The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-01 00:00:00

POLICE.

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Tilß4tcol,il :BoW Tlt T .----Y'esterday Rich-
., Mr., Stevenson .who :keeps e
ilers to. the- General Post-Office,
Charing Cross, -altd some days since, charged with
h,lvingsecreted.a,number of letters which came un-
der his charge at. Mr.. Stevenson's, and embezzled
bank-notes to a considerable ; amount,. cgntained
therein, was brought, up again for the second exa-
mination. IL will, be. secolleled, as. we stated on
his former examination, that it V.;ils. xhen stated,. by
Parkins, Solicitor: for the Post-/Office, that on
the nroyning after the Prisoner • waa brought to his
house in Ormond-street, by Anthony, the Police,
Officer,: a parcel,sontaining pieces of, several of the
bank-notes embezzled, was found .by a woman on
the footi.vay, and on that sicie•cd Devonshire-street
on which the Prisoner walked in. -his way to Or;
mopd-street.. Mr. Parkins now stated,
,that on the
same morning another parcel,, containing parts of
others of the notes thus embezzled, had been found
in Theobald's-road, through which also the prisoner
had passed on the preceding night.
Mr. Parkins further stated, that he had, some days
ago, written to a Gentleman who resides at Ply-
mouth, whohad, when in London last, put aletter_
containing a mil. I..Sank-7note, into Mr. Stevenson's re 7
eeiving7ottice, addressed to aperson in the country,
but which letter or note never had come to hand._
The objet of this letter was to -obtain the descrip-
tion of. the note, in order to cenipare it with those
which had been found, but no answer had as yet reach-,
ed him. He said, he had proolpositive that this Gen-
tleman"s letter had never reached the General Post-
Office on the night be had put it into Mr. Steen-
son's office, at Charing-cross ; for, on account of the
frequent miscarriage of letters through that medium,
all letters received thence at the General Post-Of-
: fice were minutely, examined, and noted,, and no
letter of that description had ever been received.,
He therefore requested the Prisoner' might be re-
manded for the present, and brought up for exanaina:
Lion on a future day.

SWINDLISG.-Yesterday, at Union Hall, Pro.
Kurd, a young man, having much, the appearance
of a gentle Man farmer, was charged by Mr., John
Huggett, master of the (iatharine,Wheei Inn, in
; the Borough, with corning to his house the preced-!
ing evening, and having. inquired particUlarly as' to
accommodation he wanted for horses he, had
coming, fraui the country, he ordered rump steaks
and oyster sauce; of which having partaken plenti-,
fully, fie ordered and drank copious libations of
punch. When he called to go to bed, Mr. Hug-
gett informed him it was the custom at his house,
to settle the reckoning every night before therwent
to bed—he nodded assent—but soon shpt. out of.the
room, and secreted himself in, the farther part of the
• )ard, where Wortley, •the Officer, and-Robinson,
the:Night Constable, foundlaim, and locked him
up. He would not say any thing about his family,:
except that he came from Sussex. 'The Magistrates,
at his request, and with the Prosecutor's consent,:
sent him to serve His Majesty. "•
MAR LBOROUGU-STRAET;-.-MOrIS. D'Egville, late
of the Opera-House, yesterday charged. Mr. Simms,
a respectable tradesman,' in harles7Streef; St.
James's-square, with an assault. The Prosecutor
stated, that he was returning home to his apart-
ments in Charles-street, on Monday evening, when
he was alarmed at the 'appearance of sparks oftire is-
suing from his neighbour's 'house. Mt. S.'who is a
baker, attempted to allay the fears of the Prosecutor;
by assuring him that the 'sparks from the oven Were
not unusual, and such as coal not be avoided in the
course of his business ; he might be 'satisfied by View-,
ing the process of heating the oven. Some "Words
arose, and, according to the statement of the Com-
plainant, he gave his opponent a tlack eye While he
was fuenacing,his fist in his face. 'The Magistrate
advised the parties to adjust their differences; but on
failing to 'do io; Mr., S. was held to bail.

'On SatUrday last; the 2sth ult, at the auvanced
age of 84 years, -died, at his seat at Muntham, in
Sussex, WILLIA::%IFRANKLAND, Psq. the only sur-
:viving brother of . the 'late Admiral Sir litotAs
FRANKLAND; Bart. 'and uncle to the present Sir
MOMAS FRANkt:Oin, of Thirkleby Pacic, near
Thirsk/Yorkshire.• The early part of his life was
:LEtirely employed in the '-aSt, 'lndies, and in travels
'through Arabia and the Holy Land ; but in his lat-
ter years his habits ‘vere teeluse and studious, and
his attention principally dire&ed to improVernents in'
tscience,.andthe, app4cation.of Mechanics to the pur--
poses of trianufa(quee'.