The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-10 00:00:00

WANTON WICKEDNESS.

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On Monday evening sonic apprentice hays at
Ridgeway, near this town, having dressrd up one
of their cont'Panions in a frightful Manner, went
about that neighbourhood, knocking at the doors
ofthc inhabitants for the purpose ot terrifying who-
ever might come out to
..:;them. In the' exercise of
this dangerous frolic', they waylaid one Mary Ann
Claude, uged 17., a parish apprentice to Farmer Lup-
ton, as she was gouts from Underwood home to her
master's, at Colebrook, at a spot where she had
to pass near Plythp.ton Mary Church, when ona
of the party canner up, and cried out to her,
to take care, 'for the Devil was over there.-.
The poor girl, thinking no harm, went on, when
just as she came near the church-yard, the
monster in disguise suddenly; made his appear.
ance, sprung at, and caught her by the shouldrrs.
The dreadful consegoeuce was, that the shock
'overcame her, and afire instantly fell along the
road i4l to violent, fit, while the perpetrators of
the deed ran off,' leaving her to her fate. Hera
the poor girl teas instantly found, in the state de-
scribed, by.)tylftworing man returning from his
work, and being joined by two abet casital
passengers,' 'they took the sufferer and carried
her back to Yridewood, where she remain.
ed from eight o'clock in the evening till four
the next morning, in the most violent convul,'
sions. Site then became a little composed, and
as her reason returned, she gave an account of
what had passed, as above; hi an tioifr or two
she suffered a severe rel4'e ; and has con-tinned!
thOugh ander medical care, exceedingly ill ever
since, the fiti returning at intervals of every
three ,or four hOurs, so that she 'is still in great'
'danger. it, howeve.e, thiS poor creatnre,shoold
be so fortunate as to survive, it is most likely
that she subject to fits for the remainder
of her daYs,'tliprivedof her bodily health find
strength, heinktill She had to trust to, rtn4i.
der Vrovidenie, Whereby to earn her livelihood.
What compensation! can the authors of this ca-
lamity ever make her? To put in bodily fear and.
take away her property,
,Would 'have been high-
way robbery—to put her in sitch horrible fear us to
deprive her of her right reason,,seems a crime more
decidedly atrocious ! It is Mitch to be is ished;
then; that no defect will omit in our excellent
laws, whether this unhappy victim to premeditat-
ed terror lives or dies.; but that it 'will he found
sufficient to teach the guilt of the offenders, so
as to: Mark the outrage with the poniAmeot duo
to its enormity.—(Plyntouth Paper.) -

It has been remarked lately, that the front of
the rock at E)ernouth, known by the name of the
Fort, exhibits a striking profile of his MAsesTY,
when seen from 'a. point of view ghout 150 yards
to the westward.

A eorrespon4at 'desires us to warn Ladies who
travel the Dover toad against the imposition
practised by turnpike-men and post boys. Not
less than twentyshillings were paid, he says, for
turnpikes between: London and Itamsgate,
stead of between seven anti eight, by a Lady who
late=lyweitt this road with the horses of one of
the principal innkeepers.

One of those horrid eitettrnstanees whivb OCCUC
front laying foolish bets happened on Friday last,
at Stirling.. A soldier, be€ongi-ng► t•c 1.111161 h drai,
goon guards, et-waged to drink, within a given,
time, tiverty-five ;losses of tettisky, which he aco
complished, and being put to bed in a state of
complete inebriety was found allot by after dead.

As a Genfterrier) si'tis returning. front Broagh.
'Mil fair, Wuitniortand, on Tuesday night, npois
dna- hoi'se, arid- feailing ancithro,, the animal hp
rude upon reared, in passing the bridge width
leads ,to Kirkby Stephen, and frtlli ig over the
b'at dements drugg6r the other niter it ; itt eon.
sequence: .of which occident the xider and boar
horses were killed.