The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-26 00:00:00

POLIO'.

Gdit.pnAi.L.,--Yesterday a, young woman ;lamed
Stevens, servant of Mr. Thomson, linen-d,raper,,
of Newgate-street, was brought before the
strate, charged with a capital offencin having ckin-
destinely reotoved a variety of valuable articles,
ob-
tained, by means of false keys, from varions io=;ins
iti: the house, to her bed-room;for the purpose of
_
stealing the same. Mr. Thomson stated, .she had
lived nine months in, his service, and always con--
doeild herself in such a maul-xi-as to obtain, much
coutidenceand respect
.;.and .he had not the
susi.)iciOn of ber dishone.sty until Wednesday morn-
ing, When be accidentally discovered those articles
tied up in a shawl at tire. head 'of the'`bed,- and .on
..calling.up and interrogating • the, •prisoner; shes.ac-
knowledged the-shawl to be ber's, and'tbe articles •
.plazed. there by her for the purpose of taking care,
_of them.
,Upon being urged more closely, liciWever,'
f.and told that her
,acknowledging the whole truth
wonld be her best policy, she acktiowledged the frau;
dulent intention, and also that silt, .bad, p.,rioined six
silver table spoons, two months since, .and.pledged
t henit a. pawnbroker's:
The untortunate,giil appeared convulsed:with re-
morseand sorrow.; and her. poor father, an honest
industrious tradesman, attended at the.bar, bathed
in tears, unable to speak—a piteous emblem of pa-.
rental affliction.

The prosecutor expressed his wish to act with
everypossible degree of lenity towards the'unfortu-
nate girl, and she was remanded for further exami-
nation on a future day. . . . .

. . .
' Bow-sT4E.ET..,--Yesterdara, pickpbehet, named
Charles. Davy, was brought before Mr. READ, the
Sitting Magistrate,- -charged with ha‘riiig picked 'the
~pockst of a Mr. Joiln Taylor, a 'Gentleman in the
East India Company's.srrvice, about t weaty minutes
btlor, in, the Strand, of his.pocket7book, contain-
, ing a Bill of Exchange for 811, ,
• Air. Taylor stated, that he had recently. returned.
from India, and had arrived in, London from Ports-
mouth o days ago, whither he was again about to
return in a few days. :Yesterday morning ho was
. walking through the. Strand tnwards,Chariag7erfiss,
when he 'felt his pOcket twitched by'some person
front behind. • He tn,tantly turned, anti saw the
_prisoner endeavouring. to conceal his poCket:bbok its
his bosoni, kie seized ;he prisoner and the pocket-
book at the same time, and fortunately recovered his
property but the: prisoner, by an ac-tive effort, got‘
loOso Iron' his gray, and ran cat}. Taylor,d6,
reOly raised the cry of stop thief, and the
had nut run fifty yards when he was:securcS•and
brought to
.the Or&e. The Prosecutor swoco posi
tively to theprisuner's person.
ra man named iylrtirner proved,, that he saw the"
pri.souer run, and hearing the cry of stop thief, lie
seized hitu patil the Protecutor cote up.
The prisoner in his deleiiLv said, he found the
' pocket-book "on' tho .I;s:wen:cut, and the- moment, lie
was desired to
.stop.4e did so. He offered.tOnike
oath he did not steal it.
The Magistrate, howeVer, committed him for
trial, and bound -Ott' parties over to prosecute.

UNION' Hatt,—On the 26th of July last, the
dwehing-honse of Mr. Browne, iu }Brook-street,
Lambeth; was brAte opn during A:temporary ab-
sence of the fainily,•and nubbcd of money and ,many
valuable articles. As it was evident that the busi-
ficis was dune- by.sot-nel/015011 well acquainted with
3 he, pretuiseq, a suspicion I,ell on a Mr. Janes Cobb,
which was confirmed by his abwonding.
Collitig-
bourn, after sortie difficulty, traced him through
variousplaoes to Ringwood, in Hampshire, where
he apprehended him on" Tuesday,, and, u,n Wtdties-
day, evening he was curncnittvii to tl?' County (i3OI
of Surrey, fir a further hearing.