The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-22 00:00:00

PICKPOCKETS.

- Bow-STREET.---Yesterday William. Smith, -alias
.Tack Holmes, for picking pocketi iii Vauxhall Gar.!
dens, on the 'night of the Prince of Wales's Birth-day,
as
.mentioned. in :our Paper of Thursday the 14th
inst. was again brought beforelVir.' READ, the Sitting
Magistrate, when Capt. Savigny, of the Royal Bengal
Artillery, who lost the gold' watch, chain,•• and seal,
Mr. Davidson, and the other Witnesses; entered
into the usual recognizances for appearing and pro-
secuting the Prisoner,at the next general Assizes for
the County of Surrey.
He was then fully
.committed ; and had. not-long
left 'the Office, when Mr. Sheldon, of Cheapside,,
the owner of the snuff-box, appeared. Having iden-
tified, his property; he stated, that being 'int Vaux-
hall.Qardens, on the • night in question, about the
'time that the fire-*orks commenced, he missed his
snuff-box out of his Boat-pocket; he had used if
about ten minutes before, and supposed it muse•have
been stolen while he was in the crowd eXpeaing the
fire-works to begin.' • ' •
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The Prisoner was then fully committed updn both
charges, and the parties bound over to-prosecute,
The Prisoner was a, well-dressed young than,
about thirty years of age., with dark complexion and
black hair.' He appeared to be well known by'the
Officers as .an old offender; and., •we understand,
lass lately returned from transportation. .
T The second,zold watch, chain, and seals, found
upon him, remain In the Office, still unclaimed. •

•
THAMEs-OFFlcE.Ycsterday Eleanor Skee un-
derwent an'examination; being Charged-on suspiCion
of !laving forged the Will of Williarn:gooper,' who
died in 1799, by Which she has.possessecf herself:Of
3001. :in the kunds, and a freehold- ,house; The
brother of the deceaSed, who came from theOrkneys
fe%i-T days since, 'having only heard of the death of
his brother a few months ago, asserted his right--;
Several necessary., Witnesses not 'being present,- the
Prisoner was,Committed for a further bearing:

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SINGULAR' SUICIDE.--On Wectne.sclu night, at g
o'clock, a young wOrnari, about 18 years of age, called
a coach from the stand oppositeCharle-street,covent
Garden; and ordered the coachthan to drive to Gras-
venor-gate, -Park-lane ; which he did. On alighting
from the carriage she gave the coachman 3s.,and pro-
ceeded thwvgh; the gate for the Park, --but instantly
returned to the coachman and gave him 6d. roore: She
then asked him If that was the way to the Barracks,
Hyde Park ? Ihe cpachman offered to set' her down
at Hyde Park. Corner, it being the nearest way. to
Brompton, whiCh she refuSed, and left him
.in an
incoheren t manner. The -coach Map lin med ia tely
iutbrmed the.woman at the gate (tty whom She gave
the. same answer),_ who informed :§.eyeral people 'of
their suspicions; when a Mr. Clarke, Mr.•Bodham,
and a servant belonging to .Lord Howard, and two
.LO:V-street. Patroles went in pursuit of her. The
young woman, on finding hersetf so closely pursued;
took off her shoes, and ran. aern's • the Park',:, the
night being dark, she escapedtheir vigilance.by giii-
inga sudden thru, but was discovered by ber'shrieks
to jump. into the Serpentine itiver,hy _tl. taidge,,lf
place ntar.B feet 'deep. 'The alarth was itrmediately.
given to'Bolland the rark-keeper, -who-- got out his
,
boat,. an(i,, after_trying some time,,succe.eded in bring-
ing the body on shore, after it had been z 5 Minutes
in. the water. The Until means for restoring sus-
- penclect animation were re'sorted AO without eftea.—
festerdaymorning the body..-was removed to Mr.
Storer"s, undertaker, Mount-street. It was soon
after..ctiscovcre4 that the,deceased and another girl
lived ..tellow,servituts. in a respeaable family in Ben-
~
tinck-street, Maestersquare ; thata few- week-S'
ago the aecease4'4 fellow-seryant was decoyed by a
Q.:lilac:man to golfito keeping, 'and she prevailed on
the i.leceased to livd with her as slier maid.: The de
ceased last week 'informed -her she would quit her
place, not approving of ;. 'and on Tuesday. she re,
earned to her mother, whpm she' subsequently left,
.
and committed the shocking 'aft of self-murder.

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