The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-15 00:00:00

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OLD BAILEY'.

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WEDNESDAY, JONI?. 13.
George French was-indiaed for-slealing four silver
tea-spoons and a table=spoon, in the dwelling 4ousa
.of Richard Wareham. •

The prosecutor deposed, that he lived in Cleve-
land-Street, Fitzroy-square; and that on the loth of
April, the prisoner came to his house to inquire the
terms of a first floor, which was to let. The apart-
ments were shewn to him ; and in a closet in the,
bed-room lay the spoons
_lnentiomd in the indict-
ment. - He was told the rent would be 531. per an-
.num her however 'offered 521. and desired the wife
of the prosecutor to go do•n and ask her husband
whether that would be accepted ; and during her
absence he pocketed the spoons. He then went
away, but was apprehtmded on the ensuing day.
The spoons were pledged with a pawnbroker;
uho identified the prisoner as the person who
brouglft them to his shop.-
It appeared that the prisoner was formerly a res-
pectable attorney-at-law, and was then an at tot ney's
clerk out of employment and in great distiess.—
Guilty.

, Evans stood indi6ted for stealing from
the person of Richard Trisf, a silver watch, gold
chain; and tWo seals.
Richard Trist stated, that on the 4th of June he
was "in St. James's-street, between three and four
_o'clock, and'wriile endeavouting to make his way
through the. crowd,, the prisoner took his watch
'from his fob. Witness immediately Wrned round,
and saw his' watch drop to- the ground, and in the
same moment the 171-isoner was seized by one of
the Bow-street patrole, who saw him in the aat of
committing the theft. On being searched, several
silk pocket-handkerchiefs were found in his breeches
pocket.—Guilty.

_
George Croft, was next indiiled for stealing ten
shillings worth of halfpence, in the shop of Messrs.
•.
Ashley and Hill, grocers, in the Strand. He • went
'into the shop, under pretence of purchasing coffee,
and while the
.back of the shopnian was turned to-
'wards him, grinding the coffee, be took an oppor-
-1 tunity of taking the halfpence, which were on the
, counter, wrapped up in paper. He was seen in the
net by another sbopman, who secured him.—Guilty:
'1: Jas. Crawford was convicted of stealing two saws,
-value 1 Bs. the property of John Willams, out of a
house at Chelsea, in which the prosecutor was at
. 1
)..(,, work. He was deteeted with the saws in his pos-
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titli'f session. ,`

_ The Sessions' terminated yesterday, when sen-
tence was passed upon the following prisoners :---
De. TIL-William 'Warner, for stealing goods,
value 501. from 'a boat on the Thames ; George
Bailiff, alias Williams, for stealing 101. in a -dwel-
ling-house ; William Roberts, for house-breaking
in the day time; Janes Sisson, for highway rob-
bery ; William Smith, for sheep stealing; - John
Green, for feloniously firing a loaded pistol al J.
Woadford, with Intent to murder hei; William
Bigges, for stealing in a dwelling-house; John
Bedding, for burglary ; Fiances Patteson, ,for steal-
ino• rank notes in a dwelling-house, to the amount
of 141. ; Ann Riley, f. r stealing privately in a shop;
and Eliza Tipper, for n'tering a counterfeit six-
pence, baring been convicted of being a common
utterer before.

TRANSPORTATION FOR LlFE.—Abraham Bohan],
James Cardinal, Jelin Emanuel, Thomas Browne,
William Spencer and John Simpkin.
TRANSPORTATION FOR SEVEN YEARS..--J. Cole-
man, Jeremiah Dalton, John -Davis, James Fur-
longer, George Browne, John Jacobs, James But-
ler, Michael Gorman, James Rab Son, James New-
land, John Myers,
Diamond, .George Croft, Robert Davis, William
Evans, John Gates, Samuel Mann, Stephen Smith,
Thomas Walters; Henry Clarke, and Peter Clarke,
Margaret Bobinson, Frances Martin, E. Durant,
Eliza Ellis, Sarah Keith, Ellen Wdliarns, and M.
Kite.

Ten to be imprisoned one year. •
Twenty-two to be imprisoned six months ; and
Twenty to be imprisoned for shorter periods,
'whipped, and discharged. _ _

The Sessious then adjourned to the 18th of July

The 'following case, which was tried last week,
is one of the most singular and interesting that ever
came before a Jury :

THE KING V. JAMES FUALONGER.

