The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-17 00:00:00

BOWISTREEn

ON Thursday evening, a Person calling himself
Thomas Ole) but who has gone by val'ious names.
was-brougnt before Mr. Fok-o, on suspicion of hav-
ing been gui)ty Of divers frauds.
'Mr. Gordon, belonging to I,othian's Hotel, Al-
bemarle-street, identified the person of the Prisoner
by the pante ofEashford, who, he said, came to him
the beginning of last month, and obtained a Five_
guinea Country Bank-Oote of him, by pi4tending
he had some goods to clear at the Custom-house, he
(Mr. Gordon) understanding that the Prisoner had
formerly lived servant to•a Gentleman who lodged
at that' hotel. This transaaion, lAwever, apPeared
to be nothing more than a debt.

Mr.Wrariham, stationer and pocket_book_maker,
'in Bond streets stared, that on the loth of last
month the Priioner came to his shop, and repre-
Sented himself to be servant to Mr. Wentworth, the
Member of Parliament, obtained three valuable
pocket-books. with instruments, which he pretended
Were.ibr his master .to look at, and, that he 1;';' ould
return with them, but never did ; 'the witness since
discovered the whole story to be an imposition.
Crocker, the. Constable, - who apprehended the
Prisoner, produced a red morocco pocket-book with
instruments, which Mr. Wranghain dechired to be
one of those the Prisoner defrauded him of. It
contained 271. in Ilttnk,:notes, which the Magistrate
ordered .to be detained.

Mr. -Spencer,- of the Garrick's head Tavern,
Bow-street, Covent garden; said, that about four
years ago. the Prisoner came to his house in the name
of Smith,. and said, that he was ho landlord of the
George, at York, ran up a bill to ;he amount of six-
teen pounds, and then absconded; that having late-
ly heard he
.Was about town, and had taken in a
number of tradesmen, he used every exertion to find
him ; and on Thursday, learning he was at a house
in the neighbourhood of ,Covent-garden, he caused
him to be taken into custody. -
Mr. Richardson, of the. Grand Hotel; Covent-
garden,. said; that the Prisoner came to his house a
few. days ago, in the name of 10berts, aid repre-
sented himself to be the Proprietor of the Swan Inn,
Ferrybridge in Yorkshire,
. • . .

He was committed for -.further examination on
Monday next, as many other 'charges are expected
to Appear against him.
The Colleaor of the-Tolls at a. Turnpike-gate in
the neighbourhood of Chelsea, yesterday appeared
before Mr: BOND, to answer to a complaint of hav
ing given some bad silver to .a Gentleman in change,
when taking the toll for his horse. The circum-
stances, though very strong, not being ,sufficient to
constitute th:: uttering of bad money, knowing it to
be so, lie was. dismissed with a proper reprimand
from the MagistratO.
Several Informations On the Post Horse Duty MI,
against Post-masters, for not delivering proper ac-
counts, &c. were heard, and on some of which con-
victions took pike.

ILDF4A baker was summoned for 'sell-
ing bread which had not been baked twenty-your
hours. When the examination was to have come on;
the informers did not appears in consequnce of which
the information was dismissed. The ,informers are
two women of the names of Last and ~informers
It •
appeared Afterwards 'that they had met an acquaint-
ance, who:persuaded them. to take a drop of the
juniper-berry at a public house in the, neighbour-
hOod ; it was by this means honest Burecrusi
escaped the impending penalty.
Another baker was summoned for the like offence.
He likewise escaped the penalty, as he had the sa-
gacity to discover that the information charged hint
with having committed the offence in the parish of
St. Thomas the Apotic, whereas he proVed his shop
is in the parish of St. Mary, Aldermary: The Ma.
gistrate considered this plea as sufficient to set aside
the informatiari.

On Monday afternoon, as. Mr. Eaton, glazier, of
Park-lane, ;vas employed • in cleaning the two pair
windows of the hick front of Mr. Cockerell's'
house, in Piccadilly, his foot slipped, and lie fell-
down upon the. garden spikes, which. separate the
garden from Mr. Crawford's. • The spikes being"
very sharp, _ they ran in at tWo ent'irely
through,-both thighs, and the left ribs. Aisi itance
was immediately. procured, when he was svi Lls aiffi--
culty removed frOm off the spikes, sand ca: tyltd
Sr. George's Hospital, where, after tango' ifv.hing
extreme 'misery till Six o'clock on 'thursd ly trio 4
ing, he expirede

Some days ago the south-west pngle of the tower
of Burton Bedwardine Church, near Sicaford, gave
way, and fell upon the leads of that' antient edifice, -
which was rebuilt in 1340. Most of the pews of
the south side., together with the roof and one
window, are demolished, and the reniaining part of,
the 'tower, containing three, bells,, is' hourly ex-.
peaed to fall, being in -toed dangerous *a state fqr
workmen to render it secure, or take it down. Sr.
Nicholas's Chapel,, forinerly
„adjoining. the south
side of the tower, has been long in ruins,. and was
taken down about two months ago to creel a large
pier with the materials, to support the south-east
angle.of the tower. , This pier, with an additional
hoop of iron, was Thought sufficient to hold the
tower together; fir another century. Some work-
men were employed,. when-the tower fell, in Brea
ng a scaffold to put, on the iron hoops, When one of
them perceiving his danger, leaped-from the chancel
roof, and escaped injury:
About thiee O'clock. in the morning of Sunday
'Se'nnight, a fire was diseover'ed to' have broken out
:in KO:so WI ills, Which was burning with such extreme
furry: as to prevent any expeaationS of saving either
the building or machirr:ry. The chief efforts of The
assistants were therefore .direaed ,to the preserva-
tion of -the kiln, brewery, 'and other contignona
buildingS , 'in which they were eminently successful.
The fire was confined ,to the premise's irS which it
originated ; but 'of these, with their contents, the
whole were consumed, with the exception only of a
few sacks ofcorn. The property Was uninsured. The
origin of the fire cannot be satisfaaorily -accounted
for ; but as, witch diseovered,,it was horning. with
uncontroulable'filty, and had extended over every
part of the building, it is believed .that some part
'of the machinery had taken fire, and had burnt
I%ithin the walls several hours before it 'was .dis-
covered. _ _
There is now living in the Township' of. Ove-
r near Blackburn, One James Moriee, who
on the 7th day of July last, attained the great age
of toz-, years. He wir4itwist,- kid says he can
walk to PrCston from .thence (a distance of 14. miles)
and back again. any day.
On Monday last a GeiTtleman was attacked' by
three footpads, near Caine, Wilts :. they robbed
him of fiveguineas,, knocked him down, and stamp-
_ed so cruelly .on him, that he died in a few
,hours.
We are happy to hear they were immediately ap-
prehended.
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'Haraia.or Paria, they-found /gent), of salt,
which ihe'fore-manir Natures shop, and !ter thiefe
worke-man, the Sunne, turned and kerned from
water into salt: lois worke-house for this btkinesse;
was a large" plane hy the. waters-si4e Hire the
Sepulchres of their Kings and great Men seemed not
lesse remarkable : they laid the bodie on a kinde of
hurdle or grcd-iron of wood, 'vnder which they
kinAlect a gentle fire, whereby keeping the skin
vvhole, they by little and little consumed the flesh.
These dried .carkasses they Ma in great reverence,
and honoured for their houshold Gods. In the yecre
1499, Vincent Pinzon discouered .Cape Saint
Augustine, and sailed along the coast from thence
to Paria."

1.0N1)ON : b:
At 66 SUN,OFFICE,

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