The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-21 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-sTßEat..,—Pearkes, the officer, has returned
from Chichester, where, we stated, he went in pur-
suit, of the robber who had stolen a brown paper
parcel, with rioter and bills to a considerable amount,
sent by the mail, dire&ed to Messrs. Fry and Co. of
St. Mildred's•couti, Poultry, and which was ex.-
Changed for,a-similar pat-eel, containing!an old ragg-
ed towel. The officer has returned, without being
able to gain any information, either on the'road or
at Chichester, of the robber.

An assistant porter, belonging to the White Horse,
Fetter-lane, was observed to run out of the inn irn-.
m- ediately after the mail arrived; he went to hii
lodgings, and returned in great haste, as if he did not
wish it to be known that he Irad been absent. From
this and other circumstances, fie has been takeninto
custody, and has undergone several examinations.
Not being'able to give a satisfa6tory account for what
he went home, he is committed for further exami-
nation.

WORSHIP•STREET.--Yesterday James Mackey, a
private in the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards; was
charged by Mr. Isaacs, of .Three-colt-court, Shore-
ditch, jeweller and dealer in watches, with assault-
ing him on the:highway, in Shureditch, and attempt-
ing to rob him,of a watch and several other articles
of wearing apparel. It appeared from the statement
of Mr. Isaacs, that he was returning home with his
wife about eleven. o'clock on Saturday night.; they
observed the 'Prisoner following ; this induced them
to walk very fast, which the Prisoner observing,
did so likewise; they then walked slow, and he
did the same ; when they stopped, he attempted to
'snatch his watch and a bundle of clothes ; Mr. Isaacs
resisted, struck him with his stick, and his wife.
fetched a watchman, who secured the Prisoner. The
.Prisoner urged drunkenness in his defence. He was
committed to Nes.vgate for trial.
John Lock Thurston, William Lock, Thurston,
and Daniel Lock Thurston, the Abree brothers in
custody for horse-stealing, were re-examined be-
fore JOSEPH MOSER, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate.
Two charges, in addition to the former, were ad-
duced; the one .was by Mr. Thomas Hollis, .of
Henley-upon-Thames, Oxfordshire, timber-mer-
'chant, who stated, that on the night of the Gth of
November . last, a gelding was stolen out of his
stable, and identitied a gelding produced by Arm-
strong, the officer, which Armstrong received
of Mr. Witt, of St. Andrew's-street, Cambridge,
who purchased it of the three prisoners, on .the 2.4 th
November. The prisoners did not attempt to deny
their having sold the horse to Mr. Witt, and said
they could prove that they bought it in a fair way.
The other charge was. by Mr. William Young, of
Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, firmer. The parties were
bound over to' proaecote, in these cases, at the next
Assizes for the county .of Cambridge; and the pri-
soners were remanded for further examination.

In digging lately under the sewer of Leadenhall-
'street,. a coin was found, which bears the im-
priession of the reign of T. VESPASIAN. On the;
reverse is the image of a female crowned: with
taLlireL* .
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. Lately.4o*,iostitoted. to. ,the. re6lory of_ .Langton
Dbmt; the Rev. J. Dampia, .ReCtor of
Credfort, St kg.tcr,'