The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-18 00:00:00

`POLICE.

MANsioN-Houss.—The question at issue be-
tween the superior and inferior classes of Fellow-
ship Porters on the river Thames, respecting the
right of the latter to carry goods to a distance,
which right is claimed exclusively by the former,
Came on. again for discussien on Wednesday. A
tide-waiter attended, and the general Opinions
Seemed to be in favour of the claim of the superior
order; arid it teemed to be a matter generally un-
derstood, that the inferior order of porters were
only entitled to carry goods from the ships to the
Shore, but to no greater distance. As a meeting
a the waiters is to be convened in a few days, tti
consider the subject, the. Lord Mayor declined
giving judgment until he has heard their collec-
tive opinion.

GUILDHALL.—James alias Howard,
was brought up for examination before the Sit-
ting Magistrate, yesterday, charged with having
in his possession, and not being able to give any
satisfaCtory account as to the manner in which
be became possessed of them, a great quantity Of
unwrought brass, including brass cocks ; also a
number of silver tea-spoons. H.: mentioned the
name of some Gentleman to whom he had been
Servant, who being sent to, the prisoner was in
the meantime remanded.

WORS,IIIP-STREET.—On Tuesday last a person,
a Spital-fields Manufactur;-, was brought up for
examination, charged with offering for sale a
quantity of silk, discovered to be part of a bale
which was taken, from the Leith waggon in April
last, on the North road, which with other bales of
silk, purchased at the India llonse, were consign-
ed to Messrs. Phillips and Co. of Leith. The pri-
soner was remanded for further examination.

MARLBOROUGH-STREEM—A robbery, attended
:with eircurnstanctts of considerable aggravation,'
took place at Fladong's hotel, on Monday even-
ing. Albin Gormes, a mulatto, and the servant
-of a Gentleman of fortune, of the name of Barallo,
:was charged with the same.- It appeared in evi-
dence, that Mr. Barrallo had lately arrived frow
from the Indies, and the prisoner had attended him
thence as his servant. The prosecutor having had
unlimited confidences in him, entrusted him with
.the keys of his wardrobe, and thine which con-
tained his property, and every thing. Valuable Le
.possessed. On Tuesday
.morning the prisoner in-
formed his master; before he was up, that his
portmanteau, which contained fifty-six pound
notes, and other articles, had been stolen from
the sitting-room. Suspicion hunted every quar-
ter of the house, until it was at length remember-
ed, thai.the prisoner had gone out on the preced-
ing.evening with something under his arm, which
was concealed by his coat: On being interrogat-
ed as to this circumstance, theprisOner said he
had his hat under his arm, iforgetting it was on
his head at the time. Thomas Foy was sent for
from this office, and, after diligent inquiry, he
traced the prisoner to have left the portmanteau

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at the house of a 'person of the name of Smith,
and half the' propert y was yecovered. ; • Qn search-.
ing the prisoner':, lodgings, it was found that he
had emptied the trunks of hiS master into his
own. The prisoner :vas fully committed for trial,
and the parties were bound over to prosecute.
Yesterday, a' respectable musical Man brought
hiS refractory Son, a youth under 17 years of Age,
to this 'office, pn charges of feloniously having
obtained sums of money in his name. It appeared
that the father-had done his duty to this prodigal,
and instructed him in a science by which, if Nvell
in linen, he'miglit have ,obtained a respectable' HY....
ing. His conduct, however, had been such as-to
render, this act. of the father absolutely necessary
for his own safety: 'The youth had become ac-
quainted with an abandoned set of fellows, call-7
ing themselves private actors, in whinn iniquity
is nursed, aturfrom that time there has been no.
hopes of amendment. The prisoner had obtained
sums of money of gentry,' to whom his father was
only known by hiS;itnerit, pretending that he had
done so' by the direction of-the father, and his
conduct altogether was such as required necessari-
ly to be stopped for the existence of the parent.—
The prisoner was remanded for the felonies until
to-morrow. , •

HATTON-GARDEN.--Yesterday Elizaletli Wil-
liams and Ann Smith were brought up; and under-
went a final examination, :being charged with,
going into the shop of a linen. draper, -in High
Holborn, under pretence of buying some trifling
articles, when they found means to accrete a qu,,A-
tity of printed muslin, and left the shop.
property being missed, theprisOners were pursued
and brought Wick to the shop, where Williams
dropped the muslin from under her clothes. The
fact • being sworn to, they were fully committed to
Newgate for trial.
Ann Quin, an aged woman, was finally examined,
being charged with having privately entered pre-
mises in Warner-street, Clcrkenwcll, and stealing
thereout a washing-tub. The prisoner being an
old offender, and the charge being made out, she
was fully committed to Newgate for trial.

'QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday a Gentleman, re-
siding in Kensington, was 'charged at the above
Office, with „baying refused to assist in conveying
partolthe baggage belonging to the Font Guards,
from 'Knightsbridge Barracks to Kingston,
whist the said Regiment was on its
.march to
Portsmouth. This offence being proved against
the party, be was, in consequence thereof, con-
victed in the mitigated penalty of forty shillings
a7:d costs.

