The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-11 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

-ROBBERY AT THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR'S.--A
gentleman came to the office yesterday morning,
and said he thought he could give Mr. Rawlinson
some information whi,ch might lead to a discovery
of the thieves. At a quarter past three on Tuesday
afternoon, he W 45 4?04t to enter the door of his
Excellency's house, in Portiandrplacei for the par-
pose of obtaining a passport, and an old man came'
up to him from the corner of the street and told
him he must go round to another entrance, in Wey-
inoutil7.strppt, iir;tl showed him the way. He after-
wards saw the old IN, pprne up the area steps from
the ground offices of the house; he then thought the
circumstance extraordinary, for his appearance was
too shabby to justify
a supposition that he belonged
0 they establishment of the Prince, or that be had
any iawfui cKeuiie fqr being in the area; and sine
he had read of the roz4ery iy the pewspaperS, he
could not divest his mind of a SPPPQitii4/4
was privy to, if not an accomplice In, it,
Mr. RAWLINSON had no doubt the individual
noticed by the gentleman was an old man who gets
his bread by sweeping the streets opposite the Am-
patisudor's house, and showing strangers the way to
the pasfp9ttlee; and he immediately ordered
Dutch, the o leer, to fetch him.
He was the person wanted, 'and the following
inquiries ensued
Mr. RAWLINSON—.-Well, old man, you sweep the

crossing opposite the French Ambassador's house;
was you there yesterday ? Old man--All day long
your Worship, till about three o'clock.
Mr. ItAwuNsoN—You stopped a gentleman yes-
terday afternoon from going in at the door, and
showed him the way to the office.
I stops a good many gentlemen in the course of:
the week, your Worship.
GentleMan—And 1 was obliged to give you 6d.
to get-rid "of you.

Thank,.yokir Honour, you did:
Mr.,RAWLINSAN—You have been told you must.
not ask for money. , •
only moves my, hat, your Worship; I moved
my hat to this gentleman,. your Worship, and fold
him I was,very poor; but I ax'd for nothing.
Mr. ItAwuNs9N-.—He saw you come up the area
steps of the Ambassador's house, between three and
four o'clock; what bleiiness had you.there ? I had
been to warm myself, your Worship.
Mr. RAWLINSON--W here? In the sarvants'-hall.
`f Do you go to the servants'-hall whenever you
please?" said Mr. RAW LINSON. Whenever I wants
a bit of a warm.

Mr. RAWLINSON—And you get a bit of dinner
there sometimes, I suppose.
" No, never," replied the old man, emphatically,
for the sarvants are all at board wages.
Mr. RAWLINSON—How many people do you sup-
poSe go down the area-steps in the course of the day ?
" God knows, a great many."
" Do you ever see Jew clothesmen go down with
bags ?", " Yes, often," replied the old man, and
added somewhat testily, "but I don't stop there to
watch the place, and I shall never go to warm my-
self no more."

Mr. RAwuNspN told him not to feel angry, for
no one suspected him, and he might go about his
business.

- The servant who was in the butler's pantry last,
previous to the robbery, declares he locked the
door; but it was found unlocked, and the skeleton
key left behind does not fit it, and the Magistrates
cannot see why a thief stealing in broad day-light
should carry with him a phosphorous-box and dark-
lantern.

OLD BAILEY, DEC. 10.

SINGULAR PROSECUTION.

lir. Maxwell Campain, a respectable-looking
youth, aged 19, was indicted for stealing eighteen
sovereigns, :the property of George Milne, in the
dwelling-house of D. Griffiths.
Mr. BODKIN stated the case for the prosecution.
The prosecutor stated that he lives at Hamp-
stead, and is a butcher, in the employ of Mr. Grif-
fiths, and so was the prisoner. On the day named.
in the indictment he missed 18 sovereigns, which
were previously safe in his box. They were never
missed till the 23d of November, wheu he 'went to
his box. There was no mark upon the sovereigns
by which he could identify them from others of the.
King's coin.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The pi isoner
did not sleep in the same room with me, but other
persons did.
Mr. Griffiths (or Mr. Griffin) was here called by
Mr. BODKIN, when he admitted that both the
accused and the accuser were in his employ, and
when the charge was made by one against the other,
6/. 16s. was found in his (the prisoner's) box.
Mr. Sergeant ARAISIN told Mr. Bodkin that
there was no offence proved, nor, if he might judge
by the depositions, was there likely to be.
Mr. CLARKSON then said that he had eight wit-
nesses to prove—
The COURT interposed, and said that there was
nothing upon which to put the prisoner on his de-
fence.

