The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-02 00:00:00

POLICE.

UNION-RALL.—Captain a person des.
cribing himself' us an Officer in the Guards, was
brought before Sir John finhorn, cl.vged by Mr.
Gayer, master of the Surrey flute!, Blackfriars-
road, on suspicion of having, on the night of
lass, stolen a silver' watch, with gold
eltain and seals, and a silver snuff.boe, the pro.
perry of Mr. Lay, • Gentleman resitting at Diet-
bury, in Eger/. It appzare.l that Mr. Lay, as
well as the C.tptaio, bad bee* for some days past
at the Surrey Hotel ; on Thursday night, or
early on Friday morning, several of the lodgers
were disturbed by some person walking along the
gallery,ond attempting to lift the latehesof several
a the doers; one of the Gentlemen, who slept
wills his door open, perceived by the glimmer of
a ruildight sumo person- ewer hi% room ; he im-
mediately jumped out of bed, and attempted to
seize the intruder, but he as quickly retreated,
and &tined a room at some distance, whirls
was unoccupied, where he attempted to conceal
himself behind the door ; the Gentleman here
adzed him, and demanded who he was, and what
he wanted i• hli room; he made some vague an-
swer, bat did tell his name ; the noise of the
pursuit had d several persons together, mid
amongst them tanaiter, who, on hearing the pus.
bon speak, immediately rreolleeted it to be tie
voice of a Gentleman named Edwards, who had
been at the hotel for several days. The night-
walker, on hearing this, immediately adopted the
name of Edwards, said he had been taken ill, and
getting up, had coterie! the Gentleman's room by
mistake ; this explanation sat:sfied all parties, the
prisoner was liberated, and they retired to rest. In
the morning, however, it was recollected that Mr.
Edwards had quitted the hotel the day before. and
the watch and snuff-box being missed, frota several
circumstances suspicion attached itself to the pet.
son of the Captain, who was then absent, but on
his return in the evening he was taken into eta-
tody. Nu person, however, could swear to his
person.

In his defence the Ciptain stated, that he k a
Captain on half pay in lOC first regiment of foot
guards, and surd the late Lieut.-Gen.
be has a house ill Bryanstune.atreet, where he bag
resided for upwards of seven years; he slept on
the night mentioned at the Surrey Hold, and did
nut awake from the time of going to bed, till the
waiter called hitu between eight and nine o'clock
on Friday morning. He wag at the Surrey Hotel
on account of some law retieeedinr. which he h.:l
to attend tu In that part of the town, and hoe.te,i
his servant pt lent his naire to a libel, and hail
been anivieTed. Tile libel was a hand-bill on his
Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSOX.
The Captain's agent appeared, am! stated, that
he hi!il known him for upwards of thirty years;
he a•i, as he had stated, an Olker in the Civards,
and had retired on half.pay, on account of his
sight being impurfe44 besides his half-pay, ha
ha,l an income dMIL elem. arising from funded
properly; be was* itenrever, at present its ember.
rested circumstantiate% bad the furniture of his house
in Hryanstone-strelie had lately been disposed of
under the authority of a bill of sale. He had al.
ways considered hint to be a man of strict huirour.

Sir JOHN PINIIORN observed, that when this
business came first before him on Saturday last, ho
.had taken a very great responsibility upon him—
self, in permitting the Captain to be at large upon
his word only ; foolll the high character, however,
which the Captain had hitherto sustained, he was,
still willing to risk that responsibility, upon his
pledging his %word of honour to appear again in a
fortnight; during that time the wort:iy Magic.
trate said 1;e hoped such an explanation would
take place as would remove all suspicion from bits
character.

The Captain readily pledged his honour to a'•
pear, and was discharged.
Yesterday John Emanuel, a seaman belonging
to his hiljesty's ship Kent, preferred a complaint
against a man named Joseph Innis,.limns, for
robbing him of 5G'. iu Bank notes. It appeared
that the parties had been intimate friends from their
childhood. Emanuel arrived In town just previous
to tho Jubilee day, on leave of absentee, with up-
wards of sixty pounds in his possession, which he
mid received for wages and prize-money ; having
a curiosity to see the ghats, which ho understood
wuntil be exhilsitell in honour of the Jubilee, he
prepared hamself to take a cruise through the
principal streets of the metropolis; his friend log.
gated to Mel that in the course of his cruise he
might chance to fall in with some privateer under
false colours, br whom he might be boarded and
pluudered ; he ilicrefore advised him to stow his
cargo iabAntkeepine, and make his cruise in bal-
last. At k adopted the aifrier, and d
in the care of his false friend, who,as sue 71Jack
had quitted him, cot his cables, leaving a wife and
four your; children behind him, and hai net
since been heard of. Samuel now applied to the
M*gistrate to prolong his ticket of ste.eure for a
few days, to enable hies to -prosecute his Inquiries
attar the offender; this- application was complied
with.

A feta nights since a ararshoasa its Bridgewater-
square was broke open, and red of upwards of
5000 articles of cnrnelisiv, ga. nets, crystals, and
a quantity of silver plata%

ST r.TH.
The Lily arr. Davila*, 124. at FreJe.ick-place,HamP-
dead- road, of a atm.

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