The Sun. — 1805-05-06 (London, England)

CERTIFIC/ITES. '  flay 7:5. (.;Litiam Wilk.'mon, late cif George-streer, HanovertiqUit IV, M ItiQicA7X, mancy-scrivener. ~ junn CruNbie, no.N, or I.lle ot:Liverpuut, master and mariner. sVilliain Poles, of Newini.nn, (.; lencasterslure, ,trover. , (. eurgeMurton, late ut Lute IVikt-stregt, Lincolnei-irtri— ,. fields, Middlesex, carpenter. . . ... . _ .  joint CiAre, 12tv at Irritlyti-btruct, ‘VcArnitister, Habr' ut I'rubpt.tc.l.-plAci., St. (..;corgc'l,-tik:lda, Surrey,  A Schoolmaster, named .Arnold, ~at Burlington, New-York, lately flogged a. girl, bix ,ye,rn 0$ age, to death, because she did nut pronounce the w, rrl gig-as he required. He fled .tu Pittsburgh, a3© miles distant, but' was there apprehended, atter 40 unsuccessful at tetnpt to commit suicide.  A Letter (Joni' Wegamhei (Ceylon), brginhing of N ,vember, Sldte;i, that Cact. ihkult having, by an extraordinary' match through a chuntt nearly impassible, Cljine With the ariAly. of the Slcorkl Adigar, composed id Cid Trees ai,d Nth_ lay 4, atu,cked and totally defeated it. Capt. 13. 11:1d ,been obliged to leave his artillery behind him ; he relied en the bayonet, and was not tlisavpointFd• Tire Adigar, and about zso of his followerq, %%ere. killed, and, the rest so completely dispersed, that our Troops had retired to their former quarters.  M. PIAZZI, the celebrated Astr.onotrter of Palernyt, has ascertained a change on the fixed stars of one, two, and three seconds, on account of the sitna. .ticn of the earth in its orbit. This efFea of the annual parallax, concerning which disputes have existed for mote than a century, is considered of great interest to men of science.  Saturday an American Sailor was induced by two girls of the town to accompany them to a house in San. yard, Nightingale-lane, where they robbed hiM of 81. : he immediately missed his money, and had them taken to the Police. Office, Whitechapel. The property 1.0 a 5 not found on them; but the sailor ing decided in his charge, the women were commit. ted for further examination. Shortly after this an old woman, an accomplice of their's, went to the Office to inquire their fate, but so intoxicated as-to be nearly unable to walk ; and while staggering about in the Office, the notes of which the sailOr ha.l been robbed drops from her bosom, and she .was committed under the presumption of being accessary to the theft. •  Saturday morning a Milk' Girl, named DaVit, found a Twopenny Receipt, in Berner's Mews, re. sembling, and which she conceived tt be, a Two. .pound Note. 'While rejlicing at her good tot tune, some men inquired 'the occasion, and one of. them Acted a: guinea for her prize. The.note was dirty aat torn, and the girl, thinking that on those at.. counts she might have difficulty io passiog, it, tic. cepted his offer ; when he and his friendS retired to a puhlic.hou,e, and there found out the value of his bargain. He discovered the girl, and summoned her to Marlhorough.street ; but the Magistrate, after severely repritnanding him, discharged' the complaint. _ _  Saturday, at Marlborough-street, 117 m. Ilitchern:, who has undergone several examinations on the chars;& of forging Bills of Excliangt., to the' amount of 40001. on the property of the late Dulse at Lein. stet., -was fully committed for trial.- •  Saturday Titus, an Israelite, accused of endea_ vouring first to rob and then- cat the throat of an old Quaker, named Brown, 'Was re-examined at Union Hall, 'and committed. Saturday an Inquisition was taken at the catha.. rine Wheel, in the Kilburne Road, Paddington, on the body of Mrs. Esther Tanner, who w...s burnt to death on Thursday night; by a spark setting fi:e to her clothes. The deceased, was an infirm old Lady, who had been confined to her room for. several years ; and having been placed in an arm. chair, as usual, on the night stated, the people in the house were alarmed by a cry oft' Fire !" f roan the street. On entering the room thefurniture was ort fire, and the &lei:eased was dead. Verdict Accidental Death,  The Coroner of Chester Ward, Dorham,-having information that one Joseph Hunter, a Waggon: driver, about nineteen years of age, who had been Interred on the 19th instant, in Tanneld Church. yard, had come to his death kty violent means, caused, the body to he taken up .on Tuesday. Wm.. night, and held an inquest over the same.. It ap. peared Clearly in evidence, and on inspeEiion• of the body by a Surgeon, that John Smith, another Waggon.driver, had, feloniously caused the death of the said Joseph. Hunter. The s",iid Jihn Smith was therefore committed by the Coroner to Dur. ham gaol, for trial at the AgiZ4l94  An.inoffensive Jew, named Benjamin, So years 'a age, was some days since ill,treated by a number of disorderly persons near the Tower, who forced a quantity of pork down his throat: measures have been taken for their 'punishments , • • .  Two Revenue Officers are in custody for stealing almonds from a vessel under their charge in the Londbn Docks.  A fortune.teller, named Elizabeth Lovell, is in custody for.taking from the house of W. Webster, Islington, a, variety of articles, which she obtained possessiOn of from the servant girl, under pretence that the examination of them at her home would enable'her to predill the girl's fortune, and pro. raising to return them in about three hours ; she of course did not do so, anti the articles being missed, the girl was discharged. Some days after she met this Sybil in Westminster, and had her secured.  Mr. F,,wler,, of Hawkin's Point, near Biltimore, was lately w3ylaid in the woods by three of his Negroes, wit,, held his head in a pond of water until he w,is cuff 'red ; after which they placed the body .on one of his horses, and conveyed it to the Cl esa. peak, into which they threw it. They shortly after ooittessed the crime, and are in custody far it.