The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-29 00:00:00

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MR. AUSTIN. _
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The ease of this unfortunate gentleman et. ]
much interest in Greenwich. The prevailinlNßE
nion is, that Mr. Austin cannot legally be prolteasvi
ed by the directors of the hospital, inasmuch 1 May 5
was only a servant to Sir J. Thompson, thr "I call I
treasurer, who upon being appointed was 0b e.,X'e,„
to produce securities to the amount of 26V„) ckw,.:
consequently the hospital must proceed aril N.-
executors, who alone can bring the charge ch °ll' 4
bezzlement against Austin. , cse
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Upon the examination at Bow-street, on we, OZe
day night, the bulk of acceptances found in his_.! ".
were produced before the Magistrate, and insF 1.041.
by Mr. Payne, the deputy to the present trees 11..4,1
Sir Wm. Johnston Hope. They are to an inul 447
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amount—some are not yet payable, and others; Nock 5
been over-due two or three years, but most of ',IL.; w
appear not to haVe been out of his hands, as, %sr"
do not bear his endorsement. The other docun .1-c--..
also were produced, and examined by Mr. p`` 1. 'bß
and Mr. Bicknell.
Since the apprehension of Mr. Austin, higi q g
and family have removed from the house on SYi, Z
ham-common, and have gone to reside in Ge, t!:
fittl '
skeet, Greenwich.
The following extraordinary circumstance l Ittitt.thi
place on the morning that Mr. Austin fiet'lF 0t,:.!
Sydenham, and is the general subject of ct Ili': )446- i
tion throughout the town. A journeyman ' glit;fe,
layer, residing in Greenwich, named Robert, slikeis
kinson, was proceeding to his labour at Levi"" the
on the Sydenham-road, when, in passing °I tilei am
foot-path, his attention was attracted to a Pie, 4°42101
paper that was lying on some road-stuff, 63'. .Ziee
been heaped upon the edge of the patis*. —*
appeared as if it had been recently placed or tir° iN A
there. Two persons were proceeding at someU'l
tance, and must have passed the spot. Park An e
took up the paper, and to his utter astonishing,
turned to be a 1,0001. Bank of England note, g';
new, and without any endorsement or other )ittle
upon it. He'went to work with the`treasureil bk,,. . . .
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pocket, and on his return home in the eveniut 04.1
very properly named his lucky adventure to 0; 7 .....
respectable persons of the town, who • advised. I,,,Pttfil
to take it immediately to the Bank, which ', 41"-yir
cordingly did on the next day, and explainet 114',..,
extraordinary manner in which it came into it iliji:**
session. He was desired to leave the note WI 1,211,
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cashier, in order that the necessary steps sh°p itti.-i
taken to find its owner if possible, with aJO 11'1
understanding that, should it be identified, he I tir,
be entitled to a salvage of one-eighth of the and ?age',
and, provided it was not claimed at the i 1114441
twelve months, he would have it returned to. Sai,4
With this promise the fortunate bricklayer re° '4.A
home quite elated with the result of his missie It'4i-----
at all events, he will be entitled to 1251. 1 °H

the present period, and although every exertil
been used, no claimant has come forward•
extraordinary circumstance has produced vario
mours, but we refrain from giving them put
Parkinson is now employed at Crowley's
Greenwich.
A Board of Directors will be held at the 114
on Saturday next.

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