The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-11 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW-STREET.—On Wednesby evening la'S't;i
previous to the commencement of the per-
formance at Covent-garden Theatre, a sailor in
the one shilling gallery, threw a live dog from
thence into the pit, which fell upon the shoulders
of a Lady in the pit, but- fortunate* without do-
ing her any injury, and also without Materially
hurting the dog:----The sailor was immediately
,taken into custody by Donaldson, and the other
constables who attend the house, and afterwards
btought before Mr. Birnie, at Bow-street, -when
he admitted the fact, but pretended it was done by
accident, which,' 'however, could not possibly be
true, as it was proved he was sitting in the back
row of tbegallery when it took place, and' there-
fore it must have, required considerable exertion
to lnlve thrown the doginto the pit.
The prisnoner, in his examination, stated him-
self to be a seaman, belonging to his iNlaje4ty'-s
Victorious, now in dock, and which was cor-
roborated by a leave' of absence ticket found in
his pOcket. The Lady, upbn whom the dog fell,
- not appearing to prefer any coMplaint against hint
for the assault, ' and Sir. Brandon. who attep:ied
on the part of the Managers of the Theatre, not
to
,press the matter, be was di§cbarged,
receiving a proper reprimand from the Ma:.

gistrate.
Yesterday the-same sailor was again brought in
cusfody to the. Office, by Salmdn, one-of the con-
ductors of patrole, who 'apprehended him on a
charge of stealing a pair of shoes, the property- of
Mr. Reda:rely-, a shoemaker in the Strand, and
which were found upon his feet. Mr. R. said; the
prisoner and a woman-came to his shop on Wed-
ne-nlay, arid-looked at some shoes, but did not bury
any; aid after they were gone.' be missed the
shoes produced; that yesterday morning he found
the prisoner in the Strand, and caused hiin -to he
Secured.: On this charge the prisoner was fully
committed to Newgate for trial.
GoiLETALL.--Yesterday a beggar-woman,' of
the name of Sewell, charged OPtirge- Hand with
defrauding her
.of 91: under the following circum-
stances few dayS ago she Was taking a
draught of water at a.pdinp in thy.
,street, when a
charitable'person,'*ho was passing, commiserat-
.ing her wretchedness, presented -her with. what
she supposed to be a one pound note. On exa-
mine:ion, however, .the complainant discovered
that it was a 101. note. She communicated her
good fOrtune to the prisoner, who offered to
procure her change for it. Por that purpose he
took her through several lanees and alleys, and at
klengthi told her that he would not be troubled
farther with her note, at the same time putting a
piece of paper in her hand, which turned out to be
only a One poundnote—thw retaining nine-tenths
of the old woman's property.
As there was considerable dintbt and obscurity in
her statement, the 'Sitting Magistrate (Sir R.. C.
GLYziN) declined interfering.
JOhn Wells was charged with stealing a quan-
tity of horse-hair, from. Messrs. Collings and Wells,
of Fleet-street, hair=dealers, with whom he lived
as warehouseman, The property was found in
the prisoner's pocket, by Mr. Wells--and, to give
him an opportunity of appearing, the prisoner was
remanded till to-morrow.
MANES POLICE-OFYlCB.—Yesteyday eight per-
sons were brought in irons, before the Sitting
MagiStrate, Mr. HAKRIETT, under suspicion of
robbing a,. sloop, it the entrance ,of Baker's-dock,
on the 7th Of ,July last, ofalarge quantity of-silk;
the property of Messrs. Ricci and Co. between the
hours of one and two o'elock in, the morning, by
the ingenious artifice of getting on- board by a
boat, and fastening the hateh and sky-light upon
the-wen on board, who,. about fOur. o'clock, hav-
ing discovered their situation, broke 'open the
hatch, and found the goods were taken during
their Sleep. . .
A great number of witnesses were examined by
Mr. Harmer, the Solicitor of the prosecutors.
Mr. ROOLEY and Mr/ARAnrc,With Mr. 1F..1.1.ts
the Attorney, attended for the priSoners„ who ap-
peared composed'; and on an oiler 'of choice be-
ing made to :them, of either -WithdraWingduring
the long examination from the' very contracted
bar they stood in, or remaining, preferred standing
it out to the end. It would be premature to de-
tail the evidence, which was merely circumstantial,
as to their identity. „
Mr, HARMER stated, that time, witnesses from
Rochester, where the goods; were shipped, could
not arrive till Wednesday next, when the Old
Bailey Session will sit, and render a subsequent
examination, at a distant day, necessary after the
next. Session.
The Magistrate acquiesced, and the prisoners
were all remanded till after the ensuing. Session,
as it would be uterly impossible to try them, if
committed; within the same.
• gATTON-GARPLN.—A Man of the name of
Thomas Light, was, brought up, and underwent
examination under the following circumstances :
the patroles belonging to,the- Upper HOlborn Di-
vision, stopped the prisonei drawing a 'qucts, at
five o'clock, yesterday morning, and on searching'
they discovered the corpse of a maa in a sack,
which was owned, and wide].) was only buried the
preceding afternoOn in the Church-yard of St.
Pancras. The defendant pleaded his 'innocence,
" stating his being, engaged the evening before, by
. two men, to dram the truck. • Several respectable
persons attended, who.gaVe him ,a good charac-
ter, when he was admitted to bail.

Yesterday a Rowing Match took place, from
Lambeth Church to Westminster Bridge, between "
two Gentlemen of the Funny Club. The skill;
and..strength of, these amateurs were perhaps ne-
ver more exerted than on the pro seat occasion
both the Gentlemen evincing a degree of aquatic
science seldom surpassed, anal both of them keep—
ing, Nv ithin a boat's length the whole of the dis-
tance, and yirhich was finally determined in•la-
your of one of them by a req. short ilistance.--t-
Many bets were depending on- this trial of skill,
lit‘id the 'vitole of the Clith attended to witness the
exertions and skill of the competitors.
Sevenil oersons hare been committed to the
County Gaol' of Essex, for haying considerable
quantities of base money in their possession.

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