The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-10 00:00:00

MARY LEBONE,

ROBBERY BY A lERVANT.—Yesterday Olivia Page, a
young woman, in the service of M. George Topple, sur-
veyor, No. 16, Bedford-street, Golden-square, was charged,
before Mr. It.twuNsos, with robbing her master to a
great extent.
The prosecutor, besides his profession, kept an evening
school. The prisoner had been in his service, as servant
of all work, for five months. On the previous evening he
and Mrs. Topple went to chapel, leaving the prisoner and
their five children (all young) at home. On his return he
knocked several times, but, receiving no answer, he got in
the parlour-window, when be found the children asleep,
and the prisoner and her box gone, He then made search, ;

and missed from a desk in the school-room 1/. is. In
r:nd 551. in Bank of lin,saud notes, belonging to the
Grovrn-street Chapel, of which he was treasurer. Kuded
"'
ing that the prisoner was a native of Oxford, he concl
that she had gore there, and according-ly wrote a letter to
her friends, Acquainting them with the eircumstnoce. That
morning ho took the letter to the Gloucester Coffee-
house, Oxford.street, from whence the Oxford coach
started, intending to ask the driver to deliver it, when who
ghou:d he roe seated behind the coach, betwceo two gentle'
filen, but the prisoner.' 'She saw him, and got dow and
he gave her in charge. On asking her her motive for
r
committing the robbery, she said " she wanted to go wher
she shoUld be now sent."
The prisoner, iFl?o said nothing in defence, was Con'
milted to Newgate for

WOR S HIP- STBEET-
On Saturday week a poor woman, named Catherine
E(:sy, with foor children, the eldest aged thirteen
yeas:
applied to Mr. Conti for his assistance. Ho, having
beard
her tale, ordered Tilt, an officer of the establishment, to
inquire into her case, which being done, Mr. Codd directed
both of them to be sworn, when they each gave a
ment as follows :
Catherine Easy lived at No. 2. Jane Shore•court, Show'
ditch. Her husband's name is Joseph Easy, and he is br
trade a glass-Modeller. He left her two months ago to g°,
to atmingliam, since which time she had. heard nothing or
him. She had resided fifteen yearzia the parish. 13""
his leaving her she tried to support herself„ and children
by selling fruit in the streets till last Saturday week,wl,,,n
bar stock of goods was seized by some street
then applied to Mr. Coste, the reliever overseer of Shore-
ditch, who refused to assist her. On the Thursday fol-
lowing she applied again, when he gave her two quartcre
loaves. She •wished that they would take either }ler
or her children into the workhouse, but he refused, saYinril:
that the house was too full already. On Saturday week
she applied at Worship-street, when Mr. Codd relieve"'
!keeper. She
her with 25., and sent Tilt to represent her case to Coste,
who went to her room, which bad only a flock bed in it.
Coste told her to go to the workhouse on Wednesday,
sda
when ;e1 gave her two quartern loaves. On the Thury
she called on Mr. Brooke, the overseer, who told her
t°
call on the Friday. She did so, when Coste refused to as•
sist her. She and her children were wholly destitute.
James Tilt confirmed the evitLmee of the woman. „ heMr. CODD stated to the unfortutote woman that all
could then do was to order her temporary relef, and t°
bring the matter under the notice of the Poorilaw CO'
wissioners.

LAMBETH-S.
Yesterday Elizabeth Goatley,T aREET
middle-aged feroal,e'
dressed somewhat in the Quakeress style, was placed withuc:
the bar before Messrs. HARDWICK and TUBBS, on a elorg
of receiving various sums of money from different benevon
lent individuals by falsely representing herself to be a._
authorised collector of subscriptions to the Sailors' Femitl!.
Orphan Asylum, in Great Prescott-street, Goodman
fields. From a number of books and documents foroined
under the prisoner's bed, it vas evident that she had cart
on her system of imposition for a considerable period. IP
prisoner was taken to the Compter.

lor's
Yesterday John SUNION-HALLmith, a young man dressed in sal • h
slothes, was brought before Mr. WZDGwoon, charged vnt_d
breaking a pane of glass in a jeweller's shop-wiedow,,n,
stealing a gold watch, two gold neck thaws, gold eye out'as
rings, and other articles ; and William Langle,Y, a d
dressed in a blue jacket and white trowsers, waS, cbari c
ey
on suspicion of being conserned in the robbery. 1431-11"
was released ; Smith fully committed.

