The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-22 00:00:00

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YORK; ASSIZES.

t _saw - p6Nnhe'etvitn a. gun, W,hOM •he afterward,
round ava's theeprisoner, and. saw him level his gun,
. • CP.OWNifSI,I)E.
• which flashed :in dee :peal.- ear whiCh Ibe .prisoner
Frances Thomson, of Beverley, the -ceinity of ,-.:talledout..for'sornempre priming, saving,. there wasa
YOrk, widow, was indi'etedfor'uttertus, dis, pbeasent which he could shç,ot -Witness, on :go-
on& puttjng • away a 21. Bank of England 'note, ing a little further; beard
.a rapping, proceeding, as
.knowing it to be forged 5 she 4-as also :further he supposed, from, priMing the gun. Prisoner came
citared for paying counterfeit money, , to the place where he -was .befve, and :06 his turn-
Mr. PARK
„opened , the, case on behalf of the ing round, witness jumped up to him,, acid attempt-
Bank, and detailed the circumstances which came ed-to seize him; the prisoner said, Who areeyou ?
out in'eviderice; be trusted,-thatetinm the present G—cl• d—n you'' and ,pushed against him with
case;and_other information obtained by tine Batik,' the muzzle of his gun, and pulling-the trigger, the
it would be, the means of. nearly putting a stop to . piece flashed in the pap, .but did. not go, etf., The
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these praetices. ' , , muzzle as against his body. Witness then seized
• John .Horton, a parish constable in 'Hull, was him, and after some struggling, succeeded irethrow-
called ; he said 'tie. was. sent by, the M:igistratds of," tug lkm -down.; on which the prisoner called out,
Hull to deted the prisoner; witness is a -currier- by “ Come lxick---there arebut two of them, and 'we
,trade, mid lives there ; he went
.with another per- can .do them.',' Wright, 'the -other game-keeper,
son, after he had got his instakeetiems ; they stopped :took the., gun from the prisoner, andthretv it to
at .the -piough Inn, in Beverley ; witness. sent a some distance, and then ran after the other'persone,
message to- the prisonere4taying, two genticitwh but did not overtake them; returned to the as-
wanted to see her at the inn i'slte catue,immethate- :,sistance of his:fellow gam keeper in about ten tui-
fy ; she aepeared .Ictit.i.linted with the other per- mites. The prisoner askea them if -they tneant 'to
son. Weeess asked tier it' she-,
,weeld bare a drop hill him..? Witness then said; he might get €l.l, if
of Puf? and -sent for a. shilling's worth.• She lie would surrender himself; but when he was
drank two,glasses of ruin ; witness then asked, her e Up, he began to 'abuse his comrades- for run-
if ahe'hed any lobs or skiNs,l she. said, yes, she ring 'away,. and said he` would not be taken.
had' and. he might hays, as.many as lie liked ; she Witness then thtew .him down. a second
took ,a,lantern, and, went to fetch them; and re- titre; but oa hi,s agreeing
_to go with them, they
lurne,) with tour. parcels of, Vad money. Witness permitted him` to get up, and they all we& to a
bought it, and 'paid her -a screeve, tor it. 'Witness. • public-honse at Allwookilye Gates. - They then re-
then asked here if she: had any,sp eeves.? she said turned towards Halewood Honse, and tin passing
she had only vile ; site the spot where thisaransatstion'took-place, they saw
bt-o'ught a two-pound Batik of Enziatid note,'which the gun, :which was fa•ken up and given to the per=
licitness produced.- Witness, asked liter what slie soner/.who walked between them. In-their way
,ought: to leave for it she, said 13,5. r lie said It to met the head-game-keeper, and too-deer ; _she said, no, it-was nit is the first by his- desire took the prisoner to Leeds. The gun
tune. thou bast' ever bought one of me, give Illtt My Was brought to tließOtation Officee-at Leeds, and-the
price. .Wiiness' offered hernial a guinea ;- she-said `charge drawn t)y Colonel D,xon ;.-:4t consisted of
no, she. w.Ould trot rake it • he.tbe4 he Would large shot and the usual -quantity of gunpowder, and
give it
,she be a bbb's *(a shilling's) there was not; as the prisonerhad asserted, -any pa-
worth, of -null to come in, Wart a gave her the per found at the bottom-of the piece' to prevent its
stregave him the note ; wrote his name . exploding. Witness said, on his cro,s-examination,
upon .it, that Mehl, beft:ge a-"Magitrate, at Bev-et- that he had not shot a dog belongine- to the prisoner;
ley ; be never' IRried v.oto it, nor' was it Put' 0t his but, ,after some, liesijation,.admitred that he had
sight until he. hart signed his name upon it ; they " shot a bitch. In reply to a questioh from the Judge,
