The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-09 00:00:00

POLICE.

MARLDOROUGH-STREET.—Yestetday two Gen-
tlemen, Louis Mortier .and JoSeph Lopez, were
brought to this Office, charged with obtaining mo-
ney under false pretences, of Mr. Long, of Dover-
street.

It appeared that
.the Prisorers called at Long's
Hotel, Dover-street,,on "Wednesday evening, and
represented themselves as belonging to the suite of
a Russian Prince and Princess,.lately. arrived in Eng-
land ; their brisiness in London was to provide
suitable accommodation for the Illustrious strangers
and their suite ; for this pretended purpose they .ap,
plied at the above Hotel, and,made the neces-
sary preparations for their accomthodation ; at the
same time telling Mr. Long that they, had found,
unexpeaedly, that a douceur was expeoledst the
Alien Office, for -which they.' were rather rinpro-,
Mr. Long, willing to accommodate the
strangeri, lent them nearly ten pounds in cash:
They-requested that beds might be provided for that
night,. for their use, 'and that they might be called
early in the morning to bake their departrire for
Portsmouth, to inform the Russian strangers of .the
provided accommodation',

_
Mr. Lon; soon began to stispea he had been
_doped is Was strange that persons from RuSsla
Should arrive at Portsmouth, and he procured Police
Officers, who tookthese Gentlemen intosustody, and
brought them 'yesterday to the Police Office, Marl
borough-street, where.they ‘.anderwent an examina-
tion. They were remanded till Wednesday, when
several other, charges are expeited to be brought
against- them. :IVlortier solemnly declared, that •he
was well knoWn to Lords Grenville, Itowick,:ll.
Petty, Sir Francis Vincent, &c.

few days ago as a Gentleman Nyas,
walking upon the City Walls, he suddenly felt him-
self stunned, as if 'shot 5 but there ."being no report
of gun or pistol, he thought no more of it till he
got home, when, " pulling 'off his spencer, a
,kullet
dropped from his sleeve, and he found that it had
perforated the spencer, his coat, and'flaniiel waist-
coat': his arm appeared to have been slightly bruised,
from the shoulder to his elbow.--4his extraorditiary
circumstance cannot other4rise be accounted for than
that the bullet (the force of which must • have been
nearly spent) had been discharged from an air-gun,
as there' was no report of fire-arms.
MURDER OF MR. STEEL.—Many persons attended
at the Public Office, Worship-street, yesterday, ex-
pecting (being the day of removing the prisoners
from the different gaols of the metropolis to New-
gate) that the persons in confinement. On suspicion
of having committed - this atrocious- deed, would be
finally examined, and committed to the above men-
tioned prison for trial next week, but a conditional
pardon has not yet been obtained through the Se-
cretary of State, for Hanfield, the King's evidence,
and until this is issued, his testimony cannot be re-
ceived in a Court of Justice; therefore, Holloway,
Haggerty, and the aforesaid. Hanfield, stand over
for re-examination, and consequently the prisoners
charged with- the murder cannot be tried at the en-
suing Session.

Mr.i.NIOIFAT, 'who died a. few days ago, at
house, in Portman-sgtvre, was bred to the Royal
Navy,' and was one of tsC
h, few remaining._ survivors
,of
,Lord HAWKes. glorious vi6tory over, ONFLAI•IS,
'in the Year 1769. •

The experience of many years has proved the fal-
lacy of the opinion that Lottery . Tickets would be
cheaper, in proportion. as the Drawing became more
and more near. In respect ,of the great Scheme,
which begins.drawing on Tuesday next, there iSinot
the least ground for such an expectation; as the de-
mand for Tickets and Shares is now daily become 4o
great, as to atibrd every prosped of an immediate
advance of .price.