The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-29 00:00:00

ROBBING COACHES.

• BOW-STREEt.-On Thirsday evening soon after
seven o'clock, when Badon's party of patrole were
on duty near Phillimore-place,. Kensington, they
observed three men lurking about, and had' no
doubt that,a c.haiSe cart which was there belonged
to them ; they therefore kept a sharp look out upon
them. At the time the Exeter coach was passing
they observed the three men run after it, and one
or more of them got up behind ; directly after they,
beard the noise of something falling into the road;
they, in consequence, ran towards the spot, and
came up to a man with a large parcel on his
shoulders ; they stopped him, and had no doubt
but the parcel had been taken from the coach, but
it had got to too great a distance to enable them
ascertain the fact.

Yesterday the man was examined at Bow-street,
when he said his name was Thomas Williams. He
was committed for further- examination.

On the night of thelsth inst. airs. Sarah Wil-
liams hired the hackney-coach,. No. 05, to take
her front Nelson-square, ' Blackfriars-road, to
Crown-court, nidor-street, Blackfriars, and took
with her two 'boxes, two bundles, and a tea-
chest, which contained bank-notes and cash, to
the amount of about 121. She stationed her
daughter at the corner of Crown-court, to watch
and take care of the things left in the coach, while
the coachman was carrying part of them to the
house she was going to. The _coachman_ told
illrs. Williams he had brought every thing into
the house ; , but in a few minutes after he was
goneshe discovered that he had not brought in her
tea-chest; which contained 121., and as he had
said he had searched the coach, she had no doubt
but he must have wilfully"taked .?t away. After
some inquiry, she traced the driver to be James
Savage, and had him taco into custody. On.
Thursday evening he 'underwent 'an examination
at BoW-street, when -be denied being the driver
'ofahe coach. on the night described, buesaid, it
was his brother ; however, in this' he was con-
tradicted by 'Thomas Smith, another hackney-
coachman, who stated, that he was on the stand
Blackfriars-road on ,the night described by- the
prosecutrix, when witness's coach was the follow,-
. ing one to the prisoner's, and he recollected a man
calling the prisoner to a job in Nelson's-square.
-He was committed for further examinations The
money was the savings of the prosecutor for seve-
ral years. •
." MANstoN-nousE.---Yesterday two 'little boys,
of the names of Mod and Ifuteit,i_ns, neither of
'thew twelve years of age and seemiogly much
younger, were brought before the LORD .I‘.lvon,
r charged with having broken .a pane of glass,- in the
shop -of Mr, Pluck.; of, Bishonsgate-street, and
tealing a silk handkerchief, and (a quantity of.
lace. The father of Hutchins stated to his Lordship,
that his son had been three years at the Cordwain-
ers.School, whence he had been, dismissed a few
days ago, on acconatti ' bad conduct. To prevent
his going into the str tS, and being guilty of the
' practices, with avhich .e was tic:maaged, he had
yesterday locked up his shoes ; but in his absence,
the boy bad dragged art old pair from tinder the
bed, had gone out, and committed the offence for
which he now appeared before- his Lordship. He
had applied to the Marine Society to receive the
boy, which they had declined; and thought, that
if he were sent to sea, there might be some chance
of his reformation. His Lordship ordered both
the boys to be taken,to Captain Itichbell, Regu-
lating 'Captain, on Tower-hill, requesting he
.would use his endeavours, that they might be use-
fully employed in his Majesty'S service.
John Dowling was charged • before the Logo-
'MAYOR by a Recruiting Serjeant of Marines, with
having fraudulently imposed upon him, by taking
bounty money in his Majesty's name, and putting
him to other expense, though be was an invalid,
haviag been discharged as unfit for service.
The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner what he
had' to• say for himself ? lie did not deny having
enlisted, or having baen formerly invalided ; but
bait' he was now quite well again, aad fit for 'ser-'
vice. The serjeant was
,asked if the surgeon bad
examined him ; the serjeant confessed he had not.
The LORD alivolt desired he might be examined,
before he could judge of the charge of fraud prac-
tised upon hint. , .
.
QUEF.:N-satLAßE.—Janzes Western, a baker, who
resides in Broadway, 'Westminster, and who is
Contractor for, the Poor and the Guards, was
yesterday convicted in the mitigated' penalty of
Is. 6d. per ounce, for 114 ounces of bread ex-
hibited for sale short of weight.
'S.'esterday the gang of juvenile depredators,
who have long infested Westminster and its en-
virons, were brought alp- for re-examination,
charged with having committed divers burglaries.
Mr. FIELDING thought proper to send them for
another examination.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Richard Goodchild was
charged with stealing, in company with another
man, not yet in custody, about two -dozen pewter
pots, at the house of Mr. Dyer, Albemarle Arms,
corner of Dover and St.afford-street,- and halt a
dozen others, at the house of Mr. Proudfoot, the
Berkeley Arms; John-street, Berkeley-square. •
The prisoner aid his accomplice went to the
.house of Mr. Dyer", on Tuesday afternoon, and
drank some porter : they were noticed alternately
to leave the tap-400m very frequently, and after
they had left• the house, above two dozen pots
were missed. The landlord immediately gave in-
formation at this office, describing the persons of
the thieves. Whilst in the act of doing this, in-
formation was received at the, office, that a man
had been detained for pot-stealing at the 'house
of Mr. Prondfoot, and which turned out to be the
same person as bad been at Mr. Dyer's. The pri,
soner was detected with five or six pots, bent flat,
concealed in his small-clothes; hat, &c. by the pot-
boy, as he was leaving the house with his coin-
panion,, the latter of whom escaped.—The pri-
soner was remanded for another examination.

At a sale of land. at Stone, Staffordshire, on the
4th instant. several lots were sold at the rate of
390, 225, and 250 guineas per acre ; and the full
owing day thirty-three acres, situate half a mile
frolll the town, were sold, for 4000 guineas.