The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-04 00:00:00

BURGLARY AT. LORD SACKYILLE'S.

MA RLBOROUGIi-STREET.—A lamplighter in the
the employ of the Westminster. Contra6tor was ehark
ed with being concerned with others in breaking and
entering the dwelling-house of Lord Sack Ville, in
Upper Harley-street; on Tuesday Morning. Lord
S. was out of town, brit the.house was full of ser
vants, and altout half paSttiv& o'cloCk on TUeSciaf
morning two female servants got up earlier than
usual to wash, and the fire at Whitefriats'beingThen
vitible, the house-steward was called up to witness
the Conflagration. The steward went to the garret
to look at. the fire; and frequently spoke to the fei
males, who were in the kitchen. -During this conver-
satiOn-the street door was heard to shut. Au alarm
prevailed, and it was discovered that thieves had been
in the house. Lord Saekville's secretaire in the front
drawing-room was broke open and ransacked, but thd•
loss cannot be,ascertained until his Lordsiti?arrive4
in London. The servants stirring bad probably dis.;
appointed att.!, thieves, as they had not commiitea
any other depredation.' It appeared that the robber
had entered, the hou-eat'the first floor window, by a
ladder which was/found in the balcony. The ladder.
turned out to belong to the. lamplighter who resides
in St. Anne's parish, and he stated that it had been
stolen from under his window at six o'clock on.AtLn-
daytevening. however, never complained of hav-
ing lost the ladder, which belonged to his ereplOyer.
Under all the tircutustances,the prisoner was remand,
ed, until further search can be made respeaing•the
burglary. -• . •

GUILDHALL. Y-esterday Mary ,Johnspn, a
wretched woman of the town, 'was charged .on sus-
picion-of stealing a metal watch and gold &e.til, the
of a Mr. Bloodworthy. It appeared from the
evidence Bloodworthy., that
.on Wednesday
evening last he gave his watch to a young man, a
watchmaker, living in Bridge-street, Westminster, in
order to be repaired, arid that on apppi)ing .for it a
few days aftervvards, his friend acknowledged, that
having been 'intoxicated on
_his way home,. he ,had•
lost the watch.

It appeared, by a singular circumstance, that, on
Monday night, a young- Alan, bad seen the,
watch and seal, went into a brandy shop, at Tem-
ple Bar, when. the prisoner came in, called for
liquor,•andUitered "a .gbld seal to the shopkeeper :Ao
`sell... The young man saw theieal,. and immedia-
tely recognized it as the same that was attached to
'the lost. watch of. Mr. Bloodworthy, and. challenged.
it. The prisoner insisted it
.was her own property.•
She was, hosVeer;charged in custody of the, watch-
man, Who,- on searching her, found also tlh watelf,`
which Mr.:Blood worthy swore now to, be that vt hich
he had given tO his 'friend:list Wednesday night. ,
The prisoner, in:her defence, insisters. that .the
watch had.been given to her as a preaeni three weeks
since, by.a friend, at
,certain house, in Gi eat Shire-
lane, and. that. she had it in her possession until
taken from her by the Watchtimin.,. • •
The prosecutor, in consequence of theirnpossilbi-
lity of !iis reniaining in town; . agreed to..forego the
proSku:ion of the prisoner, prtivided the watch
was -restored to his possession. The prisoner, with
some reluclance, agreed to restore the watch, and
was accordingly discharged by the Magistrate, with
a strong admonition
.to her future good Condua..

-Mr. king, of -Swafroam lately killed a Gailovray
not led on artlficiallood, which weighedup-
%yards a 75 stone of (i4lbs.) and from which were
taken more that 13 stone of fat. • -

NE;r.s.

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CRAVISEND7 JANUARY 2.

Aitived—the Hope, Toms,, frorri• DOlin rprol the .24ix—
ion,
.Nightingale, from t lusl►ing. •
'Satled—the Mary Ann, Clark, for 4amaica ; Titus. len-
flings, for, Trinidad ;,:fraffiekor, Barnett, for Gibraltar; &IA
the Commerce, Haywood, for Cork.