The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-16 00:00:00

VIOLENT ASSAULT.

C-ufrnHAL.r... Short :md Charles Thonp-
Phillips, weft, charged. by Janr.-s Gibbous,
ah itiiperant plum-pudding vender, v Hi a must akr-
-4+,0-vating assault and "robbery committed bet wi-cti
Ale- and two o'clock on Alonria% mowing. The
r:prisorters in-this .case-were young mein of r(speatable
apot-arauce, and seemed cohsiderably abashed at
their awkward sitnation.
It ai Reared from the statement of the complain-
ant, that he was engaged in-his is tut trAtic at the
hour inittioned,itilhe charge, at the end of
den-laile,..end,navingpist .putlished a new and de-
licious edition otl.,pudding. fill awl the pri,oneis, in
company ailiztVjy.,pt,tkil friends, no doubt at-
trctediby the savory „exit:ll46ons from the luxuri-
ous dish, advanced in elo-e. column, and without
•
any previous notice, pounced upon the table, and
wiiftliejporac4y and fury of hungry wolves, seiz-
ed, the, pticiding, and bore it off in triumph, to the
astonishment of the cnmplaiiant, who was so para-
lizod at the uriexpeCted,attack, that all power of
utter-nice, or actio ,tes completely,tak,:n trona him.
HavVg, at'lepO, tectvered his recolleaion, and
with it a scii.,e of his wisfor unes, he,compled,hirn-
Self with the old philosophical observation, " It's
Well it is 00 worse,' and,proceeded to his ware-
houso, where several precious copies
,of the same
edition were Safely deposited, and ready for imme-
diate sale. Having replenished ltis di;b, he return-
ed to his old'so3p, and again commenced his voci-
teratioos in praise otitis :works, ~which were filled, ,
he said, with the best things in universe, and
aid ied the ru si ce i!t Ow most punctilious critic to ,
'utter, a sentence in dispraise of their merits; the ,
fiist judges. in',Eugland of a plutu-au4diug having
{pronounced theautho, unrivalled in such (.:cnposi-
Itions. In the midst_t2t; his eulogiunts, however,
,his eloquence was 'a second ti -e interrupted by
the return of tiVe afore-mentioned .aSsailaiiti, who
seemed to have attained a new reli,li for'a'Clion from
portunity 'they liad of estimating the good
,q...ality of the viand, of which they bad' so illegally
'become possessed Their lest attack .not being
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sudden as the former,. the corhplathMit had an op-
portunity of exerting himself in defet ce of his mer-
chandize, but so ineffeaually, that the' greater part
of it disappeared with wonder-113i 'rapidity, notw ith-
'standing his beSt endeavours to proteel it. In the
souffle tile dish and the 'table were upset ;Aid de-
, stroyed: Toi)rtinately,.`lowever, the two prisoners

having shewn ;On ni,:ch eagerness in their assault;
were taken prisoners While in a state'of suffocation,
arising from' tneir'having attempted' to Lott ab,iot.
a p and of the object of their expedition Without
tak'ng the usual trouble of mastication.
Tne Sit ing Al errnao having' beard this suleinn.
charge, and cominiseratingilte 'situation of the pri-
soners, advised tire prties to retire and settle the
Matter ami, ably, with I.`vhicii recornmendation they
wi-,rly complied; and the merchant 'having returned
and eXpresgekltiim§elf satisfied, the parties accused
were einancipai'cl tifithout nailer ptinishment.
aLtioutii?dit-SiREET.—A charge as Made at
this Office, on Saturday, by.a tradesman's wife of
St, Anti's 'farish, against another tradesman, tor
ciimiriiiing a rape on her person. •
• The prosecutrix stated, that the prisoner followed
her into her house, and Vcollted her person against
tri:r will, although she Made every resistance. It
turned obt, however, that,the cOmplaiii.ant had met
her paramour in the street 0" r a certain et ening;and
it \V -IS on this even .11g, when Slie'so agreed to meet.
item, that he a'cLdinpanied her hope. The Magis-
trate dismissed the complaint. • •
FORGERY.
MANSIo' HOUSE. James Forster, standing
charged with forging a ciieck, pUrOoiting to ty., the
ch;-ck of Messrs. S.okes and Hodg•-on, on Alessjs:
•
Sykes and Co'.for" f was yest6rd,iy brought
tit fore the Lord Mayor, preparatory to his final cont..
initial' for trial. The deposition's of the seer,-11
wit-
nesses having htien•read, in which nothing was ob-
, servable but what'we have already' communicated
to.the Putilic, the prisoner was asked, whether he
had any thiug.to urge in his defence. He replied.
that his friends-beirw.at a considerable distance from
town, he had not ywt had an oppor unity of
cons-
tnuniCa'it►g with them. With respeat to the charge
agailst he had no remarks to make.

The Lord Mayor then said, it became his painful
duty to commit him for trial, a duty which on any
occasion was heart-redding, but which on the pre-
sent, from the respectable appearance and .connec-
iions,of the prisoner, he telt (cost poignantly.
- The last Mittimus was then prepare-d and signed,
and the prisoner was conveyed to Newgate. Yes-
terday, .its well as at his former examination, he en-
deavoured to screen his lace front public observation
with his pocket handkerchief. He was dressed in
a suit of deep mourning, and seemed most sensibly
affected at his disgraceful and awful situation.

No other exatnination of interest occurred.

Thornton, many years proprietor of the caravans
which daily proceeded trOin Margate • to Deal and
Doer, committed 'suicide on Tuesday last, at his
house in Neptune-square: he banged himself ith
his garters. Previous to his con-m*1461.g this rash
act; he took. the slyer buckles he usually Wore from
his knees and shoe•k; and locked them ,Up with his,
'notes and cash, in his-bureau: tie liktwise trans-
acted :sortie pecuniary 'affairs, and, passed the pre-
evening at a, convivial party; on each of
t!)ese occasions he betrayed 4uarJcs,ot perfect. sanity.
Tee Inquest, upon these representations,
brought in th.ir verdict felode se.
‘A; woman applied for retiet the other, d:7,y, to the
officers,ot, a.pai.teh ir3 the Burough, and stated, that
she had 6een. ruined by a speculation in 'walnuts, at

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