The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-28 00:00:00

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MARI,I3OIIOI.IG7I=STREET..,-A ehargt of 'an}assault
was-preferred by „I‘liss Lou4sa,'Manuingham, a Cy-
prianof -the first order, belonging,to the Mary-le-
bonne Corps, against a Mr. a Gentleman of
fortune. .'he circumstances were of a curious na
It -
ture.appeared that I'dr. P. the Defendant, was a
very old acquaintanbe of Miss Manningham, and he
called at ten o'clock on Monday night io pay her a
visit:' He was ushered irk) the Lady's drawing-
in Mary7le-4)(mi* New Road, to await the or--
. rival 6f .his beloved; when, to his Mortification, at:
12n'clock, the arrival .of Miss M. was announced
bi 7
.4. thundering knock at the .door. = She alighted
train a Gentleinan's charith, aecbrupanied by the.
Gendeman himself, a gallant Major ; and Mr. P.
having refused to depart from the drawing-room,
.v.vaithd and received the fair Lady and her new gal:-
-lain: The Gentlemen- exchanged angry compli-
ments, and the Lady-was 'Upbraided for. her infide-
lity, which she denied, and represented her original
paramour as an impostor, n&Gentleman. A,
;general row ensued, and the objet of battle was in.
the very midst of it, and 'somehow_the frail fair one
became injured in one b;f her eyes- by the rencontre,
but it appeared- altogether an accident, occasioned
by her violent temper. Mr. P. was taken to the
watch-house, and the Major was left in possession
of his prize.

WORSHIP- STEwiT.--.Yesterday. the three notori-,
ous horse-stealers were brought to the Office, and
underwent another examination, before Mr. MosER.
It appeared that 12, horses have been traced and
recovered, which were stolen by this daring gang in
the Isle of Ely, and various ether parts of the coon- ,
try; yet, notwithstanding front letters:and private
information rec,,ived by Armstrong, Vickery, and
.Bishop, it is supposed that a number more will be
recovered ; six clear charges have bee❑ made out
against them. They were coumlitted for further
examination.

John Greenaway and George Float were charged
With breaking open the King and Queen pudic-
House, in Air-street, Bethnal-green, and stealing n
cask of brandy, and other property, on Saturday
morning, early.

• It appeared that about fire o'clock on Sunday
morning, as one
,of the parish patrole was goingi
rounds, he saw three men in the aot of coming, 0.4
of the cellar of the above pubiic7house ;. on his ap-
proach they walked of; he proeuredassitance„.and
and went in pursuit, and on _theirway in a field found
a barrel of brandy, the property of the landlord of
the King and Queen public-house. The patrole and
his party, who lost sight of the prisoners, and all
trace of them, concealed themselves near the spot,
having no doubt but the robbers would return for
their booty ; and in about an hour after the prisoners
and another man made ther appearance, ehoru the
patrole had no doubt were the robbers ;. he and his
friends rushed upon, and endeavoured to seize, them,
when a bittle ensued, in which a watchman was
violently assaulted, and one of the robbers made lt.is
escape. The prisoners were cosy milted for further.
examination. , -

GUILDHALL—A man of the name of Bitka..hant.
was chatged with stealing a basket, containing two
hares and a pheasant, troin the. Saracen's Head,.
Soo v-till. Pie-had been stopped in the street, in
consequence of the iirettiou having been torn off,
and said it had been delivered to him
,Liy the guard.
of one of the stage coaches that set up at the above
ion, for delivery. Upon inquiry; it appeared a Gen-
tlemad of the name of llovehad come uµ passenger,
and had brought this game up tv town with bim, and
and that it had been stolen by some one in moving„
the numerous parcels of tt f,... same. description fron
the coach to. the (Ace. The guard, not being in
town;the prisoner was remanded till to-morrow, in
order to a further investigation, in the prei.ence of.
the guard, from whom he alledged he had receiv-
ed it.
Mary Morgan, who was yesterday charged with
stealing Bank Notes from a man of the name of
Whitworth, was brought up for re-examination.
The man who found the paper in which the notes
were 'wrapped hp, now proved the finding; and iden-
tified the .paper. There being no further proof
against her, she was committed to Bridewell ter a
month, as a vagrant, in order that the Prosecutor
might in 'the interim endeavour to trace the notes,
and bring the theft home to the Prisoner.

Eliza Feat Pannell was charged with stealing_ a
waistcoat. out of the shop of a Mr. Hunter•. She
went into his shop, under theipreteneo of getting
an order as a pauper, and contrived to secrete the
article, and was deteded making her escape. She
assured the Magistrate, upon her word and honour,
She found it at the door he was, , however, so in-
credulous as to corlimit her to Bridewell.

MANstos-HousK:—A charge was made before the
Lour) MAYOR, against a person of the name of
Atrahams, one of those who appear to be employed
in procuring seamen for the ships, with haying-had
a sailor dracr,ted by force, and detained as a prisoner
in his house yesterday, He denied any ktmtilae4g:e •
of the man or the transaaion, as he was trotn.hoine
'at the time it was alledged to have taken plac.ct.
,The Loan MAYoR, however, said therec6uld be
no doubt b. his being acquainted with it, and Order.-
cd; as he %%cultic: answer for the consequence,' to pro-
duce, before his Lordship, both the seaman and the
man who had so illegally seized hini, as lit was de-
termintLd to protea every man w;i bin his jurisclic-
lion from being illegally seized, or violence offered'
to their persons.

An inquisition was taken yesturday on the body:of _
a poor woman of,the name -attalt, an Italian, who,
was burnt.to death at a cottage at Paddington?, on'
Surnhly. TOe deceased lived ?lone in one roum,
wmcit•6l"ught fire, and she was burnt in her bed.—
The dece;ised\(.7aS originally a dancer of some repute
Verdiet—Au-idental Death. s
I'Vlbpday morning a young .man, of the name of
:13artram, fur a wager-of ten guineas, undertook to
go on topt. :tram Srnitlifield to 'Barnet,' and
back agaitrin,t he space of two hour and a half,
which he Performed in eight minutes less than the
given time the %.1/601e distatiCe being 1 y wiles—the
rde,;ti,an had three falls during the journey. ,

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