The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-21 00:00:00

POLICE.

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Tbursday evening baron
4le.vancler, a Jew, was brought to.the Office, by
Llvviider, charged, on suspicion
.of setting tire to
hia house, in Little Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-
fields.

and.secure3 him, and secured Salorrens, 2rd so
lie Was: Jeading him; alono',., h' ricked
which;..he,had no doubt, Solomoni driipp.ed,
as it fdi at, his feet.-7--Qn searching him, he foUnd
four. O. Bank of England notes in his fob pocket,
and in his breechei, pocket seven dollars,
lomons said ',was all the money he had aboUt
but; on searching his right-hand coat pocket, he
found another 11. Bank of England note. The
prisoner Joseph refused to submit to be searched bK
Preston; but. at last agreed. that he should sealch
htm), and the patroie perceiving him put-something'
into his mouth, searched him very closely, when 'he
found a 301. Bank of England note, a 51. and two'
11. notes between his shirt and his neck, which he
said. were his cwn. In the -pocket-bock whiCh lie
picked up, he found a Banker's check, for 561. and
two lottery' SliareS.
Mr. Ross, who Jesides in Marchmont-place,
Itussell-square, confirmed the -above, and. said be
saw the prisoner Solothons drop a pocket-book,
which was. picked up by Vickery the officer. -

