The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-23 00:00:00

POLI CE INTELLIGENCE.

MAR Y LEB ONE.
RUFFIANISM.—Yesterday a fashionably-dressed young
man, na.-ned 'Thomas Phillips, who described himself as a
medical student, residing in Gower-street, Bedford square,
was charged before Mr. HOSKINS with an unprovoked as.
sault on Mr. Mayer, of 21, Crescent-street, Euston-square.
It appeared from the complainant's statement that, hav-
ing spent the previous evening at a friend's house, he was
returning along the New-road, accompanied by his daughter
and next door neighbour, when, without the slightest pro-
vocation, the defendant came behind him, and with. a stick
cf formidable thickness struck him with all his force on the
head, and felled him to the ground. The defendant then
ran away, followed by complainant's daughter, who gave him
in charge to Police-constable 212 S, and he was taken to
the station-house. The complainant, in conclusion, said
that had it not been fur a very stout hat which he wore,
and which was knocked off and lost, the blow would in all
probability have proved fatal.
The complainant'i daughter and the other witness com-
pletely confirmed the above statement.
The prisoner, in extenuation of his conduct, said he was
provoked to strike the complainant in consequence of his
having ran violently against him.
This having been denied,
Mr. HOSKINS told the defendant he had been guilty of
one of the most wanton and savage assaults he had ever
heard of, and which called for heavy punishment. He (the
Magistrate) should therefore fine him 31., which, he hoped,
would prove a useful lesson.
The defendant paid the money and was released. "
A MEMBER OF THE TEMFEKANCE SOCIETY IN 1113 CUPS.
—A demure-looking, middle-aged personage, who gave
the name of John Williams, and described himself as a
Somersetshire farmer, and a member of the Temperance
Society, was charged with being found drunk, and rolling
in the mire, in the,,Edgeware.road, on the previous night.
A tract, containing the rules and regulations of the
Society, arid a severe philippic against drunkenness,
which was found in the defendant's poeect, was handed to
Mr. Hoskins for his perusal, ;who, having read it, asked
the defendant what he had to say in excuse for his contra-
dictory conduct.
The defendant, in the broad Somerset dialect, said he
had come up to London on business, when being over-
come by the fogs of the metropolis, and the rawness of the
air, he in an evil hour imbibed a glass of grog too much—
a very rare circumstance, he said, which never occurred to
trim in the country, where the air was sufficiently stimulat-
ing without the aid of spirits.
Mr. nosh-Iris—You are fined 55., and I hope in future
you will adhere more strictly to the rules of your society-
Defendaut—Dang it, what an intoxicating place Lunnun
is. Last time I was up I got regularly fuddled, and had
to pay 51. I don't mind parting with the money, but if it
should get into the papers that farmer Williams, a member
of the Temperance Society, was found drunk in Lunnun,
why, zounds, I shall be quizzed to death by my neighbours.
He then paid the money and left the office.

QUEEN-,SQUA.R.II'.

Mr. Henry Calihrop, a young man, an assistant to Mr.
Painter, a surgeon, in the Broadway, Westminster, was
charged upon a peace warrant with using threatening lan-
guage towards Mr. Murray, of No. 11, Park-street, St.
James's Park.
The complainant stated that on Wednesday morning
he was in bed (being at the time confined with the
toothache), when his servant told him that there was a
gentleman waiting below who particularly wished to see
turn. He desired her to tell him to walk up, when
soon after the defendant presented himself, and, with-
out giving his name (he being at the time an entire
stranger to complainant), said he had come to demand an
apology from complainant for the insult he had offered to
his (defendant's) brother ; such conduct had never been
allowed towards one of their family with impunity, nor
should it in this instance. Complainant said he knew of
no conduct of his that called for an apology, and requested
defendant to leave the room. Defendant refused, and in
some threatening language, the precise words of which
complainant did not recollect, he told him to beware of the
consequences. He then asked him if he had anything
more to say, when the defendant emphatically said " No,
not at present." He again asked defendant to leave the
room, but the answer was " I will not until I have received
an apology." Complainant then told him that if he did
not leave instantly ho would take measures to compel him,
when defendant put his hand under his cloak, and, appear-
ing to be trying to find something, said, " If you put your
hand upon me, it wit. be the last person you touch," and
preparing to leave the room observed, " You may consult
the ath,ertising columns of the Times and Post far your
character, for I will post you there as a coward and a
scoundrel." Defendant then left.

Mr. GREGGRIE—Have you since ascertained why the
defendant came to you at all? Complainant—On the pre-
vious day I sent to Mr. Painter for some one to come and
ettract one of my teeth. A young man, whom I have since
ascertained to be the defendant's brother, came, but he
bungled so dreadfully over the operation, and gave me so
much pain, that I would not let him extract the tooth, and
sent him away.
Defe,pdant—l am one of Mr. Painter's assistants. On
Tuesday afternoon Mr. Murray sent for some one to go
and extract a tooth. My brother went, and when he re-
turned told me he had been grossly insulted by the com-
plainant, who made use of the foulest epithets towards him.
Mr. GREGORIE told the defendant he must find two sure-
ties of 251. each, and himself bo bound in the sum of .50/.
to keep the peace for the next six months.
Defendant immediately entered into the necessary sure-
ties, and was discharged.
PICKING POCKETS DURING THE CITY PROCESSION TO
THE PALACE.—John TVhite and Frederick M'Cusey were
charged with practising the art of conveyancing among the
crowd collected in front of Buckingham Palace yesterday.
The former prisoner had, from his manner and speech, evi-
dently received an " Old Bailey Education," the latter was,
from the continued cry he kept up, and the guileless man-
ner in which he amused the Magistrate, evidently a Tyro in
the intricate art.
John Clapham and George Baker, two of the City Po-
lice, deposed that they had seen the elder prisoner follow
the procession from the East side of Temple Bar, and se-
veral tirnes exercise his calling, but without effect. He
found the younger prisoner was holding a gentleman's
pocket up, while the elder put his hand in. Upon search-
ing the elder prisoner a handsome silk-handkerchief was
found upon him, which he said he bought in Field-lane.
Mr. GREGORIE committed White for six weeks and dis-
charged the other prisoner.

Accounts have been received from Edinburgh,
stating that the Leith steamer on her passage from London
to Edinburgh was, during a heavy gale and high sea, run
foul of on Sunday night about ten o'clock, off the Newark
near Winterton Ness, by a collier called the Richard
and John. The Leith received considerable damage, but
notwithstanding was able to proceed on her voyage, which
she did after lying to for two hours, during which time
every exertion which the bad state of the weather and
heavy sea would permit was used by the Captain of the
Leith, with his crew and her boats, to regain the collier
in order to render assistance. One of the collier's men,
who had taken to one of her boats, was picked up, and
from his account it appears that if the vessel could not be
saved the rest of the crew would have the means of escap-
ing, as they had another boat and ample time to do so.
No tidings of them, however, had been received at Edin-
burgh when the last accounts came away. The passengers
who were on board the Leith speak in the strongest terms
of the praiseworthy exertions of the Captain of the steamer,
who with his crew were upon the look• out, and had lights
burning used to avoid accidents at sea.
TIIE LATE CASE OF STABBING AT HAYES.

—Mcdhurst Was yesterday brought before the Magistrates
at Uxbridge, and, after a long examination, committed for
trial at the Central Criminal Court for manslaughter. He
also stands committed on the Coroner's warrant for wilful
murder.