The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-11 00:00:00

PICKPOCKETS.

• The highly praiseworthy and spirited manner with
.which• Mr. READ -aeted, in cousins the numerous
and daring gangs of pickpockets to be brought before
and putting._ 'the Police Aft 'in force against
them about six months since, cleared the streets of
the metropolis of those mid-day robbers. Whether
those who were not apprehended were driven to do
goimi, it-is termed, we not ascertained ; but
the determined conduct of Air. '•Rk.to had the'cle-

s;rd-,effto- of ridzi i rig. the pubic of the despeiate. and

• vrincipal leader, .Bia'SO4llleg,. Who bas-since -turned°
4.4 - The time of cord nerneirtofthosevho were
committed-undertlie-Polioe Ad to.theHonseof-Cor- •
rattion as xogues and I;agibrii4d9, tins' expired, and
-Lacy-are -again loose upon the 'Pnblie. TheMagis- •
?sates. being aware of 'sia4etted depredations
. would-be committed upOil the'thnititudes'a4sembled'
.10 view'the proe-ession of the Lord'Mayor-on Wed'
'neaday. To guard against Which,;-.:all the Offreers •
were stationed to prated his Lordship and 'all-those
• in the procession, -at their landing from
barge -at 'Palace-yard, through Westminster
Hall; and the.different.Courts,. and coudti6tect them-
,
oack on board the barge.
A Painerons
_party, of the
,patrole, who have a
knowledge. of the,pickpockets,. were stationed_.opon
Westmit:ster-bridge and the,place.s•adjacent. They
.ibse.rved two men on the bi idge in coiup*iny toge=
.ether, Whom they had not known before, and saw
une of them jerk
_ahandkerchiefup, as if taken from
a pocket. They;then watched .them closely, 'and
saw them try several: pockets,
_but being fearful that
they might escape', they laid hold of them: In a
short time afer they met willf their old liequaitit
tV4ite, alias Conks ril.eciu,,hUt not in,coM-
pany..with -any of his compain,-,11:i.. They afterwards
i.tw liobinsotz and Aightinggle,. two other notorious
characters, and seemed theta. Jo, the evening they:
underwent an- examination before GttatfAm.
The two new hands proved to be soldiers in. the_ 3d
Regiment of ,Foot Guards. The .account the man
_ .

gave who
.was deteEted with the handkerchief, was,,
at first, that he found it on the bridge; but after-.
wards said he, botight it of aMan, a stranger to hitt.),
on the bridge,. fot one shilling.'
They were committed for ,further examination.
,Conkeybeatt, Robinson, and Nightingale, were dis 7
charged.
It is much to 'be lamented a press-gang, was not
rieor at hand, to take the,e lelloWs.
,
Yesterday, at one o'cloCk, was the time appointed;
for the further investigation of the unprecedented,
charge of a Mistress of respeelability being charged.
by tier owtieryant girl with rribbing her: Miss P.
sttended at the appointed time,' with a -.niunber of
tespeaable friends,; Mr. GURNEY,' the Btarrister, and
Mr. LOWDEN, her Attorney. The Ptosecutrix-also,
attended, with several &lends.
Mr. GURNEY adds ::,,eat Mr. R> AD' at considetable
lenaPth, and said, he had very little' doubt but he
should be ahle to convince the _Magistrate of the Ito
probability of the ch.irge,MisS p.-beitig:a, per* of_
property, and Ihat.t:he Prosieutrix: was a iejdy per-'
son; 'and, from" circurnstances, he ebuid spew that
the was not' passesSed of the priiperty she said she
had lost. He then;,by pern*sioii of-UieM.lgistrAte,
entered into, a long cross-uxamination Martha
Kent, the ?ids-et:unix. She acknowledged that she
hod purchased a pair, of stays.lately.; 'that she was to
ha",e paid bilt• nineteen ‘shillings' for"there, if .she
odd have paid for then) .at' the time 1)f purchase.,
ot.)l7;ed .to agree *for apontid, hecadse she
; that she. had piirchased.:Millinery,
mods during ;he last year, to the atnount-bf-hteent
tour and tiVe },onntis,- stn of was: in 7;
debted tar till Within trtese tew(ktys. One evening,,
Tohnash, who was on a Visit to.l'lts:; P. asked
her to go out lopu; chase sotne.papo• 'and she ex-
Cused herself from goieg; by 'observing that she had
no shoes to wear, :and no'inOney to' ptirchaSe !any.,
A variety of other qt.ittionsWet'int to her' hy the
Learned Gentlettan, and similar: answer; given, and.,
they appeared to rna'ke-Out Mr. qtrrney'S statement.
However, the- girl explaided "thorn tolerably well.
She said she has lived with .11,1isS P. nearlySii-years,
except for aboatVio tilonths ; dui ing which
time she got a-shilling a-day and her board; and then
waved money.
She returned to Miss 'P.'s service a'geebfldrtiMV a-1
and during all this time she had saved money ;. but
her savings were principally from-what she
given her by Ladies and Gthttletntu who were back-
words and forwards at her mi4tVess' ,

