The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-06 00:00:00

To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the Court

of Aldermen.

" The humble petition of Jonathan Wild, showeth—
That your petitioner has been at great trouble and charge
in apprehending and convicting divers felons for returning
fiorn transportation since October, 1720 (the names of
whom are mentioned in an account hereto annexed).
" Til4t your petiii,ner has never received any reward or
gratuity for such his service. That he is very desirous to
become a freeman of this honourable City, wherefore your
petitioner most humbly prays that your honour will, in
consideration of his said set-vices, be pleased to admit him
into the freedom of this honourable City.
" And your petitioner shall pray,
"JONATHAN WYLDE."
An account of the per Ams apprehended, taken, and
convicted, for returning from transportation, by Jonathan
\Vylde since October, 1720, for which he has received no
reward, viz , Juhn Filewood alias Violett, William Bond,
Charles Hinchman, Samuel NVhittle, Martin Grey, James
Dalton, Robert Godfrey alias Porkings, Old Harvey, alias
Henry Williams, Henry Woolford, John Morse.
Several others have been taken by him, and afterwards
went abroad, viz., M,41 King, John Jones, &c , who were
notorious stre,:t robbers in the City of London.
On the back of the petition were the official words—
" Mr. Jonathan Wyide's petition to be free; read January,
2, 1724.

In 1720, two doctors, Mead and Woodward,
fought under IL! gates of Gresham College; the latter
slipped his foot and fell. " Take your life,"exclaimed Dr.
Meade; " Anything but your physic," replied 111,_ prostrate
Woodward; and the affair ended with the joke.

There is a vacancy in the East India Company's
Direction by the death of Mr. Edtnonsto; C. Four candi-
dates were in the field, but three of them have retired in
favour of General ll,bertson,

THE ROYAL SPITALFIELDS RALL.--Appll-
cation h.virg been made to the Committee for tickets for
the Pall patronized by her Majesty, which takes place on
the lath inst., we are requested to state that tio more than
the limited number of tickets can be issued, in consequence
of her Majesty and Prince Albert having graciously signi-
fied their intention of being present. The few which are
still undisposed of remain to tbt hands of the Ladies Pa-
trone3seQ.

The late lessee of the Bath Theatre, Mr. Woulds
who has lately suffered such unmerited reverses and die
ficultiea, is just conveyed to polie:ter Gaol, for contemp
of the Ecclesiastical Court, at the suit of Mrs. Woulds*
He is, in consequence of this, obliged to leave his ch:Hre
unprotected, and is totally depriied of the means of prop
idiog La them. —Bath Journal.
A correspondent has directed our attention to a
subject of considerable importance to part es intruding to
emigrate to our possessions in North America. It has re-
lation to the comparative value of money here and on the
other side of the Atlantic. For instance, if an emigrant
takes out it. in shillings and sixpenny pieces, the currency
value of IL in Upper Canada will be 255. The same
amount in silver crowns or half-crowns will pass 'current
fur 245. The value of a golden sovereign is Toed at 24i.
4d —so that, taken altogether, the
migrant of limited ca.
pit i all Ond ito profit to provide himself with an am-
pie stock of shiiling and sixpenny piece.. ‘,% hile touching
on this topic, we may retn.ak, ;hat at Prince Edward's
Island, 191. 41. in silver is equal to a sovereign in gold,
Greenock Advertiser.