The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-02 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, DEC. 1.

Charles Kemp, a fashionable-looking youth, aged
19, who in the calendar is described as " a clerk,"
but who styled himself " the Hon. James Kemp,"
was indicted for stealing on the sth of November, a
watch, value 181., and a diamond ring, value 71., the
property of Henry Collins.
The prosecutor stated that he was a jeweller, liv-
ing at 118, in Piccadilly. On the sth of November
the prisoner came and requested a " dinner invita-
tion" to be engraved, when he gave his name and
title " the Hon. James Kemp." He then looked
at a diamond ring, when he put the stone to his
tongue to see if it was real, observing that that was
the test diamonds were put to in China. He said
he approved of the test.
By the COURT—And I suppose his taste for them
wss good ?—Yes, my Lord.
The witness then detailed the evidence, which
has already appeared in the Police report.
In his cross-examination by Mr. BARRY, the pro-
secutor admitted that it was not by the prisoner's
order that be took the most valuable property to the
hotel.
Edward Woods, a pawnbroker, produced the
watch, and another person the ring, both of which
were pledged by the prisoner on the day after the
robbery.
The prisoner, in his defenee, said he had at the
time only returned three weeks from the East
Indies ; when he took the property he meant to
have paid for it in a few days. He said his father
was in France, arid ignorant of the disgraceful situa-
tion in which he was placed.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN summed up the evidence,
and the Jury without the least hesitation returned a
verdict of Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE, addressing the prisoner,
said, " Notwithstanding the plausible story you
have told about your recent return from the Indies,
and your honourable father in France, allow me to
tell you we know you as an old practised thief; de.
pend upon it that your honourable pretensions will
not shield you from being sent out of the country."

The Commissioners of Woods and Forests
have directed that all the gatekeepers belonging to the
Regent and St. James's Parks are to wear green coats,
with the crown on the buttons, scarlet waistcoats, and
green breeches, with a broad gold lace round their hats.
The dress of the men who are termed day-watchmen is
to be made of green velveteen, with the crown on the
buttons, and a narrow gold lace round their hats. The
Commissioners have also placed the whole of the swans,
ducks, and other water-fowl, on the ornamental waters in
the Regent's Park, under the care of the Zoological Society.

On Saturday week a thaw commenced ill
Wigtownshire, and on the following day the rain literally
descended in torrents, and long before night nearly all tke
streams and burns were swollen to a greater height than
has been known for the last twenty years. The Bade-
noch, in particular, was seen raging like a little sea.
Everywhere it overleaped its banks, and flooded the holms,
roads, and even some of the bridges, to such an extent,
that few who could avoid it chose to incur the risk of
passing from one station to another. The Spital-bridge,
between Wigtown and Kirkcowan, was among the
earliest submerged, and, in the course of the day, be-
came the scene of the following fatal and distressing
accident :—A young man, of the name of RI‘CAw,
servant to DAVID BLAIR, Esq., of Kirkclui3t: was
despatched with a horse to meet his master, who
happened to be from home. On observing the state of
the bridge, the lad hesitated to venture across, and called
to a person of the name of EDGAR, who happened
to be near. From his intimate knowledge of the locality,
Enc Ar. described the danger as trifling, and immediately
mounted before his friend, with the view of piloting hint
safely across. The water, however, was found to be
deeper than the guide had supposed, who was in the act
of turning the horse's head, so as best to resist the force
of the current, when his companion became alarmed, and
pulled the reins with s t much violence in the opposite di-
rection, that both were dismounted and precipitated into
the corner of a field several feet lower than the road. En"
GAR, in falling, retained hold of the bridle, and in that way
was dragged to the side; but M'Caw, less fortunate, after
struggling ineffectually in the water, was swept into the
current, and speedily sunk to rise no more. • His body
was found next day, not far distant from the spot where he
met his fate,—Dumfries Courier.