The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-30 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Last night the shopman of Mr. Youg, the pawn-
broker, of St. Martin's-lane, came before Mr. thus,
the sitting Magistrate, and stated, that a silver fish-
slice had jut( been offered to him for sale by a man
in livery, and suspecting that there was something
wrong, from the low price (10s.) which the man
asked far the article, he (the witness) called in
Groom the constable, and had him apprehended.--=
The s!,oprnan added; that the prisoner, on being
questioned, stated that the fish-slice had been given
to him by Mr. Stephenson, the banker, of Lombard-
street, who had lately stopped payment.
Mr. HALLS—lndeed I I suppose, then, catch
what you can is the order of the day, and the fish-
slice was seized upon in the general scramble. What
account do you give of the matter ? asked the Ma-
gistrate,.addressing the prisoner. The prisoner, who
said drat his name was Anderson, stated, in reply,
that the fish-slice was given to him by his master,'
Mr. :Stephenson, about three or four months ago, on
the occasion of his purchasing a new one frogs his ,
silversmith at Charing-cross.
Groom, the constable, stated that, upon his
searching the prisoner, he found in his great coat
pocket the case of loaded pistols which he now
produced.
Mr. HALLS examined the pistols, a small pocket
case, and found that they were primed and loaded.
The Magistrate then asked the prisoner where and
how he had obtained them ? The prisoner replied,
that he found them in his master's dressing-room,
where they lay upon a chest of drawers, but ha could
not say how he came to put them in his•pocket. He
bad no notion that they were loaded.
Mr. HALLS—But how came you to take them
away ? they were not your property, you know.
What business had you with them ? Prisoner—
Why, I was this morning desired to go out of the
house, which is in a great state of confusion. Every
thing is about to be sealed up; .and so finding the
pistols loose about, and being portable, I suppose I
put them in my pocket.
Mr. HALLS—You did very wrong in so doing,
and I certainly will not part with you without further
inquiry. The account which you give of the fish-
slice is extremely improbable, and the manner in
hich you account for the pistols is equally suspi-
cious. Your master not being forthcoming, I
scarcely know how to act.
The prisoner here explained that his master was
not Mr. Rowland Stephenson who had absconded,
hut his brother.

" Oh, in that case," observed Mr. HALLS, " we
can be enabled to ascertain the truth of your state-
ment. Your master, I suppose is come-at-able."
" Certainly he is," replied the prisoner, " and if
sent to, I hare no doubt will come forward."
" Well, then, I will send to him directly," said
Mr. HALLS " where is ho to be found ?" "At
Bartholomew's Hospital, Sir," replied the prisoner,
" where he is at present stopping. He is also a
partner in the bank which has failed."
" Then the better way," said Mr. lIALr,s to
Groom, the constable, "is for you to take the pri-
soner to his master, and ascertain the truth of his
statement. If what he says be true, you can let him
go about his business ; but if he has come die-
honestly by these articles, you can still detain him,
and bring him back in custody to this office."
Groom said that it would not. he altogether safe
for him to convey the prisoner at night to the city.
Mr. HALL s—You can obtain the assistance of
some of the city officers, if you should require it.
Groom still hesitated, and seemed 'unwilling to
take charge of the prisoner ; upon which
The Magistrate directed that he should be taken
to St. Martin's watch-house, until kmessengec re-
turned from his master.
The prisoner was removed in custody to the
watch-house, and Groom was despatched to Bar-
tholomew's Hospital to obtain the requisite in-
formatior.

George Wood was placed at the bar, charged by
George Gough, a Surrey constable, on suspicion of
raring stolen a black ware, the property of Mr.
George Duke, farmer, of llatcliti-upon-Trent.
Mr. HALLS asked the constable what grounds he

had for suspecting the prisoner.
Gough replied, that the prisoner had been ad-
vertised by name in the Hue and cry, and the de-
scription giren of him there fully agreed with his
personal appearance. The prisoner had been in
custody before upon the same charge, but effected
his escape from the officer who took him.
The prisoner denied that such was the case.
lie was then remanded until Saturday.
The female servant of Mr. Warrington, of West
Moulsey, wlro has been so long in eastody, and three
rnep for whom the police have been looking for

some weeks past, were brought before Sir R.
Blame in the course of the morning for re-exetin-
nation ; bet Mr. Warrington's servant being linable
to identify the prisoners, they were discharged.