The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-14 00:00:00

'POLICE.

ALL,-,-Yeiterday William Slgplie-(1, a
'Clerk in the Bank of England, was brought u o
his second examination, upon a charge of forgery
and fraud in his official situation, uinn a person
named Richard Mandy.
The circumstances of the case, as they appeared
in the depositious.dt the Prosecutor and his brother,
'Were, that 'the. Prisoner had bt-enemplo)ed
at diffeient CUM'S, to lay out various sums, amount"-,
'ing to .001. to purchase, stock in the 5 per cent.
Navy Annuities; tLit he had, in the latter er4or
the laSt 1-t.gularly laid out thirty pounds so
intrusted :6 !Wu,: the purchase of foe
11:e .elo-teutor's acc' out ; but that ,tvvo, other
sums, the (rite of gal. and the oilier of iOl entrusted
to him for the like 'oppose, in the Months of janu-,
ary and Aptii iastl_ he had not so laid out, but em 7.
bezzied to his account, and gaie. id the. Pro=
sectitor's brother two receipts, as for the said respic-,
tiVe sums, signed 1.4 ith the bathe of West, purporting
to be the name of the person from whom such stock
was purchased; but which leceipts and signatdre
Were charged to be forgeries.
On Mr, Richard' Mandy's application to receive
the dividend last due upon such stock, in his name;
it was found upoir searching the stock books that nu
such sock - bCen transferred to his name, and
that there was no such person as West, a huldet of
such Stock.
The Prisoner was in consequence taken into cos.
tody ; and on being examined before the Governar
and Diretiors on Tuesday, he acknowledged ale
prdfriation of the money to his oNtn ti3e; but:de..
nied that he. had any intention to defraud the party,
as he meant to purchase the stock in the ensLniig
quarter. He said, also, that the name West was
not written as a signature to the receipt he gave the
prosecutor's brother, but was. merely entered as
memorandum.

The Prisoner- being thited for his defence, hiq
Counse4 Mr. ARar N said, that
.as entngh had hero
sworn to warrant the Magistrate in committing the
Prisoner_ for his, trial, be should diem .it tuivisanle
reserve, until then tile defence heiotended to.otier.
Mr. KEA, Solkitor jot the Hank, attended, anti
the Prisoner, was fully. committed ter trial at tue next
Old liailey 4es,ions.

• On Sunday _morning fast, at lin early hobr, font
thieves entered the warehouse of Mr. Miller, in Ha.
sing-loge, by means of false keys, and had the :mi.
dacity to remain there for several hours suiting out
the choicest bale goods. Having provided a.eart for
the purpose of carrying the goods otf, tley proceed-
ed to throw the bales into ttie vehicle, and that
with so much violence, that they awoke the ser-
vant of a gentleman on
-the opposite. side at the way,
who, it being-an unusual. CirCaill•tilllCL. for a cart tct.
be employed on a Sunday morning at so tally an,
hour, took the liberty of watching from his IA indoW
the proceedings which
were
carrying on. -laving
observed, the villains fasten the warehouse door, and
drive off with their booty, he folloAed them at at
distance, until he came to the entrance of the Old.
Bailey, when he heard one of theni say, 44 All is
well, the gates are open," Meaning the gates of the
inn, where it was supposed they intended to deliver
.the goods to at waggon.- which wag ..ott;.s ...41-wbout
.that time to Worcester,, whither, it supposedi
they would have followed and divided the spoil
but the man who acted as carman, observing thd
watchful eye of the servant, passed on towards
Smithfield. When the cart was come opposite- to
,the New
,Drop, all the men, probably suspeding•
they were detected, except the driver, turned off
to the right, down a lane towards Fleet-market ;
their pursuer then seized the horse by the head,
and told the driVer he suspected the goods. in' tin*
cart _were stolen from ,one of the neighbours, and
' he would not suffer him to proceed any farther with
them. The man resisted ,for the moment, and onn
of the thieves who liad just before tied, came to his
aid, and attempted to pass himself off as a patrols
o 1 the night ; but' failing lin this artifice„, be aCtually
challenged the_faithful servant to fight fur disy
pitting hiS officership. At this moment other,,peo-
ple were collected together, and the pretended pa.
trote and the carman went off ondtr pretence Of,
fetching a proper officer. Of course they never-re-
turned, and the servant drove hack the-goods to-tit*
warehouse of Mr. Miller. - •

Acv ASS-RACE AGAINST TINE.—.—A match " trot
on Monday last. at 'yVilberiosS, near the ,Hun-road,
The money staked Was 10 guineas.']: he Ass was to
go 1.4 miles, in two successive hours, to carry ointt
stone.; which it performed in one hour, forty mi.
nutei, and forty-six seconds, with the greatest easo
possible, amidst the shouts of a nUtnerous concouila
of spectators.

SHIP NEWS.

CRAVZSLND, PjX,Y 12.

Arrived—the Hercule, Luis, from Malta.'
Sailed—the Minerva, Kennan, for Surinam ; PhqiNie„
for Gibraltar.; Ann, ko.d, for Oporto; and titt, t.;44v,
'Thomas, for Guernsey,

• BIRTHS.
On Tt:esday, in Manctiester-sm!ct, the Lady of Geotgg
Sparks. Esc, of BAldwens, Kent. of a Son.
On Thursday last, at Lloyd's:place, Blackhq4:ll, the 1....aay
of Geolc Oliver, Esq. of a San.