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

POLICE,

:.dirrALDti-Ai.L.Severlaf PiCki)ot-Kets, ,
day— couclueted before. the Sitting Alderman,
charged with various .depredqtloy:i4 in the Fair.—
Sonie colUinittet .to Llke. their .trialS,
_aud,
others were disaarOd w for aili tit positive proof
of their. erirriinali" ~- •

. ,
C.,Shualeivorth,Aiho stood chatted before' Sir
Vst. week; for (i6ertingliisNvife,
to u:houi he had been triarricd'otily. three-days,
mas brought Up fet,rr-ezcaniination—Ar.'llledgc,
the .Overseer of BartliOlothew .the Great, to,
whom the mifortunate.feinale'had applied for 0-
siStanee, re--stated the case,:arid again referred- to
'the 17th Geo'. IL c. 5. s. 2. 'aS-a sufficientjustifi-
cation, for his.appealing before the Magistrate as
'the accuser of the prison'er. ' '
A legal adviscr,,-who attended for the .prisoner,
contended that no casehad-heen made but. It did
not 4ppeir to hitn'tliat the. wife of the prisoner
had occasion t 9 apply for relief ; .and df site had,
it was the dutyof the,Overw,Lr relieve Qd
.her. She had: 'ot beep deSerted iti'lf.k.par7b, nor
was her Inisharid -ans`Vrentble' t-.) him for his con--
AV:. C. GLVI;IN holding a similar opi•
nion, the prisoner' :vas dischard..
b- •

L.. a Clergyman, Who keeps
an Academy ui .Surrey, applied to the Sitting Ma-
gistrate for advice, under the follcqing circum-
stances young man, named Kenipsin, some
tune singe 'applied, to him-to be "engaged as en as-
sistant, and haKing settled as to terins, &c. he
said he' could have a recommendation from a re-
spectable Clergyman in Dublin, whose nan'ic was
not kJ-lbw:3,th Dr..L. and with Whose recoMinend•-
ation he de,7lared 1a shOUldhe perfectlysatisfief.l.
Kereapsin.waS accordingly taken into theifamily,
and w few days. alter the. Doctor received a letter,
„purporting to be from the Clergyman alluded to,
st-ongly ree'ornmending him: This perfectly sa-,
tistiedDr. L. aud some daysTassed over, at the
-end of which be was surorised. at receivin,; a se-
cond letter, signed kith the Clergyman's nal'ne,
stating circumstances in 'a very, different Manner
to what the first letter had done. 'This 'letter,
also, NITS in a very different baud-writing to the
firSt, and he iummliately shewed.it to Lempsin,
Who; on returning it, aCknoWledged the first letter
was not, Written, by the- Clergyman, but' by his
brotber,,who was inthe army,, and author of,-I.lle
y..,-otk called ‘• The spirit of the Look,'.'
upon receiving this information, inimediately wrote
to thatiCrentleman'fOr an &planation, 'Who 'an-
swered his letter, and acknowledged. that: be had.
certainly given the character in his brother's
minie,• at-I:cumin's request, believing him a der
Serving man. fiere the niatter rested-; and: so-n.ll
after. a Russian Gentleman :came to board at Dr.
. L.'s, for the purpose of being. instructed in the
English language. A few, days after his arrival,
whilst sitting at dinner, Kempsin qultted the ta-
ble,. as 'if. uniVell, and Went up stair's; he soon
came down again, and was asked if he. would take
any thing, by Dr. L. ; he, however; declined,
saying 'a walk in the garden would recover hiin.
He went into the garden; .and it was soon-after,
discovered that he had left that.and the'prenises
altogether. SuspiciOns arose, and on.goingup
stairs' intO the Russian's apartment they were
confirmed :—a closet in his room had been `fOrced
open; ,and- a pocket-book; containing.a brilliant
broach, worth-one hundred- guineas, and one
-pound note, were take; away; as were also. a sil-
ver watch and a pair of pistols. Nothing belong-
ing to any other: person.in the 'family W.a.s'missing ;
and the Russian beingTinformedjhat the thief; if
taken and convicted; would probably suffer death,
would not permit any •attempt to pursae him.—
This occtifired On the Of .last ; and
Dr. L. had since written, to. the.Gentlemam who
(rave .I.4...'etripsin the character, 'and had had an an-
e
...
siver froth -him, • in Which: h expressed regret at
Kempsiri havii4 so: con dadted hini;elf,"-inforining
De. L... ilniy.behad since, .as he .was informed,
been seen at Liverpool; and no•douht had taken
his departMe for America.• thesecirciim-
StaACCS; Dr. L. 'wished 'to know•'Of the Magis.-
trateif there could„ be any step taken by- which
he-might recover the property„or the,value of it.
TheKtgistrate informed' him, lie might, if he
ellOse.; SIIMITIOII the Berson who had'given hiM the
character of •Kempsin before him, 'will he would
convict him in the penalty for giving him a false
character. • He Might arso, if he. thought proper,
commenee an action at law against him for,the
value of- thcigoods lost. Dr: L. said he would
take a .day or two to consider which' course' he
"would adopt. -

Mmit,nortotTo H-s-r4pET.—Benjennin, a.Jew, re-
siding. -in Warwick-street, Charing-Cross, was
charged with robbing a Gentleman of the name
of Hay, who belongs to the Secretary of. State's,
• Office,- of 401:-. The prosecutor- occupied apart-.
mrnts in the
,p'els6 net's lion 8e missed a note
of 401, froni desk., but it possession of
the in:tuber; thr6ngli 'the vigii::ince of Foy, the"
note WaS traced from the'Tank' to the prisoner,
who lad- pcli -it to-.another, Jew.
in the posession of the:latter, anAnquiry ha ing
been set on foot,. the prisoner sent for the note
and made an erasure of a name: He was fully
tonitnitted for -trial: .-

Win. Jacksen, alias Hafiier, alias Captain jack-
skon , was committed for trial from this Office- on
l'dop.day, on, a charge .of forgiq a cheque upon.
the Banliing.house- of Preseot andCo.for 23/.los.
'in thename of 'Stephen Harfier; and thereby de-,
• frauding Mr: C.- hritian, a linen-,draper. lie was
also charged. with. having taken :the, greater part
house of a furnished in, Store-street for a month,
and.' a day or twb Vrevions' ;time having.
elapsed,-deeampink withAht;grtrater part, of-the
portahle furniture, an:19110-0m to

Forgery.—A salesman of
(hay and straw, at the
East end of the town, was y(Ltterc-ty examined
hefore,Mr. NARES, on suspicion of tieing concern-
ed i 1 forging and uttering drafts for the payment
Hof considetable stuns of money, upon thpee
Bankers in the. city, and committed for further
examination.

111. 'PEELE , Chief Secretaryto the Lord.Lieute-
mint, is arrived in Dublin from England.

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