The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-20 00:00:00

GENERAL ORDERS.

•
Ilsrse.Guards, Aug. is, tBto. .
At a General Court Mg' I jai held at Maidstone, on
the 25th ofJ one, 1816, and continued by adjourn-
ments to the
25th of July following, pf ivate Rohert
e°ilnlan, of the Bearsted and Mailing Regiment of
cal Militia, was 'atraigued upon the following
barges, Viz
14' tSt. For disobedience of orders, having on the Ist of I une,'
retOsed to obey 'the orders of Licut..Col, the lion. I.
at' Stratford ; and having .resisted, in the streets of Maid-
ritte, going to the Barracks, where he was ordered Lobe:curt-
;" for gross irregularity' of conduct.
the .2d. For having qn the sante day made use of mutinous,
to-dtening, and disrespeetful language to the said Lieut..:
..• the klon. I: W. J trdtiord.
th: rt. For mutinous and improper .behav:our, having on
14,` 44rue thy kiek,i•olarnes Chittenden. then a St.:qt.:anti. the
lily and Mailing Regiment of Local Militia, while in
eexecution of ins duty (Lsenrting limt a prisoner to the
sjracks), having, struck other perw)tis who assisted in
• (uling !inn such cohduct being contrary to the rules and
"'titles of wa'r."
:Phu Court found the prisoner Guilty of the crimes
i"` to his charge, and lienteticed-hini:to receive eight
I"thealashes.
~
.iNlaj,s,y has been pleased to approve and con-
rttt the petitei,ce of the Court, and the Comman-
der tit Chief directs that ibe foregoing charges, .10-
with the sentence* of the Court, and his MCI-
'itr:SIY'S confirmation ther,A, be read at the head
"..ev,rv_reglinent of Local Militia. •
By command of the Right Hon. the Commander
1 14.C:iief; • A
. HARRY CALvEitT, .ti.d].-Get..

A General Court _Martial .i..sembled on Monday,
the 10th inst. at themes'-Ii the barracks at
7trial rwick_np„...T ed, ati.i immediately proceeded
l‘tl,e Ol M,901 . Gordon, of Abep:eelishire
on. charges yreierret.i again* him uy Cap-
tain and Adjutant Christie,. of the same regiment,
:1* malignant, onutficer, and ttngentlemaidike con-
116t towards. the Prosecutor. liie,C urt is cum-
tnsed of a number ut St itt-OffiTers and Cantons
I;longing to the ditfeient Mildias in the Southern
's'riet of Scotland, attende by the Depu:y-Judge
", cate.—Both parties have the assistance ut law-
rrs, from Seotland,and the circumstances expected
be. disclosed in evidence excite the public curio.
~Y so much, as to keep the Court constantly crowd-
• On TUesd.ty MajOr•Genefal Durham was exa-
Zlnedi and the Earl of Aboyne (the Colonel Com-
b. anclant of the regiment) also attended turthe same
UrP9Se. Wednesday the AlaiquiS of Huntly gave
tr
`stittlony on the p.m of the prisoner,

NJEDAL.s..— The following is a de-
piption of the medal mentioned in the Gazette 1:f
sday, the lith inst. granted to the Field o:ficer's
in° fought in the different battles in- Spain and
uttugal
ti) it4vEasE,—lsritannia sitting in the Peninsula of Spain
rlc Vorc.,gal, reposing after a victorious Hattie. In her iett
r,74d she holds a. Palm branch as n Ernbkin of V ictory,
t"oi.rl the right she presents a Crown of llurel to the me-
by Officer, as a reward for, his great skill and valour,
vniciilie has deserved well 'of hiS.country..
(41tvr.Rse. Within a W reattf'of -Laurel are en-:raved the
Ihe eel's rank and name; also the names ot the pllees where
4'everal adions were fought, wail the date ot:the-year,
e.

