The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-23 00:00:00

POLICE.

-MARLBOROTIGFT-STR-HET.—A man was yesterday
charged at this Office with a burglary in the house
of Mr. Neptune, the Nag's Head, Oxford-street,
when the following singular evidence was given.,
Mr. Neptune stated, that early ,yesterday morning
he dreamed two thieves had.broke open his house,
and entered the bar, the door of which .they had
propped open with a stick, used by himself„for that.
purpose, and were carrying- off the . liquor. From
,the natural anxiety of the dream, which awoke him,.
hewent•tO listen on the stairs,. but ,as every thing
appeared quiet, he satisfied himself by going down
stairs; when thevision becaMe realized,. for •a, thief:
hadbrokeninto the house. through a back window,
and-was carryingof the spirits
,from the har,. the
dooi of which:. was kept open- by..the stick Which
we have before alluded to. The robber.. had
veyed a quantity of spirits. from the house to an,
adjoining yard; and he returned for more, when lie
was secured by Mr. Neptune. .The person of the
prisoner:was iden(ified by a watchman .:1.71 the pro-,.
secutor ; be was fully committed for trial.

GuiLbtrAta..—A- young lad,.'apprentil to. Mr;
Hansard; the Printer,: was examined on the charge of
stealing taco copies of the-Iliad of Homer; which that.
Gentleman was engaged to print. It appeared that
he took the eopis- to Mr. Kerly, 'a bookbinder, to
bind.; when Mr. K. -observing that .the copies had
not beeil-pui-ilished, made inqUiries, which led to his
detection. The lad, in defence, •statecl,-that
Master had'perinitted him, some time 'since, to take
a proof sheet of a poem, called "P.liestine,".and
that he thought be might be allowed to take /illy
other copieS, as they were for his own reading.,
Mr. liaiKird inforMed the Magistrate; -that he
had no reason' to helieVe that the lad .had purloiiied
theM -with the view to sell then), and therefore be
did hot wish, as his parents were'respetiable, to pre-7
iecute burn.

The Nagistratethep admOnisbed the .lad asp his
.future conduct, observing, that he s was wrong in
supposing he might take any -thing which was his
master's property, and
_convert it,.to his ow ta n .e.
Iu -consepeoce.d .his *Master' i•epresentation he
should discharge hi,m but advised that he should
be attentive and:watchful for the ,fuluy e. copi CS'
could be permitted to be taken,' because they wire
the property of- those who had entrusted his r3-i4iler
with tll6 Work to pvinG--The • theil
charged.

Aluanttt..-7-A.n ~c=cs taken yesterday
at the Kings Arms, Five Fields-row, Chelsea, be-
fore-A: GEL', Esq. CorOner, the body of John.
Corral, a :private in the 818th Rep,iment of Infantry,
who' was shot in the knee on the sth inst. which
was the occAsion of his death. The deceased had
obtained a furlough from his 114-,itrient, which was
'stationed at 'Horsham BarrackS,, St&gex, and on [lie
sth inst. as lie was going:thrpugh Buckingham-gate,.
at eleven o'clock At night, he saw two men..whoin
he recognized to be cle;erters fr6M the 88th Regi-
ment.. - Ike pursued them as:far as Pirnlico Wharf,
when the deserters, whose names are James Kenny
and ,Patrick Kennedy, rushed through a wicket and
ran to. the Wharf. 'The deceased kept in pursuit of
them, and he saw one run into the privy-, and the
other on board.a lighter. A pistol was immediately
fired from the privy, and the ball entered theleft
knee of the deceased, and lodged in 'the thig,h. The
deceased made•an affidavit of these -faa,s,oy the Bth
inst. which affidavit was read before the Coroner.„
The Only-witness:who could speak to- the-trapsiOrt
was W,fri. Cook,. a milkman, .whO heal dthe report:`
of a pitol, and on his going on the wiltaitn_e Na—.
the deceased, who said he had been shot, and he
Was then 'bleeding very 'much. 'The. at.c&ased -
then taketiJo the York Hospital, vvlidre he expired.
on Saturday last, the,woutld,,haviugiunrti.fied. The
Surgeons who attend,.-d the deceased haci itgreed that
he must undergo_ amputati6ii, but tiai he de.clino
to -;the last ..i-nornent.=—Verdict---Irifzzl Abrader '
against t4e.two Deserters. '• . • •

SUIP_NEWS.

GRAVESEND, JULY V.

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