The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

NEW SPECIES OF FRAUD.
MANsTON-HOUSE.—An elderly WWI, of respect-
able appearance, and of very voluble a:ldress,
named Lawrence Deuerelt, was charged with hav-
ing entered the house of Mr. Deakin, No 13,
Cornhill, with the intention of making a booty of
any thing he should find convenient.
Mr. Deakin stated, that the houses which were
let out in suites of ,:ifices and apartments in the
neighnourhood of Cornbill had recently been
plundered very extensively by men of decent up-
peerance, who gaitikil access to them tim!er the
wetence of making inquiries, and, on findiug any
of the rooms or chambers unattended, making off
with whatever was portable. A watch wat kept
up in consequence of the losses in this way which
had been suffered in the neighbourhood, and on
F iday the prisoner W9i detected on the third pair
of stairs in Mr. Peakin's house by a lodger, try-
ing the several doors with great caution. Ott
be)ng surprised, he said he cause to see a Mr.
Anderron, who hail directed him to call there.—
He was unable to give any, account of who thiS
Mr. Antferton was ; and his person answering the
description of a man who bad been seen lurking
about the same chambers in the neighbourhoOd
previous to their having been stripped, he wai
taken into custody, when he was recognized by
the officers as a man who had appeared in pithlie
under awkward circumstances: be sy;,3, in spite
of his protestations of his respectability and iris
resectable connexion?, convicted as a reputed
thief,and ordered to be taken to 13iidecyell to bard
labour.

On searching the person of the prisoner, Dare,
the officer, found two papers, printed in an official
character, and filled up, of one of ‘vhichthe ft;i•
lowing is d copy
" Eank of EitgLind, the Itith Anril, Isire
Froro the above date the bearer hereof is- entitled I•i7f fie
SLIM of 5)1. sterling, payable with legal interest-at lvienty-
QSle days!
" SUI. Consolidated 3 per cents.
(Signed) • " GEO. ItiCHARDSON."-
,c TheCnshier of the Bank of England."
It is almost lionecessaly to state, that the above
and another, which was found in his possessioni
were friondulent fabrications- prisoner him-
self confessed no such documents being ever given
at the Bank. He had confessed to the officer the
mode of fraud, 's filch. was, to pass himself off to
some unwary persons as a man having property
in the funds, and to obtain a loan of money, per-
haps one-ball of their amount, upon them. Ilad
he succeeded, he would then shift himself to
mm e secure scene of operatiou. The Lend Mayor
said, that this was a novel description of fraud,
which was extensively practised, and against which
the public ought to be warned.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.
GUlLDUALL.—Yesterday a man named Lawrence
Hill, was charged with having occasioned the
death of W. Kilby. It appeared from the evi-
dence adduced, that the prisoner, the decessed,
and several other men, belonging to some barge!
of Mrs. Keats, of Pi. I. ook's lithaif, which wtoe
moored oil aieenbit lie, had been on shore during
the morning of Sunday last fora frolic, or as they
term it, skylarking. On'their return to tht•ir se-
veral barges, Kilby,rsh'e deceased, got into his
own, which was it oored alongside that to which
the prisoner belonged, and he soon after caMe on
board the pri3oner's and asked him for
The latter s,id he had none, and bade him in a
jocular manner to begone to his own barge, and
threatening to force him if he did not go off
quiet The deceased defied him to do so, say-
ing, it was (Slit of his power, on which the
pri-
soner advanced to pot his threat in execution,
an 4 its the silly struggle for mastery, both fell
overboard her wren the two barges and stink. The
prisoner, Hill, rose again, and was saved. Kilby
never old, and he was drowned. Every exeition
was made, by dragging, &c. to find the body, but
withoet effect. No malicions inteotions were im-
puted to the prisoner, who expressed his sorrow
for the accident and was remended to prison milli
the body should he found, to await the decision
ot a Coroner's Jury.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
Bow-STlotET.—liesterday a genteel looking
young man, about 17 years of age, was brought.

before n. E 1.,. the Sitting
charged with stealing 661. in Bank Notes s"'
other property, under circumstances of Li
conimon aggravation. It appeared in evidence
that the prisoner is a professional singer, soit
being on his travels in the country he arrived to
Gloucester about three weeks ago in a state of Ole
greJtest pecuniary distr(ss, and stopped flier: I/
the hope of finding 'a Mr. Martin, u respectable
traveller for a mercantile house, who had formorif
been very kind to him. It happened that Mr. 1\1;
was absent, and Mr. George Doff, a tradestnar
much respectability in the city ot Gioucester,hesr:
ing of the forlorn situation of the prisoner, tia'
being a native of the same country (Scotland) ic?
which he belonged, sent for hints, and gave hirtil
dinner. He also gave him a sum of money, s'l(/
by representing his case ro several fiends, pri';
cured sofEcient to support him until the arrival 0`
NI;. Martin, which was daily expected. In. efl,a'
dition to this, Mr. Duff took the prisontr
home to bis own home,- accommodated liir.
with lodging and great part ot his board'
Mr. Martin not arriving so soon as was
gined, the prisoner contin,ted with Mr,
until Friday mo:ning, when he st,ddenfy
camped very early, after having broken open
desk in the counting-horse, and riandcred it of
pocket-book containing 661: in ha!tk-nute9, so 01;
jewellery, nod other valuable pro a
pc-ty. Mr. fri
pursued him to London, where he was apprelittli.
ed. The prisooer made no answer to the charge'
and Weis fully committed.

