The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-10 00:00:00

pOLICE.

MAULDOROUGTI-STREET. -77=-.. lan Palmer was'
chalged with having burglariOnslyein4red the
dwelling-house -of a Mr. Greenwood, n, Man-
chester-street, Baker-street, in company with ano-
ther man, not yet apprehended,.bctwecli eleven and
twelve- o'clock on- Thursday night,. I.vith intent to
steal, and feloniously taking tllcreout- a pair of steel
snuTers, and some other articles. . _ _

Wm. \Vauler stated, that he was, porter to a Mr.
•Keinpton, auctioneer; said he was emPloyed by his
Master to take care or the house, t:No. -2Q, Mauclies-
ter-street, the, goods in which. •N,vere to be sold by
,auEtion, by order-of Mr: Greenwood, the landlord,
on Monday next. , The wuness..,slept ,alone, in , one
of the front garrets. He left-the house on Thhrs'2
day evening, about seven ocloCk, to-get soMe.re-
freshment, and, trti- his going away, lOcked the outer
doors.-: lie:returned betwqen and 12, and Went
up to his bed-room without a candle, hut was rather
surprised to find the appearaneepf the room so intich
altered since he left it it) the morning. His bed was
Much tumbled : conceiying thacthieves might have
broken into-'the house in
.his abvnee, he,,resolVed to
-search. :He entered the adjoining garret, •and.'was
stantlyseizedby the neck by.7-aman,whoin hArnily be-
heves to be the prisoner,.asile WaSafterwardS 'secured
in the house. , Another man at the same time seized
him, add he vos,thrown upon the bed With his bee
lownwardi lt,mas quite (bark., .He roared (*loudly
for help; but they threatened to blow out,his brains
if he did ,not keep silence ; and one of the felto‘.s.;s
called to the other to hand llina the p.i!aol. He made
a sudden:struggle, and sprung. fvotn the bed towards
- the: Window, with an intention of giving the alarm
ig.4l-a•whole neighbourhood ; but in this ,attempt
he received a viblent,stroke on , his head,-,with some
sharp heavy weapon,: which he believtld -tra• be 'an
iron crow. He was-stunned-by the blow,- and fell
against the window, which, on- his recovery, he in-
stantly threw open, and cailed out murder ! several
titne-s." "Binh ruThans: in the interim left him, and he
sate neither again until the prisoner was taken into
custody. When he recovered from, his apprehension
and alarm, he searched the - house, and found -,ye
looking-glasses taken from the. fratnes,atifi ,pAcked
up Together. Here a pair of steel sntiffs .were
thevVii to him,- which, were found- on the,prisoner,
and which he swore to have seers on the
prerni4es. The witness had suriereda c-Ons;Aierable
elfuson! of blood from. the ,:Vt,i3lld tie received, ar4l.
appeared in Court v.ith Ilk- bead bandaged.
Henry 'Dance, 0fN0...1-7, Manchester-street,
Bakerstreet, suited, that.orrThursday night, between
eleven •and twelve, he was 'returning home., and at
his' own hall-door heard repeatedly the cry of
murder, and saw the last witness leaning out
at the garret window of the house No. 20: He
called to him to come down and open tht! hall-door
Ilk the former said he was afraid to: do so lest he
should be murdered; iti_the mem time the -watch-
Men assembled about the door, with many of the •
neighbours ; several. of the strongest attempted re-
peatedly in vain to force-Opeti the door.. Mr. Dance at
this time saw a man coming up the steps of the area,
' and endeavouring to get over the iron railing. Ima-
.gining hint to be the person who had cried out. mur-
der,. lie asked him what was the matter, to: which
' thernan, who proved -to -be the, prisoner,•answered,
they were murdering him above stairs," ali-o'cling-
r to the fiat witness but Mr. Dance; suspecting from
his appearance: and manner that be - was a bats cha-
raeltr,
seized.him when he endeavoured to remount
the railing; atfd gave him into the custody of the,
Watchmen, taking, however, strong notice of his
features. • . -• ,
Three watchmen corroborated Mr. Dance's evi-
dence, and proved the finding of two 'skeleton keys,
• and a pair of steel snuffers on the prisoner ; and a
consable of the night produced a bunch of above a
dozen Skeleton keys found upon him, and a strong
iron hand-crow was _given in by John Howard,. a
"constable, which. was found in the room where
\Vanier was knocked down.
- The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was
committed for further examination.

UNioN-HAI.c.--Yesterday Corks Bradford, .a
porter to a •wholesale cheesemonger, to Tooley-'
street, in the •Borough, Was brought up by Gott,..
who
.had apprehended hilts at his lodging in the
Maze, on Suspicion of burglary, under the follow-
ing circumstances :—A few nights since, the ware-
house was discovered to have been broken open, in
which the prisoner was employed the preceding'day:,
a ladder, that was evidently that of a lamplighter,
was found reared against the door on the first story,
where the thieves had entered, and who appeared
to have been suddenly. disturbed, leaving behind
thern a set-of housebreaking tool;,_ an iron crow,
stock and bits, and a fine saw, part-of them being
found ,in an old stocking, traced first to have been
given to the prisoner. This led. to a suspicion, which,
Was heightened by his absconding. The Magistrate
committed him fo--r a. father hearitig.
A. fethale child of ten years•of age, was:yesterday'
detected in stealing a gown from a shop in Lambeth,
and was 'put into the care of the County gaoler,
until it can. be ascertaiued if the Philairthiopic So-
ciety will take her.
'HAITTON-GARDEN.-A case was yesterday heard
before the Magistrates, with, respect to empty -ciir-
riages passing through Hyde Park and Kensington
Trust, without paying toll. Mr. Matyear, of Fill.
barn, a market-gardener, was summoned for' not
paying. for his cart when empty, agreeable to the
worth of-the Ad. Mr. CLA111(, On behalf of 'the
Lessees, attended, and 'contended that the Aiit ap-
plied to all carriages not 'actually laden with dung ;
and to back that opinion'produced tour opinions of
eminent Barristers. The Magistrates uponllearing
the whole of the case On both Sidies;_declared that
the Defendant vas untiotthtedly liable, and that
they should convict him, unless he could addt;ce
strong proofs to the contrary.

For the gratifiotion of the public at large, but
particularly of the lower orders, we ale happy to a❑-
nounce that the to which has been excited re-
specting the unfavourable state of the harvest is fast
dying away, tind that the W twat crop (according to
sonic Of the Agricultural Reports) is not only ac-
kuowled),ed to be the most abundant, but is Qxpeta-
ed io exceed the last year's crop in quantity.

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