The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-25 00:00:00

POLICE.

tILECIOUS ROBBERY OF Si'. PAUL'S CA.
TILEDRAL.

:JILDHALT,,,,i!i-- A young man, named Robert
11, was charged before the Sating Alderman.
James Shaw) t-)F Mr. Page, of St. :Paul's Ca-
ral, tari suliicion of being concerned in the
ileginus 11,..lot)eiy of that Cathedral Church,
vas committed between Fridoy and, Sunday

he prisoner bad been employed arc 'a wOrkman
it 111.1.. Cathedral some years ago, but had left
king thole for a considerable time. He bad
observvd lately to as4ociale with :improper
ilatiV, aid to ft event improper places., Flom
i. suspicious appem-ouces in the prisoner's con-
., beiivionr, and not from any circumstance
:ittjtel to induce a belief, or even suspicion, Mat

,v:i• a,.:41a11y one Of ihe per Sons colwt,rted, in this
at:id nefarinns robbery', was the imsone.i: taken

jar soner ;aye an account u here he had been
the between Fliday and StUtday last.
is account he g-ive.„ in an uneinbaz,ras3d man-.
-, and i,e mention.Al the names of a , vari- ty of
;sons Kith whom 11.1 h d been in .company du. Mg-
;it period, particularly of
.--two, with one of uhoni.
had-r,isS'ed. the groter part of the night oE,Fr iday,
d wide Lb other the whoie ef the night of Sa-
rdaY.

