The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-17 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
Thous Edwards, aged 18, and Henry Duffy, aged
20, stood indicted for stealing, on the 3d of August, two
cem's, value 401., the property of John Bacon, of Somers-
town.
Edwarde pleaded guilty, but Duffy, not guilty. Evidence
It'll then called, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty
against both.
irark Joel, aged 29, was indicted for breaking and
"tiering the house of John Bloom, on the 27th of April,
ling stealing 900 yards of silk, value 3201.
s. Catherine Bloom deposed that en the above day she
discovered, ;t one o'clock in the day, that her father's shop
Window had been removed, and that the silk had been taken.
The provcutor's son, a few days after the robbery, saw
t„nto pieces of silk (produced) in the window of Mr.
vulson, tailor, of No. 94, Regent's-quadrant. He seized
1t o
and gave it into the custody of an officer.
Mr. Poulson now stated that he bought it of a Mr.
aoolhridge of No. 105, Tottenham-court-road, who
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ttedor that he bought it of a Moses Vanburgh, who now
d.„ -e that he sold it on commission for Isaac Israel, who
-rsai„,nsed that he sold it one ommission for the prisoner.
ne
ofcer who apprehended him said, that he at first
he did not know Israel, but Israel on being sent for
I)4inted him out from twenty other persons.
The prisoner made no defence, but called several wit-
-0
ales who gave him a good character.
The Learned JuracE summed up the evidence, and the
°'lry found the prisoner guilty of stealing in the dwelling..
ii;44e, but not of breaking and entering. The Learned
4'lo refused to grant expences to Israel and his nephews.
Robert Carter, Elizabeth Carter, (his wife) aged 41,
41/41 Robert Carter, aged 18, (his son) were indicted for
aling a 251. Bank of England note, and other property
longing to Richard Farre.
(The trial was not finished when our reporter left.)

We regret to say that the statements in the
Globe and Morning Herald, relative to the partial blind-
bces of the KING, are but too true. His IVIAJEsxr is af-
flicted with cataract, and, we are enabled to add, will be
operated upon shortly.—Brighton Gazette.
We have heard from a private channel the
Vtlry
UnelPeCted iWormation, that a serious misunderstand-
tje has arisen Letween the French and English Govern-
'etita. Without guaranteeing the accuracy of this state-
-1144t, We can assure our readers that it is derived from a
,
of very high authority.—Brighton Gazette.
0 On Monday afternoon the body of SAMUEL
1,,Lb114)r, Serjeant to the Court of Requests at Ipswich,
21 found drowned in the river Gipping there. The de-
-7,,r1 left home on the Saturday previous, and difficulties
ill 44 circumstances, it is thought, induced him to commit
elleh act. When found, his hands were is his pockets.
°n Sunday morning, the 6th instant, the seat
ihitSir R. B. Pitman, Bart., Picton Castle, Pembroke-
re, was burglariously entered by a gang of thieves, who
i•I ected an entrance through a window, and afterwards
I,._ghted a candle, and from appearances must have been
oellY acquainted with the premises. The thieves carried
• considerable quantity of plate, wearing apparel,
444, jewellery, and other property, to the amount of
yisun'ired pounds.
Severn • RECENT FLOODS.—TiIe rise of thein cans °4 the night of Friday last, was particularly rapid,
thiscoequtllce of which, the meadows at Ashelworth, in
Were overflowed to a considerable depth; and
11ter.ls- ferry to state that a valuable cow, the property of
river ‘,37.olxsTica, of that parish, was washed into the
tett drowned. Cheltenham Chronicle.
THEtb Q
rOEVEIIO7 FLOODS.—In consequence of
Pre,eaPid rise of the Severn and the high spring tides of the
rlteerat week, the meadows along the whole line of the
~, l‘tlvkari7 under water, and the races at Gloucester and
"uSty are postponed until the inundation has sub-
----Cheltenham Chronicle.
lit„%rne respectable Coffee-house keepers have
t° the Covent-garden Company to subscribe ` the
"et 2,000 t, for which they would expect to receive
kiee'elteta to the amount of 4,000/ (thus making the
Eof each ticket 3s. 6d.), engaging to dispose of them
Cts ,
table persons only, and to send only a limited
,1":401 „n'ghtly during the season. As the number nightly
11'4P exceed sixty, most of which would probably be
-mtat nf to person, who would not otherwise go to the
rrtt clear t the money thus raised would he for the greater
gain ; but it is to be feared that the mode of
ths" "might bring the theatre into some discredit, not-
al 'Hog the respectability of the promoters of the
°lel),'' We regret that the subscription should go on so •
A as to render such as proposal necessary.
t 9
atteridge, in this county, on Monday the
of '541. • the flood rose eo:quiekly, and to such a height, as
e'ta,: graund of Mr. J. BLANCH'S entirely of its crop
tto (supposed to be 16 tons) then recently cut:
"NI 'te made to save the crop; but they were inef-
-64. the Whole was lost, Chelten ham Chronicle.