'

The prosecutor, Mr. Edward Pilcher, is a miller,
a Gentleman of respeaability and property, residing
at Margate,• in the county of Kent. The defen-
dant's real name is James Furlonger, but he has
written and signed letters in the names of George
Beverley, George Canning, S.• Trembey, and seve-
ral others, was formerly' a clerk in the house' of
Timothy Curtis and Co. City-road, brewers,- and
having a good education, considered a young man.
of respettability during the time he vi as in that em-
ploy ; how long it is since he left that situation, and
what he has dcne, or how employed, is not known,
but from his own account in different letters Writ;
ten to the prosecutor and others, wherein he ex-
presses an unfortunate passion for gaming.
Tl• fatts and circumstances of the case against
the defendant, upon which be was fully. committed
to take his trial, are as follow :

In the month of Apfil, 1809, the Prosecutor, Mr'.
Netter, was in London, on business. During his
stay he put up at the London Coffee-horse; Lud-
gate4ol, Messrs. Leach and Dallymore. On Aron.-
day,• the 10th April, in that year, Mr. Pitcher went
out, leaving his portmanteau in his room safe; on
his return, he found the portmanteau had been cut,
arid a variety of articles gone, viz.. two shirts, three
neck handkerchiefs, one waistcoat, two pocket
handkerchiefs,and one pair of stockings, and a pocket
book, containing papers, memorandums, &c. &c.
Every inquiry was made in the house; the servants
all examined ; but Messrs. Leach and Dallymore
bad no reason to • suspect that either of them had
been the thief, and concluded that some person must
have got up stairs unobserved, or that some person
who had slept there had committed the robbery .;
and having no hope of recovering the property, or
finding out the offender, they agreed to pay the pro-
se;:utor the amount of.his loss, and they 'according-
'fy paid him 31. gs. as the amount and value of the
articles. •

Oa 'he 17111 April, 1809, the proseoulor received
the following letier, addressed to Mr. Edward I'd-
chtr, Margate: _

" London, April i 7, 1809.
" SlR—Your pocket-book has fallen into the
.
hands di a young man whose ungovernable pas-
sions,. and a cursed infatuation to the gambhng ta-
ble, have led him to the commission of an ad the
most disgraceful. The property I took from your trunk
at the London Coffee-houselarnihked Ynt with a gui-
nea at the moment I was destitute. Aga,in I had re-
course- to the gaming-table, and I have, been the
Sport of, fortune since, -alternately rich and poor.—
morning art opportunity, offered fot me to go
abroad, with great inospeds ut doing good. Your
linen is 'out of the'cpiestion. Is your pocket-book
of value to you 1 offer it to-you on the hallowing
terms require 251.-:—Twenty7five pounds.—' ia
a large sum to away. Possilily you will have
it returned at no distant l eriod. Insert immediate-.
Iy' in the Morning Chronicle Newspaper.the tollow7
Mg, ,should you. be disposed to- giVe this Sum :
agrees to the proposition contained in
G. 1.1--2 s communication.' This I shall look for,
u and yo. shall ag.un hear froin me. But do not delay.
ti B.!,

(SECOND LETTER.)

