The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-08 00:00:00

HOT! HOT!!-ALL HOT! !!

Monsieur Chabert (the celebrated continental ialerrionider) tx-
hibited his power in withstanding the operation of the fiery ele-
'went, at White Conduit Gardens, yesteriley evening. In the
first instance, he refreshed himself with s hearty meal of phos-
phorus, which was,' at his own request, supplied to him very
liberally, by several of his visitors, who were previously nose-
wanted with him. He washed down this infernal fare with
solutions of arsenic end oxalic acid, thus throwing into the
hack-ground the long-established fame of Mitliridatee. . Ile next
swallowed, with great you?, weevil spoonful of boiling oil,
and, as a dessert to this delicate repast, helped himself with his
naked hand to a considerable quantity of molten lead.. There are,
we know, preperations which so indurate the cuticle as to render
it insensible to the beat either of boiling oil or of melting lead;
and the fetal qualities of certain poisons may be destroyed, if the
metlititn through which they are imbibed, as we suppose to he
the case here, is a strong alkali. We cannot, however, 'guess
in what manner Monsieur Chabert effected this neutralization ;
and it is but fair to state, that the exhibitor offered to swallow
Prussia acid, perhaps the most:powerful of known poisons, the
effect of which is instantaneous, if any good-natured person could
furnish him with a quantity of it. During the period when thie
part'ofthe entertaipment (if.entertainment it could be called) was
going on, en oven, Shout six feet by seven, was heated.. For an
hour and a quarter large quantities of faggots were bUrned in it,
.Until at length it was hot enough for the hod chamber, of his Sa-
tinie Majesty. "0 ! for a muse of** I" to describe, whet fol-
lowed. Mona. Chabert, who teems to be a piece of living asbes-
tos, 'entered,this stove, arstoropenied by a rump-steak and a leg of
when the beat was at about 220. He remained there, in
the first intent*, for ten minutes, till the steak was properly
done,, conversing' all the time with the compan.y, through a; tin
:tube, placed in an, orifice formed in the sheet-iron door of the
oven. Having swallowed a cup of tea, and having,seen that the
company had done justice to the meat he had already cooked, he
returned to hie fiery den, and continued there Argil the lamb was
properly done. This joint was devoured with ouch, avidity by the
spectators, as Isads us to believe that, had M. Chabert himeelf been
sufficiently baked, they would have proceeded to a :Caribbean
banquet. Many experiments, as to the emelt to. which the
human frame could bear beat, wlttiont the ih.irtructimi of the vital
powers, have been tried, from time to time ; but, so far as we
recollect, M. Chabert's fire-resisting qualities are greater than
time professed by the individuals who, before him, have under-
gone this species of ordeal. It was,announced some time ago,' in
one of the French Journals, that experiments had been tried with
It female, whose fire-standing qualities had excited greafastonish-
wont. She, it appears, was placed in a heated oven, into which
live dogs, cats, and rabbits, were conveyed. The poor animals
died,- in -a state of coneulsion, almost immediately, whilst the
fire-queen bore the,beat without complaining. In that instance,
howtwer, ;the beak of the oven was, not so great as.that which M.
Cbebert encountered. If M. Chabert will attach, Himself f.u.any
of the insutente ,comPanies, he will, we have:no.doubt, "save
more tench ent'of the fire" than ever NimMini'Ve'd did : but if
he should not like that employment, old Cobbett, of bone-grub-
binecnotorlety,,, clotilit#,,ensage, bins for the purpose of
tintet4.4l4.lollolll in ,tits alt of, ittri•beatilig prior to Ws "gridiron
1 exhibition."

SHOCKING MURDER.

Yesterday afternoon, it four o'clock, * coroner's inquest was
held at the sign of the Black Howie, in Queen-street, Seivii:DiAis,
Were Mr: Prtittuo, the coronet for the county of Middle es, on
she body of Hannah Browne, an intiint only three years of
age, who came by her death in the following dreadful man-
ner :.-- . .

