The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-06 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANslcg-go,usE.—,—Yesterday, Soleinton, Solo-
mons, who some days since. underwent an exan&
nation befog:? the LORD charged with
having taken a 5a note in trade, which had been
stolen from the banking-house of Robarts andto.
It appeared that the note was, traced to Solo-
mons. Mr. Robarts attended with his' Attor-
ney, -who, asked Solomons many, questions, but
his', answers. were I very unsatisfactory. He' Was
attended by his Solicitor, who told the Loan
MAyoii that hiS client had received the note in
course of business; and had no right to remember
whom lie had taken it from, as it was a good note.
This, his Lordship said,,:_was not doing business
like a tradesman, and he ought to lose the note
.for his carelesness„ if he could not find the-person
.from whom he took' it, and should make no order
for its„being, returned. Soloinons said he should
immediately SO for it.
Two- men of the names of. 611P/is and Phillips,
were charged by two of the dity, Patroles, as
pickpockets,. and .ere remanded for'fiirthe'c exa-
mination.

• GuiLDnALt..Drinkttater,the officer, brought
per Son of the niu4e of: jeuilaws'bef6re the Sitting
Alderman, on a charge of having in his possession
a number of st:ani notes, made in. imitation of
Bank Notes. The.'officer knowing the piisoner
to be a person who had been: accuStoined to 'deal
is .such articles, and seeing him -go into the Pitt's
Head, in Fleet-street, thought., it his duty to
watch him, and also to put the landlOrd on his
guard, against imposture. He saw the prisoner,
while ia,the public,house, take out his pocket-.!
book, and look over a number Of. notet which lie
had there deposited.' • He selected one, which he
gaVe to the* landlord, and which proved to he a
real note. The -officer,._ however, searched hiM,,
and, in his'pockt,t4)ook, a number of notes were
found, all of which were discovered to. be sham or'
Fleet note's. •

A person who attjided as Attorney for the
Prisoner, contended: that 'there was no crime in
tbeprisoner or any other man, having s telt notes
in-his possession.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, the clerk, said, by an Act
passed in the htst Session of Parliament, thiS was
made an offence punishable. by tranSportation.
The prisoner Wll6 ordered to be rciianded till
to-moi.row.

Bow-sTREi7.-7-Yesterday 'Charles Matthews, a
eharaeter, was brought 'before Mr.
Biamt, the Sitting Magistrate, .cha*d
being a rogueitnd vagabond: .L4cl,.the pate oi:,
stated, that he Was passing through Lan -acre, on
Wednes.day •alrout eleven o'clock,' when he
met the prisoner and another man, whom. he.kiww
to-he thieves 5 he pulled." his hat. -over Lis Ace,
and other Wise disghised himself and followed
He heard one .of them say to the-:other; 'we
must make haste,,hrtha house-will be over; tlean•
-
t;ovent,-garden Theatre. They proceeeed to
the Bow-street entrance of Covent-garden Pleatre,
where filid in g the doors closed, they proceeded
speed towards Pruty-lane Theatre, and wen they
got to Brydges-street entrance the chilliany wa
just beginning to conic' out, he heard.ofe of the
thieve's say to the hater, " if Lack is liwe (mean-'
ing the witness) be will know me," aid they sew
prated, he' continuing to keep his eyo. and a close
watch on the prisoner. He observed sins attempt

to rob several gentltitnPli; `a:•zi si--:Tds,b2-g• be is
I,;(..ked the'pocket of an old (-;entleinap,
The prisoner regpesteLf kiln to let him go,
as:ktiirig him there vva3 . done, an:? it
be no good to the On searubig
hinii a rair of sek,_:ars foiled of him, which
no doubt. Were uscd to cot pecker..' •
The prioner, td his own-statemE‘nt,
could not give any aerotwt how he bad got his
living since last August.
Mr. pinNik. convicted the prisoner as a rogue
and vagaboA.

