The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-28 00:00:00

PILLORY.

Yesterday James Cooke, P. Bete James Amos,
alias Sally Fox,William Thompson, Richard FianciS,
and James Doan, the execrable miscreants, com•i4t-
eda few days since of fariiing a Club at the White
Swan, in Nere-street', to commit a vile offence,wete
placed in the Pillory, pursuant to their sentence,. be-
tween Penton-street and Norris-street, in the Hay-
market. The dispst felt'by all ranks in society at
the detestable conUlict of • these wretches occasioned ,
many thousands to become spettators of their punish-
ment. At an early hour. the Old Bailey was com-
pletely blockaded, and the,increase of the mob about
twelve o'clock put a stop to the business. of the Ses-
sions. The shops from Ludgate Hill to the Haye
market were shut up, and • the streets lined with
people, waiting to see the offenders pass. Four of
the .latter had been removed from. the House of
Correction to Newgate on Wednesday evening, and
being joined by Cooke and Amos, , they were all
ready to to the place of punishment. About
twelve o'clock' the Sheriffs and City Marshals ar-
rived with mote than lon Constables mounted and
armed, with pistols, and tOO on foot.. This force
was ordered to rendeivous' in the Old BaileyNatd,
where a caravan, used occasionally for conveying
prisoners front? the gaols of London to the Hialks,
- waited -to receive the culprits. The caravan was
drawn by two.shaft horses, led by two men, armed
with
.a brace of pistols. The gates of the Old
Bailey Yard were shut, and all strangers turned out.
The miscreants were then brought out and placed
in the caravan. Antos began a laugh, which 'in-
duced his vile companionseo reprove him, and they
all sat upright, apparently in a composed state, but
having cast their eyes upwards, the sight
.ot the
speCiators on the tops of the houses operated strong-.
ly on their fears, and
.they,suon appeared to feel
terror and dismay. At the instant the church clock
went half past twelve the gates were thrown open.
The mob at the same time attempted to force their
way in, but they were repulsed. A grand sortie of
the Police was then made. ,About 6U °lberrs; arm-
ed and mounted as before described, went toward
with the City Marshals. The caravan went text,
followed by about 46 officers and the Sheriffs. The
first salute. received by the offenders was a volley or
mud, and a serenade .of hisses, hooting, arid execra-
tion, which comeelied them to tall fiat on theeelaees
'in the caravan. The mob, and par: iculai lye wo-
men, had piled up' bails of mud, to afford the ob-
teets of their indigmetioe a warm reception. The
depots in many places appeared like
,pYramids of
shot in a gun wharf. These were soon exhausted,-
and when the caravan passed the old houee width
once belonged. to the notorious Jonathan Wild, the
prisolters reeetubled bears dipped in a stagnant pool.
The shower of mul continued during teeir passage
to the Haymarket. Be.fore they reached halt vv ay
to the scene of their exptisule, they were not
cernible as humarebeiligs. If they . had hadenuch .
further to go the cart would have been al:eulutely
filled over them. The one who sat rather aloof
from the rest was the landloid of the house—a tel-
low of a stout bulky figure, who could mot stow
himself away as .easiiy as the others, who were
slighter—he was therefore, as %sell as un account of
his toeing known, attacked with double fury. Dead
cats and dogs, offal, potatoes, turnips, eec. rebound-
ed 'from him on every side ;' while
-his apparently
manly appearance drew down peculiar execrat i6ns on
hen, and nothing but the motion of the; cart pre-
vented his being killed on the spot.
At one o'clock, four of them were placed on a new
pillory, made •purposely for their accommodation.— ,
The remaining two, .Cooke ancl Amos, were token.
back in the caravan to St. Martin's watch-house.—
Before any of them reached the place of punish-
ment, their faces were completely disfigured by
blows and mud ; and betore they mounted, their
whole persons appealed pee heap of filth. Upwards
Of fifty women were permitted io stand within the
ring,' who assailed them incessantly with mud, dead
cats, rotten eggs,. potatoes, and buekets full of blood,
offal, and dung, which were brought by a number
of butchers' men from St. James's Market,. These
criminals were very'rOughly handled ; but as there
were four of them, they did not suffer so much as
a less number might. When the. hour was expired,
they were again put in the cart, and conveyed to'
Coldbalh-fields Prison, through St. Martin's-lane,
Compton-street, and Holborn, and in their journe`y
received similar salutes to what they met -with in
their way from. Newgate. When they. were ' taken
from the pillory, the butchers' men, and the wo-
men, who had been SO active, were plentifully re-
galed with gin and beer, pro Cured from a subscrip-
tion made upon the spot. In a few mieutes the
remaining two, Cook (elio had been the landlord)
aud Amos, alias Fox, Were desired to mount. Cook
held his hand to his head, and complained of the
blows he had already received ; and Amos made the
same complaint, end shelved a large briCkbat, which
had struck, hiin in -the .face. The Under Sheriff
told them, that the sentence must be executed, and '
they reluctantly mounted. Cook said nothing ; but
Amos seeing' the preparations that were making, de=
dared in the most solemn manner that he was in-
nocent ; but it was vociferated from ail qi,arters
that he bad been convicted before, and 41 one mi-
nute they appeared a complete beep of mud, and •
their faces were much more battered dem eleose of
the former tour. Cooke received several hits in his
tare, and he had a lump raised upon his eye-brow as
large' as an egg. Amos's two eyes were completely
closed up; and when they were untied, Cooke ap-
peared almost insensible,, and it was necessary to
help them both down and into the cart, when they
V. ere conveyed to Newgate by the same road they
had come; and in their passage they continued to
receive the same salutations the spectatcns had given
there in going out.. Cooke continued to lie upon
the seat in the cart, lain'Amci; lay down among the
the filth, till their entrance into Newgate sheltered
the wretches from the further indignation of the
• Most enraged populace, we , ever saw. As they
passed the end of Ceiherine-street, Strand, on their
return, a coachman stood upon his box, and. gave
Cooke five or six cuts with his whip..

