The Sun. — London, England, 1829-09-26 00:00:00

striking a salutary terror into those who disturb it, then let them give what assistance they can to alleviate distress ; but to yield to intimidation is the sure way to invite fresh and more danger ous attacks on the public tranquillity.—Morning Herald. The New Police of the Metropolis is to consist altogether of 825 officers and men—to be se parated into five divisions ; each division amount ing to 165 effective persons, including its super intendent, its four inspectors, and its sixteen serjeants. The duty, it will be seen, is to be duly halved during the night, and every police constable is to go round the various points in his beat once in every ten minutes. Regular re ports of occurrences are also to be made wl , en the watch is relieved, and the men are to be duly inspected both before going on duty and when they are relieved. The regulations, in fact, ap pear to be as excellent in spirit, as they are Judi. cious in arrangement, and easily compre hended ; and if theory could be reduced to practice, and the conduct of the new police to .be in every respect conformable to the re g ulations and expectations of the projector, there can be little doubt that person and property would receive a much greater degree of protection than they have hitherto done under the old system. Every stimulus in the shape of promotion is held forth to the po lice to discharge his duty to the public with zeal and discretion, and it may therefore rationally enough be expected that those em ployed in this capacity will exert themselves to merit the rewards which are in prospect for them ; but the most valorous and best disciplined army smith contain poltroons and disorderlies, and the public, therefore, ought not to form an unjust or unfavourable opinion of the new system if it should not be found to act at first so efficiently in- every respect as might have been anticipated. Some time must necessarily elapse before either Ole police constable can thoroughly understand hi s ( luny, or his superiors be so perfectly ac pnainted with his character as to render him as effective as lie may ultimately become ; but the system is a decided improvement on that which it is about to supersede, and, when matured, Will, no doubt, be found to operate most bene ficially, both in the prevention and detection of crime. At the same time it deserves to be ob served that the police constable is armed with great authority, and that his exercise of that authority must be narrowly looked into, lest the pOwer which has been given him for the protec tion of the public should be converted into the means of gratifying individual passions. We recommend, this point in particular to the notice of those who are to be at the head of the police force ; for a few occurrences of the kind alluded to, would beget such a prejudice against the whole system, as to prevent its extension to other quarters of the metropolis, where there can be no question, its existence is imperatively re quired. On another point—we mean that of the inspection of public-houses—we shall have some observations to offer in a day or two. In the mean time we conclude our remarks, by again repeating our convic tion that the pay in all the departments is de cidedly below the standard of just remuneration for the services and intelligence required. The main part of the duty is to be performed during the night, at all seasons, and during all wea thers,—the fatigue arising from its discharge will evidently be great ; and, %hen it is considered, in addition, that those who are to be employed may be turned off at any time, without any rea son being assigned for their dismissal—that they are prevented from-employing themselves in any other mode or way—and that alto there appears to be no pension when wounds or age shall ren der them incapable of further service,—we think the public will agree with us, that an increase of nearly a third is imperatively necessary. No one who under-pays a servant has a right to expect from him the exertion of all his zeal and energy ; and least of all will the public have reason to ex pect it, should the present low rate of pay be persisted in.—Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. CHARGE OF FLABBERGASTING.--Patrick Ryan complained against Mrs. Ann Daffer, who keeps a house in Petticoat-lane, for boarding and lodging " Irish Gentlemen and Ladies," according to her own definition of her calling. The complainant said he was a journeyman tailor, but of very quiet nature. His blood was, however, capable of being raised, and Mrs. Daffier provoked him until he was nearly quite destroyed, for she took hoult of a quart pot, and flung it right at his knowledge box, by which his teeth were consider ably diminished. In fait this poor tailor, when he opened his mouth, exhibited so enormous a chasm, that a man with a moderate sized head might, if he could pitch well, very easily fling his hat into it. The LORD MAYOR—Are you sure you preserved your temper alr this while, my good fellow ? The Tailor—The d-1 a syllable I said to her, your Lordship ! but she was bent upon committinZ slaughter, and ups with the pot and " flabbergasted" me with it.—(Laughter.) The LORI 3 MAYOR—." Flabbergasted" you! what do you mean by that ? The Tailor—Why, knocking my teeth down my throat, to be sure. The d-1 a one she has left me to chaw my victuals with.—(Laughter.)---I don't care much ebout the beauty of it, if I could manage to chew. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Mrs. Daffier, what have you to say ? Why did you flabbergast Mr. Ryan ?—(Laughter.) Mrs. Daffier--Why, then your honour, I hope you won t believe a word that vagabov says. He Miles up to. _me, and says, " Daffer, you b—h, what brings you here?" "-What's that to you, you, b--h's ghost," says I; so he begins to abuse my Mr. Defier, and though he is osilder nor me, I would not let a stitchlouse stand " foruint "me to scould him. With that he was not satisfied, but he takes hould of me, and gave me dig diet flabbergasted me.