The Sun.
London, England, 1818-04-03 00:00:00

GERM AN PAPERS

FRENCH IsoTtett, l4.—Wre learn from
Mentz, that the navigalion of the Rhine will soon
be regulated. It is asserted, that by the litter-
ference of, the Prussianatid
other Courts the Go-
verutnentonhe Netherktols has at letigt.h shown
an inclination to yitid, and an official declaration
front its C,(;rutnissioner to the CoMmittee at. Mentz
is expected, which will coutrihute to -rinove the
difficulties that have hitherto impeded the opera-
tions of the Cothmissioners.

The operations on the Rhine for the exact
terMination of the frontier* are' now. eu led. The
Whole art angement, we hear, is .laid before the
reSPective GOvernthents for ratification. .
NTIEigN'A,'MAR6ti 16.—The Swedish Ambassa-
dor Extraordinary, M. Von 13ildy, 'had yesterday
a solemn audience of the Emperor; he brought
the..ofiirial notification of the dea:h of King
Charles XIII. and the- accession of thepresent j
King Chat les Jubn.
BrAtt,ust, MARCO 21.—0 n the. 18th February.
the ratifications of a Treaty between Prussia and
Russia were exchanged at Berlin. Tlkis Treaty,
consisting of 17 articles, 'and three separate arti-
cles, relates to the regulation of some pert of the
frontiers bet%veen the two &ales.' S‘que diffieu!,
tics have arisen or; the app:icatiou of the lstnr-'
tide of the Treaty concluded at Vienna ou the
3d May, 1515... . •
The present Treaty was concluded on the 30th
October, 1517.
Fawn THE FRENCH FRoNTrEES, MARCH 27.
The Duke of Wellington is not expected-at Cain-
bi ay before the middle of April. It is said be
will, then go for a time to England, and afterwards
come to p.ass the summer at his head-quarters.
Bausseis, Mtkricu 29.—Private Letters• from
Paris say that five persons are to be Wrought to
trial on account of the attempt on the Dike of
‘Veilingt on. Hitherto the affair remains a mys-
tery to the. puhlic. •
BA aNEVELD, NIARCIi 23 =Yesterday, when the
mrrining service 'had been ended about three mi-
nutes, the lightning struck the steeple of the
church, but .did not set it on fine. it made a breach
in the upper part of the -steeple. tonic its co,rse-
througt; thechurch, and after having broken some
Of the slates, cross-beants, &c. made another
bread) at the lower pot of the steeple, and dis-
appeared. Many persons who were in the church-
yai d were thrown_ down, butt received no injury,
except a country lad,' who, havinf; 'gone a couple
of steps, soddenly dropped clown dead.
CoPE ,f/ACEN, MARC!' 21 —The Storthing- of
Norw'ily has requested theGovertiment at Stock--
holm to found a military order lor the kingdom
of Norway:
On the I 1 th of iNfarch, the ship Mventitre„
Captain Irving, bound fr otu Loudoo to llamhurgh,
stranded off Fanoe. The Bart is estimated to be
worth a ton o; gold (100,000 dollars).
Fa° NI TOE.LOWI3 MARCO 22 —oire
public JOirrivils assert that the French Minister of
r(ilice,, M. -deCaze, has contrived to imrchase
the manuscript from" which the work that ap-
peaLed in Loudon, wider the title of Abintiserit
1-tait de St. Helene,'' 'vas printed. The greate,:t
astonishment was, excitedon its being fOun,l to be
thehand-riting of, a Certain person, to whom
'Madame de St a el,:Whose
,amanuensis lie'leas, used
to dictate; the corrections were in Madame de
Starl's own band-writing, Buonaparte, to whom
it was sent to'St. Helena, does not acknowledge
it for his Work:
HANovna, i‘litteit 23.—A sabre, of the value
of 300 dollars, is now making here, whieb, is ,to
he presented.by several Hanoverian ,(iftcers to
• the English General Halkett, under who-c com-
mOul they served in
,the laSt CaMpaigTh. The
silver scabbard is. ornamented mith various de-
vices in relief, emblematical of courage- cod intre-
pidity. ' . .
Bitussats, Mattel 27. —l'esterday morning the
Correctional Tribunal decided in the eetiwi for
calumny brought against the Editor and 'the I'rin-
ter of the, itglish.Joarnal, called the Cosmopolite.
By this sentence the Prnter. is declared tint re-
Spo,llSible the Editor is condemned to one month's
MPHSO.II Men tkto. a fine of •1000 florins, and 10G9
'florins damages.