We understand, that a linen-draper and his shop-
man were tal:en up on Wednesday night for the
crime for which the Inc wretcheistood in the pillory.

BALLOON,

PROVIOENTIAL ESCAPE or TITE AERONIAtP±I.

BRISTOL., WEDNESDAY AFTERNQON.—The dread-
ful suspense and anxiety in which the public mind
had ,been held for the fate .of the Aeronauts, waS
greatly increased by the arrival this day. of a second
Miltord Mai!, withont any information, respecting
the balloon. The public were, however, agreeably,
relieved aboUt half past tvirelve tak the retufn.of.Mr.
Sadler and Mr. ClayfiW; in the 'Somerset Coach,
froni which they were received at Crosi, 'by Sir
Henry Protheroe's chariot and four, It appears
that being blown off the Weld) coast, the Balloon
descended at "sea, about 5 o'clock yesterday after•-•
noon, after having. passed through a space of 100
miles in about three hours. They "continued an
hour in the water befOr they were picked tip-dui-
ing which they were carried gently along. the wind,
•the Balloon aaing -as 'a sail. As both . the 'Aero-
pants were provided with " Life Preservers," they
were under no apprehensions of drowning. Dur-
ing their marine voyage; the wind, whiCh had dri-
ven them off the shore, shifted, and being drifted
back towards the cOast, -they were picked. up about,
five miles Off Learmouth, a little to the North of ,
Ilfracombe. The travellers sustained rto injury,
and have only to regret the bara4A4 feelings of
friends, during the suspense in whiCh they were so
long held, respe6ting their fate.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

TAUNTON, TUESDAY NIGHT, EIGHT O'CLOCK.—
An 'express h:ts this night jest :arrived, having tra-
velled with extraordinary rapidity from Lymt,oli, itt
Noah Devon, with the fiiilowing interestihg ac-
count of Messrs. Sadler and Clayfield7s proidenti2l
escape from a Situition of as extreme peril as, any
ever befole experienced by the most adventurous
Aeronauts. •

In the management of the balloon they enqounter-
ed Considerable difficulty"; and both' became at last
nearly exhausted. At a quarter past four o'clock in
the afternoon the'llilloon was üb,erved to descend
with astonishing precipitancy into the seta, six miles
from LymOuth, on the North Devon coast, and a
boat was immediately sent off to its asistanc,e. The
voyagers were brought to shore in a state of extreme
flitigne, and Mr. Sadler was unable to stand from
having been . some time in the water before the boat
could reach the balloon.

