The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-23 00:00:00

POLICk

',LWANsioNT-4101:::;,..---Fraud.—Yesterclay a .mar,
rt•ho himsC:lfr Thi;)iias Hatfield
,was
charged before the lionDM.l.-Yoa with obtaining
property from, different', persons upon false pre;
tences, by a new species of swindling. Mr. 0 10,
asbopkeeper, in St. Piluls Chureh-,yard, stated
to his Lordship, that tha Prisoner caln,c: to
his shop, pretending to, •be a country carrier,
and, presented a kt ter, purporting' to..
order ,from a Lady,- for to the amount
of about :i./..desiringlim: to send a bill Zvi haled
silk, and slie \\Topic!. send,the money by =thecnitric:r
the next day. The witness thinHig it '412
from some, customer, •,7;:holu lie di.l ;.Ot
sent the sarsnct, agreeably to, the letter, but
r.„fter found it was a, deception practis.ed upon him
as well as others : and be, g,t,ve the, de;criptio.;3cf
the prisoner to an officer in his neighbonilu,ii
who in the course (,f a few clays appre4?Mica t!.•
prisoner;, he was 'certain he•ras the Mall.
officer produced a pock cf.-book lie found upon t 1;;;
prisoner ,-which contained ifnumber of bi kl.s. fur gOod„,s
obtained in t 1.13 say, with seyerkil Othe!r letters Wit 4
le; tees
ordiers for different gods, all tet,Alivi!,-,1,v in or.
hand writing ; the ii;n-oner corifesed `ll .
7
carrier, but a journeyman briclOayer,
been in any worli these two months. three
persons attended to vrefer similar complamis, ))n.
his Lordship thinking the frauds were moyq ey,-
tensive than were yet found out,
_ordered
soner.to renr.tile-.:d for tnrtf, cr examination::

Bow-YriZr.::T.HYe,sterckiv a man zind Nvoman,
were brunght to the Office; and elmrged bt fore:
Co.e Sitting Magistrate by Anthony l'arkin:,, i;sq,
the Solicitor to the Pct- Office, suipici::o of
being emit:erne:On feloniously steaFng
zinc! 13dis of. ics.ellarkge out of lett,..s i 4 the (ie-.
neral particulars of did-no.t
transpire., .They were cc.nonitted for e,Na-
ruination.

On .elon.day evening a man• of repectall'im*
pearance was chaT'gcd with receiving the sane,
well knowing them to have been Sto:en. dle 'lva*
committed foaure,ter examination. •,
well-known eharacers,
were yesterday morning *ought before the
Magistrate at this Orjee, charge 4 on suspicion
of being concerned iu various robberies on Mpn-
day se'nnight, by several
.persons, who were
robbed while following an over-drove bul:i;ck
through the _Borough, "WestininSterHruad, and the
Neiv-c,Tit. Information having been previously
received at this bollice vai ions •weggolls I;:tvii!g
been robbed on Saturday se'.nnight in the V.i.etit-
road, Collintbourne, Giennon, and two or three
others belonging to this "Of-Heel., were diszpatehe.i
immediately, and succeeded in apprchending-
prisoners at their where theydiscovered
a great quantity of ;,ctieles, consisting of trinAis,
cas4s, packages, and wearing apparel, to a. p.reat
amount, Af4r ii A:1;17 undergone a Fong exanilna-
tion, they. were remanded for a further bLyring.
Perk.ins was charc-ed by Mr: F,,allard, landbcd
of tlie.George wine-vaults, in Gcorgb,..s,trtet, with
attempting to evtort money from .117111
pretences. Mr.. ilsllard stated, that the prisorCt
came to. him a few days a, go, and informed LiM
he Was going to lodge an information against
at the Stamp °l ac, fnr having given receipts on
iinpraper stamFt;, ~at two tlitlerent times to a pvt-
.7-on• rained Weaver. Mr. Ballard Was at lir,:
alarmed, thinking be alight have 0:one sobs
take, and desired t' sec the'stamPs.
be, bad not got them with him, th.:y
in AI savers' h.rpds, by whom be was emplot ;
he also hinted that he 'did ii6t quite approve of.
WeaVeCs conduct, who seemed to be actuated by
spite ; towards Ali. I.l;:ilard ; and if. be,*
would' i,.gree'to giVe• him Live pounds, he'wouid get
the necelp,ts from Weaveromder pretence of io:!g-
-ing the information, and then destroy them.
Ballard agreed .to do'so,anddesiretl hith to cn''. Ile
next (lay. The prisoner ',teem-din:4ly
produced the two treeeipt*, when.- Mr. B. gave h::n
the 51. in Banh notes ; 'but on looking at tlx.i-e-
-ccipts., he observed, that the stamps N'vere torn o;;',
upon which he endeavoured to 'ttet back his noiks,
and for that purpos: seized tike prisonor .C,t4
coPor 5 a scnfle ensued, in the einirse which. ;:e
prisoner tore the notes to pieee's.• •Peail
however, succeeded in obtaining the feaginen;
:ecuring the prisoner, and' ending 'for a eci. nstatde;
Lad brought before-the Magistrate.
The. Makil,trate, informed the comptainant,
that this was a case- in which he had no jurisciiel.
tion ; , it- %WO an attempt to etimpoinid apenal
and. he must proceed against the priscincr
indietineat flit was, accardingly
charged,
ATTONIGARDEN.-e!liarlOtte SP/Ith, atiRS Dol y
Sri a
,iioied young Offenderovas• this morniitg
apprehended hay the officers Hutt, Wood, a:id the
two Reid'', arta brought. before the sitting Magi-
.strate; 'Mr. CAPPER,. under charge of largely
dealing in illicit insurance for Op nett ensuing
State Lottery. • •

