The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday, Stephen Clothier, clerk to Mr. Roberti SPilAlel
Wadeson, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, char'
with having stolen the sum of 451., the property of his master'
Edward Duke, also a clerk to Mr. Wadeson, stated, that the
prisoner was in May last in the service of that gentleman
the capacity of clerk ; that lie, witness, a short time before the
30th of May, delivered to the prisoner a receipt, the date
being left in blank, with instructions to tike it to Mr. Tar
ner, of Percy-street, Rathbone-place ; and if Mr. Taryir,
should not have received the money of his client, to leave
receipt there ; that upon the prisoner's return, he (Prisnrit
told the witness that he had left the receipt according to Ir.
directions he had received, and that Mr. Turner would'senf
and that frequently since that occasion, the witness had de-
sired the prisoner to call upon Mr. Turner on the buiin,
,
and that upon all such occasions the prisoner had retarnea
same answer. The receipt was here handed in, and the:dile
ness identified it, and swore that the date was filled up with ni
prisoner's hand-writing, who had not accounted for the stun '
451., nor any part thereof. Mr. Turner said, the receiptnole
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produced was brought to him by a clerk of Mr. Wadeson'Si
whom lie gave a draught on his hankers, Messrs. Herries
an
Co., for the amount of 45)., and he had no doubt that the per-
son to whom he had paid the draught was the prisoner. Clotille •
was then fully committed for trial.
A boy, named Symonds, was charged with having robbed
lady of a pocket-book; which she carried in her reticule.
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prisoner succeeded in getting into his possession the poe'`ea
book, by means of a new manoeuvre, which the young thiel,`;
often practice. Another boy, who led about a donky,,;
pretence of being a costermonger, as soon as he saw the 17,
approaching the corner of a narrow street, near Bishop*?
street, drove the donky up close to her, so that not oniy_A.
great impediment presented itself, but the lady was - conftl7,
by fears for her own safety. While she was in this conditions
the prisoner, without any difficulty, took the pocket-boos tj"
of her reticule. Daniel Forrester, the officer, howcv jerl
been watching the movements of the prisoner, and seizeu,,oo4
the moment the robbery was committed. The pocket.wnir
contained a sovereign, and 10s. 6d. in silver.—The
was fully committed. 10%.
A countryman was brought before the Loan i"aetla-
charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. and
clared that lie had not been more than one night in torn' ac-
that he had taken but a little drop with some Lola"— aid
quaintances—a very little drop indeed, and therefore it hcfair
not be the fault of the liquor. He believed it wag the. 'l'he
thick stupifying London air that did all the mischief.-- 0.
LORD illairott, who had fined several of the Christmas Cagejc
sers for getting drunk, said he feared it was the heaq
stupifying London beer that did the mischief. his 1.41.'
then fined the countryman Ss.

GUILDHALL.
Mr. William Dngdale, a bookseller, in Ruesell-tl,rt;
Drury.lane, appeared before Mr. Alderman J. J. Silca,
for the purpose of obtaining a warrant for the aPP_re the
sion of a person of the name of Williams, carrying ullA.„.
00.
same business, in Angel-court, St. Martin's-le-al
The applicant stated that he had been questioned by ge`,l
persons in his profession, within the last day or two, resr;
ing a cheap little edition of Lord Byron's-Corsair, ,
made its appearance, with his (Dugdal's) imprint to the tt,
page of it. lie felt some surprise upon the subject at
comes;.
because he had never published the work, nor
plated the doing so, but he was soon satisfied of
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truth of the information he had received, for lie found the aTo,
lying upon half the stalls in the metropolis ; and having,:tr„;pg
them to have been published by Mr. Williams, and tio,„'t,
bought a copy of the work at Williams's own house,•he.ZMl
milted he was in a situation to claim a- -warrant under the
of Geo. 111., cap. 79, which provides that any person On Lae,
publish any book, without the printer's real name and ,1411w;g0
upon the first and last page thereof. shall forfeit 201. • or
upon the edition of the Corsair in question, the namernn,„.rh
first and last pages were quite different, and, he believedqi:ii,
false. That the work was " printed by and for Wm•lhlttalt
of Russell-court," as stated upon the title page, was celgia•
untrue and fictitious ; that it was printed by " R. Dunn,Cic
x.
square," as stated on the last leaf, seemed equally unfoAln`•
for the printer of that name, who formerly lived in t77,lfils
square, had removed from thence a considerable timei
the book was dated 1825 ; and, as far as he could ocett
made its first appearance on Wednesday last. It wash.fli""
matter of slight moment to a bookseller, that other peo Iv
without his consent or knowledge, should affix his Darn' it,
pamphlet, because he became liable to the stamp duty
and perhaps to penalties for a supposed intention to eittwe
duty. hoe •
Mr. Beresford, the Chief (clerk, said if lie sought to, "-rot
penalty inflicted, the applicant must pursue the usual coin
and begin with filing a regularly drawn written informationxiite
Mr. Dugdale conceived such a preliminary steP walltier
unnecessary in this case. One of the clauses of the Ac
elica
pressly stated, that any person to whom, or in whose 10;01
any printed book having a fictitious name or abode 10,Als
thereon, shall be sold, or offered for sale, may seize and de k,
the person selling or exposing to view any such
and printed pi
forthwitha
vender take himto be befoseizeds sre a Jouticunceremone. Sure
flyiously, then, • fivi
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law permits
person whatsoever, it would not be too much or his I*.v"
to send a constable to apprehend the original publisher. and
The Alderman said if he had apprehended the Pary•thiA
brought him to the office, lie would have been dealti and
o
the law directed ; but as the applicant had not done •50,Irtist
preferred laying an information before a Magistrate, h'
do so in the ordinary manner.
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The applicant retired, apparently by no means detc-- tliei
encounter the expence, and imminent risk of flaws, ittten
all proceedings by written information.

