The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-22 00:00:00

POLIO.;.

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' ilow-rxt Er.T.----,;..Yes to rd ay Et)an L7MS V. 7 a k
brought by Taunton, the -thhaer, betbre Air.
Ntuots, the Sitting Magistrate, charged on sus; i-
clan of feloniously stealing two gold seals, the t :I; t e.
of nine-guineas, the property, of Mr. Roger!, cf
Cockspur-street, goldsmith and jeweller. • It ap.
peared, that on Wednesday morning the Prisoner
went to the Prosecutor's shop, said he was a Nies-
senver belonging to the Seerct,try of St r...,'s Orrice,
and that he was sent by a Gentleu,At belonging tq
the Office,-who wished to purchase
stAne god seals,
and he was to take him some to look at, The
shopman took the -proper precautioo of wading a
la,d with him, with instru6.tions ttat he.wils either
to bring hack the seals or the money. The. Prisoner
condu6ted the lad up the great staircase of tne Tree-
wary; .towards the Fecrmary of State's,ol-lict4 for the'
Home• Department ; when he. got to the Otliee
door, he desired the, lad to give hint the seals, and
he would bring them back to him, or the money,
which the lad complied with. The Prisoner re-
turned to the lad in about a minute, and told him
the Gentleman was stepped out, and- would return
in, about halt' en hour, when, he would bring the
seals arthe money, aiid the lad returned, hump,.
On Thursday- the Prisoner called at another shop
belonging ,to Mr. Rogers, in the Strand, mounteti
on a very finehorse, and saw Mr. Rogers ; he men-
tioned the circumstance of his having got the tic a 1 s
from his . other ;hop, on Wednesday, and apolo-
gised for not haling returned them or the money
he assured him' the seals were for Mr. Nt.ptmo. !hp
son of Sir Evan Nepean, who hadsent him tar Ilitin,
and went out of-town vervonexpetleilly. Mr. Ro-
gers, however, was not satisfied with this tale,. and
-made inquiries, and round that the Priswer Was
not a- Messenger to the Secretary Of State, but tbt
he had been a Me4senger to the Admiralty, but. had
been discharged about three- or loar years since ; ,
Mr. R. 'could not :learn that 'Mr. Ne.penn, or any
Gentleman belonging to the Secretary of State's Of-
fice, 'kid sent for any s,-.415..;..111.:, therefino glve iti-
forthation at the above Office..

Yesterday* about t'wo o'cloCk, as 'Taunton, the
officer, was on' duty In the. Park, he ..oli.erved the
Prisoner riding on a very hand onie horses `in great
style; the officer contriVed-to 1.;,,-t!t to the Horse.
pards betbre him, and conveyed him in a coach to
the office. The officer found the seals belt;.o to
Mr. Rogers; hanging to the Prisoner's 'watch. The
Prisoner said, he had been known to Sir Evan Ne-
pean 20 years, who had got him appointed a mes..
senger to the Admiralty, and persisted that Mr.-Ne-
pean sent him for.-the seals ; tie said the horse he
rode was his own, that lie kelit it in his stables, with
ten others, attached to his house at Pimlico, and that
he was.shortly to be brought into Parliament:
Mr. NAMES told him he Could not discharge him:
He was remanded for further examination, till Mr.
Nepean could attend.
The horse the Prisoner rode was owned by Mr.
Briant, a 'livery stable-keeper,' of Park-lane, who
the Prisoner obtained it from under n filsc pretenc&.
The Prisoner is well known to the public be Was
originally brought forward in consequence of his
havnigs been etnplbyed by Ministers as a spy over the
Corresponding Society, and he gave evidence upon
the State Trials. He afterwards appeared b4;tro
the public as the Prosecutor of the once celebrated
Gins, who, our Readers will recolle6, charged
several respe&able Gentlemen with robbing her in
Kensington Gardens. , •

Last night a Ke►v stage coachman, of the name
of We,ton, was charged witlt stealing 01. in bank
notes, from the bar of an Inn in Turnharn Greens
The circumstances against the • Prisoner being very.
suspicious, he was committed for further exa►uina-
tiota.

