The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-26 00:00:00

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THE, LONDQN POLICE IN MR-

MING HAM.

BIRIVINGHANI, SUNDAY.
Last night an important investigation took place
lat the Pultlic-office, before J. Webster, C. Alston,
Charles Shaw, and B. Davis, Esqrs., to inquire
into the truth of certain charges which had been
brought before the !Magistrates on the preceding
Tht-fl'sjaY a"einet Mr. May, Superintendent of the
London Poliee hire, which seriously affected the
character of that officer. The charges referred to
were "'wade by Mr. Edwin Thompson, who informed
the sit tine Maeistrates, T. Walker and S. Beale,
Esqrs., that on the preceding Monday as he was
leaving the Public-office„ where he had been
on business, ie company with another man, and
vvhile he was standing for a moment at the
gate, Mr. May, the Superintendent, eaare up, and
caking to one of his men, desired him to " clear
that corner," directieig the man's attention to where
the complainant 'was standing, and immediately
added, " break the e---- bones, and if he cannot
walk he muse be carried; draw yodr cutlas." The
c("Plainfent added that he walked away, as he was
aware '..f he had spoken a word he would have
bee" knocked down ; but he considered the treat-
ment' such as he ought not to have been subjected
to, and he wished to hare the advice of the
Magistrates under the circumstances. Another man,
named Henry Green, lodged a complaint at the
same time against Mr. May. He said that on Mon-
day he applied, with George Jones, to procure a
"mei-A against some of the London police for an
r'-4au'-t• and the Magistrates gave them a note to
G. May, requesting him to allow the applicants to
icde zit the men in order to identify the parties who
4'4 ill used him, but on making application to Mr.
.'•4lkYi he said, " Are you the injured party wino
, pjas at Holloway Head ?" Jones replied he was,
1 upon which Mr. May was stated to have said " If
you are not off you will have it a d----d sight
worse," Green then stepped up to the Superinten-
dent and said that Jones had walted upon him by
order of the Magistrates, upon 'which Mr. May
threatened to give him a tid good thrash-
ing. The complaiweet immediately went up
stairs, when 111:. 'May followed him up
and said, '' I tall serve you out the first oppor-
t '
tinne itY I harr..-4 will remember you." This was
n "bsta'ace of the charges made by the parties,
7P" .wlitith the Magistrates promised to make
Isluluilaes. of Mr. May. They, however, did not do
pcs .41 the time. and on seeing the statement pub-
)4'o on the following Saturday, Mr. May went
&fore the Maeiqrates and requested that an in-
:.,e'stigat'emt might at once be made into the circutn-
r,-anees. The Magistrates, Messrs. Shaw, Alston,
--14Viu, and Clark, said that the nature of the charges
warranted a prompt and full investigation, and they
accordingly agreed to meet that night at eight
&dock, to enter on the inquiry. Thompson, Jones,
and Ureen were desired to be in attendance,
but
I_
\viten the Magistrates met at about half-past
eight-, they were not present, Mr. Thompson having
,' word that he could not attend before Monday.
ihe inquire then proceeded, when Sergeant Char-
', Inspector Harris, Inspector Wray, Mr. William
h:lPt'-!ani and Mr. Bond, solicitor, all of whom
se.-
'4Ppened to be present when the alleged language
w,as made use of by Mr. May, contradicted ':,,,
hwnote of the statements. Sergeant Chartev:,, said
,e 'was the person who was ordered by :d r. May to
clear the getaway, which was ob'e'cructed by Mr.
llornpson and others, and eleat Mr. May never
made use. of the word " Cutlass" to him, and it
was aP.ogether improbable that he could have done
!B°' a', he (Sergeant Charters) did not wear one ; he
cit.', him to draw his staff, and clear the passake,
_"''nick he dal. Ail the other witnesses proved that
if Mr. May had used the language attributed to
him, they must have heard it, as they were present
at the time. They had never heard Mr. May make
use of language of the kind. The Magistrates, and
Colonel Chettertan, who was present during the
investigation, seeke in high terms of the conduct
and gentleurenly demeanour of Mr. May. And
after a iet:,gthened examination, the Magistrates
came to the following resolution, at the seine time
etati r,g their intention of giving the complainants
an opeortunitv of substantiating their charges
agein,t Mr. May on Monday next, should they
thi!j--.. piaFer to come forward :
~.:` At a special meeting of Magistrates, held at the Pub-
v -office this evening, at the particular request of Super-
intendent May, to investigate the charges brought by
Messrs. Thompson and Green against him, as published
in the .Tournal newspwer of this day, Mr. George Red-
fern r..perted that he had surnmoaed Messrs. Thompson
Lcd Green to attend; that Thoraipson had said he could
:tot be present this evening, Ira would attend the Magis-
trates at any hour they ap-,-,ointed on Monday, and that
Green had promised to attend. Green was repeatedly
called, but did not appear. The reporter of the Journal
newspaper having ••*.tted his belief that the report given in
the Journal of this day was a correct statement of
that took piece I)efore the Magistrates on Thurs'!,,,,
last, the Mag'strates assembled considering the im-
