The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-04 00:00:00

MANSION-1100SE, JAN.. 3.

A mai, named Sameld Barker, was this day
brought before his Lordship, under a charge, thel
particulav,of which evince it to be of the. ut:nosc
importance, that .the, vigilance and energy of he
Laws should afraid the most effeetuat protce.
tion to the Citizens of London in the exer-
cise of the business of their shops. About five
o'clock in the evening of Saturday last, Bar.
ker, as appeared in evidence, having ibi some
time loitered, with a design of theft, neat the shop
of Mrs. Hill, jeweller and Watchmaker, No.
Lombard •street, seized the opportunity of that
Lady's walking out, while only her-erund.holi;
Wm. Crouch, remained in attendance in the slog:
Barker then entered With an air of easy confidencei
as if he came to make a purchase in a shop which he
had been before accustomed to freqvint. Muttering
some words which the errand boy did not dis-
tinctly hear, be advanced towards the show. Win.:
dow ; looked with an eye of distingtiishing eitamirt:
ation on the watches which were. exposed in it ;
pkked' our the best, and that instant ran otTwitit it.
Crouch following, called out, " Stop thief l"•' A
Mr.' Friedenburgh, a Jewish cutler, patsiog4'
heard the:cry, marked the flight of the thief, and
seized Barker as he attempted to turn the cot, ci
into George-y.ard. He was brought back into
Mrs. Hill's shop, but, the watch was no't now'
tobre 4cw0,1 ..13.aut M one went ti-0,,,A*
for it in the street, it was brought, in by Mr:
Stanton, a Gentleman of the neighbouthood,'
who had seen. it thrown itito, the area
fore his house. Batter was then eonau4eti
by Mr: Scott, the Constable, to. the , Voilltrk
Compter. Thet,e fads were related bectirc the
LORb-MAYok in detail, on the oaths 'of Mrs.
Hill, William Crouch,., Mr. Friedenbtrrkh,
Balker denied the charge ;. represented
its a Sailor newly discharged .; and said, that
when taken, he was very innocently pasting li`jes'nz
to . visit his brother, a reputable iobabita4.7c(i
Aldersgate-street. It also ,appeared,, ,that he-hstt
lived eight Or: nine years since, wlitto very yntin4,
as errand-boy In Mrs; Hill's 'shop. .He was C 0411.,
milted for`trial:.

.Sarah - was chamed by Mr. Wright;'
butcher, in Leadenholl.market, with ha ving defratidel
him of a gninea, alma a week since, in tt*follOwirik'
mintier bought a piece of tneat, 'and in order
to pay far itp, asked change for a guinea. Wit.
Wright, beingthen otherwise iisy , refetrecl her
to his-daughte?, in; the back shop. Robinson ex.
presSing.a particular &Site to have in tbe change 41"
dew half guinea,, Miss Wright obligingly took out
her money, add was at some pains to find such a one
as her customer should like: atlast, Robinson said,
she would accept any half guinea, rather than give
any further trouble ;. the change was counted out, and
Robinson then affirmed, that she had already deli.
vered the'guinea, and would not fail to knovt, it by
certain marks., if it might be again she wn to
her, Miss 'Wright produced her stime gdirie;iS-
Robintion chose out one, turned roUrid, warked .it
with her teeth, and then of that The knew it
by the marks she had it:sr mai.:e, to be the very
guinea which she had delivered. In LW* itoiy she
was so Confident, that Mr. Wright then yielded
toter affirmations, and allowed het to carry away
the piece of •ineat, and the change. Upon subsequent
conside.ration, both he and leis daughter were catistied
that ?.obit'ison had deceived them by at false pretence:
inquiring, srfso, *among his neighbours, he found
that many', of theM had been, in a similar manner,
abused by her, swindling artifices. She had also
said, that she kept a baker's shop..in a plate where
she was not to be found. Mr. Wrigkr was, in con..
sequence of these thingi, induced to procure her to
be taken into custody.-;-4he was Committed for re.
exarninat ion.

On Tbutsdar seionight a detaeltroerti Of the aorai
ArtillerSr, conststins at an officer ttlf.l aboLtt men,
marched into Cork frotO

The gadisons of Core, and the forts on the Cork
rivq, are to -be' immediately oedttrird by cic6ch.
mentO of the 46th regiment from Ci,J!: ; amt the
Nottingham Fencibles, at rrettent qua“ered therta
are to teturn haute::

,
A young Lady of Pomea attempted to elope with
a Gentleman. on Sunday seettnight. A post.eltaise
waited ft:4 her at the skirt of the town; the night
was dark, and the Lady melted the chaise, as she.
thought, unobserved; but, as she stepped in at one
door, a constable enteredat the other, And conduned
bet home, site is a Lady of consideral.,ltt'expeeta.-
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