--(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR--What, you were. flabber gasted too ? Mrs. Daffier--By my sowl, you're right. I- hot me in the bread-basket, and I thought my breakfast would all go the wrong way.—(Loud laughter.) Now, what could Ido when I got such a wollop from him ? I was obligated to give him a touch, and so I touched him with a quart-pot; but his mouth was as ugly as it is now, before I evee whopped him.--(Laughter.) Proof was given to show that Mr, Ryan was as much in fault as Mrs. Duffer, and his Lordship told them if they persevered in quarrelling, he would ob ligate them both to appear at the Sessions. STAGS-COACH IMPOSITIONS.—A gentleman named Oppenheno, residing in Alarisell•treet, Goodman's fields, complained of having two trunks detained un lawfully at one of the Brighton coach hooking 4a£fices in Gracechurch-strea. The case was this :—A few days since, two of the complainant's daughters aad a female servant were booked at Brighton by the Eclipse coach for London, to be put down in Gracechurch-street ; however, on the coach arriving at the Elephant and Castle they found it was going to Charing-cross. They stated to the coachman they were booked for Gracechurch-street, upon which the coachman put them arid their luggage into a Camberwell stage, which was coming to Gracechurch-street, as is usual on such occasions. However, on arriving in Grace chura_street, the Camberwell coachman demanded. 35 , . for his fare, which they refused to pay -him, tell ing him that they understood the_ Brighton coach man had paid him, and, if be had not, he must look to him for it. The fellow, upon this, seized the two trunks, deposited them in the booking-office, and de clared that they should not be taken from thence until the 3s. was paid, and the boxes have been there ever since. On the following day Mr. Op iienh-eim engaged the whole of the same Eclipse coach to bring the remainder of his family from Brighton to London, stipulating that they should be put down direct at his house in Mansell-street. However, on their arrival at the Elephant and Castle, the luggage, passengers, &c. were re noved, and put on this same Camberwell coach, •0 be conveyed to Mansell-street, where they vere safely deposited. On arriving there, one of the daughters, who had arrived on the previous day, .xclaimed, on seeing the coachman, " Oh, that is he fellow that took our boxes from us yesterday!" On this occasion the coachman made no charge, ad mitting that the Brighton coachman bad paid him, !nit still refused to give up the boxes of the previous day, without being paid the 3s. Aldermen ANsiix directed one of the officers to go with Mr. Oppenheim to the booking-office, and .plain the matter. They shortly returned, accom aimed by the booking-office-keeper and the Cam berwell coachman. Alderman ANSLEY inquired of the coachman who 'tired him? He admitted that the Brighton coach man hired him ; but added, " he did not pay me, so [ supposed the others were to pay, and I don't know who the man was." Mr. Hobler—Oh ! you know well enough; but dare say he paid you the next day ?--The coach. ,nan declared he had not. Mr. Hobler explained that this was a regular trick practised by the long stage-coachmen and the short stage-coachmen on the public ;—for instance, on a !ong stage arriving, as in this instance, at the Ele phant and Castle, and having passengers whom they have undertaken to carry to the City, and othets to Charing-cross, they must provide a conveyance for those who are going to that place to which the long stage is not going; they then either put them into a hackney-coach or a short stage, as most conve nient, the long stage-coachman knowing well that he must pay the fare; but if, on arriving at the place of destination, the short stage-coachman can con trive to frighten the passenger out of the fare, which is frequently the case, then he divides the spoil with the long stage-coachman and they laugh at the pas senger's stupidity; the fare, however, is sure to be charged to the long stage-coach proprietors. Alderman ANSLEY said it was high time that the public should be put on their guard against such frauds. He had no doubt but that the Camberwell coachman had been paid ; he should, therefore, di rect the boxes to be given up. The booking-office-keeper said, that he had no interest whatever in the business; all the claim he had on the boxes was for warehouse-room, and that he world waive instantly, if the Alderman said that he was justified in giving them up to Mr. Oppenheim. Alderman ANSLEY, the boxes must be liven up. The Coachman—And how am Ito get my 3s. ? Alderman ANSLEY-Why apply to the Brighton coachman for it; but I dare say he has paid you already. The parties then left, in order to have the boxes de livered. GUILDHALL Henry Palmer, a commission-agent, was brought up on a warrant for neglecting to maintain his wife, Elizabeth, and his son, aged eight years, whereby they had become chargeable to the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. The prisoner, who is a respectable-looking young man, had been before the sitting Alderman upon si milar occasions four or five times, and about two months ago had engaged to pay a fixed sum weekly to his wife. He now stated that he had failed to do so only on account of his inability, and declared he had been affected this week for a trifling amount, and he had been released by a collection among his friends. If his wife was burdensome to the parish, it was not because she was necessitous, but from a malicious spirit, that he might-he thus barasSed. Sir PorEt?. LAIJIHE was not at all surprised td hear his wife felt inee.need at being deserted, while he was living with another woman. Defendant said this was not true. A gentlemen (we believe the wife's brother) said he had reason to know that