The Sun.
London, England, 1801-09-24 00:00:00

PUBiLIC-OFFICE BOW-ST.REET.

YESTERDAY gobs Solman, in custody for extort.
ing money from 'the Publican, under a threat of
charging him with an unnatural Crime, was re-
examined before AARON GRAHAM, Esq. and fully
committed to take his trial for a highway robbery,
in stopping and taking the money from the Prose.
cutor in the street.

John Winch, Iffnr. Bishop, and Margniel War-
ren, were put to the Bar on the charge of having
robbed a waggon of a quantity of fleecy hosiery
goods, the property of Mews. Holland and Co. of
Holborn.

The principal Witness against the Prisoners was a
Jew receiver of stolen goods, who stated that a few
days ago the Prisoner Warren came to 'inform him
that the other Prisoners had got something for him ;
in consequence of which he went to their residence
near Battle-bridge, where he was shewn a-quantity
of fleecy hosiery goods, which the Prisoners in-
formed him they had stolen out of a waggon in
Kent the preceding night, by the following device :
—having filled a large bag with horse dung, &c.
they overtook the waggon on the road, and pre-
tending to be extremely fatigued, bargained with
the waggoner to let them ride a certain distance,
when they took the opportunity of cutting open
one of the bales, and taking out suffijent to fill
their bag, emptying the former contents of it in the
waggon, and afterwards sewing up the incision
made in the bale,, being prepared with packing
needles, &c. for the purpose ; that for the goods in
question the Prisoners asked 121. but tools 81. los.
(one fourth of their value ;) and that part'of diem
he the same evening sold to a tallow-chandler whom
he met at a public-house near the Haymarket, and
which led to a discovery, the tallow-chandler taking
them to Messrs. Hollands to know the price cf
such articles.

Dixon and Carpmeai, two of the Bow-street Of-
ficers, produced two bags, packing needles, an iron
crow, chissel, sometnorocco leather, &c. they found
in the Prisoners' apartment when they apprehended
them yesterday morning at the before stated place.
They were committed for further examination, that
the Waggoner may see them.

• Two Ships and two Brigs of the homeward hound
Jamaica Fleet are reported to be on shore on He-
neaga. . •
A Guineaman is takengoing down to Jamaica,
after an action of three hours.

On Wednesday morning, as a Tradesman in
Market-street, Lancaster, was opening his shop,
he was surprized at seeing a partridge running across
the street, and taking shelter in a cellar, where he
caught it, brought it home, and kept it in a pen
till the evening ; when a friend coming to see it,
he opened the door of the pen, and it immediately
flew out, darted through a pane of glass in the win-
dow, and escaped. It had no apparent wound,
when taken. Several others were seen in different
parts of the town the same morning.

DEFENCE AGALVST

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ERTRAE:T OF TIE PROCEEDINGS 042

MEETING OF LIEUTENPNCY, HELD AT t.1.,21,?7.7**4

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, ON THURS.,
DAY tHE I3TH DAY Of AUGUST; I (6,01 j 1-UR.2
SUA'IN.iT TO NOTICE SIGNED ill' HIS MAJESTY'S

LIEUTENANT FOR THE SAID COUNTY.

SE-;TERAL Papers having been read,
the At of the 38th of the Kings chap; i 7, intituledi
" An Ad to enable His Majesty more eifedually- to
provide for the Defence arid Security of t'cie Realni
during the present War, and for indemnifying Per-
sons who may sutler in their Property by such mea-
sures as may be necessary for that i;urpos—:(sth
April, 1798.)"
A Letter from Lord FIOgARTi .one df Hls Ma.;
jesty's Principal Secretaries cif State,, to His
jesty's Lieutenant of this County, bearing date the
15th of :lune, 'Sot .and
A printed Paper transrnitted in the said Letter,
intituled, A Plan for removing tic Live Stock,
&c. from the Coast of Great Britain, &c. &c."