Thomas Price deposed. am a cahiliet.maker, and reside
at No. 20, Queen-street; !maven Dials, the same Boise in
which: the; deceased child and her father lived. I knew the de-
ceased very, well ; alut.was the' illegitimate .chilli of Charles
lircrwne, who keeps a coal-shed in the lower part of the house.
She wotild have been, as I understood, three years of age next
October. I saw the child last; 'as well as I tecolliet, on Tues-
day night; hut I am sure I Saw 'her on Wedneiday (yesterday)
morning, in perfect health.' She' was a very fine healthy child..
About 10 minutes alter nine o'clock tide morning, I was in my
own. worksimp, which adjoins. the shop of Charles Browne.
There is only a• thin partition between,and an keer almost
every xvoill spoken in Brownen amp. ieard lire. Aim Browne,
the wife of Choler Browne, but not the mother of the deceased,
coming tiown'atairs, from the first floor which .they (*copied ;
she was calling out. to her husband, " Charles, I hive done it;
have done it,' I then opened my door, 'which looks into, the
plumage, end saw Mrs. Browne, with her hands covered with
blood, and 'calling out, as before, " I hair: done it, I bait dons
it," Her husband asked her what she had done, had she cut
her Anger but she made no other reply than, " 1 have don. it,
1 have done it." I they ran up stairs, as did her husband also,,
sadly, entered nearly at the amnia time a small apartinent ors the
first door, where the deceased child was in the habit of Bleeping
ing in a little bed by itself. Charles Browne, the father, exclaimed
-to me, " Oh, Price! look' at my child! look at my baby !" I
then saw the deceased lying oft the floor by the aide 'of the bed,
and close by a wooden box, with its head almost severed from
its body, and one of its little fingers nearly cut of;
.and are;
other desperate wound, like a stab, near the collar-bone in
the lower part of the child's neck. I then saw Owlet, Browne
go to a sort of cistern, which was in the room for wealung, and
:take out of it a large carving-knife stained all over with blood ;
by this time Mrs. Browne came up stairs and entered the spart-
,tnent, still calling out "1 hate done it." The husband thing
round her neck, and.. they both sunk upon a sofa Mlle room;
when be kissed her several times, at the same time extlaitning,
s' Oh, Anne, why slid you do. it ? why did you, kill my child ?"
but she ;mole nofurther than that she bad gone it. The
floo4 and the 'citild'e" hed-gown and hotly, were saturated
and covered with blood. By this time one of the beadle*
of the parieb,.who wits sent for, arrived, and, took the woman,
Mrs. Browne, away with him to the parish workhouse in custody.
This ,witneariin continuation, said, that,- the father of the child is
about. 26 years of age,' anti his wife, Anne . Browne, to whotn he
hai been married about eight years, is about ISO: yeatu old now.
Shalswo tin children by ,her hutthand. The deceased was a child
that had been sworn to the husband. About eighteen months ago
Mrs. Browne persuaded him to bring the child home, rather. then
be payipg the items!; for its support. The Child had remained
with them ever einee,rand Mrs. IlroWne seemed cloatingly fond of
It.
,her hstebend and she lived on very good terms, excaptOcca-
sionally little` She was alivays a very., steady, lOate,
sober women, never draok, or appeared intoxicated.
Coroner.-4yul ynU nice IN'tt:"eive any oymptoma of derange 'about her.' •-

Witatio---Never the *14(14410 quite the contrary. She wee-
it very oneible woman ; after this ad shaleerned quite wild, but
she soon became perfectly calm. 'l`li6'hur,},aucl tore hie hair anm~
~,,emed quite distracted, when he ow the child deral: To another
Anaseion, the witness 'said, he ecuild not tell who," or not the
child was warm When he' first 'saw 41..1111t fur fie did not feel it ;
}wives so horror-struck that he could not go near
The nut witness Was Gecirge Pond, one of the beadles of St.

