The Sun. — 1802-09-04 (London, England)

LORD-MAY* on suspicion of having been guilty of:divers frauds and felonies, was sent to this Office by his Lordship; most of the complaints against him having taken place in the County of 'Middlesex. Mr. Mackenzie, of Green-street; GinSvenor_ sqUare, charged the Pri3oner with'obtaining -a single-horse chaise from him, on hire, • and afterwards disposing of it for his own gain, which charge being made our, and the Magistrate judging it- to *be a felony, -he was committed for trial accordingly, but will be brought up on a future day, in-case any other Botnplaint should be exhibited against hint.%  :.Yesterday at Guildhall, Joseph *in, an old offender, was put to the bar, under the charge of picking a Gentlemanks pocket. The following ap-: pealed, from the examination of the witnesses; to be tke tirEumstancesa. Mr. Murdoch, a Gentleman: . in a seafaring employment, was paising up New.; , gate-street about three' o'clock on Thursday after. noon, with a pocket-book containing eat. in Banknotes, in an outside coaupocket. ' Miles, who had followed him, as it appeared, for some time, at last made up to him, and walked for a few paces 'by his side, as if he had been a friend in conversation with him. Then, suddenly diVitig his hand into Murdoehls pocket, he snatched out the poeket.book, and put it into his own bosom.— The trick was seen. by several persons near ; some of whom aftually thought that it might be only done in joke, by One. friend" to another.— While Miles ran across the streets, Mr. Murdoch, aware of his loss, looked round, and cried to a ytiung woman who was coming up behind him—" You have picked. my pocket." The young woman having no concern in the theft, answered hastily, " There goes the thief, that is he !" and pointed to where Miles ran -down a passage, towards Paternoster-row. The cry of ‘r stop thief !" was instantly raised, and-the-peooe who were near, joined i.t the pursuit. i Three of. Miles's companions were; however, at band.; .called out that he had fled by a different ,way ; and .endeaVottred to save hint by misleading the pursuit.. But Miles ran unwittingly into the very arms of a,stout youngynan, who, having heard the cry of step thief,, instantly collared and detained him. Miles then threw the pocket-book from him ; but was-Seen in this aa-by Mr. Kirby, Bookseller, in Paternoster-row, by whom, the pocket-book was taken up. A Constable was called in-; -and the-thief was conveyed to Newgare Compter. Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Kirby, the young Man by whom. Miles was taken, and the young Woman who saw hirn,soarch the pocket-book, gave, yesterday before the Magistrate, the clearest and most circumstantial evidence of these fats. Miles spade neither confession nor defence. - He was fully committed for trial at the next Assizes. Wednesday the Coroner's Jury sat on the body Of the :man who was found drowned in the Serpentine River. There was no proof of suicide, and as .it did not look like accident, the verdiet was consequently worded thus..-Drowned by some means cis jet undisemered., The body was dragged out on Monday morning about eight o'clock. A gentleMan happening to walk that way, saw part of his, hat and the skirt of his coat above water, and im. mediately went and procured aisistance, when he had the body taketti up and brought .ter Knights. bridge watch-house. From various circumstances the body. could not have been above three hours .in the water. The deceased had on a black coat, bat and crape, waistcoat,, breeches, black worsted stockings, shoes with strings, and inside' flannel waistcoat. He had his hat on. He had no paper about him to lead to a knowledge of who he was. in his breeches pocket he had seven guineas, two .small knives in .his. waistcoat-Pocket, and his handkerchief and two key&were in his coat-pockets. One key seemed that of a street-door, and: the other that of a chamber. His age seemed to be about fifty' six; he appeared to be five feet six inches in height. The body is now to be seen- in the bone:house, St. Margaret's-street, Westminster. There: were .not three feet water 'where the body was‘discovered. . On Wednesday evening at:half past six o'clock, a carpenter, saving. joists in :a new, building, near where:the late J3edford House, Bloomsbury, stood, happening to stand on the end of a board, which upset, when he fell through between the joists that werelaid for three floors, -being pitched -from floor to floor till he reached the ground. He- was carried in 'a shocking state to Middlesex Hospital, where' he expired yesterday about twelve o'clock. His name t-ea'sjatars LAHEY, an Irishman, He sent his wife to Ireland • about, two 'months ago with three children, and pregnant with another. _About five.o'cloclepn Thursday afternoon,,a large" party of Irish„ from Bambury-street, St. Giles's, men and women, went to the Hospital for the-body clf the deceased, with an intent to hold' a wake on the occasion, at the Ship public house in that street. 'The. Coroner's Jury had not sat at the time, and of course ;they were refused the body. Impressed with the,.idea that it was kept for disselion, they uttered the most horrid oaths, that if it were not delivered to them immediately, they would send for a reinforcement to St. Giles's, set fire to the Hospital, and murder every person belonging to it. They, were, however, at last pacified by the Surgeon, who promised that they' thonld have the. body entire as soon as the Jury had-given a ierdiEt. They all then returned borne, swearing, that if the Surgeon 'did not fulfil his promise, " they would make a gridiron of his ribs to broil his liven on."  LONDON : Pnnted by WUCtiANA N WMILLAN, lot I ,ow-Sti:ect, lO' at.,:carde„);_ apd.pubiished by ‘l,, Am AR M14".0 Sc4:JP ri (,)t I lorsc- ferry-rcad; Westminster); ' At the Stm-Orrtcep,No. riz, Strand ; where AdverlitemtV4 Orders for the Paptr, Letters co; the E ditor, &c..rpstepai.l),, imllt be aLkires.seAl.