The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-16 00:00:00

contaminatta;thift nothing he'saUdoervt:d credit,
except Where he was corroborated by, other testi._.
niony than his ckwii; andias. they,_believed lie was
or was nut sd corroborated, would their ver;lia he.
The Jury withdrew, teinained out of Conri'for a
quarter of an hour, and when they returned, said,
they had no doubt the Ptioner was concerned in
the robbery, but they thought it might have been
.done in the day. time. ,
The CHIEF BARON said, that put an end tp the
burglary, the remaining question was upon the value
of the prope'rty stolen,
The Jury then they; thought the PriSoner
was guilty ofstc.uil,ingthe waistcoat.
Guilty of steals undir the v 4, Ine of 4o
but not of breaking -the dWelling.hutbe in the
night.time

lames Hayes, a Private in the 3d. Regiment of
Foot. Guards, was inditied for feloniousiy stealing
6olbs. weight of sugar, the projerty of Messrs.
Dixon, Rainsey, and Allen. , •
The Jury, after shortly conferring, found the
Prisoner Guilty.
The charge was not capitally laid.

jonatham Cooper was charged with stealing, on
the r4th of December, 54.1b5: weight of copper,
value tweOty-Seven shil:i;gs; the goods of Messrs.
Jacobs,. Brewer; and Co.
It appeared in the' course of the evidence in this
case, which, ,noiwithstaOding its, apparent want of..
importance, took the Court a considerable time to-,
discuss,—that the Piiioner waS-found by the princi-
pal WitneSs, the chief Watchman on the King's
Quays, with the copper in his possedsion, in the
ad of weighing it in 'an old iron shop, where he had
offered it for sale. The article in question was an
old copper ,ship's utensil, which lay' for some .time
on one of the Quays, in the precinfts of the Custom
House, and had been but recently missed previous
to the.deteelion of the Pris Oner. Ttlese fads were
• elearly.proved in evidence. • -
In hi, defence the Pristner said, he had only ac-
companied a man --who- had prOiLiSed him 44i. to
conduft him •to .any •pki. iron shop where he might.
dispose of the copper.
• No Witnesses appeared in his 1.-ehalf.
The RECORDER,' iq his' Charge to the Jury, ob.
served,: that •the efrittolthe law: was, that if two
or more persons 'combined, or assisted each other,
in,the commission •oi such offences, it mattered. not
which of :their hands conveyed away the-property,;.
or offered it to sale.
The Jury, -after deliberating some time,. found a.
Verdid of—Gaihy.
•

William Roberts, a young lad, was charged with
a burglary in the house of Thomas. Revill, and
stealing-thereing two axes, and other articles„ his
property.
This case', as substantiated by the evidence„ was
such as -appeared to wartauk the jury in finding a
verclia to the extent of the indiettnent.---Gudry.—
Death.

James Langley was charged with stealing sundry
smailHe:i of Cate, the, property!- of Francis
Wheeler the Jury, °ha review of the evidence,
thought proper to acquit the Prisoner:.

Mr. Deputy LEEKEY, who died last week, had
taken, for near forty years, past', 'a very aaive Part •
in the public affairs of the City of London—waS
many years* Chairman of the Associated Livery of
London, a Society for Med in altober '7.75 .in.°P-
position to the. party that prevailed at that time;
and, to the spirited exertions of that Society. in
support of Mr. Alderman 1-loixiris at the memota-•
ble election for Chamberlain, on the resignation. of
Sir STEPHEN JAN3EN, in the year 1776, Mr. Hop_
KINS owed, in a great degree, his SucCess," and'froin
that event the Associated Livery, for several years
'afterwards, took the lead in most of the elections
at Guildhall. The Deputy was a man •of ,strong.
understanding, and -possessed a clear, sound, and
intelligent mind ; -and. from his. age, knowledge of
business, and beinx;well;acquainted with the cus-
toms of the City, he generally, on nu public
occasions, was seleCted to fill the chair,. in which
situation he always preserved order and decorum.—
He was a sincere friend, a cheerful and an enter-
taining companion, and, for his years, remarkably
active, mixing in company until a few weeks be-
fore. his 'death. In his private concerns he was
pun dual, regular, and attentive to business. No
-man in his sphere of lite lived more respeded, nor
died more deservedly lamented.

The following trick, which has lately been played
in Paris, though very ingenious, has not the merit
of originality. A Lady elegantly.dreised, went to
the shop of an
,Apothecary, and desired a private
conference with lin/I.—After a long preface, she
acquainted him that it was with extreme concern
that she had observed the health of her only son*
daily declining ; that she feared his illness was the
'consequence of Youthful indiscretion, which lie was
ashamed, to acknowledge. She therefore entreated
the Apothecary to.extrad the secret from him, and
to take him under his care, for which she promised
'a handsome compensation. The disciple of Escula-
pius made great promises,
,and the Lady took her
leave. She then drove to a silk-mercer—she pin--
chased silks to a large amount, and desired the
Mercer to'send one of his young men with her for
the money. She took the lad and the silks in the
coach, and drove to the Apothecary's, introduced
them to each other, and left them together: After
few minutes silence,-the young, man tendered the
bill for 'the silk. The Apothecary, thinking it was
a written statement of his case, said he had rather
examine him 14Mself. A long and 'laughable equi-
vogue took pla.ce before the trick, was discovered.
A shoeking accident happened on Thursday
morning to the lamplightefbelonging,to 'Brookes's,
in St, James's-street : the poor fellow had ascended
I nearly to the top-of his ladder, when the snow gave
way under it,. by which event he fell with great_
violence on' the p‘-ivement and fraaured his skull.
He was taken to' St. George's Hospital, Hyde-park.
Corner.