The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

Pritehard, a porter, of My.
Whiteside, a wholesale haberdasher in the city,
was charged with stealing two shawls, the proper-
ty of his--employer: :- •
The priSoney, it-appeared, lived in the house,
an found means to secrete the articles in question
inhis,bed-room, where they were found by Mr.
Whiteside. He acknowledged his guilt; and wr.s
sent on board the Tender.

A poor- woman, named Frances Haynes, was
brought up by one of the City of on a charge
of felony.
The complainant stated that, as be was Walking
through Cheap,ide the preceding evening, be-
tween ,six and seven -0 'clotk, he
,met the prisoner,
with two bundles in her possession. .fle 'asked
her what the bundles-contained, and she replied,
that one confairied st-.:%eral articles of wearing ap-
parel, but she could not exactly say what was in
the other; be therefore, under •these circum-
stances, took her to the Compter,, where she re
mained the whole night
She yesterday stated herself to hea laundress,-
and lamented, in the most poignant", terms, that
she had been seized at the moment :she was. going
home to her two infant children, who, in conse-
quence of her impri.onment, had been left unpro-
teCted the whole night. With 'respect to the bun-
dles found in her possession, they were the pro-
perty of persons for whom she washed:
The persons to whom the articles b;longed at-
tended, and spoke. of the poor-Nronfau as being,
an honest and industrious creature, and also
that,she bad washed for them regularly for two
years ,

The Worthy Mclennan expressed the -highest
indignation. at the conduct -of the officer, and
sisted on his instantly making. the-- poor wornon
some _conipensation for her une-asineSs. If he did
not ..satisfy .her, lie would use every means Within
his power to. yilit hint.with a heavy 'punishinent
for the commission of —such a wanton piece of
tyranny.
The poor woman afterwards returned, and-said
she u4as satisfied.

_MARLBOROUGHTREET. A genteel. dressed
man: of the name .of Lillie, has been some time in
custody, charged with sending threatening letters
to Mrs. Tilney Long Wellesley Pole, to obtain
money. .The prisoner had PreNionSly been exa-
mined, and it appeared that 'several letters had
been sent to the Lady, stating the prisoner to be
embarrassed, and tlr.eat6ing to shoot.her if she
did- not. give the-o'46ner one hundred pounds,—
Some of the-leqrs' thitatened Mr. Pole, as well
as his Lady, anirilio foriner attended yesterday,
but the prisoner-iiiai'fentarided. He is said to
belong •.to a re,ipeetable family, known to the
Low, family. -

MANSION-HOUSE .Yesterday the :noted Ro-
bfrts.underwent a, long private emminiitiori, be fore
theioßD MAYon, on a charge of forgery, as, r.-e un-
derstand, on Sir William Curti. He was' re-
manded for further examination "frin Frio:ay-next.
The Silversmith broughtup last Saturday on a
charge of counterfeitinsFstamps on several 'pieces
of silver plate, and i 100 lid been remanded, was
again brought up yeAerday for a final examina-
tion. The charge against him appearing-conclu-
sive, he was- asked by the LORD, MA YOR,- what
had to say in his defence This., he: left to his
Counsel, Messirs. ALLEY and I.l.kunE;._they, how-
'ever, declined saying any thing in that early stage
of the business , and he was fully committed to
Newgate for trial.

-HATToN-autnn.-=-Yesterday George Barnes,
was charged with -offering for sale, and uttering,
with a knowledge that they were forged, a quan-
tity of forged Bank notes to the- amount" of 351.
which were found =upon him, when apprehended,
on Friday u;ght last; near the Oakley Arins, in
St. George's-fields.

• The Solicitor of the Bank now appeared, thiS
.being the second examination, and OHO witnesses
to chew that the bank notes Were all forged.
' A Mr. Lloyd stated, that the priSoner offered
him the thirty-five pounds Bank notes, for about•
half that amount in goods or cash.
'The prisoner being called on, in his defence,
said, the charge against him was all a contrivance;
while he was wholly innocent, without the slight-,
est knowledge of-the Bank forged notes now pro-,
dneed, and which the 'Officer took out of his own
pocket, while be (the prisoner) was walking with
him in an adjoining field,' at the officer's request,
and when he was suddenly seized upon, as if coin,
witting a robbery, and refused the liberty of going'
with the officer, whom he knew well; into the..
Qakley Arms, where the prisoner's friends Were
waiting for him. TUe bill of exchange found. upon
the prisoner,. the only real charge against him, he
said, was the property of Mr. George 'Ross, now
a prisoner in the Fleet, which he went merely to
pass or negdciate for the prisoner.
The Bank Solicitor suggested to the Magis-
trates, Mr. TURTOII. and Mr: LEACH, that he
knew the, prisoner; and wished to .postpone the
further hearing.
The pr; loner was remanded.

Little ,Goes.—Ann Reid, ma old woman, was
charged with being found it the,act.ofjaking iz:-
surance in the late State Lottery, which eude,i
drawing on Tuesday last, at Chapel7street, Tot-
tenham-coart-rOad.

The officers, Hutt, Reid, and Wood, sent an
infnrmer to the house, with a marked eighteen-
penny-piece, with which he insured the No. 1600,
as first drawn, at one guinea. The officers soon
after entered, and found the marked eighteen-
penny-piece, with a sum of 21. 14s. and a paper
she marked the numbers upon, as described by the
informer.

The case being fully made out, the Solicitor for
Stamps moved for the lightegt conviction, wider
•the Act of the last Session, which was one
month's confinement, and she was sentenced ac-
cordingly.
The wife of John Aston, of Nri. 11, Drury-
lane, was convicted on the like offence, on the
same evidence, and sentenced to one month's im-
prisonment likewise:

One thousand of Colonel CONGREVE'S rocitets
lave been sent from the depot at Dover_ nn