The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-14 00:00:00

'POLICE.

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STREET. Yesterday a youilg
man, of the name of George Tiiuder, was Oarged
by Mr. Cowan, a silversmuh and jeweller, Nu. 3,
Sydney's-alley, Leicester-Square, with robeing.him,
whilein his employ as a shopman, of goods to a
ennsiderahle amount.

Mr.- Cowan stated, that about feet- mqnthi back
he Cook the Priioner into his service as a shop-tam ; 1
he had received an excell*, character of him and his
pareetsi• his father batik, a ticket-pOrter •to. Lin-
coln's-Inn, and his mother a sextoness to a religious
society, •in which situations they were nidelt respect-
ed. Yesterday se'nnight, at two o'clock, the watch-
house-keeper of his (Mr. Cowan's) parish, called at
his shop, and told him that a watchman had in his
custody a parcel of goods, which he received froth
the. Prisoner, through the area gratings, at four
o'clock that morning. The Prosecutor accordingly
went with the watch-house-keeper .to the watch-
house, and ascertained that the parcel contained shop
goods of his property ; the watchman was•taken
into custody. On Mr. Cowan's returning home, he
found the Prisoner had absconded without his hat ;
.he went to that Office and obtained a search-war-
rant, to search the Prisoner's father's house, No. 6i,
Cletnent's•lane; he took Hamilton; the Police Of-
ficer, with him. tits their entering the house, they
informed Mrs., Trinder of their business ; she seem-
ed much arretted, and readily allowed them to search
wit roomi, which, she said, were the only ones her
family occupied.—They did' not find any of the sto'-
len property ; the :Prisoner's fether.came in as they
had finished the search: be seemed much atieeled,
begged Mr. Cowan would have mercy on the boy,
and reminded hint he was a father himself. Mr.
Cowan ftated, that his feelings were so much elfet-
ed by their apparent distress, that he told them if
they would bringlorward the ,Prisoner, and be the
means of his property being restored to him, he
would not criminally prosecute the Prisoner ; at the
same :bate, he thought he would be doing an act., of
iniestiee to the public, if he had not him seht from
a Polit.Odice on board the Tender, to erve in • his
Majesty's Navy. They promised that duly would
do every thing in their power.to have t 4 goods re.
stored. " On the next (lay, Saturday, three .Gentle-
men of the first reepeclability called on him, antic
friends nfthe Prisoner's pnieots, gu'e them the best
of characters for honesty and propriety of teinditet
and represented that it, would cause their ruin it the
Prisoner .was prosecatea. Mr. Cowan gave them
the same assurance he had given the parents, on eon-
altioe that his. property was restored. ' On :Mon•
day the same 'Geotlenien again called, and told
him' there were hopes that the property, could
be traced and -eecovered, but it was their 4fsh
that they -might be at liberty to send the Pri-
soner out of the, couptry, which they .wouhi en-
gege to do : this 'he raised to accede
,to.—
At five o'clock the same day they again return-
ed, and said the greater part of the property had been
found, ,and wished the • Prosecutor to act:enemy
them. He, feeling 'fatigued,' sent his..sen end at
Ceentleman, his neighbour, with them; he not
ask where; they were:goieg, but supposed it was to
the lodging of some feniale a:A the Prisoner had got
enraogted With. Mr. Cowan said his 3stonistuneitt
and surprise were very great, .when ,his -son and
'lleiglibtfar returned, and in terthed him that, t he stolen
properly, the value of which was upwards of :tool.
was found in the coal-hole of the'Priloner's parents.
On the morning. following lie took a coaehetud wend
10 the house, where he saw his goods, consiiting of
silver and gilt clasps, bugle jet, beads,
silver fruit knives nod poucil,cases, gott trinkets,
&c. mire 'that) filled a large trunk. begged
leave to observe to the :Magistrate, that he considered
the premise he had madoto ehe parents of the Pri-
soner in a very difii.,rent light, when lie learoed that
these. volnable articles were tnund under the roof of
the father, from ,the manner be considered it when
.he made it ; he then believed they were itutoeenr,
and as such telt for Them; 'but what had appeared •
subsequent to that time, made him have a. very (Id-
ferent opinion ; but, as he had made the promise, he
would abide by it, and trusted that the worthy Ma-
li,trate would order hint to. be sent on board the
Tender.

