The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-17 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

• The East India Company's ship Lowther Castle arrived off
the Isle of Wight on the 14th instant, and in the Downs yes-
terday afternoon.
-The Bridgwater, and Charles Grant, arrived off the Isle of
Wight yesterday.
The Lowther Castle, and Bridgwater, sailed from China on
the 23d March, and arrived at St. Helena on the 23d June.
The. Lowther Castle sailed from St. Helena on. the 28th June,
and the Bridgwater on the 29th June.... : .
The Lowther Castle spoke the Warren Hascpigs, outward
bound, on the 11th July, in lat. 9. 51. N. 10ng.7.1. 53. W. all
well. The Winchelsea and Dorsetshire were in sight.
The Charles Grant sailed froni China on the 14th. March ;
arrived at St. Helena the 18th June ; and sailed from thence
for England on the 22d June. .
The William Fairlie, outward-bound, was all well in lat.
20. 56. S. long. 81. E. on the 13th April. She left Table Bay
on the 21st March.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

DARING ROBBERY, AND MOST REMARKABLE DE-.

TECTION OF THE THIEF.-

GUILDHALL.-,Between two and-three o'clockin the morn-
ing of Saturday the 27th of July last, the family of Mr. Laurie,
mapseller, No. 53, Fleet-street, was alarmed by the watchman,
who on going his rounds, found the outer door of the house
open.; and upon examining the premises, thes,Qunting-house
had been broken into, the desks opened, ,and property to
the amount of 23/. in notes and upwards, and forty sove-
reignS- taken- away. It was evident, from- all the circum-
stances, that the robbery must have been effected, by some per-
son within the house, and Charles Robinson, a lad in the ser-
vice of Mr. Laurie, was taken up on suspicion; but discharged,
nothing appearing upon his examination 'to .criminate him.—
Suspicion then fell upon two chimney-sweepers; who it appears
were sent by Robinson to sweep the chimnies of Mr. Laurie's
-house, alleging that he was desired to engage them to do so.--
They were taken into custody on their arrival at Mr. Laurie's
house. Robinson was found watching on the other side of the
way for their coming out, and the whole three were brought up
before Mr. Alderman Brown, at this office., -
Thomas Seekins, the elder of the two chimney sweeps, stated,
that Robinson met him and the boy that was with him in the
Strand on Monday last, and told him to apply at Mr. Laurie's
to sweep the kitchen chimney, and to say, if they were asked,
that they came from Mr. Brown, of Water-lane. lie then de-
stribed to them the situation of the copper fiuerand told them
they would find a small bag there with sonic money in it ; and
if they got the job and brought the bag to him, he agreed to
give them two sovereigns for their trouble. This same story he
had told at the time he was apprehended, and in the presence
of the prisoner, who then made no reply to the charge.
The bag with its contents was produced ,aind sworn to by
Mr. Laurie.

The Prisoner was accordingly committed to Newgate for
trial, and Seekins bound over to give evidence against him.

FATAL EFFECTS OF SEDUCTION.

TOWN HALL, SOUTHWARK.—A young female, of very
prepossessing appearance, who gave her name Jane Andrews,
was re-examined on a charge of robbing her ieady-furnished
lodgings at •the house of Mrs. Newth, • Suffolk-street, St.
George's-fields.
It appeared that the prisoner, who is a 'young woman of
good fathily, became the victim of a fellow Who; under a pro-
mise-of instant marriage, prevailed on her to quit the house of
her parent, and to retire with him to lodgings he had taken.
Having her thus in his power, he informed her with an air of
great concern, that unfortunately theirnuptials must be delayed
for a few days, in consequence of an important affair which he
had in hand, and which would affect his, pecuniary arrange-
ments in a considerable degree ; but as soon as ever the matter
was settled nothing on earth should prevent their marriage.—
By means such as these he easily won .on ,the credulity of the
simple girl, and finally accomplished her destruction. lie
then began to grow more cold, and when she ventured to talk
of marriage, he always urged the unsettled state of his business
as an excuse to avoid the subject. At length he left her alto-
gether without money; arid in debt: In'this trying situation,
•she.reskved tO give up the apartment iihe'was in and look fur
cheaper, as she was both ashamed and afraid to go back to her
friends; at, that time the prosecusrix had a furnished room
to let, and the prisoner 'took it, and mqved into it immediately,
:tr•tistingto Providence for the means-of existence in future—for
al that' time she had but a mere trifle, which she had raised upon
her clothes. However, this soon went, and she was quite destitute
along time she withstood the attacks bf hunger, and the
temptations of theft; but at length she yielded to the latter. She
carried the bolster and pillows out of the house secretly, and
pawned them at a shop- where she' and her family were well
known, and where the transaction caused an extraordinary sen-
sation, as the former were known to stand in no need of such
assistance; however, she recefved 'what she asked, and nothing
'was said. The blankets, &c. next began to disappear, until at
length the landlady's suspicions became roused, and she insisted
on searching the room. On this the prisoner, with streaming
eyes, confessed her misfortunes and her crime, and readily gave
up the duplicates to the officer. She hatLietidentally mention-
ed name and place of abode of her parents, and Mrs. Newth
thought it her duty to send to them ; the poor People had long
'been inquiring after her, and it is a remarkable fact that the
same morning brought iem the intelligence, that their (laugh-
ter was a criminal at the bar of public justice,-and her infa-
mous seducer, a married man with-several 'children !
Mr. Newth, not wishing to prosecute, did licit attend, and
after being called in the usual way, the prisoner was told she
was discharged.
The Magistrate, with
.great feeling, pointed -out to her the
narrow escape she had just had from being ranked with the
vilest and the basest herds of society. Ile trusted that the re-
collection of her past misconduct would inspire her with those
feelings of humility and piety, which were at all times the true
criterion of a repentant spirit.—She then walked-away, leaning
on the arm of her mother.

An instance of extraordinary powers in a fe-
male is observable at this time sit button, near Oundle. A
woman born deaf and dumb, and who is nearly N years of ai,e,
has for a great number of years regularly reaped with Ihe men
in the harvest field. No one can do work better, nor is more
handy and expeditious. At the present advanced time of her
life, she can cut, bind, and set up, two roods a day, bea in;
many stout, blustering reapers. ' Sue walks nearly two mil a
to her work, and through the day keeps time and pace with as
men; and performs her work equal any, of there.