The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-28 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSIQN-TIouSE.---FOrgCry,.—John and James
OA, the two boys Who were, on Friday last,
charged with committing a forgery on the hove
of Messrs. Fry and Co: were yesterday brought
.up for re-examination, Mr.. Fry, however, hay-
ing declined proSeenting„ on account of their teo-
der age, the LORD MAYOR discharged them, with
a severe admonition. It further appeared, that
Mr. Fry had seen the mother of the little (glen--
ders, and had, with her, arranged a plan for the
future ware of the elder boy,
Cru:lty to AnillollB.7—John Lawlei., a drover, be-
longing to Smithfield Market, was charged by
Brown,. the Officer, witlr maltreating s bullOck in
Norton-Falgate, on Monday last. It appeared.
.that the prisoner, with several of .his brethren,
hadpursued. the unfortunate animafrom place to
place, heating it most cruelly with large sticks'
about the legs. The LORD MAYOR observed, that
hehad himself frequently observed similar acts of
and should invariably punish the de •
linquents when brought before him ; he therefore
directed the defendant to pay a fine of 20s. De-'.
fenclaut prayed :laid for mercy, stating that he
.was a poor man, and ill able to pay. Alarge sum.
The LORD MAYOR, however, retharked, that hi
had shown so little *Mei,•cy to the poor creature.
under leis' charge, that he felt no disposition to
extend any lenity whatever to MM. :The prisoner
.
then paid the line, and was dischartrcch
A Gentleman was summoned -ty a Hackney'
Coachman for nCt paying bins the fare he demand,.
ed. The Centleinan, who was attended by. a
Counsel, pleaded the oVer-charge, he having only,:
his wife and family with him, three, of whom were
children under thirteen 'years of age, and. whom.
the Coachinan wished to-prove adults, and liable
to the over-chargeof one shilling each over four.
The Coachman said, he understood • any child,
who could sit alone was an adult. This, .however,
was denied by the Counsel, who said, no persons:
Were adults till they were grown to the size of
men or women,- or were 2i years of age. The
Act. of Parliament being; produced, the Loßty
MAyottwas of the Counsel's opinion, and gave it
against the Coach Man, adding, that he hoped this
would serve as' a precedent for the future.

Bov.--sTREgT.7---Vesterdkty George Green, a well-
known street-hustler, was brought bqote Mr.
READ, the Sitting Magistrate, Charged with being
concerned with .two other.s .in robbing a butcher;
who resides in Brown-street, Edgware7road,
short time
.since, in Oxford--street. The prisoner
knocked him dowry ; -after which the prisone
companions rifled hiS pockets of Bank-notes to the
amount of N. and robbed him of his watch. It
so happened the prosecutor knew the prisoner-,
and altiniugh he and his -Companions made their
escape, at 'the time they committed the robbery,
he indicted them at the late Westminster Sessions.

Taunton received private information that the
prisoner was at a house of ill fame ii) Holborn, on
Monday evening ; he accordingly went there at a
late lniur on Moriday',niglit, and knowing him to
be a desperate character, and suspecting he would
make a violent resistance, after gaining an easy
admittance into the house, having armed himself
with a loaded pistol, he presented it to thepri-
soner as, soon as he saw. him, but not the least re-
sistance was offered, although he bad two compa-
nions. with him. Taunton, on searching him,
found a knife with a number of blades, and in-
struments to be used as picklocks, part of a gold
watch-cmn . gold ear-rings, • exc.- The prisoner
was, committed for trial.

- •
A few days since private information was re-
ceived at the Office, that' a large quantity of bell-.
pewter,- lead, iron, &c. was in a
copper,"liOnse Chariton-street, Mary-le-bone, cOm
m i
-
. only called an old ron.shop, which) Nvere strong-,
ly suliected to have been stolen; or improperly
come by ; and in consequence a warrant was
sued, and-Adkins was dispatched to e...ecute
The Officer found -a' large quantity of articles of
the 'above description ; together with a large ves-
sehiSed.for melting pewter, and strongly suspect-
ed to be used q)rincipidly for melting publicans'
pots that had been -stol.en . The Officer. called upon
the occupier to produce.the book where he enter-
ed the particulars of the purchase of .those arti-
des, with the names of the parties, their descrip-
tion, and places of abOde, as directed by the.. Act
of Parliament for regulating such houses.; but the
man acknowledged he had no such book. The Of
seize fi-
cei proceeded to. all the property that he
could not satisfactorily prove he had become le-
gally possessed of, which was sufficient to.make
two.caits load, which were brought to the Office,

