The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-04 00:00:00

lIATTON-GARDEN.-(Tiu• DAT.).

A respectable dressed woman, who give her narne£lther Aug-
tin, was charged with stealing a sovereign.
A person named Gormand, said that himself and a friend had
been this morning taking some refreshment in a public house in
Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell, for payment of which he tendered
a sovereign at the bar. The prisoner, who was receiving change
at the time, took up his sovereign with it, and walked out. She
was pursued and brought hack, but denied having seen the sove-
reign.. It was eventually found in her mouth.
The prisoner said she took it with her change not knowing to
whom it belonged.
The sovereign was then returned to the owner, and the pri-
soner was discharged with a reprimand.

QUEEN-SQUARE-(THIS DAT.)
ATTEMPTIEO FRAUD ON SIR JOIN SWINBURNY, BART.

John InMaw, a middle-aged man, was charged before D. W.
Gam:imam, Esq., with the following attempted fraud
Elizabeth Mortimore, a servant in she family of Sir John Swin-
burne, stated that the prisoner yesterday evening came to her mas-
ter's house with a large basket, apparently heavily laden, and said
it wee to be immediately forwarded to Sir John, who was in the
country, and also demanded 86. 3d. for the carriage. On wit-
ness's refusing to pay him, he declared be would take it back ;
she requested him to open the basket, this he declined doing, and
opening the door ran away. Two gentlemen on the spot went
in pursuit of him and he was secured.—Committed.

Al A ItYLEBONE.—(Ints MT.)

Charles Izzard, a young man of respectable appearance, waa
placed at the bar on a charge of mat-treatment towards his wife.

Mrs. Izzard stated, that her husband, who is her cousin, yester-
day morning struck her violently, and knocked her down.
The prisoner in defence said, that he and his wife were drink-
ing gin together yesterday and quarrelled. He then pushed her
from him and she felt down.

Mr. RAwLiwrion—le it nota great shame for a young man of
your appearance to treat your wife in that manner ?

" Prisoner—" I did not tell you all Sir.—My wife kept a brothel
before I married her, which I did not then know of, and she still
admits the women of the town into my house."
Mr. RAW LI NSON-What ! she, your cousin keep a brothel be-
fore you married her, and you not know of it ! Beside*, you are
now master of your own house, and if it is a brothel, it is your
fault, as well as her's ; and even, if it were without your know.
ledge, is that a reason why you should treat her like a brute? If
she does not consent to allow you to be discharged on your own
recognistuice to keep the peace, yen must find bail."
The parties then lift the office.

MARLBOROUGHSTREET-(THIS DAT.)

A great sensation was manifested at the office this morning, in
consequence of Mr. Whit., of No. 266, High Holborn, being
taken into custody on a charge of arson.

It will be recollected that about two months ago he charged his
servant girl with the same offence, but the charge was dismissed.
Since that time the premises have been set fire to no lees than
four times, and the account given of these attempts is so mysteri-
ous, as to induce the British Fire Office, on the attempt being re-
peated last night, to send an agent to examine the premises. It
appeared that he had insured gin a much greater sun► than the
value of the house and property, both in the British and County
Fire Offices.
Mr. Anoi.ritus attended for the defendant.

Michael Shine, watchman—Ahout twenty-five minutes after
one I was standing at the end of Tichbourne-court, Holborn, a
gentleman called me, and told me that the prisoner's house was on
fire; I went to the door, but saw no fire or smoke; I rang
and knocked, but could get no answer ; I forced the door open ;
I went iu down the kitchen stairs, on the left side I saw a flame of
fire in a closet underneath the stairs ; the wood-Work was burn-
ing; I saw the flame as I went down stairs; I got some water,
and put the fire out at that part ; after this was out I thought all
was right, and came up stairs and entered the back parlour, and
found that room full of smoke; I found a fire between the back
parlour and the shop ; a flame was coming up between the
iron chest and the wainscot; the floor was burning; it was
six yards from the other place, it could not have been connected
with the other.

Cross-examined by Mr. Anotrays—l did not see Mr. Whits
there, the door burst open very easily.
Catherine Taylor--I am servant to the prisoner. I retired to
rest last night at 11 o'clock ; as far as I know every thing was safe;
my roaster went to bed at the same time; I slept with my
mistress; my master slept in the adjoining room ; about one
o'clock my mistress, who miscarried last night, awoke me, and
said the house was 00 tire. My mistress went into the room
where my master slept. I went into the drawing-room and
opened the shutters; I did not hear any thing said by my
mistress to the prisoner ; the latter was on the staircase two
stories from the place when the fire broke out. Ile went to the
way.li Therew ew thasen no went
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stairs and returned in about a minute ; my mistress wanted to
give the alarm out of the window, but my master told her that
she must escape directly by the top of the house, as the stairs were
on tire, and we could not escape that way; I observed that we
had
of ti.hfe coroutsbeealvid window to
thatgive the arm
else in the house ; my master was undressed when I first saw
him, but he put on his small-clothes and morning-gown ; the
how wan on fire a fortnight ago, at another corner of the same
room ; six weeks before that it was On fire.
The examination was going on when we ware obliged to go to
Press.

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granaries on the River, were
who have been under examination for moms weeks
pant,again brought up and committed.
The parties were also committed on several other charges; and
dollars.
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an application by Mr, Harmer to admit. Leftwich to bail, was
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refused.

TOWN HALL, SOUTIIWARK.—(Tnts Dar.)
EassazzLzatatiT.—A young 1111111, of a rather genteel *Wear;
atter, called .16/"' DYbit, was plated at the bar on 1 charg'''
embezzlement. —Discharged.