The Sun.
London, England, 1816-02-24 00:00:00

Al!;,'oi`HEß.

,`On Mist BwrultEL4 keing no'FV4iger,ittin'otinlcea for the part of'

MRel;~n,r,.

When IluaitEld. with tang, tti 110111 C e'er can bericher,
tneh;iliteit the town with her end artli her pirCher,
, li,raye us greatleso? to grieve
.That tiic Poo. plAyfol S,,lirier,uur hearts who'd ti..•,n thieving',
Should be east us Arlciadth—fultdest hope al! deceis
ilow delightful to find a Reprieve
February .22, 1,114.

TABT.ta.

MELANCHOLY ACCIIIEN'I•.

Yesterday, in a seta: het rfreen al Mr. Baoottas;
and 'Mr."TnomeSerti, in vidticira pistol was used, .
the lattet wait stint in the head, :intl. little •or no -
hopes are:eirkertained of his recovery. The affair
having'tirkedl plies in the city,. Mr. Brookes was
brougliid*fdre the Loab MAYOR la
house; to explain Ott transaction,
,Sereral wit- •
nesses also attended, who were present on this
melancholy occasion. The follty.eing particulars
transpired before hii Lordship
Mr. Brookes was proprietor of. a Mentwerie..--.
He had been acquainted with Sarah Tookey for sit ,
years, during which period they tutu lired togrt .cr
a's man and wife, •but were not niarried. Hay- ~
ITN business in Scotland, he left; the temaie older
protection of his friends, residing at Westmorland-
place, wills at s wilt: provision for lierinaiatett twee
'rood re; tiro. His friends being in the., habit •
of visiting. an acqnsintatree with whom Mr Thomp-
son lodged, the latter; in colisequencei because ac-
quainted with Sarah Tookey and,two days prior
to Mr. Brool;ei's return front Scotland, prev.ol .1
upon hermi quit IVestmoretioul- place, and to re-
side with hint tit his lodgings in the City-r0ad,....:.
Mr. Jitool(e.ri ‘rru ••nitidi grieved ut,the loSs of the
lady, nod -consulted with Torskey, it Irrir•idres4er,
81. c. iii Ball.alley, George•yard,.the.brot her of the,
fugitive, as to the hest • mettnsofireeovering her.
-They both proceatied togetber to Thompson's lode
iiii.,,s,-and•tthriag his absence induced S. Thokey td
-rt,:ffirtritith jultiitrt onsitlxtablerem
e
lucrative. • Three drys had elapsed, when Mr. P.
I,,,A,,cnicavonEed in vaijt in trace the, truism's ; and,
it ‘'ens non. until yesterthry 111;1! they ,net. in the
forenono e. Thovipson culled at the brother's,
iti
.and ;left Word that he trio' I.h:shoos,
of an oi)poittoity.,ortilte4ing with`..Alr. 13 ookes
an koisthes, rehtire to: the possession of Sirait
Tookiy, it.nl dolt. in In! 1t0pe..4 meeting nipit
thei ti) cYtqiitig, lit-shottid lonk ltl, in less
thiin all 1101 r and a half, however; called again.
• and, in-thee interval. Mt. lilooke4 NtitlsSurali :fooket,
bald t.t..co the brothey, an4l been told of Thump.;
Tsnit's imention. Toompstin finding i.... Brooke*.
and-the obieet of his searoVlogether in.
alley, desired to come to an explanation with the .
former. -On the p4rties meeting, a quarrel en-
sued,ill
' and Tbo,on, not being able to cope
Brookes,:inssoinfof Strength, haul prepared.
ilitriself with :a pistol,: which he threw from his
pncket in his defence. .The Streantiog and fears of
the WOnien; however, indneedThompson to replace..
it again In his pocket.. Brookes,. thus .threisteued•,:
he shot, ran op stairs ions armed itimself, with.
tinker, and,' nn coming down.again,-.a:frosii settalo.:
ensued: lirookil hail givrirTitonipson,a viokot.,
blow on the .heat! AVMs the-poker, who, trading;
himself 'agnio-over-matehed, had r•CeoOrttli..tO tit*
pktol. Brookes,' on peretsivittichis danger, got
rid of the poker:J-I.lnd closedwilloThomploo;,
order to wrestfrOtn his hands•the.deadlyriveapon:,
hut Brdokes, states, That in this he Aid. 111'4 stir., •
reed; mitt finding that- Thompsonnsat entlearoor,
ins; to rthcharge die:lorded it aside,'
‘s hen the eonti.not 'entered the head' (if die tut',
fottnnate nun, !'41:1 her insLonly lull, Hod bled
profusely`. • Mr. Anihrose,..of-the•post-office, hear.
lug the shrkfts ot%ttie' women.. entered tile house!
and %rat endeavouring to srparate the partiels witea
the #lis of werst.olf close tti has fitee,hoti
• tieekcroltiet Were bespattered- all over With Wood,
but he hirtunately'eseaped without' injury, The
/roar wretch WRS assisted, into-a chair, and codea„.
%.nored,
,bl 4 in no to Hrtieno
Lite an answer to iontelities,ctons-,- win thought
that' he WO' iit:Sirtitis to: &f' aid himself fro n) the
charge of saieide, for -hi. was,mtderstood to.ieNtzt:
" it was- taken -from,mc,. it ,Was taken twat ipe,',"
nienoing the pistol., lit was innoeqinvalt-,koh,
ve.re.d to St, hotnii6'3 41010411, :but as We- beitti
stated, --with .or no. 1u pits of recovery, as it
appeared iroprissihle to.extraess. the kill,
woitl44l aztentieti Tnoinp.
son to the hospital-. whilst Brookes was conveyed.
In the tnansion-hon,v,. , •

