The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-17 00:00:00

keeper's eye was directed to another part of the shop
the thieves decamped hastily with the watch. The
prisoner only was secured with the property in his
possession.

HATTON-GAUDEN.-- Yesterday Richard Radley
and Maria Smith, cook to Anthony Hart, Esq. of
Harper-street, Theobald's-road, were committed
for te-examination, charged on suspicion with
stealing a large quantity of wine and spirits out of
the cellars of the above Gentleman, who is in the

country
George It ilson, a journeyman to Mr. Campbell,
baker, in Portpool-lane, Gray's Inn-lane, was
charged with secretly taking away, bread not ac-
counted for ; for the better concealment of it, he
baked bread in the shape of the cawl of a wig, which
he put under his hat, and other bread be took in
his pockets. The prisoner was fully committed for
trial..

UNION-HALL.—.IO/1/1, Robinson, Thomas Swin-
ney, Joseph Stale, thlliam Eurekall, Joseph Free-
man, and Thomas Cloven, six journeymen pipe-
makers, were conviaed on the oath of William
Jones, another journeyman, of having entered into
a conspiracy to compel the masters to raise their
wagers from Is. 2d. to is. 6d. per gross and sen-
tenced by the Magistrate, Sir JOHN PLNHOHN, to
two months imprisonment in the House of Correc-
tion. Against this sentence they severally appealed,
and were admitted to bail.

MANS tos-Housg.---Yesterday Lucy Porter, a
little girl about thirteen years of age, was brought
before the Lord Mayor, under the care of the Ward
Beadle of Bridge Within, who said she was found
sitting the night before in Fish-street-hill, unpro-
tetted. Mr. field, -of Thames-street, stated, that
on Sunday evening passing down Fish-street-hill, he
saw this little girl surrounded by a crowd, and from
the story she told, he thought her an object of pro-
tection and inquiry. When the Lord Mayor told
her- to tell him where she came from, and who she
was, with modesty and diffidence she said that she
was brought from the Isle of Wight by her uncle, a
tailor, whose name was John Mash ; that her fa-
ther was boatswain of the Superb man of war ; that
her mother died lately, and left her, and a little
sister of two years old, under the care of their uncle
and aunt ; that- by- the carelessness of her aunt, her
sister was burnt to death, from which the neigh-
bours made such a piece of work, that her uncle
and aunt sold off all her mothe►'s furniture, and
brought her to London ; that they walked.all the
way from Portsmouth, and came from Kingston on
Sunday morning; that they left her about four
o'clock, but she did not know where she was; they
told her they would come back, but never came ;
they took her bundle with all her clothes, and the
ticket for her father's wages, which had been left
with her mother.
His Lordship expressed his indignation on the oc-
casion ; lamented the unprote&ed slate of the poor
girl ; and said that the necessary means of protection
should be afforded her. In the mean time he order-
ed that she might be taken care of till every inquiry
should be made.

CoALs.—Our report of the proceedings at the
Mansion-House, on Saturday (which we copied horn
a Morning i'aper of yesterday), on an intortnation
against Messrs. RUSSELL and MACKARNESS, coal-
merchants, we understand is in many respects erro-
neous. The information was not by desire of the
Bank-Directors, but was preferred by an informer of
the name of WILLIS, and was quashed without
hearing any e, ideoce on either side. It neither
was alleged, nor attempted to be proved, that the
coals were sold at pool measure, and sent in at wharf
measure; nor w2s there any imputation of fraud
--.7aiti,t Dekndants. The Bank Direetors, after
fri cull knowle4e of the whole transaction, paid
Messrs. iiussm.L and MACKARNESS for the coals.
the information was," for selling and sending in two
chaldrnn and a halt of coals in a waggon, and.de-
livering a vender's ticket, without having the name
of the labouring meter thereto, who superintended
the admeasuretnent ;" an offence rather proceeding
from inadvertency that an intention to defraud.
THE FUNDs.—The following view of the variation
of the Funds, at different periods, may not be unin-
teresting. The highest prices to which the Funds
ever attained are, we believe, as follow :-
3 per Cents. IS Dec. 175 z - lob 3-Bths.
4 per Cents. -13 Mar. 1792 tos 5 Stit,,
5 per Cents. - 6 Feb. 1792 - J. 20
South Sea Stock 20 May
.1768 - 111
India Stock - 6 Sept. 1768 - 276 1-4th.

The .prices given of South Sea Stock are •t1,..1
highest since the dividend has been at the present
rate, the tktitious value to which it was raised in
the year 1720, admitting of no lair comparison with
any subsequent period.
The lowest prices of the Funds before the present
war were-
-3 per Cents. - 27 Feb. 1782 - 53 5-half.
4 per Cents. - 8 Mat. 1782, 68 i.half.
Bank Stock t Feb. 1781 . 106
South Sea Stock 22 Feb. 1732 - 62 I.4th.
India Stock - 14 lan. 1784 - I'B I.half.
But great as the difference in the value of the
several Funds appears to have been at the above
period, the month of April 1797 witnessed it still
greater : the following 'prices are stated as the lowest
at which any business was done
3 per Cent. Consols. - 5 April - 48 7 Bths.
3 per Cent. Red. - 48 3-Bths,
4 per Cents. - 6 • - 62 5-Bths.
5 per Cents. - - - 72 3-Bths.
Bank Sto,k - 9 - 121 3-4ths.
India Stock - -- 9 - - 147 1-4th.

For the present price we refer to our daily state
ment.