The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-05 00:00:00

CHARGE OF RAPE.

I-TAVrox•GfirmeN.—Yestarilay, Richard Hear y
raison, a Captain in the second regiment of Lite
Guards, underivent a vet y long private examina-
tion, charged with committing a rape on the see.
vant maid at the Bedford Arms pnblio-house, at
the corner of Guilford and Millman-street, Found.
ling Hospital. It appeared, that in order to sup
press the riots, a party of the regiment had been
stationed at the City Light Horse Barracks in
Gray's-inn-lane, in consequence of which ar-
rangewent, Captain 'Tolson, and Captain Francis
Aicketi, took up. their quarters at the Bedford
Arms, where the offence is stated to hove beets
committed. AM Andrews attended as Counsel
for the Captain,
Martha Elizabeth Fill being sworn said, she
i 4 16 yearsofage, and lives servant to Mr. James
Crick, of the. Bedford Arms Witte-house, in
Gaildfitrthstreet Otte had' been there only four
weekt, and had a .goad .char.icter. from her last
place. ClisTuesday the prisoner dined at her
master's house, along with several other Office:li
he ulsO supped there' abont eleven u'elock, after
which he went up to his room, which was one-
pair front, to go to bed ; complainant was then
warming the bed with a pan ; the prisoner took
improper liberties with her, and offered her a pound
note to induce her to comply with 'his 'wishes,
when she refitted, and she struggled hard to get
out Of his hands ; he thin by finer and violence
effected his purpose, other which he opened the
door and let her go out ; she went down stnhi
crying, and informed her master and mistress of
what had happened:

Jamei Crick, the landlord Of the house, Snit!,
that about half-past .eleven o'clock the prosecit-
ttix came down stains, (rpm the prisoner'i apart
ment, ker eyes being. rad from crying, and she
appeared tntieli hurried ; 'witness asked her wilitt
was the rtintter .aod she said that the Major, lAN
he was called, .used .her very ill ; witness asked'.
her if he effected iris purpose, and she told him
that he had; witness immediately sent for the'
Constable, to whom he related the circumstance,
and he took the prisoner into custody next
morning.

Walter Ley stated, that being sent for, he u
(erect the prisoner to go to Abe parade, anslreturn
to his breaktast ; after breakfast, when witness
went into the parlour to demand his prisoner,
Captain Aicken gate witness a blow with a poker,
and also absaulted the landlord, who came to
witness's assistance.

The Magistrates tOld witness, that as the Grand
Jut y was then sitting, he might go and:indiet
Captain Aiekeo; hut „the charge being sworn to
against Captain TOlson, he was committed to
Newgate for trial.—;-(Morabig Paper.)'

Another Morning Piper says, that Capt. Tol-
son was admitted to bait.

The Journal des ,pebizis has: the following ob.
servAt designeti,'We huppoie to be sarcastic
" kis said, that a elergytnawof Yorkshire has oh-
wined a patent for a tliscovery which will prevent
stagc.coachee front being overturned. Nothing
inn be twirl useful in England for the English
journals daily inform us of one or two of these vehi-
cles meeting one accident, and that same passen•
.ger has had his legs, arms, or alttill frti,etured. We
hope it will not thil.to be introduced with the Enq-
lish stage coaches about to be: naturalized to
France."

A postl►t►tnons work of the poet DR1.114.11
just been pnfasifed at Paris, entitled Le Depart
d'Erlen. t ,

Mr. Vows° antl,P&rbta, the AMEtieliti
play alternate nights in Dublin ; their last char
meters were, ("avian, in The Morintaineers, and
Ztsszga, in The Revenge.
The Depots of the 476, 641, 67th, and 80th
Regiments, attired doting the last week et Chat•
ham, froh Colchester. The Depot of the 69th
Regiment has- also proceeded" to, sheerstess.
Among the singular addressee of some unclaim.
ed tortign letters at the General Post.Otlice. we
find the following—l' The itespeetable Episcopal
Curate of Ceniavelli in France, now in Eng•
front the Office
land."---"M. Rotten? DELAY
of the Boa anti Vista---lives in a small villagekin
England."
The boiler belonging to one of the steam
packets on the Bumber burst, a few days ago,
when a passenger, who had in gone
(limn into the furnace part, was save ely scal4ed.

EMI`LOYNIENT and RELIEV of the POOR.

