The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-10 00:00:00

PIG STEAI.ING

Alexander Robinson and ILilliam Baker were in-
dicted for stealing eight sucking pigs, the property
of Mr. No trass, of Newington: It appeared from
the e,idence,- that on going into -his yard on the
morning of the 2I st of ' September last, he disco-
ver'd that his premises had been broken open, and
the door of a si;ed in which the pigs were shut up
t. ken off t .e hi,,ges, and the pigs in question taken
a way. Mr. NUtirassliaving a suspicion that they
were gone. to Leadenhall market, and from some
con,er, lion which he had with Mr. Glover, a
huicher there,
~his suspicions having rested on the
pi-I
-Oilers, he took the steps nrxessary for their ap-
prebeitsion.

Mr. Glover, stated, that on the morning in ques-
tion the prisoners came to his shop and asked him
it he
.woidd buy eight•sucking pigs which they had
get at the King's Arms Inn, in- the Borough, at
:os. each. It was agreed that the witness should
i-rf the course of half an hour go to look at them,
and the prisoners went away. Soon aftef wards Mr.
Nuttrass came to the witness's shop and stated his
loss, when it was agreed 'that Mr. Nuttrass should
procure a constable andpeet them at,the Inn. The
witness accordingly went to the Inn, when the,pigs
were shewn to him by the prisoners,- -in a cart, which
had Robinson's name on it, and the %%itness agreed
to have them. Mr. Nuttrass came in soon• after-
wards, and immediately on seeing the pigs knew
them to be his. Robinson, upon the appearance Of
Mr. Nuttrass and the constable, attempted to deny
that the cart was his, or that he knew any thing of
the pigs.
The prisoner Baker, in his defence, said, he had
no knowledge whatever of the pigs ; he
,met Ro-
binson 'by chance early in the morning of the 21st
of September, and got into his cart to ride to the
Borough with him, pricl it was quite accidental that
he was present when the pigs were °treed for sale
to Mr. Glover.

Robinson said, he bought the pigs at Ronifoid
Market of a person he did not know, and" had not
been able to find him since.

Tbe prisoners were butt) found guilty, and sen-
tenced to be transported for seven years.

A- French chemist has 'recently discovered, • that
from the starch of potatoes-quite fresh, . and wash-
ed' but once, a fine size, by mixture with chalk,
might be made. The stucco plasterers of this
country have benefited by the discovery, and they
find that this kind of, size is particularly useful for
ceAings and for white-washing. • ,
A Bavarian Engineer has discovered a method of
construtting• wooden bridges, . which, in point of
strength and solidity, promise a duration of several
centuries. They are likewise remarkable for the
elegance of their form and the width of their arches.
One has been thrown over the River Roth, five
leagues, consisting of a single arch, 200 feet wide.
Another has been made for a large city, .286 feet
wide. The arches may, be so constructed, as to ad-
mit of ships of war or merchant vessels passing
through them, an aperture being made in the centre,
which can be opened and shut at pleasure. The
bridges may, if necessary to stop the -progress of an,
enemy, be taken to pieces in two days; willow cut-
ting the smallest piece of timber.
LONGEVITY.—On Wednesday, Mr. Bartholomew
Johnson, a highly respected musical character, hav-,
ing completed One hundred years of his life, since the
date of his baptism -(Oki 3, 1710) as proved by'the
.parish register of Wykeliam, Scarborough,
wlv.le he was born. His friends cAebrated tire
event, by a Jubilee dinner, and musical perform-
ance at Free Mason's Hall in Scarborough. About
ten o'clock at night Mr. Johnson bore a part in a
quartette,' by performing on the Violoncello, the bass
to a minuet, which he himself composed upwards
of sixty years ago. Ainongst the company were
-Lord Mulgrave, the Hon. Henry' Phipps, Colonel
Lloyd, Richard Cardwell, Esq. and upwards of 70
of tae respectable visitors and inhabitants of Scar-
borough and Itieneighluottrhood..