The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-25 00:00:00

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now-STRTET.—On Saturday, Mary Parker was:
brought up for re-examination,-on a charge of utter-
ing a 51. Note,,spurpoliing to -be an Ipswich and
Suffolk Bank Note, signed by Ralph Holden, to Mr.
ThOmpson, a linen-drapfr, of New-street, Covent-
garden, well knowing the Bank was broke, and
that .1.1! Ipjr Wen %vas not to-Jae. found. A number.:
of tradesmen,
,who have iatelyteen imposed upon,
by these Notes, attended the examination, when a
woman, who had- been, with the Prisonet at the
Brown Oear public-house, followed ,her ,into, the_
office; , when she was recognised by a man who
keeps a,pork-shop in St, Martin's-lane, and a grocer
in the.Strapd, to have passed similar Notes to,them, -
in company with -the Prisoner,, a few weeks since;
she was accordingly:put to the;Bar, and they were
both committedfor, further exatmnatioo next Mors-,
day, when it is eXpeaed a. number of,other charges
will. be exhibited against them

atlnkti-staumtE.—Jahn Casey, a bricklayer':; la-
bourer, was again brought before the Magistrate of-
this Oificeon Saturday, charged with having stolen
a large vantity of lead. In the coarse of a long in
vestigatton, it appeared that' the Prisoner was de.
teded in the tad, by one. of the Offic,-rs of the
Police, and lead to the amount of 160 pounds weight ,
found- in his possessioo, which he' ind-suipt
ofF tif)!* 1P145e6 it .1 were building,. in, thr-
neighbourhood. Noless than nine personi attended..
this examination whose houses had materially suf-
fered from similar depredations, several of whi,ih,
wore traced to the Prisoner. It appearing, bogrevi:r, •
in the sequel, that he was a deserter from one ol
Majesty's ships of war, it was settled that he should
be handed over to that authority,. to be punished for
that offence

MAR LBOROUG M.STII On Saturday last a
dashing Cypriaa, of the first style, and residing in
the most fashionable part of the west end of the
town, summoned a hackney coachman before the
sitting Magistrate, for refusing to give her change
it) payment Of his fare; for insisting on more than
his fare, and abusing-her in most gross and iadecent
terms; defaming her charaaer and her house. The
insolent Whip, having no pica to make to this
charge, was fined 40s.
Al ANS lON-HOUSE,--The City Officers have been
particularly vigilant during the week, regularly tak-
ing into custody every person of a sospicions appear-
ance, or resembling idlers or vagrants, whtlzu they.
find in the various pul);ie houses near the river. In
this way a number of useful and.. aclive.hands, not
properly protested, have been procured for the• Na-
Ny, and sent on board the tender.
Saturday an elderly man, named Brown, was
charged before the 1..0rd Mayor, by, an officer be-
longing to
sßishopsgate-street, with livin,g about
his person a great quantity of base money. The
officer, as. the Prisoner was passing along, observed
him drop several shillings, which, from the sound,
he knew to be counterfeit. He remarked the cir•
cumstance to the Prisoner, who inimediately gave
him a blow. The officer called out for assistance,
when the. Prisoner was secured. On searching him,
there were fl.iund in his pockets, 43 counterfeit
hugs, t siN.p.noes, an4i et vatit.:ty olotoer i:0.2,,t.:;-
feit money. The Prisoner represrnted I.imseu to
be a shoemaker, just arrived from the country, that
in his way through Mood:ells he found the eoi,t).
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tericit money itaquestion, wrapped. up in a Ficmol
paper. He at first thought he had found a treasure,
but, on examining, the quality of The metal,
quickly discovered,_ his :mistake. He was ,about to
throw the parcel away, when a person passing at
the time, and who had observed the transation,
remarked, that the Metal of itself was of someNa-
lee, find. that the Prisoner might bp, ahte, if he could_
meet with a Jew, to dispose of the whole &no forty
a penny or 'two-pence each. Impressed with this
belief the Prisoner retained posseSsion- of it; and he
was merely, for the purpose of judgipg what he
might exirg to pt by them, counting. over the
number ofpieees„ when two ox three &et:es,
.as cili
served by, the officer, dropped frOm his hand. He
WAS remntided till the Solteitol' for the Mint Should
be informed of the circunistance. '

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Da A R 1.13 R LIGH-STR EgT.—JonathaniVright Elms,
a daShing ladies' man, or, to be more intelligible, a
cliara6ter who was stated to live by the. bounty of
some dasliiiz Cyprians, was,charged on 6aturday by
Miss Ann Eliza Jonas, • a belle, of Sufibik,street,
with stealing a watch, a quizzing-glass, and some
other light ornaments of dress.
It was,stated thal Mr. Elnis had seen Miss Jonas
home from a ball, on Tuesday night last, and
good breeding 'of the latter would not suffer her, gal-
lant to depart at solute an hour. Mr, Elms, after
being much pressed to tarry,. in Suffolk-street all
night, condescended to do so, but with li-
berty to .depart at the early . hour of ' nine in
the morning, to attend some. urgent
,business.
After the gent/man had departed, the wait-
ing-woman of the lady, on going into the draw—
ing-room, discovered that, the titne!piece, which
was fixed c.iver the fireeplace, fixtures, and °mar
merits, wve all Missing ~and on Missionas looking
over her nick-ack's, she found Several of them gone
also ; such as rings, glasses, &c, Mr„ Elms had
fled, and, in the course of the day, duplicates of
the trifles were sent to the, Lady, which were
pledged for seven pounds; .but, Elms was not heard
of antil Friday, when he vas detained: .
tici the Prisoner acknowledging his ingratitude,
the Lady could not be prevailed on to prosecute..,

