The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW-STREET.----Yesterday William King and
John Vincent underwent 'another examination,
charged with being concerned in stealing, a gum];
tityof linen in. the possession of Mary Elwell,
which she had been entrusted to wash. She em-
ployed the prisoner King to take it home, and
he absconded with it. Suspicion having arisen
that the property was in the hOnse of the prisoner
Vincent/ who is a baker, in King-street, Drury-
lane, Humphreys and 'Jones searched his house,
where they found the stolen linen, and the basket
which contained' it,. in Vincent"si bed-rooM, and
also a large quantity of plate and other property,
which, suspecting; to have been stolen, they also
seized, and too Vincent into custody. Yester-
day s6'eral persons attended at the Office, and
proved the other property to have been sold to
him, but he could not give a satisfactory account
of the- .possession - of Mrs. Elwell's linen : his
statement was, that a journeyman baker had left
it at his house. He was 'admitted to boil. The
prosecutrix did nut attend at this examination,.
but sent a letter, declining to prosecute.
Henry Brown, a yots.ng st;afaring man, was
brOught to the -office, from St. Clement's watch-
house, charged.with throwing a soda water bottle
on the •stage of the Olympic Theatre, in Wych-
street, on Saturday night. On the charge being
stated to the Alagistrate, he at first objected to
going into it. not considering it-cognizable be-
fore him, it being merely,a trespass ; he had never
beard that there was such a place, and said he
considered ail such places, called places of public

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amusement, except these by Royal authority,
or
patent, as nuisances.
- Mr.aussell, the stage manager, attended, and
stated, that Ire was not in the Theatre at the tiine
the cir'itimstanee•happened, but in the adjoining,
house; 'and on his being informed of it, be went
on the stage, and offered five guineas reward for
the discovery of the person who threw the bottle,
, . ,
when the prisoner stood up in Ule pa-, atm very
candidly acknowledged he was' the ..man. Mr.
Russell also stated, that two persons were o'n the
Stage at the time the bottle was thrown. With
respect to the Theatre, the license was from tne
Lord Chanaberlairi;• 'it had been purchased by Mr.
Pilliston of Mr. Astley ; and he considered, that
they were acting under as good and as high au-
thority as that under which Drury-lane Theatre
was. acting.
The Magistrate did not admit the, correctness
of the statement ; but' said, if Mr. Russell could,
bring witnesses-to prove that the prisoner threw
the bottle at the persons, on the stage, it would
then amount to an assault, and he would commit
the prisoner -unless, he found bail. Mr. Russell,
.undertook to prove this. '
The prisoner, in his defence, said,-he had been
to sea for a number of years
,; that he was but very •.
little accustomed to playhouses, and on Saturday
night there being a great hissing and noise, the
cause of which -be could not tell, he very indis-
erectly joined in it, and threw the bottle on the
stage without any wicked motive; for widths he
was extremely sorry, and would make any public
apology or atonement that was required of him.
On this statement, Mr. Russell said, that his only
'motive was the good anti' orderly government of
the Theatre, and expressed himself satisfied with
the apology the prisoner. made in the public of-
fice.—The- prisoner -was accordingly discharged.
CHARGE OF RAPE.—A Military. Officer of dis-
tie.gu:shed rank, between GO and 70 years of age, ,
was charged in the country a few days since with
Committing a rape on the wife of a hawker, near GO.
- Aim examination tooloplace in the country, where
the alleged offence was committed, and the accused
was delivered over to the parish constable for exa-
mination on a future day. The Offeer took the pri-
soner's word for his appearance, but he went to Lon-
don and did not return. The complainant conse-
quently proceeded/to Bow-street, and obtained a
warrant, and the accused was exaniined on Friday
last -beforeSessrs.NAßEs and BIRNIE. The wo-
man's story was very inconsistent, not having said
a word about the matter from Wednesday till Sa-
turday. Besides, the offence was stated to have
beep committed in a parlour, under circumstances
veq inluobable. She stated that she had gone
to the house to ask relief for a•relative, that, she
gereamed out, but none of the servants of the
house heard her,although they were near at hand.