TATF,MPORE THouonrrse
LYe:ateci by the Aceount of the Meeting in London,
fn Toe :-,c;,1 Neicfpaper, Nov. 27, 'lBl6.
Is there a heart that is not torn with the cries
of the wretched, that man who possesseth it
staod aside, from his fellow-creatorei, and be
motibered no longer with them ! ,
Let every man, Instead of inflaming and irri-
tating the minds of a mob, use his best eloquence,
his best endeavours, in ministering to their wants!
Let every man stand forth and call his coun-
try's necessiiies his own
Let out our compassion waste itself in tears,
but let each of us, by the strictest economy in our
families and our own iudivido 11 expeuees, have to
rice " to hint that needed) 1"
Itomze ye ! stand forth like Britons, and stem
the approael&tg tot rent, instead of dissipating
your minds, and enervating your bodies in public
and private amusements : make n feast for the
Poor, and " _ye )041' be blessed." 'pxert your
public and private munificence in acts of bounty
to all within your reach,. anti if these, are too feu
for your powers, extend them beyond your suffer-
ing neighbours to your suffering country ! anti re-
member that in this ye are doing nomorellian
your duty, for we are all of one body, and need
not now to sRv, " 1 am not of the head, nor 1 of
the boolls."—for we ought, and tuustall„ io
heart and soul, yearn with compassion for the
woes of our suffering brethren, awl' blush 'at eves y
luxury we indulge, whilst there is a tellow-ereyt7
titre that can say, and Oh, God Lhow many at
this instant can anti:do say, or feel at least, " I
wont a morsel to save me from starvation i" 011!
of what avail are all our exertions, all our. con•
guests, if' we atoll here, On the hriak 'or falible;
perhaps pestilence, shmild a hard winterOvertaie'
ns, anti write bitter things againsconrselves; our
families, and oor friends, for having left our bane
natorned to support at sinking nation ! Oh let
itinot be said, we who have manfully foogitt, the
battles of a world, now faint when the goal to
al; pur sorrows and exertions is just within' Our
vlAw7---one little stroggle more, and we are safe !
butoow to stop sh,at of the reward, is toieaVe
the,hetter half otolone !
T 4 Often, nod said, the year after a war
it, wor-e. than the war itself, .afitj so it must lie,
till A,t,is,,ouper.onimtwice of lama.; has got em-
ployment, tdl coutaterce sails again: it} lies
Cjirrent I Let each then add time exertions of
st:ind awl body to,torward this glorious clit'or:k
Theo again may-we see " the time 'cruJi..ngland's
Krief.4• began—when every.rood of grqimit main-
tained its man is is find kil.,7vc
may, in the words ~of. an able ,bo.lne, look-
bit.: hack tipon these varying scenes of trill, bless
tL •e hours of snintittg (as we Asanredls di shall
in time, or eternity) when we learnt the know-
letre of God,' and the comforts of performiitg
Our duty.

Mr.Dibdin intends devoting',a whole week at
the Royal Circus to charitable purposes ; four
Ttights to four pariSheS 'rico' the 'Theatre, one to
tine fipital-fields charitable contributions, and one
to the Sudety for the Relief of Small Debtors.
There was a Meeting on Tuesday of thootionse-
holders Of Mary-le-bone Parish. The Waitress
Was opened bF Mr. Hume, in nu excellent sPet'elt,
and several resolutions in favour of a stibieriptsuW
for the distressed, were,'earried irpwaftis of.
4801. was immediately subscribed, and Messrs.
larsh, Sibball, anti Co. of Berners-stteet, were
splointed to receive subscriptions.
fJpwartis of 10001. have been subscribed in
Preston for the relief of the distresstul poor.
At Maidstone a Meeting has been appointed to
devise means fox relieviog thellistrct:s of the Poor
in that tnwu.
.At Hull there has been a similar meeting anti
sub,eriptioh.
There is to be a General Meeting,of the Inha-
bitants of the Parish of Sainj Pancras to-morrow,
to consider of and to adopt the best means of con-
tribliting to the Relief 'orthe indUstrious Me-
chanics and others of this Parish, who, with their
families, are at preient Offering feom want of
employment.
Mr. TROTTER, who ()pencil the Ilaiaar in Sono-
settlary ‘i 411 the laudable idea of assisting the
humhtet ratiki of persona in trade, is now fitting
up a part ol his very extenske prentke ;,.,t a Pn!)lic
134kelinaott, in which he humanely iiitentis to
t e 1.3i'4N4 to the Poor duriug the winter at
prime

s —The battle betty .reett Croirl tbe sailor
who,bas made griocl play, awl Bone, ‘i.ith
-whom civier lotight his nuciC,lett battle, will take
place this day, mine utiles frootLonclon. Betting
4-0 to. 4 on Ilotte,

COltotiait's I NZ inquistion was taken 1
4t the Redford Arms, Cadugan.place,
Chelsea, ilium the body of John 'MedlicOt, 'Mr.
Thomas Tatham, ;residing iit ,No. 2b,,Artillerv-
place, Chelsea, said, the deceased had lived in his
service as:footman, for lour years that latterly
ho had been irregular, and much, given to drink-
ing. 01) Ajoilitay evening Mr. 'f. came liorrie
itboitt tour o'clock ott horseback to ilitmeri but
finding that the decea.3ed could not attend to take
.of his hoots, and supposing him to be drunk, de.
sired that lie should go to bed, A kw I)li:tures
alter the cook came to tell him the deceaseil had
shot himself with a horse Ingo!, which Wal kept
in His .tled-rootu far the protection, of the house
ago test thieves, This oidenee ;CPS corrobotAteil
by the Cook, volio said :that ,for some days the
tiectnstd.liad beets very strange and. wild in Lis
manner. Vordiet.--Died by his own hand in a
sttae of iusanity.;