The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-30 00:00:00

TEE SAILOR ON SHORE.

The first object of the Seaman, on land4ng, is
to spend his money. But his first sensation is
the strange firmness of the earth, which he goes
treading in a soft of heavy light way, half wag-
goner and half dancing master, his shoulder
rolling, and his feet touching and going the same
way,-in short, in which he keeps himself pre-
pared for all the rolling chances of the vessel
when on deck. There is always to us, this aps
pearance of lightness of foot, and heavy strength
of upper works, in a sailor—and he feels it him-
self ; he lets his jacket fly open, his shoulders,
slouch, and his hair grow long to be gathered
into a heavy pig tail! but, when full dressed, he
prides himself on a certain gentility of toe, on a
white stocking, and a natty shoe, issuing lightly
out of the flowing blue trowser. His arms are
neutral, hanging and swinging in a curve aloof ;
his hands, half open, look as if he had just been
handling ropes, and had no object in life but to
handle them again. He is proud of appearing
in a new hat and slops, with a Belcher handker-
chief flowing loosely round his neck, and the
corner of another out of his pocket. Thus
equipped, with pinch-beck buckles in his
shoes (which he bought as gold), he puts
some tobacco in his mouth, not as if he were
going to use it directly, but as if he stuffed it
in a pouch on one side, as a pelican does fish,
to employ it hereafter ;—and with Bet Mon-
son at his side, and perhaps a cane or whag-
hee twisted under his other arm, sallies forth to
take possession of all Lubber-land. - He buys
every thing that he comes athwart—nuts, ginger-
bread, apples, shoestrings ; beer, brandy, gin ;
buckles, knives, a watch (two if he has money
enough) ; gowns and hankerchiefs for Bet and
his mother and sisters, dozens of " superfine best
men's cotton stockings," dozens of "superfine best
women's cotton ditto ;" best good check for '
shirts (though he has too much already) ; infinite
needles and thread (to sew his trowsers with
some day) ; a footman's laced hat, bear's grease
to make his hair grow, (by way of joke); several
sticks, all sorts of Jew articles ; a flute (which
he can't play and never intendsY ; a leg of mut-
ton which he carries somewhere to roast, and
for a piece of which, the landlord of the Ship
makes him pay twice what he gave for the whole ;
in short, all that money can be spent upon, which
is every thing but medicine gratis, and this he
would insist on paying for. He would buy all
the painted parrot's on an Italian's head on par-
pose to break them, rather than not spend his
money. He has fiddles and a dance at the Ship,
with oceans of flip and grog, and gives the' blind
fiddler tobacco for sweetmeats, and half-a-crown
for treading on his toe. Ile asks the landlady
with a sigh after her daughter Nance,who first fired
his heart with her silk stockings ; and, finding
that she is married and in trouble, leaves fivel
,crowns for her, which the' old. lady appropriates
as part payment for a shilling in' advance. He
goes to the Port Playhouse with Bet Monson7,
and a great red handkerchief full of apples, gin-
gerbread, nuts, fresh beef,. and a bottle of rum ;
calls out for the fiddlers and Ittrle Britannia
pelts Tom Sykes in the pit,and compares Othello'
to the ship's black cook in his white night cap.
When he comes to London, he and some mess-
mates take a hackney coach full of Bet Monsons,
and tobacco pipes, and go through the streets
smoking and lolling out of the window. He has
ever been cautious of venturing on horseback, and
among his other sights in foreign parts, relates
with unfeigned astonishment how he has seen the
Turks ride ; only says, guarding against the
hearer's incredulity, '' they have saddle boxes to
hold 'em in, fore and aft, and shovels fur their
stirrups." He will tell you how the Chinese
drink, and the Negurs dance, and the monkeys
pelt you with cocoa nuts ; and how
_King Domy
would have built him, a mod hut, and made him
a Peer of the Realm, if he would have stopped
with him and taught him to make trowsers. He
has a sister at a " School for Young Ladies,'"
who blushes with a mixture of pleasure and shame
at his appearance ; and whose confusion he com-
pletes by slipping four-pence into her hand, and
saying out loud that he has " no more coppers"
about him. His mother and eldest sister at home
doat on all he says and does, telling him,. how-
ever, that he is a great sea-fellow, and was always
wild ever since he was a hop-o'-my-thumb, no
higher than the window locker. He tells his
mother that she would be a Duchess in Parana-
boo ; at which the good old portly dame laughs
and looks proud. When his. sisters complain of
his romping, he says that they are only sorry
that it is not the Baker. He frightens them with
a masks made after the New Zealand fashion,
and is forgiven for his learning. - Their mantle
piece is filled by him with shells and sharks'
teeth, and when he goes to sea again there is no
end of tears, and God bless you's, and home-
made gingerbread.

