The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-08 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a Bow-street patrol brought three
women to this office in custody, and handed the fol-
lowing paper to the Magistrate (Mr. SWABaY),
setting forth the offence with which they were
eharged t—" Mr. -John Hurst chargei Bridge!
illondq With stealing a silver watch, Value 162. and
two gold seals and a ring, value IL, and also charges
Anne Perkina and Sophia C7arki• with being aces`--
series to the felony."
the complainant, a respectable-lool4n4man, then
proceeded to give the subjoined very extraordinary
story of the manner in which he had lost his watch
and seals. He said, that on the preceding night he
had an appointment with a " respectable' female at
a.house of a certain description, not far from this
office. They retired to a chamber together, and had
not been long in bed before they heard footsteps in
the room, and on drawing aside the curtains his
female friend saw by the light of the candle the pri-
soner Monday, whose back was turned towards her,
and who was in the act of quitting the apartment
when she was observed. He (the complainant)
instantly rose from the bed, and going towards the
mantel-piece where he had placee his watch and
setds previously to undressing himself, diScovered
they had been taken. On this discovery he dressed
Itm-self as soon as possible," ran down stairs, and.
finding the prisoners together on the ground floor,
he called the patrol who was passing when the affair
happened, and gave them ;into custody.
Mr. SIVABEY—Where is this respectable female
you say that accompanied you to this brothel—is
she in attendance ? Defendant—No, Sir ; I did not
bring her with me. She is, Sir, I can assure you
most respectably connected, and came up to town
from the neighbourhood of Tunbridge, to make pur-
chases. She was no doubt alarmed at what occurred,
and is now gone into the country.
Mr. SWABEY—Can you identify either of those
women as having taken your property ? Complain-
ant—l cannot, Sir; but I can speak positively as to
having seen them on the premises after the robbery
was committed. The lady who was with me can
speak positively, I am confident, to Monday; and if
-you will have the goodness to remand them, I shall
be enabled to produce her by to-morrow; she will
have no hesitation in attending when she is informed
that her presence will be required to punish these
criminals.

The MAGISTRATE expressed considerable surptiAe
on hearing the complainant press for the detention
of the women under such circumstances, and in-
quired whether it was likely the person whom he
denominated the " respectable female," could be
able to speak accurately to any. oae of the prisoners
—for, by his account, it appeared that his bedfellow
had only seen the back of one of them in the room,
and at the time there was no doubt she must have
been a good deal flurried; besides, added the Ma-
gistrate, if this person is respectable, as you describe,
don't you conceive her attending to give evidence,
under such circumstances, would blast her reputa-
tion for ever.

Complainant—lt is a hard case I should lose 201.
worth of property all in a moment.
MAGISTRATE—Some men would lose every thing
before they would drag forward a female in such a
case; besides, said the Magistrate, I can't see that
her evidence can be of any avail, not having dis-
tinctly seen the parties who committed the robbery.
The watch was Jost in a brothel, added the Magis-
trate, and those who frequent such places deserve to
suffer for their indiscretion.

The complainant still expressed a wish that the
women might be remanded, saying that he should
write for his female friend.

MAGISTRATE--A pretty exhibition you would
both make if such a case went to the sessions; but
there is no evidence against those women, and I
shall discharge them.
The prisoners one and all declared their innocence
of the offence; the house in which they were taken
into custody was what is termed a house of accom-;
modation, and various couples had access to it as
well as themselves ; there were plenty of other
people, men and women, there besides them, when
the alleged robbery was committed.
MAGISTRATE (to the prisoners)--I discharge'you,
because there is no evidence against you, and not
under the impression that you are innocent of the
offence With which you are charged.
Two young men, Named chant and White, were
charged with stealing a quantity of lead from an un-
finished house belonging to Lord G. Seymour, in
York-street, Blackfriars-road. From the evidence,
it appeared that the prisoners were employed paint-
ing the interior of the house in question, and some
days previously to their haling been engaged at the
work, the lead in question was deposited in a spare
cupboard. That morning it was missed: soon after
which both the prisoners were apprehended toge-
ther, with the lead in their possession, carrying it
away; it was alleged, for the purpose of disposing of
it. They were committed.

On Tuesday last two gentlemen were riding
at a pretty smart pace on the road from Crieff to Perth,
one of whom was mounted on the horse which belonged to
Dr. Miller, late of Methven. On approaching the Methven
toll bar, which is five feet high, and shut, the spirited animal
becoming impatient of restraint—of his own accord, and
without the least intention of the rider, at one powerful
leap cleared the toll-bar, sad continued his course as if no
obstruction bad been in his way. The gentleman, who is
unquestionably a finished rider, belongs to the law, and
intends, it is said, to consult some of his professional bre-
thren, in order to ascertain how far a person circum-
stanced as he was, is liable to be charged the regular toll
duties, for it is understood that this is a method of avoid-
ing toll-bars, Which, at the passing of Turnpike Acts, the
LPgi..lature, with all their wisdom, had never contem-
plated.-- Caledonian Mercury. • _ _

WINE DRINK ING.—A moderate use of wine
,has been sanctioned by the wise and good in all ages.
Those who have denied its virtues are those who have not
been able to drink it.' Asclepiades wrote upon wine, the
use of Which he introduced with almost every remedy,
observing, that the gods had bestowed ne mere valuable
gilt on man; even the surly Diogenes drank it; for it
is said of him, that he liked that wine best which he
drank at other people's cost-.—a notion adopted by the
oinopholous Mostly, who, when asked, " What wine, do
you drink, Doctor ?" answered, " Port at home, claret
abroad I" Hippocrates, the father of physic, recommends a
cheerful glass ; and Rha'es, an ancient Arabian physician,
says no liquor is equal to good wine. Reineck wrote a
dissertation De Potu Vines°, and the Learned Dr. Shaw
lauded the " juice of the grape." But the stoutest of its
medical advocates' was Tobias Whitaker, physician to.
Charles the Second, who undertook to prove the possibility
of maintaining life from infancy to al age, without sick-
ness, by the use of wine. It must, however, he remem-
bered that Whitaker was cordially attached to wine, anda
greater friend to the vintner than to the apothecary, having
as utter a dislike to unpalatable medicine as• the most
squeamish of his patients: therefore Dr. Toby's evidence
must be taken with caution, independently of the courtly
spirit that might have led him to adapt his theories to the
times. It has been questioned whether the use of wine
was known to the antediluvian world : but there can be no
doubt, in the corrupt state of man, that wine would have
its share in his debasement, and it may he very strongly in-
ferred, from the circumstance that Noah planted a vine-
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