the defendant was mar ried to the female he was living with, and a corres pondence had been opened with the father of the lady, Captain Smith, of Bristol, to bring the de fendant to trial for bigamy. He had been married to Capt. Smith's daughter only a year. Sir PETER asked how long he had been married to the complainant ? She replied•ll years. Defendant asked the overseer how much money he had given to his wife ? The overseer replied that it was sufficient for him to state that he had actually relieved her, and apprehended she would speedily become wholly chargeable. Mr. Hart, defendant's solicitor, said that when he paid lbs. to the complainant a few weeks since, she said she did not want the money, but she should claim it nevertheless, to vex her husband, of whom she spoke in disrespectful terms. Mr. Fenton, of Smithfield, recognised the de fendatit as one of a party who had, during a com mission of bankruptcy against one Brown, sworn last week to holding bills to the amount of 1,600/. The gentleman who attended with the com plainant said, the Alderman would hardly doubt de-1 fendant's ability to maintain his wife, when he was supporting another woman lavishly. The defendant again protested his poverty, but Sir PETER LAURIE, discrediting his statement, committed him to the tread-mill for one month, as an idle and disorderly person. Charlotte Lear, a woman about 30 years of age, was re-examined, charged with attempting twice to drown herself, at Blackfriars-bridge, about twelve o'clock on Wednesday night. She had been re manded, that the circumstances which led her to form such a desperate resolution might be inquired into. Mr. Teague, the Governor of the Compter, now reported that she had been living apart from her husband several years, for some time, on an allow ance of 12s. per wed:, but latterly ss. 6d. He Ead learnt from her that she had received the visits of a respectable tradesman, and his determination to withdraw his assistance had excited her to make these atten-ipts on her life. • Sir PETErt.inquired the name of her visitor. After some hesitation she whispered the name to 2„r:, officer, but in the mean time Mr. Teague corn municia,A it to the Alderman. Sir PETER then said he had learnt the name pri vately, and as the person was the father of a large family, he should conceal it for the sake of the chil dren. He bore a respectable character, but he was a foolish old man, and he doubted whether he ought to conceal his name. As to the prisoner, she should be confined for some time in her parish workhouse (St. Andrew's, Holborn), till her mind became settled The prisoner, who carefully concealed her face with her handkerchief all the time, was then removed. BONV-STREET. Mr. Wiltsteed, a bookseller, residing at the corner of Duke-street and Great Wild-street, brought his apprentice before Sir R. BIRNIE, and charged him with insolence and disobedience of orders. Mr. Wihsteed stated, that on Tuesday last the defendant, without obtaining his permission, put on his hat and walked away. lie remained out for several hours, and when he returned, upon being chided for his conduct, he assumed a menacing atti tude, snapped his fingers, and said he should go in and out just as he pleased. The defendant on ether occasions had acted in a similar manner, and in order to prevent a repetion of such b e h av i our , h e (M r . Wiltsteed) broil& him before the Magistrate. The defendant, who appeared to be a good deal agitated, begged to explain the circumstances under which he had acted. On the day named, a message was brought to him that his father was in a dyi ng state, having eaten something et his dinner in which, poison bad been mixed, The messenger told him that Wile expected to find hi s f at h er a li ve h e must hasten to him. This intelligence naturally caused him great uneasiness, and without reflecting that he was committing an act of disobedience, be certainly left his master's shop and proceeded to the house of his father, whom he found in a very dangerous state. His mother, also, having eaten of the same dish, was exceedingly ill, so that he was obliged to remain in the house until proper antidotes were administered. As soon as his parents were sufficiently recovered, he returned to his master's, and explained the cause of his delay, but instead of excusing him, his master told him he had no business to leave the house without his permission. " Really," said Sir R. BIttNIE, " if what the young man says be true, I think he was not to blame in the matter. De had heard that his father was upon the point of death, and it is not very sur prising that his filial duty should overcome the just obedience which was due to his master. IM R I cannot blame him." " But, Sir," said Mr. Wiltsteed, " am I to sub mit to such treatment from an apprentice ? Is it proper that he should hold me at defiance ?" " Certainly not," said the Magistrate ; " but in the instance of which you complain I think he was excusable." " I have served four years of my time," ob served the apprentice, " and I have always endea voured to do my duty to the best of my power during that period, but the conduct of Mr. Wiltsteed upon this occasion has been so unkind and unfeeling, that I am determined, let what may be the conse quence, to serve him no longer." Sir R. BIRNIE desired to see the indenture of ap prenticeship, which the master handed to him ; and the Magistrate, having perused it, asked him what he prayed for. " I wish you to lecture the lad," said Mr. Wilt steed, " and show him that he is bound to obey me as long as his apprenticeship continues." " I can never obey you," exclaimed the young man, " after what has passed. I would willingly have served out the remainder of my time, which is only another year, but no power on earth shall com pel me to do so now." " I am sorry," said the Magistrate, " that I can not reconcile your difference, but I tell you fairly that I have no power to