named some of them, and the stuns they gave her.
All this she kept a-secret from her mistress, as she
was very backward in paying her wages, and she
hada considerable suni owing her,. and if her mis-
tress had known She was posse4.sed. of nit;ney,
bin : s•iiottill not have been able to, get any A.,iges,
and this was the cause of getting into deGt, that her
mistress might suppose. she. Was disiress,d. She
W.is asked if any person knew she w,is pocisesed of
vt-tpoury"; to which she replied ni the nega-
li'tre.;- but the cook must have known she was pos-
sessed of money, as she someiiines. borrowed a
pound of her,. She denied having said she did not
belittle her mis-tres, had taken her w.uaoy, and that
soine One-cle in the house had ; but acknowledged
ha\ ing said she could not swear her mistress bad.
'Mr. READ here interrupted Mr. GunNE.y, and ob-
served, that he was in some degree apprised of ail
that this examination tended -to, as the Ori told him,
`iylienthe ohmge. itas first before him, that no per-
son kh.e'w. she had so much looney, and that she
`had 'saved ii,from what had been•given" her by ladies
and genfletnen he should' therefore consider the
boSiness in exattly the same state as at -first, provided
the girl §..e• him a satisfactory account why she did
not appear on Monday and accordingly called upon
do.

The girl stateA„ that on going from the(offiee, on
Thursday fright, the 2d instant, when she first madP
the Charge,.to,lie'r mistress's house, she turned
out of doors, with nO.cialres except_ those she :wore,
and no money, the sixteen guineas stolen. from . her
box being her all,. and it was-with much difficulty
:she got a bed at a: person she knew in Little
I'6rd-street. On Friday she was informed - Mrs,.
JOlison, t he- rnatr n of the .Foundli lag
,Hospi t 01, had
been inquiring after her, and had Soine`thiug JO tell
her which would be of advantage to. her. Accord-
ingly, on Saturday morning, she went to the-Found-
ling- Hospital : as soon as she entered the yard, she
saw Mis. Johnson and Miss P. walking under the
Piazza": in consequence of seeing her mistress, she
drew back, and .reinaitied in the porter's lodge till
ber:mistress left. She then went to Mrs. Johnson,
Whb had-her up into he: drawing-room. ; •-• •.
/ Mrs. J. began by observing, that she hid 'heard. of
the unfortunate business- that had taken place be-'
tween her and her mistress ;:that it wits a'shocking
thing-for. them both ; and hoped she would not appear
agailiSt her mistress, as if she Was to be-transported,
or any thing of the kind, she Was 'sure she-Would
neverlorgive herself. The girl rePlied, she did not
want to hurt her mistress, she Only wanted her
trionerandra character; altliongh •she thought her
mistress had used her very ill by turning her out
of doors'at a late hour. Mrs. J. replied, she must be
a.good girl, and forgive her mistress that, she be-
ing in a pet and hurry, but was sorry for it now.
The girl said she had no objection not. to appear
ag,
ainst her mistress if she should, not corne to any
hurt, and was - not doing wrong. Mrs. J.'assUredi
her not come to any'hint—that all•that'
COme:of it was, that if "she did not attend at
-130 w.-street, her mistress would be discharged ; her
mistress's friends would raise her "money -tor her ;
.but that would not be done at present. She. gave her
.25.. and some victuals, and told her to call again m
'the evening.
The...girl then .went to Call at Captain Foye'si:
whose place site was engaged to some time previous
to the Uutortonate -business with Miss P. Mrs. F.
told her she had heard of What had happened he=
tweet) her and her mistress, and observed, thatif
she came to-her place, she should not go out to ap-
pear against Miss P. In the evening the girl called'
again upon Mrs. Johnson, at the Foundling, when
'fritand ,Miss P. its company with•-her: she had
brought her clothes -there,, end delivered them to
her, iAt this time, Mrs, J. renewed- her solicitations
-that she would not appear against .lier mistress, and
the girl agreed.to it, as -in the morning, provided no
harm could ,cOme to her for it. -Mrs. J. assured her
that .would be the ease ; and all that would. come -of
it would. 'be, - her mistress would appear. at Bow--
street ; and as she did.not attend, the business would
be dropped all together, as if nothing had happen-
ed ; and appealed to Miss P, that would, trot be
the case, and She confirmed Mrs. J.'s statement. '