Ihe Lorm ".."0 son. be4ritv.; all tilt eyitlence
bronglicioi%v.lol, Rod learnittg that ilifitV Could lho
prod:teed, the prittutter Utookes tn be tee.
outride(' until Mond:, y next. tlayrdtvi tho
tit ctunsttottel Ati itOtts.ttlitueettee, urui
without the ttrutlie;t appearance of fear or 4lat
ru
fur Lh conscuttetices.

Yesterday it Court of, Direetms rras had at the
witt:tl ttle 'ships Lady slit rittg-
t,;n ,and Alex:ini:er %%ell; takeit up toy ni,e yoy,tgt,
tnitt .thlts , stationed. viz --Lady (.7,1) rillgt on, M 4..
dein* &tuft .13vtipi; 11Ittdvir4 attiii
botn txy.

LA* INTELLIGENCE.

'COURT Or KING'S BENCH, WzamtNartz, rza. CS.

FALSE iNIMISOMIENr.

ANDERSON V. SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, SART,

This action was brought by the plaintiff, a
inert:hem, against the defendant, late lieuteuant-
eoiernor of Heligoland, fur damages for en as-
and false imprisonment. The facts, with
eiirious bbservations upon them, were stated by
it 7ervis, oil the part of the plaintiff ; after
which the following witnesses, sverecalled
those sithpernaed, . but whose evidence
was not requited, 'were-lard Bathurst, Mr. e ed,
I+,o llt. Goulborn •
•
The Earl of Liverpool was examined from the
loseeit, certain Correq).4,llollCe. alat .had
13kcts place between hitu officially, Col. Wamilton,
the-detvogient, -and the plaintiff: His Lordship
• leld no distinct recollection tipon inyct ;
:mil when the Counsel for the plaintiff rettiiired
tile production of the papers, the Attiit;ney..ll;ene-
r On the other side, ,objected, on thd'i;inuntl,
' secrets, of government might he disclosed,
while the letters probably referred only inciden-
holy to the case now, beloie..the Court. Their
prodeetiim was therefore dispensed with.
Mr. D. Anderson, the brother of the plaintiff,
depo7,ed that the plaintiff, Mt'. T. W. Anderson,
\vas a merchant in the island of Heligoland in
1810, where the Witness als&resicted. In the lat-
ter end of October of that year, the Chamber of
CNeitilerce of fieligolend imposed a duty 'of iper-
• cent. upon imports, which the plaintiff refused 'to,
pay upon goods to the amount of 80,000 t. in his
...-arehoilies. The defendant, • Lieut.-Colonel W.
U. Hamilton, 'Watt at that time Lieut.-Governor
of the island; Mid his interposition was procured
by the Chamber, and he. told the plaintiff, that
though the per cent. wes a voluntary contriltu•
tiou fin' the purpose of cleansing the ,tireets,
multitainieg the police, etc. yet it hati-i-coeived
his (Colonel Hamilton's) sanetion, and he teeeld
eumpel the. plaiutiff to pay it. Seeeral (other
English merchants were present at • eltWtime,
nod the plaiutiff consented to give security for
the btiai claimed, on the 4th of Nevember. On
the following day the witness and his brother were
walking to the counting-house of the latter, when
they perceived-that the door was sealvd up, and
Mr. Rymer, a magistrate-of iteligelami, stood
at it little distance holding np the key. The,
plaintiff snatched the key, and opened his door.
by breaking the teal. Soon atterwards a military '
force, consisting of a serjennt mitt tour privates,
arrived, and stationed themselves at the door of
the: plenti.ll'.` In yonsequettre, the plaintiff wrote
4rvietter to Colonel Haet.►tltun, demanding, eotuC-
tiun, itinistuting' the l*t that soldiers werePlaCed
aidlis door tit arrest him, if he offered, to go out
