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London, England, 1803-04-27 00:00:00

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• TUMIkro APPIL
Ileforr JOHN SYLvEsTER, &sr. the Common Sersmitot.
231120LAK Y.
Sarah Frond/in Was intli&ed for burglariously ens
tering the dwelling-house of Benjamin West, Esq. -
President of the ltoyal Academy, and stealing va-
riot's articles of wearing-apparel, his property. It
appeared, that on the 19th of April the servants of
the prosecutor were alarmed, at his house in New..
man-street, Oxford-road, by finding that some per-
son had shut the garret-door without the kno 'sledge
of the family. A footman went to an adjoining
house, and from its garret-window proceeded to the
prosecutor's. On entering the garret, he found the
room had been completely stripped. A looking-
glass .:id a haadkerchiel were lying on the top of
the house, aul the key of the room door was found
on the floor. About five o'clock on the morning
following, the prisoner was observed by a watch-
man to come out of Lumber-court, near the Seven
Dials with a large bag ; and on her giving a suspi-
cious account of herself, he condu,Fted her to the
watch-house ; she was there searched, and a bottle
containing phosphorus, an iron bar, a false 'key,
and a dark lanthorn, were found in her possession.
The hag was found to contain the whole of the
clothes, and other articles, stolen from the prosecu-
tor's house, and on their being produced in Court,
Were identified by Mr. West's servaas. It was
proved by several witnesses, that at s•Ncn o'clock
on the evening on which the robbery was committed,
the windows of the garret were secured.
The prisoner appeared to be an infirm old woman,
upwards of seventy years old, it was thcr:lbre con-
tLnded by lvr Counsel, that she could lint have
committed the offence.

The defence she made for having tocm found
with the property in her possession was, that she r:-
ceived it from her husband, to carry to a public-
house in the Seven Dials, and in her progress there
she had been stopped. She called no evidence to
support her assertions; the Jury therefore found her
GI/thy—Death.

)11'W. STEALING

Fchnund Smith was indieted for stealing a horse
and a mare, the property of John Hall. The pro-
ectitor rent: KensingL.:7, and keeps horses
for gentlemen !!: stables. On the I gth of
March, two horses, one a grey gelding, the pr )perty
oiCharles I)undas, F.sq. the other a grey mare, be-
longing to /VII. Frederick Choppin, were fastened in
tacir stalls, :Ina the stable-door shut. The rxt
morning about six o'clock they were mi siiig. 17:e
prosecutor immediately dispatched the whole of his
servants on the different roads to discover th.'
son who had stolen them ; one of them, James Lo.
vel, took the Oxford road ; and at Wheatley, a few
miles distant from Oxford, he saw the prisoner riding
the mare and leading the geldiag ; he tt.uk him into
custody, and conveyed him to Bow-street.
The prisoner alledged in his defence, that he had
bought the horses at High Wycombe, but produced
no evidence to prove such a transaction, the Jury
therefore brought in their verdict—Gudzy:
gosepls Eliis and Wiliam Amoy were indicted for
feloniously stealing 'a quantity of coffee, the peo-
perty of Anthony Shiek, Esq.
Mr. KNAPP stated, that this prosecution was
brought forward for the purpose of preventing the
frequent injuries which merchants sustaiacd upon
the River, by the depredations of persons employed
in their service.
a The offence being clearly proved by the several
witnesses, the Jury found tbc prisoners—Ca,ky cf
stealing under the value of 40s.
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The Dutch Government is said to have rece!ved
assurance from France, that no more troops shall
enter their territories, unless in the event of a rup-
ture with England ; and that those- who have en-
tered shall not pass the frontiers as long as the ne-
gotiation lasts.
Letters from the Hague, April 22, say, " For
these several days there has been no new arrival of
French troops on our territory. But the expendi-
ture which those already here have cost the Govern-
ment, has so exhausted the pecuniary resources of
the State, that several Departments have been ren-
dered unable to pay the salaries due to their official
servants, for the last three months.
It affords us particular pleasure to understand
that Me S,.ciety .;t: Scotland for Me Propngat-on of
Kno:oledge in the Helandt and Islands of
that part of the United, Kingdom are busied in car-
rying into erett the purposes of their institution;
and that in this they are warmly seconded by the
London Brand) of the. Society.
The Master Carpenters, serving by warrant on
board his Majesty's %Lips in ordinary, at the dif-
fereat ports, and diretled by recent orders to work
4tt the repairing of the ships, in Dock, &c. have
been set upon making good the defeccts thereof,
under the inspthion of two of their brother-officers. -
The work already performed by this valuable and
very respeaable body of men, almost surpasses
credibility.
The remains of Mr. J., Al KI N, formerly Stage Ma-
nager of Drury-lane Theatre, were interred on Mon-
day in the church-yard of St. Ann's, Soho. The Iro.
dy was accompanied, to its last solitary abode, by
most el the performers of D:ury-lane, in testimony
of the high respet-t in which the deceased was de-
servedly held by them. The hearse was followed
by ten mourning coaches, the two first of which con-
tained the principal mourners. In the third coach
were Messrs. bANNISTLR, WEOUCIITON, PACKER,
and MvOli ; in the fourth, C. Moll:ME, SCETT,
DUWTON, and I,N ATHEN ; in the fifth, POPE, BAR-
RV MOUE, Pal. mmt, and DWY ER ; in the sixth, Kin-
DIGNI;XI, COLLINS, and CHERRY. The other
four coaches were also filled with afturs belonging to
the same house. Poor: Moons- appeared very in-
firm. and was assisted in getting out of the coach by
BassisTtit and WILOUGH TON.

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