The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Gustavus W. Blanche, de-
scribed as a medical man, residing in Queen's-place,
Kennington, was brought before Alderman Lawrence,
in the custody of Daniel Forester, the officer, charged
with having uttered a forged cheque for 51.
Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Maliens, soli-
citors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection from
Forgeries and Frauds, attended for the prosecution.
The prisoner, it appeared in evidence, went on Satur-
day evening to Mr. Molineux, of 114, Bishopsgate-street,
and asked him to cash the cheque, which seemed to be a
cheque upon Spooner and Attwood's banking house.
Mr. Molineux not having the money in his possession
went with the prisoner to the Flower-pot public-house,
next door, and was there accommodated with the change
upon putting his own and the prisoner's name on the
back of the order. On Monday, Mr. Lewis, the land-
lord of the Flower-pot, ascertained that the drawer of
the cheque was wholly unknown at the bankers, and
Daniel Forester, on Monday, went to the landlord's house
and found the prisoner there talking to that person and
Mr. Molineux about it.

Daniel Forester said—l went at half-past four yester-
day to the Flower-pot, to make inquiries about the
cheque. In about twenty minutes Mr. Molineux and
the prisoner came in and spoke to the landlord on the
subject. I addressed myself to the prisoner, who said,
in answer to me, that ho had given the cheque to Mr.
Molineux, and that he had received it from a Mr. John-
son after banking hours ; and that Mr. Johnson was a
patient of his, and had paid him the cheque in a public-
house, but where the patient lived he could not tell. The
prisoner added that he kept no books ; that the amount
of the cheque covered all the pecuniary obligations of the
patient to him ; and that be would not say what was the
nature of the disease for which he had given his attend-
ance. When brought to the Mansion-house, where two
or three friends were talking with him, he said he had
got the cheque from a person of a very different name
from that which he had mentioned to me.
Mr. Mullens said that innumerable fictitious cheques
were passed upon publicans upon the pretence that the
banks were closed for the day.
The prisoner was remanded.

LAMBETH Wm. French, a middle-aged, sharp-
featured man, was placed at the bar on the very complex
charge made in the following evidence:
Mr. Charles Lucas deposed that be had formerly been a
gardener, and at present lodged at No. 3, Wyndham-road,
Camberwell. In the month of March last he kept a
beer-shop at Norwood, and at that time the prisoner,
wbo was in the habit of frequenting. his house, made a
proposition to join him in the business of purchasing
pigs and horses, with which he said he was well ac-
quainted, and that witness should find the money and
he (prisoner) the judgment. Hie representations were
so flittering that he (witness) bad sold out stock in the
Bank standing in his name to the amount of 1431. 13s.
101, and also his goodwill in the beer-shop amounting to
461., and embarked all in the partnership. The prisoner
at that time came to live at his house, and soon com-
menced purchasing pigs and horses, and Mrs. Lucas,
who held the money, paid for them. The prisoner also
purchased carts and other property, all of which had
been taken to his house in Pitt-street, and some time
after his wife and the prisoner became so intimate and
friendly that they actually turned him out of doors.
This was about two months ago, and in some
weeks after his wife and the prisoner went away from
the place, carrying with them all the property and every
shilling's worth of goods in the place, even to his wear-
ing apparel. After much time spent in discovering
them, ho traced them to Deptford-lane, where they were
living together as man and wife, and all the produce of
his property about them. He had also discovered that
his wearing apparel had been worn by the prisoner, and
he gave him into custody for stealing it from his late
residence.
Sergeant Godfrey said that, at the request of the last
witness, he went to the premises occupied by the pri-
soner, and there saw in the yard a number of pigs and
two horses and two carts, all of which the prisoner
claimed as his property. The prosecutor's wife was
present at the time. Witness told the prisoner he must
consider him his prisoner on a charge of carrying away
the property of the prosecutor from his residence. On
examining the room in which the prisoner slept, and in
which was the prosecutor's wife at the time, he found a
pair of trousers and a waistcoat, which the prosecutor
identified as his property. •
The prisoner, when asked what he had to say to the
charge, commenced abusing the prosecutor in the must
scurrilous manner.
Mr. Elliott (to the constable)—Did you find any
money on the prisoner?
Sergeant Godfrey—No, sir, I did not; but after I
took him into custody the prosecutor's wife, Mrs. Lucas,
slapped her hand against her pocket, and said, " I have
taken care of the money." The prosecutor, your wor-
ship, is very much to be pitied, fur he has not a penny
to help himself, while his wife and the prisoner have
robbed him of every sixpence he possessed.
Mr. Elliott (to Godfrey)—You should have taken the
money from the wife, for it is quite clear the property
was that of her husband.
Godfrey—l have no doubt, your worship, I shall be
in time to secure the property yet.
The prisoner was then remanded, and while locked up
in the cells was visited by Mrs. Lucas, who ordered him
refreshments in abundance.

