The Sun. — 1824-07-24 (London, England)

SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE.—George King was put to the bar on an indictment charging him with a most wanton and shameful outrage on the person of a respectable lady named Mary Thompson. The prosecutrix was walking up Parliament-street, on the Bth of May last, when the defertdant, who, it seemed, had taken quantum skfficit of potent liquor, came up to her and assaulted her in the most indelicate manner.— Assistance at length came to her, and the prisoner received on the spot from the hands of a gentleman a very proper chastisement, and was then lodged in the watch-house, where he remained until the following clay. The Jury found him guilty, and he was allowed to speak to the prosecutrix, who consented to his giving 101. to a Charity. COMMTSBIONF:ns for PAytKa and LioitTram the PARIfli of ST. 51ARGARET'S, IVesUllinster, at the Suit of —IURAriAAt.  This was an appeal, under the Act of Parliament, by the plainitiff, to recover a due compensation for some land belonging to the plaintiff in Alilhank.street, minter, which had been taken by the Commissioners to widen the street under the late improvements.—The plaintiff' in this case was the lineal descendant, in the third line of Lord Cro. well,. and the sum sought to be recovered was till.,—the m Commissioners having offered only 3501, for it. As usual on such occasions, witnesses were called on both sides to prove; on the part of the plaintiff; the'value, and on the other that the sum offered was a sufficient compensation. There was rather a novel feature is this case, namiely, that the plaintiff had neglected to employ Counsel in the case until this morning, and had he even, until the',;lltry had been. sworn, employed.a Sat veyor. Mr. Howell, the surveyor for the Conitissioners,, gave the astrigs_ftet sum of NAL for the whole. On the part of the plaintiff the sum of : 6801. was awarded. • A`Verybmg. :discus. sion took place.on the question, and in the end ther4ury found a verdict, finding the valuation at Three Ilutaliett and Ninetyone Pounds.  ALARMING' AND DIiiTUUCTIVE morning about four o'clock the inhabitants of Chancery lane were awakened from their sleep by the alarm of the watchmen's rattles ; and cries of " Fire, fire!" resounded from hundreds collected at that early hour. Indeed one of the fiercest tires broke out at the bottom of the house, 117, Chancery-lane (The Dairy), and in a fevr minutes the adjoining houses of Mr. Bailey and Mr. Newman were in flames. The premises were built of wood, and the destructive element raged with terrific fury. An Inquisition was on Thursday evening taken before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq., at the King's /lead Tavern, Islington, on the body of Miss Mary Ann Mills, who was tbund drowned in the New River. It appeared that the 'body was found in the course of. Tuesday, in the a part of the river near the City-road, by person who was walking along its bank, and who, happening to see something floating a little below the surface, procured a drag, and succeeded in bringing the body ashore. Bound the lyft arm a piece of string was tied, and to which was suspended a heavy weight of lead. The body was conveyed to Islington Church. and was owned the following day. Mrs. Mans. field, of 2.23, Oxford-street, stated, that the deceased had re. aided with her for four years past in quality of companion, and that during that period she had always conducted herself witk the greatest propriety. She went out on the Friday preceding without saying where she was going to, since when she had not seen her. For about live or six days previously witness observed her to be rather fretful, but still did not entertain the most distant idea of her being capable of committing suicide. The Coroner and Jury expressed anxiety t know whether she lied been seen by qpy person near the place where the body was found, anti also' whether any evidence mid be obtained as to whence the piece of lead had been pro. cured which was found fastened round hernia ; but it appeared that the beadle, although diligent in his 'inquiries, had not been able to collect any further intelligence. The Coroner summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after consulting for a short time, returned'a verdict of " Found Drowned."  DISTRESS IN MuttiNnAn.—A. few days ago we endeavoured to direct the at eati, n of the Government .and the country to the distressed state of the poor in this and the adjoining counties, but more especially in this town and neigh. bourhood ; it is now with pleasure we announce that a requisi tion, signed by the Clergymen and respectable inhabitants of this town, has bacn laid before J. C. livorts, Esq., Chief Magistrate, requesting him to convene a meeting of the inhabitants on as early a day as possible, to take into consideration the miserably distressed state of the classes, and others of this town and vicinity, and to devise some mode for their immediate relief. We feel ourselves altogether unable to give even an outline of the accumulated distress experienced by the poor in this WWII and neighbourhood, nor could we have conceived, had we not been eye-witnesses of it, how human beings could possibly exist under such aggravated and increasing privation.; it is no uncommon thing for whole families to subsist for 48 hours on one scanty meal, consisting chiefly of wild, unnutricloits, and unwholesome vegetables; others pining away under diseases produced by actual want, or the use of such per. nicious food; in shorts to• particularise, would be sufficient to " harrow up the soul.' Muningar Journal.)