The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-17 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Adam Samson was yesterday brought before Mr. DYER,
charged with having embezzled various sums of money,
the property of his employer, Mr. Webb, gold lace and
army accoutrement maker, Bond-street.

The prisoner said nothing in defence, and was committed
Two of that once-celebrated fraternity, known as " fly
ing dustmen," were charged with having emptied a dust.
hole in Frith-street without leave or license of the con.
tractor.

The worthies, apparently the last of their race, were
not unknown in Old Bailey annals, and in the palmy days
dust prigging fearlessly encountered the perils of Tothill-
fields and the treadmill in pursuit of their unlawful voca-
tion. But the days of " dusting on the sly" seem to be
rapidly passing away ; the transportation of the renowned
Bob Bonner, first of dust-prigs, added to the great fall in
" breeze," have caused this consummation, and a " flying
dustman" in a short time bids fair to be as great a rarity
as a Red Indian.

The pair gave the names of William Neale and Edward
Jones, but in the scene of their glory, Duck-lane, they are
only known as " Pug-nosed Billy" and " Ugly Ned," sobri-
quets, which a single peep at their phisogs proclaim at once
to be remarkably appropriate.
The shovel, sack-full of dust, and the policeman's state-
ment formed an irresistible body of evidence against the
culprits.

MAGISTRATE—Well, can you give any account of the
dust found in your possession ? Ugly Ned—Yes, yer
Verships, and a werry good un, sitch a vun as viii clear our
caracters in the hies of every gemmen's hindependent mind.
Me and my pal vas arvalking along Frith-street—he vith his
dusting-shovel and me vith my sack kvite permiscuous, ven
a lady comes out of a house in a similar haccident vay, and
says she to me, Dustman, says she, sill you grant me vun
pertikler favor. Vy yes, marm, says I ; it's unpos3ible to
refuse vun of the soft sex, so I'll give my consent, perwising
you doesn't asks me to do nuffin but vots upright and down-
straight. I vish I may go to blazes says the lady, if it aint
as right as a trivet. Our dust-hole aint been hempted this
veek, so all the stuff is running into the silo and stopping up
the shore ; and, dustman, says the lady, it's gallows hard
times as we should be hobligated to have sitch a muck. Veil,
marm, says I, jest to hoblege you, out of ginivine good-nater,
yell clear away the mess in case you stands a tanner or a
drain of short to both on us. This here, your Verships, is
the hidentical facts, and if you vants any evidence, here's
my pal, Bill, viii take his sacrament hoath on it—von't you,
Bill ?

Pug-nosed Billy—" Blow'd if I don't."
Notwithstanding this very satisfactory defence, both
prisoners were adjudged to be guilty, Parliament having
decreed that the offence was not to be expiated under a
fine of 201. or not less than 101., and, in case of default, a
stated period of imprisonment. The Bench, thus tied up,
were obliged to inflict the lowest fine of 101., or lowest
term, one month with hard labour.
MAGISTRATE—Have you got 101. each ? "Me got
101.," said Pug-nosed Billy, holding up his leg, and dis-
playing a large bole in his breeches—" d'yer think if I'd
ten bob, let alone suffrin, 'at I vouldn't precious soon
mend these here kicksies with a pair of new uns
Bill," said the other, as he left the bar, " there's a
screw loose somewhere, vich vants wore by ballot or ban-
nival sufferage, or summut of the sort to set right. Vy,
prigeing dust aint half the crime as it vonce vos, 'cause the
stuff vont fetch half so much now as it vould afore. As
for hard labour, that's nuflin, for its hard labour every day
vith sich as us, but then the willinous fine is vot I looks at."
The offenders were then locked up.

THAMES OFFICE.
Yesterday Win. Tommy and Win. Bogg, shipwri,ghts
in the employ of Mr. R. Mills, a respectable ship-builder
and mastinaker in Rotherhithc, were brought up before

