The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-23 00:00:00

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Yesterday was the day appointed for bearing
the charge of "felony preterced against Mr. Denew
the auctioneer, before. 11 r. 13tatctg, by a man of
the name ot Langton, in consequence of his
haring purchased two lot, at a sale of Mr. Dent w's
at Ealing, when not having complied with the
conditious .of sale, Mr. Denew, from circtun-
stanceS which came to his.knowledge, repossessed
himself ot the property front Mt: Langton," who
• had taken it away from the place of sale.
Two o'clock was the hour appointed for arguing
-the question of the felony. Mr. ALLav, and Mr.
BURGES3, the solicitor, were in teadiness defend
Mr- Dcncw from the charge, but Mr. A Nnacws,
‘v-ho was to upturn the charge, was not in at-
tendance; and after waiting till past 3 o'clock, a
letter was received front ,hitn,- stating, that on ac-
count of businesi in another place, it was impossible
for hint. to come to the office. The proceedings'
were then adjourned till 8 o'clock last night, at
which hour it was restlitle'd, when Mr. ANnttews
was heard at considerable lengthin support. of the
charge, and Mr. ALLEY in reply. The evidence
tea: gone through on both sides.
Mr. 131RNIE, in tleilVtlltvg his opinion, declared,
thlt there was 410 pretence fur a charge of felony.
The office %vas crowded.'
mAnt.nottouGn.snq.:ET.

Impos•roas.---On Monday last there women ap-
plied to Mr. HICKS, the Sitting Alagistrate, to
sign prises ; but Mr. liisson, chef Clerk, and
Plank and Joy, officers, suspecting that they were
impostors, communicated their 'kights to the
Magistrate, iu con,equence of which the signature
tray obliterated, and they were desired to &pint.,
instead Ot so doing, they waited until his worship
Was departing from the office, when they met him
at the oflice.tlonr, taxing him with prejudice, and
declaring it was hard to starve in a .liristian
coutt-
tty, Mr, Hicks, .fearing the officers. might he mis-
taken, returned hack to effect bo,tue plan for their
;chef, b.ut the officers,, perskting in their opinion,
brArched them, with his permission, in a pri7
vare room. In the interval one at 'Utem escaped ;
the others, who had two children, stated
names to be Mary Taylor, shies .O'Neil, and
•Doherty. On O'Neil were fotind 331. in -bank-
notes, and on her daughter Fanny, wt. re found a
Scotch batik •note, h one pound Bank .of England
note, together with a quantity of old passes re-
ceived trom St. .1 aine'sci, St. Martin's, tirbeth
and even from Yorkshire, St. Aline, Soho, aud
signed by Mr. Colquitoun, Sir NV. l'arsons, Mr.
Mathews, Mr. Stacks, in Yorkshire, and finally
by Mr. Hicks himself, at which the 11 orthy as-
gistrate was thunderstruck, and ordered them to
be _brought before him yesterday, and in the meow.
time to be seat to Sc. Jatoe's workhouse l! they
were accordingly brought up by Plank,; and on his
way to the %Ace he met a poor woman oained,Bry-
ant, who had been soliciting relict from,the Lime
parish ; ale : spoke to one of the prisoners, at the
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same.tnne intimating to the.ollicer that she could.
inforM him at something respecting them : this
coma*, therefore, was examined, and her evi-
dence Showed that about a fortnight back, as she
was going to Rosemary-lane to purchase some
old clothes for her children, she saw a great
crowd of people in front of the Mansion.
llOnst, and iminited the cense of a bystander,..
who informed ber.the Lard Mayor curs' giving
passes. She was going on, when one of the
sone; s, 'seeing her with so many children, advised
her, 'to aaly to his Lordship : that he would
give her 'l% pass and four shillings, and she
(the prisoner) would put her in a way of getting
sixpence for each of the children in various pints
through the City. This plan witness disdained,
and told the prisoners, although site wits prior and
her children fatherless, She would still endeavour
to 'get herhread try honest imiustry, itt the satire
time than Ling them 'for their advice. 'lire pri-'
soners then treated her with some gio, and they
depatted. Two days ago they met her again at
St. Anne's workhouse, on the same busineis., and
regretted very much they could get only bread and
cheese at St. James'iri .tail they again pressed her
to become a partner in their gains, which 'he
again refused, and' they parted. Since then Lire
had not seen them until now mu custody.

The prisoners ufenied 411 knowledge 'oPenelt
other. ()i.e said she lately arrived in toivri from
Nianelietter, and the other said site, eirue from
Irclawf, hot noliAltunitely she hod forgotten the
the phicv linivever, this story WAS re-
lined by !heir own chilelren, whoistated them in
has been actintiinted for A Ding time.
The Ma.zistrates (nr.ll:lttLtt and Mr.' thexs)
directed the cast: tobetitade as public at lios.sible,
In order that the Overseers tit the different pa-
riihes shoithl appear, as non e woe then in At-
tendance except Mr. Shodwell, of St. James's...-.
PlAnk, the oit.eer, banded the' property found
on the prisoners, when, amongst other things,wtts
An affidavit tor a p:iiviihruker'S dupliente;
way also found on theta. They 'were remanded.