The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-02 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, OCTOBER I.

Milian!, Mackay was convicted of larceny, in
stealing two planks, the property of Marm:iduke
Isaac, as Was also Thomas Roney, in stealing a
shift and two handkerchiefs, the property of
Caroline Burney, at Liruehouse, the prisoner
having committed the offence whilst in posses-
sion of the prosecottix's house for a few days
tiuder an execution.

John Jennings, charged with stealing a watch
tromsthe person of Thomas Dovey, was next put
to the bar. It appeared by the prosecutor's tes-
timony, that having got drunk at the Nelson's
Arms, Kentish-town, he laid his head on the
table, and fell asleep. The landlord awaked him,
and asked him it he had lost any thing, when he
found his clothes unbuttoned, and his watch
taken away.
The landlord deposed to his having watched the
prisoner on seeing him affect to sleep near the
List witness, and observe him draw the watch
from his pocket, aw►cl attempt to leave time house.
by the back door, when lie collared and detained.
hint.

The prisoner in his defence said, he had been
all day with the
_prosecutor, and finding him
drunk, took his watch, in order to keep it in safe-
ty for him, Verdict—Guilty.
Mary Ann James, indicted for stealing five
spoons and a sheet , from her logdings, was ac-
quitted. in consequence of an error in the indict-
ment, the lodgings being desc►ibed as let to the
prisoner's husband, whereas the contract had
been made with her, and no husband ever ap-
peared.
Richard Hartley, an old Chelsea pensioner, was
convicted of stealing a shirt, but on the recom-
menda.ion of the Jury, and in consideration of
15 years' service, was fined one shilling, and im-
mediately disclwrgen.

Hilburn Chapple, an old man aged 777, whose
ease has been ati,ady fully detailed to the p,,blic
iu lie repot is of his exdotinar ion at the P('`ice-
office, oils i‘omfl god y of stealing from anothrr'
o.an named Jim Guldwo; thy, three one-
pound nolvt.-, by efoieing hint into t public-house,
and on pretence of playing at a game of hazard.
The It Ecotinaa then sentenced all the prisoners
who have been convicted of different offences dur-
ing the Sessions on the London side, ilt.d for the
purpose of clearing the gaol of as many of the
prisoners as possible, as it is extremely cro.vd-
ed. Thittecn prisoners were sentenced to seven
years' transpot Cation, Se%eft were sentenced to be
transported for the term of their natural all
convicted of picking pockets ; two were sentenc-
ed to be transpot ted for fourteen years, convicted
of hating forged notes in their possession, know-
ing them to be forged ; ten were sentenced to be
imprisoned in the House of Correction for various
terms. These were all the London convicts.

The Court then proceeded to sentence several
on the Middlesex side.

Mary Chambers, for killing her husband (con-
victed of manslaughter), was sentenced to one
mopth's imprisonment in Netrgate ; It m. Cham-
berlain, for manslaughter, was sentenced so a year's
imprisonment the House of Correction; eigh-
teen prisoners were sentenced to be transported
for seven years ; eight were sentenced to be tran-
sported for life ; three for fourteen years ;
forty-five other Convicts were sentenced to im-
prisonment for various terms.
The hardened character of of the convicts
sentenced to transportat b. 4 for life is lamentable.
No one of them went from the bar without utter-
ing some species of insolent remark. One of
them, Margaret Hunter, begged two more days to
be added to her st-titence,—for luck.
There are yet 200 prisoners to be tried,- and the
Sessions will not be finished before Saturday
sennight.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THE SHIP CALEDONIA.

