The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-26 00:00:00

IVESTAIINSTER SESSIONS.

On Saturday Geo. Todd, B. Johnson, and John
Bap,were brought up as rogueS and vagabond:,
bt.'.gging 'bout .t he streets, under 'ipretenee of 'being
maimed seamen. The above description of persons.
imploring under &wry species of _imposition
has tong been a public nuisance. They have not only
made a crippled appearance; but it has been .their iit
variable practice to insultUnproteelect females, follnw;-
ing .them in the most indecent manner till they'
tort,ed money. The MagistrateS, sensible of this pub--
lic annoyance, issued Vi'aTrants for their apprehension,
and the ,Prisoners were accordingly committed as va-
gabonds. It did nut appear that they had pay settled
home or habitation. They. Appeared' like seamen,
with their limbs bound up, and apparently crippled,
but they are known to be impostors.

Mr. MAlNwAsrso, the Chairman, addressing
then, said, " If you are seen abbut the streets heg-'
ging iu futtrre, you will-be. transported. -You have:
been a great nuisance, living upon the public inthe
most scandalous manner. It you had-the infirmities
you, pretend.
Jo have, and were .wounded seamen,
you,would be maintained by the public." The pri-
soners were then remanded 'into custody for, SIX.
Months. • •

Articles of the Peace were exhibited, against no,
mas 1, a private in the .Guards, by his: wife.
The attidaVtt of, the latter, wha is servant in a. re,'"
putable fatuity, set fnrth, that she WU in clanger of
her life, -Whitey, who was present with his ser-
jeant, struck his wife in the Court, and being put
to the bar by the oAicer4, conducted himsolf in the .
,most indecent Manner. He said, his witi; was mar-
ri,4l, to another him), and evinced the great6"st cob-
te,nipt of the Court. He was conituitld fur want
of sureties to ke'ep the peace, and the officers had •
great difficulty to' move hint from the bar. The
Sessions were then adjourned to Hicks's Hall, on
TueSday.'

PUBLIC OFFICC,.,;WORSIIIP-STREET.---S3WYday,
4ndreiti Vkkers, .who.aeted as Mate in a neutral ship,,
outward bound to Teneritf, ,comrnanded by Captain
Twycroft, was charged with having broke ,open the
captain's lockers, and stole thereout several watches,
!'of. consi:ierabte value. He was couviitted for re-
exarnitution.'

MARLBOROUGII•STIi. EET.—Eleven notorious gam-
h:ers, chiefly foreigners, were tin Saturday brought
up to this Ottice,-by the Parish Otlicers of St. Anne';',
they having been :assembled together a►. a house in
Lis.le-street, , LeicesterTsquare,,.on the .preceding
-(l3y. It appeared, by. the. statement of the
nesses, that the keeper of the house in question',
long notorious for awing,' was conticierahly iu at.-
rears for King's taxes, and the tax-gatherer c
0 onsv-
e*ly repaired thither, with some constables, to.
niake`a seizure. On their hastening up, stairs,. the
Defendants, who were.seatea. round a table, coast
tecied in the act
away the gaming implements, without being de-
tect
Magistrateteir cards,lcy,l tidnicieeer,tables, Szo,. The
of play ; but they were r secured
passtie. necessity(iic' of discharging
the gambles, they not having been seen ,at piay •
but the tax-gatherer kept posseseton of the various
tables', implcments,

