The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-18 00:00:00

POLICE.

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UNtotr-HALL—Mr. Elliston on 'Saturday utVer-
went a second examination before -Sir JOHN PI .
molt*, when a,person from the M.arsbal; of the
Kidg's Bench attended to state to the Magistrate;
that a Gentleman who' was to have gi'Vt".ni eviden6e
,of.sorne. material: facts, could not at tend at the Office;
he being pprisoner within the Rules of the Bench
Under these circumstances .Sir, John though proper
that the business Should stand" over till a future day.;
Theclothes which the parties had on when the pis 7
tols fired, were produced by Collingbourn i— they
were perforated by the balls, ,and appeared burnt
n several place's as if by the powder;
• Mr. HUMPHREYS, on the p3rt.of Mr. ,liliston, snb-
.mitted, that in the evidence as it stood, none of•the
fatls required by, the Ael'of Parliament to make_ a
a capital offence had been proved ; at prrsent it
samotinted to firillitiig More tharrsuspiciOti ; be there-
; fore submitted to the .Magist rat e ...I hat :under all the
acirc.unistancqf his, client might be admitted to bail,
Sir J,OH N, however,' did not. consider himself at
-liberty t take" bait in (lie present cage, especially 11
-the evidence against the prisoner was.'not• fully clefs-
e d vas his wish, . 1)0
..e very indiAlgen_ce should
be extended to Mr. Elliston, which his 54.11311011
would permit of; and to forward that.olea, be (Sit
`Join) had already visited him in -the gaol.io see that
accommodations were the best that the priOn
.would afford, • Mr. Elision was then remanded till
Sir John.. shall have taken the ,deposition, t,he
gentleman before alluded to.

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F6RGERY.—LA genteel dressed 'Young ittit.h. Was nin.
.&torday Charged: before:the.Lottni-M&Tott, on.. suig-
picion of forging and uttering several checks draWP
upon a certain banking-house,. ,and- purported.to be
'signed by a Mr. Soloman, of. Whiteehipel, wlio
proved the check to be forgetiesin 'a eoti'siderabte
amount. it appeared upon the tr iso min, being sus-
pe6ted, he absconded,,ertd when taken: into col,
lody; which was at Bath, on his person was foun4
a great many bank inures, some of which ,wa4 prove
by a Gentleman from the bank to have been paid in
change for the large notes paid for the forged c.,ecks.
As there is reason to susped others a,tvpbncernell.bl
this forgery, and further'proof will toMe Ow, we de-
-cline entering into the evidence at presdnt, ,the
Prisoner is, remanded for farther examination
Wednesday next.
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ANECDOTE 614.-
Master-Painterof the arNew
a man whose" Lee-was Very much chsTrgured
the smalllpox, and goiug thrOugh the tic iß,ig4ttts
one day, was accosted in a l'retnendous loud hoir;so
voice by a
.sailor; whose face was very roughly 1199/
in the fallowing Siiigulat,' rnancer-;—" Sir I have et
your knire',—(p"ulling out a large claslp ktW'e, aboY.
two,teet long,: striving to: thrust it into Mr. I,4Av
sobt's hatid,)--"Nly'linife," exclaims Mr. LA ws(),r,i',
" You c:in have no knife of mine; for I neui.er
one; 'or did I ever carry such a knife." 'rine sanqr
kept . roaring out--et Sir, the.,linite is yptl
and.you..mnst tale it.". Upon thiS.Mr;LAws()N•47
gau to suspect that there was something more 111'.1#
ordinary in the felloW's.behaviOnsr; ..and asked, nil!
what he meant by... Such conduc.i.---" Why, *.4,-
says the sailis,;:-; rtelong to the Giill:Club in LO'r
don, and the'"`m.einbers are presented each will, a
knife, which they are botind by the lavi,s of 0.1:6
t:
to present .feany i)c;-son they rilav inset reg.oe,
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than themselves ; and how, Sir, e.s I ,consider
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several;ilegrees uglier than iny.s.elf,AiveTr; 7iry.tirnb.qr,s
iput.yon take it,'-and thrusting the knite.WlP
Mr. LAWSON'S pocket, ran away !
The public. opinion is so strongly in-favoty of the
present State Lostev, .that little-doubt .is entertainta
of •the sale of almost all the Tickets before, the 20til
:of next month; indeed, none:can be sold .after, fir
on that day. the drawing will begin and