MArtstoN-Housr..—Yesterday Mr. Fitzgerald,
one of the owners of the Caledonia, now lying at
Liverpool, applied to the Lord Mayor upon the
following subject :—A report had, he stated, ap-
peAred in The Ohserver Newspaper, tinder the head
of Mansion-House, which had no truth whatever
in it. Indeed, so far from bearing the face of
probability upon it, the veryparties who were
desetibed as the institutors of the charge had ex-
pressed the utmost astonishment at the insertion
of what they were convinced was decidedly oppo-
site to the circumstance that occurred in the pre-
aence of his Lordship. '.l he report was aimed at
his and his brother's character, had produced the
greatest unhappiness amongst his relatives and
friends, and could have originated no where but
in the mind of some secret and malignant enemy.
The public had naturally received an impression
upon reading such a detail, which it would be
difficult, without the Lord Mayor's assistance, to
remove. Putting the injury to mercantile pursuits
out of the question, that which bore upon him and
his brother, as gentlemen, was almost irreparable.
The characters they had sustained in the city had
never before been questioned, and many respect-
able persons could declare that they had uniformly
acted with honour in aLI public and private trans-
actions. The conduct. of Mr. Wall, who made
affidavit in the• teeth of the statement alluded to,
proved that there was no truth whatever in those
monstrous charges it contained; and the declara-
tion of the Lord Mayor to the same effect would
operate
,powerfully in removing the consequences
Of the calumny.

The LouD MAYOR.—I have teen the affidavit of Mr. Wall,
and was not a liti le surprised at it, for it varies essentially
'from the aeconot he gave here. There was (and my recollec-
tion is flesh upon the subject) a strong similarity between
some Of the circumstances stated by him, and those which the
account you complain of represented.
Mr. Fitzgerald.-ii assure your Lordship, that instead of
130 passengers, there are now but 12 on board the Caledonia.:
The rot have been recompensed for the accident Which pre
vented the vessel from sailing, and are Many of them gone to.
Anierica. The delay arose from mere accident.
The Loan MAYOII.--,An--accuunt of the transactions with.
which yourname has been coupled, which was embodied in'
the report of What took place at this office, was transmitted
/root Liverpool to this City in a
It:
slip, apparently a:
newspaper slip, some days ago. was sent upon the author'
rity of 'a person in Liverpool, where the scene was said to have:
existed. There was a similarity between the strong peculia-!
cities detailed in that printed account, 'which has evidently
been copied, and the relation given by Mr. Wall
Mr. Fitzgerald.—lt is evidently then the production of some
cuemy of ours at Liverpool. Surely the law could not sleep
if such things were proved against us. 'We are ready to abide

by the conseqnences of any idha of prosecution, bat let us at'
least have-some justice done to us, and not be the victims of
a vile and unsupported detail of grievances that never existed.
It was asserted two that there seas a fever on board; that irf
just as false as the rest.

The.Lodn MAYOII.—I cannot prescribe limits to the Editor;
of Newspapers. I cannot interfere with them. The account
of which you complain had its origin in Liverpool, front which
place, as I stated before, a printed paper containing the par-
ticulars was transmitted to this city. The declarations of 3
Mr. IVall, when the grievances were first intimated to ►nee
(lid not at all tend to remove the impression likely to be wade
by the printed paper. They had a different effect.
Mr. Fitzgerald.—l beg your Lordship, if it be not depart.
ing from the rules you observe in office, will assist me in re,
moving the impression that the charge was made-before you.
The Loan MAioa.—Yem must perceive that it is not utf
province. I cannot interfere one way or. the.other. My time
cannot be occupied in giving opinions upon the reports of
Newspapers. I studiously avoid entering into contest.
Mr. Fitzgerald bowed and retired.

A NIGHT rxritoLF. DISCHARGED FOR INFAMOUS

CONDUCI"fO A GIRL.