Mr. CLARKSON replied, that he was convinced of
that fact, but for the sake of the respectable youth
at the bur, he was bound to state that eight witnesses
were in Court of high character and respectability,
some of whom would prove when and from what
source the money found in the box of his client was
furnished. He concluded by observing that it was
a most scandalous commitment.

Mr. Sergeant ARABIN' without further remark,
told the jury that there did not appear to be any
charge against the young man which could be sub-
stantiated, end directed an acquittal.
Verdict—not Guilty.
The sessions having terminated, the RECORDER,
who had succeeded Mr. Sergeant Arabin, proceeded
from the Old to the New Court, and pronounced
the sentences upon the prisoners who had been
convicted of the offences upon which they had been
committed.

The awful sentence of death upon the following
24 unhappy individuals, viz.:—

For Housebreaking—Edward Nightingale, aged
34; William Humphreys, 19; Joseph Mott, 23 ;
William Morley, 21; Thomas Ouseby, 20; Edwin
Harris, alias Nutting, alias Coombe, 21 ; and Wm.
Woodward, 21. (Ti'e two last prisoners pleaded
far mercy on the ground that they had committed.
no personal violence.)
For uttering base coin, having been previously
convicted. John Ponsonby, alias Greenwood, 59.
(The prisoner pleaded d►stress, and expressed his
contrition.)

Stealing in Dwelling-houses--Wm. Wood, 23;
Edward Rowley, 22; and Robert Sherstone, 23.
(When this prisoner was asked the usual question,
he said, "I accused myself, and acknowledged the
offence, in order to protect imocent individuals
against whom suspicion lay.")
Horse-stealing—William Deacon, 21; Thomas
Brooks, 22.

Sheep-stealing—John Lovell, 36 ; Thos Eyre, 38.
Burglary—Peter Glennon, 19; William Jones,
19; and John Price 24.
Returning from Transportation—Charles Yeates,
alias W. Smith, alias Chat es Coombe, 30.
Highway Robbery—John Attridge, 16 ; James
Wheeler, 21 ; Daniel John Quay, 17. (The two
latter are part of • the Bethnal-green Guy Faux's
gang, who committed plunder on the sth of Novem-
ber last.)
High Treason James Coleman, 23. (This
prisoner was ordered to be drawn upon a sledge from
the prison to the plate of execution.)
Forgery—Matthew Reilly, 20.
When Mr. Shelton said to the prisoner, " You
Stpc) convicted of forgery, what have you to say
why you should pot receive judgment IQ die accord-
ing to law ?" •
The prisoner, with arms a-kimbo, came to the front
of the dock (Ind betokened that he wished to be
heard. His youth and respectable appearance im-
mediately superseded the necessity of 'a call for si-
lence. The prisoner then said, "My Lord, what is
the reason or that lineation being put to me ? Is it
merely prpfor•tna, or that your Lordship expects me
to give an answer to it ?"

Slr. Shelton—lt is put to you for the purpose of
your stating any objection you may think proper.
Prisoner—l certainly have an objection, and were
you in my plaee, Sir, you would.

linconpn—Allow me to entreat you to consider
the awful and melancholy situation in which you
stand. You must receive sentence of death. You
are not to dispute the law; but if you can show
just cause why it should not be enforced, the Court
will be very glad to hear you.
Prisoner—The Judges who tried me neglected to
ppint out to the Jury the different times on which
I was stated to be insane. My frirnd4 C4llle f.pwurd
and showed that I was insane, and -the inference
might have been that I was at the, time the offence
was committed.

RECORDER--I did not try you, but I haie no
0011}}t ;141.t that your case underwent mature con.
sideration, and th 4 the jniy, after a deliberate con-
sultation, decided that pit were sane wten you cbrn-
mitted the offence, or, in other words, that you
knew whether you were doing right or wrong. •
Prisoner—Then, my Lord, I wish that my obser-
i vations may reach a higher Court.
RECORDER—Depend upon it that your case will-
go tiers, and reeeiva full investigation—the Secre-
tary of State is ever ready to lieten to every thing

which persons placed in your unfortunate sin,
can urge.

