The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-01 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Yesterday a young man of. respectable appearance, who
was understood to be the natural son of a Peer, and who
gave the name of Peter Frederick Rosel t, was brought
before Mr. Alderman JOHNSON, charged with stealing 10/.
Mr. Charles, of Stow, linen-draper, stated that he is stay-
ing at the Old Bell Inn, Holborn, and on Monday morning
he missed out of his carpet-bag a .5/. country note, and
about .51. in gold and silver. His bag was locked and left
in his bed-room, and the prisoner lodged in an adjoining
apartment.

Mr. Bunyer, who is managing the inn, said the prisoner
came in on Friday evening and ordered a fried sole and a
bed. He remained at the house all day on Saturday, and
on Sunday morning, after breakfast, he ordered a dinner for
two persons. The waiter upon this presented his bill of
I 1 s., and said that till it was discharged no dinner would
be provided, as he was a stranger and had no luggage. He
said he had lost his keys and could not get at his cash on
that account, but if the landlord would lend him a bunch of
small keys lie should perhaps find one to suit his lock. The
keys were sent up to him, but none of them would answer
his purpose. A gentleman in the coffee-room, however,
supplied him with a suitable key, and he came down and
settled his bill. On Monday morning Mr. Charles missed
his money, and the borrowing of the keys, and the fact of
the prisoner having money afterwards and none before, fixed
suspicion entirely upon him. He was apprehended at the
Hugh Myddelton, near Sadlers' Wells, the same evening.
Inspector Busain, of the metropolitan police, stated that
about a was found on the prisoner, and an unfinished let-
ter, which he attempted to destroy, and which proved to
contain a full admission of his guilt. It was apparently
intended for one of his guardians, and stated that he in-
tended to call upon him for some money on Monday ; but
being detained for his bill on Sunday he had borrowed a
key and taken some cash from the carpet-bag of a fellow-
dger. The inspector said he asked the prisoner before
he looked at the letter whether it had been written by
him. The prisoner said it had, but it related to some-
thing he wished to keep strictly private. The prisoner
had been in his custody a few days before for stealing a
gold watei.
Mr. Alderman JOHNSON asked the prisoner if he had
any answer to make to this charge ? The prisoner replied
he had only to say that great falsehoods had been told by
the witnesses.

Mr. Alderman JOHNSON said the charge was sufficiently
made out to render it necessary to commit the prisoner for
trial, and the prisoner was committed to Newgate. '

BO W-STREET.

A respectably-dressed young man, named James Allan,
was brought up, charged, upon his own confession, with
having stolen a 51. note and other property belonging to a
gentleman at the Tavistock Hotel, on the Bth of Septem-
ber last.

Mullett, a policeman, deposed that on Monday night the
prisoner surrendered himself to him, stating that he had
committed a felony for which he was very sorry. He then
stated that he was a waiter at the Tavistock in the Piazza,
Covent-garden, when, in a moment of folly, he took a 51.
note from the dressing-table of a gentleman who was stop-
ping there. He went to Portsmouth, where he spent a
portion of the money and got robbed of the remainder, and
he then made his way back for the purpose of giving him-
self up to justice.

The evidence of the policeman was corroborated, and
the prisoner was fully committed for trial.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

John Pate, a boy about fourteen years of age, in the ser-
vice of Mr. Holbeck, of No. 5, King-street, Golden-square,
was yesterday charged with stealing gold lace and several
other valuable articles, amongst which was a splendid ban-
ner, embroidered in gold on blue satin, taken from a troop
of horse which joined Napoleon immediately after his es-
cape from Elba.
The prisoner had been in Mr. Holbeck's service for the
last five weeks, during the whole of which time he had pil-
fered several articles. A few days since he took the banner
to Mr. Smart's, a refiner in Prince's-street, Oxford-street, and
inquired if they had their fire in order (meaning that the
gold on the flag might by that process be reduced to bullion.)
Farrant, formerly a policeman, and at present a shopman
there, suspected that it had been dishonestly acquired, and
asked the boy how he became possessed of it. He said
that he had been to Bombay, and that he had bough't it
there. The name and address of the boy were then taken,
and a guinea was given for the flag. Inquiries were imme-
diately after this made at the desire of Mr. Smart, and it
was found that a false address had been given. In a day
or two afterwards the boy again came and brought some
gold lace, which he offered for sale, and was given into
custody.
Mr. CONANT, on examining the flag, observed it was
small, but the embroidery was beautiful.
Mr. Holbeck said that the original cost of such a banner
must have been 20/.

Mr. CONANT presumed that the execution was not so
good as if it bad been the standard of England, or of Eng-
lish manufacture.

Mr. Holbeck replied that the execution was splendid.
It certainly was not so weighty as flags manufactured in this
country. He then pointed out some alterations which Bo-
naparte had directed in its centre, altering it from the ori-
ginal Bourbon banner.

- Farrant said that the reason he had for denying that their
fire was in, was that of keeping the property in a state
capable of identification.
Mr. CONANT inquired whether it was now of much in-
trinsic value ? Mr. liolbeck replied that as a relic it was
certainly very valuable.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial and the parties
bound over to prosecute.