London, April 24, aog.
" Sra—Anticipating your consent to the terms
! proposed in the letter I addressed to you some days
since, I did visit last week, most of the Coffee-
houses in the City, . for the purpose of
' in what way I could, without personal risk, re-
ceive a letter from you. The result of my observa-
tions is torequestyou will carefully fold and inclose,
in a sheet of letter-paper, three fire-pounds Rank
of England notes, direaed, thus t7--c Mr. G. T.
Beverley, E. I. S. Jerusalem Coffee-ho Use Cow-
per's-court, Cornhill.', This letter youwill put
into B. Pigeon-hole,, at the Bar of that Coffee-house,
Where I observe there are many letters left for
Gentlemen, who take them away without being
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noticed. - When ' say put, I mean the letter is
not to be sent by, the post. Theo: her two 51. notes
Bonk of England are to be carefully folded and in-
closed also in a sheet of paper, and addressed thus—
' `Mr.. B. Gilbert, Lloyd's Coffee-house.' .ThiS
letter must also be PUT into the G. Pikeon-hole, in
the large Room, at. Lloyd's (not the 'great Subseri-
ber' Room Where the letters are kept in 'the bar)
but in that_ Room _where Notices are stuck up of
ships about to sail to different parts. By these
means, I shall obtain when opportunity.suits., and
I declare .solemoty, on my honour, you shall have
your boOk and its contents as you left it, sent in less
than 21 hours after I have, received your letters. I
will tell you any attempt on your part ,to recover
the book, without
,complying with my desire's, will
befruitless. I shall leave the ,book in a place of
safety' when Igo for the letter.- As' to myself, I arm
at most indifferent whetherlsucceed or be deteaed.
.1 carry my security about me, only for others who
are still dear to we, and who would be ever miser-
able should my name be publiclsy, branded with in-
famy. Do not, I entreat, delay a moment, it you
are resolved to sacrifice this sun) for the present. If
I cbuld be assured of your word, as a man, that I
should not be detained, I would see you for an hour
before I leave this, country. In your letters you
will inform me where I may send your. book. In
order that no time may belost, I have resolved to
write so you at the 'London Coffee-house, as also at
Margate, and shall put you to six shillings more
expence to apprize me of the letters being sent, and
waiting my taking. In the Chronicle again insert—
'E. P--r has complied with the wishes of G. B.
and add, there is 719 cause for delay?
, " For the present I remain, " G. B."-

SIR-1 have. opened the letter to say, that lam
extremely- desirous of having this affair concluded as
soon as possillle. I wish to take the letters the first
time I may notice them ; assure me that I am not
watched, and I shall have no hesitation : add these
words, There is no cause for delay.' "G. B.".

•
(THIRD LETTER.)
Addressed to Mr. E. Filcher, Margate, Kent.
" Slit—To what cause am Ito impute your inat-
tention to my last communication? On your account,
I repeat, that it would be very convenienOto me to
leave London almost immediately. My time is
completely unoccupied, if I except the few moments
that I occasionally give to your account book, where
the very curious receipts attract my attention in no
ordinary degree. I expect you will, by the next
Tuesday, apprize me of your determination regard-
ing the
,advance I understood (by the insertion of
your note in the-Chronicle) it was your intention to
make. After that day I shall not be able to avail
myself of .the opportunity now present of going
abroad. As I deem myself, in
,the event of your
acceding to my proposal, the party principally
obliged, I trouble you once again in this affair. The
same mode of conveyance, and places for the letters,
to be kept as I imlormed you in the last letter I ad-•
dressed to you. ' Your continued silence I shall con-
strue unfavourable to my wishes..
" I am, Sir, yours, &c. ".G. B."

In consequence of the last utter the prosecutor
did insert in the Morning Chronicle, of the 3d of
May, 1809, the following
"E. P—r will'comply with the wishes of G. B.
and there is no cause for delay-; but the exchange
must be made at the same time; Any method of
doing which may be pointed out by a line sent to
the London Coffee-house, as soon as this meets-G.B;'s
eye, fixing any hour and place, on the day this
advertisement is inserted, before four o'clock, when
G. B. may depend on the assurance required in his
letter of the 24th. E. P—r leaves town this
evening.
(FOURTH LETTER)

" Wednesday MOrning, May 3. 1809.
" afternoon your pocket-book shall be
offered, to you. at a quarter before three, at the Af-
rican • Coffee-house, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill,
-opposite the Jamaica Coffee-house, where I request
you will attend, with a letter addressed to Mr. G..
Beverley, containing five 51.
_Bank of England notes.
Much time has been lost on your part ; I will
place confidence in the assurance you give me, my
mind being made up as to the consequences in the
event of your not adhering strictly to.yoUr promise.
Any attempt at detention w.ll be attended' with the
most instant dreadful effeas.. The exchange iv all
at present that is necessary. . In your way, I beg

you to lea;a a note for G. Beverley, in the .B pigeon-

hole at Lloyd's, not the Subscription-roan, siating
your intention, if you are prepared to a6t in the way
I now propose, and whether you attend personally
whether you will require any explanation, and a
positiim assurance that I may confide—in your pro-.
mises'. The money, I repeat, shall be
.returned to