The '‘.s•ortily. Alderrnin. thought there
.flieieot ground of sasoicion ag iiost prisooer
'retnanding'iiitn. • '7.Fixere•were,
,I.,r,nitlitely, in this great city, . inani-'suspicious
laraoers ; but ,-it would. be going-rather tf)o far,
_ , lay down, divot Crery
.such suspicious person was
•') be deprived of hi4liberty,wheiever any robnery
,•as conunitted;-. although on-particular ground of
3spititn attached to the person so accused: Here
ne persons lodging the. acctl4ation were not •pre.•
,ared ground it on any suspicion attaching to-the,
iriNoner as to thiii innividnd transaction, Gut
;Illy *as arisitig'otitot his suspiconS'cliatitemr.
)ring the cost., the worthy Alderman must discharge
.ntn, being in-the po‘i-en tho-e intere+ted tit
ippreti.end ' it any thing ._tentling,lo
sttengthen their suspicions against hint- ShOuld
a, i.e.
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. Mr: Nalder, the City Marshal, and proper as,
Si,tanrs, are at present engaged in .eode.:Rooring to
diictrier the perpetrators of this nefaions ad. It.
wonl4 seem :is it .sottie persons int iinAtrty acquai,,ted
frith the cathedral, and who even,nad access to-the
kept t,r locks of the different rooms wete iniplicAted
al- the robbery, the door of all the rooms which must
have been'entered; io the number of nine; remain-
, In°
,Irjaced.„ and in*st ate- ot perfect apparent seen ri ty,
an7.l; the only, visible apneurance of force or violence
of arty kind, being-on'the'odside iron gate leading
to the vestry, which appeared to have been forced,
and was left open. Even the t'eiy desk, ottt, of
which part of the property was taken, was found
The weight of-the plate carried off is 1765 ounces:
The 'greater part of it wa.4, gilt air the workman-
;hip was so extptiste, dull it is.,,greilt tdtr,rated
in stating the value ar ..20001.
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Bow-s-rnEET.—Mr. Richards, a surgeon in his
Majesty's Navy, wham we stated was bronglit to
town some short tane since by Rivett, tht officer,'
from Sheerness, On a charge of forgery, has under-
gone several examinations. At the time Rivett ap-
prehended him, he also had delivered into big custody
Hobert Bell, an assistant -surgeon, by. Adm. Stan-
Ln the Port-Adiniral,"-ho hadbeen under arrest by
order of the ComOssionera of
,the Navy, on suspi-
cion of a similar offence.. Rivett stopped at an inn
at Rochester with his prisoners, and sent for the
landlord of the , Chest Arms inn, ,at Chatham, to
identify the person of Mr. Bell,-he having'been'sup-
posed to be putting up there'at th e time the forged
Bill of Exchange was. uttered- at ,Rochesier.. The ,
landlord brought with him his bar=maid and a Man- 1
servant, when they all identified Mr. Richards as
the ReisAnWho had been at-their house by the tame
of Dr. Bell ; .but they receliectt d 'his taking a place
to. go by the stage-coacb,...which went from their
house to Qatiterbury,' by the name of RiChardS;
and it was particularly :tmpressed • Upon their minds
as...an ex raordinary
.circumstance, as the coach'went
without him. Rivett cunveyed thent both
.to Lon-
don, and on, an invest igat ion, before Mr:READ, Mr.
Bell was liberated and admitted an evidence.
Weldon John TUrney, a grocer of Rochester,
said, that on the 2Qth or t sr of November last, the
prisoner, Richards, called at his shop, and purchased
goods to the amount of 1.1. is. ; 'in payment of
which he presented a Bill of Exchange as a quarter-
ly bill, purporting. In be dia‘yri for persanal service,
net pay. of Robert Bell, 'assistant surgeon of his Ma-
' jesty's,gun-brig Manly, amounting to 141. 9S: eid:
dated October 28, payable to older, and 'to heap-
•proved by E. N. Greensward, Lieutenant and Com-
mander of. the said brig. . He asked the prisoner
to u rite • his name, and be wrote tlObert Bell. He
not having chanie for the bill, he sent to.the Bank,
w Nero change was refused, except Mr. Turney
signed it, which he accordingly did, and the goods
we!c 4ent- to the
.Clrest
.41 rnOnn, at Chatham.
Roltert Bi4l, assistant7aurgean of his Majesty's
gon,.brig,. the Mauly,. said that lie was atqUainted
with .the hand writing of Edward Nathaniel Greens=
ward, Lieutenant .and CoMmander of -:his•MajesLy's
tun-brig Manly; haying seen him wtite,frequently,a4
War the name written on the Bill of -Excptage
question, as his approving,;iwai not.his band-writhig
.as lit lltliet e i., He, be had known the
pi/Jonas. for sore time post, bus that he never gave
any such 0,i,-,atarbbrity, to draw it ; that it
was pot drawn, by, or signed by himl--, and that lie
bad sec-rived his pay tip to the 4th of Septetribei last,
yr ,ibout that- tan,p*:,, kle-recollected• seeing the pri-
wuer, at Sheet OeSS'abbilt the 26th-or 27th of Sep.
tenaher ;,ast,. and ti.,en• told !atria that the Manly
_Wig
InA • ailed and left liiiit on thore, and that he intended
to Loa
the.taiiavy, proved' fhb' bill
,
).44 4:411u$ )40,41.,;,r5gu1ig cou6e;of his of-,

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fice, in order to his laying it before the Navy 800
for-paythent ; but on examination of the boOks, it
appearing that Mr. Bell had already diawn tor his
pay for t,he greater part of the time mentioned in
the bill, and suspcions arising in his mind as, to the
signature of Lieut4uant Greensward, an inquiry took
place,
.and Admiral Stanhope, tlw Port Admiral of
Sheerness, was written to orf the subjeCt..
Selina Hand Young, the wife of the master of
the Flora, in the West India trade, said she knew
Mr. Robert Bell, who. was her brother-in-law ; and
was well acquainted with his hand-writing, having
frequently seen hiM write; and after carefully ex
amining the bill, Was of. opinion,, that neither the
signature, or, any part of the ‘:vriting.in the bill, was
the hand-writing of Mr. Robert. Bell..

THE LATE MR..4IVATHAATIEL" KENT,

ul NORFOLK.