The coachman of a lady was lately' charged
with horse-whipping Arthur Oldgrieve, a toll-
taker. It appeared that the complainant had re-
fused to take eight-pence in copper, on the ground
that such were not good, and the assault took
place when the toll-taker Was running by the side
of the horses. The Magistrate was of opinion
that the copper might be refused if bad. The toll-
taker agreed to settle the matter for a guinea, but
he refused to take a 'one pound note and a shil-
ling, and persisted in his demand of a golden gui-
nea or 'nothing. The tender of the note and
shilling was made before the Magistrate, but it
was refused, until the man was informed he would
get nothing by indictment after such refusal.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-Yesterday, the atten-
tion of the Court was occupied in the hearingand
deciding on Parish Appeals ; but we beard no
case of any public. interest.

HARVEST AND PLENTY.—The prudence and
foresight of the cultivators of the ground, iri saw-
ing plentifully at seed time ; a successions,of fruit-
ful showers, and the genial beams of the sun ; the
favourable weather in tlit appointed weeks of har-
vest; all, all have conspired, by the blessing of
Providence, to fill our barns and store-houses with
food for manand beast. From altthe provincial news-
papers we have the heart-cheering information of
abundant crops, and in most places of their being
well housed, The markets are everywhere falling,
and the most confident expectations are formed of
farther reduction ; but a few days • ago the Win=
chester bushel of wheat sold in our market for up-
wards of a guinea ; on Saturday last the same
measure was at an average of thirteen shillings
and sixpence. A few weeks ago potatoes were as
high as eight shillings a measure ; the average
price in our market on Sathrday was not ,more
than two shillings and -sixpence ! Truly this is
gratifying news, which, while it administers joy
and gladness to the poor, should excite in their
hearts the tribute of praise to the God of the sea-
sons.--Chester Paper.

GREAT INCREASE OF WHEAT.—In October last,
three pints of wheat were dibbled into small
spot of ground; whereon formerly stood a black-
smith's forge; in the parish of Beckley, in Sussex,
occupied by T. Bowler, which this year produced
six bushels and three gallons. It is common to
sow one. hundred and ninety-two pints, or three
bushels on an acre, which, according to the above,.
would give 408. bushels; or fifty cane :quarters of •
wheat, per acre. .
It is a singus ler:fact; that there is at present on a.
piece of bog. ground,. in .the farm of .Nether Park •
of Closeburn, Scotland, which was never before
'cultivated, a crop of potatoe oats, the general
luxuriance of which may be . conceived from this
circumstance, that, i:i'a•variety of instances, one
grain produces five or. six stalks, and each stalk
thri!e or four heads from the upper joint, making
the amazing increase of two thousand fold.
A letter from Drimech Loch,, dated Ist Sep7
teniber,, says" For the last fourteen days
.there
has been in Locholishert, on the coast of Knap-
dole, Argyllsjire, a very considerable herring-,
fishery. There are about fifty small. boats fishing,.
and only at present two sloops salting. For the
last- few nights they caught nine hundred barrels
• each night this morning the fish were sold at
10d. per hundred."
Mr. JUKES, a respectable farmer of Hatherly,
Wilts (and brother to Mr. JUKES, of Wilton) , was
ki:led on Thursday, at geritcm-hill, by 'a restive
bull, whilst he was. endeavouring to harness the
animal for husbandry work.

EDINI3MGII.

"put the question a second time, and one of them
besjtathlgly stammered out, S.r, I eaallot !'(;Ad ;'
--( nor 1, nor L, nor I,' was i•qiully uttered by
them .all.

,Ordinary. How is it, then, that calling your-
selves churchmen, you seemed_ so ignorant of the.
customs of the church, as not to answer orie of
the common responses r —Prisoner. ,` Sir, I have
not been in th!2., habit of going to church ; for, as
1 was never- taught to read, I. did
.not choose to
go, (here to' expose lily. ignorance ' So said seve-
ral others ; and 'some said, ' Their parents never
went.'

Ordinary. As you have not-been in the hahit
of going to church, and none of you can read,
bow came you to say that you were churchmen ?
What is the meaning of tic word churchmen
Prisoner. really do not know, Sir ; but this I
am sure of, that 1 am no Catholic, nor any of wt
family.'

Ordinary.. 'MIT you ever taught the cute-.
chisra?'--Prisoner. I never heard of it in, int
life.' •

At this very time I have thirteen cvitar male
convicts, under my care, twelve of whom art:
churchmen, like those whom I last mecioned,
and not more than four of them can read ; the
thirteenth is Au Irish Catholic, and is 'Dot ac,
quainted with a single letter.