The witness delivered the letter to the Liovernor,
who refused -eoroplienee, and added, 'that he
wonld make it a very serious business to the
plaintiff. The plaitttiff, at about one o'claik, left
his comiting-house, when the soldiers took Wet
into civiloily, mid carried inept to the guard-hotise,
about GOO yards distant. "There he wrote another
letter tit the defendant,. ,hitt he was not released
moil nine tit night. Within a day, or two after-
weeds the plaintiff was !nought to trial before a
cburt, at which the tietentlant,Cgilimel Hamilton,
-who did not usually sit there, pres. led, essisted
by two British Otheers, and seine Magistrates of
the place. The charge brought against. the plain-
tiff was that of assattltiog Mr. Rymer, when the
key 1/4,ds taken ant of his hand. In the c'otuse of
Lis defence Col. Hemittoo frequently ioterrapted
Mi. A oderstin; telling tutu that he womb! Ortlyi irons
to be put Apon. WM, and would serail-.hint into cell-
doinnent.The sentence was; that the plaiotiff should
be banished the Island, but he was all9wed to re.
Main Upon it, on finding security, tettil
genre was uhtaiuvd front Elgland. Under this
stehtetsee' the plaintiff was .cohfined to his house
for abort three , weeks. The witness thine pro-
deeded so' state the fads ,relating to _second
Aerie of assault tool fats': imprisonment. Ou.
the sth of April the plaititi, Was again brought
to trial :Upon it fresh charge of using language
eat-
ciliated 4 exeite diseffeetioe. He was arrested
by the Magistrates. of 'the
.island, assisted by a
-1 military force, wilt) 'conveyed hiat to the guard-
house, and placed,hint-in the room appropriated to
the vitumon soldiers. .111 a short time ii small part
Of the guard-room, of about 7 01"8 feet square,
was hteartied olf,, wattle plaintiffs there impri7,
Notied, anti fed', upon the ;Viotti deliverea.nut
to the soldier's. He was confined there, for six
days, until his health was much injured ; but, on
the production of a medical certificate; he was re-
moved tO his own Louise, where he remained a,.
prisoner moil the tl.lth or 2fitliNlay. 4,,rn the Mean
time the commercial ,alleirs of the plaintiff 'were
notch injured, as the. trade at that time car-
ried on with Heligoland, regoirtnl his active pre-
scoce. The chtstobee of eetniliereg :#ll3 eholished
its.lBlie. On his cross-eiSaptinigieti,. by the Atl.
toraty-General, said" that the reason Why the
defea•.ant had, threateneil to put the plaintiff
irons on the first trial was, because he ehargefl
Rymer, the, magistrate, with stealing the key of
bit countinkhinose.
The, proceedings of the Court at which 'the de-
fendant presided on. the first accusation, were
then put in and read. The, sentence Stated t hat the
offence, according to the lesys the j#4lo,
tiered the plaintiff liable, to Imprisoned in a
!house of torreetion" on the Continent:; 'hut, as
-that was not practicable, he was banithed friira
the. iika tf, 'never to return.
Mr.' `U. Anderson was.proeeeding to deny that
.his brother, the plaintiff, had ever. struck the
Magistrate, and to advert to the testimony he-
lore the Court of. Heligoland, to
.warrant the sen-
tence, when the A rroatter-tiesizeat• tibjcao,
;colta.nitiog thatit was to be patented that the
sentence was Warranted.
Lortl' EL.LENfittßollatt"'"," I am looking with
:anxiety, to find either critise,• or court competent

