The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-06 00:00:00

The prisoner tryMq, '•&,•Ok flit •n6tet -frOtt
`old rnan, counted them over,- and • read the ran of
each ; afier which he appeared to roll them up in
•his hattds like a ball, and reibrned them to the pro-
lisecutor, who not stspe6ling - that' he was robbed,
:Wrapped them up in a piece of paper; and put them
into his pocket., He was completely ignorant of his
loss until last Tuesday morning,-When; on shifting
bisclothes,-be opened his pure, and'inissed the 100;.
Bank note. Alarmed at this tircoaktance, he immo
diately recollt.aedthe circumstance of the prisoner's
• handling.the notes on, the precedibg Sunday. . $e
immediately went to the prisoner Bryant's lodgings,
and told him of his loss. The prisoner. denied any
knowledge of the note, .and insinuated that the pro-
secutor's daughter must have .robbed him. The old
man, upon_ this, went in pursuit of his daughter,
who, it turned out, however, had been wrongfully
accused. Tfie prosecutor
,then. Wok. out ,a warrant
at the above Office, on Tuesday', and the prisoner
was apprehended in the evening.. . .
.It appeared that the note had been traced,to the
Bank of England, where it had been changed- on the
preceding Friday, :in the name of a buildevnamed
South well, of. Adam-street, Adelphi, whom the
wife ofthe prisoneriKite serves withimilk. Inquiry
was made of Mr. Soiathwell, it he had changed the
00l note ? but he denied any knowledge whatever of.
the transaetion. It came out farther in evidence,.
that the prisoner-Kite bad, a short time' 'since, robbed
his father of 50 guineas, and the only inducement
that prevented his parent from prosecuting, was
his immediately refuniling the money.
The Prisoners were remanded fur further exami—
nation.:

N 5 lON.-110U SE.--YQsterclay a young"man of the
name of Douglas, dressed in the, first style of the
fashion, was charged by. Mrs, and the, two Miss
Uarris, k.aclies of the Jewish persuasion, with an as-
. ,

Mrs. Harris stated, that the prisoner foreed open
the street door of her house in Castle-street, ShOre-
ditch, on Tuesday evening, and came.into the par
lour„l.vhere she and her daughters were sitting, and
chrnmenced taking improper liberties witli..them.
No persuasion could prevail upon him•to leave the
house.. She was oPliged to send for an Officer, who
took him into custody. She never had seen the pri-
soner before Tuesday evening.
The prisoner, in' his defence,., said; he thought it
was a house of a certain description, which- he cciillii
make free in ; he went for the purpose of acing
Miss Efilily Harris, whom he had seen before and
bad spoken•to ber..
Miss Emily Harris deposed, that she never had
seen or spoken, to the prisoner before, and combo-.
rated the testimony of her mother.

The prisoner not having any person to give security ,
for him, was committed to take his trial at the Quar-
ter Sessions.

'ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. Yesterday morning, at
about two o'clock, as the watchman was goingitii
rounds in Bell's-buildings, Paddington New Road,
he was. alarmed by the report of a pistol or gun, at
a house in the above buildings, and he gave an
alarm to the people, by knocking loudly at the street
door. A. servant opened the door, and accompanied
the watchman over the house, which is inhabited
only by a widow Lady; of the name of Sonmer, and
her -savant, and a Gentleman who Occupied the'first
floor, and slept in the front attic. On going into
'that room, the unfortUnate man was.lying prostrate
on the floor, and bleeding very freely, he having
discharged the contents of a pistol at his bead. The
ball passed slantingly through a part of the left
cheek, and in a manner that it is hoped will not
prove fatal. ° Surgical advice was resorted to. It is
supposed that a quick succession . from opulence to
embarrassment was the cause of the at tempt._
.OnThursday Line, boats started at Christchurch
for the prizes given by W. S. ROSE, Esq. DUring
the race an accident happened,, which bad nearly
.
proved fatal.; one of the boats, in which was a man'
of the name of Streeter, and his son, by a sudden
squall of wind, 'upset, and went to the ,bottom ; it
was immediately percei'ved by .Mr. COVERT, who,
at thaftime., wa-S.at some disraece in his yacht, and
who; by great exertiorls, succeeded in rescuing both
from a watery grave. . . .
' COunteis MOlvioN's house in Parksstreet, has, for
.
several days past, been surroUnded, by a set of sus-
picious fellows, who generally met about dusk.,—
The servant maid , entrusted with the care of the
house, having talst.' notice of theM, gave informa-
tion at Marlborough-street Office. Accordingly,
~
last night three _Poce Officers, well prepared . with
arm's, went to the house, and -at eight o'clock they
sent the servant out ; after which they secreted
themselves in „a closet a(*.joining one of the. rooms,
having previded themselve.s with a candle. Soon
atter the departure of the servant, the kitchen bell
was'rung several times, and not being answered, the
tinging was followed by.hard'knocking'at the door.
—The thieves thinking there was nce,person in the
house, tiroka.the door open, and went to the mous
adjoining the closet where she Pilic,ers had Coe-
tealed themselves, when the latter rushed oet upon
the robbers, who were five in number. A, battle
immediately ensued, and in • the scuffle the Candle.
was put out. One of the Officers had just' time to
discharge his blunderbuss, and shot one of them in
the left arm—the shot went through the bone.
—Thus rudely assailed, the robbers attempted to
Make their escape through the back% part of the
house, by jumping off: the first floor leads into Park-
lane; in the attempt, one of them broke his leg, and
was immediately secured. The man that had been
shot ran down SoUth;-street, and turned down a mews
where there is no thoroughfare ; he was also taken ;
the other three escaped. One of them must have
received a severe woiand, as the cutlass was covered ,
with blood, and those taken- had not been touched
by it. The two-men who have been taken, it ap-
pears, are reputed house breakers. They were taken
to Mount-street watch-house. As soon as the an
that had been shot was brought in, he dropped '
down, and fainted from loss of blood. Medical
assistance was immediately procured. One-of them
is not expelled to recover. The whole neighboer-
hood was thrown into the greatest consternation by
this enterprise. Lai!y M. liotreTsY, who lives two
or three doors from Countess MoteroN's, and who
had her usual evening party, was very much alarwcd,
as well as her Ladyship's company.