The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Scott was
charged with stealing two valuable gold watches, under
the following circumstances.
Elizabeth Ann Price deposed that she was in the ser-
vice of Mrs. Keeling, of No. 4, Buckingham-place, Fitz-
roy-square, and that about half-past two in the after-
noon of Saturday last she was waiting at table when a
knock came to the door. She answered, and saw the
prisoner, who walked into the passage and stood against
the back parlour door. She asked him who and
what he wantel, when he said it was all right, be
wanted to see Mrs. Keeling, who was his aunt. She
told him she was in the kitchen, and she would go
and fetch her. Witness then went away, leaving
him in the passage by the door, which was c.pen,
and when she returned a few minutes after, be was gone.
About ten minutes after, two valuable gold watches
were missed from the back parlour.
Catherine Sims said she occupied apartments in Mrs.
Keeling's house, and about half-past two on Saturday
afternoon she placed a gold watch and chain, her pro-
perty, and a gold gatch belonging to a gentleman who
was dining with her, on a dressing-table in the back par-
lour, and directly after the prisoner left the house she
missed them. No other person had been there.
The prisoner, who offered no defence, was remanded
fora week.

WESTMINSTER.—Ayoung woman named Symonn,
with an infant in her arms, applied to Mr. Arnold under
the following circumstances :—•

She stated that her husband enlisted on the 15th of
February last, as driver in the Land Transport Corps, at
which time an arrangement was entered into for his wife
to receive 31. 15s. every two months. She received that
amount in April, but had been unable to procure a single
shilling since, owing to which she and her children were
in a state• of destitution. She had applied to the War-
office, to the Land Transport Carps Office, and other
places, but without obtaining her money, and on writing
to her husband in the Crimea, he returned her word that
he was unable to obtain his money there, and recom-
mended her to apply to a magistrate. They were now
continuing to enlist men for the corps in the Waterloo-
road.

Mr. Arnold said that the publicity given to these re-
peated complaints which had been before him was highly
discred,table to the persons having the control of these
matters. He ccmmiserated the poor woman, but was
afraid he could not assist her. He would, however, send
an officer to where they were now enlisting, and see
whether anything could bo done for her.

LAMBETH.— William, Winsor, a journeyman car-
penter, who is one of twelve persons of the same trade
who have been employed by Sir Joseph Paxton to join
the land forces in the Crimea, was brought before Mr.
Elliott on a warrant charging him with deserting his
wife and two children, and being about to leave the
country without making auy provision for their future
sustenance.

From the statement of his wife, who is a person of
lady-like appearance, but who appears to be double his
age, it appeared that she had been frequently ill-used,
and once before he deserted her, and finding that he had
entered into an engagement with Sir J. Paxton to go
out to the Crimea, and was on the point of leaving the
country without making the slightest provision for her-
self and children, she applied to the parish officers of
Newington, and they took out a warrant for his ap-
prehension.

Locker, one of the summoning officers, deposed to
having taken the prisoner into custody at the office of
Sir J. Paxton, in Spring•gardens, and there ascertained
that he was under an engagement to sail by the Antelope
on Saturday next.

The prisoner admitted that this was the fact, and com-
plained of the conduct of his wife.
Mr. Ellott, however, committed him to the House of
Correction for 14 days ; but on his promising to devote
Bs. a week of his pay during his absence, he was allowed
to go at large.

George Warren, a married man, who is a potman'and
waiter at a tavern on Peckham Rye, and who had been
examined on the day before on a charge of indecently
assaulting and attempting to rob Miss Maria Murrell,
was placed at the bar.

The particulars of the case appeared in yesterday's
Su2/.

When the prisoner was placed at the bar a policeman
informed the magistrate that the prosecutrix was not in
attendance. He also said that on the night before her
sister called at the station•bouse to make inquiries about
her,- and said she had not slept at her house on Sunday
night, as she had falsely stated in her evidence, nor was
she to be found at the house of her aunt, whom she said
she visited as well as her sister.
The prisoner declared that he made no attempt what-
ever Co rob the young lady. With respect to the other
part of the charge, all that had taken place between
them was with her perfect consent.
Mr. Elliott discharge() the prisoner. - •

