The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-25 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday several coachmen who drive short
stages from Bishopsgatc-srreet and Leadenhall-
street, were summoned before the LORD MAYOR,
charged with being in the streets on Sundays, ply-
ing for fares during Divine Service. A constable,
who was appointed for that purpose to look after
them, gave evidence against several of them being
in the streets from 20 minutes to half an bow, and
that some of them resisted going till they had got
their company. The Long MAYon told them that
he allowed them 15 minutes to set down and take
up, without crowding the streets on a Sunday,
but now be would allow them but ten minutes,
and if they did not conform to that, lie would
drive those short stages out of the City altoge-
ther. Some he convicted in the penalty of 10s.
And others lie forgave, upon promising not to be
guilty of the like offence.

DARING ROBBERY.—A most outrageous attack
was made on two young men, named Progers
and Connant, late on Wednesday evening. They
were returning home to IVater-lane, when- they
were hustled by five fellows, who, without speak-
ing ft word, knocked them down, and rifled their
pockets of watches and eighteen shillings in
silver. Not content with this, the robbers kick-
ed the young men about in the most inhuman
manner.

IhcHwAY RosEEßY.—William Hill, servant to
a Gentleman in the Ilorseferry-road, passing along
the King's-road Chelsea, on Wednesday night
was met by a fellow dressed in the morning dress
of a horse soldier, who walked with him some

listance, and enquired his way to Chelsea, affect-

ing to be a total stranger. Observing no persOn
near, he asked the young man very deliberately.
to deliver his money, the tone in which he spoke
led the other to believe lie was only in jest, and
he laughed ; this irritated the robber, ‘vho instant-
ly struck him violently across the head with a
bludgeon, then leaped upon him with his utmost
strength, declaring it he made any noise he
would take his lite. The robber rifled his pockets,
and also took his watch, with which he escaped.

Tuesday night the house of 63, Somerset-street,
Portman-square, was feloniously entered, the lar-
der broke open, and a great quantity of provisions
stolen. Some time afterwards, as John Mor-
gan, the watchman of the beat, was going his
rounds, he discovered a fellow lurking about the
spot ; he began to interrogate him, and not re-
ceiving a satisfactory account, he took him to the
watch-house, where, on searching him, a strong
iron book, wound round with thick hempen rope,
was found in his possession, which thieves use for

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the purpose of hooking the property out of the
area. He afterwards confessed being accessary to
the fact, and was committed, under the Police Act,
as a reputed thief.

About ten o'clock, on Wednesday night, as
Mrs. Mary Thurkle, of Drury-lane, was coming
through Southampton-row, Bedford-square, she
received a sudden blow on the head, which neatly
stunned her, and at the same time felt her, veil
snatched off by some one near her ; she immedi-
ately cried " stop thief,- and although the thief
was before her for some time, no watchman came
to her assistance, until be had escaped through
Duke-street and Woburn Passage, where site lost
all trace of him:

On Tuesday night a terrible conflict for supe-
riority of the whip took place .between several
Noblemen's coachmen, at the Opera-house door,
when they kept flogging their horses with great
violence, till at last the pole of a carriage touch-
ed a valuttble mare which was in General GAS-
KIN'S carriage, which occasioned the. mare, to kick
with sad) force against the splinter bar, that her
leg was broken, and in such a manner, it
deemed proper to kill her upon the spot.,