The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-10 00:00:00

ROBBERY AT THE IIOYAL MINT.

LAMBETH- STREET.—Thonias Striner and Sarah,
his wile, were brought up in cutody of Griffith,
the Officer, and underwent a long examination,
charged with being concerned in robbing the Royal
Mint of a great quantity of silver. Mr.-Musket,
the principAlMelter at the Mint, and several other
Gentlemen belonging to that concern, were pre-
sent ; besides several Magistrates and other Gen-
tlemen. What led to the detection of the.prison-
ers was as follows :

About the middle of last week, Sarah stringer
called at the shop of Mr. Harris, watchmaker, 19,
Nightingale-lane, East Smithfield, where she of-
fered a cons iderable qua (airy of melted silver for sale..
Mr. H., froth having read an eccount in the public
papers of an extensive robbery committed on the
Mint, suspected it was part of the silver so stolen,
ft 001 its answering the description ; and not wish-
ing to make a purchase of any part of it, until he
made the necessary inquiry, he disguised his sus-
picions from her, and desired her to leave him a
sample of it until be ascertained the value, and to
call attain in the evening and he would pay her,
to which she consented ; as soon as she was gone,
Mr. Harris repaired to the Mint, made his sus-
picions known to Mr. Mushet, and showed hint
the sample of the silver left by the prisoner, Sarah
Stringer ; as soon as Mr. Mushet saw the silver
be identified it to be part of the silver stolen front
the and on trial found it corresponded ex-
actly with the mould. Mr. Mushet - desired
Mr. Harris to go and get Griffith, the. officer,
and have him in waiting to apprehend Sarah
Stringer, when she carne for the money in the
evening. Mr. Harris did as be was advised by
Mr. Mushet, he had the officer in waiting, and
when Sarah Stringer came in the evening, lie
took her into custody. Griffith took her with
him to the Mint to ascertain if Mr. Mushet bad
any knowledge of her, On their way to the Mint
she saw. her husband, Thomas Stringer, at a dis-
tance,
and exclaimed, 0, here is my husband ; on
which the officer took hint also into custody, and
conveyed them both to the Mint, where Mr.
Mushet identified the prisoner, the husband being
employed as a labouring inciter iu the Mint, and
the wife being in the habit of calling on him fre-
quently, the husband from-the stature of his em-
ploy
having free access to the mould in which the
silver was melted ; the prisoners were then taken
(Friday last) to this Office, where the charge was
made, and they were remanded for examination
yesterday. The prisoners being put to the bar,
the first witess examined was,
Mr. Mushet.—He is principal nicker in the
Royal Mint ; the Mint had lately been robbed of a
great quantity of silver, bat he did not know who
to suspect ; the prisoner, Thos. Stringer, worked
in his employ about three months in the silver
melting house, in which department there are se-
ven or eight other men employed; all had free ac-
cess to the carriage on which the mould is, in
which the silver is cast ; and if any of the silver
should escape the mould, it was their duty to give
it to hint. The first information he recoived
against the prisoners was on Friday last, when
Mr. Harris, of Nightingale-lane, came to him to
the Mint, and informed him that the female pri-
soner had been to his shop to dispose of some
silver, part of which he produced, and which wit-
ness identified to be part of that stolen from the
Mint, in consequence of which he gave Mr. Harris
instructions to send
:for Mr. Griffith, the officer,
and take her in custudy when sbe returned nit-

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ness had no doubt that the silver now produced
was the property of the Mint.
Magistrate.—At the time the prisoner, Thomas
Stringer, was employed in the Royal Mint, were
the men's wives admitted on the premises ?--A. at
the time the men were at work, their wives were
sometimes admitted, but since the discovery of
this robbery that practice has been abandoned;
to his knowledge he never saw the prisoner, Sa,.
rah Stringer, in the Mint, but he noticed a little
girl who was in the habit of bringing the male
prisoner his victuals.

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Mr. John James !farris, watchmaker, of Night•
ingale-lane, stated the circumstances before-men•
tioned, of the silver being offered to him for sale
by the prisoner Sarah Stringer, who said she found
it at the top of the lane near East Smithfield.
John Griffith, the officer, also gave evidence of
the facts above stated.—The prisoners were both
fully committed for trial.

QUEEN-SouattE.—Two Gentlemen, one or then)
military, and the other standing high is a civil
department under Government, were brought bey
tore the Sitting Magistrate, a challenge having
passed between theta in consequence of a quarrel
on Saturday evening, at a convivial party at a cot•
fee-house. in Chelsea, arising out of a political dis-
pute. They were held to bail, themselves in 3001;
each, and two sureties in each 1501.

