The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-14 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-STJtEET.—Nrauxhall Gardens being annually
croWdecl to an excessive degrL4e upon the night of the
Anniversary of the Prince of Wales's Birth-day, Mr.'
Perkin, the Manags'r of the Gardens, always enNes
Rivett and Anthony to, attend on:the Prince's and the
Royal
:Dukes' Birth-:nights. On Tuesday night-the
Gardens. were extremely crowded. The Officers at-
tended, taut did not observe any suspicious charars,
and nothing particular happened -till'about half past
eleven o'clock, when the greatest inconvenience pos-
sible was experienced by the- cornvuirgoibg in and
out of the Pavillion, the pressure being,so extremely,.
great, from both .parties, N,vhen. Mr. John Horatio
Savignv, of King-street, Covent-Garden, felt himself
particularly 'pressed at one time ; at the same instant,
Mr-. aivison,This friend, who was dose. to him, ob-
served a watch chain in a man's hand, near theM, and
having strong'SUspicinn it was Mr. S:'s; asked him if
he had last his watch ? Mr.' Savigny ekaniined.his
pocket, and found he had lost it. Mr. Davison in--
stantly seized.the minis hand,with the Watch. i.n.it;
The man who had it was genteelly dressed, said he
wesan 04icer in the Navy, and had just picked the
vatch t'!'p; abut Mr. S. was not satisfied With this tale,
and c-Ilredout. loudly for. a Constable. Rivett hap-
peniil; *to be, in 'the covered-walk., Close to the spot, in-
stantly. ike'fit to Mr:.:.S.'s assistauce;,but the man
• fused to bltaken ipto Custody, rcf.)eating his talc of his
Oiliccr; and lately corn from on board ship;
but Welt recognized him tO be an old acquaintance, ,
of the mime of Jack 1161 mes, and it was true
.he had
but • lately •ebnie froln 6n board ship,-.,.butit was upOn .
rgturn from Botany:BAy. -The- villain resisted
the Officer, and a desperate encounter took place, in-.
which .Hol roes, '•Who is a' tall-stout man, gave the
. 0 tile& seceral severe bruiges, tore his waistcoat' and,
shirt-to rag,„&c,- The Officer,-ha‘veVer, kept fist
hold of his*- Mist by 'hiScliffs, and, • with the assist-..
ance Of others, ire was conveyed to -the hotkbe-
longirrg to• the Gardens,: Officer was pro- 'I
ceediricr- to 4arch'hinf'; but to this he made another
most Al`siie'rate 'resistance;. liVett droVe..hisl head.'
again St-the Wall,' and. one of the Officer's •belonging
• to Utlion Hall- 'pulled his legs :for wards,' ViSch
broughtiiiini upon his baCk.- Rivett th'en got upon
him, but bet:o'e he could search him he was -Obligeot
to teal: his breeches off by pieces, when he -found
concealed in them a;valuable gold watch, chain, and,
-silver'snuff box.
The villain was afterwards led hand-cuffed to one
of the Offices belonging to Union Hall, in which
state he remained till six O'clock yesterday morning, ,
when he was lodged in Covent Garden Watch-ho Use.
At one o'clock he was,.examined before JAMES
EEAD, Esq.:when the above Witnessesattended., and
he was fully committed upon this charge. . .

'll44sszog-Houss.—Yesterday.a smart little boy,
not More than nine years of age, was brought before
the LORD ,MAYOR by a respectable elderly Lady, his
Godmother, with whom the boy lived; for the pur,
pose of obtaining a summons for the appearance of a
Waterman who had defrauded the child. The old
Lady said, that the boy bad left her house on Satur-
day morning, having first taken out of her pocket
her purse, containing between fourteen,and fifteen
pounds. She was much frightened at the absence of
the child, and had several persons in search of him
the entire of Saturday, but could, not hear of thim
,until very late in the-evening, when she learned that
a gentleman who 'keeps a toy shop had stopped. him, .
in consequence of his offering a 51, note in payment
for some topi. , The boy, when he was brought
lome, bad but one 91. note and eleven shillings in.
hia•Possession, and on. her questioning him what be
had done with the remainder of the money, which
consisted.of another 51. note, a 11. note, two guineas,
and a seven shillings piece ; he told her he had spent
it all, and related the particulars"; One of which was,
that he had taken a boat 'down the River as far .as
Blackwall and back again. In payment for this' he
gave the Waterman a 51. note,, and received .from,
him in .change t ts. 'The Lady therefore wished. to..
have:a summons for the Watermait, the number of
whose bOat the, boy fortunately remembered. -
The Lott') MAYOR 'ol:sired the boy to give an ae..
count of the a'nanner he had spent the money ?,, t.
The : child, ,accordingly stated,. with groat per.
spicuity. and composure, that' when he took the
: money -out of; his mother's pocket, he. went to a-
confedioner's shop,. and- had some pastry,-.for'which
he was to.pay four-pence: . .In payment. for .this. he
gave aseven shilling piece; and; he belieVed, he got
the change right enough.. He then went to a toy-
shop,. aad bought a guinea's worth of toys,: for which
'he gave in payment a gtiinea.. Next, he went to
Covent-Garden market. and-had a ,pottle of mulber-
ries,:for which he gave a.shilling, and two-pence.
He. then bought more toys and more pastry ; then
a pair-of shoes, which cost him six„ shillings ; and,,
finally, 'he,:went to Hungerford-stairs, and there
hired.a boat. -The „Boatman first asked him if he
bad-:. y, I and he,shewal him he had plenty,
and desired the Boatman to take him to London
Bridge and back again. The man, however, did not
mind his diretions, but took him to Blackwall and
back again. In payment he gave him a 51. note; 'and
received in change eleven shillings;_ the• man, at
the same time, remarking that it was a one pound •
note.
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To• a question. put by the LORD 'Ma vox', the boy
said, be did not look at the note he had given to the
boatman ; and the only reason he bad- for saying it
was a 61. note,.was,
,that having spent the only' 11.
note .his mother had in her pocket, that which he
gave.tlie man must, of course, have been a five. •
The_LoRn.MAYOR direEted that the man should
be summoned and also said it • would be necessary
to stop-the payment of the note at the Bank, as 4iy
that means it might be traced.
A. Danish sailor, who has been ten days in cus-
tody, on a charge of wounding' his Captain with a
cutlass, was alSo brought betiP 6 the LORD. MAYOR ;
but the Captain, who was so far recovered of his
wounds as to be able to appear, said he 'did not wish
to prosecute him, as he was a registered seaman,
and wai obliged to bring him back to Denmark.
. The sailor at first refused to go back in the same
ship with his Captain; as 'he understood he had
brought irons to put him in confinement ; but when
the LORD MAYOR told ,him he would oblige the