The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTIMIAGENCE.

T T ON-GARDEN.-PISTRESSING CASE.-Yestertlay
James Chapman, a boy 15 years of age, of respectable appear.
ante, was charged by his mother, a laundress, living in Beacham.
street, with robing her to a great amount. The poor woman
was hardly able to give utterance to her complaint. She
stated that she was a widow with five children, 'of whom the
prisoner is the eldest ; she gets her living by washing and iron. •
mg, and letting ready-furnished 'edgings ; she brings up I;tr
children respectably, and they. want tbr nothing; but none of
her lodgers will remain, in consequence of the numerous rob-
beries
committed on them by the prisoner, which she had frt.
quently to make good, to prevent his being prosecuted. He fre-
quently steals the sheets, table linen, &c. entrusted to her to
wash,which he pawns, and she has to release ; and he collects til4l.
bills owing to her, without her knowledge, and. spends. the mo. .
ney with his profligate companions. She had him beim at this
office once or twice, and each time she begged him off, in hopes
that he would mend, instead of which he gets worse, and she is
fearful he will bring her and her other children to claim pa. .
rich relief, and come himself to an untimely end. On the pre
ceding night he stole two gowns, two sheets, and a silk hand.
kerchief out of her drawer, which he pledged. for 95., and spent
the money. During her statement she was absorbed in tears,
and the hardened youth heard the charg6 with the greatest in-
difference. He was committed for further examination, and ay
he was taken from the bar his mother threw her arms about his
neck ant bathed him with her tears. .

111ARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Ychterday being the clay !ap-
pointed for hearing the complaint of Captain William Wullare
against Mr. Woodgate, the horse dealer, the Office was at sta..;
early hour crowded with visitors; aillong-ilom were-Mr.
Saunders, of East street, Marylebone-; itiynoldwi of Mat'-:.
ket-street, May-fair; Mr. Sheppard, •Maddox.street, Hanover-
square; Mr. Skeith, Davies-street, Maryicbone; Mr. Blanch-
ley, ; and Mr. Ashmeade, of Shepherd's-market.--,
It may be remembered that on the former • occasion Captain
Wallace was prevented from attending, by an arreat, at the in-."
stance of Mr. -Pittman, of Park-lane; and yesterday morning
his Solicitor stepped forward and suited, that the Captain had
determined on withdrawing his- summons, and Substitittirg
a civil suit, with notice of which the Solicitor served Mr. Wood-
gate on the spot.

CORN-EXCHANGE, Aua. 18.
There is no alteration to notice in the prices of Wheat since
Monday; the trade is in a very dull state, so much remains
unsold, With respect to the Oat trade, the same observations
may be applied as on Monday. In Beans, Pease, or Barley,
we observe no variation. '

A itutvw t.s —English Wheat 3,500, Barley 0, Oats 2,850,
Irish Outs 900, qrs.; Dour, 1,500 sacks.

Camberwell Fair will be held this week, under
the regulations of the Magistrates, which made it
last year a decent scene of amusement for the
juvenile classes of that respectable neighbour-
hood.

DREADFUL SHOCK OF TnuNnEn.—On Friday
last, the 13th inst. at two o'clock precisely, a
dreadful explosion took place, near Mr.SerAcia's,.
the little white cottage, Phrebe.place,
The family, on being alarmed by a loud crash,
rushed into the gardens to ascertain whence the
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neighbour-
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but smelling a most
powerful effluvia of sulphur, they began to exa-
mine the spot from which the smell proceeded,
when they found, to their utter astonishment, a
hard substance, believed to he a thunderbolt, of
about half a yard in circumference. In its course
towards Mr. Berry's back kitchen, it most severely
wounded a little girl who was passing; a milk-
man also -was struck blind, and u poor gardenev
much hurt. The thunderbolt is in Mr. Berry
possession, and may be seen on application to that
Gentleman.
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A most unfortunate event has thrown into the
of
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phew of a French Minis.
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on leave of absence, at Strasburg!), where his ttehreiire, said to he the Etc
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milyn
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Chance having favoured the nephew of the M
the latter then fired, and the French Officer was
mortally wounded, lie died at eleven o'clock
on
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morning
the Division.
f the 9tl of August. All the
fatal
officers witnessed this who n affray have Leo
arrested by order of the bieuteuant-Generat

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Earocts from 11w Morning Ayers, Aug. 18.

NonNiNa porr.]

On looking at the Paris Journals of Sunday
which had previously reached w, we find that
the adoption of measures for the suppression of
the liberty of the Press was hastened, or perhaps
decided, by the rejection of the Appeal made by
the King's Attorney-General to the Court of
Caseation against the Judgment of the Cour
Royale, which declared that the journal l'Aris•
'cirque had a legal existence, before the law of
March, 1822, bad passed, and might therefore be
revived by its proprietors. As this publication
was an Ultra one, and though sanctioned by the
unanimous decision of all the Courts, is made the
ground of Ministerial hostility and of a general
suspension of the liberty of the Press, the Ultras
will consider the blow as aimed at them in parti-
cular, anti will exert themselves with propor-
tionate energy to overturn an Administration
which has now declared open war against them.
The Quolidienne announces that thirty-two new
Peers are to be created, to give the Ministers a
majority in the Upper Chamber.