The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-13 00:00:00

POLICE.

UNION HALL....Yesterday a .tesperiable looking
young, man wits blought .hefore the sit' g•
,trates• by Collingbourn and Goff, -chargen cn a Spi.
CiOn of being conc._ rtid in a burOtry.x. the• h use
of Mr. Taylor, grocer, at KingstonAipon-TliameF,
on the tool Mil of the. Bth Angns: last. Front
the evidence of Taylor is appeared, that on
his shopmao corning down ou the morning above-
mentioned, he discovered that sbme person
.had
,been on the premises :during the night ; he im-
mediately: infOrined. Mr,' Taylor of .. the • cireurri-
stance, who, on coming down, discovered -hat
• the shop had been entered, and 'about sixty pounds
weight of tewslip tea, worth • twelve shillings
per In. and a quantity of nutmegs and -atherspices
taken' away several cupboards in the house and the
iron chest, had also 'been forced, and sonie articles
of plate, and'about'it I. in copi:er taken away. Mr.
Taylor immediately came •to town, to lodge an in-
formation-at Union I{lll,-and ihterniing to take .Col-
lingbourn, the officer, baCks to Kings:on with him,
-he went to a livery Stable in floinorn, to hire a
gig for that purpose, when mettioning the robbery, -
and the tea which he had lost, the hUstler imme,
diately exclaimed that he knew the carriage in which
it had been conveyed to town. He said a Gentle-
man came , to the stables on the 7th of August.,
and said-lie -*anted' a strong -rocil)iy "gig to' take
his wife- and. three 'children, Wile Wert: going to
school a little way in the counCry, and that he
should be back that evening; he accordingly had
the gig about live o'clock in the after.ioon, but did
'not return till six o'clock next mutning, and when
he came back, the horse appeared as if lie 'had been
travelling all night; the bottom of ._the scat or the
chaise was otxt, as it by some heavy weight
having been pressed into it, and. one of the springs
bias broten, Mr. Taylor iintried!ately Went to exa-
mine the chaise,• when in the bottom. lie discovered
three griins of tea, which, upon examining and
tasting, Mr. Taylor was convinced was of • the.
same quality as that 'which tie had • lost. On •
enquiring ixhrit sort of a person it was who bad
hired the chaise, frond'' the 'hostler's description,
his suipitions • immediately fell on the prisoner,
who' lived shopmair with mm • about twelve
montlis'ago, but is now an officer of the customs:
The officers, Collingbourn and ,Gotf, •have been upon •
ihe watch for the prisoner ever Since, but could never
meet with him till Tuesday iast. The hostler; who
had furnished the chaise to the person on the 7.th of
August, to take his wite and children into the •
country., swore to t!,e prisoner- being-the persoh im-
inrciiately on seeing him. He was remanded totano-
ther examination, when-other witnesses will attend...
GUILDHALL..-7--/tachaei Ccunpbell, an antiquated
dame Was yesterday brOught to this office charged •
with stealing • tour. silk' shawlS, value one guinea•
each; in the shop of Mr: Reminington, on Ludgate-
hill.

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It appeared that the PriSO'ner‘we'nt' info the-shop
of the preceding ;est nt ng; 1 ut;lts-ps ted- to see
.some sil4v:iiptdisercllitts, when wasttoiolkn oppol.--
tunity, she conlri tied to sectct tKer
ticiu'undeleicluak. She was
41y trii6;yjoirttAit*.ik44..-tit it..
uttortnatcol
,to -Sloe mne.
property found in her'pes.
'session, She Statidetitninittea fur mid.'

ver,.

BOW-STREET.—On Tuesday Baker.. was
brought before. the Sitting Magistrate ow suspiciun •
of stealing three so WS-and sik tore pigs trom-a.dealer
in-Kentish Town. Smith apprehended the prisoner
in a court in the Old Bailey; where he keeps a sta-
ble. He found a key on the prisoner, which .be
said belonged to- his father's kodgitig. Smith 'took
the key, and opened the-door of aback room on the
first floor,- and found the • room on tire : however,
by Calling assiitance, the fire, was got under. In
the cellar he found a sow, which he .canoed to be •
brought in -a cart to the office to be owned.
Mr. Thotnas atyne deposed, that this was one
of the. sows that 1134 been stolep front his premises..
The prisoner was ordered to be brought up again to-
morrow. *

.An American periodical writer, in noticing the
appearance of the Clench AinbasSador at an as-
semblY in .one_ of .the United Sttes, gave the f0110,,v-
-ing sketch of. Mouriseer's. dancirri :—" I
.have btett considerably employed itt.calculwions on
this sunjeit . (dancing), and by the. • most accurate
computation, I hare deterinined.that" a Frenchman
passes at least three-fifths 'of Iris time betweeW the
.heavens and the earth; "and 'partakes eminently of the
nature of a gossatner, at soap bubble ! One of these
Jack-o'-lantern heroes, in taking 'a figure, -which.'
.neither lid'uclid nor Pythagoras himself could demon- •
strate, unfortnuately wound himself—l mean his
foot—his better part---into a lady's cobweb 'muslin -
robe, but perceiving it at.the instant, he set himself
a spinning the.ot her way, Ile a top, unravelled hic
step, Without omitting ntre'ringle or -Curie; and ex-'
tricated himself- without 'breaking a thread of the.
Lady's dress ! IsEle,then sprung" up.iikth a sturgeon,.
crossed his feet four times,and fin:shed his Wander--
ful evOlution by quivering his left leg, as.a cit. does
her paw when she has 'accidentally dipped it in, water.
---No mart, '-‘ of 'woman hoin',.! ':who was • [at a
or a - Mountebank could have done the
like' • :! •

• The carriage of Mr[SLoPE R was overttirned yes-:
terday at Kiiightsbridge; 'with Mrs. S. Ind two of
her daughter., one of whom was dangerously- hurl
by the tall of the -vehicle.: • The accident was occa-
sioned by the coachman trying to clear a coal cart,
When one of the Bath c )aches ,was approaching
him.• Mrs. SLOPER and het other daughter escaped
unnurr, but the 'coachman received—some severe
bruises.. . • - •

Ikatermen.—Peifons who are' imposed upon. or
treated with insolence by 11-“•:?- people, w=ill do Well
to bear ilk that they are ttot obliged to apply
to Watertnat:sl-fall, as by the $a t'. Act, 'the LORD
MAYoa, or any: of tl•ej Police Magistrates, ard au,
thorised to aftbid them redreis. • -

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COAL MARKET, 'Ssist 12.
Ships at Market.; - Ships sold. Price.
.7§i;A!ewca4tle . . . 53* . 455. od. to 575, 6tt.
S Sunderland '.' . . Z . 465, 9d.

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