The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-05 00:00:00

POLICE, INTELLIGENCE.

. . STSAE4NQ IN PRINTING-OF/IC/S.
GUILDHALL—A man, who gave his name Thomas Tho-
mas, was charged with stealing in the printing-offices of Mr.
Clowes, Nerthumberland-court, and Mr. Gilbert, St. John's-
sqUare. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Clowes' composi-
tors, that, on quitting their business on Monday evening, each
man left his composing-stick (en instrument used in compositors'
work) on his frama, in the usual way, and, on returning on
Tuesday morning, 'five or six of the composing-sticks bad disap-
peared from various pasta of the office. Inquiry was made at two
:pawnbrokers', where such sticks are known to be pawned j and
sold, and the whole of the missing articles were found to have
been deposited there on Monday evening. The prisoner after-
Wards applied to pawn some more composing-sticks, when be was
taken into o:0,0y,
A compositor (reit Mi.' Gilbeit's office identified one of the
composing-sticks pledged by the prisoner, and now produced by
the pawnbroker, as his property, which had been stolen 'from
Mr. Gilbert's on Tuesday; and another person, from the same
house, proved having seen the prisoner in the office on Tuesday,
during the dinner-time of the men.
The prisoner, when walled on, told a round-about story of his
having met some man, whom lie did not know, at the Hole-in-
the-wall, Fleet-street, and at the Three Herringe, Bell-yard (pub-
, licshouses frequented by printers), itho asked him to
pawn
for
hiin• the articles now produced. The man, however, was not
forthcoming, and the Sitting Alderman (Sir It. C. Gt.vae) con-
sideml the evidence taken to be to conclusive, that Ise-committed
the prisoner for trial on both the charges. Eight or teen compo-
sitors front the two offices were in attendance, to prefer similar
charges against the prisoner, had it been necessary.
The Rev. Rowland Hill appeared before Sir R. C. GLYN, Ba-
ronet, yesterday, to solicit his advice under the following eircum-
itinces-:—Placards had been posted about the streets, annottucs.
ing that Founders-hall chapel, Lothbnry, will be re-opened on
Thursday (that day), for divine worship, under the pastoral Can:
of the Rev. Samuel Walter Burgeons, on which occasion three ser-
mons would be preached—that in the morning by the Rev. Row-
land Bill, A.lll. ; in the afternoon, by the Rel. James Spencer,
A. 8., late of Trinity College, Dublin; and in the evening by
the IlSv. Robert Stodhart, of Mulberry-gardens chapel, Ratcliffe.
Now, as far as respected himself, he had not only never consent-
ed to preach the said sermon, but had never even been applied to
on the subject; and upon inquiry, he hail learnt that the party
who had commenced this speculation was little better than a
swindler. The question he wished to have solved was, whether,
if the impostor should make a collection after the sermon, which
might be supposed to be the, main object, he could not be made
amenable by the criminal law, the congregation contributing
'under the delusion that the man bad at least the countenatit* of
the applicant.
Sir HICJIAR.D, after consulting with his legal adviser, was of
opinion that he 'could not interfere in any way, mind that if the
applicant had any,remetly, it must hely action.
The Rev. Rowland Hill retired, expressing a doubt if it would
be worth while to give himself any further trouble.
With regard to the meeting itself, we understand a sermon was
preached by some person; but 110 collection was attempted, the
congregation consistiug of only forty of fifty individuals. It would,
however, have been well attended, but for the diversion of the
hand-bills about the doors, stating that the publication of the Rev.
It. Hill's name was a gross imposition upon the public credulity,
that Res% Gentleman being " totally`ignorant of the man who
presumed on such an unwarrantable liberty with his name." j
UNION HALL. :Yesterday a female, named Ann Robinson,
in the service of -Dr. Stephenson, of Walcot-plaie, Kennington,
was brought up in the, custody of Grassinith, the officer, before
the sitting Magistrate, R. CHAMBERS,
.Esq., charged with
robbing her muster of plate and other property of considerable
value.

......, .
From the evidence of Mrs. Stephenson, it' appeared that the
prisoner had been IS months in their service, and that during the
above period, silver spoons, forks, and other article. offline, were
constantly missed from the house. As there were other.domes-
tics in the service, against whom stronger suspicions were enter-
tained of having stolen the property than the prisoner, the former
were discharged, their good opinion of nobinson's character for
honesty being forined.in consequence of the distress she affected on
those occasions, when a silver article or any other description of
property disappeared from the house. Altliongh every means had
been devised to detect the real pilferer for a length of time, that
object had not been accomplished until within a few days back,
*hen, in consequence of two Urge oilier table-spoons having been
liken from the sideboard cellaret, a general search took place of all
the servants,—a proposition that was first started by the prisoner
herself. During the examination, . when it came to Robinson's
turn to have her pockets searched, her agitation was apparent to
all present, for she absolutely quaked with fear. la her pockets
were discovered about forty deplieates 'Of plate and other articles
Mrs. Stephenson,
that had been pledged at various times with ditferent pawnbrokers;
and amongst the number, the duplicate of the two silver table:
previously laid to
spoons that had been so recently stolen, and for the loss of which
mthiessedpri.soner expressed such uneasiness at the time they were
against her, de-
semity of victuals allowed by her master;
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The prisoner, onhearing this charge alleged
dined that she had been driven to the conunission of theft on ac-
Was obliged to have re-
-cootie to his- propertp-- Sim :Aso' insinuated that her master had
?taken improper. liberties with her PersOn, and therefore she con-
to bring- a charge of
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• . felony amongt her.
The prisoner's statement Was, however, •contmdieteff by the
Other servants, and she was fully committed fur trial.