The Sun. — 1806-04-10 (London, England)

RICHARD PATCH..'  There are several mysterious stories in circulation respeding the late wretched culprit ; and the tendency of them 'all is to excite a belief, that others were concerned with him in his horrid crime. It is stated that he wrote a letter on ;Vlgnday last, which is said to be addressed to the person.or persons whom hp accused of having been his associates in guilt. This letter he entrusted to his sister, and it was found on her in consequence of the vigilant and commendable .observation of Mr. CnvE, the chief Turnkey of the Prison. The letter is so lorig as .to fill a large sheet of paper. 4.ccording tp other reports, it .was written on Friday last, at a time • when, , of: course, he ,was __not . likely to commit any thing to paper that would in the least degree tend to strengthen the suspicion of his guilt, as he uniformly asserted his innocence, and appa. rently did not think the trial would be decisive against him. The Letter was in the possession of Mr.lvEs, the. Keeper, who did not .intbrm Parca that it had reached his hand-till the Monday evening. When PATCH received this information, he • appeared to be very much agitated. Bpt it .is nat probable that it contained any. confession of guilt if written on_F.riday, for this additional_ reason,, since in that case Mr. IvE s. would have felt it to he his duty to submit it to the proper authorities betore the trial took place. It is also confidently stated, that this Letter was not written till Sunday last, whell PATCH must have relinquished all hope of pardon, and might think of appeasing the agonies of,,conscicnce.by an explicit acknowledgat Qf the 17,...mu5t again commend Mr.•lvEs for his discretion in this mysterious business, .assailed as he was by the urgent curiosity not.onty of multaudes, but by persons of the first distinction. All the acknowledgment which PATCH made to Mr.'lvEs, and which the latter has thought proper to disclose is, that the stockings, which afforded so strong a presumption against him belonged to him, and that the report of the pistol and the slamming of the door did not occur at the- same moment; two very important acknowledgments, if'it were possible, under all the circumstances of the case, to entertain the least doubt of his 'delin.quency. Several other letters-were written by PATCH besides that discovered in the possession Of -his:sister, but they have either not been dete6ted, or they contain nothing important to the main point. The . letter-which- has naturally excited so .mach attention is still in the possession of Mr. IvES, and a Privy Council, as we yesterday stated, will decide upon its contents. '  Bad as.that mind must be which could be guilty of deliberate murder, combined with' the basest ingratitude, there arc still extremes that limit the villainy of man, and as Patch manifested symptoms of penitence in his last moments, it is hardly to be supposed that be would be so wicked as to leave 'the world without retra&ing a false charge, if he had made one, by which innocence would be exposed to the infamy and punishment due to guilt. ,  The subje& altogether has excited so much agi:tation, as well as curiosity in, the public mind, that there can be no doubt but the contents of the letter in question will be submitted to th-e-world at large, as well to justify or confirm the suspicions which have been raised by that and the "various reports in, circulation, as for the more important concerns of truth and justice.  Early yesterday morning three Gentlemen arrived .in town from Hamhargh, by way of Harwich, One of whom is supposed ..to be a Prussian Aiesseng6r, Soon after their arrival; one of the Gentlemen, it is said; waited on Air. FOX, ;it 1401-fice in Downingstreet.. •  , r • Died on 'Sundny last; -after a long illness, at krr house on 'ClaplOnt connot, in the tiptir year; of her Itge., Mr.. DAVENPORT,' .widow „and JOHN DAV Nrora-, V.,sq.,lateodf the same place.  ~ r,~..~_~". ~~~-=1  '~~- ..   Y'~ - _ ~r