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cutor, said the prisoners and twenty other m
tracted with Mr. Mills to do sundry repairs and alteratiooack
of a large ship, the Gentoo, in Messrs. Sonßattenbury' d
in Bermondsey. The men had already rz.,ceived 601. ac-
count of the work they had done, in advance. Oa rf nod?
morning they all struck, and brought a written Paper
Mr. Mills, which they wished him to sign ; it was for
vance of the prices usually paid to the shipwrights.
Mills refused to comply with this demand, and the wen
had since left the ship, The prisoners were, by the custohm
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of the River, " takers " of the job, and they engaged The
other men who were all bound by the same contract.
prisoners had influenced the main bDdy, and it was against
them alone proceedings had been instituted. tb e
Mr. Mills had no wish to press for a conviction, on
understanding that the " takers" and their fellow workmen
completed the job forthwith.
The prisoners—Certainly we will. We should have been
at work this'afternoon if we had ,riot been here.
Those
Mr. GREENWOOD—That is your own fault.
foolish combinations and atte'Mpts to coerce the wasters
never come to any good. ,What do those men earn? t
Mr. PELHAM said their average earnings on the work
while they were employed was about 18s. per day.
Mr. GREENWOOD—And they wanted a further ado°tha"
Mr. PELHAM said they did, and he was sorry to say
the prisoners, whom he knew well, and from whom he ,et.
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petted better things, were driving the work out of
River by attempting to obtain more than reasonable w°es;
Mr. GREENWOOD would now suspend the warrant, n°ci
discharge it, on the understanding that the prisoners ;11.11,e.
the other men would complete the job as quickly asp ossin`f,
This arrangement being effected, the parties left the
flee, Mr. Mills and his solicitor promising to advance 0014
as the work proceeded.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.
Yesterday an inquest was held at the King Alfreclrebit.
son-street, Lisson-grove, before Mr. STIRLING and doll,rr
spectable Jury, on view of the body of Mr. George 110
aged thirty-four. The deceased was a master-Slater, al:ito
resided in Harcourt-street, Paddington. Being eogng.,,,Teua
slate the roofs of some houses in Wyndham-street, "c...
road, Marylehone, on Thursday last he was superintendioeg,
his workmen, when he unfortunately slipped, and back
cipitated from the roof on to the wash-house in the va,
yard. Such was t'.3 violence with which the unfortuno'e,
man fell that he broke through the top of the wash-13°7,
Verdict—" Accidental Death." The case was one 0, I,
peculiarly distressing nature, the deceased having .
widow in the last stage of consumption, and fourlleil3'
children.
- bourhood

Some excitement has been created in the neighbor.
of Greenwich and Blackheath, in consequence of a rePcirg
that the body of a man had been discovered in the g'"unnii
adjoining the Countess of Buckingham's residence
Blackheath. Information was forwarded to the Ce'r°tl„;
for West Kent, and an inquisition taken last o'6'l
at the Three Tuns, in London-street, Greenolet,
From the evidence of John Cockburn, gardner, at Eas.,
comb House, it appeared that the deceased, whose name
is
Martin Clements, was in the employ of Mr. Woodgat%o
painter, and was engaged in varnishing some iron 10',
in the garden, about fifty yards from the Countess's 11'1
sion, on 'Wednesday last. At a quarter past eleven n'el°c„t
in the morning of that day, he was seen by the witness
his work, apparently in perfect health, and at a quarter PI
two, the gardener found him lying on his face on the gras„i
Wiqiess, fancying that the deceased was asleep, called. 11;
to him to get up, adding, that he would kill himself if
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remained there, and that he must be mad to do so.
notice being taken of these words, the gardener turned °Lt,
the deceased, and found that his face was black, and t"--
he was d
Sym ead.
Mr. es deposed to the deceased having died from
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rupture of a blood-vessel, and a verdict of " Died by t"
visitation of God" was returned.

DEATH OF MR. HERBERTS IN MONT-,kAlloi
DRAY, SWITZERLAND.—Lone travellers, who are foe or
mountain scenery, should he careful not to cross over "r.,
venture to stand on those deep cisterns designed for wate,,
ing cattle, which are sunk even within the ground iul.
rious parts of the Alpine country. The death of the g;
tleman above named has lately been occasioned by it, frf
the, fir trees with which the cistern was covered brealn
clown in the centre, and immersing him suddenly in /1 )e-
-of icy-cold water.
Between 1 and 2 o'clock on Wednesday the inba';
taats of Drury-lane were terribly alarmed by the repot,
that murder had been committed in the house of a chinierl:
sweeper in Drury-court, near St. Mary-le-Strand Chure4
Information of the circumstance soon reached the police ye
on duty near the house, who on their arrival found tba,
son of a man named Quin, a lodger on the first floor, bleeo
ing profusely from a wound inflicted by a desert knife in
right side. A stretcher was obtained from the statioa
house, and the unfortunate son was taken to the Charit
Cross Hospital, where every attention was paid to t 0
wound, which it is feared will deprive him of life. °E.1,1,3at
inquiry into the cause of the dreadful act, it appears 'A-0
the father returned home about twelve o'clock yester;as
forenoon in a beastly state of intoxication. Some vin„6
ensued between him and the son, which continued for sc'h'er
time, but from the generally noisy character of the fnt;se
when drunk, little notice was taken of it by the opP°s.es
neighbours, till the son ran down stairs from his Parqbe
room into the street crying out " I am_ stabbed." ;co
knife had been broken into three pieces and thrown 1;0,
the fire, but only two nieces could be produced. On ;be
quiry yesterday morning we were sorry to learn that
death of the lad ensued.
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RIDE AND TIE.—A couple of friendly muesli- t 0
upon the point of starting from Baltimore in a steauvit.:s,
the other day, having the fear of Ben Sherrod, captltp
and drunken crews before their eyes, held a consuip
tion on the wharf previous to their departure. to the 'e $
lowing effect :—" Murdoch, can you swim ?"
stone—to the bottom, jist." " And me too," with a "fie
a
ened pliiz ; " what the devil shall we do, in the ease °t o,
blow up ?" A moment's reflection brightened up the drip
tenance of his friend, as he exclaimed, " I'll tell Yet, ;bell
the danger comes, we'll jump overboard together, and tired
you shall hold me up for a while, and when you get.,j,iitr
I'll hold you up, and so we'll get tä the shore safe.

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