The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-05 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bove-SKEET.—On Friday evening 2VeedleChanz-
terlain, alias Harvey, alias Sinith, was brought. by
Atkins and Lavender before Mr. NARESi the sitting
Magistrate, charged on suspicii,n of having commit-
ted divers acts of swindling, fraud, and f limy. We.
understand he has travelled in a post-:chaseand„four-,
assuming the charsaer of a Messenger, and -by that
means obtained money and.property,. Last. summer
he went to the shop of Mr. Wirgman, "a silversmith,
in Saint James's-street, andrepresented lnmself as
a particular friend of the. Duchess of Bedford,. and
he was recommended 'by 'her Grace to him, parti,
cularly for a liehnvt ornament for the head, similar
to one her Grace bad of Mr. Wirgman, and he de.•
scribed the ornament so particularly., that Mr. Wirt-
•man had not the least doubt of his being reCom-
mended by her Grace, and let,him have a simitar
ornament, and a diamond ring, amounting to 4001.
He in ,a short time afer cold the ring, and cut ntf

for Edinburgh, supposed- for the purpose of selling
the ornament. He went by Carlisle, whew he ut-
tered a forged draft, which was soon after discover-
ed—he was putsned and taken, and -by that means
Mr. Wirgrnan got his valuable ornament back.—He
was tried at the Summer Assizes at Carlisk fur the

draft, and was acquitted.
David Davis, jeweller of Jertnyn-street, said, that
on Saturday, the 29th ult the prisoner came to his
shop, and said that .he would take the goods he had
a few days previous looked at, consisting of several
diamond zings, a gold. watch and chain, an enamelled
- watch, and several gold pins, for which they agreed
. for a certain sun ; they were all to be made com-
plete! by the Monday following, when they were to
be taken to \Vidpole-street, where the prisoner said
he lived, and he was. to pay ready money 3 the pri-
soner was to pay '261. for a brooch, and 141. for a
ring, which the prisoner requested the prosecutor to
'alow him to take home with him., and he would
pay him for the whole on Monday, when'the order
was :completed, if he made up his mind to keep
them, which the prosecutor agreed to : on the Mo-
nday following the prosecutor went to No. 1 t, Wim-
pole-street, the. house where the prisoner said he,
resided; but. was informed no such .personas Mr.
Harvey. .resided there, the name the prisoner had.
assurneo.
Denis Davis, the nephew and assistant-of the pro-
secutor said, that on Wednesday-the .24th_ult. the
prisoner called at his shop, and told him he called by
t he, appointment of his uncle, to look at some jewel-
lery. He in consequence sheaved him a variety of
articles,'particularly a-pair of diamond ear-rings.--,
Tney agreed for the, prices, and the prisoner sAid, he
would call the following day to see his,uncle, and
look out some More. articles. The"prisOner 'said hi's
name was-Harvey, and lived in Wimpole-street.—
The prisoner cal!ed the next day, and looked oitt;
and agreed 'for articles to 'the amount of 2501., and
said tie would cad the next day to see hiS uncle,
Which he accordingly did; and' saw his uncle, and
then looked over the articles .he had selealed out,
.and some loose, diamends,, and desired them' to be
sent on the Monday following to No. i it, Wim-
pole•streei, except the brooch and ring, which be ff
took with him, and-observed, as he was leaving the
shop, he hoped his. uncle 'would not be offended if
he did not keep them ; he took the remainder of the
articles home,-as described by the prisoner, to No..
1 t, Wimpole-street, but found he did not reside
there, the house being occupied by Dr. Heath.
Joseph E ltowes, a journeyman of Mr. Bartram,
of Princes-street, Soho, paWnbroker, said, that 'ozi.
the 26th of last month, the prisoner pledged a sap-
phire brilliant brooch, and a gold diamond ring for
201. the prisoner then said his name was Smith, and
lived'in Wimpole-street. 'he brooch and ring were
identified by the prosecutor to be those the prisoner '
obtained, frorndds shop.
Denham Barons, of Watford, Esq. said, that on
the 18th day of last O&ober the prisoner came to
hiin at his Hankiag-house, at St. Albans, and offered
him a draft to'be discounted, dated Cheltenham the