A VETERAN TAR.—A veteran of the old school has
just died in the Portsmouth workhouse. The deceased's
name was William Farker, and his age 76. He entered the
naval service in 1795, having been "sent" from the old
poorhouse. Portsmouth, on board her Majesty's ship Vet-ran,
Captain Newman, and served in her three years on the West
India station; he subsequently served in the Venerable, 74,
Captain Fairfax; London, 98. Captain Otway ; Havannah,
74, Captain Rutherford; in the Captain, 74, Commodore
Nelson ; in Earl St. Vincent's action ; in the Vanguard, 74,
Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, at the battle of the Nile ;
and in the Victory, 104, Vice-Admiral Viscount Nelson, at
the battle of Trafalgar. In the last-named action he was
one of the quartermasters at the weather- wheel when his im-
mortal chief received his death wound. The spoke of the
wheel was broken by a shot, which killed the man at the
lee side of it, and wounded two others; Farker escaping
with a slight wound in the arm. From the Victory he was
drafted into the Ocean, 98, Captain Thomas, and from her to
the Milford, 74, Captain Bayntur, from which ship he "ran,"
in consequence of being treated, to use his own language,
" more like a wild beast than a man," and went into the
American service, where he remained until worn out; when
he returned to his native town, and sought an asylum in the
union-house for the remainder of his days.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—Ohe Of the most ex-
traordinary escapes upon record, occurred upon the
Bristol and Exeter Railway, during the past week. A
gentleman was awaiting the arrival of the up night mail
at the Collumpton station, and to pass away the time ho
commenced smoking, whereupon he was requested to
go outside the Company's premises. This he did. At
length the train arrived, and there being very little to
do, it started rather sooner than usual. The guard's
whistle, indicating to the engine-driver that all was
right, aroused the unfortunate gentleman from the re-
verie which he was enjoying over his pipe. Rushing
across the platform, he made a leap into the space be-
tween the mail-box and the adjoining passenger-carri-
age, imagining, as it is supposed, that he could ride to
the next station on the connecting chains. Some gen-
tlemen on the down platform, as well as the porter, saw
the immediate danger in which he was placed, and while
voices,the f former m
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forward, driverand
and, between
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the
driver was induced to stop the train. The station-
master and other officials at once removed the man from
his fearful position. The shock produced by the fright
was tremendous. Although, when pacing the platform,
he presented an exceedingly ruddy and jolly appearance,
all colour had left his face when ho was extricated, and
th© dreadful tremor which was visible in his whole
frame, bespoke the effects of the accident. No bones,
in
however, were broken, and ho was placed a carriage
and proceeded on his journey. We hope this will act as
a caution to those persons who are in
the habit ofenter-
ing and leaving railway carriages while they are in mo-
tion.
EXTRAORDINARY FEAT IN WEAVING. A young
woman in one of the Dunfermline factories last week
wove 10 cloths in 13i hours. Notwithstanding that as-
sistance in dressing and mending was rendered by her
neighbours, the feat was extraordinary. The web had
fifty shots to the inch, 3,375 to the cloth, 33,350 to the
whole 10. This sum, divided by 131 hours, gives a quo-
tient of 2,500 shots flung through the shade every hour,
together with the same number of trampings of the
treddlea, and the same number of strokes of the lay in
the same space of time—making in all 100,000 indepen-
dent operations in 131 bouts. This seems the more
wonderful when we consider that the pendulum of an
eight-day clock, incessant and regular as it is, makes
only 48,600 vibrations in the same time.—. Fife Herald.
A FAILURE OF A "BEAR."—The failure of a young
dealer was announced in the Stock Exchange yesterday,
consequent upon extensive "bear" speculations in Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and some of the other
heavy railway stocks. This circumstance will account
for a great rise in some of these lines late in the after-
noon. Tho liabilities of the defaulter are rather consi-
derable, and the case is understood to present some bad
features.
GOLD —The Ganges has arrived off the coast from
Sydney with 17,852 ounces of gold, worth about 71,400/.
,
The Lima has also come to hand from Melbourne with
a further amouut of the precious mete( anti dates to the
12th June.