abother,shilling's worth. - 'Witness wanted to witness said the prisoner held' the gun rti the same
go out; she said, no, you must stop a little longer, positiqn ,when he drewthe trigger; as he held it.pre-
she Must be another shilling's worth, to come in, vions to the witness'; atteinpting.to seize
which they had. Witness told her lie was•going to William Wright, The other garne-keeyer, gave .evi-
Pqcklington E;ii-; she told him if he -should see-, deuce to the same effect, -elcept that he did not see
. .
one David Toulston, at Pockiington Fair, Witness the prison,:r draW the trigger.
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was to say site would see him at Yor'k, iti.the Assize The prisoner left his defence to the Counsel,' who
week, and' he might have ,Ahat tots:and s4ans be called an abundance of witnesses, persons resident
liked. She then called witness a rare good lad, shook at •Holbeck, where; the prisoner lived.
hands, and said, if thou keep- my compaety, that Mr. Blackburn,' l‘lr. W. ;rillutson, Mr. Denton,
shalt never want la money." She said was. Mr. John Deyson, Mr. BUckley, Mr. Leonard Fos-
coming to York 'to try her luck e she Was delettnin- ter, Mn( Andrew, Dawson, 'Mr. -John Broede
ed to, make something of her business ;.-'she would bent, and Mr. J. Sykes; all spoke,in.very high terms,
either have a gold chain or a wooden kg. Wit- ~ of the prisoner, as an industrious, honest, saber Man,
Bess went out for a cortstable,. and met one ; he and remarkable fora tender; mild, and humane diS-
took her. tap, and she was had before a AYlagistrate.. vosition.; His Lordship here intejered, and asked.
that evening. the Counsel. if he meant to call the whole town-
, .
Mr. WILLIAMS, for the prisoner, cross-examined ship,, and itltimated that he thought the evidence as
the witness ;, be-said he vva%sent by the Recorder of to charatier, could not be carried higher,rif thy
Hull ; i% had not given any information, but knew • had ten thousand witnesses. The: Coahsel*said he
she wad addi6ted to these pra6lices ; be was,..old so -should only call one other wime.ss, J. Smith,
'by one South: ' 'Witness ,was not acquainted with . who stated that he had known the prisoner fronra
South—until the. Magi,strates sent for the, witness boy, that he was, a school-fedow, and that evert
lie had hp_ conversation with 'South—he learnt the then.he watt so mu, h distinguished pil;i..st.,o4t qua-
canr-w°r7.-s4 wTIII-7mm ni'99 the litles-tha
school-master used tu proposallitu.as a
coach ;be never spoke five words to South before. model for the‘ icnitption ,of the,rest of t scholars.
When -the prisoner came to. them at the -Plytigli, He was a sober, honest and industrious.- man, anti ici
they both es-tied her how she did -? South asked tier respectlto humanity, he could, if permitted, relate'
first if she would have scene ale ? Witness had seen many anecdotes, "'lnch would clearly prove it. The
-hei. at Hull, but .never spoke to her before ; itad Judge said, they could not hear any pattieular in--
seen-her-mu, a ,public-house- at Huh, some- time ago, * AanceS, they could only- hear his. general ciiaraaer.
but never'spote to: her. - Witne,p pinched the pa-a His Lordship stated -the law to the Jitry;. and alter
money before the note, and gue her a guinea fur • recapitulating the evidence, ard, it they thought the
it; hePaid.her for the 11042 before she Was taken.— prrsonek bad designedly, drawl) the trigger,, they
Witness paidber for the note halt-a-gunea, inust_find him guilty •; if; ou the,eoetrary, they
ciewia, -and one-penny. He._nevcr.inevv, tliesm slang, se ppused the .drawing of the trigger to be the result,
names till riding upon the coach with Soutit.' Being 'of accideht, they muss, acquit hint. . ,
queeioned respecting the screv.e. he -gave for . the The Jury, after deliberating fnr a few moments,'
bad' money, witness said iteeeas a Hult-bank;tnote,.a iontnt the prisoner
good one. PRIsON.ER.—" I hate not -been heard-in my el,-
.
- Mr, Thomas GloVer, was called ; he .has been an 'fence ;•ifilie Court •, ill hear tie, I will exidein the
:Inspector in the Bank- of England about iii. years; circumstances of the case."
the-note was shewin to hire.l; he Said.' neither' the JUDGE. —,5 The .v,-rdiel is recorded, and nothing
paper; impression,_ plate, ribr ink, were . those of you can say,- wilt be of any avail." •
the Batik-of England ; there was a W.. Newton in The prisoner was 'then removed from the bar.
the Bank, and 'not a J. .M,.wtoti ; this- was.not-W.
•Newron's hand-writing, as catering clerk:; the name
-R. Lowe, as sigdibg clerk, was nut of the hand-
.
writing of Re Lowe, a signet of small notes in the
Bank of England; in shoit it was a forgery through-
out.