THAMES OFFICE.
Yesterday Mary Ann Smith, alias Winson, a verY P
-!r:tit!.
young woman, was brought before Mr. BRODERIP and !
BALLANTINE, charged on a Custom House informat.'°l
with smuggling 71bs. of foreign tobacco,
had incurred a penalty of 100/. a--
The prisoner, upon being called upon to plead, 01
" Guilty."
The Magistrate asked what were the circumstance!,
of
the case ?—Ellis, a Thames police officer, on Sat'''. `1,..Y
night, met the prisoner and her sister in Stepney Cau9a
way. He knew them to be the daughters of a man namcir
Winson, from whose house, in Lower Shadwell, sever';.
smugglers have been taken with tobacco. The
by which she liau
a
sister was in front, with an infant in her arms, and the Pr_11l•
soner was walking behind, with what appeared to be tal,‘,
other. Suspecting something wrong he stepped up to r
:;,
prisoner, and said, " How is your baby, young womb
at the same time touching what she was carrying in .
arms. She immediately dropped her infant, esclairal;
.4 Oh dear, you have killed my baby." Ellis picked 1113 de
" baby," which turned out to be a bundle of tobacco, n'
up so as to resemble a young infant. r°-
The tobacco, which was of very fine quality, was P
duced by the officer. 6ne. BALLANTINE
Mr priSOne:
sentenced the prisoner to pay 84(1.
of 1001. to the Queen, and be imprisoned until it PPi's,,
fnr
The Customs Solicitor said no order bad been rnao
a mitigation of the fine. The girl must go to prisdn. r,
Mr. BRODERIP said a good deal of smuggling was ca
ried on by females, particularly in the article of tobacco.

MAJORITY OF LORD HADDO.—TIIIS
event was celebrated on a scale surpassing in sPlend° a
anything of the kind ever known in Aberdeenshire, uncleret
tent erected by Mr. Benjamin Edgington, of D
London-bridge, 180 feet long, and 34 feet wide, formlng nd
elegant temporary room, which accommodated one tbeusain.
individuals, including the noble and distin,uishedlgu"t,,sfac-
vited on the occasion. This celebrated Marquee Man- d
turer also supplied the one lately erected in the Castle-Yar '
at on
Nottingham, where nearly two thousand were seated
time.
gave a 1)31,11.01:
The English Ambassador in Greece
the 29th of August at Sir P. Malcolm's countrY
near Athens, in compliment to the officers of herda.Jes.' n
frigate Po; Eland, who were returning to Eno: after I,e,
absence of three years. The King and Queen rfcre Pr
uke-!trear;
Lent on the occasion.

