The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-21 00:00:00

[PRICE SEVENPENGE.

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Mitchell had unsu,,d, (~!,-o legal offence would not
have been niurder, as required by the statute
under which this indictment was framed. .
ROBBPip OF I FIELD 61111p.00.—Thomas
i'Vei)b was put to the bar, on an indictment
charging him with felOniousli breaking- and
en-
tering thePariSh Church of EnfielJ, in the county
of Middlesex, on the 30th, Of J tine
,Jalt, and
stealing therein forty yards of black cloth., which
had been put up, in remembrance of the pul of
Lisburne, the property Of the Churchwardens of
the said. parish.
The Jury, after a short consultation, found
the prisoner Guilly, but recommended lii7nk to
mercy on -aCci*Mt of his fortner good character.
kienry Todd was,put
,to the bar, on an indict-
ment. charging him. with stealing, on the 20th of
August last, a, 101. A 5/. and a 1/..Bank of Eng
land notes, in the dwelling-house of Lewis
Desanges, EscF in the parish of St. Luke, the pro-
perty of Henry Overton. The prisoner had been
employed under the prosecutor in the stable, and
took atlyantage of the absence of the latter to
commit the robbery in question. lie subse-
quetitlyabsconded, and suspicion fell upon him.
He made no defence, Guilo-7-Death.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

TRIAL OF SAMUEL WYAT, FOR FRAUD. •
This trial took place yesterday, when Mr.
ApOLPHUS opened the case to the Jury.
G. Sewell being Sworn, stated, that he is col-
lector for the Western Division of London, for
the 64 Benevolent, or Strangers' Friend Society,"
and in that capacity he received a letter from
Lord Milton, 'containing a petition, Szc,sent by they.
prisoner to the Earl Fitzwilliam, his Lordship's
father. His Lordship desired that the alleged
distressed state of the prisoner might be inquired
into. The witness further stated, that he had made
some inquiries,. and found that some parts of his
petition were not true ; that on the 623 d of June
last deponent called at Earl Fitz William's, in
Grosvenor-square, and met the prisoner there.
Deponent inquired if he had a wife and six
children, as set forth in his petition ? lie an-
•swe,red, " Yes."
Was all your' furniture Bold for arrears of rent in June
last ?—lt was.
Have three of your danthters had the typhus fever, and
been ill for nine wecki ?—Yes.
Your petition states that you are in treaty with a person
for a school, for which he asks 201. for desks, forms, 21:c. ?
Yes' I ant
Do you think be will'talie the 201.?—Not if paid by instal-
ments.
But suppose it were paid all at once, how much do you
suppose he would take ?—PerhapS'lsl.
How much have you toward: that sum ?—Nearly 10!.
Are all those signatUres on your petition ?—Yes.
Where is the school situated.?—ln Charles-street, Hatton-
virden.
Well, I am sure your petition is respectably signed ; I will
give you this pound note and take care of your petition. and
wake further inquiries to see what may he done, for I belong
to a public charity.—Thank you, Sir.
Mr. Butler being sworn, stated that the pri-
soner rented a small tenement off hint contiguous
to his own dwelling, consisting of two rooms ;
that he hay not a wife and six children; that he
never seized or sold a single article. belonging to
him.;'. that he had not three daughters ill with
the typhus fever ; that he was intoxicated every
day, and. lived voluptuously on the spoils he had
made 'on the nobility and gentry by fabricated
petitions. He and the woman he cohabited with
were a nuisance in the neighbourhood. Depo-
nent had often got out of bed to quell their riot-
ous conduct.
Mr. Roberts, constable, being sworn, produced
the 1/. note which the prisoner had obtained from
G. Sewell.
Here the case' closed.--L.The prisoner had no
witnesses to call, but-attempted to deny what
Mr. Butler had alleged against him.
• The ClLll.RMANaddressed the Jury, recapitu-
lating the evidence and lamenting the frequency
of such cases; the Jury immediately' pronounced
him—Guilty.
The Co U UT on passing sentence, observed, that
the prisOner had committed an offence for which
he 'merited to be transported for seven years
Wherever his Majesty, by the advice of his Privy
Council, thought proper;• but from his age, the
Court indulged a distant hope that he would
attend. The sentence of the Court was, that
he should be further Impriso;u One Year.
The 'following signatures were attached to the
prisoner's petition:— •
winmrforce, it.; Lord Dudley and Ward, 21. ; Alex.
Raring, 21.; Sir Geo. Stauntrin, 11.; J.J. A: 11.; Harrow-
by, 21. ; R. Ryder, 11.; Manvers, 1. ; Countess Dowager
Mamas, 11. •

The eclipse of the moon.to,morrow morning,
will begin at 13 minutes paq five ; the middle is
at 42 'minutes past six ; and the. end at ten mi-
nutes past eight. The digits eclipsed will be
ten degrees.' 12 minutes on the noon's sotithem
limb, but as the Moon sets at 57 minutes past five,
a Small part only' of her eclipsed disc will be.vi-
sible to those who have a good western horizon.
The moon's position, with that of the sun, on the
equator, may be expected to produce an. extraor-
dinary high title on 'the following clay; which,
aciordirig :to Laplace, :the celebrated Fro!tch
astronomer, will be as 1, 16: to 0,,76 : the
lowest spring tide of the year.-

Monday forenoon R. Charles fell from the ma-
chine on which he %vas standing, painting.the se-
cond floor window of a Gentlenian's house in
Lambeth-walk, and, pitching on'his head on the
iron railing in front of the house, his "skull was so
'dreadfully fractUred that he died while conv4ina
to the Hospital.