The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-15 00:00:00

OXFORD, MAY 9.

On Wednesday morning last William Smith, tile
cook, and Richard King and Rebecca Barton, w
(low, assistants, employed. in the .Public Kitchen
established' for the relief of the 'Poor of this City,
apprehended and examined. before
.Edward

• •
Hitchings, Esq. the Mayor, upon suspicion of hav-
ing purloined considerable quantities of beef and rice
delivered out far the daily consumption of the
Kitchen, whtn they were all fully committed for
trial. The fads against them chiefly rested upon
the testimony ofa boy emplOyed in the Kitchen, who
was seen to come from thence carrying a basket,
covered over with remnants of celleryi and turnips.
He was stopped, and interrogated by some. Gentle„
men of the Committee, appointed to superintend the
establishment, and- told them the basket Contained
only remains of garden stuff, collefted together
for food for rabbits ; but on being searched there
were'fbund in it a piece of beef seven pounds weight,
and ten pounds of rice. The boy then confessed
that Smith, the cook, had direaed him to 'take the

[asket to King's house, ,and that Rebecca Bar.
ton had a smaller piece of
.beef, which was at first
put into the basket, but which she took out, say-
ing, her 'piece should not be curried to King's

house, and the boy also said that he had cn several
other days taken similar quantities of beef and rice,
in the same way, to King's house, sometimes by
his order and sometimes by Smith's ; the whole
whereof formea a part of the daily allowances in-
tended to be put into the soup for the poor.

A.,/ Chipping Norton Fair, on Wednesday last,
there was the greatest show of cattle that has been
at that town for many years past, particularly very
fine fat sheep, some of which were sold at reduced
prices ; but a great number were driven home again,
the butchers having refused to give the high prices
demanded by the dealers.

IRELAND.

An instance
of suicide lately occurred in Paris
that is attended with affe&ing circumstances.—
Citizen PESPLANS, one of the Keepers of the Cen-
tral Museum, shot himself. Previously Co his death
he wrote his' Will, which he'fixed open against the
wall of his chamber. in this he enumerates a few
debts that he owes, and a few trifling sums owing
to him. "I request my wife," he says, " not to
give any trouble to my debtors. It is I alone who
have ruined myself by this wretched habit of gam-
ing. T request my Protthors w pity my nnsfor-
-tunes.. I ask them a thousand pardons, and beg
then) to believe that, as' I am now .to leave the
world, I have lie% er been dishonest," He then re_
coma his wife to the proteaion of his friends ;
observes. that be has left her go francs and his bu-
reau, and conclt;des with begging pardon of his
c'redi tors..

On Friday Lord PORTSMOUTH observed a fellow
come out of the area-of Mr. So t.t.y's house in York.
Place, Portman_square, and &Sp three silver table-
spopns, after which he ran off, hut was pursued and
taken, and on sear Ching him two other silver spoons
were ("mind, which he hvi stole%) at the same time
out of Mr. SoLLY's house. His Lordship caused
hitrr ttibe sent. to Bow-street;

SHIP NEIPS.

YARMOUTa, MAY 12.

Arrived—the Two Fri:44l4, Harris, from 0i)orto; Flora,
A rtes•; Two Brother, -D6ughty ; 311t1 Namy? Eng-
ituu Ant, -Han':, front Liverpool ; 1);:rslcv, Giciney,
from Weymouth ; White, from H-istings; Cron_
vile, Ferret, from Poole; Butcher, :u ,1 Sca,Driz,
Ariti, from Souza:in:l)ton ;izs, • from Ler-
don.

MAY t 3. Arf.vect—the Manse', Talbot,-fromWeymotith ;
John, Carter, from- Liverpool ; Jew 11, from
Ltnidon ; anti Pe Joni St:truist. liclctuan, :con: Dort. -.
etyNl. 11:111; ..Nlargarct;
Antis,. for Lorxioti; anc 84:T/ilea, for Newcastle.