The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-04 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLI
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A young Frenchwoman, of very respe •
and address, appeared before Sir CHAP. A SHALL
and the LORD MAYOR elect, upon an information, charging
her, together with her husband, with having smuggled some
worked muslin collars and other French goods, ly mean;
of a trunk containing 4 false bottom.
The Solicito for the CtlatQMs a peared to supa t tht
informations, And stated that the () .0041 WAS ';i~tmttßai to
August lad. On the Nth of that ttonth the Wit* wft
searched, and found to ctltttain iq k ttoilr4
worked collars to the value of 84L without pattleilt
of
duty. The defendant and her lileuantl, who walk `.got ye's
in custody, had cotfi over with the trunk from 1-30ulogii44
The defendant said her moo was Cecilia 'Hyo3, She
declared that she was wholly ignorant of tko lams of Eng,
land, and had unluckily followed the adv'.ce of a friend, to
whom she expressed a wish, without. the knowledge ut her
husband, to bring over some collars, As she had pd vately
conveyed the goods, altlaougb she was not aware of the in-
jury she was inflicting upon trade, she pleaded guilty, and
threw herself upon the mercy of the Court.
The Solicitor for the Customs said that the penalty was
considerable, but it was in the power of the Magistrates, if
they saw any cause, to mitigate it.
Two gentlemen, who appeared on behalf of the defen•
dant, represented her desolate condition. The husband
was, they knew; a very poor man.
The Solicitor for the Customs—That may be, but be
most certainly is a smuggler, •
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL—We should wish to be as
mild as possible, but the case is unquestionably a most fla-
grant one, and our judgment is that the defendant do pay a
penalty of 401.
Her friends *fired to bail the defendant, but the Alder-
man said that nothing but the payment of the money could
be received for her liberation from custody.
The lady wept, but the solicitor for the Customs said.he
had not the slightest doubt as to the payment of the amount
by some party behind the curtain.
A seaman named John Campbell, one of the most com-
plete naval characters that has lately appeared before the
public, walked into the Mansion House. He had been
some days, ago hocuised in one of the low neighb, u hoods
into which sailors are sure to go when they have got money,
and he had been afterwards, to a certain extent, protected
by a poor fellow, who saw that he was drunk and stupid,
and incurred the suspicion .of having robbed him by that
act of kindness. When first Campbell was b/ought up the
Lord Mayor directed that he should be taken care of in
the Compter, and that his papers, which declared him to be
entitled to considerable prize-money, should be locked up
until until the effect of the narcotic which had been administefed
to him should disappear.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Campbell, what do you in-
tend to do ? Campbell—To go to sea, as soon as I have
spent- all my money ; and I hope that won't be
The LORD MAYOR—How much more had you about
1 vou on the day you were served this trick ? Campbell—
had ten sovereigns about me, and I was offered 80/. for
those papers your Lordship has of mine t and I'd thank you
for' them. I never-yet was happy till 1 had spent every
sixpence.
The Lona) Mavon=—But you may be murdered as well
as robbed if you carry money about you in this Manner.
Campbell—Aye, aye ; and if I had no money at all they
would not either rob or murder ins ; so, you see, I'm rigibt
after all.
The police said that they were informed at several pUb-
lie-houses where the seaman called to have a drop of grog
that, upon being offered :halfpence in change, he said he
never dirtied his fing'rs with' copper. It was impossible to
get him to walk too ; nothing'Would do but a cal y; and the
driver not only bad his fare, but es much grog as he could
carry.---( A laugh.)
Campbell—l den% know how people can walk la the
streets; stones were made for horses to walk upon—not for
men ; and I an't going to begin now, except yea haninicr
me up in iron.
The LORD MAYOR—You said that the poor man who
took you home acted well to you ? Is that true ?
Campbell—As true as the Book of Genesis; not a word
thlt aint as clear as a marling-spike from beginning to end.
Tile LORD MAYOR—I-low did you becotne entitled 'to
this prize-money ?—Cainpbeil—By hard Work, in poking at
the slavers. As soon as I have got through the cash I'll
bid
hot you all
ill,farewe for I'm , going off to Afrikay,- a place as
as he.—(Aagh.)
The Loan MAYOR—You are not yet recovered frOns
the dose that was given to you, and Mr. Hobler cannot
give you the papers yet.
Campbell—All I want is a small matter (10/.) more, just
to treat a few messmates, and then Pit go abroad, as sure
as the Psalms of David.

The LORD MAYOR_I'm surprised that a man of such
an education as you possess should give himself up to drink,
and the rabble and the scum of the town.
Campbell—lts all because I wish to get back to sea
again ; money is the greatest torment I know. I'm never
myself till I haven't got a shot in the locker.
The police said they were convinced that if the seaman
had. a sum of money he would fling it aboUt to the winds,
rather than keep it jn his pocket. They had never beheld
such an instance of ‘eontempt.for that-whicli the rest of man-
kind were cOntending:for perpetually. - - •
The LORD MAYOR said he could not think of restoring
the papers to so extraordinary a fellow until he should make
further inquiries.
Campbell—Well, if you ain't a good fellow I'm —.,

lIATT ON GARDEN.
Yesterday William Sullivan and John Hendry were
finally examined before Mr. BENNETT, charged by Miss
Mary Bray, of 15, King-street, Holborn, with a robbery.
The prisoners were fully committed for trial.

MARLBORO UGH. STREET.
Henry Goddard, the driver of one of • Hanson's patent
safety cabriolets, was yesterday brought before Mr. CRAM.
BERS and Mr. HALL, charged with having endangered the
life of a lady by driving over her.
The defendant received an excellent character, and, Was
admitted to bail.

UN lON- HALL.
For several clays past a considerable degree of excite-
ment has prevailed at Brixton, in consequence of disputed
claims to property called " The Angell estate," in that
neighbourhood, and two men, of respectable appearance,
named William Angell and James Sturt, were charged at
this office with taking forcible possession of it, and assault-
ing the tenant in possession.

The defendant, Angell, contended that he had a legal
right to the property in question, and complained that he
had been kept out of it, nearly to the ruin of his family,
for forty years.
Evidence was called to prove that the defendant, with
others, took possession of the estate by forcible means, in
doing which they broke down the fence, and erected tents
all over the 'grounds. When warned off they refused to go,
and to co►npel them the present proceedings were adopted.
Mr. Ludh-arn had pureksed a lease of the estate, and
three years of it were still unexpired.
An offer was made by the Counsel employed for the com-
plainant that if the defendant consented to withdraw from
the estate, and pitch their tents elsewhere, no further pro-
ceedings would he taken.
The defendant, Angell, having refused to enter into any
compact of the kind, still contending his right to the estate,
after a lengthened discussion on the point between the Ma-
gist rat es, they held the defendant to bail.

ThAMES OFFICE.
Yesterday, John Fouls/on, the mate of the ship Teesdale,
of Stockton, was brought before Mr. BRODERIP, on a
charge of beating and wounding James Gavwood, a lighter-
man, in a very serious manner.
Mr. BRODERIP ordered the defendant to find bail, him-
self in 401. and two sureties in 201. each, to answer the
charge at the nest Surrey Sessions.