The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-21 00:00:00

BANK NOTE BILL.

Mr. WHARTON brought up a Bill for continuing
and extenrling the AEI of last Session, respe&ing
Bank Notes. Read a first time, and ordered to
be read a second time on Tuesday, sad to be

printed.
Mr. Ross brought up a Bill for granting midi-
Copal duties on Mahogany, not imported from Von-
duras. Read a first time., and ordered to be read a
second time on Monday.
Mr. WHARTON presented Estimates of the Corn•
rnissariat and Barrack Departments; as also of the
Contingencies of the Secretary of State's Office.—
Ordered to lie on the table. _

At One o'clock this morning the House Adjourn-
ed to Monday.-
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ALLOWANCE TO OFFICERS PROCEEDING ON FO-
REIGN SERVICE..—The following allowances are
made to Officers proceeding to join their regiments
on foreign service :

Cape of
Gibraltar, West Indies, Good Hope,
Ranks. N. America. Mediterranean. East I tidies.
Subaltern ,C2O ,Cl 5 . £53
Captain zS 35 . 46
Major or Lt. Col. 40 50 . 66
.
Colonel 48 eo . So
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General Officer 64 . bo . toy

Major-General WIDDRINGTON, having lately
been appointed to the Staff of the Army at Gibral-
tar will shortly embark with his family for that

fortress.

On Monday next, a detatchment of the 3d re&...
meta of Guards will march for Portmouf It, for eni-
barkation, to join the Ist battalion in Portugal.
A division of fhe Scotch Royals has passed passed
through Chichester, qn their route to Portsmouth for
embarkation. _ _

Wednesday morning a small detachment of the
Coldstream Guards, under the cotirmand. of Lieut.
COlonel MACDONALD,. watched far Portsmouth, for
embarkation fir Portugal.
Major-General H. M. GORDON is appointed to
the command of the troops in the island of Ma-
deira.

By a late regulation, no Surgeon in the Royal
Navy, of less than ten years service, is to be placed
in prison•ships, or other vessels not intended for
sea. . _ _

The Make of NORFOLK, in the House of Lords,
lately alluded to a circurnstince not generally known.
The Earl of WkatigN, in Normandy,allied to Wu.-
LiAli the CONQUEROR, who accompanied him in
his conquest of this island, hod afterwards an exclu-
sive power of growing permission or license to vend
malt liquors; and to enable their agents to collect
_the consideration money paid for it the more rea-
dily, the dour-pox's were painted in chequers, the
arms of WARREN, viz. " Checky, or, and azure,"'
the practice of which has been handed down to the
present day. The priVilege of licensing is said to
have been exercised by his descendant the Earl of
ARUNDEL, as late as the reign of MARY I.
YesterdaY, between twelve and one, o'clock, -a
fellow had the audacity to steal a bed from the pub-
lic shop of Mr. Heap, of Woburn-street, Blooms-
bury. -He was seen by.a woman opposite, pur-
sued, and taken with the bed. He was conveyed
to the Public Office, Bow-street, and. cotmnitted
:of trial.

A worn in was brought to the same Office,
charged with stealing.a ham from the shop of Mr.
A. Shiraffs, cheesernonger, in Blackmoor-street,
Clare market, where she went under, pretence of
purchasing some cheese. She was committed for
trial.

On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock,
a man of the name of Illich'ael
,Mitchell, was
discovered by two persons in the street to be
making his way into the attic windows of Mr.
Watson, surgeon, in Newcastle-street, Strand ;
the alarm being given, Mr. Watson, and his as-
sistant, traced him into the adjoining house, in
Wych=street, where, by the active exertions of
Humphries, a Bow-street officer, passing- at the
time, and MT. Bird, a neighbour, Mitchell was
found concealed. under a bed. He was taken im-
mediately to Bow-street, and committed by Mr.
NARES for farther examination.

Yesterday Isaac Wise, a very genteel looking and
svell.dressed young man was charged at the. Police-
office, Hatton-Garden; with having in his possession
and uttering forged Bank- notes, a considerable
quantity or- which was foubd by the officers, Hutt
and Litnbrick.—The prisoner was.remanded for fur-
ther examination..

Oa Tuesday night the shop of a druggist, at Bex-
hill, was lobbed of several case bottles, with various
Preparations; among which- was a large glass one
contairling two vipers preserved in spirits of wine
this fell to the lot of a Pash soldier, belonging to
the German Legion, who carried it, highly delighted,
to his hut, and presented it to a comrade, inviting
him to partake of his snap; his comrade thankfully
took the bottle, pulled out the, stopper; and putting
the neck to his mouth, was about to take a hearty
swig, when the reptiles, put in motion by the reverted
state Of ihe bottle, presented themselves to his adio-
riiihed view, hastily approaching his lips. The sol-
dier instantly threw the bottle trom hitn.to the floor,
att,l was so seriously frightened at the circumstance,
that he was carried very ill to the hospital, in which
state he continued all night ; by this means the par-
ties concerned in the r.obbery were detected.
Last Thursday the crown of an arch that covered
ell, in the middle of West-street, Brighton,
Faye may, trom the weight of.a loaded waggon that
passed over it, but without any particular injury to
the waggoner or horses.

An Inquest was: held at the null and Last Inn,
In Kentish Town, on Thursday, before George
Hodgson, Esq. jun. Coroner, on the body of John.
Ernst Grob, Esq., who fell from his chair, on
luesday wonting last, and immed!ately expired.—
be Jury returned a verdict of-,-Died by the Visi-
iot.wi of God.