• , Marchioness of Salisbury's third -Assembly Was
held on Monday evening in Arlington-street. The
party Was 'a very late one : the cowpitny did not-'be'
gin to arrive until nearly eleven o'clock. Much
splcndour was nispldyed in the ladies' dresses ;• and
ostrich feathers, so long exploded/ were agajn hr ge-
neral Gold and silver tissue iuuslius have su-
persvled plain nhislins 3 and white or gold Coloured
silks; the satins so much worn last season: About.
500 persons of rank and consequence Were present;
there were many cards of apology sent, at account of
indisposition, or previous eogigernentsfor that high(
, ,
expressly.' -

The prisoner- was •callett upoi for her defence.
.She said the witrie:ss was a bad charactei, and she
was an. innocent woman. FrOm being takeri up. so
lately, she had not had tim& to have any -of her
friends-here to speak fur her. ,
Mr.
and
BL-Abio recapitulated the evi-
dence, and Observed, that if the prisoner did not
know. it to be 'forged, she would not be guilty upon
this indictment. • South, it appears, is deeply -con-
cerned in -,the' buitness:; but the Witness Horton

A fire broke out; on Monday evening, At --a sugar-
; 'bake'r's, in To&er'-street; in the city,' which raged
with much violence., And 'burin^ flii4. house and the
adjoining. Two other fires 'took place in the-Bo
. °rough, which .destroyed the honse4sinnvhioh they
, -broke out, but were extinguished without further
damage. .
i. Etrly on Sunday morning the house of Mr: Haar-,
bleton, in- Windsor, was broken open, and robbed
of lace, silk atockings,-and various otherarticics, to
the amount of upwai'ds of 2001.--,The robbers had
broke open the house with. an iron crow, which they'
. left behind them.
.. . .
About the same time, or late on Saturday night,
the house of Mr. Mackason's, in Egirtirn, was also
$ broke open and rqbbed of cash, bank-notes;, .8.:c; to
1
a very considerable amount, wit hs,witich the robbers
', got cledr off. Neithel of the robberies were dis-
covered till the families got upon Sunday morning.
Both robberit;s are supposed to'have been .eciintnitteo
by the same party; and it is thought they were in
Windsor between two and three o'clock on Sond ,y
morning. It is suspeded they came from LiwidOn.

ap‘pears to have no concern, -being sent by tile Ma-
'gistrates for the purpose' of netectinglier. Selling
the note, purporting to be of the vaine of 2T. for, t 3s.
shews she knew it was a forged, one; and, whether-
the wimess paid 13s: Or. Os. 6d. in the way he said,

was not material. The Jury found her—Guilty.

ia MALICIOUS RHOOTING.
David,Linclley, of HO!beck, in the borough of
Leeds, stood charged with attempting to shoot Mat-
thew Nicholson,. by drawing the trigger of a gun
loaded with powder and- shot, with intent io mur-
der the said Matthew .Nicholson, or to do him some
grief lits bodily harm. • •

7 This was..apr(asecution under an A& passed in
the 43d year of his present Mnjesty, commonly
called turd Ellenboroull's -Att. • AIL -Wailes and
=Mr. Hardy Were Counsel fOr the prosecution.
1143tthew Nicholson stated, that he was game-
keeper to the Right Hon. ~Lord ,Harewood, and
was out in Wigton ,Woods betwixt four and six
o'cloi.k on the Morning of the adth,January, for the
purpose of discovering' whether there were any
poachers in the. woods. It,was moon-light. Wil-
liam Wright, anofher*gamekeep‘fs, was with him.
ilearilig-, as he thought; the report of a gnu, he
went towards the. plaCe, and heard schne,pois'ins in
conversation ; having iot as near 'as h'e could, he

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ARMY MEDICAL BOARD.

