The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-17 00:00:00

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BOW-STREET.---Yeslerday, a baker, from tile
neighbourhood of Chandos-strcet, appeared to aa
information laid against him by Samuel Strachaa,
for selling 75 two-penny loaves, without having a
Roman W. impressed on them, as the A6i directs,
to denote their being wheaten bread. It aperectr,
that on Tuesday morning, a man of the
eadant as
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John Lees, went to the stioa 'of the df, ul
said he w as servancto an old lady, who give Oaf
six dozen of-twopenny loaves every wrek, and 1;e,
had tecornmeaded him the custom, but he al'''it
have them in the course of the day. The clelenclinfli
for such a.customer, set about making them with :'.l
speed,' and in his hurry-omitted to put the llotnaa
NV. on them.
The defendant acknowledged the charge) execfq
that he had only, sold Lees 79 loaves, Lees loig
asked him for a discount ' ior ready money, but
agreed to take three loaves instead of .money.
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The Magistrate said he thought it would be ca':
rYihg the•convietion ico.close for the loaves. fill'
were given, and only convieled for siveolrivi°
loaves is. each, and ss. cost'. . 1
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Gentleman addressed the Bench, staling Ji‘r •
sell to be a Captain of a mail of war, and that l'l,.
was at present residing in the neighbourboodl,
Whitechapel. A few days since he was sittiog 01,
his .wile and family at dinner,' when a musket 0,
discharged into the window of his dining-room; l,
ball with which it was loaded struck his wihi
back, but providentially. without doing
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rious injury. By the assistance of some 14010;
he
bad a young !WU taken into custody, wb° ;,16 .
seen to discharge the musket into
ISt hou'e. to
had him taken before the Magistrates belongiag ~i
Whifeehapel Office, and supposod him 10 be '611,/,',
custody, but had seen him, at large. The only
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fence_set up before the Magistrates was, that 110'4,4
firing at a post. The Captain said, fie and,., "I,
neighbours felt themselves togreat terror. of 01110;
he did'not know much of law, having reel'
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all his life time, but hoped he could [boo o'll'l of
dress, conceiving Baw-street °dice the ptinClP
the Police. . . cos
jr. READ replied, that as the whole of thg4 04,
was not before him, he could not interfere; iti,"fot '.
visod the Captain to apply to the Magislritte we
whom the charge was, for an ex lanation.
,and retired
The Captain bowed- respealullyi
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___' A person speaking favourably a the bee
Theatricals, observed, that the per/brier:l' bad I"'
se, teBed by very
,competent Judges,. , „,Jaid be 4
A Gentleman at Moy, near Armegh, 0.-' ebios
ffore the Dublin Society, a description of a 300
.or working eight pumps; of any lengtbi °4O tO-1
inches in the bore, and la inches plunge, "eoriv'
strike between 30 and .40 strokes a picotolinate,
puthP, with the labour of one man only) Tr roto
can be set so cloie that . they will take i3P4'"s',,,,sta
than other kind of punsps, and will raise roolia.„ ttie
4n board.ships,' or on land; than can he iliS'a. Is; 10
same time liy any chain,putup, which re9ti,witl
men lo work them on board a man of %/itrii' I 040
also raise more water thnil any stefim"eligjr veal 4
it) the same titre. The same person .has ..n:..,,c,tV
a churning machine. which; like the othe, gi '-,
ed by rotatory' fltotioln,.
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on the nth inst. the Lady of serving
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the mitt, Regiment ot. Dragoonsi serving in r°'l* ' of
(laughter. .., ko fit
On Tuesday last, the Lady of deorgc Hart 14 ,
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