The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-02 00:00:00

POLICB.

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BOW-STREET.OLI Sataiday evening Neweastte,T,
street, in the Strand, was occupied by a' desperate
gang of robbers. About a quarter past six (34e10( k a
party of patrole observed four men standin,; cie,e to
the wall of St. Mary le'Strand, opposite a linen-
draper's shop, at the corner of Newcastk-street ; and
knowing one of them to be a- reputed thief, they
told the shopkeeper they 'could not be answerable
for his prOperly while they event their rounds. He
shut hp hiS shop ; notwithstanding 'which, the gang
had the audacity, a shOrt time after, to. endeavour
to gain admittance. by knocking at the door, and in-
quiring if a roan of the name of Perryman, or Piche-
grew, lodged there. About half-past seven the
neighbotithoOd was alarmed by't he twice breaking
of Mr. H4mley,, the watchmaker's shop-window, in
the same street. Several men surrounded the win-
dow. &neighbour opposite saw a hand, atter the
window was brGke, taking out seals, '&-c. No per,
son wasin the shop, but the noise of breaking the
window soon brought Mr. H. from his back-par 7
lour; he fmind himself fastened in the shop ; the
robbers, to prevent immediate pursuit, having tied
the knocker of the door to the scraper and railing
with a rope. An alarm was given' by the neigh-
bours, and two of the men. were pursued, one of
whom_ was taken .in Little Dairy-lane; the other
ran into •the George lon yard, and could not be
found. Application was made at the Office, and
Humphreys, Jones, and Oddy, ran to the spot, aid
found the fellow, who proved to be a weft known
thief of the name,of Harper. On his being seized,,
two gold seals dropped from his hand, which were
patt of the property stolen. Humphries found in
his fob four small saws, about three inches htngs of
highly-finished tempered steel, to bend compltstely.
round like a watch spring, the teeth remarkably
'fine, and there was no doubt they would cut iron
bars or chains with hardly any noise. They both
were taken to the Office, and examined by Mr.
Gus Is AM, where the parrole proved the man taken
in Little Drury-lane to have been in comp iny with
.Harper, taken in the George-yard, at a quarter past
six.

They were both committed for Luther examinct-
ion.

•GUILD!IALL.—A young man, of genteel appear-
ance, was brought bore Alderman Binnons, on
Saturday, under a curious chatge. The,con'siabie
stated, that the defendant had rushed into the
watch-house .of St. Andrew's on the preceding'
evening, where be insisted on being sent to the
Compter„ There was no complaint against trim,
yet he was desirous of going to durance vile; and
the indulgent constable of the night, finding re-
_monstrance of no avail, at last consented to gratify
his wishes. The defendant was accordin6ly ac-
commodated with lodging in the CoMpter, and on
ihis occasion was brought up to be discharged. Ha
pleaded inebriety in explanation, and informed the
Worthy Magistrate, that his passion for the Comp-
ter had quite abated. He was discharged, after
some,mirth had been produced at his expense.

UNION-HALL—Ann Cook, Sarah WalfOrd, and
Sophia Curtis, were apprehended by Collingbown,
charged by Mr. Scales, with stealing his waich,
chain, gold seals, and ley. They were com-
mitted for re-examination, to aftord an oppor-
tunity to make inquiries amongst the pawnbrokers,
and search for the property.

Mr. ANSTRUTIIER, late Advocate Geue:al a! Ma-
dps, is appointed Recorder of Bombay, in the room
of Sir J. MACKINTOSH, who'returns to Europe, his
usual term of service being expired. Kr. TULLER,
of Lincoln's Inn, succeeds Mr. ANSTRUTHER as
Advocate General. •
The Brevet that will come out in the month of
April next, will extend to a peat portion of the
Colonels of 1810, and include the whole of the,
Lieutenant Colonels of 1808-9 ; the Ma jots of
1806-7, and thp Capains of 1801-2.
The King of PaussrA has returned to Berlin.
He is said to be in a deep melancholy, from the
loss of his fueen, and from political events : he
appears seldom in public, and visits no public amuse-
ments. A -great.pw lion of his time is devoted to
his children.

The new play of The House of Morpille was very
lucky, both in its Prologue and Epilogue. The first
was written by Mr. PEACOCK, whose poetical ta-
lents are justly admired, and the second by a Gen-
tleman in the city, whose admirable adaptation of
floßAcs to m xlern manners and characters display
wit and butuoir cong.znial with the -spirit of his

original.
A French chemist, by a new and shortened pro-
cess for iefiuing sugar, etfecAs, in two or three days,
what has usually been performed, by the ordinary
process; in as many months ; and produces the finest
sugar from the present refuse of the sugar-hi:uses.
f-Ls new process does not require the se of bul-
lock's blood, and other offensive ti aer s. fiitllerto
employed.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, MA47I-I_2.

This day's market Litioidea a gord supp 131 of prime
Beasts, and the shew of Cattle it) otht r respeds,
was plentiful ; Pork is cheaper ; Beet, Mutton, and
Veal are delrer ; and the trade in general was tole-
rably brisk ; the sales in the Hay-market were rather
considerable : Straw has fallen iii price ; Hay and.
Closer fetched better prices. We annex a cot reCt
statement ofL the prices and numbers.:,,...