MARLBOROUGH-STRBET.—YeSterday Mr. Den*
nis, residing in George-court, Piccadilly, was sum*
mined to appear before the Magistrate, charged
with acting in contravention of the Paving Act.
The information was laid against him by Mr,
Farrell, an inspector, who stated, that on Friday
last, in passing through George-court, he observed
that about eight square feet of the pavement near
Mr. Dennis's house, were ripped up, though
Mr. Dennis, as well as others in that neighbour.
hood, had been served with an abstract of they
Paving Act, and therefore could not plead
norance.

Mr. Dennis, in extenuation of the offence, said;
that he had not received the abstract until after
the business had been commenced, and that the
pavement was opened to remove a serious incon-
venience under which he laboured. It could not
be removed without ripping up part of the pave,-
went. lie hoped, therefore, the penalty woul'l
be light against him, particularly as he had acteti
under ignorance of the law.
The worthy Magistrate said, he felt himself
obliged to convict Mr. Dennis .in the penalty oI
51. It would have been 401. if the law had been
rigorously enforced, and it could not be less.
than 5/.

Bow-STRSET.—Yesterday G. Heath, senior, ft
waterman, was convicted in the pemilty of 1-01.
for collecting a niob, creating a riot, and ob-
structing J. Aloorhonse in the execution of his
duty, as one of the collectors of the tolls at Wa.
terloo Bridge.

• CAUTION TO Nueses.—An Inquest was bell
on Tuesday last, at the George Inn, Headco"n,
before JAs. OTTAWAY, Esq. one of the Coroners
for' this County, on view of the body of James
Weel;es, an' industrious farmer, who resided ca
the borders of that parish. It appeared from the
evidence, that the deceased and his family ha'i
been ill from an attack. of the. scarlet fever,
then very much prevailing in that neighbour,.
hood, and that on the night of the Saturday.
precediug, the deceased, instead of . taking
his own medicine, drank unobserved, and by
mistake, the contents of a phial, which had been.
directed to he used by Mrs. Weekes, as $
liniment far her face. The tincture of opium,
and other ingredients, of which this lotion was
composed, put an end to the unfortunate man's
existence in a very short 'time. 'No blame what'
ever is imputable to the professional Gentlemaq
who attended the family, as The different medi'
tines were very carefully and properly directed,
Verd let —" Accidental Death."--('Maidstone Jour,
salt Sept.. 9)
FINGASK HERMIT, IN MB CAM OF GOWRIE....!'
This venerablexharacter, who has, for a long time,
inhabited a cave of great rural beauty and re'
tirement, in the braes of the Carse, near Fin'
gask, and who was, perhaps, one of the most in'
nocent of beings, has lately disappeared. His
disappearance has naturally occasioned consider'
able uneasiness Co those who Were in the habit of
frequenting: his abode, and who considered hitti
to be one of the interesting spectacles of the
place.' 'Some circumstances have occurred,'whieb
make it highly probable that he has been
,foreibli
carried off, and that a few young men in the
neighbourhood have been the wicked perpetra-
tors of the deed. This they could do with the
greater facility, as he never used his voice—seem.
ingly incapable of doing so, whatever might be
the cold or heat of his exposed residence. in'
deed, his insensibility to external good anti
evil was so perfect, that none living ever
saw him laugh or smile, or 'change his attic
tude. His beard was extremely long. He
bad lately renewed his raiment ; and it
suspected that it was to get possession of
these that the villainoui Need has been per'
petrated. Some Magistrates -:of the countri
have very properly taken an active part in the
endeavour to bring the guilt home to those ee
Bused, but hitherto nithout effect. His cross and
some small articles have been picked up oat the
neighbouring bills, which excites a painful appre'
hension that something worse than theft lass
Happened.--(Perth Courier.).

.siAlti.iLD.
This morning, W. E. Ferrers, Esq. of the General Post'
Orrice, to Mary Ann, second daughter of Jas. Daniell, Esq.
On Saturday last, at St. Clement's Church, Strand, Mr'
John Anderson, bookseller, West Smitli6eid, to Margaret'
Jacobina, eldest daughter of the late Mr. John MortoOP
printer, Strand.
Yesterday, at St. Vedast's, Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, of PiC'
eadilly, silversmith, to Elizabeth, second datighter of the late,
Edmund Bowman, Esq. of Jtainton, near Penrith, Cumber'
land.

Snore day, at St. George's, Hanover-square, T. 0. Lin(l3o;
Esq. Captain (Atha late German Legion, to Harriott, el3c9
daughter of T. It. 'Cocker, of Grosvenor-street, Esq.

DIED.
On the sth instant, at Paris, George William, eldest so 41
G. Holme Sumner, Esq. M. P. fur Surrey.
On the Bth instant, at No. 10, Southampton row, Marrle
bone, Jobn Elliott, Esq. aged 49, late of Gerrard-street.

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