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

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insion so StrAngd will soon be dirsiptited, *lien
the ruin of the Moscow merchants is followed by
that of all the cointnercial places in Russia.
" Some people assert that they saw among the
incendiaries a certtlin number. of Cossacks. The
hatred of that nation against the city of Moscow:
in particular, is well known to'. all .travellers.—
Some 'Englisly travellers, who, in 1802, I.Vent
through the Cossack country in c..trriages made at
Moscow, were saluted- with the cry of " Mos-
hoglee Canqille," Canaille de Illocow. _We are
evert assured that many hordes of Cossack;s have
returned to. their. homeS laden' with ..hoots they
took from the unfortunate. inhabitants of, MOs-
cow. That which is most temarkOle h. 4, that the
evening previous to the arrival of the French; the
.peopla of Moscow still bEilievedlite Ittissians vic-
torious. The'Governor had inspired siren terror,
that Whoever would have dared to expresoa doubt
'on this subject, would have been given up to the
fury of the people. A rich Jew banker, who de-
manded a passport to proceed ',to Twer with his
most precious effects, was, dragged to prison
amidst the hisses of a ferocious multitude." •

OLD BAILEY.

fi 'ITItSDAY, NOV. 5.

John .I.:binsoit was indicted for burglariously en-
tering a dwelling-house in Camden-toWn, and
stealing therefrom a large copper vessel and some
linen. It happened that on the morning after the
robbery, a person who was - making hay, beard a
strange noise • behind a hedge near him, and was
tempted to see from whence .it proceeded, when
he discoveredlhe prisoner breaking to pieces a
copper vessel with a hatchet. The top 61 the
vessel, and some linen, were lying on-the ground
near libn. 'rhe man's. suspicions were innnedi_z.ly
raised, and he told the-.prisoner, that„ be beiieved
he had:not come - honestly by those 'goods, and
that, in 'consequence he should; ,o with
Upon which the prisonerdropt the hatchzt. 'and
leaving all the alqicles behind him, ran away as•
fast as he could. The haymaker, however, nr-
sned, and succeeded in sechring him, when the
prisoner begged hard to be let loose, saying, that
he had a wife and family, and that he 4.1-1-ew'lre
Would be hanged or transported. •
prosecutor and his wife proVed the ,arti-
cles to he tlicir'propttv, and the. Jury found the
prisoner Guilty .of stealing, but..nOt of the bur-
glary,
Esther Dodd 'was indicted for -stealing a gold
watch, the property of John Dempster, in hiS
dwelling-house
-It appeared by the evidence of the prosecutor,
that the• prisoner had been a lodger in the . house
where he and his mother lived, but was alloWed to
come familiarly into their apartments. On the Ist:
of October, his mother fell dangerouslyill„ and:
died on the 3d. He went to an undertaker to
proVide for her funeral, and on his retnrn,- missed
his watch, which he had left in his room.
A nurse, who attended. the sick lady,• proved
her having found the prisoner in the room.where
the watch had heen left. She said she. had come
for some hot water to mei; a ikez....elf some tea; lrich
the witness gave her, and shortly after missed the
watch ; sho told the circumstance to the.prose,
cutor, who happened to come in that instant with
the undertaker. • •

A woman proved that the prisoner hadiprevailed
on her to pawn the watch, which she said she had
received as a remuneration for her trouble in at-
tending a dying lady. •
The pawnbroker's ticket ,vas produced,' as also
the watchi'which was 'identified by the prosecu-
tor, and the prisoner Wag folladgUitti7o ,
John Marriot ,and George Lee, were indicted fOr
feloniously and btirglaricoisly forcing and entering"
the dwelling house of Richard. George, and,steal-
ing therefrom- -severatarticies, his property.,
Mr. Richard George, butcher, ,Great, Chapel-:
street, Soho, stated, that on Sunday, the 18th. of
October; he ha,l gone to church with'his family,
and, on, his return, found-that, his house had been
broken open, his chest .of drawer& attempted to he
-broken,'and the handles wrenched ; several arti-
,cles of his property were thisplaeed, as if 'preparing
to -he conveyed away.
William Locke; , who' had been left in care of
the house, had heard some' piople knock-at the
door, on which he-looked out of the windo*
sa Marriot and another man standing at the dtmr,
who immediately ran away down Chapei-street.
Shortly after 'he- was alarmed by the noise of a
key being put in the lock of .the street dbor ; he
was greatly alarmed and went into the Shop,
Where he found several articles, tkie property of
his master, taken froM their usual places ; almost
at the same moment he saw two men rush out of
the parlour; open the street-door, and run away ;
he pursued--,-nev6k hySt sight of Narriot, and se-
cured him ; his, companion escaped. On Mar.,
riot were found several skeleton, keys.

A man identified. the person of Eee as the man
who was-running with Mai riot.
Lee was acquitted totally ; and Marriot was ac-
quitted of the binglary, the actual stealing, which
is necessary,t6.,ol4titute. a_ burglary in the day
time, not being sufficiently proVed against 'him-;
but he was ,detained to
.be tried at' the next Quar-
ter ,Sessions„ for the forcible entry, as a misde-
meanor, acid - the parties hound over to prosecute.
William.Kerilr, a man apparently blind,•was
dieted for stealing a 'sheet and three caips, in the
dwelling-house,of,John Singers.
The prosecutor stated, that,he kept a lodging-
house, -and that the prisoner came one evening to
his house wills one of his female lodgers,. of whom
he supposed he was an acquaintance. Onhis go-
ink; out,' the witness's daughter perceived a part
of the sheet hanging from under hii Waistcoat,
and challenged him with the tl:eft ; aipon which
prisoner knocked her down; and ran away !
Witness, however, pursued kits, and, after sonic
trouble, carne. up with him, when prisoner brew
the sheet from about his waist, and
iris
it- into
witness's face, making use of most infaro.:.)u!).
lan-
guage.
.The prosecutor's daughter corroborated this tes-
timony. • •
• Th e- prisoner put.in a.writien deft:nee, prOtest-
ing his innocenee,,,, saying, that he liad .loSt' his
sight in Egypt, where lie had served, and that