Bow-sratt6'.—On Saturday Jineph Urnon- was
brought bytord AARON GR.A.llp4,"Eig: by two'cittlie
patrole, charged on suspieiotra having stolenseveral
horses' in the neighbourhood of &Eton and tioun-
sl6w, The Officers'. hearing that ri nunaber of horses
had. been stolen, in, the aboVe
,neighbonrho.od, and
that the Prisoner was susspeeled ,to be the robber,
they went in pursuit;. found Mfrs near
and apprehended bir.
Daniel Simms, of the Little lied Lion Inn,lform7
slow; 413'61, that on Monday night hist he hist.
bald upre, tro,n the l!tp,vder-Milli )(leaifoW,- 'heat
Hounslow, and in.crinsecraence of some private
iti-
formation he received .he suspaled the Prisoner to
have stolen the mare, and gave informatiOn 'to the
patrote likewise made every p 04.;
sidle exertion to had the 4kre, and received such
in fortn:ltion as to cause him to suspect the wire, had.
been sold tci"Ali. Barrow, a ?tacker, or slaughterer of
lierses, at a place In Tothill-fields, Westminster,
where ;he found a tad, which he produced, and
which he wits positive was his mare's tail, it being
4. very reniartsable one, the hair being of two Co-
lours, brow n .;itid' grey.
-.Pit
Mr.. Barrow, the nacker of horses, said be pur-
chased the mare of Mr. G. Staples;, cifA on Bottom:
. Mr. Staples said, he pnrchased the mare of the
prisoner ; . and he, not being able to give an account
how he became pooessed or her, he Was committed
for further

On Saturday, Bill Spames, .flick Dew, the two
whoetep,,and other daring pickpockets, were bust-
lingand robbing persons in the Strand, in a most
outrageous manner, during the whole morning:: The
satire: gang were likewise committing.depreations
on the public,. .Friday, and continued thew rob-
belies during the evening of the saute day; rhey
contrived to assemble a'croud of idle persons round
Anchor. Tavern,. during which time they plundered
a poor man, who• was begging, near tae Crowe ,and
every. pqrson who was: passing at.the time.
• 'Another murder was cominitted on Friday morn-
ing.carly, at East Benton,• Wilts, on the person 'of
‘l%/11-. Simeon, jun. arising out of the following cir-
cuttaitances :—The father of Mr. Simeon, a repute;
ble farmer, bad 'buffered many depredations in his
-farm yard, finch as wounding cattle, stealing;poul•-
try, &C. On Thursday night. a watch, consisting
of three persons,. was set to discover the vile of-
fenders: About two o'clock in the Morning three
fellow's made their appearance in the poultry root,
adjoininz a hay.4oft, where the persons were'Watch-
ing; and'afier having slatightered and bagged :eve-
fowl, they retreated. They were pursued by
the personS on the watch, but having dropped their
.booty, they -escaped, and whilst Mr. S. continued .an
eager pUrsult, which his comganions.hadrelinquis6-
',,ed, the three fellows surrounded him, and with a
bludgeon killed'him on the spot. The fellow who
struck the blows was discovered.at day-light- in,- the
morning, and secured, bUt he has refused 'to dike-
ver his accomplites. The aasassin is a carpenter,
who resides in the parish, of a known sanguinary
disposition. •