She was. fully prepared with ail the tieces:z.ry
documents, arid honed at the receipt of cos!can:
among the poor people in Compton-street,
Giles's. Being. interrogated clozely, she refused
most periinaciously to &scorer her employens,
principals, Or confederates, and after a Fong exa-:
urination was,committed

TAX uroN C kI'ITAL.---:ThiS is abandoned by
Afinister.—CAßTEß, 8, Tharilg Cress, infarnti
the Pu,blie,Oot he has C.:vitals on' sale ht.
with pleasure,' wilt pay without any
whatever. '

One day last week; tt genteel party went ci,z*,ln
catsfield-place to a pond in nattel. Abbey
Sussex, to enjoy the amusements of the ice, when
a young lady; daughter 'of -the'Rcv.' Falr::n.,
was placed in a chair, and drawn with i.;::eat -
city over the delusive SurfaeP, !)S7 two
Whose slippery career was-Soon stopped b.y
uchlenlY giving.way, and plungiug them ail into a
depth of water not less than eleven feet. 1~:he tc
chlent instantly broui2,-ht foul: of their companion:,
to their assistance, who, in their
-
`t-ours to aihninister -relief; o:::perl'eneed a s:lF,4a':.
fate lint we are happy to add, z:iitt by t:ie
help of others, atid i f.;ithful doz,.Oviin
of the p rty) they Were all
reSelietl;!OM their alarming-40d
Fa,ler %Vas conrqcd to Cat;;;--“:41-;.)!:;c::
'very 1-.llwt-..iii.szat,.

FOR THFI SUN.

Ain. EDITOR,

As Sou have inserted some articles respecting
"the intended Ref rrm in the Parish of St. Pancras;
to prevent your being led into any mistakes, it is
proper to inform you, that the Vicar of that pa-
rish proposes that the land owner should pay half
of the assessment, and the farmer, the lessee, the
other half.. The, Doctor does not Mean that any
ratio is to be raised. on the inhabitants, but that
his salary is to be fixed, and paid from the funds
'in the hands of the Directors of the Poor, who
have no other funds than the sums raised by rates
throughout the parish. •
After a "calm and anxious review of the sub-
ject," he is to submit a mica/at/0g to the Com-
mittee of the Dean and. Chapter q. St. Paul's, the
patrons of St. Pancras, adapted to the constituti-
ons of the several corporate bodies who oppose his
..project. Thi/ plan reminds me of two paperS in
the" Philosophical Transactions,, marked Nos. 302,
31.4, in which the names of •all the. purgative and
_ emet:c med cines are set down, and by mathema-
tical rules, adjusted to every constitution, in all
ages. The :author chews, that the doses of the
medicine arc to be taken as" the squares of the
constitution.

AN INHABITANT.