The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-02 00:00:00

POLICE TNTTELUyGENCE.

•We are very sorry to understand that, for a con,
siderabletime past, the town of Leith has been visited by a fever
of a very alarming character.. It is not in all eases, strictly speak-
ing, of a typhoid type; but a feW eases have presented themselves
in which the symptoms of genuine typhus unequivocally *kneed
themselves—sthese, except a few rare instances, terminated fatally.
The disease does not appear to confine its ravages amongst the
pdorer elassei of the inhabitants, or those living in ill ventilated
lanes or closes—on the contrary, several fatal instancei have oc.
curred amongst the better fed or. wealthier individuals, and who re-
eidein open, yell-aired places of the town. Several whole fami.
lies have been Attacked with nine or less severity. The sick-
waggon belonging fa the toWn; for conveying infected persons to
the Hord Infirmary, is in constant requieltion., ' -No canoe has
been assigned fur the prevalence of this truly alarming disease, but
not a doubt can be entertained that, iu many instances, the stag.
nation of tr&de, scanty fare, with abominable water (how leng
:11101 Leith have this to complain of?), and the long drought, mast
have had a great share in its production.—Scotsman.
dAUSF, or TILE MIRAGE,-.-This .singular pheno,
menon, which presents on the parched and sandy plains in hot cli-
mates an exact representation of a lake of water, sometimes ruffled
into waves, at other times still and ~:nooth, and appearing to re.
fleet like a mirror the images of houses anti other (objects situated
beyond it, is the effect of a refraction of the rays of light, occa-
sioned by the heated and rarified state of that portion of the air
which is in immediate contact with the sand. On very hot days
it may be observed this same proems: of rarefaetion is distinctly
Visible in our country ; although front the effects of vegetation at
night, as well as from the narrow range of our landscapes, it is
never followed by a mirage. In the evening also, in the less fre-
quented street* of London, we have observed the samephenomentm,
although the sun has not little power ; which we ascribe to action
of the heat retained by the pavement anti bricks on the air which
haa puleally Cooled to a lower ternperature than these bodies.
Swmt•tx, Bishop of Winchester, died ilt4y
15th, 862, and Was bailed 'at Winchester, in the churele.lard.
His grave was soon Illaikt%l as peculiarly -efficacious the suf-
fering Christians, and miracles out of:number were recorded
to have been wrought by his holy remains. Sum_an
teesire henevOenee became the theme of universal praises;
an order was obtained to remove •the holy relics into the
•ehoir, as better suiting their merits ; and a solemn prom*.
siorn 'Watt appointed to grace, the ceremony. A most violent
111,1''''"w4ir, however, fell on the destined day, and continued for
trurty.nine,others, without intersiCrision : in consequenc,eof which,
the idea of a removal was abandoned, as displeasing to St.
Swain. iVnee. the vulgarg adage, that When rain falls on St.
Swithin's day, It lash, for days." Experience, however," say's
Mr! " lm t amply shown that. Whenever a wet Jolson vets
inaboatlieetel'of Jene to 01.# middle of July, at which time the
heat or the sun ia usually
the most intense, it generally
contintwe
to nearly the end of summer, when the action of that orb has con-,
sidetably abated ; the rain affording mow for exhalation, alwayi
naturally the atrongeet at thaltottestperkul alb* year, atid.thoof
exhalations )litldnig iii rouni,matter for rain.

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CRIIII. CON. AND ELOPEMENT.
(We gave-an abstract of this case yesterday, and now supply
the particulars.]
MANSiON-HOUSE.--.Yesterday, a gen tleman named flesphy,
who is is respectable member•of the Stock Exchange, came at-
tended by Mr. 'Davis, the •solicitor, of the firm of Readon and
Davis, and a number of friends, to prefer a charge of assault
against - Taylor, who is a tailor, residing in Bear-street,
Leicestet-fields.

