The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

UNION-HALL. EXT RAMIDINARY THlZVES•—Yester-
day John Price and William Grant, two young men of very
decent appearance, were brought before C.
,Cuamn&us,. Esq.
the sitting Magistrate, charged with having broken into and
robbed the house of Mrs. Susannah Kahi, of No. fit, South-
ampton-street, Camberwell.—Mrs. Kahl stated, that she and
her daughter went out at.ll o'clock on Tuesday morning, hav-
ing previously fastened the house. She had no servant, and in-
tended returning at an early hour in the evening. 'Upon their
return to Caniberwell about 7 o'clock in the evening, Mrs.Kahl
was struck with astonishment at seeing a light appearing and,
disappearing at the windows of her house ; and as she had never
authorised any person tcrtake chaage of it Under- such circum-
stances, she immediately imagined the worst that could happen;
but instead of making a r.oise that might alarm the'thieves, as
most other females would have done, she quietly went to some
of her neighbours and communicated her suspicions, and
promptly received their assistance. They could see no marks of
volente on the doors or window shutters, nor could, they hear
voices or footsteps in the house.- Mrs. Kahl's friends, unwilling
tq disturb what was going forward within, to the prejudice of
justice, procured a ladder, and quietly placed it at the back part
of the house, reaching the window of the first floor, where seve-
ral of them entered without making the least noise, and upon
walking down stairs, and opepingalie front parlour door, saw,
to their great surprise, the two prisoners playing a game of back-
gammon. They were sitting together on a sofa, and had the
backgammon table between them. One of them instantly.started
up. and said, "we'll make no resistance," They accord?ogly sub-
mitted quietly. On examination it was found that the house had
been ransacked from top to bottom, and some plate that had
been tied up in a small bag was found on the table. In the bag
were several spoons, which Mrs. Kahl-had left locked up 'n a
cupboard. In different parts of the house were found to e
teilsive assortment of house-breaking instruments, r'ckloelt
keys, crows, &c. ; also phosphorus and matches. One or the
keys which lay on the table opened the hall door, Just as if it
had been made for it, from which it was presumed that the
thieves had enteredat that door. Several of ,sirs. Kahl's neigh-
bours who had conic forward to her assistance confirmed the
most important parts of her statement. —The Magistrate com-
plimented Mrs. Kahl very highly on the prudent manner in
which she had acted for apprehending the prisoners. They
were both fully committed for trial.--A young man belonging
to the Post Office, who had the folly to treat two common pro-
stitutes in a public-house, coMplained that they had robbed him
' of a sovereign, in Counter-street, in the Borough. - The sove-
reign was found in the possession of one of thegirls, who did
not deny that it had previously belonged to the complainant,
but declared that she had received it from him as a present.--
They were both committed.
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THAMES POLICE.—ATTEMPT TO 'MURDER POLICE.,
OFFlCER.—'Tuesday evening, as Judge and t% bite, officers '
belonging to this establishinent, were passing through Broad-
street, Ratcliffe, they obseryed a number of Italians lurking
about in a questionable manner, some of whom c. rr d bundks.
On the officers approaching them they all ran oft with the ex.
ception of one, whom White secured. Judge pursued the others,
but unsuccessfully. White repaired with his prisoner towards
the office, and had proceeded about half a mile, when the fel-
low drew out a large knife from under his coat sleeve, and made
several thrusts at his body. White succeeded, however, in
warding off the stabs, but his hands and fingers were shockingly
mangled; the tops of two of his fingers on the right hand, and
of one on the left, were cutoff "The prisoner was remanded for
further examination. •
IMARLBOROUGH-STREET.—IMPORTANT TO PAWN-
BROKERS; &c.—Yesterday John Lawrence' a young- man, a
carver and gilder, was brought up on a charge of having ob-
tainedunder false pretences, from the possession of Mr. Rot-
chard, an eminent artist, a valuable portrait of Napoleon Bo-
naparte, the painting of Reuben and his Wife, and a valuable
copy of an original painting of Sir Joseph Reynolds, which-he
the prisoner unlawfully pawned.—Mr. Rotchard valued the
portrait of Bonaparte at 60 guineast.Reuben and his wife 12 gui-
neas, and the copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds's, 81.—Mr.
liarri-
son, pawnbroker, of Wardour-street, proved that he was in his
parlour when the prisoner came to his shop, on the 10th of Sep-
tember, and offered the property in pledge, and he gave 11... for
the, copy of, J. Reynolds's, and 11. ss. for ,Reuben and his
wife.—The Nl,agistrate convicted the prisoner in the highest pe-
nalty, five pounds, and the value of the goods, 801. ; but Mr.
Rotchard, out of mercy to the prisoner, granted hint the indul-
gence of paying the fine of five pounds, and .the amount for
which the pictures were pledged, until he paid which he was
committed.

QUEEN-SQUARE.—IMPORTANT TO BUILIYEIIS;—Yester
day Mr. Dui./ TIN b, a master carpenter and. builder at Chelsea,
was summoned to shew cause why he refused to pay five days
wages to six of his men who had been at work for the defendant
in Staffordshire; they had found their own tools, and had agreed
they Should be sent home free of expense. They-had come to
town when their job was finished, but. they, had not received
their tools for five days after, and could not work ; for this they
sought to recover the sum of ss. per day each man. for the time
they had been kept idle. The ;Magistrates adjudged the de-
fendant to pay the demand of the men.
Guti.DllALL.—Yesterday Mary Williams and Annpordon,
whose previous examinations have been before_the public, were
brought up for a final hearing, and fully committed- to New-
gate for trial. Mr. Boorman, whose, attendance was expected,
did not make his appearance ; he had, however, seen the lasses
at the Giltspur-street Compter, and knew them directly, as the
girls by whom he bad been accosted in Skinner-street, on the
evening when he lost his. pocket-I)2°k ; he had Also identified
the 101. note of the Rye Bank found on Miss Williams, as his
property. The girls had probably seen, or heard of, the ac-
count in, the newspapers of their very dashing appearance, and
had in consequence altered their dress to the very picture of
neatness.

A SMUGGLER SHOT.—A Coroner's Inquest was
held at Alnwick-green, near Bognor, on Friday
last, by Mr. ELms, Coroner for the Eastern di-
vision of this county, on the body of James Jurd,
when it appeared, that on Tuesday night pre-
vious, a smuggling craft, with 486 tubs of foreign
spirits, was chased and boarded by the Little-
hanipton preventive galley, when the crew of the
smuggler simultaneously jumped into the seizing
boat and rowed off with her. Being repeatedly
hailed without effect, a discharge of musquutry
followed, which wounded two men, the above
fatally. Verdict--" Justifiable liornicide:'