In addition to many former staiernents 'of the pre-
ie4t most auspicious harvest; we have the sa istac-
to give the lollo,Ving article from :our ,Corre-
3°"dent at Newcastle Our market on -Satur-
fq last, Wheat experienced, a further decline of
4,. to 6s. per quarter. Rye is also cheaper,
1.,"u Flour about 35. per sack lower. .-Current
`es:--Wheat 645. to 100 s. per quarter ; Rye 40s.
° 439. ; Barley: ass. to 525. ; Malt 765. to 84s.
file • first irquest moon is now near the lull, and
the
a most pleasing light. Such fine weather for,
4e labours of the field Las rarely Leen known. The
harvest ouite•geuetal,.and another week, of such
\v
eather will finish tt..

great ,dcal of grain is cut down in Aid Lothian
and
is East Lothian—the crops,wod. Every exertiOn
(flaking to cot down the retnaiiider, as the Equi-
iel is qpforiching, when we geperally have
nj winds and bad weather. A certain proportion
the military i v, ry properly allowed to assist in
LeitinTr'in the. harvest. . • -
181-i4 SEPT.. I.s.—The harvest is ge-
akerallY'-got in in the. Island ; the crops rnoit
abundant, and in fire cunclition„ *and, .if not too
great a proporrio'u of foreign wheat is osed. in grind-
we may .exi,ea most excvllent bread..
_mouth of fine 11,A-test weather hai enabled our
iartit •
ers to save 'die greatest part oft their corn. A
afia“ quantity of barley and oats only remains un-
- The abundance that Providence has ble4i-ed us
-'ritit is now placed b.et and risk or doubt. By the.
t-ZPtirts of our Cornish.markets, Whtat has fallen.
ith us from 124. to I.ts. per Cornishbushel, and
t
arlekin proportion. —(7' rut o Paper.)

•
resttqclay, , at Guildhall., Sebastian Pulling was
;911Y coinmitted for tral, charged with robbing his
master, Mr. Lainbeer, a boot and shoe-maker, in
Topside, .of. a quantity.. of . boats and shoes.—
ifTows Brace, who .keeps a shop, No. 95, Barthu-
t7irqew Close, was.ali'; examined as a receiver of
e Property, knowing it to':have. been stolen. 'lt
neared- that he -liall-•encoUieiged,t he, young man
a 9 rob his. master, by giving hitn 'sixteen shillings
vPair for boots worth' two gikirteas.* Twelve pairs
is ere found to his .shop-,"wqnch .were proved to
'e Mr.- tambeet's Prop,'rty.. The pi isoner Was com-
Irlitted far trial. LeacibeO 'w
ler and Wilson, ho also
Malt in shoes, were charged' with receiving shoes,
foots,, and lasts, the property of the same prosecu-
".‘ They were. likewise 'oidefed to find had or
441R1 committed.

Vtl) 1311ILEY.

fLAST DAY.--WEDNESDAY, SEPT. ig

The Sessions cottnrenced yesterday before Baron
WOOD, Mr. Justice HEATH, Mr. Justice BAILEY:,
and tbe RECORDER of LONDON.

PICKPOCKET.