ALDERMAN WOOD AND MR. ROWS.—Our
readers will recollect that the great mine cause
of ROWE 7:. WOOD, Which occupied the LORD
CHANCELLOR'S attention and our Chancery Re-
port so many years, was some months since dis-
missed out of Court, on the Joint application of
the parties, who had then agreed to refer their
disputes. The parties have since been engaged
in discussing their respective cases before the
arbitrators, Messrs. G. Hathorn, -D. Maclean,
and H. Hunt, Merchants of great intelligence
and the highest respectability in the City.—
The award has just been made, and the result is
—that Alderman Wood's claims against the
Plaintiff, Mr. Rowe, and his mine property,
which have been variously stated at fifty, forty,
and thirty thousand, are declared to be less than
one thousand pounds. That Alderman Wood,
and his Brothers, Messrs. Philip and Benjamin
Wood (who were made parties to the reference)
are directed to pay certain proportions of the
costs, amounting to about two thirds ; and that
Mr. Rowe will be immediately, put into posses-
sion of this valuable property.

SHERBET.—It is not generally known that this
beverage, so often mentioned with praise in Arabic poetry, is:
neither more nor less than a decoction of oatmeal and sugar,.
seasoned, when cold, with rose-water.

OLD BAILEY.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.

Yesterday Edward M` Williams was capitally indicted for
burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Samuel Skel-
ton, jeweller, in Upper King-street, Bloomsbury,.on the night
of the 10th of September, and stealing therein jewellery value
300/. _ _ _

Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the prosecution, stated, that on the night
of the 10th of September, the prosecutor, who is a very young
man, and had recently commenced business, closed his shop,
and fastened it as usual. On the following morning lie found
it had been broken open, and the stock, consisting of god seals,
brooches, pins, keys, pencil cases, and other articles of value
were carried off, and the prosecutor had been nearly ruined.—
About a month after the robbery was committed the prosecu-
tor went with the Bow-street Officers to the lodgings of the
prisoner, and they found in his wife's ears the tops of a pair of
ear-rings, and the drops of them were found in a cupboard.
These ear-rings would be identified, by the prosecutor as his
property. There were also found a number of black lead pen-
cils, which had been taken out of some of the stolen pencil
cases, and which pencils would be sworn to as the property
of the prosecutor. Mr. Skelton and the Police Officers hav-
ing given evidence to that effect, the prisoner said that he
was innocent, and called several witnesses to prove an alibi.
They swore that on the night of the robbery (10th September),
he was at a club, 'which was held at the White-Horse public-
house in Marylebone-passage, and that he left the place at
half-past ten at night, so much intoxicated, as scarcely to lie
able to walk. Some of the witnessess gave him a goad charac.,
ter. They were strictly cross-examined, and varied greatly.
The RECORDER summed up, and the Jury found the
prisoner Guilty—Death.
Niehodemus Dunn, Charles Dunn, Joseph Dunn, Michael
Leary, and George llfoss, all lads under 16 years of age, were
tried and convicted upon a charge of stealing four geese, the
property of Alexander Fletcher, of Homerton.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

SWINDLING.

MANsimir-HOUSE._-Yesterday Thomas Redfearn waS
brought up on a charge of having by false witnesses obtained
from Messrs. Davidson, Francis and Co. pin-makers; No. 33,
Gracechurch-street, pins and needles to the amount of 1501.
Mr. Francis said,- the prisoner had called during the last quar-
ter at least 30 times, with requests, bearing the names of the
firm' of Baguely and Co. haberdashers, in the Borough, for
parcels of pins. Messrs. Baguely were in the habit of dealing
with the prosecutors; and the request were so well written, that
no suspicion was entertained of the honesty of the messenger.—
The fast request was for little more than IL worth of pins ; but
he advanced to the bold undertaking of issuing requests for
quantities to the amount of 71. 81. and 91. Towards the end of
the quarter he stopped in his career, knowing that the quar-
terly bill would be Sent in, and the fraud would be detected:
The event turned out to be just what he expected, Messrs. Da-
vidson and Francis having received information that they had
made a demand of about 1501. upon Baguely and Co. to which
they were not entitled, as neither order nor request had been
sent for the pins: The prisoner was soon after apprehended:
The Warehouseman of Messrt. Davidson and Francis proved
the delivery of pins to the value of Si. 17s. lid. to the' prisoner,
upon a written request.
Mr. Baguelrproved that the request produced was not in:the
hand-writing of any of the firm.
Had the paper; on the authority of which the' pins had been
obtained, been in the form of an order instead of a request, the
charge would have been for forgery. The prisoner was fully
committed.