The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-03 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

WHOLES ALE SHEEP-STEALING.—A middle-aged man, 'of
vleniier make, was brought up in custody of Pople, the officer,
charged with stealing twenty sheep.
George Pople, the officer, stated that from information be re-
ceived yesterday evening lie went to a house in Rochester-row,
Westminster, and at the back of the premises he saw the pri-
soner with a cart and horse and twenty sheep in the yard, the
gate of which was dosed. The prisoner was in the act of
tying some of the sheeps' legs, and placing them in the
cart. Witness aked who they belonged to, when the prisoner re-
plied they were his property, and he had bought them at Smith-
field the same morning. He then requested to know the salesman's
name; this lie also refused telling, and observed, you need not
trouble yourself to ask questions, for I shall answer none. Witness
then took down the name on the cart, written in chalk, G. Wil-
liams, Bermondsey, No. 165,156 ; he consequently took him into
custody, having the strongest suspicions that the whole of the
sheep were stolen ; there was no usual salesman's mark on them,
hut merely the farmer's, a crease along the back, and they ap-
peared from different kind of flocks.

Mr. Wurrz—The prisoner's conduct in treating the Court
with contempt is a very strong suspicion of his guilt, for no ho-
nest man would refuse stating his place of residence. Let the
prisoner be locked up alone, until he thinks proper to state who
and what he is, and suffer no one to communicate with him.

He was then removed. and ordered to be locked up.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

THE KING V. WHITEHEAD.

Sill—We request you will correct an error which appeared in
your report of this case.
The Common Sergeant did not state, in his observations to the
Court, that the letter complained of was " wholly without foun-
dation." The words he used were the subject of previous consi-
deration, and were (as reported in the Herald) as follows :
" That he (the Common Sergeant) had been instructed to say
that his client felt great regret for having written the letter, which
was the foundation of this application; that the letter was not
justified by any thing which bad taken place : and that being
willing to pay all the costs, he hoped the rule would be dis-
charged."

We trust you will, in your next paper, correct this misrepre-
sentation. We are, Sir, your's, obediently,
DAX, SON, and MEREDITH, Solicitors.
Gray's Inn, Feb. 2, 1827.

A Dispensation has passed the Great Seal to enable
the Reverend Dr. Edward Mires, Regius Professor of Modern
}Jittery in tho University of Oxford, and Rector of Biddenden,
Kent, to hold with Biddeuden the Rectory of Newchurch, in
the same county, to which he has been collated by his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury.

THE WANSTEAD ESTATE.—With respect to this
fine estate, into the possession of which Mr. Wellesley came on his
marriage with Miss 'filmy Long, the public generally are under
considerable misapprehension. The greater part of this property,
if we mistake not, is generally understood to have been com-
pletely squandered away by Mr. Wellesley, and nothing left but
some small estates, which were entailed to his eldest son. This
is entirely a mistake. The whole of this property comes into the
possession of the young heir (who has been so much the object of
Chancery protection) on the death of his father. Mr. Long Wel-
ley never had any thing more than a life interest, and consequently
could not sell ; all he could do was to encumber and charge his
own life interest; and of this power he has no doubt availed
himself pretty largely. The Wanstead estate, embracing under
this designation the whole of Miss Tilney Long's property,
has occasionally produced 40,000/. a year; but this has been
in part owing to fines payable on the renewal of leases, the sur-
render of copyholds, and other accidental causes. The average
net rent of the estate is about 35,000/. a-year ; but of this, by
the will of his grandfather, 11,000/. a-year is apportioned for the
proper maintenance and education of the young heir. Previous
to the marriage of Miss Tilney Long, it was intended to suffer re-
coveries and fines of this as well as of the other part of her pro-
rpaelyi,
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found that it could not be done. Mr. Wellesley, therefore, has a
but, on examination, it was
,oaoOrae-tyteleamr,e:;hich is, however, charged with
incumbrances to the amount of 16,000/. or 17,000/. a-year, or
raising
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el oiirnei.l a r
g 50,000/. on this estate ; and, the Wellesley has a powerei,alsoapoowfecaiO-f
Bsuemsidoesn tliiiiiss'own. On the death of Mr. Welles-
ley, his eldest son will come into the whole estate of 35,000/.
a-year, subject only to the charges of 30,000/. a-piece to his
younger brother and aister..