The first priviner put to the bar was John Thomp-
ion, who stood indicted for stealing from the person
of Mr. Stone, a schoolmaster, residing at Bexley, in
Kent, a pocket-book, containing 3001. in notes, bills
of exchange, Zitze. "
It appeared
,from the statement of Mr. ALLP.,
Counsel for the prosecution, that theprosecutor in
passing over Westthinster-bridge, on the:. 6th of
July, Stopped amongst other persons to view a boat-
race on the Thames, for a silver cup giVen by Mr.
Astley. While he stood looking through the bal-
lustrades of the bridge, some persons surrounded
him ; one resting his hand upon his shoulder very
heavily, as if desirous of seeing over his head. Not
suspecting intentions of the persons who were
near hint, he did not take any particular notice of
them, until they had left the place Where he stood
in rather an abrupt [wanner. He then felt in his
breast-pocket and missed his pocket-book, con-
taining the property already Ment toned. He had
no recolled:on whatever, of the prisoner, but hav-
ing had in his, pocket-hook, amongst other things,
a,check, 'drawn by Lady Button, of Soho-square,
on Messrs. Coutts and Co. he went to the bankitg-
house to stop payment thereof; and was desired by
the clerk to be there early in the morning, as in
all probability whoever committed the theft•wduld
take the first' opportunity of cilling for the cash.
Th - prosecutor accordingly went before nine
&clock art the . ensuing morning, accempinied by
Humphries, a Br 4-street officer, and in a few nil-
nutes, 'as.predicted, the prisoner came in tri.d ten-.
tiered the check for payment, and was immediate-
ly secured. • On being asked how the check carne
into his possession, .he said it had been given to
him by a man in the street, who desited hini to
get the-change, and waited his return without the
door. Hntuphriea itninediately went out and,
brought in a man whom he saw standing ^in the
street; and asked the prisoner if that was the per:
sow to whom he alluded : the prisoner, replied. in the
negative. He was then conveyed to Bow street,
and committed for trial. After his committal, he
said man w Ito had been brought into the bank-
ing-Otiose was tne person who had given him the.
check. 01 this,. howeVer, be was unable to pro-
duce. any proot.
These facts t% ere proved by Mr. Stone, Hum-
phries the dicer, and one of the clerks oh . Messrs.
Coutts and Co.

The prsioner endeavoured to prove an alibi, but
failed.

The Learned Judge having given his charge to the
Jury, they returned a verdict .of—au.
Mr. ALLEY then stated, that; at the time of the
apprehension of the prisoner, he had in his pocket
the King's pardon for a forgery for which he haki
bwit tried and convicted.

LARCANY,

Henry C•awley, a foreign sailor, was indiaed for
stealing several foreign coins and ten shillings in
halfpence, in the house of Samuel Wiggan, a pub-
lican, in Chufeh-lane, Whitechapel, and found
guilty.
'Benjamin Booth was incliOed for stealing a silver
watch, Value 395. from on board a canat-boat at
Uxbridge, on the 20th of Augu;t, the property of
11.C)beit Bask.

itobert 131sk stated, that the prisoner came a pas-
senger in his boat front Coventry, intending to pro-
ceed to•PAddingtOn ; he left the boat, however, at
11Xblidge, taking. with him the watch in question,
which had 'wen placed in the' cabin of the boat.
WitneSs having shortly after missed' his watch, be
went in search of the prisoner, and found him in the
town ; On taxing him with the theft, he confessed
it, and said 'be had sold the watch to a, watch-maker,,
named Handy, :tlir ten shillings, Witness then
went to the shop of Mr. Handy, 'dud there found
his w.,tch:

These circhrnstmic.'s were supported by Mr.
Handy and't he Constable to wbotu charge • was giA en
of the prisoner.
• The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty.

BUItGLAUY.

Thomas Hale stood it.dicted for burglariously
breaking and entering the dwelling-houw of Ji)lm
Ord, Esq. at. Ful.b4n, •on the night of tiro 23d of
August, and stt: aling therein various Articles Of plate,
of consi.l: rable value;

Joseph Lupton, the butler of the prosecutor, stat-
ed, that the prisoner lited'as fooimon in the service
of Mr. Ord fourteen months, On the 23d of Au-
gust :here was a large party at his master's house' at
Fulham, when the greater part of the family plate
was in use, of which circumstance the prisoner was,
of course, aware. On the evening of that day the
prisoner, with the permission of his master, -went
to sleep at. the town-house in Lincoln's-inn-fields
in order that be might be.ready to go off ny-the coach
to the country,lo see some friends, at an early hour
the ensuing morning. Witness left the house at
Fulham aboUt 12 o'clock at 'night, as he lodged in
the village previous to hiS going, the plate was all
safe, and every part of the house was secured, ex-
cept the door by which he 'went out, which was af-
terwards fastened by the underbinler. On coming
4o his business the next morning, at nine, he was in-
formed tlat the house had been broken open and
the plate stolen. On' examining the pantry, he
missed all the plaid specified in the inchtithent,
which. he believed to be worth- upwards of sixty
pounds.
The tader-Butler deposed, that he had fastened
the door after the last.witness, and having seen every
other part of the house safe, went to lied. That
about six in the morning he was called 'by the
coachman, weo informed him that the house had
'been robbed ; and that on going down stairs he dis-
covered the robbd dr robbers had made their way
into the house through a window which laoked upon
the lawn, and which hae been guarded by six iron
bars on the inside, and two woaden bars on the
outside. On examination, however, he found that
the wooden bars without had been forced aw ay, and