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. . . . John Anstey, theJandlord.of the house, in Little
Queen-street, in which the prisoner resided, let. the
shop to him and his partner, at. nine shillings:a
,week, Time Witness octupiedlhe fir-ii floor. About
one le..clerk.on ;I'needny-motn::11g, Ile Was alarmed
by a watchman istiocking at-his bed-room door, and
calling " fire." He got up,
.and, With all possible
speed, ran downstairs, when he observed tbe.par-
tition; which divides the
.shop and the pas,sage to
the stairs, to be in 413111e'°. He took a large piece
of flannel and endeavoeted to smother,: the flames
with it, and being assisted by aenan .of the name
of Jarnea Lee, Who lodged in his' garret, who
b,O,.:ght some Water, they succeeded in eetting,lbe
fir.e out before the engines arrived. When he first
get'doWn stairs, the shop and streetedoor were both
open ; '.the prisoner, wise slept in the shop, Was not
there, but while he 'was exerting himself in extin-
guishing the flemes, he came in and -said, that the
fire Was occasioned. ley his leaving a candle burning
upon
.the top of his bureau bedstead, to light his
partner when.
,candle
come home, and that the
heat of the ;candle had drawn .down some of the
things that were hanging up in the shop,. and had
set timetn nn fire. When the prisoner first came in
to him, his coat was bUtfoned up crOse to his neck;
but tie neckcloth. on.; he had his hat on,, and his
hoota,. but could not tellevliether he had his breeches . .
The woman who We stated a' few days since was
On or not. - . - - s-
t held to bail to keep the peace towards Mr. W—,
John Thonias liatlier, one of the Dare&ors . be- ! M P for annoying him, as he went in and out of
kinking to the Comity Fire-Office, said, that an in- '
surance was made at their office, about ten days ' the. House of Commons, and at his own house, in
consequence of her having had a child by him, and
sines, in the names of Aaron Alexander .and Samuel ' alleging that he.oWed her fool. for bringing it up, did
Sinnons, of Little Queen-street, in the soul of : not attend to
.the recognizance she had entered into,
501. on. the household furniture, and ee' 01; on the but has since pursued thei sameCouesee.end has be-
.stockin trade: The insurance was made by Sim set Mr. Wand called aiter him opprobrious names,
mons, in "their joint names.. On 'Wednesday a saving, he had cheated her out of 1001. hi conse-
claim was made at. their 'office, by Simtr.ons; for ' clue ncof:.Which she was taken' into•custody again by
881. 155.. fid: in cenSeqUence of which he .•sent : Lavencier,and latoUght before Mr. Nares, whoordered
Francis Lye, a clerk belonging .to their office, for her to find bail. She was then taken to the Brown
the pueposeof inspecting the damage; and from his i 'Bear Public-house, and while sitting in."thepallour,
report oldie state of.the premises, he went hirnself, in an a61.6f desperation, stabbed herself with a pen-
and saw that the partition had been burnt through, knife. Mr. Hazard, the landlord, very humanely
and.a hole about- the size of the crown of a hat ; a : sent for MreCole, the Surgeon.,..who -said, that the
,shelf had also been burnt through, and the inside ! knife had entered just above her navel, but having
-of the partition i here were marks of tallow or grease gone in a slanting direOion, the wound would not
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runnteg-down, and the partition, which is about 18 ' ,
prove fatal nor dangerous.- Sheelvas accordingly con-
`inches in widths. Was smeared on each side of the : veyed toTOthill-fields Bridev.ell,-for want-of bail.
' hol6; .which the candle--had made: The - prisener"'
observed to hini, that about half an hour before the 1 We noticed the atrocious attempt which had been
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•alarm. of "fire; he went to bed, having first ex- made On the life of., Mr. Napier, Of Mollance, with
titignished his candle very carefully, and that he an intention to kill him. Though much wounded,
placed the candle on "the lleed of his bedstead, about . he is recoverifttrapidly ; four slugs, which entered
three feet from where the partition took fire. On " the tipper. part of his cheek, had been estraeled,
his di4cOvering the House to be on fire, he ran out., three from behind the ear, .and another from the
into the street, in his shirt, and desired the watch- '.back part of the neck. The adroitness and presence
min to call the people who lived up stairs. The of mind displayed by Mr. Napier's servant oughtwitness observed but very few fragments of burnt ' by no means to be unnoticed. The robb:rs Mlle'
rags. The furniture did not appear to be worth .- their attack by riding up briskly behind the servant
51. and the stock iti trade very trifling.
.. i one of them strtick him with a. bludgeon across the
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Joseph Etstree, one of the firemen, belonging to " shOtdders;atid fired a pistol at his facAk which form.-
nately inissnd. hen. During the scuffle. the man
the County Office, said he went to ' Little. -Queen-'
sfrect, on 'Feesday morning, in eonsequence of an. , loosened a sack which was fastemmed r a pnir of
zOarrn of fire where he got about half past
two ' saddle-bags, containing a box, of coneiderable value,,
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in a , and threw it, to sine side of the road ; he, then re-
o'clock. That he found the prioner in bed,
treated to a leinse abeut Coo yards behind to call
Intreau bsidstead in Vse shop, the fie being then.'
for assistapee, and being folloWed by hie opponent,
comp'etely out; every body in the !mese, he be-
he leaped• Off, be;ged his life, and offered the horse
lieved, was then in bed. He lsnockecl at the street
and saddle-bag to the robber, with which he was.
door; for some time, before he could gain admit-
contented. and rode •eff to his comrade, who had
tance. He proceeded t 6 examine the premises that
had been on fire, and there. appeared very little - attacked Mr. Napier, unfortunately; with more success. The man immediately returned to his. mas-
dame,:ge, not, in the whole; amounting to more than'
91. The wainscot was burnt through, and a few
ter; and on his way threw his sack
_for safety over"
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remnants of rag;
the hedge; on coming up.to Mr. Napier,: he found
()illy appeared ; there was 'lulus-
him dismounted, and his home also taken away.