BOW-ST.
W ' William Dann a blacksmith, Ewan brought
before rig
HALLS, by a watchman, who said he found him wellOnO°too
the Strand, sober, with his face blacked every where exeePter
one temple.—Mr. Halls severely reprimanded the bUSY "iast
action 4
man, and told him that Mr. Dunn had a right of action
him for false imprisonment.—Mr. Dunn said, he was not S
that his face was black. He had been spending the el—'dpy,
with some friends, and had fallen asleep while in their c.orn?",tp
and be supposed they availed themselves of the opportallit,
blacken his face.

MA RYLA BONNE.
A young man, named Ilarrison, was charged with 11°11116
concealed hinoelf, on Monday evening, in the house °fob,
uncle, in Cleveland-street, with the intention to commit weeks
bery. The prisoner returned from transportation a few into
since, and upon a promise of amendment, was received top
his father's house, and also visited at his uncle's house, hil
pot
one occasion he stole some trifling article. This fact 035 0
communicated to his father, who a few days after sent u,fie`9ol
soner with 101. to deliver to his uncle; but he was not ri•
of until Monday night. At that time the family of thf elo
soner's uncle had retired to rest, when he was alartno
barking of the dog, who led him to the water-closet, SniVouse
the prisoner was found. He said he had been in'the
since Saturday. He was committed.

WORSHIP-STREET. a 'to
SWIN 0-.—Yemterday, Perkins, alias lVddi, an .rjoo
Atkinson, who were charged with having defrauded "otirt,
silk-manufacturers of property to a very considerable arPfor
were brought before the Magistrates of this Offiee•e_ die
final examination. It appeared, that in almost every elieeo
same mode of obtaining possession of the goods 1111000
adopted. Accounts were first opened with them by Atifeo
who represented himself as in the employ of Alexander 40
and Co.; of 76, Queen-street, and where, when the er`iotel
called, they were received by Perkins, who assumed the,jeat
of Welch. In one case, a receipt was obtained by frata"./01.
representations, and this the prosecutors wished to mak,,eiliettit
was a felony. The Magistrates were, however, of a "
opinion, and committed the prisoners for conspiracy.

BIRTH. q, Trinr
On the 28th inst., in Bolton-street, the lady of
ham Smith, Bsq., of a daughter, still-born.

AR . A 111 r;
On Tuesday, the 27thM instantßlED, at. St. James's
James Radley, of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, to hiss e
Ann Gould, of Jermyn-street, eldest daughter of the lat
Joseph ,Gould. yr. Del
On the 2Gth instant, at Much-Wenlock, Salop, ' ecoo
Boughton, of Finsbury-terrace, London, to Catherine, 0
daughter of the late Thomas Stirrop, Esq of Shrealb

DIED.
On the 25th inst., at Seven Oaks, Thomas Warne"
late of the Island of Antigua. 01311
On Monday, the 26th inst., in her 22d year, Matt'
daughter of Mr. Hughes, Addington-place, Camberivo.o 54:
On Wednesday, the 28th inst., at Camber Well, nhge ploo'
Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Philip nacres Hart,- of 00'4
India House, leaving eight .Young children to deplore ',.'Steplie"
On Christmas-day, in the 49th year of 'his 'age,'
Shute Rowe, Esq., late of the 64th Regiment of Foot: ,• %

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