The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-21 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION HousE.=-Yesterday Solomon Isaacs,. a
notorious pickpocket, was brought before.. the Lotto.
MAYOR, chargedfly the Captain of a Danish mer-
chantman with picking his pocket, on London
Bridge, of a red, leather pocket7book; value ,five
shillings, containing some, private papers, which
were of no value.
The Captain stared, that as he was going over the
bridge, he felt that something*had,been taken out of
his' pocket,. and. instantly looking, about-, he saw the
Prisoner throw the book behind him. He laid hold
of him, and charged hini with the robbery; but the
Prisoner denied it for a considerable time, and en-
deavoured to get away. One of the City Officers,
however,- happened to be pas Sing by, and the Pri-
soner was taken -into custoly ; imMediately:after.
which,
,he fell down on his knees, and begged to
be forgiven ; but the Officer having had him in cus-.
tody not, less than fourteen or fifteen times before, .
on charges of a similar nature, took him to the
Compter. • -
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The Prisoner had nothing to say in his defence,
?and was fully coinmitted for trial.
This'man belongs to a gang of pickpockets, some
of whom were brought before the LORD MAYOR on
Saturday laSt. They are mostly Jews, and in com-
mitting their depredations, confine themselves al-
most entirely to foreigners in the mercantile and
seafaring line; underan idea, that even if they are
discovered, -it Will not be Convenient for the Prose-
cutor to remain in England, to give evidence against
them.

Lcvi Benjamin,- a Jew, was charged before the
LORD MAYOR with stealing a piece of linen, the
property of Joseph Nathan, who Was of the same
persuasion. _ _

It appeared, from the evidence of Nathati and his

wife, that the Prisoner, being employed by theni to
, clean shoes, came to their house when-Mr. Nathan
was from•home,.and told Mrs. Nathan that her-hus-
band had sent him for a piece of linen, as he had got.
a custom er for it. The linen was accordingly de-
livered to him, and he made off with it, and was not
•
seen until the day before.
• The Prisoner,
yin his defence, stated, that the
linen had been giver: to him "by Mrs. Nathan to raise
a guinea on it, until her son would be able to pay
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him sorne money he Owed him. Ife'then prbduced
the duplicate but the linen pawned
,not appearing
to be the same as that lost by Nathan, the Prisoner
was' remanded until to-morrow, - when the linen is
to be produced.

,Last week the house of Mrs. Anne Levie, of East-
gate, Rochester,. was searched, by a Bow7street Of-
ficer, in consequence of an information being laid
against her, when a quantity oftopper, iron, and
other stores, the property of His Majesty, were dis-
covered on the premises. She was taken into cus-
tody,: and carried before Commissioner HOPE, who
fined- her in the mitigated sum of 101. and, after
pointing out to her the dLger of purchasing such
articles; when she. knew them to be the King'sstoreS, 'let her' off,. without further punishment, in
consideration of her'old age.
A young man undertook for a wager of ten gui-
neas to run, yesterday morning, four miles on the
Fulhain Road in 26 minutes; which he performed
with ease, having one minute and a half to spare.

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KELLS-PIT

Dells-Pit, near WhitehaVeu, the property of. the
Right Hon. Lord Viscount Lok.t;Titei, has recently
'undergone a thorough repair. The following par-
ticulqrs relative :to it, may not be unacceptable to
our readers ; e:specially to many at a distance, who,
it;may be preSumed, are unacquainted with one part
of..a coal-mina which possesses several singular
properties; and, in pointof situation,,differs from
all others of which any account has hitherto been
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aiten•

• This pit,,pr.Sllaft, is 113 fathom's: (236 yards) in
depth from the stirface to the. main-band seam of
coals ; hind it is, in other respects, the, most remark-
Itble'_of any in the kin•gdorn for extent of field, with-
out interruption from dykes ; being from North to
SOutb, or water-level-course, .2400 )afclg";, and from
East to West, what is termed, by-miners, from rise
to dip, as already explored, above
,1000 yards
is alsonow extended upwards of-960 yards under
to sea, from high-water mark ; and is as promis-
ing as at the first workin • •
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The coal of this pit is universally allowed to be of
the finest quality--; particularly that on the North
side, which frequently splits into pieces as thin as
the slates used far 'the roofs of houses.