Mr. Heaphy stated, that he resides at St. John's Wood-grove,
Regent's-park, and deposed that on Sunday morning the prisoner
came to his house, and wished to see him. He went down, when
the prisoner refused to come in, said be had something particular
to say to him, and wished him to come out. Witness put on his
hat and went out, when the prisoner began stating a long cue
about his kwife. He said, (continued Mr. Heaphy), that I'd got
his wife; he•said ,this thing and that thing about her, and said
that I knew where she was.
The LORD MAYOR,—Did you know his wife, Mr., llesphy 2
Mr. Heaphy.--Yes, my Lord.. I was met again.by him yes-
terday morning at Finshury-place, when he said he was a man in
a poor way, and said he was willing to take a sum of money, when
he would sign any paper or release that I liked. I made no pro
position tnhitn, and lie came to the Stork Exchange, where he
used very bad language. He seized me by the collar, created a
disturbance, and said he was determined to follow me up. A
crowd was assembled, and I was obliged to give him into custody.
The Loan Itlavoo—sPray Mr. Heaphy, how long have you
been acquainted with his wife?
Mr: Heaphy.---I really can't exactly answer.
The LOAD Marou-e--Do you know where she now is?
Mr. Heaphy.—l can't say, my Lord, really. I know no More
about her than a stranger.
The LORD MAYOR proceeded to put some other questions;
when Mr. Heaphy, who had answered with great reluctance
those previously put.to him, objected to answer any more. He
came there, lie maid, to prefer a charge of assault, and he wished
tit, case to be confined to the fut.of the assault.
The Loan Mavoa.—But the assault, as stated by you against
the prisoner, is a very trifling One, supposing that you lutes
given
great provocation. I wish to see how that Stall.
Mr. Heaphy.--If he conceives himself injured by me in any
other way, he may seek his remedy in a court of law ; but I am
not to be assaulted.
The prisoner, who listened with great impatience to the state-
ment of the case against him, here raid, " I tell you how it is, my
Lord. If you will listen to me, I have no fear. It is six weeks
last Monday since my wife asked me to let her go home to her
mother's. I told her she might, if she liked ; but said she must be
hack loon, as I wanted to go to Vauxhall. She went accordingly
but she did not come home till past 10 o'clock at night. "' Good
God ! (says I) where the (1-1 have you been till this time of
night ?' She said she had been at her mother's ; and that tit- re
was Some friends there, and that they had persuaded her to stay
with them. The next morning there comes a Gentleman to me
that I knows, who says to me, Your wife's a ),ad woman : I saw
her walking with a Gentleman, and knowing her to be your wife, I
Mimed her, and saw her go with him to the White-house, in
Soho square ; and I thought it but right to tell you of it.' I then,
continued the prisoner, called thipervant, to ask whether there had
been anybody about the house. '.Tell me the truth, Sally,' said I;
have you seen, any body about the house behaving improper to
your mistress?' She began to cry, and said there was a Gentleman
in a white hat who had called and talked to my wife. He said
to her he was sorry she was married, and wanted to go up
stairs with her, but she would not let him. He was with her in
the private paisage when the door was open, and my Wife said to
the Shut the door, Madam e and he said to her, Sally,
why do you not do as 'rout mistress bids you?' He then went
away. I got a yoong man to watch her when she next went out,
and she met a gentleman'and went with him to a bowie at No. 8,
Oxendon-street : they afterwards went together to a house in
Lichfield-street. I 'did not see them, but the young man saw
them ; and I can bring the servants from the three places, who
will prove that he went with . her there. He Iva" away about a
fortnight, when site met hums in the New-road. He was on horse-
back, and shook hands with her." Ile then dereribed, that he
aurprised his wife just as she left him, on another, occasion, and
had not seen any, ailing of her since.
The Loan Mavon.—You do not wish to ace her again, do
you?
The prisoner—Yes, my Lord, I tin riot mind trying it, that I
about.). like to sea her agein very much.....--(l.oull.htutin.tr.)—.l
liav4s tried AO- I. eau to .me tier. Ilovhydlte doe* not looor where
she is, but I have good information that he saw her WA night.
The Loan Mavoe—ilow long have you been watching your
wifit'S Conduct ?
The prisoner—More than five weeks.
