The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-14 00:00:00

STEALING ~ THE SUN' NEWS-

PAPER.
The Postmaster-General and the Postmaster of
Liverpool have had their attention drawn to the fol-
lowing fact, and we hope the Editor of The Sun will
. insert this paiugraph his paper, that its appearance
therein may tend to di-cover the thief :
For some time past, the copy of The Sun news-
paper, addressed to the Liverpool Mercury office, and
which we are assured, and do not doubt, is regularly
forwarded from London six evenings in the week,
never arrives at its destination when there is any very
particular news. Once or twice a week this incon-
venience, this theft is suffered ; this week it cccurred
two days together, neither Monday's nor Tuesday's
paper having arrived. This we trust will attract the
attention it deserves until the culprit is placed upon
the treadmill.

While we have pen in hand, we may mention that
almost daily we receive complaints of the non-arrival
of papers. We cannot help believing that there is a
traffic going on in the the sale of stolen papers. Last
Friday twenty copies of the Mercury were ordered
were duly forwarded by post, but they never reached
their destination. The miscarriage of so bulky a
parcel seems inconceivable ; and the questi,,n
is-
what has become of them ?—Liverpool Mercury.

A STOLEN CHILD FOUND.— ihe police have re-
ceivt d intormation that n child that was stolen from
Wilton-place, KeightAbridge, about a month ago, has
been discovered with a WitalAil in the lower part of Essex.
At the time the child (about three years old, named Rosa
Farr) was missing, bills offering a reward tor its dis-
covery were circulated throughout the metropolis, and
every inquiry was made by the police, without effect;
but this week they received information that a child had
been found in the possession of a travelling Woman who
had been taken up upon some charge in Essex, which it
was suspected, from its dress and 'manner, was not her
own; and intimation of this being given in Wilton-place,
the relatives of the little lost one proceeded into the
country and ii'entified it. The woman had been travel-
ling and begging with it, and the poor child appears to
have been very harshly used.
FIRE IN THE STRAND.—The shop and stock of
Mr. Lauder, hosier and glover, near the Adelphi Theatre,
were partially destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The
fire was discovered by constable F 68, who gave the
alarm and called the engines, which were successfully
used in its extinction. The fire originatedin the cellar,
but the cause is as yet unknown. Mr. Lander is insured
in the Sun Fire office.
DISAPPEARANCE Or A COLLECTOR.—During the
past eight or ten days, great alarm has been felt in con-
sequence of the disappearance of Mr. David Griffiths,
Government tax-collector and surveyor of Weights and
measures. The receipt for the paymentof the Govern-
ment taxes was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last at
the Waterloo Hotel, but we are told Mr. Griffiths was
absent. The amount which ought to have been paid by
him on that occasion is stated to be between 8001. and
1,0001. He was seen on Wednesday week at the hust-
ings in Castle-street, and since then a letter has been
received from him, bearing .he post mark " Anglesey,"
stating, that in an hour's time after he had written the
letter he would have left the island. He is married,
and has left a wile and three or four children,..—Live'r!
pool Ib ercury.
Twelve persons have already died of the injuries
received by the explosion on board the Conute d'Eu i • the
Government has decideel that the sons of the persons
who perished by the accident shall be admitted gratui-
tously to the Ecole des Novices.