Resolved Unanimously,
Thar-it is the most anxious wish of tli*?.s meeting
zealously and cordially, either in their public or
private capacities, to co.:operate as far as they are
able; , with such arrangement as His Majesty shall"
in his wisdom think proper to dirca, for Catty:ni
into execution the provisions of the Aft of Parlia..'
ment of the 38th of the King, cap. i 7, or foi
other Wise prbviding for the defence of the kingdom,
in which thiS County, having nearly ninety roiled
of coast immediately opposite to; and within twelve
hours sail of the Enemy,. feels itself niost deeplyand
particularly interested.
That on a reference to the Returns made, in the;
year 1798, of the stock, teams, draft cattle; &c.
in the County, it appears to this Meeting of thd
Lieutenancy, althOugh these Returns may be, and
probably in many particulars are, very &ranee:ls,
that they are Sufficient, with the statements and
calculatiohS which have been made frOm them, to
prove, that there ate neither carriages, Men, or draft
cattle; to remove the grain, and persons incapable
of removing themselves from the distrit proposed
They, therefore, wish to submit it to the consi.
deration of the General conimandihg in the Southern
Distrid, and to His Majesty's Ministers, whether
the ideal circumstances of this County; proving the
imprktieability of removing
,the grain soon after
harvest, or indeed at a later period; with the person's
incapable of removing theniselves, from so large
an extent of territory; as has been proposed, even in
the first instance, and still less a second removal
from a further extent of territory, it may not be
more advantageotis for the defence of the Country to'
avoid the confusion which an attempt at what can-
not be performed is likely to create ; especially, as
it is presumed that if the mills are rendered for a
time unserviceable, unthreshed corn would be of
little use to an Enemy ; and whether the previous
destrutlion pointed ouit, of what could notbe removed
from a large tratA of 'fertile Country, might not
prove a great and unnecessary waste in these times
of scarcity, when posibly only a small part of it
might fall into the Enemy's hands ?
That it is further submitted to the tieneral, that
if the depriving the Enemy of Supplies is to be com-.
bined with the means of furnishing our own Forces
with every requisite, the • removal of dead stock
cannot be attempted, without depriving him of
horses for the Artillery, and waggons for the sup-
plies of his Army.
That he be requested to 'state what number of
draft horses, oxen, waggons, and carts, he will
want for this service, and that of the Commissariat,
and the terms upon which he would retain them ;
after which, when the new Returns come in, the
Lieutenancy will use their best endeavours to for-
ward such an arrangement.
That it appears by the before-mentioned Returns,
that the number of oxen, cows, and young cattle,
in the whole county, then amounted to 60,835 ; and
sheep, deer, goats, and pigs, to 549,991.
That if the General thinks any considerable part
of these, or only the carriages, horses, and draft
oxen, can be removed without creating much con-
fusion, it is submitted to him whether, for this
purpose, and indeed at all events, it would not be
better to subdivide the distritas pthposed by Sir
Charles (now Lord Grey) into smaller portions,
perhaps reverting -to the old division of Parishes' or
Hundreds, would facilitate the execution as far as
regards the Civil Power; and the General having a
Map of the County, with the Parishes and Hundreds
marked on it, would then be enabled, as occasion
might require, to make his requisition to a Deputy
,Lieutenant for the removal of the sort of Cattle he
would think proper, from such places only as he
would wish to have tlie cattle drove from, without
in the least hindering him from making his requisi-
tion, that the cattle from the whole of the districts,
as marked out by Sir Charles (now'Lord Grey),
should he driven, if he should judge so extensive a
measure to be necessary and pra&icable.
That as far as removing the carriages, draft-
horses, or oxen, from a few Hundreds, the Lieu-
tenancy conceive such an operation (which they un-
derstand is the most essential of any) could easily
be performed with regularity, and they will readily
apply themselves to arrange the execution of it.
They will also, if the General will suggest such
a plan as shall be approved of by Government, for
engaging a Corps.of Pioneers to serve in this Coun-
ty, and the retaining bounties that should be given
to them, give it every assistance in their power.
As to the Corps of Gamekeepers, the Lieutenancy
imagine, that the Officers of Yeomanry will easily
induce men of that description to join them, in case
of aCtual Invasion, when they trust that they may,
in the first instance, and being so immediately on
the spot, be employed in attacking or annoying the
Enemy, rather than in retiring from him and driv-
ing away the cattle.
That in respeEl to the Commissary General, the
Lieutenancy trust he will be better able to make
his Contracts with individuals, than by their fixing
a price for grain or carriage, which, moreover,
they are not apprised of their being authorised by
Law to do.