The Lcian Mavoit—What is your occupation ?
The prisoner—l am a tailor.
The Loan Mavoa—is he a customer of yours?
The tailor—Not in that line.—(Roars of laughter, in which
the tailor joined.)
The servant girl, in the employment of the prisoner, deposed,
that she: had seen Healthy come into the house. Ile wished to go
up stairs; but her mistress would not let him. She had seen him
come last Saturday weak, in the afternoon; she had seen him
come and beckon .her mietrese out.
The tailor added[ that he had been married seven years, and hail
hid one child, which was dead ; lie declared he was all happy and
right until this man came across the door. The neighbours had
obeerved him shaking bands with her.
Mr. Davis, as 'elicitor. to Mr. fluidly, treated the whole as
conspiraerto extort money, and stated, that the defendant had
proposed to take a sum of money as compensation, which proposal
had been rejected.
. The tailor said, lit i mele to be rid of the woman ; he received
500/. with his wife, when he married her, and he'statetithat' she
was to have 5001. more as, sums as her mother (lied. r Under these
eirctunstanceit, he intimated that he thought himself justified in
seeking compensation. He told Mr. Heaphy there must be a
divorce, which he ought to pay for, as lie had been the cause of it.
se He," said the tailor, " wished, me to bring an action, but it is
of no use your bringing an action, because 1 am going to sell all
my property, and leave the country; so you will lose your action.
I went to my attorney, who adviled me to make it up, if I could."
The Loan Maxim—From the time you first • made the die-
covery, did Oil give: your wife no cause to suspect you knew of
her conduct ? , • .
The defendant.l—No, no ; I took care not to do that ; I wanted
to catch
thein,--(Laughter.)
Mr. Davis, the solicitor, said that the defendant hail been told,
that it was understood he required 2001. for his wife, but he in.
misted upon having 500/., end declared he would, follow Mr:
Ileaphy about until he wag-satisfied; he then created so great a
diitturbance that it became absolutely necessary to have him- taken
into custody. He had since he was in custody made proposal,
through the'mediuin of the officer, to take his wife back for 2001.
The Loan MAYOU, (to the officer who had the prisoner in nuts-
tody.)—sDid yon, Sir, make such a proposal ? • ,
The officer-4t was at hie request.
The Lonn desire, then, that you never do such a
thing again; it was extremely irepropers- It •is thy duty of the
Officers to keep their prisoners or safe custody, and not to act as
agents in such matters. Ilis• Lordship' then said, that the prie
soner had certainly acted in a gross and indelicate manner; and if
he had acted under the. impulse of ordinary feelings, and given his
wife's paramour a sound drubbing, (though, from his disparity of
size, Mr. Ileaphy would not, perhaps, be under any apprehension
in that rel3lloll/0(eould have been excused in the eyes of moat
men, thetogh not or the eye of the law. It was singular he had so
lOrig looked on.
The defendant—l was going to fall upon him, but I was advis-
ed not, and to bring against ]rem.
The Loan MAYO Zltaatat irotiSin phy, said, that the de-
Pendant's want of delicacy did pot, exonerate him; he was most
culpable, and had undoubtedly given the defendant great provoca-
tior4 try invading., hisdomestic peace. On thke grounds, his
Lordship said, lie should not call upon the defendant to find bail,
but should liberate him, on his. promise not
repeatthe distur-
bance at the Stock Exchange, or be guilty ofany breach any where
,Mr. Jfeephy had l.tid himself , open to ,4 civil action ; his.
Lordship preen:tied that Mr. Ileaphy was not; as had been stated,
about to leave the country.
Ileaphy said, certainly not; was kiln% to pll the geo-
"nen there, and his respectability would not be questioned.
The Loan MAYA said, be had heard mention of Mi. Heaphy's
name, and had no doubt be' was respectable; but this action was
notre/ectablt—tn be found in criminal correspondence with is
marries o woman was not respectable in any man.
Mt.' Ileaphy.--1 could not tell that shown married. Really,
my Lord, there is no telling what women are married a„4.1 hail
no more reason to know that she was married the)! I have with
respect to any, female nowprelerit•
The Loan MaYori—lt irnPrlbiblet according
to the testi.
ninny of the Servant girl, tint' that you should know she was
married.
The defendatit.--He is married himself, my tord;. be has not
long married a young woman with a large fortune; pi( th9old