act. This indenture is not a legal instrument, inasmuch as it is only for five years. It is not worth a farthing." " Then lam free," said the young man, " arid thank God, lam your servant no longer." So say ing, he bowed respectfully to the Magistrate, and left the office. Last night Richard Bishop, his wife Mary, and Robert Bradley, were brought in custody before Sir R. BIRNIE, by Drew, Thellison, and Turner, three of the Bow-street officers, charged with having been discovered in the act of coining. Robert Thellison, the officer, deposed, that in consequence of information received by himself and brother officers, he went, accompanied by them, at a quarter past three o'clock that day, to the house, No. 23, St. Anne's-street, Westminster. They went up stairs to the back room on the first floor, and finding the door locked, burst it open, when they discovered the two male prisoners seated in chairs right and left of the fire-place. The prisoner Bishop was in his shirt sleeves, and had something in his hand which he appeared to have been rubbing, but which he threw into a chamber utensil half filled with water on finding he was discovered. Sir B.BIRNIEasked the officer if what was thrown into the water caused a splash. The officer replied that it did, and upon searching the vessel he found at the bottom two plaster of Paris moulds, one of which was broken. 'the mould appeared to be used for casting shillings. Bishop's hands were smeared with plaster of Paris or stuff similar in appearance to that of which the moulds were made. lie, witness, asked the .prisoner what he had been doing, and he said he should answer no questions. Turner, another of the officers, corroborated the foregoing evidence, and produced some colouring stuff, &c., which he had found in the room. . • Drew, the conductor, said, that he saw a OA on the fire, and upon taking it off he found that it contained a quantity of metal nearly in a boiling state. He also found two common clay pipes which had evidently been used to pour the melted metal from the pipkin into the mould. The female pri soner was not in the room at the time, but she was taken into custody by direction of Mr. Powell, the Mint Solicitor. Sir R. BIRNIE asked the prisoners if they were aware of the situation in which they stood. The prisoner Bishop replied, that he did not, but as the officer had stated he had acted upon inform ation-, he would wish to know the name of the party from whom he had received it. Sir R. BIRNIE said that the information had been received from him by the officers. Prisoner—Then I suppose I am not to know the name of the party who furnished it. Sir It. BlRNlE—Certainly not. The Magistrate then asked the prisoners if they had any thing to say respecting the articles found by the officer:. Bishop replied, that plaster of Paris was a thing in the possession of every body. As for the mould he knew nothing about it. He could not see at all events what right the officers had to take his wife into custody, as she had not been in the room. Sir R. BIRNIE replied, that there was good rea- . son for what the officers had done. Bradley, the other male prisoner, said he was quite innocent of what was going on, having en tered the room but a few moments before. Sir R. BIRNIE told the prisoners he should re mand them for a week, to give time for the officers of the Mint to come forward. The prisoners were remanded accordingly. MARYLEBONE. Between two anti three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Robert Simpson, of 91, Tottenham cow t-road, printer and bookseller, was placed at the bar, and charged with feloniously obtaining and selling valuable prints, belonging to works not yet published. It appeared that one 'I hos. Andrews was sent to the shop of the prisoner on Tuesday, by Westley and Davis, booksellers, in Stationers' -court, to ask him if he had any prints for scrap-books. The pri soner said he had, and he sold one called " Holyday Time" to the witness fo r 7d. A goo d d ea l o f con versation passed respecting the prints, and the pri soner said he would sell them for less if a number were taken, but he gave a good price himself, for they were not yet published. Mr. Davis, of the above firm, stated that the im presion was taken without their permission, from a plate prepared for the Juvenile Forget me Not, of 1830, of which they are the proprietors. Mr. Marshall, of Holborn-bars, produced a print called" The Stolen Interview," which he bought at the prisoner's house, on Monday night, for is. ; it was taken from a plate belonging to him, intended for The Gem of 1830, without his permission. Henry Bloomfield, a clerk with Longman, Rees, and Co., in Paternoster-row, on Saturday bought there " Jacob's Dream," for 6d., an engraving made for The Literary Souvenir for 1830, and Mr. Green, a partner in Longman's house, proved that it had been obtained without their authority, who are the publishers anti part proprietors of it. Mr. Alaric A. Watts, the editor and part proprietor of The Lite rary Souvenir, accompanied Buckeridge, the officer, that morning to the prisoner's house, and upon searching it, they found three prints belonging to the Juaenile Forget me Not. The prisoner was very anxious to speak. Mr. Hosiuss told him it was his duty, as he had no professional assistance, to caution him against saying any thing which might criminate himself. The prisoner said he bought the prints of a re spectable servant-like old woman, who pretended to bring them from her young mistress. He was very indifferent about buying them; he was not a judge of new prints, and he did not know they were so good, nor that they had the names of the annuals' for next year upon their corners, until it was the next day pointed out to him. I?e felt himself in a very serious situation, and he requested that the ease might stand over till two o'clock on the follow ing day, and he would employ a .solicitor in his defence. The case was