The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL...--We noticed yesterday the commit-
ment from this office of a shopiaan for robbing his employer
to the extent of 4001. ; another instance of the same crime
has s►nce occurred, and it is believed the depredations of
the offender amount to nearly the same sum.

John Davies, a shopman with Mr. Ellis, the haber-
dasher, in Ludgate-street, was placed at the bar yesterday
before Mr. Alderman HEYG ATE, charged with stealing a
parcel of silk and other goods, valued at 4/.
The prisoner, who is about 30 years of age, seemed
deeply affected at his situation, and hid his face with his
handkerchief during the whole of his examination. His
connexions were said to be highly respectable, and he would
before long have fallen into a reversion of 10,0001., with
expectances to the amount of 5,0001. more.
Mr. Ellis stated, that on Tuesday morning the prisoner
was detected in selling some goods in the shop below the
marked value, and the fact being related to him, he sent
for the pi isoner to make some inquiry into the subject.
Pie taxed him with indulging in extravagancies which his
salary would not permit, and asked him to explain how he
obtained the means. The prisoner in reply invited him to
search his box immediately, and witness taking him at his
word, soon saw enough to convince him that he was not
honest, and called up Mr. Shufflebottom, his confidential
assistant, to aid him in the search. In his coat-pockets
some lace and ribands were discovered, and in the box some
handkerchiefs and silk stockings, which he said he had
purchased of Mr. Shuffiebottom, according to the custom
of the house ; but there was one pair of a peculiar fabric
which he had not so purchased, but which he said he
had paid for. There was also some gold, a 5/. note, and
a stock receipt for 99/., laid out recently in the New 4 per
Cents. Witness asked him how he had obtained this pro-
perty, and lie said his friends had remitted money to him.
He asked bins to produce the letters in which the remit-
tances had been enclosed, and lie said he had destroyed
them. Now a large bundle of letters was found, but none
of them mentioned any remittance to him. On the con-
trary', one contained the thanks of the writer fur a present
of 15/. ; another for a silk shawl ; another for a cloak,
and so on. At last, the prisoner said he had bean in the
habit of robbing him for two years, but the value of the
property stolen hardly reachedl 2001. The way in which
he bad been tempted to this course was, that the ladies,
from all parts of the town, addressed their orders to him
personally, instead of the house, and be used to put the
money in his pocket, and execute the orders out of the stock
in the warehouse at his convenience. Witness could not
make up his mind at the time to prosecute him, but put
him into the custody of Kerridge, the ward beadle, and so
he was detained in the premises for some hours, till an-
other discovery was made. When the prisoner found he
was detected, he anticipated that his box would be search-
ed, and hastily packed up some remnants of silk, &c. di-
rected it to " Mrs. Mead of Romford," and ordered a por-
ter to leave the parcel at the Tobit's Dog, the watering-
house, in the south-west corner of St. Paul's church-yard.
This was at twelve o'clock in the day, but the circumstance
was not discovered till eight o'clock at night, and witness
immediately sent the prisoner to the Conipter. The pri-
soner offered to give him securities for 1,000/. if he would
suffer him to escape, but witness of course rejected this
overture. The prisoner had been in his employ seven
years, was boarded in the house, and bad seventy-five
guineas a year.
The prisoner was committed for trial. His tailor's bill,
for the last 12 months, amounted to 40/. and his reckon-
ings for wine, negus, &c. at the Tobit's Dog, where he
used to spend his evenings, to 60/. more.
UNION- HALL.—Yesterday a tespectable-looking fe-
male, named Elizabeth Finch, was brought before the
sitting Magistrate, M. SWABEY, Esq., on a charge of
stealing a quantity of rihand from the shop of Mr. Scott, a
haberdasher, in Beckworth-row, Walworth.
She was fully committed.
Mr. Ilebbes, a gentleman residing in Walworth, was
summoned by the driver of a hackney-coach, for refusing
to pay back carriage.
The coachman stated that the defendant hired bins from
the stand in Illackfriars -road on the preceding night, at ten
o'clock, and desired to be driven to the Elephant and
Castle. On setting down, the defendant refused to give
Is. back carriage, which the coachman was entitled to ;
and the latter having taken out a summons, which was not
attended to in the first instance, a second was issued
against the defendant, who, including all expellees, was
I awarded to pay 18s. 6d.