. .
Abet:it One o'clock, ontStinclay Merning, the Douse
of ..I.lr. Mogeridge, No. .iot, iti I.:tett-street, was,
dissevered tole on tire. In the cenrse of half` an
" hour a reenbe'r . .of engines arrived, and‘cornmeeced
theTr operations the greatest. aaivity. and the
. moit unceasing. peeieveranee. Sucl; wits.tee stiength.
and:repidity of the devouring element, that in spite.
of every. exertion that was used 'to stop its irecriend•
ous careere• the flaines-corninunicatedtheinselves to
theadjoieing house, the. Old ea and ,
Hatise, in less- than au hour :from: the disc very of
the fire. the-fiarties were; it length got Under, aiia
completely subdued about' five .o'clock, but not be.'
fore these two houses were totally destroyed.: cirept
apprehensions werant first entertained that iliehoese,
Na. :tot), immediately adjoining on' the
,evest, would
inevitably: share the' same , fate.; accordingly, tlie
Whole furniture, therein. .Neas thrown - out alase- -;
cured ; fortunately,' froni .the westerly direetioe'of
the wind, %%Ina Wei rather Toetf,. the flames were.,
preVented from injuring this house. The. fire origi-.
rettel, in the kitchen of Moggridge.s house,,
throegh thenegligenee of the maid servant; who; iti,
•
appeitis, setup to a late hour in dresiing and eettivig.„
up of linen, and upon retiring,: unparclonabll' °mite'
tells to secure the . tiro. Twelve .possotis, most of:
them females, who lodgekiii the upper-floors, ef,
fetied their escape thefrom te;Or'of the house, by,,.
climbing to some of the' adjacent houseS,.:, froth,*
whence they were all taken down. Altno4t all the
furniture of the: be'ot'atel siioe mattitt.a6tory. !loess,
andalso.a considerable. part of the SaleopT:atfi-
' house,exere consemed. Ailey parties of Volunteers,.
attended, and were very at-tively employed in..pre-
. tiervidg order, inprOtettilig the properii of the, stiT-
ferers, and in avistink the firemen.' e arc happy
-to state that no lives were lost,
On Tuksday morning .the remains:of Lieut..-KL,
whO'was executed on the preeedieg day ut
board the Hazard, in Plymouth Sound, weie"tel.:6tl
from. the'Royal. Hospital in a heapse, for inteitnent,
in Slonelieuse pttentictl,by
_several !I-it:bits of
his" respectable famdy. A great concourse of eeopie
attended him to the 'grave, where the fallen)! see-'
• vice was toad in a most impressive manner by OA,
Rev. Alr. BEDI:AKE. .11otwitlistandineltheAlosticl:
n 'tore- 'a ante, tnstn,, a ;ear of pity 1 o ,ped
with. him irde.his grave. 8e- was only-in.
'year, and his brother Officers, who shared with him
several hazardous—enterprizes; bore Mines,. to his.
bravery. Of fifteen children, ei em ne still rain to
bewail, with his.allileVtd. perettis; wretchedeeld
untimely' f'ate. We under§tand that, during the last
week. of his life, he was perfeetly-resigned, and that
his conduEt was., iu.every. respect, tatty. becoming his
awful situation.
On Frtday evening-, a.little, before elieolcloCk, a
young man of the einne of Pearce was seen
tug afong'Upper.,:feiiribeth' Marsh, iii .a.cristres;id
acid
‘agitated. state;- big:fling; and mete ning
Some minutes afterwards-the report of a..pistol was
heard, in a place called•Cut-throacdarie, which leads
to. tbe-watee-side-,--.along' t heevall ofthe
garden; ..several_per..:inns instantly ran ale.*
from which the report proceede& and foetid this ttu-
fortunate persbn-lyingeeiite dead, with
scattered .upon the ground:" Waialso fOuria.
tied by. handkereltief to his wrist; not), howevei-,.:
sio tight es,to prevent hie* from do,v-ing the trigger..
The:only,coteeetore that can be forined relpeetitig
this dmietordinary firecatiticiii is ati.apiitelionsion oft.
the . part of . the deceaSed lest sorne-.eilier • ,e,6i-susa.
;flight be stispeeled to have killed him. The de .
ceased was by trade Wheelwright. He hes le.ft.:4`.
yeuog with and 670 Illildrep tt, lametirifis utile/let
I fate. We, uederstarld, inquiry, thatotintneivAt.-
thne past he'lkde life of ialeness and extroakmeee'
wilielLat last caused him to enlist in the ":Usuarcis.e-1
This'eendut.i.produced. great. unhappiness ,bo,,.vee4t
him and his wife, and probably led to the-fatal act
that terminated, his existence. .

BIRTHS. . •'•
On thc•-•33d inst. in' York-place, Portman•squlre, thC!
Lady of Colonel Conway,' o't a Dau4tlter:
Ort the oth inst. 4t L.ist ,Combe..liouse, .
Hunter, of a SOll. ' • • •
•• • •
On &wild ty evening, at, his Lordship's house itt,.Hille
street, Berkeley-square, Lady Foley, or u D4ugl:tor.
On tue 24th inst. the Lady. of • Captain T 110111.14 Larkins,
Of litacßlieatlt, of a Nog. •
Yesterday, at his house in Grafton-street, the Lady of
Thomas W hatdy, Esq. of a Daughter. I •

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