one of the iron bars within ha been unscrewed and
pUshed aside, so as to leave 'a space. sufficiently large
to admit a man. On the ground outside the window
he saw a pieCe of candle, which bad evidently been
alight, andd-a bundle, of matches. This-witness also
corroborated the testimony of Lupton, with resped
to the prisoners having obtained permission from
his master to go on a visit to his friends in the
country, and his. having gone to town f6t that pur-
pose.

`ll* coachman was next examined. He.stated,
that on getting up at six in the morning, be yaw
that the window, already described by the last
.nels;'had been broken open. He immediately gave
the alarm, and a' search was made whet), the plate
was missed.
The female servant who had the care of Mr.
Ord's house in town, deposed, that on the night of
the 23d of August the prisoner came to her; and
begged she would prepare him a bed, as his master
had given hint leave to sleep in town, on eccount of
his going off at an early hour in the morning to see
his friends. She complied with his request, arid
about twelVe o'clock .he went to bed, and she short-
ly afterwards followed his example. She had not
been long in her room, however, before she heard
the prisoner go down stairs, and in about half qin
hour afterwards the street door was opened and shut
again. On her rising in the morning the prisoner
did not make his appearance, and 'oh exaniining the
bed which she had prepared for him, she was con-
vinced he had not slept, there. , She then went cliovn
stairs, and by the appearance of the kitchen fire, and
the hearth, she could perceive traces of melted iead;
from which she interred that the prisoner had ern-
.ployed himself in melting lead, forsome Aeasoniliat
she could not devise.

Packhurst, the Police OtEcer,-Was the fattwitnesS
examined, he stated,-that. he. was sent to . Mr. Ord's
house, to ascertain whether. be 'could. disco'er a•ny
circumstances which might •lead to, the detection of
the robber. Havii'g examined the windoW already
described, and being apprized of the other circum-
stances detailel, he immediately suspected the pri-
soner, and hiving feat nt the coach by which he was
to go into the country, he \Cent to the Wilite Horse
Cellar, in Piccadilly; where the first person he saw
was the prisoner, sitting oti a small deal bok. He
accosted him, and asked him tf the box
sat. was his property, and ou his replying in the
affirmative, witness accused -him Of TOubng his
master, which he at first strenuously denied, but on
being. handcuffed and placed in a hackney Coach,
be burst into tears, said he had rOhhed :thy best of
Masters, and observed' that the whole of the stolen
Flare was in the box; which on examination proved,
to be-the case.t On-Searching -thebox, there were
alsofound a piece of crape,. vviiich it was sUspected
had been tied over the prisoner's face when he com-
mitted -the robbery, a turnscrew, . and smile other
implements useful in the perpetration of a burglary.'
On the prisoner's person were found Sorne.pieces of,
lead, cast in various -gems, together with swine loose
gun-powder, and a duplicate fora pair of pistolS,
which had been pawned that morning. From this
!after discovery, it was presumed the unfortunate
wretch intended to have defended himself,' had he
'men .opposed in his dishonest and tiilteherous con-
duct.

The pawner had :loth; a:-.• to urge in hie defence.
Mr. Justice BAILEY having sutntned up the evi-
dence with his wonted persptcuity, the Jury return-
ed a verdict of Guilty of stealing in a Elivelling-hoase
above the value of forty shillings, which subjects the
prisoner to capital punishment.