you, with interest. Once again I caution you
against deceiving me—l may suffer, but you will
not be a gainer. " G. BRVERLEY."
(FIFTH LETTER).
Addressed to Mr. E. Pitcher.
"-Sin—l have your letter from Lloyd's. 'Tis
impossible—l cannot see you. My . agitation will
not permit me.' Give the bearer the.note inclosing
the amount I require, and all will be well.
" Half past two. " G. B."
' " I will explain by writing, if agreeable to you.',
In consequence of these letters, the prosecutor
made application to the City Marshal and Police
Officers, and it was recommended that the sum of
should be enclosed in a letter,' directed in the
manner described in the defendant's letter, and that
Mr.'Nalder should wait, with some other persons,.
to see, who came for the letter. :He accordingly at-
tended at the time and place appOinted, when a
_ _

porter brought a leth:r. Mr. Raider asked him if

he had a letter or parcel—he said he 'had, and gave
it to him, and which contained the pocket-book of
the prosecutor, upon which. Mr. Nalder delivered
him the letter which contained Abe notes. After he
had delivered the letter, Mr. Naidet desired to know
from the porter froth vN hour he had the parcel, and
to whom' he was to deli% er the letter ; the porter
said, -the Gentleman told him if be missed of thin to
follow him to 'Finsbury-square. , Mr. Nalder .ac-
companied the porter to•'Fitisburvlsquare, but could
not find the Ulan that gavel him the parcel.- Mr.
Nalder then took the letter from the porter and the
notes, ha% ing shown him that the letter did contain
25J. in Bank-notes. Soon after the prosecutor re-
ceived the following letters from the defendant :
" Mr. E. PILCHER,
al rive minutes before Three, Wednesday,

" Be assured you have no common .man to deal
with. Although no Londoner, I knew the City
Marshal. Yuu have your book again. lam at
present without the sun you proposed—l may ne,
ver get it, but the recovery of the book shall cost
you four times the sum .I require. It will occupy
some time. I shall leave London (having re-
courses) this night. I do not deceive you—four
times 1251. it shall cost you.

E. B."

" SIR-In the irritation of the moment I wrote
a note to you, at
.three o'clock, which you will get
about seven, by the post; since that hour I have
suffered most severely successive faintings, produced
by agonizing refle6lions on the narrow escape I have
experienced ; I have now no feeling of animosity
against you. I. was prepared, and take shame to
myself when I confess it, with a brace of loaded
pis-
tols. But I was either too great a coward, or 'twas
.the interposition of Providence. There were two
persons followed the porter, one the City Marshal,
the other pin-haps yourself; and at that moment I
trembled to think of the precipice I was placed on.
I have intemperately threatened you. You may
disarm all resentment for the deceiv you have passed
on me. I possess 255. by the sale of those pistols
this moment ; I will not leave town till to-morrow.
It is very evident to me that the recovery of your
book .was of moment to•you. It is in your pos-
session again for less than one pound. Be assured I
am no common man ; I ask you now to lend roe a
few pounds, to take me to Portsmouth. If you
can spare them, and I leave the amount to you, en-
close them in a letter, and I shall get it from
Lloyd's, as I did your note this afternoon.
" Farewell, Sir—possibly the ..time will arrive
when you will not be grieved that I have escaped
the snare you laid for me.

" G. BEVERLEY,. Lloyd's."
" Five olclock, Wednesdays" .
- 4' London, 6th May, 1809.
" Sral--You compel me to rernirld you, that
there is an absolute necessity you should keep the
promise you voluntarily made. I do not require
the whole at present. You may dire& a friend to
leave it for me at Lloyd's, where I shall look for it
on Monday. Ido hope you will not trouble me
'to apply more particularly ; in the present affair,
the assistance of. the entire Police of London will
not avail you. There was no necessity imposed on
you to promise what I demanded ; having made that
promise, you muc,t sooner or later keep it.

" You will save money by attending to this requi-
sition.

