The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-22 00:00:00

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Got LDnALL..---Yesterday lr. Minton was charged
with wantonly insulting and assaulting' two Ladies,
a Mts. Roberts and her daughter, on 'Sunday-night.
It appeared that these Ladies had spent the day at
the house of a friend in Dean's-yard, Westminster,
and were on their way home to their residence, at
the India House, early in the evening ; when about
Whitehall, they were accosted by the Prisoner, who
laid hold of Miss Roberts ; and on her attempting to
push him away, he abused her and her mother in
the most gross and obscene language. There was not
a watchman to be seen, nor any coach to be, pro-
cured. Mrs. Roberts knocked at the door ofa house,
where she and her- daughter obtained admittance,
and remained a.short time, until they supposed the
Prisoner was gone. But they had not long re-
turned to the street, when the Prisoner again came
up, and repeated his former insults, -which he Con-
tinued to do, at successive times, until the ladies got
within Temple-bar-gate ; nor could the ladies find
any watchman on duty the whole way. In Fleet-
street the PtiSoner repeated his insults, and again at-
tempted to seize on Miss Roberts,' when both ladies
entreated the proteetion of two gentlemen pfissing at
the moment. They seized the Prisoner, and gave
him in charge-to the watch,. who.conveyed him to
the Poultry Compter.
The Prisoner, in hiS defence, said he was clerk
to a tradesman neat Golden-square, and that he was
intoxicated at the time, but would make every apo-
logy for his rhiscondtiCt. The Magistrate, hoWever,
thought the 'offence too• gross to be atoned for by
an apology ; and remitted him to find bail for his
appearance, at Ow next _Quarter Sessions.

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PUBLIC-OFFICE, Bow- STa RET.,—Anne. Goodman,
a notorious,cheat, was charged with having obtained
uncle( false pretences, considerable quantities Of
wearing apparel and house linen, from several poor
women who keep mangles, and had those several
articles in their charge. The fads being fully proved,.
she was committed, tor trial,

A curious case: occurred yesterday at Union Hall.
A woman was brought up, charged by Mr. Perkins,
Pawnbroker, with having offered to pledge a ring,,
apparently gold, with the stamp of the Goldsmiths'
Co'.-npany so nicely imitated, that it was diffigult.to
distinguish it ; upon a closer inspeelion, however
the ring proved the truth of the old adage—" All is
not gold that 'glitters ;,'" it turned out to be silver.
Several Pawnbrokers Sttended, who have been im-
posed on in a similar manner ; among the rest, Mr.
Essex, of the Strand, who had taken no less than
eight of them in pledge, and lent trom seven to ten
shillings on each. Tile woman was remanded for a
further hearing.

A hackney-coachman, of the name of Wenner,
was called otT the stand in. Piccadilly, on Sunday af-
ternoon, by a well-dressed man and woman, and Was
ordered to Putney, and from thence in the evening
to Turnhain Green: When between the latter
place and Erentfurd the woman alighted, and in a
fewminutes the_man alighted also, and pointing a
pistol at the coachman's head, he robbed him of
21. 125.. A.post-chaise came by in a few minutes,
and pursuit-was made after the robber, but without
success.

Thursday evening, about nine o'clock; as Mr.
Toiler, of Houndsditch, was . returning home on
horseback, in company with another Gentleman,
coming from Hertford, the animal took fright at
Stamford. hill, when be set ail on the full gallop,
and Mr. Toiler not being able to curb hini, ran fu-
riously against a waggon, by which he was dis-
mounted, and received by the fall a Contusion oh
the head, and was otherwise, very much hurt. He
was taken _to the house of a Gentleman of the Fa-
culty, where his wounds, were dressed ; he was at',
tcrwards conveyed borne in a post-chaise, with hopes
of recovery.
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the British Armies in the Netherlands, Mr. BELL
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Weekly Messenger of Sunday and Monday next,.
August 27 and 28,- being a general Map of the Em-
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Italy, Sicily, &c. &c. including the wholes line,of -
the sea coast, and the principal rivers. This map,
the most valuable that has ever been incorporated in
a newspaper, most be a subject of general reference;
and is necessary to be preserved. so long as Great
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whom they may depend for a regular delivery of it-;
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town will serve it regularly,. on the same terms,
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per.,

- Thursday last M Rose, an officer of distintlion
in the French servicel but now a prisoner of war on
board the Bruce, in. Plymouth Harbour,. having
some words with a fellow prisoner, they agreed to
decide the difterence in the- gun-room. Not being
able to procure swords, they fastened the blades of
two razors to two sticks,- with which they fought
till the former received a desperate wound in his
right side ; it is not, however, considered mortal.

On *Wednesday week, a horse belonging to Mr.
John Sheer, of Whitby, fell over the almost perpen-
dicular precipice, at the Mount at that place, into
the dock yard of Mr. John Freswick, ship-otkner,
in which the servant-maid had just been hanging out
clOaths to dry, and was killed. Had the accident
happened before the girl's return into the house, she
would, in all probability, have lost her life, as from
the smallness of the place, she could scarcely have
had it in her power to avoid the animal in fall.
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