surd), :11.zSIZ

• SINGULAR el-lA.RGE OF HIGHWAY. ROBIIERT.
John.Peaon. Fountayne was charged .‘vtli !W-
-ing, (fit the Si h 'of Novrrikbcr, Iclotiohsly assaulted
Ann Maria Fall, •at Vauxhall, shit with having
taken from her Einar 3i. toke:,s, the prOperty of
William Fait-, her hoshatA
Ann Maria Fall, Mrs. Cooper, her mother, and
Mr. Iti:•e Ives, tre-the Only tritnesse called for
the proseeto ion.
Mr. Aoot.Pitus examined in chief at some
Mr. PLATT cross-examined at very great length.

The prisoner was intrioluced to •Mrs. Cooper's
fatuity, at Croydon, several yews ago. They
treated • him with great kindness and Con ti -
deuce; with the expectation that he was soon to
be Mrs. Cooper's son-in-law. He had, as an ex-
ieneed Sea Captain, got- Mrs. Cooper's sop
fated out for. an Last India 6iyttge. Mts. Cooper
paid the account io.s day or two atter the.eharges
of the several tradesmen had.heett brought to her
by the:prisoner, Ile • had never paid any, other
!honey tor therm, tiod-,ovver conferred any obiiga-
t ion rip;an them. -Ile had icpresented- biluseit• as
.on of the Dean of Yotk, nod licit- to the estate
of 13eddingtoo. Ile cart led Mrs. Cooper and her
daughters from the Crown at Croydon to Epsom
races,. in a. coach.audloor ; but Mrs. Cooper
was afterwards obliged to pay the costs. lit: was
mat-tied at the .saute time that he was paying his
vldresses to Mrs. Comet's daughter. Mrs.
Cooper's husband, a Military Man,. was long in
pot suit of tt:c pri:ooer, to be revenged for the in-
yult daughter, but 'he conid not find him.
Iler linSband did not live with Mrs. Cooper. She
did ktiotv a Mr. Doraud ; he did .not live with her,
she lived with him.

Mts. Fail•stated, that the prisoner met het be-
tween I I and..l2.O'clock in the morning, on the
81) of Noeeniber;. alleged a claim of debt, and
demanded payment..Sherdenied alt knowledge of
at,y debt, and said she had no money to give him.
Be followed her from near Westminster-bridge to
Vauxhall, tiihere he terrified her to give Lim lour
3s-. tokens. They had met -crowds of persons, but
;he called for
.no aid. A letter, written by the
prisoner, and asserting the grossest abuse of Mrs.
Cooper and her mother, was read. .
• The prisorler spoke at great length in his own
defence. lie h'ad been' introduced to Mrs. Cooper's
family 'by 'a Lady of the. town. He lent 'her
2-01; which -she lieier tep.vid. HL was
.ansiious
to learn where she lived, in order to apply 'for
payment,- when -he- areidentallY fell in 'with Mts.
- He folh,werl her till site 14.:ae him 3 halt-
Clowns as an admission of the debt,
,for he had
got her gnarantee of the.debt-otiginallY,.bec;twe
the, mother did not live with her husband, Ile
had given his address; at the NeAi •Yin•k Coffee-
house, and nt the uo atitlllpt to avoid any inquiry
or scrutiny. -A Letter from ilmnilton, the pro
..eititrix's attorney, Co the.piisoner; was read.—
it threatened the mosidrei§iv.i*tifetiinfes, if be re-
peated the gross'find iinnignly.inferfolniOn he loni
given to Airs; Fall. The ...rate was uhe rOth of
NoVenther: -

.lupwa summed op decidedly againit the
prosectitioo.- • • Verdiet—Not Guilty:
Mrs-. .Cooper— and Mrs.' Fall ore rather :fine
looking Cap; Fllllntayne i 5 a short
btistliog. gcrillrman, but nut 'particularly pre-
poskeing, . . .

