The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-27 00:00:00

POLICE,

NSION-112USE.—zil person • of the name of
Akrander was brought. • before the Loun 11.1Airmt„
charged by'one John Mat tin, with feloniously tak-
ing ftom him a paled of silk shawls, for which he
had been apprepended and imprisoned.; the taLL'i,
however, were soon completely wiped -upon the
prosecutor ; for, on the investigation, Alexawter
turned out to be ra. Revenue Officer, and had seized
the ,shawls, be;ngcontraband, in the legal execu-
tinn.of his.duty.---Alexander then demanded redress
ter the, assault and false imprisonment, • and the
quondam prosecutor was accordingly remanded un-
rrl should•fiud.,bail to the ch'arge. of assault and
false inprilontnctit.

NIA LBOROUG STREET.Yesterclay, ibllhony
Alitond,• a groom, was charged wil If having been
concerned in the late barbarous murders_ in the
neighbourhood of itcliff Highway% The circum-
stances which gave rise to the' apprehension of the
prisoner wore as follows had taken a bundle
of clothes to a washer-woman to be washed, consist-
ing of a shirt covered about the neck with blood,
and also a handkerchief, waistcoat, and small cloaths
in the same-state. This fact having been commu-
nicated to a constable, he secured the prisoner, who
.said the articles belonged to another man, but as this
man was not forthcoming, the prisoner was re-
=tided Jot- another examination.

'Detachments of the 9th Light Dragoons, have
)aised throOgh Chichester for Fareltam ; the 97th
tilliimetif, for f:ottugal ; and the 37th Regiment of
(oot, from Ireland.

111mA bet veer deven ant! twelve o'clock in.
the day, tho •-ruckoo"., do well known harbinger 01
spring, was distinctly heard for a minute and a bait.,
thk!,lnickhin of Bicker; by Mr, Mph and: his atin,,,
when Ongagod iii the fields.

Tuesday evening, a journeyman weaver, of the
name of Cunningham, about fifty years of age, en--
gaged to eat, at, a public •Itouse in the neighbour7
hood of chin-eh-street, hetimul-green, fottr pounds
of ht bacon riw, four pounds of boiled' potatoes.
rind him 0 iporlcrit loaf, and to two pots- of
-beer rind a pint of gin„ within t hespue of one hour,
which task he performed six minutes, within the
tinte, the. ushinishmeor of every person present.
The -gfutton, however, was alinost itrunedia!ely
taken very. ill, and conveyed home to his jitdgitie,s
and sucti is his situation, that he-is not expetted ter
survive many days. , •
A fellow who:made an onsnecessful attempt to
pick a 2,1. entletnan'tv-rpoeket iv: her vas passing
night, thew a large claap knife, to defend' himself
on ent-lcavour being etude to take turn into custody:-
flu made atter»pts, but futile in eift'cl, Ne are;
happy to state, to stab die gentleman, whoth he
had vainly endeavoured to r'ib baf on some assts.
tance: being obtained, ho Was borne oil, and plaed-,
in Security,. wiltirt the Poultry comperoo answer
for this tekengeful -outrage,

•
S rale circumstances have transpired respeE(ing
the woman of the name of Margaret Fagg, who
was lately found with het, th.roaccut in aw. fear
litshopsbourn, Kent, which !teeth to' indicate that
he
r death Was not occasioned 'by her own hand.
/ An investigation is ping on.

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