condentneiVaild.the proprietor ccity.itted Sgr!c-
04_to the Act.
-t)U SQUAII E.-77SC intre of Cthatra-band ,G 0047.1:
Yesterday
_came on- to -11C.041. before •r, Cor.fau-•
! d Fr F, X.l) . a ttymplaint :
preferred.by some-cttitn-house officers aL;al:::sta
Gentle: .?ii in , Chelsea„ lii Ole, h
iteril;ighery husiaess,.for Laving Lid ill his posr-:
s-esl;:iksii several t'Allls of French cambric, oontrar-V--
to the-statutg.
appeared in evidence. that these goods tvbich:
had been found and seized by the cconplainanN,
were not the defendltn:Cs ivroperty, but actu-
ally the proper v of a.Lady in Queen-squttre, who.
1n74 only a fey,- minutes previous to ti.e seizure
taking place, cot them to t: 'e wife of the defen.d-.
ant, (:rho is in an extensiv-,?. way of I.l.siness.lzi,
the dressmaking line,) for -the purpose of havi::.7,
an .elegant.dress made, and the defendant, to-,:er
this circumstance, that the property ws_not•his,
!wished to avoid the penalty; but the Magistrute.i-
observed to hini;`-that though it was not- his pro-
.perty, and had to their satisfaction been stt proved,
tyet they were, in this. case, in duty bound to in-.
ilict,the.penaltY, obserVing at the stune,time, that •
`every person in Al hose premises any such contra--
band•goo.ds,,were found, though actually the prO:-
perty_ of another, was only liable to iricartlie po—
naities, consequently a conviction of '•;ii..Bs.
against the defendant took place, which lit accord-
Jogly paid, and forfeited the goods.
Various other complain;.-s were broughragainst
divers other veisons, aLso in-the Laberdisheiy
line, by the sanie, party, ton-having had contra--
bana goods of a different description in their pos-
session, which had likewise -beep-seized by' the
of ; and each, of these, defendants having
pleaded guilty, Were also convicted, and; faftey
orleiting their goods and paying their respective
fines. were discharged. -

.
SUICIDE.---Yesterday. _morn„ 'about • eight
o'clock, an Arnekican, who had lodged sonic:
week's at a house at Limehouse, made 2ivt'ar with
himself, by shboting himself thmugb the head.
His-landlady went to call him as usual to break-
fast„after havirig been out for some rolls, and
not answering, the door was opened, and the
shocking Spectacle' pirkented itself. • Mi.
ford, a professional .Gentleintn, attended imme-'
diately, but of cote too latii to render any as-
sistance.—The letter liras found
open on the table : -

I will briefly state what bath- leUto the'
melancholy catastrophes babic you, arid: though'
certain itis, that of the nndersigned, a histi -be
the Peace in and. 'for the COunty of lierki, in the'
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, N'vho caMeto
country to transact smile' family hnsiness;'and.
finding, by the cursed act of those set-of fools,,
James Madison, and the French 'democratic'
faction in COngresS; that War had been 'declared s:
against Great Britain,-therefore no ships likely' f
• 4 4
to Leturn soon to America; I Was indhecd to truss: -6
a few hundred dollars I had'left to carey me loose,:
and to provide. tut my SustenarreeYduring Inv
to the care of a pretended friend', 'ir4o prOuli.,eil
sell them to more adranta)ze thqn
he has by ot)propriating tlAh to his own u t an-1
left (lestitutt! of ahnott a sin.gle
say" ;"-161. it'.; drove '‘‘ ,Id,
and Yset mV brainon'ti're. he -It ft in a‘i:,);•eiga
cotintry Nyithr;tit 1110'ne'v": (00.11-11.1C1 I:01.),;L!F
tt an:i 'too nitiefi pride to beg.- Cud,
Cod, my God is to be •done Here
me, nearly five thousand inile..from my filthily'?
and home, and left 'pennyless by the-perfidy 'of ll'
man , See no other alternative, a gaol, to starveo'.,,
or commit the fatal and rash act;ibr which I itu•
plore.the Almighty's 'parchin and forgiveneSs at'
the„taunal of my Creator, shall lutve to answer
for the act, and my manifold sins—Of there is and
without sin, let bins throw the first stone)---of
mankind will not ask a favour, neither k will I bend
the knee, fully relying On the Mercies 01 goodne;.;s
of my heavenly and beneficent Father, to whose
protection I. beSeech he will be pleased to phi:cc
my family and ten . children, remaining yet, (foul'
is, I hope, in the presence of their creator),
through the mediation of our blessed Lord Jesul;
Christ, our onlpiediaor, liedeemer, and Saviour,
So prays the unfortunate and miserable
• ;(r g.013T ADOLPH

. . BIRTHS.
On lie Sth ult. at Halifa;K, Nora Scotia, the Lad} of Co-,
lotrel rionglas, of the 98th Regiment, ola-Daughttir:
,; 040,10 e la ,h inst. at Murteaster Castle, •Spollan,d,„; the 1.441.
,(4,1..prd Lim!say, of a Son. ,
On the 18th.inst at Guernsey, the tady of Major Yottrll;s.
of MO 8;11),, or'Queen's own. Regiment, of a Soni .• s:

On...Werinesciay. llst, in Hertford-street,. Lady Henry Fit::"
_yoy,
On Saturday last, in I:Thlles-street, the- Lady 'of Jame:,
Strode, Esq. of a Daughter. • - • •
Uzi tbe esthzinst. at Ws-house at Charlton, the•LaOy of .14T,
Alderman Athins, of a Daughter.
On Sunday,' at EaStßarnet, 'the Lady 'of 'Honry David.4ort
'Esq. of a Daughter: ' . • • '
'll,--._..same morning, Mrs. Hodgson, of tit. Helen's-Lace, q
a Daughter.
On 'the" 85th' ins*, Mrs. Howard,- wife of Mr: Howard,
We'stiolliSter-, or a'Son.. • • •
On Ivionday)afit, Mrs. J: Bo!, le, of Charlotte-street, BloonlY.
•bnr,, of a

. MARRA ED. .
On the 4'23 inst. at Botiningtort Loilge, Scotland, 7..i,:i'
tenant-Col.:my] -..\;.,pier, or the 52u l.t.late.itt ot Foot, to ',NI,Ii".
garet, daughter of ‘Tolirr, Cra.p., K.:4.- • '