VIOLENT ASSAULT IN LAWETI-I.CI-11:Rcl-I-YA'RD.
hod
no-nos Avere tried; • nnd.e.r.
having •viole.ntly.assanited
wounfled.,John..Sharn, in the .Chnr.cll-,ptrd of
Lanibtit.,. on
.09 night of:the•Oth. cif
..November
last,. ,

. . . . . .
John Seater, sextQn of.the parish of Lambeth,
110 emplojed the two Rtisnners to assist hint in
watching the dim-eh-yard for a fortnight prior to
the 30,h of November. Marshall had been io
employed the int vii)uS winter. There were 4 or
5 batrials on Sunday, the 30. h of November, about
;filet o'clock. Witness and his sons had.rei)eatd-
ly gone ronud the elaiirch-yard to see that all was
s-afe. In the evening, after having looked the
church, he went into the btirial-ground to set •men-
traps, unknown to Marshall, but Marshall followed
him and saw him set them. Ile det»anded the itey
of Mat shall ; bur he refused it,' saptg he wished
to look in the ground afterwards. Between II
and 12 o'clock, when witness and his sons came
hit° the ground; they saw two men, and heart)
them convet sing about the graves, going7first, to
the ground where the poor were bOried, next to
the ground for butrial of children, and then to the
hone-house, and took two shovels, withw.hich
they went to the poor grave. Ile knew them to
be the prisoners at the bar. Marshall pulled off
his coat, and sett a digging into the poor grave ti'd
he came to the Colour. puffin was with.h:n( at
the loot of the grave. Witriess beard the eluting
of the mould from the top of ; be came
forward to the head of the grave, about 12 paces
front it, and said; You scoundrds, don't you
want some assistance there." Duffin using vet y
had langnage, said, " We tire took to." M.ir-
shall struck at him with the shovel, but missed.
Witness said, " Will, dcn't you , know me 1.—
Ile replied with a bitter oath, " I know nobody:.
Witness parried- a second blow %till) a foWling
piece lie.had.in his hand, and struck Marshall, so
as to set hint a-reding. Marshall then shifted
the shoed "
.Otto his left band, ant! swore he wo»Id
do for hirp now. Witness called tor asSistance,,
being nbProteeled; his son Joseph came forward.
acid asked, " WilVynti shoot your mtlster ?"
.replier), ", Yes, and you too." His soli fired with
a pistol over his bead, and he surrendered hirnSelf,
I
i'm
rj)lllarsliallecUti'd wi:h much
struggling and dillicnlty. Witness did -not see
Sharp or, Dnffin_; lie Was Occupied only Witll his
own preservation. o're 1 was. produced and
identified. Ott his cross;exaalinati!m, he said (bat
:he second time he sp(,%e to time prisoner lie said,
" Surren.der,
.or show. you." Ile betel a fo t‘
ing-plece in .his hand. Niarshall had made the
first blow 4t,h(itit l?efore i r s,aial so., .
John Sharp fives in, a
,thint'se in i-ligh-street,
which look.i over (lie church-yard. Ile went in-
to the dinrch• yard about. 11 o'clock with Mr.
Setiger t) 1115 'two snits, They secreted them-
selves behind the. Combs ; they teard a noise at

•
tne louse. Ife soon saw two men,
•
heard one of them Say', 'r(i'tAt
is, it is a child's grave). lie saw them soon ,&e,l‘
digging into a grave. Mr. Seager strugglol wit°
one of them, gad at that instant receives! a 1)1°
on the forehead, over the right eye, Whidi ctit
It bled very. tnitch, but it was not dangeroos'
..was attended by medical assistance for 3
fmtnight or three
,wecks. Ile was taken
inediat'ely to a suegeon : lie 'Lid some 101;
but not Very violent : he then saw a person %vitt
his. arm; uplifted attempting to strike- a secor°
time. Witness knocked him down with tl'f
poker : it was the prisoner DUffin : he that 1.1.`)t
on !ilia, and endeavoured to wrench from hint 3
sabre %vhieli be had in his hand. Youag Sean
chine and struck •Dtflin's hand with 1,15 pisg,
aod got the sabre froni.liiin. It Was produced ill,
Court 'and identified. Ott his eross-examinatiott,
he said the sabre did Ctit'intb the bone. The
thing that passed at the grave was Scagercoloiv4
up and .saying„ " Desist and surrender." On di'
rest examination, he said they were at some
tanee frotn Seager, and Mardl'all, and could "°-
see theta. It Was about 15-or 20 laid,.
Joseph Seatteri the sexton's:Fon, hearing 1"9.„
father call for help, ran to him,
.and seeing 31:tr"
shall with his hand uplifted to strike him v.-ill'
shovel, said, For God's 'sake, don't stril4;
Will, it is your tnas!er."'-' lie replied, don't
care who-it is, 111 cot his b—dy head off.'' 14;4
corroborated the former evidence in• other
11

