The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-04 00:00:00

POL ICE.

HATTON-GARDEN .--Yesterday Mr. John 'Joyce,
a respetabie and, horsekeeper, residing .at
Kentish town, -waS-brought,before the Sitting Ma-'
gistrate, in custody of Wood the- Officer. ap,
Mired, that on the•pipt hefoke, h poor man, whose
horse and cart were lodged foK.the time, in the Pri-.
suner's,pre.miSes., being slut ourof-his lodgings, had
..proeureds a carpet, -which he wrapped about him,.
and took 'up his night's abode in his own cart. The
Prisoner, about three o'clock,in..t he morning, ram-
" bling about his,premises, discovered the man in the
cart, seized him, and lodged him in the neighbour-
ing watch-house; on .an, imaginary chaTge of rob-
bery; or sOme such, offence. In the course of the
morning,
.Wood being in that neighbourhood; called
at the watch-horse,, and found the Prisoner con-.
tending with .the Constable of the ,night, and in-
sisting the poor, man shoUld be brought to Bow
street ; Wood interfered, said it was more regnlat
to bring-him to "Haqpn-sarden, and offered to assist
in escorting him there; but the 'Prisoner persisted
in' his determinatibti,
.produced a brace of pocket
pistols, and swore he would shoot them if they did
not comply with his desires ; the Officers endear,
voured to pacify him, and attempted to secure the,
pistols, upon which he leapZd. instantly into his
chaise, seized the reins, •and drove back to Bow-
treet, in full'gallop, froth whence be returned back
again in
,the saris;_ pace, He then mounted a fresh
:tddle-horse, and set Off for Hatton-garden at the
same rate.' 'On his-return back he met the OfVcers,
and
.after some few words _with Wood, be again
pulled out his pistols, coCked, and presented them
Wat the former, -ho most _providentially, and with
Uncommon presence ofmind, sprang on him,-closed
with him, and wrested the pistols:Out of his handsi
but not until' brith were Much cut; by the sants:
-When brought before • the Magistrates,, the ud
happy Prisoner appeared- perfectly quiet and corn-
pwed.• *Some, of his neighbOure 'and
hoWever, •gave evidence of several syinptpins. of
insanityi whiCir be-had displayed fiir` some short tine
back ; he used 'frequently .to setoff riding at a des-
perate rate„ always carried pistols; -and committed
various other ads of-lunacy. •-• •
Under these circumstances, the MagiStrates di
charged the poor Man who was, charged on the
watch ;, and,ordered. the Prisoner to be kept in cus-
tody until his friends or relatives should. take some
necessary measures. for-his security. • -
• MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-.-Op Tuesday Sara! Ro,
tertson. was charged at this Office "with' leaving a
child, four years
.old, in tlie"•oPerf Street, -exposed to
Want It 'appeared that the Prisoner lived servant
at-the house of a Gentleman in Spital-fieW- where
the child was left, and 'it Was unknown who-were
the parents of it ; Mr. Langley, a Gentlernan of re-.
spedability and fortune, took it under his preteaion,
and the Prisoner was discharged. •
Yesterday a Hackney CoaChman was
.efiarged by
a Gentleman in Bruton-street with abuse and extor-
tion. It appeared in evidence, that the complainant.
.had taken a coach in Oiford-street; and had gone a
circuitous way to Bruton-street. It was barely ati
eighteen-penny fare, and the Gentleman tendered
that sum to the coachman on his-arrival at-his house,.
but instead of receiving it, the driver attacked' him
with a volley of abuse, and demanded. two shillings.
The Gentleman went into his house, followed by the
coachman, who would not suffer the door fo-13e shut,'
but drew together a. considerable mob by his own.
misconduat The offender was fined 40s, andcosts.

PUBLIC-OFFICE, WHITECIIAPEL. —Yesterday
Publican 'in Rosemary-lane- was. fully committed to
Newgate' for _trial, charged with receiving •gun-
powder ftOm two men who were committed tbr trial.
at the next Surrey Assizes, for having. robbed a
Wareholise in the Borough of a considerable quan-,
tityof this article, to the value of several hundred
po.uncis.

SEW' NE;; S.

GRAVFSEND, SAP?. 2.

- Passed by—the Peggy, 'Hogg, Liddle, Tehwick, Doris,
Hurst, and Good Intent,. Clark, from Archangel; FOx,
Brooks, Pax, Harper, Fanny, Horne, Reteis, Harman, and
Guardian, Conway, from St. Petersburgh ; May, Remnes,
Alexander, Herne, Adelphia, James, and Antelope, G..rrat,
from. Riga ; America, Duele, and Bloonce, Hurstman, front
Bremen ; Uriana, Rennes, Henrietta, Gardner, and Anna.
Sophia, --, from Hambro'. .

SAiled--tne Prouestein, Dreyson, for Hambro'; and
Zwdy Gebroders, Schroder, for Elsinore.

BIRTH.
•
On Tuesday morning last; in Upper Gower street, the
Lady of Major Macdonald, of a Son.

MARRIED.,

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On the• 27th .ult. at 'lslington, Robert Awsiter, Esq. of
Southall Green, to` Miss Crowther, daughter of the Rev.
Mr. Crowther, of Islington. , . , •
Lately, at Ashford, the Rev. M. Bond, -Chaplain to his_
Royal Highness 'the Mike of Cambridge, and Fellow of C.
C. C. Oxford, to • Miss Sophia Smart, datightet ofkaptain.
Sniart, of the Royal Engineers-, -

On Alontlay last, at Sr. Pancras, George Rudall, Lieu..
tenant of the South Devon Militia, to Miss Louisa Dunbar,
daughter of Sir George Dunbar.

at St. Niclolas,tristol, Mr. Henry Lewis, Tim-
ber, Alercliant, to Miss Parker;
,daughter of Mr. William
Parker, bfkl,:reforcl.

DIED,

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Friday last, the infant datighter of lames Barlow, Esq.
of Tokenhouse.yard. •
12011 7ruesclay last, at her niece's house, ‘Valworth, Mrs.
Anne Bastiett, relict of the late Richard Basnett, Esq. of
Jamaica, in .her 92d year.
Ou.rhe 20th of I urte, at latwica, Captain George Dyson?
of the Royal Engineers. e ,understand LtUit this Gentle.
man's untimely fate was occasion,:d by his, being too much
to the sun during a late tour round the Isiand, in-
the eiecution of his duty as Island. Engineer. . . .
On the 18th of imp:, atiKingston, I amaie'ai Mr. Price, of
the Ship Friends.

On the tyth of June, at tisz same place, Miss jaley Mi..
randa, at;eu 71 years.

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