The prisoner then bowed relpeetfulty to the
and retired.

Transportation for life.Will;am Curnuro
Jeremiah St. Leger, Richard Cation, Wm.
George Smith, and W. Wyse.
The last-named prisoner was tried and couvi
at the September Sessions 'of stealing notes
large amount belonging to the bankers at'
when a point was reserved for the considers
decision of the Twelve Judges.
For Fourteen Years' Transportation,
Pratt, Sarah Smith, Robert Mills, Caroline
Thomas Bird, Margaret Boylan, Mary Price,
Crossley, and Elizabeth Gray.
For Seven Years' Transportation.---,
Walters, Edward Leed, John Clark, Wu].
Wm. Cole, John Parsons, George Will
Reynolds, John Jennings, Elisabeth Murphy
Hastings, John Murrell, Mary Anne Croster,
Walker, John Basil, James Baylis, Joseph
Jane Moses, James Jackson, Ellen Burgess,
Maliony, Elizabeth Wetherall, Christian Grasv
Clark, John Markham, Thomas Parnell, Gee.
Mary Stewart, Mary Brien, Wm. Wright,
Clark, William Taylor, Anne Walker, H,
diner, Thomas Fitzgerald, Julia Welsh,
Brown, Joseph Dornier,"'John Walker,
Edwards, Sarah Quin, Mary Clifford, Mary
Beverly, John Keen, Eliza Dwyer, Joseph
and George Knight.
For Two Years' Imprisonment in the
Correction, and to be kept to Hard Labor
Todd and John Seabrook.
Francis Sweeney, and James King-
meat, and hard labour, for 18 months.
John Stephens, Ana Robert Stanley, and
Jones—lmprisonment, and hard labour, for
months.

W. Godfrey, W. Johns, John Lane, W.
Sarah Ashley, Dennis Hayles Hannah ssnart,
Tidd, Alexander Monrow, Alexander Moi
James Latimer—lmprisonment for six mow
hard labour.

Eliz. Davis and. John Robertson—lmps
for four months and hard labour.
James Marshall—lmprisonment for three
hard labour, and one private whipping.
John Ryan, Eliz. Luffen, James Faller,
Brown, Mary Hill, Thomas Johnson, Thomas
ger, Thomas Collard, Robert Hayditton, J
brook, Thomas Johnson, John Forrester
Richardson, John Morgan, Daniel O.
Richard Knight, and John Ryan--Imprison
three months and hard labour.
James Edwards and Thomas Thomas—lnar
ment for two months and hard labour. •
James Webb--Imprisonment for six weeks,
labour, and to be publicly whipped near the
where the felony took place.
William Davis, George Floward, James Sa
Sarah Cootes, Jane Smith, Ann Bonner, Tb'
Howell, George Springham, and John Hall
prisonment for six months, and hard labour.
George Pearson--Imprisonment for one 034
hard labour, and to be whipped.
'Mary Slade, Caroline M'Cann, John ',Orville
Long, John Steele, Mary Woods, Joseph
Thomas Mullins, Wm. Henderson, Joseph U7'
Susan Haley, Daniel Daniels, Wm. Thomas, Jill
Mullis, Sarah Griffith, J. Baker, Sarah Kec°
—lmprisonment for one month, and hard labogr'
Ann Malony—lmprisonment for three weelo7o
hard labour.

Catharine Long, James Pearce, John Han/
Mary Greavea, and Hannah Connor, alias Dr'
—lmprisonment for fourteen days in Newigate.
Wm. Brown, :John Mahoney, Wm. Hood,"
,i
Brown, George Brown, Thomas Hughes,
Humplireys,John Simmons, John Thompson,
Martin, Ben. Colston, Edw. Brett—to be whip
and discharged.
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The Sessions was then adjourned to the 15.1
January.

