The Sun. — 1808-08-17 (London, England)

PARTPERSHIPS .DISSOLVED.  Sharp Brearley and John Whitely, of Halifax, Yorkshire, card makers. Samuel Sherwin, Samuel Marsh, and Charles,Muss, of Red Lion.-plate, Giltspur-street, London, china--gilders. • john Towill Mutt, William Jameson, and Momecai An. clrews, of Upper Thames-street, druggists. George brine and fames Brine, of Duke's-row, Somers'. Town, Middlesex; stone-masons. John 'Cowin Rust and William Jameson, of Upper Thames street, druggists. James Powell and Charles Elley, of Bristol, law-stationers. William Sprigg, and James Sprt6g,'ot- .Kidderminster, ,Wor. • cester, mercers.. _ • Joseph Dorm, Alexander Thompson, and Peter Begbie, of New liroad-stteet; mesh sits. John Bickerton,. and lit:urge Q.uarterrnan, Bankside, Surrey, iwntermen. john Davy and Matthew Davy, of Bread-street, London, warehousemen,' Sarah Baro,i, john Dinsley, and' John Cross, of -Leeds, Yoiksture, ..  HOME  LEWES, AuGj.  • On Saturday last the Judges arrived from :Tun. bridge Wells, ard. opened their cbibmisSiOn. Yes, ferday they went the usual form to chureh, and:; at nine o'clock this morning they proceeded to -the business of the county. :Lord ELLENBOROUGIat 01Y :the Criminal Side, and the LORD ChliF 'BARON oh the Civil Side. Nothing- occurred on the'Civil Side to-day in any manner interesting. On. the Criminal Side there were but seven Prisoners, farce of whom were for capital offences. , • Win. Hill was Mdicted •for stealing a black. gelding, the property of John Mills,• from the parish of Hartfield, iu this county. •John Mills, farmer at Hartfield, deposed, that his, horse was missing from the field on the night of the 30th of June. From. information which he received, he was ,induccd to go to London. He went to Smithfield, and there he saw. the horse in, the possession of one Crane, Who was offering it for sale.-1 He stopped the borse;and had Crane. apprehended. John Crane was next called to give an account of his possesSion of the horse. lie said, that being at Palmer's Repossitdry, in the Borough, the Prisoner Hill brought the horse into the yard, • and wanted Palmer to sell it, but it not, being sale-day, Palmer could not then do it: A roan-in the yard referred the Prisoner tb him, as -wanting, to buy a horse. The Prisoner accordingly °tiered it to him. ' He said he was to sell it for his father, whose- name was .13.0xley, and that 'he lived at Godstone. After some chaffering, the witness bought the horse of the 'pri. soner for 131. and gave him his promissory note, payable at a month. John Palmer, the keeper of a Repository in the *Borough, confirmed the last witness. That the prisoner broUght the- horse to his yard, and said he carne from his 'father, whose name was Bowley' or Boxley, and that he lived at Godstone. He said his father knew 'Palmer very well, 'and had directed him there with it. The witness did .not recollect any such name, but thought it was possible such a person did know him. He. could not however sell the horse that day, because was - not sale-day. His man, therefore, introduced-birn to Crane, who Wanted to buy a horse, and. he understood' they.  • agreed., • . Peter Mu,rphy, the servant at the Repository, stated that he introduced the Prisoner to Crane, to sell (he horse.. He was afterwards present when the Prisoner' was taken up; and as he was going to prison, he said he.had received the horse from one Everest, Who was son-in-law to the Prosecutor, who had told. him to say.. he sold it .for one Boxley, at • Godstone. That be had made every inquiry after Everest, but could not apprehend 'him, he having absconded. Mills, the Prosecutor was again called ; he said that Everest, his son-in-law, had absconded, but that it was on -account of having had .four bastard children sworn to him, 'and that be did not believe he had stolen the horse. - • The Prisoner and Everest were not .very intirriate,. though they were acquainted., The •Prisoner was a hoop-maker, and had lived ,in their neighbourhood .about nine months. John Pullen, a hoop-dealer in London, stated that he h,ad employed the Prisoner a great deal;. and .always found him a very honest wan. He was so h much, impressed with the opinion of his innocence, that he had-trims4f- used , every endeavour to' find Everest, and had published handbills; offering a 'rt.-ward of 2a. guineas' for his apprehension, but without success. ). • The Jury after considerable deliberation found the Prisoner—Guilty. The LORD CrIIEF JUSTICE passed- 'sentence pn three capital- convicts, and finished all the criminal business by•f4e o'clock. • •  A young man, genteelly attired, was found drowned yesterday, in the Reservoir in the Park, supposed to have been-several- days in the water. The body. was ow ned, and proved to bet he servant of an Officer, but it is n9t. rumoured what vas the cause of.tlie supposed suicide ; some silver was found in his packets, and a letter'addressed to his brother, stating, that he was tired of his life. ,  .  -M-ULLiNcAIt