The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-23 00:00:00

PAIIANISM AN t) POVEIIY.

( From Mr. THOMAS LITTLE'S forthcoming 'work on the
Beauty of the S'exes. )

GIMIERT BECKET, the father of the ambitious egotist,,
THOMAS A likeauT, was a soldier in the Crusades, and,
being made prisoner, became slave to a Saracen Prince, whose
daughter fell in love.with him. He escaped ; and the lady,
Who only knew two words of his language, London and 011-
beet, by repeating the first obtained a passage to England, and
soon reached the metropolis, where she had recourse to The
second. crowds followed her in whatever direction she went;
but to all questions, to all remarks, she had but one answer,
Gilbert Gilbert 1 Chance, or her determined perseverance,'
or, may we not say berfolth, nll Pagan though she WM, at
length brought her to the street in which her ardently beloved
slave was now an opulent citizen. The crowd attracted the
notice of the inmates of his house, and she was recognized by a
servant who had accompanied his master to Palestine. Gilbert
took her with joy to his arms, and to the bridal bed ; and,
,from a romantic Pagan, sprang a Popish Archbishop!

.ROBI3EItY of CAMBERWELL. CIJURCI

V1.110_7441 A LL.—Two men, nnmedJohn Got

Qog and James APDamsel, were brought before L. IL ALLEN
and W. Somme, Esqrs. charged with having committed
`felony and sacrilege.
.Mr. %V. Ileyward, clerk of the parish of St. Giles, Camber.
well, dieted, that about eight o'clock in the morning of the 24th
of June, on entering the Church, he observed the door of the
rohing-room wide open, which was usually kept locked, and he
missed the crown and mitre from the Beadle's staves, which
appeared to have been broken off r, he then discovered that
u valuable Brussels carpet was taken front the pavement
in the chancel t there were several drawers open In the
tlifrarent pews, oat of which Bibles and Prayer-books had
been taken t fact, the interior of the Church was in
the utmost disorder, the cushiona in many of the pews bay-
ing been ripped open, and the feathers strewed about in all
dircctions. Ile ohrerved one window open in the South aisle,
and several panes of glass broken ; one pane was broken in the
window of the robing-room, as If for the purpose of opening the
"easement. There are bars across the windows which was open
in the tooth aisle, which would prevent any person from getting
Above the window in the aisle a large piece of the frame,
Where there are no iron bars, wax wholly removed, leaving a'
iittOicient space for the introduction of any person, or the re-
- movsl of property from the interior. The sconces belonging
toithe pulpit, and the Venethin blind of the window where the
robbers entered, were taken away; as also a bottle of wine,
which was in the Vestry.
Daniel Lambert, the grave-diggsr, stated, that on the morn-
ing the robbery was committed, about nine o'clock, he was in
the Church-yard. and observed perxons looking at the broken
peite of the window, and he found, on the ground under the
window, a black jacket, in the pqcket of which was a red
• woru'ed comfortable for the neck. lie had seen the prisoner
Gosling frequently in the Churchlard, with a jacket similar
us the one now produced ; and the witness thought, on picking
it up, that it belonged to the prisoner. %Vitness saw him in
the afternoon preceding the robbery. alone. in the Church-yard.
Witnees added, that he had seen the prisoner with something
red about his neck.
John Mills, a constable, stated, that he had Gosling in cur-
e tody about a fortnight before the robbery of Camberwell
Church, on suspicion of breaking into Mr. Glazier's premises
at Oeckhem. Witness an that occasion searched him ; lie
had a black jacket on at the time, and no doubt the one now
produced was the same. Ile had te red woollen handkerchief
• -on his neck beside*. In consequence of witness not find-
ing Any of the property stolen from 31r. Glazier on hie per-
vert, he set him at liberty,. Ile afterwards aptorebended the
prisoner on the 114th of June on the present charge, and in
Anti presence of Mr. &riven, the Magistrate, he took the
lohnee off the prisonet's feet, new produced ; he compared
them with several nail-marks on the window-sill inside the
church, and found the impressions meetly to eerrespotul with
two distinct nails at the end of the left shoe. Witness also exit-
, mined hie naked foot, and found.that there was a wound near
the centre of the touts, of the toes, teed this mark or wound
also corresponding in size, situation, and distance, with a hole
in. the sole of the ghee belonging to that foot, as if from step-
p.ng on it spike. Witness added, that he was clear that on
the t,induw of the Church, viz. on the South side, where
sumo one had entered, there were several spikes, On one
of the spikes to the left, there was dirt, and the pane of
familia and the lead ()pygmies to the particular spike, which
were about an inch and a half from the spike, were broken
and bent in. The hole in the shoe was, as near as may
be, the same distance from the shoe prints as the window from
William fAeceey, a pawnbroker, stated that on Thursday
the 4th of June, between nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon,
the prisoner John Al' Donald brought sp carpet (now produced),
and wentedtwo guineas upon it. Ile meted that he brought it
from a person mimed M`beten, and said Isis (prisoner's) name
visit Mackay, told that he lived in East-lane. Walworth. Wit-
Desclent him the money he 'Action the carpet. The prisoner
ramectothoaliop in three day* afterw.ard«, and,said he had lost
the ticket. Witness gave him an Affidavit. 'he carpet is still
in witness's possession.
:inner, a constable of Newington, deposed, that he went, cc.
~eonperiled by the beat witness, on the Bth inst. to the county
41401, where the prisoner Macdonald war confined on suspicion
of 6,101,i', and there Mr. bovesey identified the prisoner as the
pinion who had pledged the carpet at his shop. iVitnees,
on
seierettieg him, found a large black pine which he appeared most
• enstotte to vowel. Witness asked the prisoner how he came
bYtholdn. IN replied that he had it from his master.
It welt hare stated, that the pin exactly resembled those made
use of by the Minister in fastening on his surplice, and that the
41.1tujiriartt. wridice was amongst the property stolen from the
rioew CAr,tinued-w.llc went to the and
found the hme,prisoner's lodgings,
tey with tile marks* On 0, produced, which witness since compar-
ed „hutch which Wert ;,ertntor of the robing.mom and drawers in
The Magistrates( expreZie open I they exactly corresponded.
prisoners'guilt, amt committt4 their full convtetion of the
then, for trial at time Assizes.

A few Jays ago an original QUPet) Anne's
Farthing Was discovered in the neighbourhood
Cheltenham. It is in a good state of preserva.
'lion, and Lad lain for many years in tho cash
drsss er of a person Who kept a shop in a small