On Friday a party of twely©,
at-the Duke;
Norfolk's, Fornham, killed 9'7 brace of Prielointo 001.1,01
brace of hares. This rather disproves tiny state
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which we have heard _of the scarcity of game 104
neighbourhood. Nearly as great a quantity, in provvi
to the number of guns, was killed on the same daly
Culford, the estate of R. 13enyon De Beauvoir, Esq.;
joining that of his Grace.--Bury Retold.
Amongst the improvements making by j
Duke of Bedford in Covent-garden Market, it is V•
hoped that certain spots will be allotted for the PA/
basket-women, from whence they might be called s('
wanted, instead of being allowed, as at present, to t(
every person that enters the market, particularly fete"
11,
We regret to hear that Mr. John Martior,
celebrated historical painter and engraver, hat been 0 td
in consequence of the accident which he met with
gardens of the Zoological Society, to attend the dllt9
his profession for the last two months. The conssl!)
will be a postponement of the publication of his tft,
print, as a companion to his splendid productions of
Deluge," " Belshauer's Feast," and Joshtutentstras9,
the Sun to stand still
,;" but it is satisfactory to fiat.,
be is rapidly recovering the use of his hand. A

BIRTHS. fr
On the Bth inst., in Frederick's-place, the lady of v,,
Lloyd, Esq, of a son:
dad
On the Bth inst., in Queen-square, the lady of f'
William Mason, Esq., of a sou.
On the 4th inst., at South-town, Kenton, Devon,
of I
cis Anne, wife of Lieutenant H. A. Corneck,
still-horn child, a daughter. ol
On the 9th inst.,• the lady of S. J. Allen, Beg.'
Batheaston Villa, of a son.
On the Bth inst., Mrs. B. Hopkinson, of Red
square, of a daughter.

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On the 9th inst., at Dowdesetell, h
Gloucestershrrf'
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he Rev. Charles Covey, M.A., William Morris, for •
R.N., son of the late Robert Morris, Esq., 1141.„P•„ „„,
Gloucester, to Ann Rogers, daughter of the Rev. 1-4' • Itiotiori
Coxwell, rector of the former place.
Is m3'On the 10th inst., at Minster, Isle of Thanet,
Penny Hillman Esq., of Sydenham, eldest son of th 2
Junes Hillman, Esq., many years of his Majesty's F,rsili
yard at Deptford, to Ann, only daughter of William "A ~11
Esq., of the above place.
On the 9th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, the !Al' ''.21,141_
R. P. Goldsworthy Tiddeman, ALA., of Magdalen 11r 14 :,2!
Oxford, to Elizabeth Francis, second daughter 'Ol
Richard Hilliard, of Stockwell-place, Surrey. th.
On the 6th inst., at St. James's, Clerkenwell, hi
Rev. .Francis Daman, Mr. George Olding, sure:of
Ifigh-street, Borongb; to Mary A9n,'eldeat doom?
William Watson, Esq., of Red Lion-street,,Clerkeu
On the 6th inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, by. the #'
Charles Turner, John Tucker, Esq., of Gloucester-10s
Queen-square, to Sarah, only surviving daughter 0
late Mr. John Henry Wilkinson.
On the 10th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square. lit,
the Rev. Edward Rose Breton, Edward Frederick D
Esq., to Lucy, daughter of the late Peter Breton, gqi
Southampton.

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DIED. stir
On the 7th inst. at her house, Palmer's-green, 9,1110,
gate, in her 82d year, Sarah Lewis, relict of the late
Lewis, Esq., of Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
On the 7th inst., William Saprell, Esq., of Bristol-plat'
On the 9th inst., at Wa!worth, Surrey, aged 42+ %ph'
garet Barnard, third daughter of the late spptio mph
of Gracechnrch-street.
NA On the 9th inst., Mr. To Fakeloth, of
place, Hackney, late of Foulmire, Cambridgeshire, egach4"
On the 7th inst., aged 51, Robert Lilly Storks'
of Grove-hill-terrace, Camberwell, and of Lawren4.-
London.
On the 9th inst., at Wpstgrltain, in lieut., the inptpt
nir the Rev. R. L. Adigns, aged one week. Jelel) On the VIII inst., at Tottenham, the Rev.
Shrimpton Brooksbank, aged 35.
Lately, in Queen-street, May-fair, Louisa, the !ilk
the Rev. J. M. Turner, rector of Wilmslow, Ch! shire'oo
On the 10th inst. Mrs. W. G. Harris, late of ,„,
bridge, Wilts, in her 30th year.
Legh (late Miss Turner, whose ease created 0
sympathy of the public :er large), wilt of /ifr. 111.01,
Legh, E. 0
Esq., M.P., of Legone Park, of a still-born. 7.,
On the 4th inst. in the-Clapham-road, in the 67th /T 4
of her age, Mrs. Ann Wild, relict of the late Jobn
Esq. of Martin's-lane.

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