resumed on Thursday, and Mr.Wooler contended that no case of felony had been made out because the witnesses could only swear to the im pressions being from the plates of the different works, and not that they were taken upon paper be longing to the proprietors. Mr. HosKiNs determined to send the case before a Jury, and permitted the defendant to give bai) for his appearance, in two respectable persons for 100/. each. After the case of Mr. Simpson was disposed of on Thursday, measures were taken to discover the per sons who stole the plates, and of whom Mr. Simpson received them ; and yesterday Jane Bain, the servant of Mr. Henry Triggs, a copper-plate printer in the Hampstead-road, was apprehended, and after under going an examination, was fully committed to New gate for trial. On Monday night, Webster and Dutch, the of ficers, brought a middle-aged man to the office in handcuffs, on suspicion of murder. Some time since one Thom: Biesly brutally as saulted a young man named John Barrett, at Wol vercote, in Oxfordshire. Barret died in conse pence of it, and Biesly absconded, and he was ad vertised in the Hue and Cry. The above officers were privately informed that they could meet with him at a public-house, in Hatfield-street, Black ' friars; and after some disappointments, they appre hended the prisoner while be was playing at cards, and took him into custody. The conduct of the officers was highly commend ed by the sitting Magistrate; and he ordered Web ster to proceed with the prisoner to Oxford on the following morning. The prisoner proved to be the person charged with the murder, and Webster lodged him in Oxford gaol, and returned to the office on Thursday. William Jones, a pawnbroker, in Waterloo-bridge road, was charged with obtaining money under a false pretence. Miss Eliza Lee, a lady dressed extremely gay, and living at No. 12, Frederick-street, Hampstead road, told Mi. Hoskins she had been induced by a gentleman named Jacobs to accept an accommoda tion bill for 281., arid when it became due she was required to pay it, and had not the means. A day or two after, .the defendant called upon her, and said he had a writ against her for the money, and wished her to put on her things and accompany him. She was very much alarmed at the idea of being hurried off to prison, and the lady who keeps the house in which she lives, passed her word that she should still be there, if he let the matter stand over till the next day. He consented, but returned in half an hour, and told her he was not a Sheriff's officer, hut ' the holder of the bill, and if she would pay for the writ, and other expellees, amounting in all to 3/. 10s., he would exonerate her from the bill, and make Jacobs pay it. She gave him a sovereign, and promised to pay the remainder by weekly in stalments of 10s. each, and afterwards discovered that no writ had been issued against her, and her lawyer advised her to charge him with fraud. Mr. Jones told the Magistrate he gave a valuable consideration for the bill, and when it was due, he sent it to Miss Lee for payment. Not getting the money of her, he went down to Jacobs, at Dover. Jacobs gave him only promises, and he came back to Miss Lee, and told her if she would pay the ex pences of his journey, which cost him 31. 10s., he would exonerate her from the bill. He said nothing about a writ, or being an officer. He told her if she did not comply, she must go With him, and might either ride or walk. Mr. HOSKINS asked to icok at the bill, and as soon as Mr. Jones put it into his hand, he said it has no signature, only a scratch, Jacobs' name does not appeLr. Mi.Jones—That scratch signifies his name some times; he can't write; sometimes another person writes his name for him, and says, " his mark;" but it does not happen so in this. He is in the •habitof dritwing-a'great_nitny bills.; this is the first of many, others of this kind, and if I have lost a penny 1 have lost 2004 by him. Mr. HOSKINS-I,On 2001. by Mr. Jacobs ? Mr. Jones—Yes, I have. Mr. HOSKINS—How long have you been a pawn broker in Waterloo-bridge-road ? Mr. Jones— Four years; and four years in Blackfriars-road before I went there. Mr. 1 - lostoNs—Did you take the bill of Jacobs ? Mr. Jones—l did. -Mr. HOSKINs asked Miss Lee whether she re ceived any consideration for accepting the bill. She answered none ; she had known Jacobs for some time; he came to her, and told her he was in a little trouble, and she did it to serve him. Mr. IIOSKINs said he should detain the bill, and defer. the case till Jacobs comes forward, and bind Mr. Jones to appear when required in his own re cognizance of 251. `Miss Lee's solicitor thought the sum too small. Mr. liosxms asked him if he had reason to doubt Mr. Jones having been a housekeeper eight years, as he represented, and whether he had ever seen his present shop. The solicitor said he knew the shop, it was very respectable in appearance, and he had no reason to doubt Mr. Jones's word. As Mr. Jones left the justice room, to give se curity for his appearance in the clerk's office, he said, " I think I can bring Jacobs here to-morrow." " You know were to put your hand upon him then," replied Mr. HOSKINS. Mr. Jones—l saw him this morning. Mr. HOSKINS desired Miss Lee and her solicitor to attend at one. HATTON-GARDEN. CRIMINAL ASSAULT.