In making this Complete repair of the shaft, all
the old cribs and lathing, and also all-the old bran-
dreths and partition-deals, or .cleading,, were drawn
to the bank or. surface ; every part was replaced
with the best materials ; and upwards of eightlff-
thorns in depth, Walled with strong brick walls, in
some places Upwards of,a yard thick, Where the
metals Were particularly dangerous, or mach decayed,
Two new rits were also cut on each sitlelf the pit,
to colled all the water,-with a view of making the
hollow of the pit" completely. drys_ -a_ • method: bot
hitherto prg-tisedin this pit. .
It is thirty year's,-ive are informed, since any
thing materralihad• been done to it ; and when 'the
repairing of the old. shaft Was -resolved on, ..and even
entered upon, several of the workmen, whose duty
it" Was to effe& it, after persevering fOr, a few days,
abandoned it altogether; as dangerous in the extreme_
The. businesS *as, however, resumed by a see of
volunteer workmen ; who,, under the -dire&ion of
Mr. JOHN LONGMIRE,,Ageyt, and THOMAS MAR,
LEY; Overman, :a6,tually completed it, without any
accident, in the short space of five week-s-!'.FOr- the
first two of which, twelve hours in each twenty-four
were set apart for working a whole • coal-shift, or
raising 50 waggons of coals per shift:, The last
threeweeks the pit being unsafe for carrying on the
coal-work, the repairing of the shaff-weril, on
with-
out interruption. - -
So
great was the.anxiety, and so spirited the exer-
tions of those. who had vdluntarily engaged in this
enterprize, that JoSEr WAI'ON, a Pick-sharper, for
want of a person to succeed himat intervals as ati
assistant banker, did not quit the works far; 1- t. .days"
and nights !
Lord LOWTHER arrived 'at the. Castle on Monday
evening, the 28th tilt. but only remained there over
the next day. HiSq.ordship was so highly . pleased
with'what had been done, that he ordered a very;
liberal premium to the Agent andOverman ;
.and a,
handsonie reward to be "given to all' the workmen
who had volunteered their services in the' business ;
which, whatever of danger it might comprehend,
was executed with uncommon
.dispatch, and in; a
manner which excites the surpriie and approba-
tion of all who afe -corripetent to judge of 'such
exertions:

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..,The-repairs were completed last Saturday, morn-
ing;
.and, almost immediately afterwards coals be- ,
gan drawing to the bank as.usual.
The method used in conveying the Materials up
'and down the shaft,is perfe&ly new and,secure, and'
worthy the attention of all who. are..largely con-
cerned in coal-mining.

SINGULAR' CIRCUMSTANCE.-The sewer which
runs under Swallow-street having been opened for
the purpose of being cleansed, some.men who were
working in it. on Friday last, being at some distance
from the aperture, were alarinel by an finaceotTht
able noise, issuing from about •50=yards further up
the drain; and procuring.a light,, several of them
determined to explore the cause, when it was found.
to arise from an immense Boar, which; being di-.
turbectby the candle, shewed signs of a most fero-
tious disposition ; the men, 'however,Troeursd some'
ropes and poles, by_ which means, on again corning
in sight of the fierce animal,. they were enabled to
defend themselves, and a cord being`put-with-great
dexttrity.roudd his head, it was, without much re-
sistance, drawn out; on being brought. to .the
_light
it exhibited a most extraordinary. appearance, the
'skin was of a bright yellow; soft and paNY;.and
entirely devoid of bristles, and Of a wonderful• thick-
nesS, the tusks of vast length, and. the Whole of, the
bOdy proved it to be of a gzeat ale. This animal
must have fallen into,the sewer when young.. _Tile
vast quantities of oft'al that are carried down the'
dntins would supply it with food, but it is extraor-
dinary that it should, 'for so long a time, tave lived
in the damp and unwholesome air of a common
drain, and, still have arrived at full strength and vi-
gour. Being valuable, as a curiosity; disputes
arisen as to whose propertfitTis five persons claim
it as their right. It is at present in the possession of
the labourers who found it.

On-Tuesday se'nnight the following shocking cir-
curnstance occurred in Mill-lane, in the City of Co-
ventry ,man.of the name of with his"
wife, having left their house to the 'carp of a girl
about 1..2 years of age, and two of their children in
it, the_girl fell asleep with the infant in her arms,
whilst the other, a fine girl about :is years old, by
sitting too near. 'the fire, is supposed to have set fire'
to her clothes. Wheii the parents entered the house
on their return, finding the girl asleep, and it full of
smoke, asked what she had been burning? and were.
answered nothing; but upon the father "takincr a light
upstairs, he found upon the landing his child in too
shockifig a state-tobe degcribed, all its clothes being
entirely consumed,' its body and head burnt in a -ter-
rible manner. The child, it is supposed, -tap up
stairs on finding itself on•fire, but was unable to re-
turn, being overcome by the flames and smoke. The
little sufferer
.Survived the accident about an hOur.
IL:is very remarkable, th'at the lamentable cries of
'the child did not awake the girl below, although
they were heard by several of the neighbours.

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