The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-15 00:00:00

DIARLBOROU GH-STREET.

Yesterday a young Mail of respectable appearance,
named it illians Richard Smith, came to this office,
and announced himself to Godchild as a person
against whom he (Goddard) had a warrant, on a
charge of felony, and said he was desirous of giving
himself up to justice. The officer recollected that
he held a warrant against such a person fur robbing
his employer, Mr. Young, a solicitor, in Poland-
street, Oxford-street, in whose service the young
mart had been as clerk; and accordingly took him
into custody, and gave information to Mr. Young of
his apprehension.
Mr. Young stated that the prisoner had been for
some time his clerk, and was frequently intrusted
with considerable sums of money to pay in to the
bankers, and other purposes. On the 3d of July
last he was sent to pay 45/. into the banking-house
of Messi. Gosling and Sharp, for account of Mr.
Young, but the prisoner never returned, and it was
discovered that lie did not pay the money as directed.,
The prisoner, when asked by Mr. DYER, the sif-
ting Magistrate, if he wished to say any thing, con-
fessed that the charge was perfectly true; he did
abscond with the 4.51., and went directly to Dublin,
where he had remained ever since, until be spent
all the money, and then, being quite destitute, feel-
ing remorse, and that his character was utterly lost,
he determined to come over to London forthwith,
and surrender himself up to justice. What first
urged him, he said, to this act of dishonesty towards
his employer, who had always treated him with the
greatest kindness, was a quarrel he had had with his
own wife; he felt so unhappy with her, that he
misappropriated Mr. Young's money and ran away.
Mr. Young said, that if he thought refraining from
a prosecution would restore the young man to cha-
racter and honest employment, he should be very
reluctant to pursue the charge, although he had
been a severe sufferer by the dishonesty of clerks.
The Magistrate said it would be a most mistaken
act of lenity to pass over an offence of this nature.
The prisoner said that he was only desirous that
the law should take its course, as he could never
again expect any honest employment in this country.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
A very decent-looking middle-aged female, named
Martha Geary, charged with robbing the Atheneum
club-!touse, in Waterloo-place, was brought up for
final examination.
It appeared, by the evidence, that the prisoner
had been for a considerable time engaged at the
club as housekeeper, and had charge of the table-
linen, &c. Some weeks ago it came to the know-
ledge of the Committee of Management that several
articles of linen with the club's private marks had
been seen for sale about town, and, on investigation,
a great quantity of house linen was missed and it
was ultimately discovered that the prisoner was the
guilty person. A Mrs. Gray, of Whitcomb-street,
and several pawnbrokers, gave evidence against the
prisoner, who was committed to Newgate for trial.

- The property Was set forth in the commitment
as belonging to the Earl of Aberdeen and others, the
trustees.
UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a shoemaker, named Rummy, residing
in the parish of St. George, Southwark, was brought
before Mr. CHAMBERS and Mr. ELYARD, charged
on suspicion with stealing a silver hunting watch,
with gold chain and seals, the property of Mr. Os-
born, who had lately arrived from the west of Eng-
land. The investigation excited considerable inte-
rest, from the circumstance of the complainant being
intoxicated at the time he was robbed, and having a
,tun of no less than 7901., in bank-notesand sovereigns,
in his possession, all of which, luckily for him,
escaped the clutches of the thief.
The accused said, that it must be obvious to
every one, that if he was ir^l:•,ed to have committed
a robbery on tl.e night ik question, he would have

availed hitrielf of the opportunity that presented
itself at the time, and taken the money which Mr.
Oshdrn had so carelessly exhibited, instead of a
ate.h, wai So Much easier of detection.
The a&gitlid's v:-.ife esti gale her explanation of
the matter, in the coufs6 of efie said that they
were all til sy together. She desetilied thb manner
in which Mr. Osborn displayed his hundreds dti the
occasion, as well as his watch, but declared that
neither she or her husband had attempted to act a
dishonest part towards him. While they were at
the " George," Mr. Osborn gave her the wink to
go out, aud they bet!' withdrew together, leaving
her husband in the " George" over a quartern of
rum. Mr. Osborn then took her to the Anti-Gal-
liean, the latullord of which; seeing that he was in-
toxicated, perrhh-fed him to lie down in his bar, and
she left, and on going back to het husband he gate
her a thump in the eye, for goinp7 away without his
knowledge. "My husband," added the prisoner's
wife, " is a very jealous man, and I can assure your
worship that be has used me shamefully ever since,
for lirving nceompanjed Mr. Osborn, and left him
alone in the George."
The beadle of St. James's parish gate an excel-
lent character of the accused, as far as honesty and
hard work were concerned.
Mr. CHAMBERS said, there was no evidence what-
ever to implicate the person accused, whom he
should discharge, at the same time remarking on the
egregious folly of the complainant carrying such a
sum of money about him in the streets of London.
It was a fortunate circumstance for him, that he had
not lost the 7901. as well as the watch, and he should
consider himself, under all the circumstances, ex-
tremely lucky in only losing what he did.