The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-14 00:00:00

POLICE,

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EdW-STREET.--On Mondaji'ayoung man, late in,
(he emp:(y of Messrs. Lyne and Co.,eminent tailors,
.of. Cecil-street, in the Stiand; as
_their principal and
confidential clerk, was brought in the custody of;
Pearkes, troth Plymouth Dock, from on-board,a ship.
'hound for Arne:lea, charged with embeitling seve-
ral hundred pounds biAonging to his employers-. ln
addition to the circumstances of.an embezlement.
which were stated against him,' the Ranlier bbok,
with which he was entrusted, had entered in' fit the
sum of 1431.. stated to bltie been paid in, bul the
figure of one, it was alledged, had been added to it.
after the book was taken frod the Ranker's, and the
Prisoner was Suspeaed to have done it. He w4O
ordered to remain in custody.
Yesterday Margaret Biziringlon, plias Rottlin; aline.
Graham, alias Grimes, I was brought. betbre 'Mr.
NARSS, and underwent a final examination, charged
with uttering a forged register of John Rotton, latex.
soldier in the 87th re6inient, with an intention to
receive the money.that was due to him' at the time.
hi was serving on board the Eurydice Frigate, under
pretence of being his \ widow. She, appeared very*,
penitent, and said she' *as indUced to have recourse'
to her former bad pra6tices, as she was in want of
money to pay her rent. She was fully cOmMitted
fur trial, and the parties hound over to' prosecute.'

WORSHIP SraßE'r.--On 'Mon'day John Lock.
Thurston, lim. Lock Thurston, and' _Daniel Lock
Thurston, three brothers, apprehended by Vickery
• and Bishop, the Officers, were re-examined before
Mr. MOSER and Sir Wsk. PARSONS, On several
charges of horse-stealitig, 'in. the Isle of Ely, in the.
County of Cambridge. The only witnesses then
examined were, Mr. Hill, the keeper of . the Goat
Inn, Forty Hill, Enfield, and Jasper Jones, his
hostler; they spoke to the three Prisoners coming
to the Inni on the morning of the 28th. of
.Novein-
ber last, before seven o'Clock, with font._ horses,
which were very dirty, and appeared to have been.,
rode some distance, as one of them in particular was
I much fatigued, and was obliged to be led.
The Prisoners, when asked if they wished to plat
, any questions*to the -witnesses, or give
,any account
Of the horses, very openly acknowled that they
were the three men who were at theged Goat as de-
sdribed, and said they could account yet'y well .for.'
their possession of the horses; hut
would decline it at
present, as the Magistrates had intimated their,de-
fermination'to commit them for trial. As all'i he other
witnesses had been present, and given their evi-
dence, on a former examination, and were bound.
over to prosecute, Mr. Hill and Mr. 'Zones, entered.
into a similar recognizance, and the Pri'soners'
were fully' committed to take their trial at the next,
Spring Assizes,' to be holden for- the ble of Eli, or
the separate charges of Mr. Thomas Granger, Mr.'
Edward Granger, Mr. Goodlifre,-and Mr.. Read,
all
of the Isle of Ely, who' haie,
by the exertions'of
Vickery and Bishop, each recovered his horse: The.
Prisoners were remanded to the RousdofCciireetiori:',
for further examination; as it is supposed several'
other. charges will be brought for Ward. The ar,
very decent young men, and the oldest does not ap-
e
pear to be more than 28 years of age. ,
Ad ,old woman of the name of. IPebster,' who . wag'
employed by Mr. Mitchell, of ChUrch7street, Shore-
ditch, to nurse Mrs.M. who is at' present lying-in,'
was, examined on a charge of pilfering several ;arti-
cles, the property of Mrs..lVl.—She -was' committed'tor trial.