James Scager, -anozber son, went to Nlarsb'
to demand the key. He slid he shoidd give tGcitt
to none brit his•master. lie said the
Men woold not be there_that Souday eyeniug, ttrr
on the Tuesday or IVeduesday, when he, siM".
let hint know of it:
Mr. Cuttwooo, for the prisoners, content
that their conduct did not.come under the stai"tc'
The wounding was not suck as the statute
vided for, unless it would have htien tnorder, t •
death had ensiled. Death arising front resistance
to an illegal apprehension was not tutted,r. 111;: •
appeehension in this case was not legal ; for
was legal only to apprehend for .felony or a brci,c`).,
of the peace. • Their :conduct was a tres•p'Ass,L",,
not a felony or a breach-of the pence, for ":"
attempt to enact it a felony, had failed ;
fore, the prisoners no re not guilty aceordiog
statute. Pre 'imlice or feeling Must nOt- he it
ed to oPentte in the administration of strict-
ct
minal law.
Mr. Ile,vitt 11/c,.e
been the intention of Mr. Sedgvr and his p"'"`j;
it was not made known to the prisoner; '6o‘)l'7'6
they made the assault. This was particolarlYtlie
case as to Dutlin's :conduct, which w•A's
ground cf the indictment.
I,e
111 r. Baron WooD sail, he would rcserve
points of inw for the „rtidges, the Jii;.y
clue nvisontrs
• Dalin, the prisoner, said, they had beery
ascertaining whether tire, grave had been or°c,
and exhibited a deep scar on the side of hi, l'ee"'
which/he said had been m.,itle with )
Marshall, the other, prisoner, said, all'ild'ecJit;o
thot tat him ;tt 01)Ce. Two t.hots
his breast. It was not the first act of c,,nu :I) I
pion iii which Mr. Seagrr had berm ew;?,1:0
he bad been watching. He had done tiO's,for:?l".
thing but to.get himself a fine nattier;
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the parish by c;uarging for 10 feet when the
ivds only 3 feet. eff;"
Mr. Baron ‘Voon, in summing tip, ,bc,erN
a 3:
that the Act under which this -indiettavnt %
brought was highly It provided for-0'704
where the intent was murder, and where glic'e
.se
Maiming or'wounding was inflicted. beery ,
of ussault.and
.battet y was not to he compr.'bicov
ed under the Act. The first qoestion fur
was, whether the cutting in this ease w35•t.‘.:1„,,.
intent to nitirder;:rund•did. vie-you:IS personal h':01,,,..•
The second
.question was, whet her the c"-"tre,
Was not with intent to ,prevent their beitig chilli
bendrd..
After the Jury hail deliberated some tittle/
of them sai-d thcy could-not agree. I Our/
Mr. Baton Wool) said, that althouga
shoal be acquitted now,. there was an
fluent for an assault and battery, and they sb°
not go unpuni,hvd. 01).1‘
-A Juror said,. that one of them .was of—
Uioo they were not •gitiliy.
Mr. Biron WooD.—You must 'agree. -
Verdict—Guilty, in &fending themselves. re.
was taken Guity, and The points of law were
set veil for the opinion' of the Judgcs•
T for
prisoners were then arrigne4l for for
• trespassand assault.the 'l hey ple,oled Ito
guilty ; rand agreed, by advice of Counsel/
liaye their trial pia off till next term.

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