Mt. rettscoe, the Sitting Migistrate, observed,
that the Prkoner ought to :be grateful tOr the great'
cleutency shewn him by. Mr. coWan tur if he had,
not made the promise he did, nothing could have
prevented his being executed by the common:hang-
.coan. lie wiihedhe had seen Mr. Cowan when he'
took the warrant out, and he w'ould have etutioned
_hin against Making such .a rash prirtni,se. The only
recompense now in the Ptisontr's power to make,
fir leis life being saved,' was, to make foil reStitu-
tion of . the property- stolen front Mr. Cowan.
'The Prisoner said, he bad given.up the whole of
the snicks, except rx hox full which watt sent to the
country to a girl he w 33 courting, and which he had
sent • tor.—The three Gentlemen who irit:.trested
theOrielves so much on behalf of the Prisoner's rpa
rents,. engaged they should he restorers ore ar
rival, and returned Mr. Cowan, thanks thr the hand-.
some and humane manner in w inch •he had con-,
du4ed'birnself.

The islActsruArg then ordered that the Pri4nner
should be delivered on board his Majosty'd re-
ceiving- ship off the. Tower, this morning, .at tweli c
o'clock.

We are sorry ttaisay, the Prisoner-did not appear
to be much atretled at the dreadful tate he had
narrowly escaped; The watchman will be btouz'it
up for examination this day,

WORM?. STIVIXT.--Yesterday Benjamin Bishop,
ANUS John 2.1.r0wn, a yoring mart. not tare than
years of age, was brought before. MN,Moser., einirg,-
ed %vial being a, rout nett transport;- ho was appro.
handed by • Armstrong-and lfiwrtop, the-Officers, at
the 'Catharine Wheel .publie-bouse, Cripplegate„
whilst drinking, in company ‘c ill). Little Barney and
'Finney., Crawford, two well-known characters;.-0
Hanson, (me of the Turnheys at Newgato, proved
that this Prisoner was, in December &talon, 1804,
capitally colnieted, for stenting upwards-of tti. in
Bank-netea aud,tuoney, belonging to a parson of the
name 01 Lambert, but alterw.:rds rcceived-a 'condi-
tional pardon to be tratisp;,rted for 'ever) years, and
was Wilt on board the Captivity Hulk art Langston
Harbour, flow whence he made his escape. The
Prisoner denied the ehargei be Was committed for
trial.

Witlimn Cook, ;Was Rolinson, was examinal on a

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charge •;. he away tried and conviel d by 'a
Naval 'Court 4.‘lariial jon board The OlNiiritpr art 6f.
War, hi,Alanyary 802, of mcinny' on buprehia Mk.
lesty's Ship Jemeraire, and received sentence of
death, hot wiitr pardoned on (, ondalun oLbeingkep:t
to hard lalxitti on the.river Thames during his halm,.
ral life, frorn,whence he etreied escape in June
I HO3. Aiinqtron,w,ao 'aprehended hirn
Sew days shice-.4- he strongly denied the 0(1; but
the Captain of the RetriNlion Hulk, at Wonfwich,
appeared before tt.e AlagiAtrate, and ideotified him-,
when the Prisoner was committed for forttir
Initiation.. •

.---.4.,.;-.

An inquest was' held yi!sterday, Covent-Gar-
den Watch-hou4e; by ANrit. Esq,. on the
hody of Mathew Webb, •who W 35 dug out, of the
ruin 4 of (;ovens-Gardell Theatre, on 'Thursday; last.
,Charles tell, the beadle, said, that on Thursday
morning last, as .were- employed' iu
clearing the,cistern,. nest to the Piazza-:ioor, they
perceived part of a , human ho ly: A young map,
who was present,- knowing that Mr. Webb, of
Francis-street, Tottenhatuctitut•roaci, had missed
his son since the fire at the Theatre, iminediately
ran and gave Mr. Webb notice. During the time
he was gone, the whole of the rubbish had beeti
cleared. The body was found lying go. the back,
with tit! hat on'the head, but quite in apai rid state,
and not in the least burned. The father recognized
his scn p ncipilly by hitri.hoes, which he always had
made in a iLtticular manner., by a 'Man who worked
fer his fatnily iu Nortbamptonshire,• which were
called highlkws—independent of this, a silver
watch, with a purple ,ribbon, which was worked
by the deceased's sister, and'given to him the night
before, and a sol, wh.c!) was in his pocket, fully.
cow inced Mr... Webb .he was his s at, Witness
stated, that; the place in which the deceas,'d had
fallen, o01:41 not be above twenty inches sqaare at
the. o} coing, and kVas neitr to the place where the
fite-engine %S .as at work i it had been built
only two, mouths I..mtnr,: the fire happetwd, and
cnnununicated the large aft it watt
near-seven feet. deep. Ile gave it as his oi inion,
that whenithe 3reYq,ive w ay, a gnantlty, of tubbish
I'6l into thin op(lning,and burst. the part:ra which
ccanmunieated with the reservoir.
Mr. Webb, the father of the Jrceßso,l, 'lnc in
jtiq as the I tiesi had conJatit-d his et idei,cc.
The, Comfier, with his usual !i) I,r,vent
the flith..rst-iwn giving a va;nful read to
(111;1 Wl:at the laNt Wutiesslial which he ac„.
linowlettgeOlro eurret!q t;te say.
tiAnaiou Of the 4.0,Q., fie produLed ith 'On';
and veal, and g.lve.it as olindin, that hi, spa
qild not have long in nctere the ;itch gave
way, as the wate4' b,ta htnipod. at 104)1,1,1w s relit
seven, which was neatly tilt!. tittle' the, great, crash
came, and the watch v; ::ti nut doWn. lle sari.! his
Son ha.l attained his seven e.”nth star la.pt ; t hat
he had been seen working the Vtit.enix (winuk.; :ma
that lie utn7,t have been killed itigamaileously„ troth'
the weight. of the rubbish. .