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tivrfoir-uAßnEN.—Yesterdat W. .
Ilatatmcin' and
John- Silvester, very young men, 'were charged by a
lady of the name,of P,eelings, of Battle-brie with;
stopping' her a, few eienings since,• at an' early' hotir,,
the corner of Pear Tree-court,Coppiee-row, well, and and snatching from her person. a.straw-bOnnenf
and- veil,-value, 40s. and putting,. her in fear of her
life.—Ab. aasociatc, whu turned evidence,-. with the
fest iinony, of a: boy who saw. the violent proceedings:
01; the'prt'priers, indticed dlr. iNtigiitrAii:s to voulmit
16111:kir' tli4

"'WI: the LO,A'DO.N GAZE tfE; Dec.l3, 48,08.

,Downing,qieet, Dec. 13, IsoB.
A clivalch, of woicn the following is a copy; has
ny Viscount Castlereagh, one of his

?:*-jesty's Principal Settetaries of State, from. Lieut.
7t41. S;r J 01.1) Stuart, commanding his Majesty's

I,)rce.iin

Messipi, Sept:

My Leap, . • _
ct Flaving'been,apprised that a large convoy of the
of a number of coasting vessels,
b charged with, contributions:in kind, from
L.!e, two provinces ofCalabrialo the Neapolitan Go-
ternment, were assembled at Diamante, near the,
ofPoliCastro, undo the protection of four gun-
licaVy batteries on the shore, I detached
tient. Colonel Bryce, of the Royal Engineers,' vA ith
:lie troops tni-mtioned in the matgin to co-operate
with the Commanders of his INlojesty's Sloops Hal-
ityon and Weazel, and with a so!all naval equipment
Sicilian Majesty, ill the.Endeav our, to take or
'lest roy Lem.

. .
Irtet;se.i I have The honour to transmit to your
Lordship the _Report of the above-named judicial:ls
Officer, statiig the entire success of the enterprise
,
entfusted to Lis coridti(4.'

I have the honour to be,. &c.
J. STUART.

Right Honourable Viscount Castlereagh.

S 1 tt, 3 Off t)iamante, Sept. 8, tBoB.
I do myself the honour to acquaint you, that the
;detachment you were. pleased. to put under -my or-
liers has successfully executed the service .in view,
.
by capturing, with. Captain Pearce
!of the. Rova!' Navy, a Flotilla of 38 "sail of the ene-
my's ye-PI-els, of which -tour are large Gun-boats,
under the Town of,Diamante, where they had been
blocltach'd with much perseverance by Capt. Prescott
of his -Majesty'i Brig the \Yea*.
- We were b:aed by calnis during five days on the
passage from Milazzo, on three of which we. must
have been distindly seen from the enemy's coast.
And on e7;arniniti4- the posi!ion taken here, I fmnd
it very respe,.-Aable, as the Town of Diamante, which
covered the vessels ranged on the right and.lett of

it, stands on a iiLnhisola-neary inaccessible on three

0
side'', the fourth is proteed by aitncuir inclosures,
and there' is, besides, a building of considerable
strength commandiug the whole.
Under these discouraging circumstances, aug-
mentod by the non-arrival of the Sicilian Gun-boats,
and the abstnce of two of the. transports, it required
1 the fulicit confidence in the conduct of Major Ham-
mill, and the troop:, intended to be landed, to induce
!me to hazard An artempt on the town, w ithout the
possession of whicti I saw" nothing effectual could
be done. After tbe strong building above7mentioned
Ihad been successfully cannonaded for several hours
by Captains Pearce and Prescott of the, Royal, Navy,
'1 and the Chevalier de Balsanfo, commanding a Gal-
i Lot id his•Sici.ian Majesty, who were indefatigable
t •
m their exertions, two hunched and fifty men of the
regiment of Malta, under Major Hammill, and one
hundred of the 58th Regiment, under Capt. O'Brien,
1 were larded at daybreak this morning, about half a
mile to the nortto.vatd of the town, accompanied byi
a howitzer and two three-pounders, commanded by
Capt. Campbell' of the 4loyal Artillery.. The ene-
my, Who c nsiStcd•of about font- hundred men of.tlie.