arisb,wohotdenso:vtiden_daiih
that ha was celled in to the house
auon..tr o,
about a nuarter past 9, o'clock
that morning, to take charge of a wontenottlio was strati to have
committed murder. On entering 'the Stet room on the first floor,
he B,w get. br„,rnefitting on a hot's, and. er husband and another
man holding her'; the deceased child was then lying dead, with its
throat cut front ear to ear,
r•
The next witness area Mr. Andiese 'Needle, sillicon to the
Infirmary of St:. GOO% fatiiitli, who deposed that hut, called in that
meting to ate the deoiased.cliild ;he found it qiiite dead, its throat
cut from ear to ear, and the carotid art!t'y corupietely divided ; the
child had another slight teat below the longer gash, sad a third,
apparehffy A stab from' a -bell's, still lower down on the seek, near
the collar-bone ; the child seemed to have struggled a little, and
put up its hand to guard itself, for, one Of Pe fingers 'ivaa nearly cut
off. The deceased Intuit have died instantly.
Another inrgctin gave similar testimony to the lot witness.
'Samuel Furaman, round-house keeper, and constable vof St.
pariah, deposed, that he went .in consequence of Siforme..
.Quridimter having bee surdn ttrlwilit.hate isrerningetastd,
ttoinnthheehuseroeceiv,edtod,'there its
ling dead on *tabu ;. he then proceeded to the parish Workhouse,
where tie law, Mrs. Ann Browne ; she appeared then quite
deranged, from her, look and manner ; he understood that. a strait
waistcoat Wits abOut to ha put on her, but 'she soon 'boon&
calmer ; ind fit shoat two hours after, when he was stonveying her
to Mailborough-streeePolieSeffiee, she was (mite calm and col-
lotted ; she told hiM, while sionveying her along ih the coach, that
she knew not what urged her to ,commit the act ; she saw the
child asleep in bed, *ml, Without knowing what she was doing at
the time, she turned it round on the aide 9f the bed, and taking
up t knife, she believed a carving-knife,ntsletioti
atllityofo,iivhtahtesthaehldeidahliet
cut the poor child's head off, quite u
the time • Witness asked her what on earth could have been in
her mind, to urge her to so shoeking a•deed ? She said she could
not tell ; there wasnne thing, she said, prayed a groat deal upon
her mind, which was, that a woman named Martha Evaline, by
whom her husband bad' the last illegitimate child, was constantly
coming to the house, creating a riot and mob, and insulting her
whenever she saw her ; and a neighbour urged this woman on to
do so. • • ,
The, knife was now produced to the Jury; it is* large carving
knife, nearly new, very sharp-edged and pointed, about, IS inches
long, and having a black handle ; the blade, about 10 inches long,
was quite stained with blood.' The sight of this frightful weapon
shocked every one present:
The Jury now proceeded across the attest to the house where
the child lay dead, nearly opposite, to take a view of the body,
which presented a most appalling ',peewit., sid'after returning to
the Jury-room, • •
The Coroner addressed a few words to them, expressing his
regret that. there appeared nothing to show that the woman Was
in a deranged state of mind at the time of committing the, horrid
died, or previously ; for it was scarcely to he Coneeivid bow any
human being could perpetrate such an act in a cane state'of mind.
As the case stood, however, is appeared to be a foul murder.
The woman gave a systematic detail of the manner in which she
perpetrated• the act,' and although she'was immediately after in a
state of agitation, and what being on earth must not, after such
:a deed ? yet she anon returned to her habitual calmness. It
would, however, be for the jury to consider the case, and return
their verdict. • ' • • •

The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a verdict
of " Wilful murder against Ann Browne," and the Coroner is-
sued his warrant *for her committal to Ncwgate.

On the Ilith and 17th of May, the ancient arid
splendid city of:Grenida, in the South of. Spain, was
visited by repeated and severe shocks of earthquakes,
attended with tremendous subterraneous rumblinge.—
'At the dawn of day on the I'lth, a violent shock was
felt, Which was 'followed 'twenty minutes after by one
of still greater violence, 'and which lasted more than
three seconds. The horrible noise with which it was
accompanied, and the agitation of every edifice, drove
the inhabitants fdr -safety id 'the •squares and public
walks, which presented 'a most singular spectacle when
day-light exposed the situation and dresses;.'or rather
undress of the multitude. liut few-Caw/Ode% ()Centred,
however, though 'numbers of private' houses and pulp.:
lie boildiows were -seriously damaged. The weather
had grown, lighter, but slight convulsions were still
felt, and orders had been given to encamp the garri.
8911,0 h the surrounding fields, in order to remove it
from the chief seat of danger. - '