-The girl took her -clothes' 'away to her lodging,
and the same evening went to; her mistress's house,
as desired,' and Miss paid her the wages that were,
`clue-to her, andnothing particular passed, exceo
Miss P: Observed that she would recoiled w hat Mrs.
J. had said to her. Whether thiS• alluded-to her go.-
Ing to her new place; or appearing at Bow-street on
Monday morning (the tiine appointed for 'her to
aPpear at the Office); she knew not. Miss' P.'s cook
took the girl in a coach to .Mr. Smith's, china-man,
in Tothill-street, Westminster, where therfettiained
all day, and the-cook assigned es a reason for''stay-
ing there so long, was to'ilvoid'the.Bow-sireet OtA-
Cer' getting bold of her.
On .Wediiesday evening the girl called upon' Mr.,
.14-)WOrt,. Miss P.'s Attot.ney„ to know xf the busi.r.
47-deSiwas. to be Settled.; when he told her it vv‘as of
too much.consecanence, and desired her to attend at.
BoW-street on 71hoesday.
Mr. READ considered alt the subsequent Codut:t
of the , Prosecutrix, respecting settling the businesW
to have followed troth the proposition made 'to here.
by Mrs. Johnson, and accordingly sent Lavenderz.
for her. Mrs. J. attended, and confirmed the state-
ment of the girl respeaing what she had said, 4:c..-
. Mrs. Johnson raid the girl was brought up in the
Fouhdling, arid she had recommended her to Miss:
'P. and was extremely sorry 'for what had happened.
, -The Magistrate told her that her condud had been
-strialy corred. . •
The Magistrate consickring, the girl to have pro-
. pefly accounted for her—non-attendance on Mon-
day, said, he considered 'that there was sufficient,
legal evidence before him, to send the case for far-
'.ther investigation. •
GUitiIET applied for Miss P. to he admitted
to bail.

Mr: RE4p, finder . the circumstances, forrytied
with the applitiatiou, -and_tibe, was admitted, he self
in '21)01. and four silictiL:s in SOL each.

MAN-siox-House. ---,Yesterday ,t•he
_new ,Loup
MAYOK transacted oficiai,• business in ►he. Justice
itootn, for the first little in his situ, tiou as,Chief
:Magistrate.

- John Ana; -Alepy his wife, and John—Rgigers,
.both litistillel),..'Wero charged hy Mr.-Orayi a linbEl-

asher; in Bishopsgate•street; with *uttering a 301.
Bank of England ,Note, which had been stolen.—
Mr. Gray stated, that.thePrioners purchased. goods
in his shop to the amount of 101. for which they
gave in payment a 301. note, which he not wish-
ing their to gjyt; the balance, desired the Prks()tiers.
to call the next day;that he .might- make inquiry at
the Bank r..'cpe("ling it, where. he_ finind it ma's -a
,good note, but payment had bt.,en stiipped,:it hat ing
been stolen some time sinCe from a Mr. Calvert, Wit
atiuthey note of ,iOl. 1.1.1 e Prisoners coming to
mind the change, lie sent for 'rhotuas Sire,Weit,.an
active otticxtr, w 1.16 took the PrFsoners into titiAtidy :
die female Prisoner pretended pi first, the Money was
her's,. which she I,ad w'of-ked'.hard for, but,g.ive
ferent direetions where she Jived: ''Upon Sapki;ell's
questioning her conCerningthe 501. note. she con-
fesed sliehad,part °fit at home; and that she found
both notes in" sifting dust. Upon Sapwell's going
home with her, he found:in her apartments ?51. in
cash and notes,. with the goods purchased from Mr.
Gray, 'and several. other goods, Mlieh the Prisoner
confessed was bought with the chat e froth the ;•ul.
note. Mr: Calvert not being in town, the Prisoners
were remanded for farther examination.

John Brown .as charged with uttering counter-
-
felt 'seven-shilling pieces and half-guineas. The
same officer produced the counterfeit money, and se-
veial good notes and cash found upon the.Prisouer.
The Prisoner was oruered to be remanded, 'and no-
tice to be sent to the Solicitor of the Mint to attend
the future examinatiOn.