to try it,"
111ATTORNEY-011111MAY. submitted that the tai.'
putt d crime was obvious.
Lird ELLENBOROUOII--" Imputed crime is tfot
sotticient. The plaintiff is called upon to pay his,
proportion of a voluntary contrihntion, which. the;
defenth4ot says Ite Will tam:cc. The plaintiff's
wunting-house is sealed 1)y the Magistrates, who,

gum& that matt, %Ten mm664)1110 ; and
as the taw allowed him,. took his -own key only
with necessary'violence, and broke the seat.
do not at present see either judicature or crime,
, it may tuns nut that there were both ;
!RIO' shall loUie with some strictness to find
.ts:
Court, when it appears that the. plaintiff was
confined for six.'lays in is space not exceeding
eight feet square."
Some indecorous expressions of approbation.
from the autlitere fellowed his I.sordship's, ()Were
orations, hot the Colin conic no notice:of them.'
The docementi being proved by Mr. D. Aederje,
stet, site elsarge ageinst eedeentenee upset the
.plaintig, on the second trial by the Court
(at which it did not seem that Col. flamile
ton had been present) were pet in anti reed.r-The .
charge was coutelned its a letter sent by the,de-..
fctitleot to the Court ,'whieh stated that the ,pleie id'
was to be tried tor," daring, basely anti
oyally
'to make use of malicious expressions, tending, to
excite disaffection, and to endanger the security
of theisiatui," Ste. It went on to notice, that Mr.
Anderson bud 'forfeited his eccuritirs by repeated
breaches.of the peace, and to order OW he
should be taken into close custody: The sen-
truce was flitted 27tle 4ptiti 1014,.Whiclt iMpo'sed
proalty,pf. tsol., elated the- iteCCS3I I y of imme-
diate beuishmcnt , and directed the reOugeizanCess
the plainteiteud his friends had given, to be for-
felted.
James Phillip; suet : Mr. Jobty M'Kemon
corroborated most of the-
"particulars stated y
first witness; the only expressions proved sgetest
',Mr...Anderson , on the second 'trial. to Heligteleed
were, that he called the magistrate Rytner a,'
fisherman, etuf had sa ;41 that he would pick is hole' '
in the govertroe's
The Arrortnee-Greenae ashiressed the jury 9n
behelf of the elefendent; requesting this-ti to Jay
aside all the inflatrumatory circumstances introdeced
into the 'and not to be enisled,by the same.
feeling that had induced Some of those whit, be-
fore they proceeded to Pelacesyard, lied favoured.
the court Witls their.presence, to exhibit:such tie,
becoming symptoms. He adverted, to the irre-
goittr.state of society in Heligoland, ,and to. the
arduous deities of tote defendant, now a lieutenant-
colonel of invalids upon half-pay, in edministere
ipg justice, sometimes necessary, in a-- eumuntry,,
way.
,• Lord ELLENBOROUGIt, in summoning up, oh-
set veil that, in-the proceedings against the plein-
tit in Heligoland, oehltet the forms ef-Aaw
of justice hell. heen.ohserved. At the Sallie time,
though the plaintiff had much to complain of, the
jury would tneke every allowanee fir the situation"
of the deleutiant, who had important and ditteult
ditties cast upon him. The potluck' of the plain-
tiff bad in no respect given a colour for the seve-
rity with which he bad been treated; and, the
facts exhibited a tissue of popftibion that, brittle',
the persoual inconvenience, must have deetsioned 'r
to the plaintiff' Iseetey pectudery Fosses itr his trade.
'The detettdauf, boWever, did not seem to be in a
sit nation to pay heavy damagei, which would
probably consign him to perpetual imprisonment ;
hot itistiee ought,to be tleue to the litlaintiff, end
a Warning ought to be given to pettiriiii Who filial
sitteitiines similar to that which the defendant had
the justice and to the stsercY oVits4H
jury h is.lordship left the casts.
The jail co mired a few minutes, end then
gave reidict for the plaintiff

