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

BOW-4'f R EET,

Yesterday Josiah West %val brought before Sir
NATHANIRL CONANT,' by Bishop the Wirier, who
stated, that in "consequence of an application at
the Office; lie went to the Royal Arsenal, .Wool-
wick, and found' the prisoner there ; he was act-
ing .11.3 foreman to the labourers. Witness as keil
hint it lie had any thing in his counting-house be-
longing to the' Arsenal he said nothing hot the
books and papers. Witness then took the hey ,of '
the couuti;o;,-hotise hum him and searched' it, and
there found a 'cake or ingot of copper, which has
since been claimed as part of the King's stores.
Witness asked him bow 'it came there / prisoner
said' be had found it abotit two years ago on, re-
moving some old gun-carriages, and that he
had
forgot to-let the storekeeper know of it theta:
mannarned, Turner Vetta in company with hint
%shen.he found it. Turner has since been dis-
charged for stealing something from the Arsenal.
Wittless then proceeded to .prisoner's lodgings,
and there found in a box 18 new store shirts.—
Prisoner admitted that die box belonged to him,
but'said he knew nothing of the shirts.
Mr.'Clieethat»; Clerk Of the cheek in the store-
hecper's department at the Royal Barracks,
provul that the, copper and also the 18 shirts were
pa of his Nlitlesty's" ordnance stores, which the
inner, asforeitnn of- the labourers, bittl.no con
cern with. •
11 was committed to Newgate,for trial .at the
next Kent ARSIZO.: • •
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Between the I st. February and the 14t August
last, there kris been redeemed its 3 per Petit. Stock
the suns of 10,344,9761. 34. 9d. producing an 6..
terest of 31.6,3491. !is. By. to he added to the
Sinking Fond, which at that dale (I it August
last) .attiounted to 13,24.5,9771. 118.8 d. applicable
to the redemption of more of the National IYebt,
which amounted to 788,202,2931. 69. 91d.
the interest of which is 28,932,0171: 1 11.-64(t.
An Irish- Counsel, having been charged by the
Bar with having taken a fee under the 'regular
atimuut, answered, " Gentlemen, I took all the
money the poor man bad ; and if any of you could
do-more, I confess myself wrong."
Film—Yesterday morning, between free,-;and
six o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out onVie pre.
mises of Mr. BeoFeeo, a very extensive bittettit.
baker, situutt d in the narrow entrance of Wyde-
gate-street, Bishopsgate-street. The cotillued
state of the neikhbourhood, and the, numerous
ansatl habitations adjoining, created a dreadful
scene Of confusion., Fortimarely there was kgspod
supply of water, and the• timely wield of the. en-
;.;ices arrested tlie pi ogress. of the thunes from 4:4*
tending beyond the premises where it commenced;
those were entirelneonsumed, and the whole of
the back warehouses attached to them. Many of
the small tenements were Much damaged, to pre,
vent the fire cemmunicating to them.
Eti:utetli Ward the girl who received sentence
of death at the late York Assizes, and has since
been twice reprieved, is to. be, transported to
Botany Bay for life. r • . •
- On Wednesday week,. the Wellington .4/nisch
from the Snails, was thrown ,ovreent tionderlenti
Bridge, near Durhans The -coachman, having
.stopped ,at, the, head of the steep: bank to put, oto
the drag, oex. of the horse's, got 'his leg over the
poke,,” hen it aldettly broke, and the -coach ran
amain down the Bill ; but by'the praise..wi.'athy
exertions of the eoachntan; in holding up the
horses and I:erling there la a (pick pace :down the
the coach was prevented trout Emitting them
down 'l'ltcy rtitcheatht: end of the bridge, but
by tite,sherp tuna made by the leaders, the coach
was thrown over, but wititont doing; any' inktry
to the paslengers: ,'The guard anti -di iore were
rather bruised i the body of the eoaell'wei broke
to pieces.

A GHOST IN TIIP Cli'AbL OF MILL.

The creilolous iiiii•auviainii of. this town have,
been very inuch 31anued, during the last week,
by the report of a ghost having actually made its
appearance on the ramparts of the citadel. Like
most other spectres which have been "said to have
appeared in I his and other places; the ghost al os•e-
-inentiouetll
has assumed various strapes, cut Wally
curious capers, appeared often in the night, and
after alarming Many of the stout-hearted residents
in the garrison, vanished into—nothing—
leaving nu trace behind.
That it is a most mischievous and extravagant,
though certainty ant a dismal spectre, is certain
from the description given of it by a certain knight
of the thimble, who spent a considerable portion
Of last night in most courageously watching for
its appearance ;..though certainly without the an-
ticipated (we are not permitted to say desired)
Altrect.--•-Our informant states, that there is one
person now lying very alarmingly ill, in conse-;
quence of the fright which he has sustained, by
the ghost having appeared to him in the shape
(us he say,) of it woman and a cat. The ghost
(he affirms), appearing in the shape of a woman,
was 'seen by, the alartned spectator burning a
pouted of candles at one tinter in the twinkling
of an eye ! 1 !
We were given to understand, that while the
gallant 92d regiment was stationed in the citadel at
Chit place, titay such mischievous spectres hannted
the barracks---especially the spirituous side of
thetip;--to the no small detriment of. both. the offi-
cers and privates of the Highland regiment—
many of whom, if we be rightly informed, had,—
what is rather unustial in the case of spectral vise
evidence of their reality. We
must confess that we are, howeyer, a. good deal
surprised that the sintlent of the present alarm
should have been so imprudent as to have made—
we hag pardon—her appearance during the last
week; as we are afraid show,, ire speaking upon
such a matter, can any man he destitute of fear
that from the comparatively empty state of{ our
barracks at the present moment, she would not
Meet with that warm and cordial reception, with
which our gallant soldiery are wont_ to entertain
ghosts Of this deiciint ion ; when, by the pressnre
of peculiar Circutustances, they are bereaved of
other' quarters. A number of persons, led by
curiosity, or some less excusable motive, did cer-
tainly assemble with our adventurous infottnaut
.before mentioned, to watch the motions of
our fair incognito, who was expected to appear
" at twelve precisely in the accustomed place
but the " uncourteons ghost" did not think tit to
gratify them with even a glittipse of her spectral
Majesty. Some Ingenious creduliats, 'taking for
granted the fact of her appearance, have been
inclined to suppose that the spectre, 11(AV under
consideiation; nittst have been tile' departed spirit
of some unfortunate female,,who used to: be uptia
terms of close intimacy with certain commissiod-
ed Officers of.,the glorious ir2d; and telifi; since
their dePartnre Eton' the glari,Aui,
For oar octtl part, we think the emtitivirgiort erastc
of canctica. is, completely at war with such is be-
lief. ilad the spectre its nneTtion 1114,1 C lice ap-
pearance clad in greasy Inibiiiniwt.ts, vnd binonig
in the inmost prolusion a qaantiiy of Ureeniami
whale oil, we should have thou ght the opinion
mote probable but then how does it happen that
the ghost has not appeared at Editilmrgh I We
anxiously wait the totival of the North muff tot
information on this curious topims-a,(l/aft Pucka)