Uu Saturckty scipnight came on, at DowmAs'sizes,
the important trial, arisingfrom the deteution, by the.
/lick/tom aod Ross. Revenue cruizers, on the Otit of
July, 1.806, of .the Anierjcan.Ship Charks Curter,
for, having a greater number,of passengers on hoard
than Were warranted. by of PArliament.... The
Vessel was permitted to proceed on her voyagt, .on
security to abide the consequences. ,By the verdict
of tht: Jury„ the,owners were tined in *IOW. •
That 14 lowest Prize ju a ,Lottery..shoUlti be of
the value of 2,0001. may justly be protwouced a most
extraordinarycircumstance - in the annals of adven-
ture ;,.yet such is the tact which distiagpishos the
Scheme of tile l'Ameyys, which is now so neardetermination as l'o-inorroW. The moment is eft--
tical ; and many a capital. House, for a very ?tiding
stake, stands at issue on it.

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On Teeslay the first- diViSiSil of the County V-.
inetick Regiment of Militia, cottnnanded by Lent
Musv:Eituy, arrived in Dublin; 'on their route from
Carlow 'to Belfast.. Their baggage was de tell -
in the c.entre of Saclcl-die-street, and the men fur- '
: fished with billets through the city last night.--The
second division. will arrive in Dabrui on the same_
route on Saturday next. , - -,
Detac.bments from the Louth Militia marchedinia.
Carlow yelp:Hi:J.-inn their respeaiVe routes.
The .tlcl Battalion of the, 71st Regiment, which
arrived at Greenock fro:n Landohderry, is now :it .
Gliisgow.
. The 94th Regiment or. Scotch Brigade, which re 4.
turned in tilt: late fleet from.lndia, landed on. Fi ii9t. ,o
last at PHIVe62IId,,frOITI whence it will march is sal
few days for its sta,tion in the lieniish,Distriet. -,
.All the Circuits, except the Munster cud the:l
Home, are now terminated;, that for the county ok
Cork is:now proceeding, on, before the Hen. Jusnccii-.,,
'MAYNT alld FLETCHER ; UpOLI the Horne 'Circuit
the Assizes I . the county of Carlow were opened Y:
on Tuesday at Carlow, before the Right Hon. the 7.
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and the. Right. Hen. Lord
NORBURY ; and this klz!), the, ssizes for the county
of Kildare will be, opened at Naas, before the samo
Judges, which comity will terminate the ASbiZei
„upon .t. I lome Cir.ruit.

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A comicierabie tturnoer of $4,..0d se m ,ien ha7e be,.l)
c,
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obtained, by allowin• tnairiei to volunteer into tilt:
navy.

The rock at Black wall, so dange:ons to the ShO
going in and out of the Docks at Poplar, after three
years labour, has been,so far'cleared 'away, as t
leave 18 feet of water on it at low-water mark. '
SroarrlVG.---T4O Annual Easter il'late was run lot
on Tuesday last, op Barham Downs, and won with
ease by Mr. THOMAS "CHAMP'S b. b. Driver, bethilig
Mr. J 0 H PALMER'S. b. m.
ANOtftER. Summe.--,..The last ten days has per-
haps produced more aBs of self-destruaion than has
rarely been beard of. There hare been no less than
ten recorded, which have taken place in this metro-
polis and its environs; and the eleventh -occurred Ott
b'titurday morning, in a Gentleman, a native of Switr
terland, f,47 the name of Bouvden, who hair been. in
this country from a yonth; and who had considerable
repnwion as at, at i)o shot himself with a pistol,
at fetir o'ciock that morning: lie had lAtoured un-
der depre-s-,in cr. spirAs,during the weak, anti he mid
spent the evening of: Friday with a party of -friendi.
'The landlady of the house, anti-Mr. B 's servant
were alarmed by the frtal resort, and on going into
his hed-riinttr it Was caertfeived Otat the ball had
entered the lea ear, and .gone through the top a
the head. T:ie untOrtuttateluan languislied half an
boor.

A servant girl, in a Gentleinan's family in Hinnil"
st9ad, had been inissing for i,hout a tOrtnight, and no.
trace of her could be found till last Friday pi )ri,ing,
when a pond at Hampstead, belonging to ij-'dir
Sontharrpton, was drag;ed, and htfr body. was-
brought up... There weie u marls UP
en tile body, it is therefore . supposed she drow"4,.'
clufls.. can be assigned for the ;asr'
act, but it is Conjednien it disilppOiquutzut is
love.
The im-prcssions of the day ctre said to cause 010
ensuing night's dreams. Without. tleel)l,Y in".6l--
gating the tad, it may with more certainty-tie
vanced, that thus-e- who do not 1.!el an inipression,

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this day, to becowe•adveniurers (if nut yet so),• :01
the great City Lottery, which is to be deter-:
miricd To-morroy4, will stand tittle or no chance Gf,.
Rrocuring'a.;Tioltet or Share for obtaining. either
the nutuertitzseapital- Houses that then stand at
iisue. • •