The Jury 'gave a vcrtli6 of—Accidental tie..cik:
ea... Piling. in uf tlw ruiru titthv fin: at 'Cavort
den 1 /teutre, 'on the 201 A c iS'ep,temttr /ast.
A. Coroner', at yesterday at 041 Dnke4,
Ox.lOrd.,,tiect, on the body of a boy, tit ibe
uttitvit of It appeared that he Wailll in
charge of a Cientkihah's horse, in Duke-eitreet, on
Tlintiklar,. rind ‘Vai joiood:by atlwr boys, three of
whom were riiling the bore .at the saute tiine in
bye Street. •TOd.atiimal threw the whole .of
and with one of his hind Ice' struck the d.ceAsedrou
the head, and he was killed un the‘iiput.—dccniental
.I.leatit. ••

Mars tAc.--On Saturday morning.; an unfoittmate
Woman was brought to eNovent Garden Watch-
House, aPparently,deliriod'a, and t!s, if she' bed es-
caped -from a.rn.td;house,'nearly naked. In in ht-
cid intervals, she gives following acenrint (it her-
self : —That she is a, native of Spain, and manned a
a Linen Mv.rchant, then icsitling .at Gi •
'braltar;i6'whoni ahe bre,:gilt a large lOrturte,'
lie
became extravagant, and kept a mistress ; when;
ever she attempted apeak to 'him about his
cond:i6t, he 'Made no a I•lliit'r, but knocked her.
down', she- had several children, by him, of whom
there. is only one •tt - daughter, l yea;
of age.' About years back he brought 1n 'to
this country ; on tim pasiatte she was deltvered of :t
tkhn wily lived a lo,v hours, she got brain
.and milk fever, ‘'eliith continued on her for a length
of time ; her hush tad pretentivd Ining her tip to
London for medical assistance, instead of which he
put her into a ptiveternad-house, at ifoxton, where
she received the niOst horsh and cruel' treatment ;
they chained her on her baci in a cell, and-lwArly
ft-Milted her; an.:l at hut her brain becinutt 'corn-
pletely (tuned ; she had.been in the mad-Louse up.
wards of 'five years, during which time She had net.
ther seen nor heard from her husband or child, who
reside tit Ashford, in the County of .Kent aboat a
fortnight previous to tier escape, she was permitted
to waik daily itia walled yard ; on Wednesday, had-
ing that she way; not watched, she got on a water,.
Cask,.and gained the top of the wall, from which
she jidnpi:fd intn the road, and ran as fast as possi*
into I,,oiKhat ; she had been fortr nights in the
4trevts. '

Her body i tnuoh brni e,i, and' black in several•
pmi4.,- which .31pi !I been clt3sed by an irop
f.i),'lrn they 6'.-;ed to IWE' to the fluor with.
• Her i4.,m(ttlt.t hns br•en pertettly pea,:cable in
the NV.och whero sad nc,i.v is, waiting
ttntil the Niagistfi;44 decide I)pvi z,l)e is to .be
ilia-
posed
Mr. itrii.ets",'' ifi'd Keeper of tbe Watuh • 14905 e,
treat; her m.ith the groatot tltntlaw:ty ; shu appears
to b&-qtlite c-,,ntent at her present abutie ; she Slys
she has no tt.yee her bil9b3bd, but itithe
could palce Again seu iser daughtur, she
euiltvoied.

riQNCASTER fAC. $, ks9l").*---The St. Leger'S,
which close4.l on the Ist inst. furniiii the itt.tateit
number of h01':,6 ever recollet4.letl for those
there being no Icss •t1;:ln filty-one to the:fist. For
the filly stakes eleven, ahci sis for the two-yors old
stakes.

It is a singular historical fia, that those of ti►e
'Third HENRY, the Third kipirn►tD,. and -the nirci
G.ORGE, should have proved the three longest reigns
in !he Lnglitdi Monarchy; the first having reigned
;4 years, the second 6.4, and the lait 49, v. 144 a
fair prospect nicer:tinning to away the lintistilve,,-
tre.