Copy of a ketter from the InspeaOrXeneral df Army
pitals,, to thrSecretary at War. •
Ar.my -Mittical43oard Office,
• july 18,„ 1809.
MY Logne;er have -been honeured with the cam--
- eoanication of payers that have passed urf'on the in!:
vestigation, by 49ard of- General Offi:ers of the
Hospital arrangements in Spain, and on 'the subse-, •
quent return. of the army to. England. I by no
means presume,to call in quastion any step that has
'been taken during the Inquiry, 'or to anitnadvert'on
the result ; 'but 1 feel it,incumbent en me, as a.pub-
lie officer, desirous;of standing fair in the eyes of
the world, explicitly to state to your Lordship and the 'Commander in Chief that it is impossible fot
me• either 'with -a 'view to the advantage of the
service, Or to 'the safety of my own -eharatter, -
longer to ;a6t in a puidic capacity with my two
colleagues. •
I' forbear to enter into a relative view' of-our:seri
_Vices, to advert to the Fifth Report of the Millar/
Commissioners, or to the disgraceful comroversiest
that have grown out of it; suttice it to, say, that I _
have taken no share in thb latter, but in the constant.
expectation of some Usefel change, or new consti-
rutiOn of the office, haVe for eighteen *Months
rtently;borne-tip against tie a-01y erubtriacsmetits
thrown in 'my way,: and the envious s!ialts leqlled •
at. e. These last were too contemptible for a for-
: mal and official complaint; yet-on.a late occasion,:
when mY administration of office became questicn--
ed by those who, as. my colleagueseeshoulel rather
have afforded.cneassistance,. I could no longer re-
main silent ; I instantly met the accusation, and
challenged the most right! inquiry,.: it was acceded
to; but when the moment of. trial Came, these very
personi- who had 'preferred the cornplaint, and en-
couraged others to impeach the conduct of their kit-
perior; instantly shrunk from the i-e-sponSibility of-
`the charge, and denied that it had any personal ree-
eference to the : it could not apply to any one else,
nor.could my colleagues be mistaken
.in the individu-
al, as they appealed to khe'then Command.er in Chief
against.the special dekegation by his Royal. Highness
of the. trust to Me. • The than indeed was identified
in:tlie_•aels, and I Mt myself answerable tor any
:censure that might attach to the measures: But if
the Most "artful- sophistry could pervert this. plain
,meaning, the term which tfie Inquiry.took, would
in a rnomeneexpose, the Subterfuge. The %Tort,:
does not in the least_ degree touch on t•I)e
,preference, ;
of system, but pointedly and unequivoeally applies_
to the perSOns, officiating, by ,cleclariret, " that so
far from having found any pretence for imputing
blame or ifeglea to any. part of the Medical lle-'
partment charged with the .duty of providing for
their recepti4e-:anil treatment, we cannot but ex-
epress our sat-isfaction, not unmixed 'with surprise,
that-so large a number of sick coul,l have heir so.
sudenly' and so well provided :foie"- •
Such is the- Report of the General Officers, and
under thtir deela;ration (as far as that goes) toy feel- ,
ings are-quielyd, Lith to the Commander in Chief,
and to your, Lordship, I address myself ter fuithtir
protaCtion. I entreat you to look at the fin ure
in-
suborditaation and" indignities to which I may he
subject, while linked • witti the sathe colleagues,
and open to similar-attacks from the same interior
and unpunished Medical (hikers. Tie er.ut is ,clot
_iefera•late.. tuuelt.alone ; applies' to• the! .whole
of military lite, unless it be as,sumed-that .the iSletly •
cal Department of the Army. is not open.to the
same discipline, and to thee same 'protection. I
have all tlit disposition necessary to discharge caY
duties to the Public, zealoUsly and effiCently but
in the;Tsitifation tlmt 1, nbiatt staild, my b. st exef."-
tionvereporalysed. The ground shake's under me, • '
and dare 'not risk responsibility WitleantliofitY 's°
questionable:: - • •
A nO,, arrargeinent • of the- Office has indeed
long been talked:of and proinised: la-heal the (10'
siuns of the DepartMent, and: tO testote etai"
ency- to the service. It haS not: yet tilken place •
and feeling as 'I do, how-much the evils multiply
with me del:ty,- and how psrtic'ulatiY my duties are
affected by it, I ain. impelled 'most seeiously 'to to-
vite the attention of ehe higher authorities to the
subject; and 10- solicit an tinmediate arrangement •
Iliac shall completely separate me from two nieoP
whose official c-induct has been -so offensive to niy-
self, as well as to the decOrum and Zliscipline'of tlta
service, I -have, &c.