ALARNitNo ACCIDPNY.—SoncIay morningiabero
five o'clock, the tieighbourhood or the L nt#4o
ijosHred, Whit,chaprl, %vcre dreadfully terrifiel)
their houses shdok to the outt(Lttion, this g ii
in their wini!oe:s vcas broken, their furniture. IVs"
'ed about, and themselvelt thrown nut of their
beds, and this accompanied by a tremendous el'
plosion. All was co,'sternation,
proceeded from the shock of an earthqqake ; the
inbabirants ran oearly naked into the streets, ott'
mindful of their property, and only Atixions to
their lives. Their fears, however, abated, on learn'
ing that it was caused by something of a con3os'
tilde nature hsving exploded in the od and coilooc
shop of Mr. Holli well, opposite the London Hos'
vital, in which, fortunately, no person resideCt.'
The house was completely blown f ;Font the ((Alt,'
dation ; part of the timber of the roof, flooring'
bricks and tiles, were carried as tar as the Lon,lol/
nospital, on the opposite side of the s,rreet.
adjoining house, occupied by Mr. LiPey, a pall"
butcher, was so much it:jilted that it was necessv'i
to prop it lip; a great poi r of the nutty-wall f4ll
in on the foot of a bed in which there were three
or four children, but who luckily escaped withaac
any injury. The shock was so great that Mr'
ant!. Airs. Lilley were thrown out of bed, and ti
furniture was statost ail shattered by bring tosiO
about the house. ‘Ve are happy, howevgr, !"
find that no lives were lost. Mr. Holliveell
ed rap his shop about elercn o'clock on Saturd#
night, and went to his house in Red Lion-streetfo
Whitechapel, where be resi.!e3. It is, impossible
to ascertain from what cause the e,:cident
eceded. Air. I3nllitveil, sayS there were only fire
poondS of gunpowder on the rremises, and thi4
was secured from fire. After the exiosion
rat engines arrived, but" no fire was ,a be seen-,
Several panes of glass, and articles of glass an-
earthen ware in the oeighbout-ios houses, wei.Y
bvok en by the shock.
EIRE AND ACClDENT.—Yecterdly mornlngi
about one o'clock, an e! arm of fire was raisert
consequence of rkc !limes issuing .rorn the secofc'
door of tte.'llonse of Mr. Johnson, No. 5, Ugly;
court, Firzroy-square; shortly atterwsrds 4evel6l
engines arrives on the spot, and tin oti;;lii the'
activity of the firemen the flames were soon ex'
tinguished, but hot before the upper p-,;t 0f,1114
house, tvether with the furni,nre, were cotta
pletely destroyed. Doting the interval of
fire, a leporl was in ciretilation that tot eldetV
woman, named Matthews, had perished in aro
thirties, ap(l, oil !elrchiog, she v.i•as, found in OF
second floor apartment nearly hnrui" to a cinder
various part's of the body'; but synaptpsrls of
still remaining, she was conveyed to Middlt,lo‘
hospital, where she died soon
.after. The abe,
unforinn.,ite woman Ivas addicteo to &joking,
on Smithy evening returned home. in a state ir)t
inchrhitiou,' and her clothes caught while sutler
at the fire, which ocnsione.i the boring of W°
house. The body lies for a Coroner'll.ll,onet,,
An alarming fire broke out at Mansj.-hotitek
near liagship, the residence of Captain
yesterday. At two o'clock the mansion, whicit ij
tan ancieut wooden stille'ure, was in a blaze,
the buildings, which stand on two acres of ground,
were not expected to be saved when our infortre
lion let t .—(illornig Paper.)
DAR!NG R 011111 i RY .-Sunday evening, about to
o'clock, as Mi. Joseph Tempertbn, of Illackwallt
shipwright, was going along the Conitnerl'
road, on his way home, when near Limellonst
Church, he was attacked by four fellows armei
with large blud'geons, who, ef.er knocking }'lire[
down acid beating him in a most cruel manners
robbed him or his watch and some silver,
effected their escape.

On Sunday last, Mrs. J. W. Lines, of Burton-crescintß `?'

a son.
Salac day, Lady Jane Pee% cf a son.

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:11 Alt RI ED .
On Saturday last, at l'anistAct:, Gloucestershire, Thou'2l.
Jeffery Ilumpsted, Esq. 11. A. of Queen's -Gni ie..2zr, Oxford,
FanNy, second daughter of the hitt: Roger Swith, 1.1;4(1-, °
1111-olor Llouse, Whlworth.

WED.
Ye,terdav morning, at Ffainpstrad: uged pearly two Ye3T
the youngest 'daughter of Tlicidias Fuwel 13uNt°"'
Esq.
On the loth inst. at his house in . Upper Charlotta-strgt
Fitzroy-square, Mr. Abraham Dry, in the C•itli year of
age.
On Sunday last, at her house in South wiley-strectr M.
Sosmin:a I,wig, in the iO3cl year of her aife.
On the 10th October, in Calcutta, Vo'..orge- r 4,1;
Chief Officer of the Honourable the East India Comin!'''Y
ship, Grenville.
hott
On Sunday morning, at half-fact 10 o'clock, at -2- i°
,
in Conduit-street, Hanover-square,
late Captain in the ISuri. Asti India Cunipaiiy's sery

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