The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Bow-STREET.—Charles Hall, a pawnbroker, was sum-
moned for refusing to make compensation for damage done to
certain property entrusted to his care by way of pledge.
The property in question belonged to a Mr. Francis As-
siotti, a schoolmaster, residing in Hampden-street, Somers
Town, who in consequence of pecuniary embarrassment had
been obligated to pawn the principal part of his household fur-
niture, consisting of several valuable beds, tables, chairs, etc.
which, on being redeemed, were found to have been most
shamefully injured, the tables being so scratched, and other-
wise damaged, that their value was considerably decreased, and
the chairs broken and cracked in such a manner that to all ap-
pearance violence had been used to effect it. The case had been
but partially gone into, when Mr. HARMER, who attended on
behalf of the complainant, requested that the present proceed-
ing might be withdrawn, as he felt bound in justice to his
clients to advise them to seek for a recompence in another way
as he felt not the least doubt but that equivalent damages would
be obtained by bringing an action, the case being of such an
aggravated nature. This request was of course complied with,
and the parties retired to wait ulterior proceedings.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday Benjamin Burns,
the celebrated pugilist, was brought to this office, charged by
Richard Dexter (a gentleman's servant out of place) on suspi-
cion of having been concerned in robbing him of a purse, con-
taining eight sovereigns.
Dexter stated, that on Monday last he went into the house of
Burns, the Rising Sun, Windmill-street, when he was invited
to have a game at cards for a bottle of wine, and Burns took
him for a partner, to play against two persons named Evans and
Sergeant. Witness was ultimately beaten out of a bottle of wine
for which he paid, and received change for a sovereign which
he took out of a purse containing eight others. Shortly after-
wards Evans snatched his (witness's) hat from his head, and a
scuffle ensued, in which lie was robbed of his purse and the
eight sovereigns. Burns afterwards got a light to look for the
money, and told witness that it was under the table ; but, on
picking it up, it was found to be empty. Sergeant, the person
whp played, attended to give evidence in favour of Burns, but
he being implicated in the transaction, was held to bail, to
appear next Tuesday, until which day Burns was remanded.
ltl ARYLEBONE-OFFICE.--YeFterdayfourhackneycoachmen
were summoned before EDWARD GRIFFITH, Esq., on a com-
plaint preferred by Mr. RAWL ix s ON, a Magistrate also belong-
ing to the above office. The charge against them were as fol-
lows :—On Friday last, about seven o'clock in the evening,
Mr. R. was in Goodge-street, where a coach rank is situated;
there were several coaches at the time on the stand, but neither
a coachman or other person was present, and he had to wait
some minutes before any of the coachmen appeared. The
defendants were convicted in Ns. each and costs; but subse-
quently the three first cases were withdrawn, and that on the
latter e,nforced.

THE REV. MR. CULBERTSON.

The Rev. ROBERT CULBERTSON, of the As-
sociate Congregation, St. Andrew's-street, Leith,
died generally regretted. To his sorrowful family
his death is irreparable. By his bereaved flock,
among whom he has ministered with exemplary
fidelity and affection for about thirty-three years,
his loss is most sincerely lamented, and will long
be deeply felt ; to them he had endeared himself
by every quality, that can excite esteem and
command admiration and love ; ever highly re-
spected by them, their veneration for him has of
late grown exceedingly, and their cordial at-
tachment increased to the last. The attach-
ment was mutual ; he lived in their affections,
they were his peculiar care and his sacred joy.
Not his family only, and his flock, and his per-
sonal friends, but his brethren in the ministry,
the United Secession, Church, of which he was
an active, conciliating, conscientious member; the
Church of Christ at large; and the whole Chris-
tian public,-have reason to regret his premature
removal. It is not easy, in a short paragraph or
two, to delineate the character of the departed
Mr. Culbertson. In him were united firmness
of mind, with the greatest suavity of manners
unassuming modesty, with becoming dignity;.
warmth and tenderness of feeling, with decisive
promptitude and vigour of action ; enfinent lite-
rary attainments, with godly singleness of heart.
In short, he was a gentleman, a scholar, a Chris-
tian ; an able, faithful, diligent minister of Christ;
as a friend, constant ; as a counsellor, prudent ;
public spirited ; feeling an ardent concern to-
promote peace, and truth and righteousness on
earth. In his public ministrations, his discoures
were uniformly distinguished by elegant simplici-.
ty of diction, purity of style, and perspicuity of
arrangement, and often by minute and extensive
biblical research. He possessed a happy talent
of easily reconciling apparent incongruities, and
of giving a clear and satisfactory elucidation of
the most difficult doctrines of theology. In des-
cription he excelled, and when pathetic, which
he frequently was, there was a touching tender-
ness of expression, which found its way irresisti-
bly into all the diversified stases of his hearer's
feelings. Always correct and solid, he united
in the pulpit attractive gravity with impressive
fervency ; animation, with seriousness. There
he appeared, doing his Master's work, as one who
had weighed the worth. of souls, and who knew
his responsibility to the Lord, whom he served
with his spirit in the gospel, exerting his high
talents and manifesting the lively workings of
renovated gracious affections. While his chief
delight was in preaching the doctrines of sal-
vation, through the once dead, but now alive,
the crucified and glorified Jesus, his sermons.
embraced a rich and instructive variety out of
all the Scriptures, and often lie surprised and
delighted his audiencosshsr treating common
subjects in a new and ex ,;.ordinary way, en-
tertaining them with all the diversity of ap-
propriate scriptural illustrations. These charac-
teristics will be found in those excellent writings,
with which he has favoured the public, through
the medium of the press, and particularly in his
late judicious and admirable Discourses on the
Book of Revelation, which have already attracted
the attention of the most learned, and received
the merited high approbation of all who have had
the pleasure to peruse them. " Being dead, by
these works he yet spealiath." Ills name ,Ind
memorial will not perish ; hut, we trust, through
what he has done and through other works, which
he has left in readiness for the press, will he
cherished and perpetuated with cordial regard,
so long as learning, and talent, and religion con-
tinue to be revered among men. If any thing
can prove the high estimation in which he was
held in the place where he was best known, it is
the deep and general sorrow, which his death has
occasioned, testified by the numerous assemblage
of sincere mourners who attended in conducting
his mortal remains to the tomb, on Thursday the
18th, and the feeling interests which the large
concourse of spectators every where shewed, in
witnessing the funeral procession. He has now
gone, after passing through life amidst many
trials, " keeping the noiseless tenor of his way"
with faith and patience ; gone to enjoy the Chris-
tian's rewards. We cannot close this notice with-
out remarking, that he ended his ministrations on
the 3d of the month, with a singularly striking,
impressive, heavenly discourse, on the words—
" Thou wilt receive me into glory."
*4E* The foregoing article presents so striking
a portrait of the clerical character that we have
extracted it from The Edinburgh Courant of the
22d ult. in hopes that it may operate as an ex-
ample to the rising generation of those who are
preparing for the sacred Function.

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