niture exstept a bed and a table. He only .observe
Mr. Napier was still able to walk, though
chair, and that was in another part of time shop. He
dread-
asked the prisoner what office he was insured in ? fully . wounded, and faint for loss of blood ; with
his servant's assistance, he was enabled to return to
He leplied; in the Cietuity. He told the prisoner he ;
tlee house Of Mr: Pew, a little way off, where he
belonged -to the County-Office ; upon which he
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asked him how he wss to manage about making out still remains. Some time after Mr. Napier was in
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• his estimate; and said he would give the witness a the house, a person on horseback knocked badly
at the door, and deinandedadmission, but, on hear-
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stnnea, if be woeld:assist him in making it out, and
ing men's voices, rode rapidly off. This is supposed
speak in' his behalf at time office. - He obaeived a -
,to be one of time disappointed. robbers. Both horses
bottle' on the floor, and the -Prisoner told Ilina' he
: .were found a little further on the road to Dumfries,
used it as a candlestick, and he, saw the smear ac
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mark of talfow," which was above tile plaee where •n one of the fields of Mellance. This attack took
-place on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday morn-
the candle was, and there were drains where it had
ing. two medarrived at Mott-et to breakfast; their
run dosen. from the candle. He scraped some of
the tallow off- the wainscothou,;';with. his thou,;'; and !horses were very much jaded, and one of them
shouted jlost a .shoe. Great suspicion is attached to these
ed it to they prisoner, who °aid it - was turpeue .:'
tine, but he thought it was tallow. I. men:
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• ' John Laney, the ytea ichrnan, who gave the alarm, l On Monday last was ccrnmitted to Spalding gaol,
said, he Was-calling the hour in Little Q.neen--stmeet, by the Rev. Maurice Johroote, D. D. John Atltile-
ten.Mondily night, when . he-smelt something burn- son, aliaS' Thomas biley, alias -.-- Wikon, on
hag, and thought it was at No. 41 i -he knocked at suspicion of negeciating a bill of exchange,:knowing
the doOr, and immediately the prisoner ran out of: the same to be forged with intent to defrand
his shop, with only his shirt en ; he appeared very " Metsti.' Sheath and son, of Boston; banker's. The
mutt eleimed. He told him to go and call the.. bill purported to be drawn by ----e-- Laughton, of
peOple up stairs. He went into the house; the - Wielsech,.ori RObarts arid CO." bankers in London,
pirtition was then" burning through ; there welt,• for tool. e and the prisoner gat Cashlor it at Messrs.
also some shelves on fire, and he thought there Nvcre Sheath's agent,, at Spalding on-Monday Morning.' A
some books on them, which were burning. He re-examination .of the bill inducing suspicion of its
then 'Went up stairs and called the people, and after- validity, Atkinson was pursued; and apprehended in
welds went and called an engine, and when .he re- the afternoon at Cawland, where he attempted" to
turned, the fire' Was out. Thtt Prisoner • was Com. • elude his" pursuers by alighting from his.. horse arid
milted for further examination.
, ! secreting himself in a ditch. ilieii-a-young man of
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As the'Plisoner was being conveyed to the Office, genteel person and manners.; about 23 years' ofage,
be gave Lavender a violent blow on the head, and and says he comes from 'Farrington, near Lynn:—
endeavoured to make his escape . but Lavender 't .A horse dealer from the neighbourhood of. Leeds,
knocked 'him down, and.dragged him to the Office for whOmTurinit is making on the road to London,
on his backs • . _ . - . is suspected tosbe.an accomplice. • '
. • .7. • - . PICKPOCXETS. . . DUEL.—On Thursday a duel was fought in Hack..
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nay-fields; lliiiiveen two gentlemen residing isi that
',Tohn..loseph and Isaac Solomons, two well-known
pickpockets, were Charged with picking the poCket neighbour-hood, the one an. eminent stock-hrolter,
and the other a junior partner in a mercantile house,
ofMr.Dodd, of Eltharn, of bank notes to a consider-
able eniount,
.at the 'Westminster Meeting, on in consequence of a dispute hich originated on the
'Tuesday. • . . preceding day at the house of a friend. "The- tar-
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kihn Vickery, one of the officers, belonging to ties,.attei exchanging shots, in which one of them
Worship-street, said, that on Tuesday last, as he was 'slightly wounded in the shoulder, were inters
was attending at the Westminster Meeting,.ih New rupted by their seconds, and a reconciliation took
Palace-yard; he saw the prisoners come out together 3place- . • .
from among the crowd; ard go into the Hell ; upon j A Bill is now in its progress through the House of
,which: he cohort lohn'Preston, One of the patrole ' Commons, .which when vassed into a law, cannot
belooging.-fii -time above office, to go with hirn, well fad to be produaive of great national benefit: It is
knewing them to be pickpockets. When they got entitled —" A _Bill for ascertaining the duties in..
, (ambent on- the occupiers "of land adjoining to,
to the door of time Hall, he saw the psisonet, Joel
highways and turopike-roads in England, for li-
Joseph, with a imomber of Bank notes in his hand,. '
as it in the Ecr Of -coupling them. The prisoner . noting the ileigh; of fences, planting-of trees in the.
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Solomons was close to him; be went up to•thern, neighteserhood of roads, the breadth .of roads, and
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the distance and height. of buildings adjoining.
when the prisoner Joseph on seeing him, ran away '
with the BaA 410:CS in his Imam', and Prestvn,pursued thereto." •

Thomas Dodd, tbe prosecutor„ said, that about
ball past two o'ciock, on Tuesday, he Was in New
Palace-yard at the Wes!miiister Meet irks, and in a
few minutes after, the people began -to disperse ; he
missed his pocket book, _and identified the book
picked up by Vickery, the otErer, and dropped by
prisoner, Solomons ;
,also the bank notes and
check fouhd upon them, to be the same that. were
in his book.

The prisoners were fully committed to Newgate
for trial.