The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-08 00:00:00

POLICE.

Gerit.DHALL.--Yesterday, a. respeclable woman,.
named Billings, charged her hushartd, before, the
Sitting Alderman, with beating and ill. treating her.
The Complainant stated, that having had two chil-
dren by a former husband, who,, on his death, left.
her some property, her present husband had on that
account been in the habit of beating her
_on several
occasions, and had refused her proper support. The
husband, in answer to the charge,: imputed miscon-
to the wife, and -denied having assaulted her,
but promised to give up the goods which belonged to
her former hinhand, and allow ber.a separate main-
tenance, consequently the_ charge was dismissed.
- John Wilson was. Charged with beating. his wife
in a brutal and'cruel manner, at the house of: Mr.
Clarke; London Wail. After promising tb, conductt
himself with more propriety in. future, lie was suf-
fered to leave the Court ; but shortly after, the un-
fortunate woman with whom he, lived became the
objeEt of his r;ige ; he beat her in the street in
the most unmanly manner, until sh€., sought protec-
,.tion in the Magistrate's Court, where she appeared
with her, eyes black, and her face and neck brUiSed.
'The Alderman immediately issued, a summons ,in
order to punish him for his cruelty.
In consequence of the extraordinary complaint ex-
hibited- on Monday by a Mrs. Neville and her flys-,
band. against a Gentleman lodging .in the same
house, for certain, forcible injuries . to the Lady's
virtue, much expe6tation was excited respecting the
farther investigation of the affair ; but, although
Mrs. Neville herself gave an early
,and sedulous
attendance during the sitting of the Magistrate, the
other parties did not appear; and, conseqUently the
examination stands.over for another day.

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MAR LBO RV K-STREET.--The person who stood
chargad with unlawfully detaining Eliza. Davis, put
in bail, on Monday evening.. The young woman
was, 'by order of the Magistrates, delivered to. the
care of the Parish•Otfieexs of St. James'
s. She, was
found in the room where, she was confined, in a
state of nudity, nor was there any which
she' could put on. It appeared, that before, she re-
sided'at the house-of Mr. N. her -residence was at
No. t), Michael's place, 13rompton,‘ and previous
to that in Sloane-street. The Magistrates- are using
every effort to find out the relatives of the young
woman, and to sift to the bottom this mysterious
case.
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On Wednesday last David and Andrew Robertson,
millers„ at theFlpurll of Haddington, and Wm'.
Braid, servant to James Forrest, baker there, .were
brought to trial before the Slieriff Depute of flad
dington, and a respeftable Jury, in consequence of
a remit from the King's Counsel, for the crime of
~stealing, on various occqsioni, quantities of grain
entrusted to their care as millers. -The Jury unani-
mOuSly found thern. guilty. On which the Sheriff.
sentenced David and Andrew Robertson to stand on
the pillory, at the Tron of Hadclington,- for two
successive market days,. with a label on their breasts.,
expressive of their crime, and' thereafter 'to be ba-
nished.the county for life, under the usual certifica-
- ,
tion ; ,and Braid, to- be banished the county for:life,
under the like certification: On this occasion the
Sheriff expreSsed his regret, that,' as the law has..
hitherto been
.understood, his powers:did not extend
to the infliaing a sentence of 'banishment. which.
might rid the.country at large of;Offenders of this
'description ; that while it gave a Sheriff power in
several cases, and partiCUldrlY in theft, to go the
length even of a capital 'Sentence, it has been under- -
stood to deny hini that of transportatiodheyond the
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seas. ,
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Letters fro'm New York to the first of September
were . received yesterday, 2,ia Liverpool. We are
happy to find-that the Yellow Fever had not made
its appearance at the above date,
,and from the ad-'
xanced period of the season, the inhabitants of,
York were under no.apprehension of. the.return of
the disease. 411 the sea-port towns of the Unit&l
States have been perfectly healthy, thi§.,,year,