• • NIANsION-FlousE.—lrosterclay a person applied to
Mr. Alderman , who sat instead of the
Lord-Mayor, stating, that he had some tinteligo
lost a mare, which one of the men who were eke.
cured on Wednesday lttt contesso that he had
stolen from hiM, and •precious to his execution corn-
ninnicated to him the mune and address of the:por-
son to whom he had 'sold it. in consequence of this
inforMation, he traced his mare front the hands 'of
the person by whom she was cri:igNicilly purchased,
toiSadler's Repository, in Goswell-street. 11,10
was old
.for 7L los; to a peNO3 who again .sold-her
for 9L and upwards, to a Mr. Morris, in The.
Mr. Morris a3initted that he had pluOtasedr the
mare,and had again sold her for au advanced prioti,
brit alludgc..l-that he had forgotten -the name of the
person to whom he so disposed, of her;. last
cirournszatkie tha applicant snbmiaod,
probable, the various sal s of the mare ail
taken place since the in ipail of April last, when bhe
was stolen front hint.

The.Ahlerman 0-ranted a siam..u•ni, for )I;•!.
.0
ries appyarance before the Lora Miyor qv, thy.
(3crtrmnALL.—A pers.m of the nam-, :.)f, Pakely
wri.s charged byl,ietttenant in,. 'JLI• It)),
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London voluitteers, nu sitspitnion of .3.1114
silver simnoi the. 1.1
bury-3quart., on Thirstlty night.
Lieutentnt tribute that ht h ben 1 placed,
with a pumbet. .o hi 3 rn.‘n, guild the
;!!.: iit
Fltvt-street, to ita.l Iffrii 610 pl
where the conflagration wits -
haviug attenytea to pis, in a eontrtiry ti )!, tro.n
anti (inb.tott regarding in as
d. :sired him to give ,to account whera
he had been. The Prisoner refuied to giv.: hint in-
formation, aria threatened him it he attempted to do.
t;.tib 'entleavUtniiig at the same time tolot'Co
POSiagi:t. ‘vittittsi, I)O',VO'LT, (letailid him by
force, till be caile.d the watch, hove: •.ti of 1.031111. the.'
momemt.ttly, app,;ared, ittiorked down.
He was, atte,ily, secured by two of the Vohmteersa
who .4jv4lej.l him to the Cuiepter. Oil searchinillim
there,nvete, tuna lb his.-iNeket two silver table
spoons-, i;hich he said he had purchased along mu%
others which wirefonntl in his bri.:...a3L
the Officers all st:ned t!,at thq,knew tho Priso;ier,
and that he wai one of 13111 80.111v:es gaog. No per.
son, however, appeared to clai,.l the spoons, and the
sitting Alderman ' (Scnota.t.), seeing no speCift,e
charge made against the Priso:;t!r, ordered hitn to be
discharged,' and the spoon, t > d !iive.eti up to him.

•ilog COURT or AmititALTY.7--Yesterilly Ittittr
the.,Jast day of tile Sittin;,, Pnt chitJii;
occupied, by, new niotion.4 re,p,- c,A,,ei fdr,Thly
in rut decided upon, and notitin; occurred v- hid%
prove of any general interest. The Sitting--;
wer4 ti,en tuliouthed over to the ;Pith of September.

Ole

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN:

LE rrilt

nnia suis stat viribus non arbitrio alicno pendet.

