The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-12 00:00:00

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PICKPOCKET.
AllArtr,nortotmlt,sTßEET.—foe Evans, one of the
fashionable depredators Who infest the, principal
streets at the West end of the town, was, 'on Tues-
day, charged at this Office, by Sir G. H Smith,
with making •an attempt -to Tick a 'Gentleman's
pocket, ,at about three o'clock on Tuesday after-
noon,.in Pall-Math •

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It appeared by
.the statetbent made before the
Magistrates, • that Colonel Prevost was 'walking
with two other Gentlemen in Pa and they
were followed at a short distance by Sir G. H. •Srnih,
in company with another Gentleman. The Pri-
sdher had been observed to pass the latter. Gentle-
Men, and to follow Cal. P. and his friends; but
from his appearance he was not suspected, until a
person, on' horseback, a hatter in the,Strand, who
SAW him put hi; hand into the coat pocket of the
Colonel, gave an alarm. Sir G. 'H. Smith rushed
forward and caught the thief with his hand in the:
pocket. He was immediately conveyed -to this
Office, and
.after an investigation Of the Case,• thE..
Prisoner was committed for re-examination; to give-
Gentlemen Who haVe been robbed an opportunity.,
of identifying him. The Prisoner is the same fel-
low who was detets..led in the aft of attempting to
pick a Gentleman's pocket on the 1;!th cf January,
near to the sane spot.

Yesterday Thomas. Waters, a decent laokingyoun,,o.
man, was charged with robbing lodgings, by artful
designs. It appeared; that the Pri.Soner had takenfa
lodging in Queen-street; Golden-svare; and had
brought with him- a basket) supposed to contain his-
apparel, which, however, was. stutrod. with dung
only. the morning, at an early hour, the Pri-
soner left the apartments, and conveyed away blan-
kets;,linen,' &c. In.his possession, 117ry, the Officer,
found upwards• of iou keys, Wlooging. to doors,
and numberlesS
,duplicates
.of property pledged in
different parts of the town. - The . Prisoner was re-
manded till Monday next. He is, supposed to be
au oid otiender.

FORGERY. •
BOW-STREET.-;—On Monday evening 'William
Fisher and If.liomas Duifie/d: were- brought to the
Othce, and underwent
.an. examination betbre 'Mr.
READ, charged with uttering a forged draft at Mess.
Hammersley's, the Bankers,- in Fall-Mall; for .501.
utter the examination had gone oit for soinetime,
it was diswiered that Dutfie4.-liaa been made the
dupe and tool of Fisher; he was in'eon-equence
ad-
mitted an evidence;
.He stated, that he lives at No.. 2° James.' street,
,Oxford-street, and is a carpenter by tradj; Fisher
has lodged wan; hiin about a fortnight, and has
been acquainted with him about two monthS. .On
Sunday night Fisher told him he had found a 501.
note. that eveniti, in Grosvenor-square, inclosed-in
a letter, and asked him if he kneW bow be could
get cash for it; he replied, he thought it Was a sin-
gular circumstance that the note,was not mentioned.
iii the letter in which it was found ; he, however,.
agreed to go on Monday witl him to get it cashed,
when they 'left)off work to go to dinner. • They ac-
cordingly Went together to Pall Mall, when
pointed to a house, which he said Was theßanker's
where the note was payable, and said, he would
wait at the Palace Gate,- while the Witness went to
get/the cash. On his present ing the draft at Messrs-
,FiammerSley's, wherd it was payable, draWn in the
name of Lowndes, a tradesman who kept cash. there;
the Clerk doubted it' to,be Mr. Lownde4's writing,
and. questioned the Witness where, he got,it he
gave a false account of it, and his residence,' as de-
sired by the Prisoner. He detained, and on ap-.
plication being made to. Mr. Lowndes, of, Nn. 18,
in the Haymarket, a trankMaker, he'daclared it to
be a forgery. --The Witness then acknowledged'who
he had it from, and took the,Gentlemen to the .Pa-
lace Gate, where Fisher w'as waiting ; he was, in
consequenee, taken into custody.
The Prisoner. produced a black livery servant, and
a journeyman pastry-cook, from the neighbourhood
of Cockspur-street, to prove that they 'were in his
coinnany when he found the draft ; but their ac-
.counts were so contradiciory and improbable, that
the Magistrate did not .credit them.. The pastry-
; cook was 'recognised by the Officers to have been
conviCted of a most infamous crime, and to have
Stood. in the pillory.
The Pri.36ner was committed for further examina- .
tion. His. hair was dressed in ringlets, and the
1 whole of his dress was in 'a very extravagant stpe. '

CHESTER, FEB. 1 o.- --Man dogs, supposed to .be
mad, have been observed in this city and the vicinity,
who have bitten many persons, besides a number of
dogs, horses, and other animals; :and on Thursday;
se:nnight an order was issued by the Mayor, re-'
questing the inhabitants to secure their dogs, other- •
Wise those found at large would be destroyed; whieh•
not having the desired.etfeet; several were killed by
the constables on Friday se'nnight.
On Wedne'sgay night, between twelve and one
o'clock, a man of the name of Taylor (a pensioner)
was burnt to death in his \Co—house, in the Royal- .
oak yard,. in Fbregate-street. • It appeared on the
inquest held on '.T'hursda'y;; that ,both him and his
wife were intoxicated, and while she was absent to
prUeure more some coals fell from the fire upon
his apron .(as he Was sitting close to it), and being-
unableto reader himself any.assisfance, he was burnt
to deilkb.

The Comet expeaed. tO 'appear in the end of Ja-
- •
nuary was seen in the neighbourhood ofßorWiek; on
1 id i the'Sgth. ult. "about three o!clock P. M. This
phdrasmenOn,; vjewed only by the naked eye; and
vehen the suit was shining bright, appeared to be about,
the .size the moon, a bright red 'colour; with,
brilliant rays that dazzled
,the eyes.pf,thespeaator;
had a train resernbling a large sheet of fire, 12ut.of a
colour much darker than the body of the coMnlet:. lt=
'Made its appearance in the ivest, and proceeded with
great Velocity, about due east, toy.-ards, the German
a
Ocean, where it quickly disappeared, mid it a ifind
of fog with which the sea was cove Nd. This phe-,
noinenon was 'visible 'for 'about a minute, (luring
whi(4l it trayelled along the firmament,: apparently
about the space of a Mile. "It appeared. pt an im-
mense distant:o from the earth; nearly. v.erticd, to
sp.ee-tator, and a tittle.to the north, from the zenith
of Berwick. .

RICHARD HARRIS, of No.

Mactlett-court. 13_6V :street ;