—Edzoin Harris, who a few days ago was brought to this Office on a charge of rape, and was remanded, was brought up yesterday for final examina►ion. Joseph Rose, surgeon, Goswell-road, was pro duced as the medical gentleman who had examined the child, on whom the rape was alleged to have been committed. To•the interrogation of the Ma gistrates as to the state of the child, he replied, that there was the appearance of force having been used towards the girl; but he could not give a positive epinion about any thing to wh:ch he was not an eye witness. - - • Mr. ROGERS varied his question several times, but could not elicit a more distinct answer. A relative of the girl then stepped forward and stated, that Mr. Rose had been formerly employed by the family of the prisoner professionally, and per haps on that account he had some delicacy in giving his opinion ; but a surgeon who had accompanied Mr. Rose could give such evidence as was required. No summons had been issued for him, and none of the parties, hut Mr. Rose, knew his name. Mr. ROGERS—What is the name of the profes sional gentleman who was with you when you exa mined the child ? Mr. Rose-1 am not at liberty to answer that : he is a gentleman, an acquaintance of my own, but I cannot give his name. Mr. RoGEns—Well, really, Sir, if you persist in this mode of conduct, I must be under the necessity cf committing you. Mr. Rose—l hope not, Sir, for I promised to shield him from any trouble. Mr. ROGERS—Sir, on your oath, what is the name of the gentleman ? Mr. Rose—His name is Mr. Benson, surgeon, Goswell-road. Orders were then given for the detention of Mr. Rose, and a summons issued for the immediate attendance of Mr. Benson, till whose arrival the cas e was to stand over. In the mean time the rela tives of the girl procured Mr. 'Whitmore, surgeon, Bath-street, Clerkenwell, and on his testimony the investigation proceeded. Jane Heekford stated that she resides with her father at No. 14, Radnor -street, her father's name is Scythes (the children, for Particular reasons, go by the name of the mother) ; he is by trade a jew eller ; her father and mother live together. Witness will be eleven years of age on the 26th December nex t ; prisoner is an apprentice with her father. On Wednesday sennight at about a quarter past one 'Mock she was amusing herself in the lobby; her mother was out; her father was in the front parlour, but he is so very deaf that he cannot take part in ordinary conversation; the servant was likewise gone out ; she had one brother in the house, a grown lad, but he is silly. The prisoner came from the work shop, and carried her from the lobby in his arms; when he took her to the workshop she tried to run away, and prisoner threatened to hit her. Witness here gave a detail of circumstances that we forbear to recapitulate. Prisoner detained her in the work hop for about a quarter of an hour; he cautioned her not to tell any one what he had done, arid he would give her a half-penny, and told her if any one said any thing to her, to say it was her brother Ben. There was some one knocked at the street-door, and Witness ran out and opened the door; she let in the servant, Elizabeth Windsor, but did not mention any thing to her, nor to any one, until she men tioned it to her mother on Monday evening. Elizabeth White corroborated what the girl had stated relative to the persons in the house at the time—as to where they were all disposed, and to having the door opened to her by the girl. Ann Heckford, the mother of the girl, stated, that she observed, on the Tuesday evening symp toms of disease on the child, which caused her to question the girl, and she then gave the same state- Merit that she had repeated to the Magistrate. On the following morning a sur geon was sent f or , an d afterwards te prisoner was given in charge to a constable. Davis, the constable, stated, that when he took the prisoner, he (Davis) told him what he wanted him for. Prisoner came with him cheerfully, and remarked at the time that he was diseased, and of course could not be guilty. Mr. Benson, who had arrived during the investi . gation, stated that the girl was labouring under disease, and had the appearance of having sustained injury. Mr. Rose coincided in this last opinion, and ex plained his former misapprehension of his province as a witness. Mr. Whitmore stated that the girl did not labour under the disease described, and that the prisoner was not now, nor could he have been at the time named diseased. The prisoner denied the charge, and said he had a person who was in the workshop all that day, who would prove that no such thing took place, and that he was never alone with the girl. This witness was not present, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial for the assault. The witness was afterwards produced, but the Magistrate said. his evidence must now be reserved for trial, arid that only unexceptionable bail could be taken for the prisoner. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday Mr. Allen Harrell, of Foulmire, near Cambridge, a young gentleman ofrespectability, was brought up in the custody of Maybank, a constable of Chelsea, arid placed at the bar beforellir.WinTE, charged with stealing a bill of exchange for 341. ss. from the person of William Bower, a baker, in Sloane square, Chelsea, under the following circumstances. William Bower stated, that about ten o'clock that morning, Mr. Murrell came into his shop, and said he wanted to take up a bill of exchange, which wit ness held. He said he would not give up the bill unless the money was deposited ir, a neighbour's hands. Mr. Harrell replied, "Do you doubt me ?" Witness said he doubted :every one connected with the bill. Witness then offered to deposit the bill in his back parlour, if Mr. Harrell would also place the money in another place. He took the bill from his cash-box, and showed it him, when a lady came in j at the time, and said it was her bill, and at that in stant Mr. Harrell snatched the bill out of his hand and ran out of the house; witness caught hold of him at the door, but lie slipped from him; witness followed, and called out " Stop thief!" He was again stopped, but got away; and he at last ran into a chymist's shop, and was secured. In answer to several questions put by Mr. Wittrs to the prosecutor, it appeared that be had received the bill from a Mrs. Garden, as a security for a debt owing to him by Mr. Peter Shadwell, of Keppel cottage,. Chelsea-common, a relation to the present Vice-Chancellor, for the amount Of 5/.lBs. sd.