G. BEVERLEY Lloyd's"

" Mr.PtLCHRR.—It appears you have 'decided not
to adhere to the promise you made; I shall vv rile no
more. Fortune has enabled me to make a trip for
a month or two. I shall-visit Margate. I will then
see you ; and-be assured, -that as you have deceived
me, I will not falsify the words I made use of on the
day you intended to have entrapped me—lt shall
cost you four times the sum you promised.—l give
you this caution. In the mean tone, I shall occa-
sionally look in at Lloyd's, believing you'cantiot be
46 senseless to disregard the %Yarning .1 give you.
‘.‘ G.'I3EVERLEY, 1 Ith May 1809."
((Monday, Ev.lning, trl) July ‘lBcg.

".Mr. FILCHER,

" Sin--Although so much time has elapsed since
I promised to remind you in person of your unhand-
_some condua towards me, I have not ceased to re-
member. it I expeci to leave town about Friday.
next. If you do not think proper to keep your word
by that day, I shall take 'the first favourable oppor,
tunity to convince you that I will not be trifled with,
" Your butnble servant, ' •
" G. BEVERLEY."

'6 lerusalem Coffeehouse,
Cornhill, London."
Here the correspondence ended ; and tpe prose.
cutor having recovered his book,- sought no more
after the defendant.

A short time ago, the defendant having been dis-
covered by an Officer belonging to Worship-street,
he stow him, saying he wished he would walk as far
as Mr. Leach's, Ludgate-hill, with him ; he said hg
would, borSoon-aftet attempted to make his escape,
upon telling him for what he slept him. He was

poisned and taken-; and boing asked if
wrote to Alr. respettinv, the robbery,ltt
Leaeh';, he admitted' tliai all 11;e letters were las
wilting, and
.that he sent than. .

He was then taken in:o.i.:ustorly ; and upon IP7
formations to the above effect being taken, 3
proof that the' letters 4ddresci to the pf9sgc9t(',l'
were in his hand-wriiisng,'"he 1.•:-ai fully corninirt9-11'
take his trial for steaiing 11:e airticles-13efore-inen‘
tinned.

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The defendant was yesterdaycOnrlernaed, to 9,2 yen
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year's transportation. , .

SPQR EVTELLIGENCLI,

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MAIiDINGTON RACES.--(Stockbridge C.oUrse,)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE. 13. - •
Sir 14. Lippincott's c. Hymen, lost. 91b. beat
Call's Red Cross Knighi, lost. 61b. Red Post; scgs• a Ve;',
race.
Ld- Sackville's Snail, toSt. 61b. agst . Col. Draper's Cid''.
brian, lost, two miles, 5-.;gs. h. ft.— Cambrian won easy•
Sweepstakes of fogs. each, with 3ogs. laji the C.
I°'",
for tour yr. olds, lost. 71b. five
mares
olds, Ist. 6tb.• .
olds; rut.
and aged, 12st. 21b. and geldiiviallOW-
31b. two miles. Five §ubscribers, or no rice..
Ld'Sackvillc's Bustard, aged`

Air. Trevanion's Bncephalus, aged .= A
-; -
Mr. Douglas's c. by Dick Andrews,' out of. Toy, 4 yrs old
M r. Goutburn names TortoiSe; 4-yrS old -

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The. Maddington Stakes of 2sks.. each, isft. and_ ,g.
only Y's
if declared, ice. . Four miles. 1
Mr. Douglas's Delusion, s yrs old, 1 isi. ilb. . - i
Mr. Bonverte'S Nymphina, 6 ..yrs-old, lost: illb. - - 3
Mr. Calley's Mountaineer, aged, list. 9lb. - -
-}
Col. Draper naines'ltitielnan, 5 yrs old, lost. 4lf}. - s
Alajet Pigot's Ploughboy, aged, tort, bib - - -
A very tiVe race, won by a head only.
•

GUILDFORD, TpEsnAy, RINE 12. ' of
c His Majesty's' Plate Of loogs.• irec tor any 'horse, mirias.
'
gelding ; tour yr olds carrying 1051. 41b, ; Ilse Yr °Tiitt
1 Ist. 61b. ; six yr olds, tzst. and aged, tzst alb,
best if three 4 wile heats. •
Ld Egrernont's ch. h. Eledion, by Gohanna, 6 yrs old
,1 ,
Mr. Dilly's br. h. Gnatho, aged - - - - "
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Sir F. Evelyn's ch. c. Reading, 4 yrs old - # e