That the Lieutenancy do not find themselves an.
thorised by any law to call upon the Clergy to take

Ichn 11,facgregor was indicted for that he beiog a
Clerk in the' employment of divers persons, who
are fourteen in number, being Trustees and Direr-:
.tors of the Pelican Insurance Office for Lives, did.
Airobezzle and secrete 3001. which came into his
}lands for .and on the account of his maSters.e--
Another count in the Indiament cliarged him with
having embezzled and secreted the above sum,
which had come into his hands as the servant of
the above Gentlemen.
Mr., GURNEY opened the Pleadings.
' Mr. Serjeant BEST opened the Case on the part
of the Prosecution. He said he had the honour
-of attending the Court. to-day, on .behalf of the
Pelican Insurance Office, who had brought on the-
present Prosecution against the Prisoner 'at the Bar,.
for embezzling fool. of their property.* This was a
Case which came before the Court on the late Act of
Parliament past Qn the subject of Servants embez-
zling and secreting, or appropriating to their own
use any of the property of their masters. Previous to
the passing-of this Aft, some doubts had been en-
tertained among Learned Judges. whether the Ser-
vant.of a person who when he got the possession of
his property in the course of his being employed by
that Master, and who afterwards converted it. to
his own use,, without the leave of that Master, did,.
io:point of Law, Commit an aft-of 'felony by that
conversion ? .To remove such doubts, the A& of
Parliament he alluded to, was passed ; and' the- At
stated, thet such doubts had been entertained, and
professed to.remove them, by declaring, that- any
embezzlement, conversion, or secreting of property
. of a Master, by. a Servant entrusted or employed by
shall be deemed felony. The Jury would,
therefore, be aware, that in order to convict any
person under this Mt of Parliament, the first thing
which was necessary to be proved, was, that the
party, accused should be .a Servant employed,by the
party whose-property he had got into his pc:;session,
in such a way' as to be able to get possession of the
property by virtue of such employment. • The se-
corki was, that having so got the pr6perty into
posscbs;uit, l,c shall have accreted, embezzled; or
in some way or other, have converted that property
to his, own use. Now, npcn this Aft of Parliament,.
the' Learned Serjeant contended, that if any pro_
perry was thus secreted, embezzled, or converted,
and afterwards every shilling of 'it was brought
back again to the use of the Master, it would. not
do, nor be any -excuse under. this xa of Parliament.
If he takes the property and converts it to his own
Use, only fur a while, and only for the purpose of
making the profs; of the interest of it, that shall be
ii conversion po.his own use, and. a felony under this
Aft of Parliament, and no subsequent restoration
will do away that felony, which being Once cchn-
pleat, could never be afterwards altered in its cha.
raaer.
Having thus stated the law, the learned Serjeant
proceeded to recite the faas, as they afterwards
appeared in evidence, and of which we give the
sub-s-tance as Concisely as we can. He .then ob.
served, that if the faasoyeee proved as they were,
stated to him, or nearly as they were stated to
him, the Jury would find it a duty which they owed
to the Public, to find the Prisoneteguilty. If they
had any doubt at all, they would afford him the
benefit of it, and restore him to the society of his
Country.
Edward Gale Boldero, Esquire, being sworn,
said, " I am one of the Trustees of the Pelican
Life Insurance Company. The Direaors consist
of fourteen Gentlemen.—t Here he went over the
names of them all, which were truly stated in the
Indiament.3—We are the Managers orthe funds
'of the Society. We take it in turn to audit the
accounts, among which is the payment of what is
called the Renewatof Premiums. It was my turn
to audit from the loth to the loth of July last ;
and I did audit them up to that date._ Previous to
the loth of July, the. Prisoner at the Bar was in
• .the service of us the Trustees. He was our Clerk, or
Accountant, and had been so for about two years,
more or less ; his character of. Clerk, or Ac-
countant, it was his duty to receive renewal pre-
miuMs, and endowment premiums also, generally,
but he did not receive all the endowment premiums."
----[The renewal premiums are the sums of money
which are paid in at the Office when the time of
.insurance of those who effect -policies expire, and
,when the parties continue the insurance. The en.
dowment premiums are monies deposited for the
benefit of children.]—Thc Witness then proceed-
ed—" Here are the accounts of the Prisoner, from
the loth to the i7th of July. r audited these ac.
counts, I see, fool have signed, my name to theme
The entry of the items, is all.ofothe hand-writing
of the Prisoner at the Bar."—l-Here the account was
-read, by which it appeared that the. Prisoner'S'.re-
ceipts for the London renewAl, and 'et4Cio.wments,
• from the *icith of jolyeto the of July, was
6251. tos. i id. ; and the account by which the
Prisoner discharged
,hiroself from the receipt of that
-sum, consisted of various items, one of whirch was
that of 3S el.. lose oci., paid into the hoUSe of Ro.
harts, Curtis &'Co., on the ia.th of july.j--Messrs.

LONDON : Printed by BUCHANAN AVNIILLAN,

Evan Jones and Robert Cox were indkled ; the
former,,fO'r stealing a considerable quantity of raw
cotton, the property of Messrs. Ives, Echillaz and

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