—Mr. Shadwell had lately left this country for the Swan River settlement, which had rather alarmed him. Mr. Hurrell,in his defence, said he was the advo cate of Mrs. Shadwell ; after her husband left this country, she was applied to by Mr. Bowers for pay ment of the debt, which was not convenient at the moment ; this circumstance being mentioned to Capt. Cavendish, he said he had a bill for 34/. 55., which if Mr. Bowers would discount, he might take the amount of his debt. Mrs. Garden accordingly took him the bill, and that was the way he got pos. session of it. He went there with Mrs. Garden and Mrs. Shadwell, and asked him for it; he gave him the bill, and he put it in his pocket, not choosing to pay him at that time. Mr. WIIITE—I don't commend you for the part you have acted : nothing can justify such conduct in getting possession of the bill. Mr. Hurrell—He put the bill into my hand, and I did not promise to pay him. It is truly unfortu nate I cannot enter into the circumstances to show you how he got possession of the bill. Mr. WIIITE—No circumstances whatever can justify such conduct. Mr. Hurrell—Captain Cavendish gave the bill which Mrs. Garden took to Mr. Bowers to pay the debt if he would discount it, and to receive the balance, but instead of that, as soon as he got hold of the bill, he locked it up in a box, and told her to get it how she could. She might whistle for it, or words to that effect. Mr. WHITE—I am extremely sorry you have such wrong notions ; I do not see what basiness you had with the transaction. Mr. Hurrell explained that he was a relative of the family. He had only arrived in town on the previous day from Cambridge, and on being informed of the circumstances how Mr. Bowers had got pos session of the bill, he felt extremely indignant, and thought he was justified in getting back the bill in a similar manner. Mr. WHITE said that the law was very strong on the point. It made it almost imperative on him to send him to prison as a felon for such a violent pro ceeding, which would be extremely distressing to his feelings, as he knew something of the parties mentioned. Mr. Shuter, the solicitor, said, it was evident Mr. Hurrell did not want to appropriate the bill to his own use, and he must havo acted from error in judgment. Mr. WHITE said, that Mr. Hurrell's conduct had been most mischievous, and he was sure that the fa- mily would, instead of paying .5/., rather have paid 5001., than he should have adopted such a mode of proceeding. The bill was then given up to Mr. Shuter, with an understanding that he would settle the debt, and Mr. Hurrell was discharged. Mr. INN= Alsop, of Wingrove-place, Spa-fields, a teacher at some of the principal sdlmols round the metropolis, was charged by the parish officers of St. Margaret's with deserting his wife and child, and leaving them chargeable to the parish. Mrs. Alsop, a very respectable-looking woman, with a tine child in her arms, gave evidence:— It appeared she was formerly a governess in the family of Mr. Sigiemund Rucker, at Wandsworth, where she became acquainted with the defendant, who was a tutor at the house of the Rev. Mr. Chapman, at the same place : they married ; but it was not long before he used her extremely ill, and they parted, he agreeing to allow her 12s. per week for her maintenance. His earnings at the different schools where he t 3001. t0 to 4001. O t o h / e . i per annum. The allowance w as , h owever, never p w a h id ole re o g f her ula' and she things to supp ort h er c hi ld. itineg hadht was been from force d Mr. WRITE inquired what arrears were due ? Mrs. Alsop said there was about 31. 17s. Mr. Alsop, who appeared, said that his wife had talents, arid was able to support herself. Mr, WMTP. advised him to settle the matter--!".-1.- Pr the overseer, Mr. Wilson • and after some sation he agreed to p a y the arrears in a few day& LAMBETH-STREET. A genteel young female complained of her of (her, for turning her out of doors, and also for I" - • taining her clothes. She said her mother was 0 ,,,,.." violent disposition, and frequently beat her. mother retorted by accusing her daughter of laral • ness, and asserted that she had frequently 60 , 7 her. She was, however, determined to s hut bee '' doors against h er . Th e g i r l sa id that she belierra her mother's object was to force her upon the tom'` as she knew that she had no other resource than beet' mother's home. The mother certainly betrayed gr• absolute want of feeling, as she seemed particulerir desirous that the Magistrate should commit her to the tread-mill. The poor girl, in an agony of teal* besought the Magistrate not to listen to that re ; quest ; and, upon promising to avoid future contee' Lion with her mother, she was permitted to depart. Peter .11 , PGark was brought up by his landlord!"''; Mr. Yeoman, for th rea t en i ng to b urn hi s h ouse , e n j refusing to quit th e p rem i ses . . The charge of bur r :1 ing, however, proved to be unfounded. Mr. Ye, ~- 4 man wished t o ge t r id o f M'G ur k, as a tenant, an d' employed a Mr. Hofferman, as broker, to w houl .., Peter took a prodi g i ous ant i pat h y, considering h its ti to be a Frenchm an . He, therefo re , ma d e us e 0 4 expressions which the broker construed into a thre s , l/ Y of arson. Why, your Rever ence ," sa id P eter, " I've be en ' a lodger for 31 y ears , an d now rece i ve a pens i on 0 !, fifteen pence a-day. It's a hard matter to see * 7 Frenchinan break into my house withou t having a shy at him." 1 , " Huh ! I shall be sworn," said Mr. Hoffermall;', " You have say dat you knock brains out my hellef: Yen I shall take vay your traps." • " Stop," said Peter to the officer, when aboCt '' to administer the oath to the broker, " he cannot he :% sworn. 