If my memory served, I could. quote hundreds,
of instances of 'similar ignorance. amongst
minals. Can it be expected, then, that such poor
untaught creatures can be sensible of the ininio-
rality of their conduct ? Certainly' not. lam
posithe the rising generation cannot be made
more guilty than the present, by learning to
read ; and, therefore, I am far the experiment
being made : but whether by Dr. Bell's or Mr.
Lancaster's method, seems to we of small con-
sequence. Do.hut teach . them ,to read, and in-
struct them in the principles of religion, and leave
the event to the Almighty."

The house of AndrewJordaine, Esq. of George-
street), Westminster, was- broken into early on
Saturday morning last. The thieves broke in
from the stables behind the house, and got in at
the staircase window. They carried off 280 gui-
neas, and plate to the amount of about 3001.
They bad evidently bFen disturijed, for they left
behind them a considerable quantity of prate on
the floor. No discovery has yet been made; but
the robbery was evidently made by professors.
A few nights since the
.house, of Mr. Joint
OGDIN, of Acre-lane, Brixton, was broke into,
and a chaset forced vion, from which the villains
took several vaniao.te articles of plate, a metal
watch, a poCket.-.book, containing several bank-
notes, and some wearing. apparel, whith which
they got clear' off without alarming the family.
On the same 'evening, the. dye-house of Mr.
JOIN BENNETT, or York-street, London-road,
was entered by some villains, and five dozen men's
hats, and a
fi quantity of military caps,, in an un-
nished.state; were, taken away. The caps were
Made on a peculiar construction ; and on the fol-
lowing evening they were again thrown over the,
wail of Mr. RENNETT'S premises, and in one of
them was' a note'directed to him, containing the
following words Mr. liroWn says, they ar4
of no use but to the owner."

A 'Serious accident 'happened late on Monday
evening,, at Spalding:—Two young men; one
formerly, and the other at the present time, sex'
vant to Mr. .Edmonds, agent to Lord Eardley,
turned out to fight for a guinea, and to determine
their claims to -a fair object. After they hail
fought 'more than twenty rounds, Mr. Edmonds
entered the ring, and endeavoured, by earnest per..
suasives to part them ; hut failing in the attempt,
a few more rounds were fought; wheri. the battle
was drawn. Coming out of the field, in order to
avoid the crowd of people* who were all rushing
over the,gate, Mr. Edmonds endeavoured to get
over a small 'wall, and jumping down, broke hrs
-
leg in a dreadful manner, the fractured bone coin'
hag out through the flesh. •
A man has been apprehended, is now in cus-
tody, and lately underwent a private examination
before Alderman J. J SMITIt, charged with being
connected with the desperate gang of pirates wlla
some short time back boarded'a vessel off Dyee's
Quay, overpowered the Custom-house Officer :4
and carried off raw silk of very considerable value-.
The most diligent search is now making for the
detection of other offenders, who there is reason 1°
hope will be secured.

The Bills of Mortality, for the first six montl.l
of the present year, furnish a.list of three Ini6(tre
'victims to the small-pox in the metropolis-2We 5
.and one hundred and forty-eight died last moot
of that disease. All these might have been, save'
to the community, had their parents allowed theiA
to partake of the vaccine preventive.

• BIRTHS.
of
Yesterday, in Great" Oriound-street, Mrs. T. Langston'
a Daughter.
The same morning, the Lady of J. Winter, jun. Esq. of
Son.

•
MARRIED.
k.•
On Monday last, at St. George's, Hanover-square, "W• -
son, Esq. of Foleyfoot, Yorkshire, to Mrs. Wight, of nil'''.
•
lane, London.
• On Tuesday, Thomas Waring, Esq. of the Grove, to
Harmer, only. daughter of Job Hanmer, Esq. Captain ?"',:if-
ltlyal Navy, of Holbrook-Hall, both in the. County of
• On the 15th inst. Joseph Jew:es Durbin,- Esq. tu
youngest daughter of the late C:pore. Birch, Esq. of
stead-Hall, •in the County of Stafford. • . rs;„, to
Yesterday, at- St. Mary's, Islington, John Meyer,
second daughter of the late -John Strother
cram, 'Esq. of Canonbury-grove. •

. DED. • • • • _ .
'ne I-Ton. John Aster BennI
ett, Captain in his M2.le'
Navy; and.third son of the Earl ofTaakerville. ,fir
On Tnesday the lstiinst. at his mother's house in tl)e.;i;er
ster-yard, Lincoln, after a fov days illness; aged 37,11.:1 for'
herd,-.ksq. son of? the late Archdeacou of Bedford, 511, "
merly.Seeretary to the British Minister at the Court 0,
nick. tirlP
On Tuesday, at her house in Streatbarn-lane, To°
Mrs.• Sah Page, after, a v short intlisposition•
On the ra
19th of,July, Amureiy ath, the on ly son. of the 11'1;i°
Sultan.
011 the 19th ult. -in _Spain, of a ,sun-shot Wolin •
Lic
tenant Lindsce, of the 11th-Dragoons.

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