The Sun. — 1821-12-28 (London, England)

DEC. the George flibbert, Scott, front London for Antig-,a and Toctit, Tunbridge, from Ntcrenirgh for Bristol. Put hack the James, Harris, for Jamtica.  M'yst entoi;s Rowlett:l%—A very remarkable robbery' was cennnitted a few days ago -at the Athenaeum, in this place. It is often the practice with some gentlemen who reside at a distance from town to have their letters deposited in .a box, placed in the Athereweum for that purpose, and .which, for greater convenience, is divided. into what are called pigeon-boles and alphabeted. —This is chiefly practised on aSunday morning-, when the letters are thus deposited by a clerk, and taken away by any. part of the family who may happen•to tome to town in the, coarse of the day. On the morning of Sunday the 9th instant, -two letters, which were placed in the-box.. above mentioned, as the roorn,keeper well recollects, were soon afterwards taken away. by some person who had no right to do so ; and this fact came to light in the course of a few days, in consequence of letters arriving from the correspondents, who had written the stolen letters, desiring to know why the receipt of tham had •not been acknowledged in the due course of post. Both of them contained inclosures, one of which was a poliCy of insurance, of no use but to the owner, but the other contained Bank bills and notes to the value of 1501. The Committee of the Athenaeum has been .summoned to investigate this singular transaction, but nothing concerning it of any importance has been discovered. We understand that these bills, which were especially indorsed, were presented at the Bank of England for payment on the Tuesday after they had been stolen, by a person who gave his address " John Cooper, 97, Piccadilly ;" and they were paid in sovereigns. It is unnecessary to say, that when inquiry was made in Piccadilly, no such person lived there.4—(Liverpool Paper.). Mur.oEn.—About ten at night, the .Bth instant, Thomas Evans, blacksmith, .of Rhydfendigaid, in the parish of 'Caron, Cardiganshire, was most inhumanly murdered. Thee persons have been committed to Cardigan giv4,. under the -Coroner's warrant, a verdict of Wilful Murder having been returned against them. A Murder has not been committed in that neigh., bouthood within the memory of the oldest person; and such .':as the sensation felt on the present occasiono.fre44t44-e.lorty men came- voluntarily on the Sunday morning (though •the Sabbath is perhaps more religiously respected in that-vicinity than in most places) before a Magistrate, and requested that they should he sworn in as special constables; -and they searched that. day almost all the houses in the neighbourhood. The result was, that the three men were apprehended and committed. Were the same feeling alive lit the bosoms of the people of Ireland, we. should not hear and read of so many massacres perpetrated with impunity in that most wretched conntey.—(Salopian Journal.) An accident, attended, with very serious ctinse quences, took place early on Tuesday last.Rougemont, of Clapton, accompanied by a son and two daughters, went to spend Christmas-eve with, Mr. Hobson, of Ih highland. They returned about two in the morning, when the coachman lost his command of the horses at Stamford-hill, and they ran furiously along the road : they proceeded a short distance, and coming in contact with a lamp-post, the carriage was thrown over and dashed to pieces. We are sorry to say Mrs. R. was dreadfully cut by the broken glass, and has been confined to her room ever since. The son and young ladies fortunately escaped with slight bruises, hut the poor coachman was so much injured that he now lies in a very dangerous state. One of the horses was much cut over-the eye. Last night, about eight o'clock, a four-horse coach, the property of SHACKEL and Company, NV hich runs from London to Reading, stopped at the White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, and whilst the coachman alighted, the horses took fright and set , off full speed, towards the Haymarket. In Coventry-street the common sewer is undergoing repair, and there is barelysufficient room for one coachto pass. Fortunately there were no other obstructions to their pro-. gress, and they passed this spot 'with great velo, city, turning the corner. of Coventry-street, up Princes-street, until they were finally stopped at Compton-street. An elderly gentleman was the only outside passenger who had sufficient presence of mind to retain his statioti. Two female passengers were inside, who with the gentleman, fortunately sustained no other injury than from the alarm. Neither the coach nor horses received any damage, and they passed the whole distance without causing anraccident.