The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-24 00:00:00

DOW-STREET.

Yesterday an extraordinary investigation took
place before Mr. NAHH3 and Mr. liitiNta, respect-
ing the reetiVing of stolen property. A few ev'ert.
ings since a Gentleman of the name of Newiridt
was enticed into h hintse near the 'Hampstead-
road, we understood in Eaton,?treet, by two fe-
males, who shortly after tell him in- the, house.
tie soor► after discovered that he had heeo robbed
of his pocketrhoolt, containing a 30/.. Rank of
EnglAul note, and his watch. An'alarm was
given, and a description of the females, who were
well known, to Collier and the other constables of
•
St. Pancras I Anti,, and they'Aook Elonor. 4ones,
ono of the girls, into custody a few days after.
She confessed r ire robbery : and the account sire
gave of the difiposing of the property was. that
they %vent to a man of the name of piers,, who is a,
aalenoan, and whom they had sold property to
before, and offered him the 301'. Mink-mite for
sale. lie told them it .was rally a '2O/. note, and
caCred them 161. for it, which they refuietf to ac-
cept ; and after sortie diffieulty he agreed to give
them 171. which they accepted. They also sold
hint the watch they'hnil taken front Mr. Netirbolt
for 14s. tliouo worth between 41. and 5/. Miers
mai in cunseqrience taken, into eirstOdy, and yes-
terday under Went a second invef.i:igation, when he
denied the charge. Eleattorlones, however, per-
sisted in her statement.

Mr, Newholt_at tended, and sold' he was positive
it was 'a 301. note, and urn a 201.; a ball taken
• it at Messrs. Hoare's, the bankers; and bad oh-
' tained the number and date, which enabled him
to stop pament at the
Mr. Harmer attended -for the prisoner, and eon-
teaded,that there was not a 'lulu of evideneeagainst
hint, except what was stated by the thief, which
did not go for any thing, unless strongly corrobo-
rated by other evidence ; anti submitted, that he
ought to be admitted to trail, which the Magi-
strate agreed to if he•in ()ducal two- substantial
housekeepers.
Captain Charles Detaches, alias Fred;riek Schnei-
der, who hk,i4 custody on u. chart; Of tobhing

Mr. Joseph ttteinnin, Off toptliall-conrt, of bills
of exchange to the 'amount of 9201., underwent
;mother exainination. We stated the pat tieldari
on his first examittetion.

Yesterday Mr. Parry, with.Wrhom. the prisoner
lodged in Sr. Martin's•le-Grand, attended, and
sta;ed that the prisoner had been introduced to hint
by Mr. Edelman's clerk, about five or six weeks
since, anti he had conducted himself very well
during that time. On Sunday' he brought a large
hill ease in with him, and said he had lost the key
of it for four days, and wanted .another key.
Alt% Edelman produced hiS bill case, and Mr.
Parry acknowledged that it resembled that. It ap-
peared that he could speak or understand English
or not, just ass it stated his papaw. A Gentle-
man from Germany attended, and said, be had only
yesterday received a let ter "from a Most respectable
hause in Amsterdam, introducing. the prisoner to
his notice, and lie was extremely surprised to
find him in this situation. Lle 'interpreted to
him the nature of the -eharge•against hini; but
he, could not make the prisoner sensible of his
situation, he treating it with great indifference,
not acknowledging that he had stolen, or intend-
ed to steal, the bills; hut merely that lte intended
to keep theta till Mr. Edelman advanced hint 501.
or lOW. more. When lie found dig this excuse
would oat avail him, he was very violent, and
said, in the German language, the Magiitrates
wertivorse than the .Inqukition in Spain, and
they-might go and he d—d. The German trentle.
into Stated, that from what was said-in the let:er
he had received from Amsterdam, Ir. expected to
receive some .boxes with some property in them
for hint, which the. Magistrates desired him to.
open, and see what they cvntaheed. • I'l e gentle-
inan acknowledged, that from the recommendation
,he had received, lie should have reeeired the pri-
soner into Ink house. •

The prisoner asked. to have' rue Napoieons
,vere found upon him', which Mr. Edelman'
very hnnontablyagreed.to; saying,
.nodoubtu out
they were .changed for the a 5.1. he gave him to go
to America with. Hesidos boing one of the Le-
gion & Honour, he is aKull:olst of the IrOil Cr"own.
He has signalized hilasi.lf in six actions, which
are particadarizgcl in .his commlisioo, which he
hail with him. 'lie has. been in the army since the
year.lBo-1. He staved :nodcr the King of Witr=
temlhirg in the year 1805.; ‘rtis in the campaigns
mulci Stink in the years 1.808 and 1809.;. he hail
been three times wminded, in the breast, left leg,
and right AM. Fie eves fid:y committed for trial.

