The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-25 00:00:00

NitlitlLßOtetrGTl-STR EET.—Rotert Kennet,late an
upholsterer in Bond-street, was charged with forging
the indorsement on a Bill of Exchange, with intent
to afraud a Mr. Vistrin. The Prosecutor is a pa-
tent truss-maker, residing in Upper. James-street,
Golden-square, and the Prisoner Lately stood in the
pillory opposite Bond street. It appeared by the
testitnony of the Prosecutor, that having obtained a
Patent for Trusses, he had occasion, to increase 114
capital, and advertised for pecupiary accommodation,
offering percentage on the profit. Kennet applied
tc' :Vktrin*, and offeredtp assist him, if the latter
would get him, 'some good biiis discounted. • A bill
for 1001. was delivered by the Prisoner to the Pro-
secutor, and for his own security the Prisoner re-
quired a bill olVistrin to the same.amount, which
he was preVailed on to give. The bill given to thd
Prosecutor proved useles,;,.the, natnes.subscribed.to.
it being men of straW, address to the indorse-
ment had been added some time after the. billhad
been given," and this constituted the.charge of Thr-
gery. The Magistrate was not satisfied as to. the.
forgery; but was of opinion that a fraud had, been,
committed ;' and in consequence..Of the produ6lionl
of a letter frOirr Edmonsdn, the indorser of the ftc-'
titions bill, the Prisoner Was committed for a mis-
demeanor; in conspiring with Edmpson to commit
a fraud.

, The SoliCitor'for the Prosecution complained„ that
threats had been made use of towards Mr. Vistrin
if he Should proceed in .thiS 'bu4iness. The Ma-
gistrate ordered a Captain M'Lean, who had used
the 'threats; to be brought before him. IL appeared
that the Captain, in order. to intimidate Vistrin,
when in a room with him previous to Kennet, being
brought up, made use Of violent. threats, stating
himself to Be the friend'of Kennet;
.thag, his ven-
geance -was not easily appca,ed ; that a.,man was
lying at the NOrthumberland.Coliee-house with a
ball through hiS 'body, in conseqUence of his re-
venge; that if Yistfin persisted in what he was go-
ing on with, he must meet ; and
.that a 11dy
being in the moth was a proteaton to him at- that
moment.---Onbeing questioned, M'Lean said he
was aCaptain in the 7E3th Highland Regiment, and
was. on leave of absence, the Regiment being 'in
Sicily. He cras identified as having.been releaSed
from the 'King's Bench a lew'dqs since—which he
acknowledged. He was Ordered to find sureties to
keep the peace-=--hirrself in 2001. and two sureties in
1001. each ; iri default of which, ,he, as well as Ken-
net, were committed to the Ne,..Pi-iSan.

Gut L lIH ALL.--YaSterday Joseph Levy, the pick-
pocket • who had the temerity' to rob under the gal-
lows at the late execution, was brought before Al-
derman Rowcttoy-r fbr examination. Gibsone one
Of- the Lord Mayor'S Officers, stated; that-he seized
the prisonerirom th* populace,. and preserved him
from their fury, by dragging him within the rails of
the platform dm-ill:the execution on Monday. last.
The Prisoner had been *seen int the a&of ,picking
pockets and: when in the custody. of the Officers;
be pulled out seven or eight hanakerchiels concealed
about his person, several of which were produced in
Court ; he also:confessed that he had stolen them,
and pleadtd that distress had urged him to commit
his depredations. A Gentleman named Wallace
owned one of the handkerchiefs, .and the Officer had
waited Upon him at Wesimiuiter, where he resided,
to induce him to prOsecute, but Mr. NV, declined
taking any trouble upon the occasion... The Prisoner
said he lived in Petticoat-lane ; but he was known
to be a notorious offender. The Alderman observed,
it was a duty he owed to the Public to bring, him to
justice ; -and he .ordered one of the Officers to inform
Mr. Wallace that the Magistraje requested he would
'attend and give evidence.ag?iost the,Prjsoner, who
was. Co n sequ e tly e 'nand ccl 4w.fnrtter examination
to-morrow.

The Commissioners of Wita.ry Inquiry'are pro-
ceeding in the discharge of then National b tv,
with the 'inost sccupulons regard to the public inte-
rest. They have recently Made discoveries of the
most gross and fraudulent. ~pr4).ices in a particular
Department, Whicji 'will - be- wade the principal
ground of their next Repor,tt
A duel took. place yesterday Se4nnight, at Cork,
between Lieut. I and ,T--, of the
Galway Militia, quartered in the4lrracks of that
City. At the second shot, the tbrrner Gentleman,
received a se; ere wound in the head.ll
Russell-Square is larger than any Square in Lon
don, _Lincoln s=-Inn Fields excepted. Its.dimensionsf
• . - it - •
nearly; -tor is not perfedty'airtg ) angles, m con-,
sequence of • the a.iteN:tioia the plasm first proposed,
are 5 7
on 3,8 fe
, esteertd-oayn
me each side. e.
scYnnialit about one o'clock,
a fire broke out in the barn of Mr. liiipgood, of Cold-
Mb; near Thatchatn, Which consumed, the same,
containing upwards of 50 qri of oats,. and communi-
cating to a wheat rick, and to the stables, destroyed
them, together with three' fine Cart horses ;:tiapother
dreadtUlly scorched,. The fire ~Was discovered by
• the carter, 'who-slept in a cottage anthe
As every thing had.'hen. left sate in the even:ll,r, it
is supposed to have been wilfully set on fire. 'We
are sorry to add, that a small part only was insured.
On Saturday afternoon,an inquest was held at the
'sign. of the,Loclon Hospital,. Whitechapel, on Cap-
tain Curti, in „the Newcastle Trade, who died in
• the. Hospital, in consequence ola blow he received
on the head by the hilt of it swOtd, inflieted by a
patrol, in Lemon-street, Goodman's-fields, some
nights.since, when there. was a riot in the street.
.utter a.striet investigation, the Jury returned a ver-
did of Manslaughter.
On Thursday' se'nnight a severe battle was fought
in Hailey Meadow, near Witney, between two young
men, when one of the combatants Was so dreadfully
beaten that he was obliged to be taken oil...the
ground, and died the same day.from the injury he
received. The Coroner's Inquest founda verdict of
Mos-laughter.