ROYAL APIUWIY.

tEeitiLES ON SCllLlrrttitg.

Oiimondly evening, Mr. FLgx)tte delivered a
LeCture; nut inilv necessary for the Sculptor arid
Painter, but highly interesting to every peesnn of-
learning, or taste., iO the fine'llris. This' being'
tire comincr,reenietit Of his course, he chiefly con-
fined hints& to theriie proe.res, •of the in t
in 64 Colliltry, w:,1612 h'e meet& In a, very able
manner, and illitstrUteitivith numerous beautiful.
casts and tfrawingi following is it very brief
sliet eh :--
Scitiptiire iii ifery deservedly numilerrolsraottg
tine lil'trlatt *6'ol, it Writ only the mind ior
the purpose of yain only, loot the perform:4,l4:e of
ii.proditees cimsideruble pleasure and fieliitlit to
the artist ; (hough *painting May he tanked 'as 'the
tirst of
.the i.ctilpture rote ediafely
iniCuwa ; the titanic principles rev nitite both, one
expresses, the beauties
,of nature by colour. 'the
other. by form. 'Schiptare was always ,held is
considerable istimatien by the antierits, in almost
every couutrV, even among the .tetra, (through
that nation was intrticulaily restricted in this re-
spect, as no images were permitted, beealksa they'
were idalatry,) We and, that
command,
,chertabilits were 'Carved tt illvextentlett.
wings, upon the holy-ark-4i prticif of, The )vene-
ration of ,the ancients for sculpture, anti painting'
is t le att achinent of the greateit philosophers in
them. Platu studied pailltint, Speratvii hipprelf
ova=. a sculptor, anti Aristotle ‘rqs:lirl
_iiiljuirer of.
hOtli.; even ilic Woks! of clotriteteis'iCiitf-ages
bavit.utected to patronize, .isciti lit some tflstilttC
to Practise the tine arts.
Among the arteittnt Britons there is no proof of
sculpture 4tioti!:ist-till ft‘ttidetl, except few'coins .
brought from Carthage, with which Countty they
traded. firateisays of Dritisliatnlptotit were
directly after the Winning had Istetslon 'of the
country ; they tverceittremdy infritir to those' on
the Continent, which may be•llegUlnitcd tar bt
the .ItAintai soldiers being the only itistroet Ors of
the British, who cert:tinly were .less'iikilled tit*
the. professors in Italy. Mr. Ifitixrit or bete kxhi-hitv4 two heath, casts from antique *busts,' dug
np:.o.ilath, one of OM's, the oilier of Minerva;
but, theTappear to be indifferent copies Of *sittstrior.
originals ; the head of Ditioa hears a string
tuntibittnee to the head of that goddess On Eplie-
,
sian Unit it is not iniprotiahle that kis a
[nut of a figure frptil the *Ulf-Mt' of niiil4,
fit the temple of Epl.csiti; but the fa-Nitrite snip.
ject for sculpture onong the atieient Britons teat
.1/act:has, which will not 'appeiti• cyciremoimiry
_when we consider it Was theitinic among the Ito-
Anans, on account of his being the itatttin.of their
drama.. , ,
On the arrival of the Saxons in` this.island,'s
great part of .the superior works brosight over*
the Romans were ilestroYell. 'nut itttv4 place. to
• thy rude imago of Suxpri ituagiuutt44,

sepulchral statue known, in EngL*nd. erecte 1
in the timeof William the Conqueror.
The Crusaders were the Grit vsho introduced
architectural decorations and bas relievos upon co-
lumns, which idea was probably borrowed from
France, as the very ancient cathedrals in that •
Country are decorated in ,this manner; Rochester,
Cathedral in England is a-beantiftdspecimen of the
same. Soon atter the 15th century, the custom of
carving a figure of the deceased-on hit; gravel‘tone
commenced. _ _ _