,TRE ROYAI. &MERMAN YACHT.---This superb
vessel, the most'splendid, beyond all comparison,
ever launched in Englund, came out of Deptford.;
yard hist week, and will. &tartly sail to Brighton,
for the use of his Royal Highness the PRINCE
GENT.. Of the exteriorit•tnav' be unnecessary to
speak,.. The descent to the state rooms is by air
easy winding staircase, the balitstracies•of which are
mahogany, richly carved and gilled, and the reo4l
is Flannelled in, the same style: • The after and center
cabins,tand the petssage communicating with the
Lord-in-Witiring!a cabin beyond, are pannelled.
With• crimson dantask, bordered. with mahogany
enriched with gold. The ceilings and doors are of
tine mahogany, the patootts h,aotically borderad.
with carvings, so rie'ily gilt and higlily finished,
t hat they appear .11s if of thesolid metal. Chairs and.
sofas of crimson damask frames of mahogany and
gold s-urround the rooms. Thotluors, of which there
are four in tote-cattier cabin., • are cov,:red with
mirrors.--All the windows arc of plate glues, and
both these and .the blinds are drawn up like those
of it coach. Their, deep sides.are palnoid scarlet.
From the. ceilings are impended ehains.,.
as if for Grecian 14mpa ; but these are to suspend-
''the tables, tit they may. sway with the yew!,
when in ntatn. In the after•eabin the ntlet--
. 0.03 which comes down there,. is Wind on three
siifes with Mirrors, so that none of the wood ap-
paars.• Below the stern. windows are Ottontant
of criinson damask. The carpets are in -shailcs.of
deep green and yellow. •• The worn of the
in-Waiting is pan9el4ed in White and goldV.the
chairs of scarlet: leather. •

Thel/ev. John Heysham,' 13. A. of St. J'ohn's
College, is' appointed one of the minor Canons
of the. Cathedral of Carlisle.—The Rev. Richard
Symonds 'Topics, M.A. Fallow of Catherine-hall,
haiiheenpreliented, by the Master and Fellows of
that:Society, to the Vicarage of Ridgewell, in
Essex, vacant .by the death of the Rev. Win.
Dredbory, •
Thoraday morning, as the workmen were pull-
ing down the building at the back of St. Alliates-
, street, Opposite Carlton I-louse, a stack of chica-
des fell in %yid' a tremendous crash, bringing
along With it the roof and'floors 'to-the cellar.—
M the time the accident happened- there were
troM six to eight persons working' therein, who
were likewise hrought down with the flooring
two of theta were buried in the rnins, but only
for a few minnt.s, when
.01.14 Wen relieved front
their perilous situation. One of the unfortunate
sullerets, when. taken nut, .~iris .80 much bruised
and cot in the head, that he Was obliged to be
conveyed in to e.oaclt• to the hospital.. The other'
received very little injury; the reit'escaped.
hurt.

"Sethrday night the liotnte of WI, Cooper, a
wihiw, at Parson's-Green, Was' broke open while
Mrs. C. and her son-in-how were at the fair, but
they fortunately returned , before the villains Bail
left the house ‘vbile drey were in. the kitchen the
thieves-Lame dOwn stairs, and said, "- he is. nut
there," pretending that they were in search of a
man who had kit his family,. and, that they were
parish,oflicers. The sou-in-law, Mi. HOoker,
;tisPe4ell that they were not what they pretended
'to be, and laid hold of uti of theta (the other ran
away).; lie got assi".stiinel, and upon searching
:Mtn found' six skeleton keys, a dark landlord,
phosphorus box, matches, and several implements
for lionse-breaking.:. and at the back of the house
he found an iron crow. The thief was conveyed
to the cage at Fidbam, , and in the night his as-
-soniate took of the tiles and' set him at liberty.—
Yesterday morning he WAS- re-taken.as he was
looking at di; knot Guards on the parade, by the
.:constable of Fulham .he is now in Tuthill-.fields
:prison, lie and his companion took six one-On-mil
notesta gold %vat& and ft. variety of other articles.