The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-07 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

HORSE STEALlNG.—Saturday a young man named
Francis Bennett, was charged with being concerned
with a man named John Kent in stealing a blown
gelding, the property of Lewis Alexander. The
prisoner was remanded.

HATTON.GARDEN.
ELOPEMENT.—A young man of respectable ap-
pearance, who gave his name Hamilton Nash, and a
girl of interesting appearance, about seventeen years
of age, were brought on Saturday before Mr. LAING
under the following circumstances :
Chiswick, watchman of Islington, deposed that on
that morning, about half-past four o'clock, he saw
the prisoners loitering about the neighbourhood with
two heavy bundles m their possession. On ques-
tioning them as to their becoming possessed of the
bundles, the male prisoner refused to give any satis-
factory answers, merely saying they were his own
property, and he was in want of a lodging with his
wife, the female prisoner. Witness, however, took
them to the watch-house, and the young gentleman
then stated that he was the son of Mr. Nash, the
solicitor, of Camden-town, and the female was his
father's servant, for whom he had an attachment ;
but his father having objected to the match, they
had packed up their clothes and left the house un-
known to any of the family.
Mr. LAING ordered the young man to be taken
outside the office while he questioned the female.
Mr. LAING—Are you married ? Girl (modestly)
—No, Sir.
Mr. LAING—Who is that lad ? Girl—Master's
son, Sir.
Mr. LAlNG—Where does he live? Girl—Ar-
lington-street, Camden-town, Sir.
Mr.- LAING—Whose property is that in the bun-
dles ? Girl—Mine and young master's, Sir.
Mr. LAING—N'I'. here were you going with him ?
Girl— Only going away, Sir.
Mr. LAING—Who and what is your master ?
Girl--He is a retired gentleman,
The male prisoner was then had in, and said, in
answer to Mr. LAING, that he was no business; his
father was living on his property ; the articles found
upon them belonged partly to him and his fair com-
panion, for whom he 'Was searching for lodgings.
The Magistrate, after a suitable admonition, ad-
vised the son to return home, and pay attention to
his father's instructions, or he would in future re-
gret it.

They then left the office in a carriage, accom-
panied by the father, who thanked the Magistrate
for his trouble and attention.

UNION-HALL

On Saturday a lady came to ask the assistance of
the Magistrates in recovering a little dog which was
detained unjustly by a person living in the Borough.
The applicant had long passed the climacteric of
life. Her attire was what is usually termed " shabby
genteel," and it was evident from her deportment
and I.inguage that she was a woman of education,
and had moved in a respectable sphere of life.
" On Wednesday last," said the lady, " I went
to the house of a gentleman to inquire after some
property to which I am entitled in the West Indies,
accompanied by my little dog Sparkle, my only
comfort. When I was on my return, by some ac-
cident I lost him. A cruel prosecution robbed. my
late husband of his property, who died of a broken
heart, and my only children, two sons, fell victims
to the baneful climate of Sierra Leone. The ftiends
whom I had in my youth and prosperity have for-
saken me, my relatives have chosen to forget me,
and in my old age I am destitute of every requisite
that can make life desirable and happy. The only
object that evinced affection for me was my dear
little dog. When sitting alone, thinking of days
gone by, my little Sparkle would come and look me
wistfully in the face, as if he read my feelings, and
his anxious countenance distinctly evinced the dis-
tress he was in to see his poor mistress in trouble.
--(Here the old lady burst into tears, and the Ma-
gistrate kindly desired to know how he could assist
her, when she continued.)—On Friday I went out
to look fur my )ittle Sparkle, when a man came up
and asked me if I had lost a dog? I told him I
had. He said he had it, and would restore it on re-
ceiving a guinea. I told him I had not so much at
present, but he might rely upon having it when I
got a trifling annuity to which I am entitled. At
this he walked away, and I saw him go into a house
near Southwark-bridge. I have, therefore, gentle-
men (concluded the old lady), to ask your assistance ;
for if I lose my little dog I lose every thing that
cares for me in the wide world."
The Magistrate then ordereda constable to attend
the lady to the house into which the man had gone.
by whose interposition, his Worship doubted not,
the dog would be recovered.
The applicant gratefully thanked his Worship and
withdrew.

The Trench Charge d'Affaires and Viscount
STRANGFORD transacted business on Saturday afternoon at
the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affair%