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On Wednesday morniug, at Sheffield, as a
man was passing over a small bridge, near Blank Island,
having a child in one arm and a bucket of water in the
other hand, a sudden gust of wind blew them of the
bridge into the arPam ; assistance being fortunately at hand,
they were rescued from their perilous situation.—Hull
Packet
The three best schools for gratuitous instruc-
tion of the poor, which we have ever seen, (and we have'
examined a great number), are the Marquis of LANS..
DOWNE'S, in Bow Wood Park ; Lord AltuNnnu.'s, atWardour Castle ; and the Rev. Mr. GUNK'S, at Christ-
church. The first is a Churchman, the second a Catholic,
and the third a Dissenter. In all, however, the spirit of
charity, which marks the genuine religion of CHRIST, is
practised as well as taught. The last is the largest, and on
the whole the best conducted.--.. The World.

rected by himself, and published by 3fr. Colburn.)
" In pursuing the course which I now invite
you to enter upon, I avow that I look for the
co-operation of the King's Government ; and on
what are my hopes founded ? Men gather not
grapes from thorns, nor figs from thistles. But
that the vine should no longer yield its wonted
fruit,—that the fig-tree should refuse its natural
increase, required a miracle to strike it with bar-
renness. There are those in the present Ministry
whose known liberal opinions have lately been
proclaimed anew to the world, and pledges have
been avouched for their influence upon the policy
of the state. With them, others may not upon
all subjects • agree upon this, I would fain hope
a •
there will be found little difference. But be that
as it may, whether I have the support of the
Ministers or no,—to the Home I look with con-
fident expectation, that it will controul them,
and assist me ; if I go too fir, checking my pro-
gress,—if too fast, abating my speed,—but
heartily and honestly helping me in the best and
greatest work which the hands of the lawgiver
can undertake. . The course is clear before us,—
the race is glorious to run. You have the power
of sending your name down through all tunes,
illustrated by deeds of higher fame, and more
useful import, than ever were _done within these
walls. You saw the greatest warrior ofthe arre
,
conqueror of Italy—humbler ofGermany—terror
of the North,—saw him account all his match-
less victories poor, compared with the triumph
you are now in a condition to win,—saw him
contemn the fickleness of fortune, while, in
despite of her, he could pronounce his me-
morable boast—' I shall go down to posterity
with the code in my hand !' You have van-
quished bins in the field : strive now to rival bins
in the sacred arts of peace ! Outstrip him as a
•lawgiver, whom in arms you overcame ! The
lustre of the Regency will be eclipsed by the
more solid and enduring splendour of the reign.
The praise which false courtiers feigned for our
Edwards and Harrys—the Justinians of their
day—will be the just tribute of the wise
and the good to that monarch under whose
sway so mighty an undertaking shall be accom-
plished. Of a truth, sceptres are most chiefly to be
envied for that they bestow the power of thug
conquering and ruling thus. It was the boast
of Augustus—it formed part of the glare in
which the perfidies of his earlier years were lost,
that he found Rome of brick, and left it of
marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince,
and to which the present reign has its claims
also. But how much nobler will be our Sove-
reign's boast when he shall have it to say, that ,
he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a
sealed book—left it a living letter ; found it the
patrimony of the rich—left it the inheritance of
the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft
and oppression—left it the staff of honesty and the
shield of innocence ! To me, much reflecting on
these things, it has always seemed a wouthi6:c
honour to be the instrument of making yoo,
bestir yourselves in this high matter, than to
enjoy all that oflice can bestow—office, of which
the patronage would be an irksome incumbrance,
the emoluments superfluous to one content Wit,tt
the rest of his industrious fellow-citizens, that lie
own hands minister to his wants : and as for the
power supposed to follow it, 1 have lived near
half a century, and I have learned that power and
plac,e may be severed. But one power I do
prize, that of being the advocate of my country—
men here, and their fellow-labourer elsewhere, in
those things which concern the best interests of
mankind. That power, I know full well, no Go-
vernment can give—no change take away r