover Seed, and other articles, which are the
superabundant native produce of France and Hole'
laud (Corn and Burr Stones excepted) ; and it ap-
pears that the Licenses lately granted in France,
expressly allowing their exportation, have in no
shape induced Government to, relax in their orders
for stride), preventing their introduCtion into this
count?. It may also be remarked, from the tenor
of the answers now given at the Treasury, that ap-:
plicatioes for the revival of this trade are perfeCtly
useless ; and when we consider that it has been
carried on 'so manifestly to the disadvantage of this
co entry, by giving the enemy, under the mask of
neutrality, att enormous rate of treightage.—by
giving a vent :for their most important articles of
cormnerce;—ernploying the seamen of their allies
and dependents, and draining us of our specie tn
most alarming extent, upon what principle could
such a trade he continued ?
From AMsterdam we have letters to the 12th
inst. which probablywill be the last we shall receive
for serne time, as the • severity of the season must
obstruel the communication. On the .1 oh, King
Lours had not artived at his capital, nor was he im-
mediately expected, ,as it was understood, by ac-
counts from Paris, that he- would not quit that city
until tl.e.teth, or perhaps until after the I tit inst.

A Gentleman has, for some months past; been
usefully engaged in experiments for p,ocurivg flax
from brooM, by the following process :—sleep the
twigs, or the former year's branches (preserving the
most vigorous shoots), for twq, or three weeks,•ac-
cording to the heat of the season, in sounatit mqlter,
or boil them for an h >ur- in water ; this done, .ihcg
flax separates freely from the twigs ; and where
there is not machinery for the purpose, it may be
stripped off by children or others, at any time when
not quite dry, as hemp is reeled from • the stalk.
What adds to the value of the discovery is, that on
being cleared of the flax and steeped for some time
in boiling water, the twigs or wood become tough,
and beautifully white, and are worth, at a medium,
from a shilling to eighteen dence per lb. for making
carpet broonis,B:c.