UNtoN-MALL.—Owen Rcarden, a patrole who
belonged to the Great Dover-road tratch, was
brot►ght from the watch-house of St. George's,
Sonthwark, yesterday morning, before Sir Jori
I'INHORN, and two other Magistrates, and was
charged by an interesting girl, about fourteen
years of w;(., with .assaulting her and attemptins
to violate her person in iris ‘vatch-box. The grin•
cipal facts of this case are as follow Omitting that
part which is of a nature too indelicate lot• publi-
cation) :

Oa Tuesday afternoon the complainant, Mary
Doley, whose father and mother arc respectable
people, and reside at Case Horton, Surrey, came
to town for the first time in her life by the op-
position coach. The coachman, as he WAS pass-.
in through Case Horton, took up several persons,
a:111 offered to drive them .to Loudon free of ex-
pence, as lie only wanted to shew more passengers
than the other coach. The congilaioant, without
speaking to her friends, got on the coach, and
CniilC If) to Wit without any money in her irockrn,
When she at rived in «mit she expected the coach.
she emne by would return again immediattlyto Case
Horton ; but finding here! For, site resolved to walk
bete;:, knowing; the uneasiness t'lle SllOlllll give her
parents by being absent all night. It was dark
when she ero,scd the water, and by the time site
got to the Ohelisk (having wondered out of her
way), the %vetch was set. She there indttir< d for
the Dover Toad, and walked on until site met
with a watchman. Site told lite situation, and he
said it would be fGlly iu bet- attempting to walls
home that night ; she had no money in pay for a
lodging; and did not know what to do. While
t hey were in conversation, the prisonei U, en heat-
don (who has a wife and several children) came
up and offered to let her sit in his watch-box until
day-light. She gladly accepted his offero anti
went with him to his box. When Reardon: hat!
been his rounds, he came to his box, and began
to take liberties with the comnlainant ; she called
for assistance ; he offered her a shilling, wit4iell
she threw away'; he then offered her a 3s. piece,
and acted in a most gross and brutal manner.
She got out of his hands, and Went to the
watchman whom she before spoke to ; he
took the Complainant to the watch-house,
where she toil her story. The night constable
(heron) sent a co;;t able to fetch Reardon to
the watch-house ; when !te came, and was in-
formed cf the clarg.:,', he denied it, and said he
was sure he bad not a 3s. piece, and said, •. Lo
help me God ! I have not a three shilling piece,
anti what site has said are all lies.'• The night
constable. ordered him to be searched, end fount!
a shilling and a three shilling piece on this person..
He locked him up, and brought him and the girt
before the Magistrates next day.
The Magistrates examined many witnesses, o'rr.i
after reprimanding him, disrharged him from his
situation. The girl was cent home to her friends.

CEULD STRALING.—A brute in the shape of *
human being stole a child lately from its riven:*
in Liverpool ; and actually crippled the child, in
order to make it an object of commiseration ; • and
with the helpless infant called to solicit charity at
flooton-hall,• in Wirral, the seat of "Sir T. S.
STANLEY, Bart. From thence he proceeded to
Chester, where he was traced by the father, of the
little sufferer, and happily apprehended
FlRE.—Monday last, at seven o'clock, a fire
broke out in the house of Mrs. Locgley, Avery
Farm-row, Chelsea, which threatened serious
consequences. In about half an hour engines were
arriving from all parts, and by the prompt exer-
tions of the-neighbours and firemen, and a plenti-
ful supply of water, it was at length got under,
but the greatest part of the premises and furniture
were destroyed. The fire was caused by the dill..
dren taking a quantity of shavings out of a cup-
board, which they set fire to on the parlour hearth;
the blaze colinminicated to the wainscot, and in a
few minutes the whole place was on fire.--The
children were with difficulty saved.
A few days since,' as some Gentlemen belonging
to the fishery on the river Arun, above Arundel.
Bridge, were drawing for mullet, with which that
river abounds, their net became so loaded with
fish that they were forced to apply additional
strength to get it ashore, when it was found to
contain upwards of. two tons weight of perch, sal-
mon, trout, pike, roach, arid other fish, the prin-
cipal part of which was generously given to the
poor.

COAL. AI.I.E.KET, Ocr. I.
Ships at Market. Skips sold. * Price.
8t Newcastle .. . ... 751 . 355. Od. to 435. 9a,
10 'SLwderland .... ..
2 Stone Coal ....... ...... : 1... Z2s. Od. to —s Od*
1 Cinders 0 ..—s. Od. to —s. 04'