The case was-discharged. •
IVIARLEOROUGH-STRERT.—lrilhan/ Lrlfag„inS and
Joseph Bannister
,were charged with a burzlary,
at the hottse of Lan oilman, in Whitcomb-street,
and stealing therein sir silver spoons, five pounds,
and some silver. Johnson, a-city constable, saw;
a light in the first floor, and Huggins put, to the
window shutters. Additional.assistanee was' pro-
, cured, and the robbers were apprehended. On
them was found a quantity of pick-lock keys, and
implements for: house-breaking, a watch, and a
quantity of silver —The priioners were coMmitted
for iCcapital offence.
HATTON-GAADEN.—John Lanchester was brought
up 'yesterday lot examination, in the custody_ of
William Read, jun. by. whom he, was apprehended
on Saturday evening, charged with stealing a
large roll of blue pantaloon stocking, web, va=
lue7l 9/. out Of the shop of Messrs. Bolton and
Hardy; linen-drapers and hosiers in Holborn.—
The prisoner was observed by a neighbour lurk-'
ing about the door, and afterwards coining out of
the shop with the piece of stocking web, with
which lie ran away. Suspecting he had stolen-it,-
the 'person who observed him went into the shop
and apprised.them of it. The prisoner was pur-
sued and stopped by Read, in Warwiek-court,
Holborn,"with the stolen property in his posses-
sion.—Committed to Newgate for trial.

. CURIOUS EXHUMATION OF A CORPSE,—On Tues-
.
day last, lsth instant, orderi hiving been given
to open a vault near the vestry, in the north aisle
of St. Alaryport church, in Bristol, it was disco,
vered that the vault was already too full to adinit
another coffin Nv ithont being sunk deeper. The
situation is precisely under the remains of a mo-
nument, which, from its. style., must have be-
longed to the times of Henry VII. and has been
always called the Tomb of William Little, the
Bristol • Gratmnarian-7over which is- ,a tablet,
erected to the' memory of Thomas Kington, of
Notton, Wilts;Esq. The oldest of the four re-
moved coffinsbad been in the vault only 16 years,
hue all of them were quite decayed, and their in-
habitants nearily mingled with their kindred dust.
Upon. breaking up the bottom of the brick-work,
and digging down a few feet, the spade struck
upon a bard substance, which was soon -disco-
vered to be a coffin of lead, being about fifteen
feet below the surface, without atiy inscrip-
tion, It was taken up,. and the .next 'morning
examined in the pre: once of, several gentlemen.
—The lead ,was of considerable' thickness, and
contained a thick-shell of red .deal, with the inter-'
stice stuffed closely wit» straw. When the
was lifted up, softie gas, of a s'oapyod»ur, escap-
ed, and the whole becama perfectly
A very interesting spectacle now presented ii.:e!f.
There lay, in a most perfect state of preservation,
the body of a robust man, measuring six feet two
inches. "The hes', it some parts :resembled supple
brown-leather—in others it was quite white, and
bore a natural appearance=-in 'others again, it ap-
peared fatty. The features were perfectly dk-
tinet, the teeth regular, the nose -projecting,
.the
eye so little injured, that the trau4parent was
still pal t as
still pellucid, like horn. The handl), in admirable
preservation, rested upon the upper part of each
thigh ; and scarcely a bone of the toes was want-
ing. The throat was swollen very mucb ander
the lower jaw, giing the idea of strangulation.
The hair was cut off in a ragged manner, ovei the
whole head, and was not to be found 'at all,
At Lancaster Assizes, John Ruekley, for the
wilful murder of Dolly Rosthorn and Sarah Hall,
at Bolton, was Nand Guilty, and received sen-
tence of death.