. • - ' (Signed) F. KNIGHT.
The Right Lord G. L. Gower, &c. &c. &c.

&IR 1 h.S.
On the 16th inst. at -Brook lands, Hams, the Lady of llenri
Stewar't,* Esq. of a D,ingiiter.
On Saturday last, the Lady of I. Stracey, lag: of IlarleY-
. place, or a Daughter,
Ott Monday last, at IsraibOrough. Hail,. Norfolk, the Lad!''
of Samuel Tysseni, Esq. of a Son and Heir.
The same day, at Ingesiree, the Lady of 'Earl Talbot; 0t
a Son. ••
Lately, at his house in Sloane-strJet, the Lady. of Vincent
Stuckey, Esq. of a Son and Heir.
The LfidY of Mr. F."ferret, of Stoke -,Newington, - ° a
Daughter. .;

•
On Thurselay• last,- Mr. Johilkin, Clerk of the Tal(-
Oftce, to Miss Wilirer, daughter of Mr. G. Wilmer, We
of Cranborne-:illey,- Shoemaker.
Yesterday, at St. George's, I-linoverisquare, Charles M rj,st
Es"q.' M. tot Warwick, to Miss Dighy, daughter of the -
late.flon: Wriothesly Mereden, V•ctrwickaiiire.
The sameday,.at Lewisham, Mr. Geo! gp Lrintunds, of the
Exchequer'Office of Pleas,. Lincoln's-inn, to Miss Charlotte.
'White, of Soho-square.

• 1.11111),
On the 13th of August last, at, Vizag•palarn,h.;ving serv`4°
the 'has;-lutlia Coinoany 3i yeaks as a'Civil, Servant unt:er
their I):residency of Fort St. George, Benjamin Roebuck.
Esq. in his 56th year. , • -
-
un theist inst, at Ockharn, sear Ripley; in Surrey, Mr'
Richard -Bonsey,...sen. in the 75th year df ins age.
• On the 14th inst. tofu] tysoe •Reade, Esq, 1.4 e of Charles-.
street, Berkeley-square, aged 59.
On Saturday. -,list,;aged 37, Joseph Scojr, Esq. of 14'1.;
wick), many. years one of the Nominees ot-the Great Norther'
, Ward, and one of the Court of Guardians.
•
• • Last -week, at Watlington P;irk, Oxfordshire, Richard
Henry, the int:ant son of -Hui Frenit, Esq. jun.
On the 20th 'inst. at his 'house, Walw‘iith Terrace, IV"'
Pry;ce, aged 75
On Tuesday motning last, after a short Christ°'
pher ToWer, ...Esq., of Essex.
"The 'Lame day, -Nil% Ling, •of the New-road, ary.ll7
bonne.
• of
-Lately, at. Arran-hill, Connty- of' TiPperary, the seat
Thomas Stoney, Esq. the Rev. Robert Stoney.
A few day 54g0, at Grange, County4of Westmeath, age,., v4l
Mrs, Fethef stun, ;vitt ot Richard hetti.crts...)l),.l.; sq.
On Tuesday, at his house in Portland- piaec,,Theodart •
Henry Itroadoead, Esq., -
I,:nely, at Cheyening, near Sevendalts, in Kent, Mrs. 03'
•
stow, wife of the Rev. AititurUnsluw eeior or that P"
risn., .• - _ •