12tt.i.061uber, 1809, for prat-porting to be
Ponsonby, In favour of, Thomas
p-Ving, Esq. or ordei; on Messrs. Coons and Co. 'in
the Strand,' and indorsed, ThOrnas Irving, and
Mathew Martin, aiid that die name, Needle Cham-
berlain, was also indorsed on the draft, and which
the prisoner acknowledged; to be his name and writ-
ing ; he said he resided in Hare-co-nit, in the Tem-
ple. In consequence of this representation, -he gave,
the prisoner, to ,the amount of 271. 10s, in notes.of
his own Bank, a bill on Barclay and Co.. bankers',
I_,-,ndon, and 201. at two months alter date, and the
•
o.lLialtrifig 701. was, by desire of the prisoner, to be
pa.id to a Airs. Rawlins, 'of Hertford, who, the pri=
Boner said, would apply for it.
Williaiit Thomas, clerk to Messrs. Coutts,
that on looking at. the ch.aft, purportlig to be drawd
by William Ponsonby„ on their house, it appeared
that the name was not the hand-writing of the Hon;
William Ponsonby, the: son of the Earl of I3esbo=
tough; ' ho.keeps cash at their house ; and in fa&.
he Understood Mr. Poilsonby was in Spain .at thet
time the draft Ayes dra...%n.
William Charlton, the principal ',cashier in the
house of Messrs Contts, said the draft was preSent-i'-
ed to hiM for payment as he unclerStood, from the
house of Messrs. Thcnpe, Collett, aad C 0..; he re-
fused payment of it, suspeaing it 'not to be the
hand-writing of the :Hon. William Ponsonby, who.
keeps cash at their lic:u•se;.-tht•y having no other cull- •
cern with any otlic.r William Ponsonby. After-
wards he wrote tot he Earl of .Besborough, the fa- •
titer of the Hop. William Ponsonby, informing him
of the circutnstano4 and received for answer from
the Noble Earl, that it could not be his sort, as he •
. Was then with the trmy in Spain.
The•prisoner was fully CoMmitted for trial upon •
these charges, and for further examination upon
other charges.
MAI4SION-HOUISE.—Oh Friday a very respeetable.
looking young man was brought befige the Lord
Mayor, charged by a publican near Bishopsgater
Church-yard, having attempted to hang hint-
himself in a stable-yard hehitidliis house. Being a
• foreigner,,he cocild scarce give any account 'why lie
attempted so ras It an eel.: by- the assistance, of an
interpreter, hoW ever, and the little broken English
he could speak, it was .discovered he was a Portu-'
guese, and*had:left his parents without their con
sent.
e7.111-11atene'cLavled° Abiloaayd tlochrti.storicidien'urlerld'lm.rYlii.siemr"a.itit'olhe-baean'tdSalk)daeennsit'stici:-
an eating-houl a to receive• proper nourishment, and
then, to be taloen to theTortuguese Ambassador. , •

As. Mr. Ki by; the landlord of :the Marquis of
Granby, publi c-house, at Leicester, was. an:using'
himself on tilt.: morning of Friday week, in sparring
with a relativt after having pasSed the night in,con-
viviality with a party of his friends,
.he received all
unfortunate -b low in the mouth at' pit of the.- stn.:
mach. He +went to the outer door for the benefit
Of theair, ht it had scarcely reached it when ha fell
dOwn; and in stantly expired.
'Saturday n; fiernoun a fire broke out in a carpenter's
.yard near the Wapping Docks, which destroyed all
on the premises, and two adjoining houses.
A few di ,ys. ago, as Mr. Bruham; engineer to
Messrs. Gorr )dwiiii's brewery, in EaSt. Sniithfielt',
\v-as oiling 1.1 ie steam-eugine he made a false step,
when t.ts tbligh was caught in the cogs of the when,
and torn fro in his body. His cries soon brAught *as-
sistance bt it so dreadfully was he lacerated that oil
being extticiated and taken -to 1)16 hospital, he sur-
vived his rei noval only a few hour.