The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-07 00:00:00

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VrsTFRDAY 7ayness7ohNsoriaild (..L.,;
charged before the Sittingt. IVlagestrates at M.-tribe-
rough-street, with having broke :and entered,
Preceding night; -the :dwetling-hoUse- of Mr. Jen..
pings, the,brewer, in Little Pulteeey.street. lc
appeared-that Mr. William Jennings, the nephew-
to the proprietor, and manager of the brew,ry, wae• .
waked out of his sleep ebout two o'dock in the
morning, by a noise at the street doer, which ao-e-
-peared as if some one was break:ng into the house.
He listened for some time, hat hearing no repeti-
tion. of the noise, cone Wed what lie- had heard
:must hare proceeded from the. engines at ivotkein
:the brewhouse. • He therefore laid himself down
to sleep, but in,a short time was again alarmed;
'This induced him to set up ; v hen he Crept
down the stairs, listening as Ice went, to dscertaiti
whether his fears were just or nor. I•feltail pro-
ceeded hut a short distance, when hedistinflly:
heard the noise of footsteps, and could -plainly see'
there was a light in the parlour,. and that the„
street door leading into'-'the was \open:' "He:r`
though; there was no time to:lose, 'therefore,
naked, as
.he was, he crept .out 'of the. door- into
,the -brewhouse-yard, tOld:the watchrminAleat some
thieves had broke into—The house; -and7:desited
hi:n to arm iiiinsellatid',issjec'in t. aki:ig. them. Mrs'.
jen; ings theh ran itito tlercotipting,ehouse, seized
a poker, and the evatchinan'follwa, him. He
then returned to th'elit)use';"and a.sile.ibtertd, he 'per-
ceived two men come- out 'of the parlor with' a
quantity of Mr. jenhini;'s place under their aim's:-
He immediately made a bloiv atOne, and the 'plati'
dropped in the hall. 'A scuffle ensued, in whicli
the lanthorn was heat cintl'of the watchman's hand, •
and the two men endeavoured to rush out: Mr:
Jennings, however, kept -clOse to Johnson, struck
him several severe :blows 'with the poker, ;ma
knocked him down three times. Notwithstanding,
Johnson got through the wicket-gate, and ran as
far as Crown-court, Mr. Jennings still following •
him, naked as he Was'; at the corner of which he
struck him on the head, which brought him to the
ground, where he was secured. The watchinarc
followed the other, and the hue • and cry being,.
raised, Shires was taken in' Green's court, a shout
distance from the brewhouse, and a gold watch, •
belonging to Mr. Jennings, sen. was picked up
near the spot. Oh taking them to the watch:,
house, Johnson requested that the wounds he had
received in his head•might be dressed, and a sur-
geon was in consequence sent for. Shires was not
hurt. Mr. Jennings added, that when he got back
to the house, an iron crow and a hat were found ;
the street door had been broke open, and the plate
taken from a cupboard in the parlour, the lock 91
which had been forced.' Waiters, Oottie-stands,
spoons, salts, mugs, Sec. lay strewed about the hall,
the yard, and along the track the. Prisoners took in
their endeavour to escape:
Johnson is an 'old offender, and a most desperate
looking fellow. Shires is much younger, and denies
Isis
.being the companion of Johnson. The iron
crow with which they broke into the house, and
the poker used against Johnson, were produced at
the Office ; the latter of which was bent double.
Mr. Jennings, sen. is in Cheshire ; therefore
the nephew was bound over to prosecute at the en-
suing sessions, and the Prisoners committed' for trial.
The crowd collthed about the Office was im.
mense ; in short, the robbery being committed in
the neighbourhood, and the courage displayed by
Mr. W. Jennings being so singular and so deter.
mined, brought hundreds from their homes to see
the thieves, ,and the man who had so, gallantly en..
countered them.

The Ships Nile, Capto•-SAUNTER ; the Canada,
Captain WILKINSON; and Mill9rca, Capt. LEITH,
are shortly expeded to arrive; from China, with
cargoes of tea, on account of the Hon. -East- India
Company. The above Ships .were originally taken
up by GovernMent.to carry Convias to New South
Wales, and afterwards proceeded to China. The
Perseus, Atlas, Rolla, and Coromandel, were simi-
larly engaged by the Company, last season.

The following curious instruaions for a sign-
board were sent to a painter in Shrewsbury, under
date, August 13, 18oz :—" You are to draw the
Shrawsbury coach with 6 men on the roov and two
on the box—and chaise with z horses after the
coach—also 'nay name—spirits, porter, and ale—
also I intend entertain a man an a horse—also my
buisness wch as follow—that is Earring (farriery)—
please to draw the flaims and lanchetts, & that I
shall nick and crop—and water' for horses—l beg
youl do it as you think proper your self—and do
it as I rcenzioned above."

A curious circumstance lately occurred in Prussia.
A young man, the son 'of a poor shoe Maker, at
Drenyfortz, a little town in Eastern Prussia, hay.
ing received the little instruaion his father could
afford him, was employed in shoemaking. Having
a taste for study, the kind of labour he was' employ_
ed in appeared so incompa6ble with his love of the
Sciences, that he took the extraordinary resolution
of going to Charlottenberg, to implore the-;aid cf
the King. This boy, who is only thirteen' years of
-age, executed his projea, and arrived at Chariot_
tenberg.'some weeks since, after travelling 8o miles
-on foot. The. King received him' very graciously,
and examined him, gave orders that he
should be educated; at his Majesty's expence,' in tl.e
College of Joachimthal.

Yesterday Susanva 117 :tlson appealed to the
strwes at Union Hall, for their interference in ap
afrair,,betWeen her husband and herself, who
_acensed of having treated her with the greatest
cruelty and barbarity. - 'She had been married
to hini upwards
,of twenty-eight years, 'in the
course of which time. he had repeatedly beaten
lter, and she was, convinced had given her up_
wards of tcyenty-six` black eyrs. Mrs: Wiiscn
'was in her own rigiht possessed Of 50001. 3 per
Cent. qonsOls, of which
.she. receiVed the, interdit.
fni
.tiip,:maintpnance of herself and children, and
to:oblige her tptransfer the right. of this'properry
to hAr litishand, he had recourse to repeated iI ti..it,ge.
IF'.M'agistrates ordered him to find sureties f.pro:
it. •
viding a proper and sufficient maintenance fur
tEe