This centleman, who died suddenly ,a short time
ago, passed a long and active life it may, be truly
saich-in the serNiLe of his country, .for his judieiouS
and lai,dable pursuits were directed to the benefit of
the community at lai-ge and more 6pecially in
support of the. Agricultural intetest, which he ever
considered the grand pillar of the Constitution. -Mr:
Kent 'possessed strong natural abilities,. and by as-
sociating with"men of general knowledge, and stu-:
ding the book of nature rather than piinted yo-
runieS, Ire acquired a discrimination of judgment,
united to. that -updeViating integihy which 'diSun-
guishes honourable men,
.that soon gave him a pre-
eniiitent rank in society. In the.:e..arty period of his
li:e, Mr. Kent 'Served some tine. in the British nairy,
and afterwards accompanied Sir James Pulteney in a;
diplomatic situation to the Netherlands, and while.
There, employed all his leisure hours 'in noting the
pradices of the Fleroi.s.b husbandry. With a dispo-
sition,caturally more inclined to cultivate the,peace-
, ful arts titan to mix in broilSnine Couris,;o,nxious to
indwgean iohereof and a'most, ivs?itable thirst to,
gain a universal, know ledge of t first 'of
`all sci-
cnces, Agriculture, on his return from the Nether-
lands; Mr. Kent superintended file firms of Sir John
Cost and Lord Anson,' and greatly improved their •
estates by adopting those usetolpractices he had be-
,foreseen pursued With so much success. The King
who was himself attached -to similar pursuits, and
who has always been desirous of .knowitig to bow
high a slate of cUltivatiOn the soil of Great Britain,
`hy.a proper: attention, might be raised, seleCted;a
large portion of his landed property at Windsor and
Kew for,that purp ese, and Mr: Kent was chosen by.
his Majesty as the mast proper person, throughout
his dominions to superintend the management
farms.

The limits of a newspaper will nottpermit the de-
tail of minerous circumstances, during the -tithe Mr,
Kent retained this distinguished situation, which
amply proved the great respect and esteem which
his Majesty entertained for his Steward, an esteem
not only himself, but fussy branciles of the Royal
Family invariably shewed to the last hour that, de-
prived Of his existence this truly valuable memberrof
society.
However, it was not possible fur Mr. Kent to die,
vote his time to erne particular spot, for No-
Vernet) and other Gentlemen of. the largest landed
property, having seen thes-King's farms, and having
otherwise become acquainted with-Mr. • Kent's great
'ability and integrity, -Were exceedingly'Solicitons tor
have his opinion relative to the worth of •theirise-
'para.e estates, and Mr. Kent became one of the
most' eminent Land Valuers in the United Empire.
• By incessant applicatiOn he became acquainted
with all, the various soils and cnstoms in the diffe-
rent counties in which he had been employed; and
he elicited the most useful information. His infor,
mation was derived 'from a strict attention to the
growth of the ditietent plant's on the different soils,
and by an. examination of the sub-stratas he. fOrni..d
his opinion of the value of the qualities of land
and to use his own words, " where the oaks and
elms, were found with the cocks-foot grass and mea-
dow fox-tail, the earth .was 'rich in. its produce)
hut where the birch and juniper; and maiden-
hair grasses were prevalent; it was poor and sterile."
Mr. Coke became • acquainted. with Mr. Kent
moire _than thirty years ago., and-invariably paid the
most marked deference to Isis opinion in all his
public transamtions; and there was a reciprocal. es-
teem between these two great characters, which
was cemented by the strong tie of similar opinions,
similar pursuits, and a mutually ardent desire to
support-the landed interest, that the advantages of
the landlord and tenant might, be alternate, consi-
dering that man dues not live solely for his own
benefit."