• ' MYSTERIOUS CASE.
UNION 14A LL.----Ayoulig woman, named Rebecca
Gould, a servant at a house in Lambeth, appehred
before ateNilaoStrates to answer a char.se of snspi-
• don of 'a 'four crime, originating out of the
follUvw-
log circumstances :—A young woman, who site-
„ceecied in the occupancy of an apartment in the
house of a Mrs..kiancock, whiehiapartment she
had a box; supposed to contain 'clothes and linen she
had not immediate occasion for,:' soon after her
living there, complained of an Offensive smell:
that cotitinued';— and further, she either heard, or
fancied she did, hideous .noises. This 'Was so often
-reiterated; that it Was resolved to Open the box, and
as no key could -be found to tit, it was_broke open,
when, to their surprise. and a-st,:nistiment, the. body
of an infant, apparently Of twelve months, nearly in
a dried state, presented itself; the bowels had been
taken our, and were irf a woman's pocket—on lifting
the body the, head fell off.. SuspiCion fell upon the
unhappy girl, Who admitted it was hers; and 'said
first she had 'it from her father, and then from her
iiroi her, but 'knew nothing of the contents. Under
all the oirk•umstances, Mr;EvANcE ordered her to
sate custody, until the event of a CUronet's Inqdest
is known.

The following houses have been broke open and •'1
robbed within the last five days : 'the dwelling-house '
of Mr. Harrison; in Griffin-street, -Deptford, of a.'
numberof silver al-tides and apparel, with a pocket
book containing '244. in Bank notes, and a Master of
the Navy's Warrant. Mr. Lanibell, in Duke-street,
SouthWark, of a watch,.dgold seal; and wearing ap-
prel.; Mr. Davies,. in Valentines-row, of a (pan-tity of .wp!tien's wearing apparel ; the shop of Mr.;
the corner of . t,•Lambeth, of a
large quantity of
.coats, waistcoats, and pantaloons,
A few evenings since some thieves broke into the
house of Alt- Lesage, of Kentish Town, and plun-
dered it'of,plaie and other articles to a considerable
amount, with which they escaped. without alarming
the family or the neighbourhood, leaving the street
door open. But the most extraordinary eircum-
stance'relating to this affiir is the fiallowina.
the evenitig succeeding the -night of the robbery a
pin-eel:was delivered from one of the Kentish Town
Stages at the door of Mr. Lesage, containing the
greater part of.the property, plate, linen, &c. care
fully laded up,- and inclosing - duPlicates issued
froth a pawnht`Oker's shop" in Holborn, covering the
whole of the remainder, with the. money for which
it, had been pledged! of course it has all been -106o-
vered:- Re,pecting the parties concerned in-the roh.
bery no information has yet been obtained.
On Wednesday evening Se'nnight a mast
,daring •
robbery was committed in the neighbourhood of
Berwick. A's Mr. Andrew Carr, clerk to Sibbit and
CO. at Screme.trston fLiine Works, was returning'
hOthe in the 'evening froM that town, he was
ac-
costed by two men who enquired the.. road to Ber-
wick. Stopping 'his horse to point out the way, one •
•of the fellows 'seized the' bridle-, and p,reSenting a
pistol 'demanded his moneyt the
.other .instantlf
.
dragged Mtn from the horse, and striking him se-
verely with his stunned: him, and. tool -his poc-
ket-book containing .161. in notes, and some silver
which was loose* his 'pocket. •The fellows made
off with their niiOty, and have not Yet '.been dis-
cored.

-` A 1-esi)eCtable farmer iii the Corse of Gowrie; some.
.cla)'s ago, &Sired his farm-servants to remain. at
home, and' clean and dreis their yorses every nJblit
at eight o'clock=—This they all jfiye, in number)
pererukorily refused; and upon their being ebn-
vetted in a sutnrmiryadion before the .3 tistices for the
Perth dktrid, the.y,dmitted the fa6t ; Whereupon
thelJusties found the master's orders were Dcit
ontreasona6le, 'and -granted warrants for committing .
algal to yerth,pool until they found security to fulfil-•
theirli&viN,r-40a obeY. a their master's-reasonable
orders:- "'•'

serious accident Ii ippened to Mr, Muicaster,
of Stanwiii, near Carlisle, . (IQ: Tuesday- last. ,He
ha.d beer,athis farm. at Kin:grpoor, :lad on his re-
turn home, -stopped at a small rivulet, called,GoS-
Sylit, to water• his horse, and wheifhe.thought
it I)ad drank sufficient he checked the animal with
thehildle., upon whiCh it refiredop, and fell bark-
'wards upon Mr. Mulcaster,.by which lie had his
thigh broken.

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