' ln the reign of• Edward- the Third., efforts. Hp
, peared which coinatand respect even from the pre-•
sent age r. they were principally performed by'
'llithopidelyn, and mtist of the reitutioing speci-
mens `are• :mutant& im Welts Cathedral.
Flazniati here.prothiced various drawings of those
beatitilui snbjetts; which possess a noble simpli-
city, mid beinitiful 'elegance of Cominisition; but
what tentlS to Avid greatly to the reputation of •
this .stilVill'Or man's genius is, that these perform-
liners were executed at it time when the art of
printing' was not entirely developed, therefore -he:
could have bad' bid very little
; what little' was ‘ known of optics mid Ina-,
thetiyiticsi was confined to a few' leartted•Monks;
mid it Whs. not-till a few
.years after, that some!,
sl.rght gliannerings of perspectivewere discovered
by- ftogcr. 13iCott : taking into consideration these.
circumstances it is 110 t SifrpriSiltg that the figares-
are out quite perfect with respect to the rules of
the abo'vre sciences; nevertheless the parts are
beat iit iitd, ad. possess. •grace which more modern •
prbductions' have not attained. The Mosses anti
tigares which were erected by I?,dwrd, at the
town's where the -funeral of - the. virtuous and
'4oruic Eleanor talted,•:(sOnie few of which stilt
mild) are also specimens .of true simplicity and -
grandulir.
Flaxmati then took a survey of all the most
beautifill'catliedrals in Ettglaiiii, aud eaiimerated
their eX'celienehes,..both. with .respeet'to their out-
Ward fdriliand Internalstatuct, has7relievos, deto
rations, &c. blifstiperior to alt other/. is HettrYfitle''
-.ievetitti's Chapel 'at Westminster ; it is said to.
have once contained 7000 figures, 1% high. %*.
erected )your ancestors, for the purpose of int}it es-
sing upoji the mintlS of the people a relig,ions ve-
neration and awe; but a very considerable number
of its statues have fallen to rains, and whet
remains will not long be in our possession, as they
are daily crumbling todust. The chief destruction
of these beautiful performances was aected by an
edict of the Duke of Spinet set, the Prietectored
ward the Sixth ; and the cause of the stability of
the present' ones' was trot owing. to she mercy of
the destroyers, but rather on account of the pro-
digious number-tiring their patience ;..bnt this:de-
struction was nothing,equal to that suceeding it in
the time of the civil wars, when almost every
production of tasteand genius was•demolished.;,
indeed, it was so dreadful Una it ought to be burled
in oblivion. What tends to make this eiriattn.r.
stance more lamentable is, that it happetted-,144.
tiine when the Arts were upon the'point.of rapidir
advancing to perfection ; after that period the
• British have had recourie. to the engagements of
artists Of tither cuttutriers).but than% later years, as
the' reindiee to sutuceltad subsided, the Art has
gradually developed itself, anti it fully appears that
there is mu reason to complain of the want of
genius in the laritisit, tbenon-Misptay of which was
railer owing to the want of encouragement Oita
the natural
.Mr. Vlamnan then concluded his itlrnirAle dis-
eQurc by sonic handsonie,and well.-merited enc -
on the late Mt... Banks.; the • specimen- he
kt,ibited of his works (the subject Of which was •
Achilles in despair, while Thetis and her nymphs
rise front the :sea to comfort a. veg
near rrlation,ll it is not email., to 'the •.moss,S4.•
perior.tvorl4'of antiquity ; itideeti,• contitmed the
.:Piatessor, theie it not a- production, -ancienr;•,qr
,intstiern, with, which .it cannot via, and .cite
Aieinletny of .England has the satisfaction to knots",
that it has produced a sculptor, whose works have
eeli.psed, every modern sod 'Continental cotein-
, porary.' '