The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-21 00:00:00

TOWN-HALL.

Robert Bristow, the bookseller in the London-road,
who was held to bail yesterday by Sir John Perring, fur
selling indecent publications, was this morning brought up
in custody from the Borough Coinpter to plead to an infor-
mation lodged by Thomas Rnbett Morley, for vending a
set tain publication, entitled The Economy of Love, with-
out either the printer or publisher's name being on the last
page, contrary to the statute.
The defendant pleaded strongly for clemency an mitiga-
tion of the penalty on account of his youth and ignorance.
He was willing to give up the whole of his objectionable
stock, and enter into securities to be no more found offending.
Mr. Howell, for the parish of St. George, was ready to

forego the prosecution on those terms, if the penalty was paid.
Sir JOHN PERRINO animadverted in just terms on the
necessity of prosecutions like the present ; it was a public
consideration : he was sorry to s:iy he was informed that
the prisoner had greatly aggravated his case by keeping a
room in his house for the reception of bad characters,
where accommodation was afforded, calculated to extend the
mischief for which he was very properly proceeded against.
The prisoner who, by the way, blew hot and cold in the
same breath, assured Sir John the room had been shut tin
marl), a month ; and on Mr. Crisp's suggestion, was ad-
mitted the benefit of his plea, and convicted in the miti-
gated penalty of 10/. and costs, and to enter into his own
rerognizaiices of 100/., which was done, and the whole of
the books given up to Kinsey, the officer, and burnt ; the
prisoner urging that the publisher, Mr. Duncombe, ought,
in justice, to come in for his share of punishment, as the
original publisher and tempter.

A few days since a gentleman in the neigh-
bourhood of Watchett, Somersetshire, killed at one shot
four rabbits, wounded a hawk, and two stoates.— Sher-
borne Journal.

A gentleman, who arrived on Thursday even-
ing from Newcastle, states, that Hare had arrived in that
town, where he was immediately taken into custody sad
lodged in goal, on suspicion of being concerned in the
death of the Englishman before alluded to.—Edinburgh
Paper.

WEST-PORT IVIURDERS.—It was mentioned
some time since that the wretched woman 111‘Dougal, the
concubine of the murderer Burke, bad been very coarsely
treated in the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire. Last night a
letter was received in town from Newcastle, which stated
that she had been recognized in that city, assailed with
every epithet of obloquy and abhorrence, and to all appear-
ance, would certainly have fallen a victim to popular in-
dignation, had not a strong party of police arrived to her
rescue. After she had been detained for some time, she
was escorted to the " Blue Stone," the boundary of the
two counties, and handed over to a party of the Durham
police, who were in waiting to receive the detested fugitive.
—Scotsman.

A pedlar was killed by- the Lincoln Express
coach going over him, near Bourn, about five o'clock on
Sunday morning. The coach was going about eight mile',
an hour, heavily laden, and received a considerable shock
by going over the body : one of the wheels passed over the
shoulder : the sufferer moaned once or twice, but died in
a few minutes after being laid on the top of the coach. No
blame is imputable to the coachman. An inquest was
held on the body at Bourn work-house, on Monday, by
Samuel Edwards, Gent. coroner, when the verdict return-
ed was, that death had been occasioned in part by the in-
jury received from the coach, and partly from a natural
cause, the deceased being known to have been for a
long time in a very diseased state. He was a travelling
pedlar, known by no other name than "John."—Lincolo
Nerpery.

ArI'ENIVIA MURDER.—A diabolical act
oii:,:Aitiery and attempted murder was perpetrated on Satur-
day night about a mile and 4 half beyond Ridgewql,
half from Plymouth. fly the informa-
and six miles and a
Lion we have collected, it a}'.; ears that, as the ;.li-)4eiciptioo
Coach from Exeter to Plymouth was pat-oil°, the spot nearly
at twenty minutes past eight o'clock, the driver perceived
something lying on the right hand side of the road, which
lie supposed to be 4 heap of rubbish, and drew his horses to
the left, in order to avoid it. On approaching nearer,
however, he discovered it to he a pip pltt,no Jeffery, a
miner belonging to Bottlehill 4oving
profusely from cute fresh made in his head, and op being
spoken to, be uttered a deep groan. The coachman and
guard were much alarmed ; but fortunately; although the
road at that place was uarrow, the wheels entirely cleared
the body, whicli was aseertaked by immediate inspection.
A blacksmith of the neighbourhood pasaia-q the time,
the coachman very judiciously put the wounded man
his charge, while he proceeded, with all possible speed, to
Ridgeway, for medical assistance $ zpd in a short time Mr.
Ormond, of that place, surgeim, 4Pt4,ll)patrie4 by
three men, who removed the unfortunate iudividnal to the
nearest public-house, where, by the great and tipleJ.y care
taken, he so far recovered as to he able to describe ;he
villair.l4, whom he represented as having the appearance of
miners, one tarrying a shovel, and the other, he thought,
had a stone in his baud, wi4; Which the wounds were in-
flicted. Two men who slept in tike 04e at the George
Inn, on the same night, and who answer the
gibed by the unfortunate man, were apprehended ori the
Kitty coal, They were taken before the victim of theirmg;
brutality, who ;e iately identified them. An exaini-
-4
nation took place before a iZe-,.;ch of lilagistrates on Sunday,
and they were committed for trial af T;eit Assizes for
the County. On inquiry we find they had aii three
casualiv wet at a public-house, and that the ruffians dis-
covered be had some money about him, which amounted
to eighteen shillings ; for the kmei.!nion of which they way-
laid and attacked him.--(Sinee writing the above we are
inforinpd that the unfortunate man is dead.)—Plyntoutjt
Journal,