81 R is unquestionably so essential to,the safe-
ty and dignity of the United Kingdoms of Great
Britain and Ireland to maintain their naval rights
and superiorities in the Indian, American, and ,Eu-
ropean Seas; `that, if any opposition thereto should
arise from the, States of America, for whom (as
kindred) we have great prediletion and regard, we
must nevertheles's, however rcluetaiitly, overwhelm
and cre:di it. The right of Search is. as much the
British IA w of the sea, as it is on shore the law of
t;e land, tio.e a Justice's warhnt. It.is a sine qua,
min in the naval Coestitution of Great-Britain, and
•it must not be dispensed with. It is therefore to
be hoped, that the Legislature of the United States
cf. /Itueritia will conf.rei and submit to this our in 7
Jdispeosible usage, and not provoke a war that must
. be, detrimental, and , probably entirely ruinous, to
themselves ; because, ,
Ist, It is well known that a very great propor-
tion. of American Citizens do, at this time, only
want flit, countenance and aid of some great warlike
Power to sever themselves from the present conso-
lidated Government of the States. This is a tearful
fad' that must weigh heavy upon the mind of every
seriarit,- and considerate American, and shod
p ‘‘eritifly inducer the American Rulers to assuage
--e
or restrain the tradeess, of the people.
.t.,!dly, Should the Americans piovuke a war with
ui, we should not .only shut our own, ports, but.
also, as it were,. hermetically seal every other har-
bour in the world against them, which would totally
annihilate their trade, by which alone, as a nation,
they comfortably exist. • But if America would be
heart by the war,. so would, also France and her de-
pendencies,. and therefore (unless through our re-
gard for our kindred across; the Atlantic) It might be
god Policy, iii us, to be at war at:this time vvith the
• States.of.Ateetica. We very well know, that Ante-
rica has-so far stretched out the rights of neutrality
as greatly to serve Frat)Cek'and embarrass our mari-
time 'operatioaa. '• She has not only sheltered the ,
floating pioperty of France', but has also • drawn
away theusauds of our seamen into her own service,
whim, if restored to us, would ad as,the invincible
castigators of our enemies. A war then with Atm.'
•rica woul&still further cripple France, and
.totally
hereaileherof any colonies prodnce except by British
Shios.—lf it be said hat by an American war we
should cut olf our .present exports. to that Country,
amounting (onnuaiitus annis).to seven millions-of
money, I auswer, - that through the, all-pervading
genius of Riitish trade, our manutadures.would al-
-7441)7s find their way to places where'they -are want-
ed, as I said in a .former letter, at: a dearer
rate to the consumer 3.- beet. of these seven millions.:
of- • pounds sterling in.eXp orts, our• own West India
Colonies receive 'a very great proportion, so that
little. could be lost to: our, sovereignty ;. whereas, if

the: track ot America to foreign ports constitutes at
least. two-thircis of her revenue, so. much would
undoubtedly be lost to her.
3ttly, Should the Americans provoke a war, it

skould-be well. if tlic bodies corporate of Merchants
• - in. London,. _and the other., gieat trading ,cities of the
realm„,would.combine to fit out • t heirtrading.Vessels
with guns, to keep on' the light flotillas of France,.
awl annoy their petty trade. From such,.armed
trading Ships,• the Convoy duty 01.4 per cent.; should'
be,entirely taken and it any Briti ih _trading-
. Ship 'should be taken •by the enemy,. 4.1p4.1 the crew
should bravely.ritie.upon the captors; .and retake the,
Vessel, then let th,.. sale to the .Adenralty. be
'.-taken off,.. and, the whole belong to the ‘ietor crew.
If it be said that:the Wcstindia Colonies depend
for lumber and live stock the United _States---r
-,b3y for in., the .late Ault:ripe war, our Settle-
• ,ments in Nova Scotia and Canathi,ke.-.supplied their
:wants, •and more abundantly:would they• do so if
• • our American Settlements have full-power to supply
. the Colonies, under a complete suspension of. the
Navigation Act-
_ 41111 y, If it, be said, that the United States of
America may soon tuild for theinselves:a navy, I
answer that the ,price of labour throughout that
Country will never allow them to .(k) so.
Lastly,. if the French lataion in America too.
much sway her. Councils, let us be the moredi;ni
fied.and firm, never losing sight. of the honour die.
to the British Wag,. nor ever-permitting our light of
.• searell to be violated or infringed upon, especially
when entbreed for:apprehending deserters from the
glorious service, t,f, His MAjesty the King-of these
still free and happy realms. ,
. • _1 ant; Sir,

PRO NOBIS.