The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

MANSION-HOUSE.—The windowe of the MgliiAottAeute
were all closed on Saturday, in consequence of the death Af Ms
Rayal Highness the Duke of York, the attuttuncentent tti which
melancholy event was received by the Lord Mayor at a quartet
before eleven o'clock on Friday night, by a letter front Mr. Sem..
tary Peel, of which the following is a copy

" «'hitehall, Jan. 8, 1827, quarter y.ast ten, p.m.
"My Lord—lt is with deepot cOntseen that 1 convey to your
Lordship the melancholy intelligent* that hia Royal Highness
the Duke of York expired this night at twenty minutes past nine
o'clock.

" I have to request that your Lordship will gire the directions
usual on such occasions for the tolling of the great ball of Saint
Paul's Cathedral.

" I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most
obedient humble fervent,

(Siined) " ROBERT PEEL."
Addressed " Immediate. To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
The LORD Meson immediately sent his order to the Vergers
of St. Paul's, to execute the request of the Right Honourable Se-
cretary, but, in consequence of the lateness of the hour, and one
of the persons in authority residing a short distance out of
town, the bell was not tolled until eight o'clock on Saturday
morning.

The loan MAYOR issued his precepts for convening A Court
of Aldermen and a Court of Common Council, to consider the
propriety of presenting Addresses of Condolence to his Most Gra-
cious Majesty on the melancholy occasion.
At the conclusion of the routine business of the day, the Lord
Mayor proceeded to St. James's Pahoe to leave his condolatory
card at the residence of his Majesty.

The LORD Ma'von, in the course of the morning, remarked,
that he was much gratified at the re:spect whirl the citizens
generally had paid to the departed Prince, for nearly every shop
window in the, City was partially closed, having at least one
shutter up.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—On Saturday James M'Lci-
pan, a journeyman in the service of Mr. Todd, a baker, residing in
Queen-street, May-fair, was brought in custody to this office, be-
fore Mr. DYEIt, the sitting Magistrate, charged with robbing his
employer in the following manner :

It appeared that Mr. Gunter, the confectioner, in Berkeley_
square, who is one of Mr. Todd's customers, had observed of late,
that the hills sent in to him by Mr. Todd,. for bread furnished to
his familb amounted to a considerable deal more than the con-
sumption of bread in his house would warrant, and suspecting
that some unfair practices were carried on by Mr. Todd's servants,
he communicated his suspicions to Mr. Todd, who immediately
entered into an arrangement with Mr. Gunter, with a view to de-
tect the fraud. It was settled between them that for one whole
week Mr. Todd should keep a strict account of the number of
loaves of bread sent out each day by the prisoner, who was the
person that generally delivered bread to Mr. Gunter's house; and
that Mr. Gunter should keep an emally strict account .of the
number of loaves taken in for the use of his family each day. On
the very day following this arrangement, when the prisoner exile
home after the delivery of his bread amongst the customers of Mr.
Todd,,he gave_ in to his mastera,return in his book of six loaves
as delivered on that lay at Mr. Gunter's, wheretis, in fact, he
had only furnished Dlr. Gunter with two loaves on that occasion.
On the next day again, he charged four loaves as delivered at Mr.
Gunter's, when he had only left one loaf there; and so did he
practise the same deception on every day during the entire week,
when' at the end; on comparing the account furnished to his
master by the prisoner, with the daily account kept by Mr.
Gunter of his consumption of bread, there appeared an mess
‘d loaves charged against Mr.- Gunter of live limes the quan-
tity of bread used in his family, so that the prisoner .Must
have disposed of the bread in some other manner fur his own Ati,
vantage, and made up the account to,Mr. Todd by charging it to
Mr. Gunter.

The case was clearly proved by the evidence of Mr. Todd and
Mr. Gunter's servant, and the prisoner having nothing to say in
his defence, was fully committed for trial for the felony.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—Saturday', a most notorious impostor,
named Jane Weston, and three small children, who have for a
length of time imposed on the credulity ofJohn Bull, were brought
before W. A. A. WinTr, Esq. by Thompson, the street-keeper
at Whitehall.

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1 It appeared from the statement of Thompson, that this drama
was uncommonly well got up. The prisoner, who was the priti-
cipal tragedian in the piece, completely deceived him for some
k time, as well as the public, by her inimitable representation of a
distressed mother with three children, starring in the streets.
The scene opens thus :—The prisoner is discovered sitting ou the
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Ipoor woman is in labour; do get her to a publie-hotihitsheei, and give
her some refreshment ; I fear she will die in the streets." (By
1 this ' time a crowd begins to be collected.) " Here, ni
pour
.soul, take this, it is the last penny I bars ; but some of
these good gentlemen will 'sorely give you a trifle." The dis-
-1 tressed mother, during this time, is groaning most lamentably, and
commences with " God bless you, kind ladies, my poor children
have had nothing to eat for
i want is." The feelings of the (aitalydsi;omryayftYremni
the highest pitch, and the pennies, sixpences, per chaPra a half-
, crown, flow into the treasury, and the distressed mother is re.
num'', henoolrilit.ltia:nyar 1 removeptie}itiB(;olt'oo luasde
somes then'otnit''lleoz!r rs elgt oastle,eetnhteeb e:I;rul osasn:lisa;esi s lTy.
again -
)1 e tely was the public gulled by the acting of
I ,fiallnly:i4eTtrehsaetnstoed,,oani:id the
. pei:foviners reap a rich benefit. Thonp_
I the prisoner and her two lady confederates,. that about three
weeks ago lie took the prisoner into custody, when she rei.isted,
appealing to the bystanders, who rescued her ; but in this instance
some of the audience had seen the tragedy so often repeated, that
their tears bad ceased to flow, end they assisted !tiro,
Win. Morgan corroborated this statement,

right, Thompson ; I wish rim
Elizabeth Watts said, that she knew the party n
we.. ; the tell
Woman who was dressed' in A straw bonnet, and a whittle on her
shoulders, had often abused and threatened her.
Mr. WAITS.—It must have been a piece of most excellent act-
Thompson scid he would endeavour to get her if possible.
Mr. wn/Tx said, that the prisoner Aottld not perform in•pub-
lie cgr.in for three months, 1 1..
:oat, sioe W 2.1; conimittrd to tit: House.,
of CorreetiOD for tlmt period; '
act-
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