have seen how pale he turned whin I first mentioned the thing to
him, for fear his wife should hear`Ofit.
..The Loan MAyon (to -Mr. Hesphy, in great surprise).—
What, Sir, are you really married ?
Mr. Heaphy.---I am, my Lord.
The LOAD MAYOR. —O shameful ! shameful!
Mr. Davis.—My Lord, there can be little-doubt that the whole
is a conspiracy between the husband and wife to extort money.—
This virtuous woman, my Lord, laid hold Of him as he was re-
turning home in a state, of intoxication.
The Loan MAYOR made no further remark, but discharged
the prisoner from custody on his promising not to interfere 'with
Mr. Heaphy again in the same manner. As he was leaving the
bar, lie exclaimed, looking at Mr. Heaphy, " I'll have a turn with
you in another way." 'The Lord Mayor recalled him, when he
explained, that he meant to seek his remedy by a civil action.
The case was then dismissed.

GUlLDHALL.—ireiterday Mr. Robarts, a printer in Shoe-,
lane, appeared before Mr. Alderman ANSLIT,Y, to answer to seve-
ral informations filed against him, at the instance of Alderman
Wood, for printing certain squibs against that worthy Magistrate
during the late election, without affixing thereto the address of
the printer.
The City Solicitor, appeared for -Alderman Wood, who was in
attendance. „ •
The first information set forth that Mr. Robarta did, on the
16th of June, being above 40 days after the' passing of. the Act
39th •Geo. 111., cap. '79, print a certain paper, headed " Homan
Catholics," on which he omitted to print his name and place
of abode.
Two objections were taken to the form of the information.'
First, that it should have stated the offence was committed after
the passing of the 51st Geo. HI. cap. 65, which was an Act to
explain and amend the former Statute., The second was, that
in the third clause of the 51st of the late King, it was provided
that the name and residence of printers should not be required to
bank-notes, deeds, policies, &c., or to any paper printed by au-
thority of any public board, or public Offieef.
The City .Solicitor replied, that with respect to the first objec-
tion, the act of the
,51st did not alter the offence,. but inertly
limited the amount of penalties is be recovered, and therefore
Roberts was rightly stated to have offended only against the. 49th.
As to the second, the law upon the subject had been deterfnined
in the King v. Ford, the King v. Bryant, and the' King v. Hall,
but especially in the latter,,,:where it was broadly laid down that
an information need not, negative exeMptiona contained
,in a sub-
sequeut dense to that on which it was fuunded, nor in a Inbse...
quent statute. ,
Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, under the' advice of Mr. Payne, held
both objections to be bad.
Mr. Alderman Wood said, as the press had taken some liberties.'
with him upon the subject of these informations, he wished' to
state, that the several adjOurnments of the case had originated
with the defendant, and that he knew his Counsel was not paid by
Mr. 16barts, but by a certain party, whO would also pay the
penalties. . .
The City Solicitor then proceeded with his case.
James Snow, beadle of St. Martin's, Ludgate, deposed, that lie'.
took a he produced from John Hill on Ludgate-hill on . the
16th of June.
John Hill said, he applied for work as a preasman at Roberts's
on the 16th of June, was set, to print off a number of the bills in
queation, and was euhiequently employed by Mr. Roberts to dis-
tribute their on Ludgate-hill, while doing which he was aelted by
Snow, and his stock of bills taken from him.
The bill was then put in. it commenced thus :
‘, Oh i Livery of London town
" Sup Port our only hope,
" You see that Wood is going down,
" Who's only for the Pope.
" Oh; how The Protestants will crow,
" If thus you give them scope ;
" Support then, Wood, and thus you'll show ,
" You can support the Pope."
Mr. Alderman 'Wood prayed that the sitting Magietrate Would
inflict the heaviest fine, because it would not ultimately fall on

