The Sun.
London, England, 1815-11-17 00:00:00

A ROBBER,

A roliber, who generally ealls„himself Janlei
Valentifle, has hada long r‘iii on the town, and yet
remains unpunished. Ile is dressed like a sailor,
and commits his robberies on the poorer Class of
those holottkeepers wbo let lodgings. On observ-
ing a bill in the.window„ he enters the house, and
bargains for the apartments at 6,.7, or 8 shillings
per week ; this lie does-in the. morning, and. re,
mahis during the day. -Before. the evening ar-
rives, he has acquainted the landlord or the 'awl-
lady. with his whole story, which, on all occa-
.
sions, runs the same, viz, That lie is, ustreturned
from a long; voyage, and .will settle with his Cap-
tain at Lloyd's the next day ; he then thinks
.he
b.ad better go dawn to the ship for
.his clothes,
and enquire* what it will cost. to bring them up
rrf.ni the Doeks in a coach, but Unfortunately he
has: no money until the next day. By this story,
and the production of a, piece of paper, which, in.
a general way, runs as, follows, he burrows a
pound note '
Lotidon, Nov. 10,. 1.515„.
Ship Slrias, Capt. Thomas Clark,iudebted to .lanics Valentine.
5 Months Wm ,es, at .11. 92 10 0
9 ditto, as carpenter, at 71. ,G3 0 0

1:85 10. 0
Payable at Lloyd's, Mr. Newman, Owner, on Monday; Now. 13.

lie occasionally alters the names of the Cap-
taiu-and Owner,- but -never his own. His notes
alivays correspond the time. It is tinueves-
Stay to say ,he never returns to ,his lodgings.
Hardly two days pass but some unfortunate poor
inqUitTs for hint at Lloyd'S with one
.of,
the pretenchil bilk in her hand, and it is supposed
‘vithin the two last yearS, for he has cominitted
his robberies thus long, he has obtained two hun-
dred pouos by this mode, of swindling. On one
occasion he was apprehended and carried to the
Police (nice, liatton.:gartien, and his dt'tention
being Made known through the public papers, 23
people attenifed,.all of Whom had been tobbed, as
before
.deScribed; Of-205., The •Magistrates,
understand, reemnineod them to prosecute,. but it
turned out they were 'all so miserably pOor, as not
to be aide to afford it, and he was discharg-ed ac-
cordingly., We. hope, if this fellow comes before
the Potice,ag_ain, the •Magistiates will order Ititu
to be prosecuted at the expence of the county.

ULLAroot., Nov. 6.—On Thursday-last...arrived
here the.brig Mary; Capt:Arehibrild•Stewart, of
and. for
.Green9.l:k,
,boundfrom,Archa'ngel on the
2ist August, nod fouml el:ery thing favour, nle•till
she: had-, on the 7th Sept. reached hit. 70. 45.
long. )9.. 30. cast, , when there suddenly arose t
roost vioknt gale from the S. E. wilich, in a mo-
ment, tore from her the rudder, stern boat, and
variow: articles that were on deck::: In this tOr-
lorn sirtation, and Under a continuance of the
gale, the ship's company had no other expedi,tut . •
rem.itliag, but to use their best .ctuleavoitrS to
steer ,the vessel. with a- long 'spar ; by 4he help of
Which,-and with the utmost exertion, tt!?y made,
ntl the 1 6th October,. o-nro-f,.ihe Iceland islamls.'
lucre, as -their sal-vprovisiOns.were.far spent, they
most opportunely obtained two sheep and four
hittib,s ; but though their stick Of. bread was l •
:thost gone, they -could, for no money, procure
one ounce of any 'description. The
.fely natives
'they s•tx were, bw oeyer, very friendlv, lid.sheered
a•willingness:tobe.serviceablc, espkially by their
frankly aiding them in taking on board a .supply of
walcr._ The 'wind now rising fair, they set sail.
from Iceland, and gained this port as above, after
encountering a thotiSand dangers, •aad suffering
fatigue: and privations beyond the power of lan-
guage to express.

The admirers of our national, poetry and mclo-
(ties will be gratified to learn the return of Mr.
Alexander Campbell, from an excursion to the
Highlands and Western Islands of Seothind, in
goe:-,t of original compositions. This excursion,
we believe,' was made under the patronage of the
Highland
.society ; 9.11 d its object was the pre-
servation of such materials, as, by the combina-
tion of poetry and music, might tend to illustrate
t,h6-e historical events, which have been trans-
mitted by tradition or writing to the present times.
As Mr. Campbell has been able to rescue many
interesting coMpositions from oblivion, a valuable
accession 'to what already hears so lima cele-
brity throughout Britain may be anticipated.—
(Cakdonian Mercury.)

Yesterday a scaffolding, which was erected in
the front of house under repair, at Newington,
suddenly gave way, by which two men, who were
at work on it, were precipitated from a height of
thirty feet'on the pavement beneath. One of them
had his thigh broken, and the other received so
severe a
.fracture in his skull th it his life is de-'
spaired ,of% They were both conveyed to the
Hospital. A part of the scaffolding fell on a wo-
man who was passing at the time with an infant
in her arms; but fortunately dill her no injury,
except slightly bruising her shoulder.
A Reward. of 50 guineas is offered by Messrs.
Coorna;and Co, Surgeons; of Charl!tte House;
Blackfriars;for the discovery of the author- e.if a
letter sent-tO the Medical Board. We, have seen
it ; the liiogu'age is that 0f...a Quaker, and bears_
the Walworth post-mark,--a more scurrilous and
invective instrument we have never witnessed,
and licine,lor the honour of the
.profession, it will
not prOve- the effusion of a tuedieal.man--if so, it.
Lutist arise from a grOvelling jealousy at seeing
a Society of independent Gentlemen, of the .first.
respectability, appropriating a larr_e portion 'of
their time in,alfeviating the kli!rtre,ses of
(I+ols,, have consulted then ignorant of
the profession : We arc at a loss,to cOUceive
.the
cause for,s„uch a ,libel. Yerhaps sonic of the_ au-
thot's ptients have expetienced relief from t4e
Medical Board. We arc authorised to state-that
Surgeon. CootT.it and Co. are consulted cvcrF
miuning until nine o'chrek, anti front. twelve
eight pi ecisely%

LAW i•ii'xLi..;ttr27,c...

Wl' OF CHANCERY, Noll.

• 1"..?.-P.',I3TEItrAMT II TINY MATTT•I{-6F ENIA7CT:
'li Loitn CuANCEI.Lott gave 111(1,10fit 6111111,'
the •Frsonal application and petition of Mr.
ilr;atit, a bankrOpt, to haye'his comm'ssion.su-:.
perseded: and certain cots allowed; principAlv
on the. groltud that hi, funds had been tniapplien,..
ilis-Lordshin t ~ok a vie‘si of all the circumstances
in-the c,:se, and finally diSrnissel the petition.