The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-13 00:00:00

POLICE.

4(11.4'..3TRKET,--The Innkeepers of Landon haye a
custom to hook all parcels from the country, pre-
vioUsly to their bOing Sent out by porters fur delive-
ry, for which they charge an additional tvo,pence ;
this charge has frequently been disputed by the pub-
lic, and has, been 3 matter of legal .doubt. —The
rineStipii 'was brought before Mr. lttsan, yesterday,
for AleCisloll. ' "

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h Pincott;' a person employed in tbe-deliyery
of-rreels, 'Charged with' having, on the:4th
inst. taken ten-pence: for the p("lterage and' de-
liver); of a parepl brought to the White Hoise
bka stage .coach, being two-pence
inure than I.ios allo,Wed by the Aet of parlialitent.•
Sophia Deriinlean, of Devonshire-street, iort.
Lind-place, said, Alia on tip Oove theDe-
fezicktitt'brotiht a Parcel teller, for which he said
them was etglif-pcnoe ,fur 'por,terage,
two=petice for boolt.ing';,'which..she accur:linglypid
him.

The Nlagistrate, being ,of opinion that the Ad of
yolirtitient I,votild'n(iti justify, the eharv,forhooking,"
cotividczdhun'in the pen.ity of ,205.. and' g,
,costs.
'!'heDefchciant gave notice of an ..akpeal to the
,Sfs-
- finally to, determine tiie clti6stiou.
a
Bartlett 114111tV wrii charged viFh a very: extra-
ordinary ctinle, viz. with rehlinig tW•corplc of.. Ole-

L
late Caeitaiti triiimat‘rict, wlio ASA att gttulay Ewen- 1
ing, at the Swiss, Hotel, in .o.x.endon-street,. of%a
nurse, •containing,p .sui4 c> money,
Mary Flit) said,i She was a. servant:it • tare Swiss
Hotel, that Capt. Fittmatirice had lodged them, a
-iionsiderahle time, had. bt.4en -very ill, and died
,on
',Sunday afternoon. .
The Prisoner was in the habit of coming to the
Captain, And aaed As, his servant,—he.had-been. in
,the room a short time previous to •the Captain's
death;.but was not it the mom when he died.. lie
went in soon afterwards, and the 'Witness had:, no
doubt bur that a purse found on the Prisoner was
the Captain's property.
John °Stevens,
.the . keeper of the hotel, ,said, he
was in the room with
,Capt. Fitzmaurice when he
' died, and direalY after he took a pair of pantaloons
which were under the pillow; and the rest of the
Captain's. wearing appai-el into an adjoining, apart-
ment,. and on searching the pantaloons; he discover-7
ed:that-there was nothing in them—he, in conse-
quence, 'challenged the Prisoner with having ,taken
• the Captain's purge, which he denied—but an Offi-!
cer being 'sent for, the Prisoner praduced the purse.
The Prisoner was committal for further examine-
A prostitute was brought from St. Clement's
NYI4h-house, eharged°,,vith robbing a Gentleman on
Sunday night, in the Strand; the Prosecutor not.
appearing,. she was discharged. She retired to the
Green Man Public-house, in Bow,-street, with some
friends, here a man respe6tably dressed was sittieg,
in:a box°. adjoining to that, in which she sat .down,
arid -this person putting his hand upon the rail, .she
endeavoured to get a ring off his little finger; after-f
wards, when he. was holding a guinea carelessly, on.
his linger, she snatched it off, put it into a glass of,
ghi and pepperment, put it to 'bee mouth, and en-
deavoured to swallow it, but the guinea stuck in her.
throat, upon which sire took up a pot of porter that
' was near, drank a draft,,and swallowed the guinea,
.to the no small amusement of a room-full 9(45N:1e.
She was taken before. Mr. READ again, who ordered.
her to remain in custody.

PU.SLICOITICI3, WO4SHIP-S'T'REET,—Ye;terclay
Ge4ge-lioughton was examined, Charged with hat-
ing tired a gen, 10410 witirpowder and ball,. on
Saturday night last, in Bell-lane,' Spitaltields, at
Alexander -Harty 4 lad about ,fifteen years Of age,
by which he .was shot in the back pat-ref his-neck,
and aftei walking a few paces, dropped, AO
Conveyed to the Landon Hospital, without any
hopes of. recovery. , The .Prisouer stated, that'ilie
was employed as a watchman, to gpard some old
prernisei in hell-lane, in order to prevent their beiag
robbed—that he Was continually annoyed by'seVerat
boyw In the neighlaburhond, and that he meant only'
to frighten them. He was committed to New Pri-,
son; for further, isa:nination,
,until,the fate of the
Ltd shall be known.

$111? NB It'S.

WtYMOUTg,4OaTOL'F.it

Arrived.- Ills Majesty's Ship Pluto, Capt. jarivt.'iqnt St rz-
nuous Brig,. Lieut. j; Nug;:iit, arid'
.I.iherty,
train. a Crarze ; liOver Thu. Quirk, and Ex-
tra Pact:et, 1). Patron,, tram Cueriniey acid jerSek, With
Mails and Pastcengers. •
Brilliant,- W. Count, Princess Ntiosta,
Clark, atfd Two Friends, E. Bryan, fig. Guernsey with
cattle for the Troops ; Prosperity, las. Creed, 1cr,...k1i rney,
witn supplies tOrthe. Island ; Alert Extra P4icket, I). Pri-
two, tur Guernsey, with l'essetigersl.chesttrtield Pociatt,
Stavvoettl, fur Guernsey and jersey, with Mails and P‘ssen.
gers Nancy, Youe.,,, and Mattira, W. I1:11, for'Sua-
dcr,al,l, halltist ; jriseph and lietstry, W in. Spite, jun.
with sldne. V.OSC, Will. Slone, bell. with prize gads, end
II , Mathews, with stone, for 'Loudon ;,Susatinat kv,
Annan, for.PlythOuth, with stone ; and Lion, T, Isworth,
for Cowes, with stone.