THAMES.—Two respectable-looking women, named
Macdonald and Fox, were charged before Mr. Yardley
with being disorderly in the Commercial-road. Mac-
donald said she lived at No. 1, Grove-street, Commer-
cial-road ; the other at No. 12, Russell-street, Mile-end.
Mrs. Macdonald, while blaming the policeman, ad-
mitted they were returning home the worse for liquor
when they met him.
Mr. Yardley lectured both women at some length
upon their discreditable position. They were both appa-
rently respectable married women, and one of them, Mrs.
Macdonald, had two boys growing up. He was sorry to
say that the practice of drunkenness among the
married women of the district was very prevalent,
and the vice did not seem to affect them as it did ordi-
nary minds. It was a growing evil. He told the women
to go home and make inquiries, and- if they could find
any sober persons who saw the transaction, and could
prove the policeman ill-used them, he would grant a
summons.

GREENWICH.—John Brown was charged before
Mr. Train with attempting to evade a toll, and commit-
ting an askault upon the attendant.
From the evidence it appeared that on Monday after-
noon the prisoner went to the Halfpenny-batch,
,Rother-
ithe, and attempted to pass through without-paying the
demand. On the attendant (a little boy) requesting him
to pay he most positively refused, and endeavoured to
force his way. The little fellow resisted all in. his power,
when the prisoner gave him a slap on the face. The boy
then called his mother, who, on
appearing, was abused
by the prisoner, and threatened to be knocked doivn. A
gentleman having witnessed the proceedings interferred,
and told him if he wished to pass he must pay tbe toll.
Prisoner replied that he would not, and immediately
struck at the gentleman which was fortunately parried.
Repeating his attempts, but unsuccessfully, he ran away,
but was followed and then given into custody.
Prisoner, who bad no witnesses, denied the charge.
The magistrate, after commenting on his condint, in-
flicted a fine of 205., or 14 days imprisonment. ,

The Presse of Vienna announces that trains; direct
between Vienna and Paris, by Prague'and Straibourg;
will commence running on Saturday next.
THE LICENSING OP ALEHOUSES.—Eminent_le4al au-
thorities, we understand, have given an opinion that
justices in boroughs, without a separate oourt of 4uarter'
sessions of the peace, have not the power to grant ale-
house licences. We hear that the borough jus'ti'ces of
Sunderland, South Shields, and Tynemoith, ac4ng on
this view of the law, have not granted lieencos )for the
ensuing year.— Gateshead Observer.

BOW-STREET.—Mr. Duncombe, solicitor (who was
accompanied by Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee of Drury-
lane), applied to Mr. Henry for a warrant against a per-
son named Jenkins, under the following circumstances.
The application was made on behalf of a Mr. Thomp-
son, who has lately arrived in England from America
with a couple of African children (girls), who are united
in the manner of the celebrated Siamese twins. Accord.
ing to the statement made to the court, the children were
" apprenticed" to Mr. Thompson, and during their recent
stay in London they were domiciled at the Bedford Hotel,
Covent-garden, under the charge of Jenkins. Of course
they were intended for exhibition ; and while negotia-
tions were pending with this view the children were sud-
denly found missing. On inquiry it was found that Jen-
kins had absconded with there from the Bedford Hotel,
and proceeded direct to Scotland, where he is now exhi-
biting them to the public, at a loss to Mr. Thomp-
son, as he affirms, of several thousand pounds. When their
retreat was discovered, Mr. Thompson hurried to the
north and laid his complaint before the judicial authori-
tie, who, however, expressed their unwillingness to issue
a warrant, or to take any steps against Jenkins, unless
supported by the authority of a London magistrate, in
whose district the alleged abduction of the children took
place. Failing in this effort, the complainant sought to
proceed against Jenkins on other grounds—preferring a
charge of felony, in respect to the clothes in which the
African twins were attired, and which he had also taken
with him. In this matter they were again referred to
the magistrate in whose jurisdiction the offence took
place.
Mr. Henry said he had no power to grant a warrant,
but the person who claimed the children might adopt the
course pursued, under somewhat similar circumstances, in
the case of the celebrated Hottentot Venus. On tlaatocca-
sion, it would be remembered, the solicitor representing
the complaining parties obtained a judge's order, and
the girl was brought up to the Court of Queen's Bench by
habeas corpus in order that her own wishes might be
ascertained upon the point at issue. No doubt the same
course of proceeding was open to Mr. Duncombe, if be
thought fit to pursue it on behalf of his clients.
Mr. Duncombe thanked his worship for the sugges-
tion, and thought he should immediately act upon it.