Bobarts. .
Mr. Alderman Awsf,tv, howeVd, said lie should treat the case
as if it were to fall on him, and fined him in the lowest penalty,
which was 51. lie regarded the paper as a common electidneer-
ing squib,
The City Solicitor thought it was something more than that.
Mr. Roberts has 26 days to consider whether he will appeal or
pay the fine.
Air. Roberta wished to hare the whole of the informations
heard; but the City flolicitor hinted that he intended to tile
ieveral.more, and asked Mr. llobarts if be would now give up
his auchoe„.
. The 4efauda4czeistea, that wax out of his power, for he eliel
uot 3c4PNTIZIOI7-7-.1--
After some desultory vouver.ation, the hearing'of the informa-
tions already filed was adjourned sine die.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—RaIph Jolley, who was tried
and acquitted at the last Sessions for a robbery on General Bird,
was charged with assaulting a man framed Wieki, who was
unable to attend.
The patrol stated, that on Monday evening he saw Jolley, with
three other men, beating Wicks, and a woman, now at the'bar,
pelting tins with mud. , •
The woman said that Wicks had first insulted her, by taking
off her bonnet and kicking it. She admitted having pelted him.'
Jolley said that he merely went to see the row, and the patrol
took him directly. He denied having participated in it, but accused
the 'patrol of taking 'hini 'because he had been tried before.-The
Magistrate remanded him till Vriday. •

. .
to
hCavtettitmileing
consideredpurseand4asapnicarKtTagmipwoacsKasetsregsweiartnly
taught, an
coat cutting now is by professors, on " scientific principles," At
the July Sessions, 158 h, as appears by Stow's Survey of London,
considerablkattention was given by the magistracy to the diseovery
and suppression of houses of resort fur thieves, Fleetwood, the
recorder to the Lord Treasurer, with others of the Bench, dis-
covered sixteen of these 'rouses in London and Westminater, and
two in Southwark. In one of these, an ale-house in Smart's_
Quay, near Billingsgate, the arts of cutting purses and picking
pockets were taught scientifically. This was kept by one Watten,
a " gentleman born, and' once a merchant of good credit, but
fallen by time into decay." He had a regular school for teaching
youth the necessary dexterity of hand which their trade required ;
and which was done by hanging up a pocket and a purse, one
containing counters and the other silver, each of them being
" hung about with hawk's bells, and having little sacring bell"
at top. The pupil was instructed to take out the silver and the
counters without gingling 'the bells, which, when he had accom-
plished, his proficiency was rewarded by calling him a Nyyper
and a Foyster ; the former term signifying a picklmrse. or cut-
purse, and the latter a pick-pocket..... Cinque Ports Herald.