HALL.-eltaries hreniy White ,
l
Lirfinp.:ht before:T.- EVANCE, Eq. on an informa-
-1 •
tion charging hint with being concerned in oarry-
Ling on a private still. it appeared from the state-
,melt of A.V-ells, an Excise 0111,:xr,,fliat having ref
information that a private stilt, vrai at work':
on the pvtimise.s, he Went to a house- called
iington 'Cottage,. on .the Ilandsworth road,
conip.Anied-- t:itark, an(4.her Excise: Officer,
1- where iaa back'robrn they found a stiii,, ahOut
1.00 gallons of wash in a state of fecruentation,
and lour e-itilons of spirits.. The defeioant and
his wife wet at dinner in an add' ining rootn, and
I a nettle of spirits, -similar to that in the still-room;
was found there—there ;:sere no other persons oa
-the pre mixes, except an infant child. . . -
defenktnt denied having anyknovViedge of
the still, and said he was OA the,premikes.for tint
putpose ofpainting tits douse. Httwas convicted
in the penalty of 36!)._ and costs.

•
ITArroN' -GARDEN.---IYestei-day. Jane Gray and
'Mary mother. datiL4liter, sere ante in the
CI-tarter-House,' were "charged.at this Office 'with
robbinT Charter-J.:louse of a quantityof book,
table and ;.it`' er linen,-with knives and fOrks,.l2,:c.
the propci;ty of the InstitiftiOn.• •A quantity of
the•goods was found upon the prisoners, together
with a number of. duplicates; of various articles
promed, some of :which have been traced to the
'pawnbrokers, Und others are expected so to be.
The prioners Were . remanded for farthei:exa-
mination on A future. day.

Fifteen licenses have been obtained troin France,
allowing the import4tion of cottoil Italy.
The ships -.Rados :and Lord Keith were spoken
with °if Cape. le.Galles on the Ist of August; on
their voyage to India, all well.

CORONER'S IsauESTs.----An Ingnest was held
on Wednesday laSt at Homerton,- on the body of
Sarah Lecnard. The deceased:was the wife of a.
gardener, and, it. appeared, had been sAject to
tits of.mental derawyt'cruent. , She left ber...no.•
on the morning of the 3d instant, and, wandered
into the fields and marshes. Th,e nezt day she
.VV4:4 found drowned in the River Lea, where her
body was first discovered by some. Wrgemen.--
Ncrdict, Found firowned.

Other Inquest:was held on the same ev.u;ng,
at the Marquis of Granby,' Viliiers,-street, in the.
Strand, on the body of --- Greenwood, a tailor,
residing in Carnaby-street, Carnaby,market.
;Ippeal.ed that the:deceased had left his home, and
been absent for two days, and., ..on the evening. Of
Tuesday last, he came to the above public-boas:.!,
where be fen into company_witli a Curpcnal Jeii-
kins, a Recruiting Officer of the East India Com-
pany's service, by whom he was at the.same tine
enlisted , 'Others joining in company, they'drinik..
very freely, whin the deceased :became, much in-
toxicated,' and was 'put to bed in a garret, the
Oar of which was locked upon him. In the
course of the night he got, out of a three-pair-uf-
stairs window, and scrambled along the roof, as a
person in 'another house' beard him, and 'sever:U
loOSe bricks falling, in Consequenee of his. hOldjUL;
1..; them. Whether he fell from the roof; or con-
trived to slide- claWn by means of leaden pipe.%
conimunicating, or by what process he descended
is uncertain. The next morning, between three
and four o'clock, a cry of f.`.Murder !".-waS hea.rd
in the Griffin, .Coffee..-house, in the passage of
which the deetased was found lying. When
asked how-he came there, h said it was the d---d
,
watchman who brought him. complained .of
feeling extremely ill,' and was laid by the fire side
till eight o'clock, when he was -carried baa,
the -Marquis of Granby, and put to bed. He ex-
pired about ten o'clock, but no external,"mar!i,
though several bruises appeared) could justify the
supposition thathehad fallen from the top of ti r
house.—Verdict, Vied from the,,Vects 4t,
cation. * .

" Last week a Midshipman,, in passing thou it
Ca:bridge; stopped at the Pit:herd to tale
son refreshment., when. he inadvertently disco-
Vered to the company bejoined, that he butt 451.
shout him. On.quitting the house in the evening,
having to cross a hridge, he was there attacked-by
six felbws, who cut oil his pockets, and endea-
voured to thrOw hi-mover into the river ; . he, how-
ever; Ciug to the battlements, until one; of the
:fellows with a stick struck his angers so hard that
he let go his hold ; being it r,witainer, he made for
strirn,,t,stel.?s nigh at band,—,,vhich the ruffians ob-
serving, ran to rneet-hini; and plunged him back'
into the- Water: he then swam to a ne3,glllJouril
sluice, and made his escape.---I,'our of the men are-
already in custody. .