The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-30 00:00:00

P-OTACE

MMABOTIOUGH-STREET.L—A respectable yoUng
woman, of the name of Carrol, charged her father
and her brother with 0, forCible entry intofbel•
house in PhoenixLstreet,Bloonhury, and.stealing
124. I Os. a gold chain, ' and other jewelltry, &c.
It appeared by the'statement of the Prosccutrix,
that she held the lease c) a house in her own right,
and her mother lii;ed with her. The greater part
Of the house Was let out in lodg-iiws to afford part
of the rneari of subsistence. The father returned
from ‘kile at Tietany Bay some time since, and on
TaesdayeVening, assisted by others', he forced the
house as his right, and turned the mother and
daughter Out. The property stolen was deposited
hi a, wardrobe in the parlour, Which had been
forced Open., A constable who was in- the house,
proved that the father was three quarters of an
hour alone in the parlour, aad that he saw a poc-
ket-book in . his resembling that which the
prosecutrix described,' as having contained - the
money lost.
The father did not deny having taken the prn-
perty, but,he contended that his daughter was :lot
possessed of a shilling, but that' the property, as
well ac the leaSe, belonged to his wife. The
daughter snore to the contrary, and she was con-
firmed by the production of the lease.
The father Was committed for the felony ; and
the son, who had drily assisted in effecting an
entrance, was discharged.
WIIITECHAFEL.—T. Hopkins, a boy about nine
years of age, of a ragged appearance, and rather
decrepid,was taken into custody yesterday afternoon
by J . Monro, a. grocer andtea-dealer, in the Com-
mercial-road, and brought to this Office for exami-
nation under the following circumstances :—The
boy came to his shop and presented an order, in the
name of J. -Briscoe, a person of respectability, re-
siding in the Minories, for 2lbs. of Bs. green tea,
and albs. of sugar, at Is. per lb. Mr. Monro, on
receipt of the order, questioned the child where
Mr. B. lived, when be gave the proper place of re-
sidence, and added, that he was employed by'him
to go with messages, and to carry :letters. Mr.
M. then, delivered the goods, with the bill of par-
cels accompanying them. After this, he recol-
lected a recent circumstance of Messrs. Atkinson
and Co linen-drapers, in the Minories, being im-
posed upon for a piece of linen by an °owes of this
kind, and, began to suspect the order in pies-
tion. He then made inquiry, and was told that
. the boy lived in White Lion-street, Minorieii,
at a fishmonger's. He went there, and 'saw a
woman, who, upon the description given, said
the boy was, in gall probability-, her son, and
that if so, ,be xvas -to be found at the Free 7;.
mason's School, ih Spitalfields. The grocer, tliol
went and found him there, when he brought him
to the Police-office to .be examined. The boy
was acCompanied by 'a n umber of other children from
.the school, among whom was an interesting little
girl, about twelve years of age, his sister. DUriug
their examination they cried bitterly: The boy.
stated that he was_ employed by a (Tentleman rte
".t,he street, a stranger, .to present the • order,' who
Said he was Mr. Briscoe, and lived as has been
stated, and that he would wait at a certain place
for the boy's return, for which he. promised him.
two-pence. He accordingly delivered the goods
to the person, who paid him one penny', and -raa
'off with them.

Commodore BROUGHTOP, who commanded the
naval part of the expedition against the island of
Java, and to whom anti Sir S76TUEI, AucumnrY
Batavia surrendered, is arrived as a passenger by
the Doris frigate, from Madras, having resign-
ed his station, as Commander in Chief in the East
Indies, to Sir SAMUEL HOOD. •

On Monday last a man-and his Wife were taken
up at Ramsgate, .for chilling and uttering bad
shillings and sixpences. Suspicion having'ariseu,
Mr. Bayley, an active constable, -at Ramsgate;
watched the opportunity, and caught them in the
act of l'tbricating base-coin of the above deriMp-
tion.—Weduesday, after a short examination be-
fore the Rev. R. Harvey, one of the Justices of
the Cinque Ports, the man (who is a.private in
the Glamorgan Militia) and his wife were both
committed to Sandwich gaol.

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