WEsT INDIA COMPANY.--011 Monday a meeting
Lon-
donbtkhribroached,
cdc;:avivnlier:p
aana
Company
tt:
,wllitiasnta,nbi
lin
abundancegi
h i n.
0. trh
of the Proprietors of this Company took place at the City' of
the attention of the meeting to the circumstanees under which
by many gentlemen,
scawhephietaani;').t)hreevTaplitileaednehairman called
ilirable to invest part of that superabundant capital in British
West Indian property, than many of the wild schemes then' afloat.
The Company wall accordingly set on font, and a Royal Charter
considered
was
throughouturogri hie Ye.
41t4iPeCt.,. rr4 state of public affairs had, however, lately under-
gone a remarkable change, and the. Dlreetors relt -strottglY‘that
the present moment was not a proper time for calling upon those
gentlemen who had favoured them with their nettles sui subscri-
bers, for the further investment of capital. At the same time the
Directors were anxious that the advantages which they had ob-
tained in the shape of an Act of Parliament and a Royal Charter
should not be wholly lost, which would be the use if the Com-
pany were, to stop altogether. They therefore recommended, that
as the present moment was not a favourable one for 'uniting
capital in Wef lndian Property, the CoMpany's ftinds should be
placed in some kind of Government Securities for the present.
The Company would then, at some future period, be able to avail
themselves of the advantages which they possessed, and fulfil the
purposes for whirl they wore originally formed. The Secretary
t
tipT)heaheshner
neldreoeeilt I,iriettmab reporttherefore,
ftjosnrgei:ofi‘7urin!tiiioeief::
ibitl.han3)!ltatotcshbooee9r
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xpyt p
eatirsnl eeisycl.:tlcooi soenu:,nrpeep:f rit
:emu n ioyB4s,ftbitr.ievovedsnlh
sublet
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115.
choose
ist
tioni Ott shares, W
moath
important °s
of
ravi..'riieelli":„,"bviietrrt:;,Sete''ri '44OUi) string Tire resolutions,
tiC°UltiOrgiiiiiitglklUirlhhlo proPre the
argwithdraw,
4/..155..fur every hi, which they had paid, and another, authe-,
rising the Director'. to invest such capital in such GovernMent
securities as to them should seem advisable, and be approved of
by the proprietors at large. After short conversation the reso-.
ellreireghcrrieeorsa,t4titeanmdee iligp.been voted to the Chair-
manltiotatanwd

A school-boy, reading a Scripture lesson one morn-
ing to his master, came to that part where, speaking of
Solomon's palace, it remarks, ,c the windows were car-
buncles, and the door was agate ;" but lie, being byno
means a deep-read lapidary, pronounced the sentence
the windows were crabs' ancks, anti the door was
Irete." •
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MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

LONDON DIARY, FRIDAY, AuQuir 4.

(At dui Cpurt of Commissioners.) ti.
J. Barton', High'Wyeinitti, paper-maker at I
A. Barker, Somers-place, West,'apothecary
Collings and Mangy. Bishopsgate-street, merchants ... . ....
T. Dauncey, Cateaton-street, commission-agent
G. Harris, Battersea-fields, warehouse-keeper
J. Lane, Strand, cheesemonger
J. 'Marsh, King's Arms-yard, wool-broker
J..and'G. Peers, Watling-street, merchants
S. P. Rolls, Old Fish-street, ironmonger I I
I t)
J. Thomas, King's Stanley, clothier

COUNTRY DIARY.
J. S. J. and 11. Allen, Birmingham, at the Royal Hotel, Bit,
mingham
C. Carnets, Liverpool—George, Liverpool ' 11
.1. Coupland, Liverpool—George, Liverpool I
Sir W. C. Fairlie, Liverpool—George, Liverp001........ ...• I
F. Frince, Wakefield—Sessions Honse, Wakefield
Hi Flint, Feartihead—Nag's Head, Warrington
R. Gough, Brislington-L-COmmereill Rooms, Bristol .... .
W. Hope, Bury—Star, Manchester,
A. and G., Johnson, York—Mr, Gleadow's, York
W. H. Liwience, Bath.-;-Bush, Bristol I
10
R. Leigh, Manchester—Messrs. Battershy's, Manchester
P. Richardson, Liverpool—George, Liverpool
H. and J. Wainwright, Liverpool—George, Liverpool