The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-22 00:00:00

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MANSION-HOUSE, OCT. 21.--Richard Cowley and
Charlis Rockwood stood charged with stealing wine, '
in the house of Messrs. Aislabie, Eade, and- Stand-
ring, wine-merchants, 152, Minories.
Mr. Standring stated, that the prisoners had been
in their service as porters. Cowley between four
and five years, and the other about two. They had
behaved so well during that period; that he had late-
ly giyen some of his clothes to Rockwood, and, lasi
night, about nine o'clock, had called Cowley up
stairs :for the same purpose. Upon desiring him to
take off his great coat to try on a coat he intended
for him, he remarked him very shy, and that he
laid the great coat outside the door, in the dark.—
Upon their coming down stairs, he took the great
coat in his hand, and feeling the weight of it, he
interrogated Cowley, who owned he had taken
two bottles of Sherry thev had been bottling that
evening, for his wile, anti- confessed he had taken
two bottles of Port the night before, of which Rock-
wood had got one, but denied any further theft.—
He was immediately secured, and a constable being
procured, they proceeded to search Rock wood's
lodgings, in which, how:ever, they found nothing
but a bottle of beer, which Rockwood affirmed he
had bought for
.sixpence, and some pieces of large
candles, such as used in the office. In Cowley's
lodgings were found, three bottles of port, one of
brandy, and one of rum, and, in the watch-house,
two bottles- of wine were found, concealed in his
small-clothes: Mr. Standring supposed they might
have been plundering him about six months, at'
which time he had lost his cellar man, who had iivea
with the firm for twenty years.
Rock woodAvaS sent on.board a Tender, and Cow-
ley fully ck,inrnitted for trial, and the parties bound
over to praSeeute.

GUILDHALL.---A Furrier, in the employment,of
M...-!ssrs.Mears and Co. Fetter-lane, was charged with
sterling fur' from them. Having bean suspeaed of
being in the. habit of pilfering from them to a
con,iderabhk amount, a Constable was sent for, and,
upon the prisOner's got froM his work, yesterday,
to dinner, he was seized and searched, when pieces
of fur were found 'in his pockets, to the vatne of
four or five shillings. He was fully committed. far
trial.

Bow-STREET.—Yesterday a case of a very novel
nature came on to be heard before Mr. READ.--
Some titn4. -since a man of the name of Richard
Neighbour, who resided in Gresse.;street, Rathbone-
place, was brought up aud Committed tor trial, on
a charge of a most detestable nature, by Joshua
Archer, a lad about 18 years of age. On Tuesday
evening the father of the lad called at Mr. Hanson's
office, the Attorney who is employed to conduet the
prosecution, and said, that some person had been
endeavouring to bribe his son not to appear against
the prisoner,, and to leave the country. Mr. Hanson
told him, if he did not appear to'prosecute, he, the
father, would, forK,it: the recognizance he had en-
tered into for his son to prosecute, and be prosecuted.
for compounding felony. In consequence of this
information, Mr. Hanson very properly sent his clerk
in pursuit of the lad, and. yesterday the clerk brought
him before Mr. READ, when he acknowledged- that
a Mr. Thwaites had been with him, and °tiered him
a sum of money, and to pay-his cxpences to Ame-
rica, if he would go. Several of the lad's relations
attended, and Mr.- READ asked them if, they would
be bail for his 'appearance ; but, under the peculiar
circumstances of the case, they declined, in cone-
(pence of which Mr. READ committed him to the'
-Mouse of Corretlion till the trial is over. ,

John Anthony Davidsom, a Mustee, was charged,
with having broken open and robbed the house of
Peter Cherry, Esq. of Moseley, in Surry.
It appearad that the prosecutor had been in India,
and, while he was there, had hired the prisoner as
a servant, and brought him over with him, lie
knowing the English language, and having been in
England before. On the 14th of last month the
prosecutor discharged the prisoner, who was ex-
tremely angry, expressed himself in violent terms
towards his master, threatened to betevenged of
him, &c. On.the morning of. the nth inst. between.
six and seven o'cloCk, he was alarmed by his servants
that the house had been broken open ; he got up,
and discovered that some tiles had been takeri,off
the roof of some back premises, and an aperture
made through some lath and plaister, large enough.
to lit a, person pass. He found his dressing :room
had been entered, his writing desk on the floor, and
broken open, and some valuable gold coins, brooches,
&c. stolen thereout ;. his escrutoire was broken open,
and a drawer in it, which was secured by a secret
spring, open, and the valuables which it contained
stolen.

From the circumstance of the prisoners having,
made use of abusive language when he left the place,
strong suspicion fell upon him ; and Mr. Cherry
came to London in pursuit of him ; he learned that
he did not sleep at home on the night his house was
broke-Open, and that he was at that time in the coun-
try. Mr. Cherry gave information. at the Office of, the
robbery, and employediAnthony to go in pursuit of
him. The Officer learned that he was gone into
Hampshire to be married he pursued him to East •
Wick, and lodged him in Newberry prison. Tiyt;
following morning,. Anthony called upon him in the
prison, and inquired of him where his master's pro-
perty was, which he denied any knowledge of; but
while he was in conversation with him,
,a woman
broUght him a quantity of linen she had washed for-
him the prisoner Owned it ; the Officer proceeded
to examine it, and had very little doubt but it was,
part of the property stolen from the prosecutor's
house, and claimed it as such ; tt e prisoner denied
it, and said the articles had been given him by his
master, upon his return from India. This was con-,
tradided by the prosecutor, who. identified the. pro-
perty stolen. '
He was committed to take tins vial at the ensuing
Assizes for the County of Surrey.

Last week, seven French prisoners made. their
escape out of the Assistance Prison-ship, in Ports-
mouth harbour; but they ix;ere all re-taken on the
mud; to which they had swam flout the Ship.

A considerable fall of snow comwenced at an
early hour on Friday morning at Edinburgh, and its
neighbourhood; and at night it blew a Yiolem gale,
wind N. E. but was milder the following'd.iy.

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