Savact..—There, has not probably for some,yvare past been
brought to justice a more daring, dangerous, and' extensive viola-
tor of the laws than Robert Savage, one of the four criminals ex-
ecuted yesterday et Nest:gate. He began his career of crime et
an early age,' fot.it the Mellor seittionii in June, 1821, at
which time ..ha *ass; about 16, heseas'eonviiited :name of
.[,'hearties Ilan, of stealing three pair of shoes,-and was ordered to'
be transported fur yen years. Ile did not, however, go abroad,
, but was sent to thifPenitentiary, Milbank. The prisoners being
removeti from thit:placa, in consequence' of the sicker* which
prevailed there, Et fetter; with othere;• was put bn board the
GonOneilir convict .ship; at Vioolvideh. 'There his turbulent
spirit „seat tunes heostiefst him into &Krieg; After serving about
four years, he received a ftee'pardon, and seta diecharged. At
this time he appears to hive forrried resolution', to follow en
honest end industrious course of and tactually worked hard
as an excavator at the- new, London-bridge. His health be-
coming impaired, he, found himself Incapable of much exertion,
and being unable to .earn as much money as before, his impa-
tient and violent disposition discovered itself by an attempt to
poison himself, which rash act had nearly proved fatal to hint.
After 'his reeovery, unknown to his feinily, he joined some Of his
old associates at the hulks and tither had characters, atuFfol-
lowed from that period. until his 'apprehension, no other °cell-
pation than that of a mideiglit plunderer, during which inter-
vat, the annals of crime do not, perhaps, furnish an instance
of any one having committed more numerous or more ands.
eions acts' of honsebreaking and burglary. Although of course
the greater number. of these instances will remain unknown, some
few have, bean particularised, ,in which it has been ascertained
that he was a principal Oar, which were* follow ;;--About six
months back he broke into and robbed a bolt* at Homerton, car-
rying sway such a considerable quantity of plate, linen, and other
property, that lie was 'obliged to diserieumber'hiinself "of a pert
by leaving, it on the road. It was he who killed the dog in 'a
court-yard near Peckham or Camberwell, and having 'catered
the how, stole goon of the ,plate. Ile made an attempt to
break'OPen a home near Stoke Newington, but on cutting through
the' door or whidwie.shutter panels, a spring alarrtm•-bell Was set
in motion, which 'distarbed the family, anti tau'ags and Me Coin-
pinion. were closely' pn retied by the patrol., 'end' narrowly Steeped
aPPrehtmeiont; ,The risk which hetiticOctstered in proattenting his/
wisked course of life, end the daring and ferocious spirit which.
he possessed, may be judged of by the following occurrence :
—Having, in company with another, broken into a house about
12 miles from 'teisvii, he was about to retreat with utpuintity of
valuable booty, which he had parked up, when be saw a person
conic doWn the stairs, wbo, raising a blunderbuss to his shoulder,
called upon Savege to drop the bundle which was in his hand.
Instead of obeying this commend, he Instantly drew a pistol from
his breast and pointing it to the party, by whom he had been
addressed, desired him to do hit worst ; the portion replied, that
if Savage would not fire, neither would be, and lie immediately let
fall the blunderbues, which most probably !se not loaded. Savage
then ran out of the house, ,pidling the door after him, and went
off with the stolen goods an:pursued. tie told a person who visited
him in Nevegataeand who was desirous of ascertaining whether ben
had 4°l 'taste*" by accomplices, that the robbery at Mr. Bigge's (the
m enet; for which lie stuttered) NU not undertaken in eonsequence
of any inforMation olneined from persons q94.2teted with the fa-
mily, fur that, in feet, ha never would rely upon eucti,kind of co-
operation; but that it was, to he termed it, a " thae'job :" he
stated, that all the bank-notes which he found at Mr. Biggs's were
a 51. and a 101., butt that dine went bills and chtioirsto the amount
of several bundreds--these he tiesorords but regretted that belied
o
n riottimnback irt
moo. biteoat idstallithat be formally burst
open the front kitehen 'ken, where two female servants were deep-
ing, Willitaut awakening them: upon some doubt being erpreased
Na tC) thePratiehility of this, he declared-that-het had often hroken
into bed-chambers wherts,pereoes were *leap, and taken away
property, without their being Oiatuthed. Not manyltightt before
:
Mr, Rime's house was entered, be made en attempt upon that of
Anuett's) Which is within_ a ‘,0..,f short dietaries, hut wee un•
able to ectompliah his tifeign."• Sevege-always went armed with
piatols, and has been heard to say, that whoever should venture to
apprehend him, Must take the ronsetinestees; is little'
doubt but his thrvite wool have 4eeti realised. Be.nfield, 'who
and them
t suffered with Savage, and who Va. Feb"' to hint by nortioge,
was by no means so violent and ruffiartAikeis hisconduct;, hut
ha for a eonsideitible' time had associated with setae of the most
depraved and titoperete characters of vointlt He had
forrperty been in *0 poleuejoitifOCKiene property,-stud luehatibeen
heard to kfrrlare,,oo.4ooprot glow who Acoelerated lois -clestruc.
tion were the infamous Hunt and Prober t, with wham he waste;
rustomsd frequently to consort.