Cur c Guar:d: with a propoition of French troops,
were. gradually forced back through the underwood
'upon the town, which, however, they did not at-
tempt to defend, but took to the inountains ; and we
were enabled to turn thcirbatteries, "of foilr heavy
guns, on tile Beach to the SouttoAard of the Town,
without- -sustaining at lasi, when • the whole of
their%es-els fell into -our hands. I beg leave to ex-
press g,eat satislaetion with the judicious condua of
Major Hawnaill.; and thanks .tare due to Captain
C....'ampbe!i, commanding the: artillery, Capt. O'Brien,
Commanding the 581:1, and Lietenant Lawson of the
Engineers, who did me the favour to attend me on
shore, . •

I have the honour he, &c. .
• ALEX BRV,CE. -.
/Lieutenant- Colonel, Rupil Engineers.
Lieutenant. General Sir .)h.ti Stuart, K. B.
•
Commander of the Forces.

* ThC Regiment of Malta, commanded by-Major Ham-
m:lll ; Raid; and File or the sSth Regiment, tinder Cap.:
taro tor fJ,xn ; dcta,linient of 52 men of the Cerman Le-
gion tieudl:nesa of Artillery, with two Six. pounders and
one-howitzer, under Capt. Campbell. •

Return:. of, 0 rclnance,taken and destroyed at Diarnante Bay,
by a Deuchnient of leis Majesty's I. orces under the corn.
mand Of lAeut. Colonel Li) ce, Sept. 8, ISA.

Two six-inch brass howitzers, Frei:ch, mounted:on travelh

ing carriages.
Ten 2.4. poundercarronades, F.PgliSh.
Twu iieJvy zu-priunders, Neapolitan ; destroyed.
(Inc long tz.poudder, Ne;:rolitim.; ditto.
Thre:-. short 4*-Nthiticrs,Nez'P°lilan i di".
Two swivels.. •
zo taken and destroyed.
Sixty rotind-shot. 24 pouir'iers.
Thi:.ty g:ape.inut, ditto
Sixty rotiod.shot, t2.-pounders.
Twenty grape-shoi, ditto. •

of shot-L:170.
Ten cwt. of gunpowder.
One French lug.

• DUCALD CAMPBELL,
' . Captain, 'commanding Royal. Artillery.
A howitzer and four brass-,tie:;i-pieces, dismourne -, are-
St;-ocd to have been found aitc r the above return.

4dmiralty Office, Dec. 13, 1808.

Extract of a Lem!. froth Rowley, Commander
io Chief et his Ships And Vessels at lanraica, to
the L 1 n. W. W. Pule., thteti at fort Royal, the 14th4)ct.
•

I inclose-a copy of a letter froin Capt. Lillicrap,
giving an. ccount of \ the capture Of a gild! French
ptivatt,ei belonging toGuadaloope, by his Majesty's
the Dispatch.

His Majesty's Sloop Dispatch,. Port Royal,
SIR, 06obet 13, 18d8.
I have the satisfaB lon !to inform you, I captured,
on the of the, .21 insc. off Nevis, ..the small
Freni:h SchoOner Privateer Dorade, belonging to
Gu..dalciupe, mounting one brass 'turn,. with small
3:111S, and twenty men;
I have the honour-to be, &c,
(Signed) J. LILLICRAP.
Vice-Admiral Rowley, St:c:.

Downing-street,- Dec. 13, 1808..
His Majesty has beer pleased to appoint Henry

13,2c;':inck, Eiq. to be )vertior Coalluandt-r in
CiiicF of
.e Sri tit tnetits,of Demerara and Essequibo.
His Majesty has been ploased to appoint Charles
Bent hick, Esq. t., b. Governor and Commander in
Chief Of
.the Settlement c-t•Surinatn. '-•

Ordnance Office, Die. 1°,148.
Medical Esrrblisl3n►ent tier the Military Departments of the
Ordnance. •

To be Second Assistant-Surgeons— john Wallen'Hallalion,
vice Hill, resigned. Dated Decembers, ISA., ThOnus
Casv' vice Place, resigned. Dated as above.
Royal 'Kegiinent of Artillery. Centleman Cadet William
kurneaux to be Second Lieutenant,,vice,Mathias, promoted. •
Dated December 7, 18.:;8.