The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-23 00:00:00

POLJC2.

MA ItLIPOTIOVGII7 STR EET.—Yesterday two men,
named 17m. Badcock and Charles. Draper, the for-
mer a hackney-coachman, and the latter a water--
man of a baCktiey-coach stand, were charged tt
burglariOusly entering the dwelling-house of Samuel
Benjamin, and stealing property to the amount of
601. consisting of wearing apparel, Eke. the goods of
Wm. Benjamin.
It appeared from the statement of the Prosecutor,
that his son rents a shop' in .Mary-le-bone-lane, in
Which he carries on, his business of a salesman. On
Ft iday evening last, between ten and eleven, he was
intornied that his shop had been broken open, and
property to a large amount stolen therefrom; he
went thither immediately, andlound the informa-
tion to be true, and that the shop was stripped com-
pletely of every thing of value ; inquiries were made
as to Who could be the perpetrators of the crime,
when the" Prosecutor learnt, that a hackney=coach
had been seen standing a considerable time near to
his ;shop, and .that three or tour persoA had be ~.t
seen to carry several large bindles from the shop to
the coach, and that soon afterwards the coach was
driven away at a furious rate, by two persons on the
coach-box"; this circumstance exciting suspicions,
two or three young men, who had been drinking at
.a, public-house in the neighbourhood, immediately
pursued the coach, and kept close up to it for some
time, frequently calling out to the drivers to stop,
but this induced them to drive still harder ; how-
ever, one of the young men ascertained the number
of the coach, which was 278, and they all returned
to ihe prosecutor's shop, and apprised him of whit
had transpired.
Mr. Benjamin having obtained this clue, Amine-
- diately went in purSuit of them, in company with
two other persons, who gave evidence, 'and having
made many inquiries at different public-houses, in
ordef to ascertain the stand on whiCh the coach in..
question was accustomed to stop,_ they learned that
the stand to which it belonged was situated near
the Bull and. Gate, in Holborn. Thither Mr. Ben,
jamin and hisconipanionsimmediately direded their.
course, and not finding any coach at the Bull and
Gate, they waited a considerable time, as they ex-
peated the return of the coach to that station. Be-
tween two and three in the morning, they descried a
coach driving towards the gate of • the above Inn,
with two men on the coach-box,o.ne of whom descend-
ed, in' order to open the gate, whilst the other drove
into the coachlard.
Examination was direly made of the number of
the coach, and it was found to correspond with that
taken down by one of the witnesses, upon which
the prosecutor seized the man who had descended
from the. coach-box, 'by the collar, whilst another
of the witnesses seized the coachman, and a, third
opened the coach,' and, upon searching under one
of the seats, a body-coat was found, which the
prosecutor immediately recognised to tie his pro-
perty, andlo have been seen by him in his shop the
preceding day. The prosecutor also swore, that he
had been himself repairing the identical coat, for
sale, the evening on which the robbery was com-
mitted. Upon this the prisoners were given in cus-
tody of a watchman, conveyed to the watch-house,
and interrogated with respect to the property stolen,
and as to their accomplices. The prisoners denied
any knowledge whatever of the property, or that the
coach had been that evening at all in Mary-le-bone
parish, or that they had had any bundles the whole .
evening in the coach. •
The above fads were proved by several witnesses,
and the prisoner Badcock being called on for his de-
fence, said, he was standing with his coach in Ox-
ford-road, about ten o'clock on Friday evening, when
be was 'called by three Gentlemen, who,direded him
to drive.to Mary-le-bOne-lane, and wait the corner
of a street until their return. He accordingly drove
to the place.he was direded to, and waited for some
time, when the Gentlemen put five bundles into his"
coach, and.twoot them having got into the carriage,
he was ordered- to drive to the Seven Dials, where he
put down his fare, and drove to his stables at the
Bull and Gate in Holborn, where he was seized by
the prosecutor and others, and carried to the watch-
house, and he knew nothing more about the. matter. '
The other prisoner stated that he had accompanied
his fellow-prisoner on the coach-box, to assist him
in opening the coach-door to the passengers, and de-
nied that he knew any thing further trm. w hat he
had said before. The prisoners were fully commit.ted
for trial.

WcnisiiiP-sTßgET.—Yesterday, John Smith and
John Evans, were accused with working a private
Still in Bethnal Green : they were each of them
convicted in tiie penalty of 301. on non-payment of
which they were committed to the House,or Correc-
tion for six months each. The still and ail the spi-
rits and wash were conveyed to the Excise Office.

EDINBURGH, SEPT. 17.

'CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE.

"rlie Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened at
Inverness, on Tuesday last, by the Right Hon. Lord
ARMADALE.

Alex. Lawson, in the united parishes of Crom-
dale and Inverallen, accused of murder, and James
Mackay, shoemaker, in the parishrof New Speynie,
county of Elgin, accused .of house-breaking, were
fugitated on account of nontappearance.
/Palter Ker Boston, late schoolmaster in Contin,
accused of house-breaking and theft. The Advocate
Depute, on account of circumstances, having restrict-
ed the pains of law to an arbitrary .punishment,, the
prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be, trans-
ported beyond seas for 14 years.
Elspet Begg, of the parish of Speynputli, accused
also of house-breaking and theft, was found guilty
by her own confession. In this case the Court re-
pelled an objection of a misnomer in the vcrdie..4 stated.
by the Pannel's COunsel, viz. that she was named
Elspet in the incliCtment, and Elizabeth in the ver-
diet. The Advocate Depute said, that. Elspet and.
Elizabeth were one 'and the same name, and ad-
duced the only similar instance on record,. which
was as far back as 1728. She was sentenced to tie
transpoited for seven years.

The Prince's, the loth Light Drag Oohs, lro, or-
dered to hold thein,etbe,s in readir6s to enittric. tor.
Spain.