Wherever Mr: Kent Was consulted by the land
proprietor; 'the occupier was satisfied,. convinced
that every reasonable encouragement wouldbe given
him, and that the landlord would abide by the de-
cision of such an. able and upright judge.
The; farmers'ot Norfolk, since Mi. Coke had be-
come the possessor of his vast domain, knew the
estitnation in' which they were held by the
farmers in all other counties, not only as the best
practical cultivatOrs of the soil, but as men who had
acquired a superior knowledge, a superior rank in
life, than that'which men in similar situations, in
other parts ot thekingdom, had been accustomed. to
be placed. They Were 'distinguished not only for
their greater 'knowledge in pradical husbandry,
which every part of the eMpire was anxious to adopt
herever it was:possible to be adopted, but they
Were also remarkable for that unboundedhospitality,
the. means of_ which 'were-procured from their bard-
corned labotns,',' and by an urbanity of manners
which justly elevated them into that proper rank,
where, every it:iciestslons and honest 'man, posSeased.
of propel iy 'and genius` 'ought- to be placed. Their
•grateful mindim:ituraity reverted to tho,e tti whom
they were indebted for the comforts .they enjoyed,
and regarding' Mr, Coke al- their first friend, the
name' of Kent as 'naturally_ next recurred to their
recollection;" a name endeared to them from' the
knowledge of his virtue 6, ;;Ind .the remembrance
of ,yearn of intimacy pass4id in. his instructive
company. "
Mr. Kent for. a long time- was., a' Memlier, of the

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4 r. -,. :A • -•-•••
Nnrfnik Agricultdr`aT cielf,' atnl ailningst'the 'vaaa
rious 'opportnnikies %Thiel! be
.embraced of dying
stability, to sucll'a beneficial aisirnicA tri:a one
instance did lie Mcirit littly.sheehis discriMinating
talent, as a judicious and liheralmiticled man, or a'.
more impartial decision between the landlord- and
the tenant, ora•mnreearnest regard for the welfare
of the' Agricultural Interest, and more particularly
of the jmembers of that Society, than bythe.Ptiblia
cation of his inestimable Leiter on Leases. • In it,
he, considered Agriculture as et he mardieraof
sciences, as it nourishes and supporta all the rest..
He stated that e%ery latacurer Vv,is worthy.- of his
hire, and every farmer who emplayed his property.
in the grit ivation'of 3 farm, and devoted' his,. time
And indtasfry to the imprdVentent of it, seed eitY
titled to every reasonable 'encouragement trout the
landlord to whom he became rntenanta Ma. Kent
was net only a strong 'advocate for leases, but also
for long :leased, containing the most liberal cianases,
adding, that the just equtlibr,ium intereast which ,
is so essential between the proprietor and occupier-
of the farm ought to regnlate the term ;. and that
the two extremes laid between fourfeen and twenty,,
one years, spewing that the estates would, bo'well
culriv red, in. a state of progteasive_ improvement,
and the public markets benefited. Relative to such
a landlord as Mr. Coke,. and such tenants, said Mr.
Kent, the effect produced by granting leases, w.as
confidence on the one side, and iespect and at-•
fachment on the other ---Mr. Kent's Norfolk
friends, lnowing. that be had attained to the age
of three-score years and tee, "a period when human
existence is not likely to be long 'protractedie-deter.a
mined than his, grey hairs should not descend -to the
grave,'.without offering hint 6 f;inall. testimony of their
unbounded esteem, an esteem founded on his public
and private actiorna •So nutiterous were those
friends, that a very 5314 sum of money frcim each in-
' diaidnal purchased'a most' superb and massive silver
vase, or cup, and in. the month of March, 14308,11'Ii:
. Kent was solicited to doe (riefids..at the
Adige' Inn,
,Norwich. Mr. Coke (whnaraneilled all
night from London) and more than one isannhaal
blemen and ,Ganitlemernof landed propel ty, w th he
-most distinguahed Agriculturists,wereptesennAna-r
dinner, in an applopriate and .energetic speech, the,
cup was presented. • .5111-Bee it' to' say, tt was con,i-
&red one of the most valuable gifts offered on any
asimilar occasion: Ttie sides were embossed w‘ith
agricultural designs, and the handle of the cover
- wasa whole length figure of Justice, holding the
equal ,balance. The words engraved r n it . stated .
that -it . was " given by Land Occupiers in Nor-
folk, as a token of their priVateesteem, obtained by.
that upright. -and conduct' which for so
Many years had distineuiahsd his exemplary
in the discharge of his professional duties of a Land-
- Steward, Valuer, and Adviser."—Those who heard
Mr. ICent's 'reply can best appreciate the vigour of,
his talents even at :that advanced
,ageaathe noble
sentiments of his mind, and the manly and .inapres
sive eloquence which ever flows; from the sponta-
neous effusions of a grateful heart. His concluding
words. weae, "-that the most gratifying, refledions
must arise to him,: bemuse be had teceived' :he ap-
probation of the Landlordequally with the Tenant,
and his last. moments would be tranquilized by the
remembrance of the magnificent gift conferred on
him,- as the reward of bin. integrity, , -W "hen," said
.he, " that I am mooldeted into dust, it will remain
in my family an heir-loOm' inestimable, for it will
slew to my posterity the inducementsto-walk in the
paths of honour, and to pursue those measures, and,
those. alone, which contribute to• the general benefit'
of. Society:" •
But this great man's talents were not. solely
,esti-
mated by Agriculturists, for Mr Pitt had the highest
• opinion of his judgment, and in one particular in-
stance he was closeted for three drys with the Prime
Miniater, that he mighr answer many questions re-
lative to the Income Tax., Mr. Kent finding Mr:
Pitt had formed opinions erroneous and 'prejudicial
to the agricultural interest, relative to the presip.r'
could bear, Convinced the Qtrancellnr of :the. Exche7
quer of the oppressiye bnrthen that interest 'TOL en-
dure by his proposed ratio, and Mr, Kant fortunately,
ptievented a measure which would not only have
'been fatal in its effects on individuals but ultimately
detrimental in the extreme to the welfare of she com-
munity. In short his whole life was passed in ren-
dering services to others, to the very moment of his
decease, in. his-73d year; for, travelling in a pot-
chaise on business, he was found dead inathe.ear-
riage, suffering no previous illness nor pain . falling
as it were into a happy sleep—waking in another_
and a better world. .