The distance they travelled, Mr. Sadler says, could
not be less than one hundred miles ; and this was
performed in the surprising short space a three
hours only ! Their perilous situation may be in some
degree inhuined, having discharged all their ballast,
sung Out their great coats, and, every thing else they
possessed, including a favourite barometer, gßeri to.
Mr. Sadler by the iamoui•Dr: Johnston, for which
he has been offered two hundred mineas.. It -was
by mere accident the balloon was obierved to fall in
the sea ; and had it not been a remarkable serene
evening, the parties must inevitably have perished.,
The gas, was so expended, that the balloon could not
have floated an hour longer in the sea.
The greatest praise is due to Mr. Clayfield, for
the magnanithity and fortitude he displayed; and it Is.
principally to this Gentleman's persevering exertions
and adroitness 'that Mr. Sadler attributes their pre-
servation.

,Mr. Sadler and Mr. Clayfield, we are glad io say,
were in good benitli on Tuesday morning, and atter•
breakfast set oat for Bristol.

• Tn 13111T1511 INSTITUTION.—We have often had
occasion to sheW the beneficial consequences result-
ing from this institution towards the promotion of the
Fine Arts, and the advantages they have dei ived from
it are universally acknowledged. . The liberality of
the noble patrons in sending the most' valuable
works of the old masters to the Gallery for the pur-
pose of having them copied, under certain proper
limitations, by the ri4ing generation of Arts has con-
tributed to diffuse a pure taste and to'excile -11 noble
emulation which has been produdive of the happiest
effects. As an at of justice and gratitude to ti,e
patrons who haVe recently sent pidures to the Gal-
lery fur this laudable purpose, we think it necessary
to present the following list of those pidures and
t heir proprietot s :
Cativo, N. Poussin.,-Earl Grosvenor.
Christ's Sermon on the.M,,unt, .a large and beau.
tiful landscape, Claude.—Earl Grosvenor.
Portrait, Cerregio.—Mr. T. Hope.
Hymen, Guido.—Mr. T. Hope. •
Landscape, with very spirited figures; Saivator
Rosa.—Sir Ab. flume.

An admitably drawn Figure .of. St. John, L. Ca-
racci.—Sir Ab. Hume.

Poriraits,Arandyke.—Lady Lucas.
A tioly Family, a very e!egant and highly finish-
ed Cabinet Picture, L. Caracci.—Marquis, Lans-
downe..

Christ . and St. Petei., a Pieture of vigorous
drawing and massive drapery, A. Caracci.—Mr. Agar.
Holy Family, clear and warm colouring, forcible
effect, and delicate -cltaraaer, Mutillo.—Mr., H.
Hope. _
Portrait, powerful. effet, Georgione.—Mr. H.
Hope. . . .
Woman in Adultery, Eckhout.—Mr. Knight.
A Landscape, 'most vigorously touched, with a
masterly etfed of a storm, .by Gasper Pouss:tn.-1
Mr. Angerstein. - .
, . . .
St. Francis, Guido.—Earl of Dartmouth, Presi-
dent.
Judas betraying Christ, Vandylie:—Mr. W.
Smith. .
..

Portrait of Richard Earl of War Wick, animated
and graceful, Vand)lte.—Earl of Hord% icke.
Woman in Adultery, . rich colouring and effe6l,
and graceful drapery, P. Veronebe.—Mr. W.
Smith. •

Holy Family, an elegant cabinet piElure, A. Ca-
racci.—Rev. H. Carr.

A fine Portrait, Sir Joshua Reynolds.--Lord
Crewe.

Pylades and Orestes, Mr. West.—Sir George
Beaumont, Bart.

The last two piaures are well entitled to a place
among, the other- admirable productions, and 'A itb
respect to the pi&ure by Mr. West, the inrroduc-
lion of it .is no slight compliment to his merit, as
it is contrary to the rules of the lustitution to
admit the works of living Artists as models for the
Students.