1- " Why not ?" said Mr. WALKER. " Beeatge he's a Frenchman," said Peter, "and I've no doubt I've fought agin him when he was in Bonyparel; army." This reason not having equal cogency with the,. Magistrate, th e b ro k er ma d e hi s statement, whicP ended in the Magistrate persuading Mr. Yeoman arrange amicably with Peter without the interfereoc e , of the broker. On Thursday Mr. Yeoman, of Chamber-street' Goodman's-fields, applied to Mr.WALKER, the aitti Magistrate, for his advice'and assistance under 08 : following singular circumstances :--- The applicant stated that a tenant of his, name, Peter M‘Gi r k, was d estroy i ng one o f his freebool tenements, situate at No. 11, Leman-row, Good' `i man's-fields. His tenant was indebted to him V` ; '!' for rent, which h e h a d re f use d to pay or quit 0: premises, although h e h a d o ff ere d to cancel the def t • if he would do so. His tenant, however, had per:;. tinaciously refused to give up possession, and he" , threatened to pull the house to pieces and raze it .t° the ground, and h a d a c t ua lly commenced put tirtgi his threat into execution, by tearing away from theft places the 'wainscotting and flooring, and burning, the wood. He (the applicant) had no doubt the , house would soon be pulled to pieces if the IVlagir traces did not interfere. Mr. WALKER said, the only remedy was by civ il ! action, as the Wilful Destruction Act does not es' tend to tenants in possession of a house. The te': nant was at liberty, if he thought proper, to pull ther whole building to pieces. H e could not interfersil l the case.—The applicant withdrew. THAMES POLICE-OFFICE. CONTRAST, OR THE HONEST AND SIVINDLIga SAILORS.—A bluff and hearty-looking sailor was troduced to Captain RICHBELL, to return, at l' s said, to Mr. Bilantin.!• a half c..own, which tbag, gentleman had lent him six years since. Please your Honour, said the applicant, I came pay - the gemman the half-crown he lent me to buf pair of shoes. Wilson the officer—The gemmen he' means, Mr. Ballantine, your Worship. Sailor—Yes, Sir, Mr. Ballantine lent me tbehilt a ', crown, six years since. _ Why, how did that happen, inquired Captain, RICIIBELL ? Wilson—Why, the sailor was a Ye' : grant, your Worship, in a very destitute condition , and Mr. Ballantine, before whom he was chargell. gave him some silver t o get hi m s h oes, an d got hir on board the General Barth free trader. Sailor—Yes, Sir, I served my time on board her** Captain IticußELL—Well, can you do your dol . as a foremait man ? can you splice the main brie e '' or sit upon the truck ? The Sailor—Oh, aye, yo ur. Honour, I can hand, reef, or steer, with any ole a ', I know a sailor's duty. Captain RICHBELL—Do you like the sea ? —Aye, very well; but here's the half.crown. Captain RICIIBELL told him to keep that, sOs" drink Mr. Ballantine's health, and advised him t 0 persevere in the paths of rectitude as the only niesh of arriving at honour and respectability in his prir4 fession. The young man, who was comfortably clad, m e ,' a sailor's bow and mode , ' withdrew to the Black Boy ic vern, where he pledged the wo r thy M ag i s trate health in a pot of heavy. 0 On Monday night the Glasgow mail, way to London, met with a serious accident at Wanefil, As the co ac h was pass i ng over t h e l ong an d d ang,e bridge the re , a pi g ran b etween t h e l egs of the leedw''' horses, and occasioned their starting with such sudil ness and violence that the coachman (CouLsow) was led from the box amongst the horses, and the coach over his body. One of the outside passengers, and_ guard, immediately jumped d own t o res t ra i n t h e h am'' but the leaders broke loose, and ran away with the tr 0 ... .,` at their heels as far as Sibson (the place of changiDsr e j , The wheel horses ran down the rather steep descent of a ; bridge on the southern side, and went in contact with small gate of the neighbouring toll-bar, which thel_Ll; vered to pieces, and kno c k e d d own th e s t ro n g gate-Fr - t i The shock of the coa c h aga i nst t h e p os t w o e s o ,viole! 7: that a gentleman of Oxford, of the name Of. 14Trunkt who was the other outside passenger, want preetpitai the ground with terrible force, And when picked up er conveyed into the Haycock inn in a state of iasensibgiq He happily revived in a short time, and chose to prt on his journey with the other passengers, who, t4:=: with the guard and the mail-bags, were forwarded is chaises. The coachman, it was feared, was seriously burl; . but he also has since been enabled 'to trafet ißsfn s t d • sume his duties. This frighful accident is whellY, ll .. n. butable to the misconduct of persons wh o s uffer ehe,'r f. 1 7 ): to rove about the fields and roads at night-- which - 7 7 i,, very common offence at Waneford, calling for he WTI*" prehension, as being at once dishonest with reference t o trespasses committed by the pigs, and dangerous - Iqt 'l spect to the probable i n j ury t o t h e li ves an d li m bs el vellers from accidents like the above.--Littenha /lefero BIRTHS. On the 23d inst. at Campsall Park, the Lady Radc of a son. On the 2lst inst. at Cribb's Lodge, near Hobo r r f Gloucestershire, the lady of J. M. Bence, Esq. of a so o f On the 24414 inst., in Bolton-street, Dirs. Sidaer, a son. MARRIED. t o On the 15th inst. in Savoy, L o uis d e Salsianha, de Taubate, appointed Minister Plenipotentiary of Lug P,, )csty the Emperor of Brazil at the Court of St. P e g, burgh, to Sophia, daughter of the late Joseph Burn, of Orton-hall, in Westmoreland. 0. On the 22d inst. at Tichborne, the Hon. Hear to rd Arundell, son of the late, and br o th er to th e p r esent , 70 Arundell, to Francs Caroline, second daughter ();,, of Henry Tichborne, Eart. of Tichborne, th e Coo" Hants. DIED. lic" On the 23d inst. William Hunt, in the 79th year of his age. • Esq., of rtte llb at, of On the 19th inst. J. T. Carvalho, Esq., mercha nt' Threadneedle-street, in his Slst year. d got , On the 25th inst. the Rev. Ralph Sneyd, Ba wl ii , of of William Sneyil, Esq. of Ashcomb, in the cots 4 Stafford. ..---- On the 23d inst. at Boameer painful illuesß, Carolipe.Y"-- Blair Hall, Ell.