The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-11 00:00:00

BOW-STREET

Yesterday Sarah Troup, the, elder, and Sarah
Trodp, her daughter, underwent an examination,
charged with robbing Mr-Wickhams, a butcher,
in Clare.-stteet, Clare-market, of various sums of
money. It appeared that the prosecutor turned
from 1001. to 1501. weekly in his business, which
Sum was kept carelessly in some draWers attached
to a looking-glass. He often considered his cash
account short, and bad frequent quatrels with his
wife, suspeeting.that she was laying it out intro,
perly. However, a few days since, a 201. Bank-
note being missing, and his wife declaring. most
solembly that she knew nothing_ of it, a serious
investigation took place;, and Sarah Troup: the
younger, who was living with them as their SUF..
vant, became suspected, and was given into the
custody of Bond, the constable, 'who atterwar,is
proceeded to the lodging of Sarah Troup the
elder. On Bond interrogating her, she pretended
that she could not answer any questions. On
searching her, he found a Bank-note, which was
proved 'to be one of those stolen from the prose-
cmor's house. The officer, upon a subsequent
inquiry, ascertfOued tit At the mother had lately
endeavonred to get a 201 Bank-note Changed, di-
rect ly after the time a 20/. note had been stolen
from the piosecntor'shoute, and there is no doubt
but that it is the same witi• h was-stolen front the
prosecutor. Other stolen Property was found. in
her apartments, and it was evident
..that
,Sarah
Troup the younger was the instrument of her
wicked ;bother to rub her master. The. mother
appeared at the Bar yesterday with an iulant in
her arms. The mother and &tighter were both
folly committed to Ne.wgate for trial.
Stephen ReetTs.WaS charged with stealing a box
directed to General Green, at Exeter, front one
of Itaissclis waggons, which 'broke down -at an
early hoUr yestertay morning in the Strand, near.
Cecil-sireet. Prisoner was ,seen to put the box
on his head and run away With it. He was pur-
sued and taken with the box.—Committed.

SWINDLER.—A man, -having the appearance of
a gentleman traveller, took up ins abode, a few
days, since, at Alilier's Lintel, South-End, where
he lived- in •the most sumptuous mannee.—After
there two Or three days, he expreSsed a
wish to see the town of. Mahlon, and requested
Mr. Miller to let his man drive him over to ((rat
lilaefa which .was• assented to. Oil reaching Mal-
don,.he put no at the White Horse, where he or-
dered dinner to be ready at a certain hour, in the
mean time lie said he would walk round the town
and tee the place. The landlord being tally pre-
pared for his guest at the appointed hour, waited
with considerable anxiety for his arrival, but un-
fortunately he never afterwards made his appear-
anCe ;...and the Man who droVe him Was obliged to
return to South End with his.hursc and chaise,
the hearer of the unwelcome tidings to his Inas-
ter,'whom the stranger had left so abruptly, with-
out even paying his reckoning at the
Flom MaldOn, it appears, this individual made.
the best of his way to thelmsfold, where he
hired -an' iron-grey mare of Mr. Taverner; at the
Ling's. Head, for lire purpose of proceeding to
Braintree, which he rcaddy obtained, In
(pence of his representing himself as acquainted
with several tradesmen of the place. 'lnc mare
was hired on the 29th ult, but neither the man
nor the mare has since been heard of. ,
DARINCi. STREET-110.1311ERY.—ThUrSday, .about
twelve o'clock, a young lady, walking between
the Ship inn, in the Borough, and London Bridge,
was hustled by a gang of pickpockets, who stole
(rout her person a red morocco pocket-hook,
containing 25 One pound notes, each indorsed,
" Sheres," or
." Mr. Sneres." The gang,,,con-
sisted of. six ,3r,selien young. fellows ; one was
very tall, and geuteely dressed ;„another a stout
and swarthy tuan.7-They escaped, with thcir
boot v.

CAtrnmst.—On Thursday, the 9th instant,. early
in the morning, a young wontan,.ll ying.the ap-
pearanee of a respectable servunt, palled- at the
house of _a lady, in Gronve-lane,iCamberwcil, with
a reque,t, purporting to beirom a particular friend,
that she would oblige her with the loan of some-
table-spoons, which was immediately complied
with, and it is nonecessgry to add, shy hats fl it
since been lacard of.