The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-17 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.

Sarah Neal and Ellen Smith were charged with having
robbed a gentleman, who resides in Westm lister, of his watch,'
as he was passing along the Strand.
The complainant stated that he was going along the Strand
en Thursday rather the worse of liquor, when he met the pri-
soners, who asked him to treat them, and, as he was always
very liberal when a little intoxicated, he at once consented, and
proceeded with them to a public-house, and stayed there a
short time. As soon as they got into the street again he
felt the first prisoner's hands about his pockets, and
directly after she ran away, and he seized the other prisoner
and on putting his hand into his pocket he found his watch was
gone. Upon this he told the prisoner he had detained, that if
she would assist him to regain nis watch, he would give her all
the money he had about him, as the watch was a family one,
and he had had it in his possession for twenty-five years. He
then gave the prisoner half-a•crown, and a little time after-
wards two shillings more, and she attempted to run away, but
he prevented her and gave her into custody. The other pri-
soner was subiequentiy taken into custody.
A police officer, who was on duty at the station-house, over-
heard a conversation between the prisoners, as to how much
they could obtain on the watch.
The prisoners both denied the charge, and they were re.•
manded till Wednesday next, in order that search might be
made for the watch.

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THE WEATHER.

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NOON APRIL 16.
Barometer 29 76 In.
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Highest . 55
Lowest
Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

SIR E. L. BULWER AND THE

UNKNPWN TONGUES.

We wish some etymological correspondent would have
the goodness to tell us what is the language the persons
in the following dialogue, extracted from Sir E. L. Bul-
wer's play of Money, are presumed to make use of:--
" MACSTUCCO.

' He's a mon o' teeste, Mr. Evelyn. He taulks o' buy-
ing a veela, just to pool down and build nap again. Ah,
Mr. Macfinch, a design for a piece of pleete, eh
" MACFINCH (showing the drawing).

" Yces, sir, the shield o' Alexander the Great, to hold
ices and lemonade 1 It will cost two thoosand pound I
" MACSTUCCO.
" And it's dirt cheap. Ye're Scotch, arn't ye ?
" MACFINCH.

" Aberdounshire I Scraitch me, and I'll scraitch y I"
We recommend this to the notice of the editor of the
new edition of Jamieson. Our discreet Manager has
omitted it, as something equally beyond his own compre-
hension and that of his audience. Where is " Aberdeen-
shire ?" We suspect it is a fictitious entity created by a
logical deduction from the curiously geographical peregri-
nations of Wordsworth's Peter Bell, who wandered

" All through the bonny shire of Ayr,
As far as Aberdeen."
Aberdoun has evidently a much nearer kindre4 to the shire
of Ayr. What is the meaning of " teeste?" What does
a man do when he " taulks ?"—anything like what we
in Scotland would call conversing ? What is pool ?"
What is " oop ?" Above all, what is " scraitelt ?" Is
it a synonym to the English " scratch," and the Aher-
deenshire " :cart?" We suspect Sir Edward's notions
of Scotch are much like those which Hood's lady
friend, met,tiot.ed in his " Up the Rhine," formed of
German, viz., English misspelt and mispronounced.
The lady in question, wishing to make a German cook un-
derstand that a fowl was wanted for dinner, groped about
in the dark for a German trans' ttion of the word, thus :
"Itis a live creature—a bird—_a bard—a he ird—n hen—
a hone—a fowl—a—fool—a foal ; its all covered with
feathers—fati,ers—fe-ders—fedders." This last was a hit
near the mark, for it produced a bundle of stationers'
quills 9
• the lady, however, would have found a much mote
distinct key to conversation with German cooks by learn-
ing tie German language; and Sir Edward, and some
vwcuhroctveeninturtehetoiredra :
instead of merely guessing at our lant,uage
they were to
w t i tlife,
ovif,ot ,i3dCbneckfnaery smorechoo
a,
cSocuortstei h
f,
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other
learn it.--Scotsman.

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every.
been
BERLIN, APRIL s.—Orders
given to prosecute Dr. Jacobi, author of the Four Qum.
tons" for high treason. Dr. Jacobi
thing, and defends himself very decidedly with the aid of
a lawyer. He being asked if be had any
replied that his only accomplices were the history of his
country—the writing of the Alinister Sfeman Hardenburg.
A subscription is opened for him at Konigsburg in
he should be condemned, of which there is considerable
doubt. The subscription amounted in a few days to
18,000 dollars.