The greatest benefits result from ,the encourage-
ment 'which such men give to stimulate industry and
reward labour. The' produce of the land is greatly
increased, the toil of than
.and feast decreased, agri-
cultural . irwlements improved beyond description,
the most' useful.knoWledge disseminated, and a bril-
liant example shewn,' Worthy the imitation of every
good man. This is the -condu6l of a patriot ; and by
all such charaoers, titles, pomp and. poi.ver,will. ever
be neglealed for the more estimahle and More lasting
treasures of general admiration and universal, es-
teem.. •

The Alegeririe- Ambassador,' who arrived last%
week, is a very, dignified personage ; he is a de•
scendant Of MAIIOMET, and wears jhe insignia of
such desceifis: ' •

Yesterday afternoon an,. Inquest was held at St.
Giles's'WarkhOuse, before G. HODGSON, Esq. Co-
roner for:Middlesex, on' the body of Mr. Melding;
who was found in George-street, BloOmsbury, about
one o'clock on Sunday 'morning, apparrntly life•
.less, by a watchman, 'and was taken to the watch-
house. A surgeon was immediately sent
,tor, but
Mr. Fielding died before the surgeon came. After a
tong consult4tion, the Jury brought iu\their verdld
—Died by the visitation cf God.
Another -Inquest wits held at the same place, on
the body of Isabella ienkinson, who died suddenly
yeiterday afternoOn, at :her lodgingS; she had invit-
ed a-party of friends to dine with her, and having
eat a hearty dinner, and in alipprent ltdalth,- laid
down on the bed to sleep, and in a short time after-.
wares. was fOund thad.—Ver-ditd—Died Z. the visi-
tation of God.