THE ONE-SHELL PATTERN SPOONS Al
FORKS,
estAice‘,7(7l7lc7h.sar,ged 7s. 3d. per oz., at
The neatness and elegance of which has now a very general prefer"
T. COX
oz. 8. d. Xl7 6
12 Shell Pattern Table Spoons 7 3 10 `r 0
The following
are47t„heCuosßuar
wIeLigLh,t,L:__ONDON•
d.
... 3O at 7 J
12 Ditto Dessert ditto 2O at 7 3 10 17 -
12 Ditto Table Forks -
75 l2 Ditto Dessert ditto.. ...
3 12 -
Ditto Gravy Spoons ......
3 12 ,",
1 Ditto Suup Ladle
4 Ditto Sauce
4 Ditto Salt (gilt and strong) 2 12
1 Fish Knife...
12 Tea Spoons
1 Pair Sugar Tongs g ,1(1
Jr 6
The Plain Fiddle Pattern, of the same weights as the aboi
offered one penny per cz. cheaper. List and
A Pamphlet may be had Gratis, containing a detailed k , sit..
Dfawings of the various Patterns of Silver Spoons and F°r :, &c.
ver Tea and Coffee Services, Plated Ware, Watches, Clocks late,
The Show Rooms contain a large variety of patterns rice.
Plated Goods, and every article requisite t0c0r„,.....:.!
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I 1?TlIS.
On the 2d inst., at NyonI?,
in Switzerland, the lady of IL Biel'
Ward, Esq., of a daughter. lady of b
On the 20th ult., in York-terrace, Regent's-park, the
M. Boulderson, Es., of a son. n 11Jrs•
On the the 3d inst., at Nightingale-lane, Clapham-eomin°- '
Henry 31. Godwin, of a son.
On the 7th inst., at Notting-hill-square, Kensington, 3111.
S.
Garrard, of a son. node?
On the 6th inst., in Trinity-square, the lady of Charlet, "
Esq., of a son. Rev* ' i
On the 29th ult., at Ravensthorpe, the wife of ngus-
the
tus
On Shtheort, of a
insdaughter.
7th t.
aught'e,l..lle lady uet MO'
of Robert Dickson, 31. D., risb
On the 7th inst., in Caroline-place,
Fitzwilliarn Cowyn, of a son.
_. Mecklenburgh-sq
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square, of a d

MARIE.D.
At St.. George's Church, Jlloomsbury, this 2.-n 0r n i
irl ::-,cr.t ,e
3., :I:alit:0,1:5:1f,"
ot eljetetrrsa:o.,:f
vidson, of Great Russell-sire st Esq., to Isabella, eicit ‘-'a".
BeC')isnoitlh Se
t3odn eisr:sto.f, Regent-street,
esstrcfoere' dt , thei:sq R. ev . Thos.
ICyhooarpricue.sstthrete.r,snshiece of the late Mrs. Hastings, 3,fai a
inst.,thhe
cording to the rites of the Ito4nn. aCnadthoa
INvVahrittnakaberyi EEssii,..., of Bam ton Oxon. ' ' ..,
On the 4th inst. at
namPt
Esq., of Coblentz, to Susanna Frederica, eldest daughter of r
Ego., of
lat atte; • th .1 Lr Ywartnaby, Jun" Vie.
Great Dalby, Leicestershire, "tonr)i. 0"
. . et 4?.ughter of
Vary, young .re
4 ,of Cli, ,toes N. ...4 f the
_ _ p
John ortbamptonsht •
third I, ° tO
On the 7th inst.
io„ ,-,,._ ~, _ , Mr. Taylor, of Hornsey,
of Daglefor_
'"". 1 , U. Taylor, Vicar acid Lecturer of Dedhira•
Catholic Church,
Buckrlaussiti,::
Emily, eldest daughter of the late Major Durt,....,......----''

On the 211 ult. DIED.
On the Bth inst., the D D hof Lde tted 75' tSr
owager tle COS Lee de,
George Sitwell, aged eight weeks.
On the Bth inst., in Charlotte-street, Bedford-ware, tiara.
at Rennishaw, George Albert, infant sono- '
Lancrton, relict of T. Langton, Esq., late of Lutwyebe HA Ss (1/4'
age 84.
On the 2d of August, at Upton Estate,B b d es
itr a ° ' • 1 sects
Rebecca Ann, wife of C. T. Cunningham, Esq., ColoolB*
tary, aged 21. • Esq.,
On the 29th ult., Agnes, fourth daughter of Myles Sew•Yg'
of Graythwaite Hall, Lancashire. Mats
On the Bth inst., aged 62, Mr. Win. Alarcht.nt, of Ingrara-c
Fenchurch-street and Tulse-hill-terrace, Brixton. /3EIOOI
On the 2d inst., Mr. Win. Coulson, late of Cheaps'de, 1-0
and Cumwbinton, Cumberland, aged 41. T.
On the 6th inst., Ellen Constance Domain, daughter of :gr.
M. Hammond, surgeon, Brixton-place, Brixton. 1Y
On the 6th inst., at Bath, 1 -•' 11 Rb t Tate, former
age( i..., . r cer
of the Grove, Kentish-town —a!
in childb:rth,

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of Middlesex.—Tuesday, October 10, 1637.