The Sun.
London, England, 1811-08-08 00:00:00

POLICR.

Gt.'lLP3ttAt,L.--Yegteriby tt person of apparent
respedability. was examinkd betore Sir WILLIAM
I.!E;GkiTON, on a charge of assaulting a watchni.o.
The circumstances which transpired were ratyev
singular watchman stated.t hot the itefes-darit
assaulted him on Monday evening, while on Iris
duty in St... Paul's Church-yard. In consequence of
some oppositiort,m,icie by,t,re defttnkiant, after. the
assault, he Wig taken to the wiitcl,i-house: of Castle
Btyrtard.' lie appeared to be intoxica:etl, end' +,ssi
suspeeled of having taken up athree-sliiiring Bank
token, whieb hy on the table when he was tito:nght
in: The watchmen proposed searching his pockts,.
Which he oppristq ; b'ut to 44binft,
they *found the Batik token in his possession, with
one 101. and twOl. Batik notes ; also a number of
fictitious notes, purporting to be of the amount of
near 7uool. Ttiere were likewise Everal , blthrk
Manchester bills and wills of exchange. On Tues-
day the defenclaht was taken betore the Magistrate
for eXamination,"iinti remanded until inquiry could
be mare at the Bulk respecting thetiotes found in
tiffs possession. On the present occasion, a Gentle-
man from, the Bank stated, that the Bank nuts;s
were' good ones. The fittiticua'notes were not tlka
'legal representatives of Money, and as such tiny did
not come under theirtiotice. The worthy Aldermap
stated, that he could-not go into any further inquirr
reepecting the iktitions paper, but he could, not
avoid.obeetv,ing th,it-i'he defendant hid fAuced hidt-
'seif in' a rbspidibu 'iruslion, by carrying about trim
articles' insented.ro dece!ve ail the y 45 do.
tendant said. he 'had port:has:A 'them as
Land 'chit his object was to r,it.rs•rh..oi tO his friends',
in 'order that they rn%tit avoid bitiing .imposQtl
upotitby such deceptions, The dentin-
ed' the tittittous-peper, -and rertitned the govia
notes and the thrte-shilling piece, wide') the dere.it'•
dant craiined 'as his properly. As the chafge of as-
saulting the proVed, ihe deft:lidera
was Ordered .to'ffnd tail, u hoh he 'accordingly did,
and'was

Tilk*es. PoLicn,-7George Bonet, George 'orris,
and Thowas,Forci, ch irgcd w.int *leafing botiiion ro
a con4i.Jerabfeemount.fr,.lll on, board t..ei Archduke.
Cl,afir,s a vetset lying in :he; West. India Dock,'
11mi recently arrived from Lima, and Thomas: Cizip.:
for receiving UP: same, ktie%iog it to be
,erdAy utiderWent a se.ond e xatnina. ion . The
first prisoners, it appeared,; were, apprehended in
coti?equence !of the information o( Chip, who was
applied to so sell the. silver,,,and who had attually
;tweed so to do, and had obtained possession of two
ingots, when he saw a bill offering a reward of one
hundred guineas for the discovery of the offenders yi
in
.consequence of uhich. hp gave information to
CaPtain Fearne; the Ciptani of tlid•vcssi.
Mr. ALI.F.Y, who att;:odc.4.l in hi, behalf, con.,
tended. that be hid not only a right to be acnitlehl,
as a King's evidence, .but entitled to the reward,
of one hundred guineil,,.*l in fait!, but for
the trausaciton would stilt,have remained a ricerel.,
and the prisoners would have escaped. the punish..
anent they. appeared to deserve,,.
Mr. klaantoT, the Sitting Magistrate, was ;Of:
opiuion that the matter should undergo is,tull hives-
tigatien, and to. that end directed that Op prisoners
might be remanded fora future examination, when
we shall be able with Propriety to lay the whole ease
befaie our readers. Upwards of 2,4001. .worth of
bullion, it appeared, had been stolen from on boari,
.the Archduke Charles by thelabourers eitipluyeci to
.discbarge the cargo, 0i which only a very small
portion.has been discovered. ,

La 36 or 110 SPITVIRE,—.-.Yestefday •afternovni
about Icier o'clock, this elegant little vessel, which,
has won .niany prizes given by the proprietors of.
Vauxhall anti the New Itanelagh Gardens, %VB.': 3Ui:k
within .900 yards of the Red House, on the Sul
'sideof the Thames. ..1t being a spring tide, .Ntitii a
strong wind, she ran against some flOating timbers,
by which
.stie was bilged. There were five men
and a boy on board, who„glade their escape u;i olao
timbers." The accident is said to have broil occo-,
alone:1 by the vessel carrying
„too -mach sail. It
was prattising for the silver-cup aril cover given. by
the Proprietors of the New Asuelagh Gardens,' and
is to be re-sailed for this day., .
The following melancholy accident ha' happened
at Cambridge: On Saiutday laSt, Citaites Skiniltr
Mathews, Esq. M. A. Fellow of Dowhing
went tcp bathe in the Caw, a :line above liditown,
but venturing-in a deep part of the ricer, he got en-
tangled in the welds, 'and though an .e.welleht
swiinther,, was untortunately,urown,d in the pre.-.
sence of three gentleOry!ti who had it. not 6 'their
power to a`P.iSI. hint, . ovVing to the danger of tho
place. A boat was prot.;ured, ;Ind the body 4oa4g,
up in about go minutes. but too late fur restoration
to lite, thotigli eiery possinle me its IklIS use' cl-ty.tlie
-facultylor that purpose— Mt. Alathcws was in the
t4.7th yvar of Ins age, lately of 41' tinity College', and.
took a Htei ArtanVes deWekt of b, A: in Jautany,
t#os.

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