Mal-9 Hurley was capitally convicted of stealing
a feather bed, two blankets and a 'sheet, in the
dwelling-house of Charles Zachary, in the'patish of
Westminster, on the l ith of August last.
It appeared that the prisoner had lived servant
with ihe. prosecutor, who is a milkman, for six
months and took: an opportunity, during his ab-
senCe, and after-she had left his . employment, to
commit the theft charged against berf,,.. The. fact
was clearly proved, but she was recommended to
mercy by the Jury, in consequence of ber former
goo.; character, to :which the prosecutor bore. testi-
mony,
John Ualker and Christian liralker;' his wife,
were capitally indicted for burglartously hreakiag
and entering the house of William Boxer; at Beth-
nal-green, on the 30th of August, and stealing.
therein thirty-six silvr r 'watches, three time-pieces,
and various articles of wearing apparel.
From the evidence adduced in this ,case, it, ap-
peared that the disCovery of these criminals was
principally ,owing to the activity of,Sapwell the
officer, who' from suspicions arising in the
..deters-,
Lion Of Christian 'Walker, at a pawrbrokeifs„ for
having off!rect a gown to pawn 'utid,:r very:doubt
ful circumstance's, went to their lodgings in. Angel,
alley, a well-known 'rendezVous tor thleyes, and
there foUnd the 'Male prisoner, .Wlipm he searched,
and on whose person he found two new w_atclies.
On searching the roooi he alSo found; f.(tir other
new watches three timepieces, Arid 'various articles
of wearing apparel, which proved to be the peopstty
of the prosecutor, whose house -peter been breken
open a few nights betore,,and the articles specified
in the iudittmetiCtaken away. .
The prisoner, in his defence, put in 'a written
paper, which was read. It Stated, that he 'hid
ceived the watches 'to' t aWn from two mein,: of
'whom he had but a very slight knoWledge4 and
who promised to call for 'the money at hisiodgings
in lie evening. It also stated, that he belonged to
the first regiment of Tower •Hamlets, and bad,
served the early part.ot his life in his Majesty's
service at sea, and had been in ninny
,severe
gaoements, which it parliculasly recited. Arntongst
others it mentioned. his 'having been with the Eng-
lish troops at their landilig, in Egypt, and hawing
been preseut at the death ,t,f General Abercrombie.
He was unable, -however, to adduce
,any proof .of
his innocence on the present occasion, he was there-,
tore found Guilty—Deutia:
His wile was acquitted, as there was no satisfac-
tory proof of her guilt brought forward.
.Colin Cather Wood
,was 41(116led for a highway
rubbery, by stopping William Bagnell, of Silver-
street Clerkenwell, on the night of the War of
.August last, in Jerusalem-court, putting him in
tear,, and taking from his person, against his Fill,.
a gold chain, and three gold sea% value nine poancts.

The identity of the ptisobet .wts not clewy proti,
ej,iand he was acquitted.

UNNATURAL orPENttc.

Heplmin, the Ensign, and Inite, the Drummer;
who stand committed, for the perpenation of a most
atrocious and abominable offence, were' j'st to the
bar to take their trial.

Gutttgliv, on the part of Hepburn, how-
ever produced an aidaV;t' of his client's; stating
that he could not go to trial with safety to, his life,

in the. absence of two diummtrs,v-who ate new, '

Portugal, and who.are ormatcrial importance in re.,
butting the charge brought tagainst: hum •
After son-le-hesitation, die Court 'were pleased to
defer the trial until next Sessionq.

During the time that Hephtirn rindl)is horrid
paramour were in Court, alter having been ar-
raigned, they were observed• in close _co.iversa•
tion with a feilow,, named Thomas Hammett,
who stands charged with a. like offence: Hepburn
held in his hand -a stnall prayer-book,. which ,he
occasionally read.