t©rtanee. of the case, and that it was equally due
thr .nsches as t' Superintendent May that the charge
:1'414 `e immediately investigated, deemed, it their duty
ce. upon the Suderintendent for an ekillanation or con-
tperietion of what was alleged against 'aim. Superintendent
4,;1'43, brought forward Sergeant Charters and Inspectors
brray and Harri, who fully contradicted the statement,
and this contradiction was confirmed by two independent
tvitn,:sses, Mr. Chapman and Mr. Bond; the Magistrw.es,
1 taking the circumstances into consideration that the cote-
piainarec were not present to support the statement given
by them, as it aupeared in the Journal, nevertheless, do not
hesitate to express their decided opinion that Superintend-
ent May is entitled to their fullest confidence, and that the
;charges are unfounded. But they are prepared to enter
ozpon the investigation again whenever the complainants,
Green and Thompeon, chose to bring it forward."
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_..XIIIRITION OF ASSES IN AMERICA.
day Fes for the exhibition Of the -Attie ',how at Lexington (Kentucky) the fourth
xtion of jackasses of two years and
eine year, and for foals and jennies also ; this sight was to
me one of peculiar ieterest. Accustomed as we are in
England to value a jackass at 305., we look down upon
there with contempt ; but here the case is reversed ; you
look up at them Nsith surprise and admiration. Several
were shown standing 15 hands high, with head and ears
in Froportions The breed has been obtained from the
Miltese jP....krss crossed by those of Spain and the South
of Fr" .M. Those imported seldom average more than
I.(inrt'
.er, bands high ; but the Kentuckians, by great at-
ten -mei and care. have raised them up to fifteen hands,
!Ad sometimes even to sixteen. But the price paid for
there rplendid i'i'mals, for such they really were, will
prove how much they are in request. Warrior, a jackass
of great celebrity,
solsold for 5,000 dollars upwards of 1,0001.
tterlinge fla!f of another jackass, Benjamin by name, was
for 2 500 dollars. At the show I asked a gentleman
whdat he wanted t-r a beautiful ass, only one year old. He
said that l'e., could have 1,000 (2501.) year
ber, but that he
had re/u3ed that sum. For a two.year-old jack, shown
dur;-..g the exhibltion, they asked 3,000 dollars, more
before ; but the fact is, that mule breeding is so lucra-
tive, that there is eo price which a very large donkey will
not command. I afterwards went to a cattle sale a few
miles out of the town. Don Juan, a two-year-old
bull, Durhm breed, fetched 1,075 dollars: an im-
ported Durba.e cow, with her calf, 985 dollars. Before
I arrived a bull aed a cow fetched about 1,300 dollars,
each ti them about 280/. The cause of this is, that
the -lemand for good stock, now that the Western States
filing up, b:cmnes so great, that they cannot be
Produced fast enaugh. Mr. Clay, who resides near
Lexins, con, is one of the best breeders in the state, which
is much indebted to him for the fine stock which be
has imported fr.,rn England. Another sale took
place chick I a.tended, and I uote the pri-
ces :—yearling bul 1,000 dollars; q ditto heifer, 1,500 ;
sews of full Durham blood, but bred in Kentucky, 1,245
dollars; ditto, 1,235 dollars; imported cow and calf, 2,:00
dollars. It must be considered that, although a good
Durham cow will not cost more than 20 guineas, perhaps,
in England, the expenses of transport are very great, and
11.ey generally stand in, to the importers, about 600 dol-
, lare, before they arrive at the state of Kentucky.
GOLD THE PRESERVER OF BEAUTY.—A
very interesting experiment was mentioned by Baron
Larrey, the favorite surgeon of Napoleon, in one of the
Academy of Sciences. During
late sittings of the French
the campaign in Egypt, this celebrated surgeon had ob-
served that when the inhabitants of the country, of the
higher class, were labouring under. confluent. small-pox,
which, there unmodified by vaccination, when
ewnheet.
tiedcooeusnntrot
kill, leaves dreadful marks, the d
applied gold leaf over the wholem surface of the hod));
M. wh Legrand, a French ere the pustules hti appeare
Physician on the rageestion of Baron Larrey. employed
this pr,,,errative ii ,17, ease of a beautiful and young
English lady of rank, labouring underonleeafo,
finthtletewstoartset I forms of this scourge. A coating of gold
in which it is employed for gilding, was applied to the
face by the medium of little
ithout marks, ex-
young lady recovered troni‘the disease w
gum to make it adhere. The
tept on the extremities and the central portion of the body,
. where the gold had not been applied.
STAGE COACHES IN
..17.06.—T1.ie following
Copy of a er;nted card, framed and glazed, is preserved in
the bar of the Blaek Swan, at York :-4, York
coach b 'gins on Friday, the 12th of Argil,
1706. fou
Allfour-eltah3a•st
are desirous to pass from London to York, and from York,
or any o' her ple,ce on that road, in this expeditious m
tier, let them repair to the Black Swan, in Holbourne, in
At
London ; and to the Black Swan, in Coney-street, York. v _
both placesthey may be received in a stage-coach e
performs
Monday Wednesday, and Friday, which actually
the whole journey in the short space of four days (if God
permit) I The coach sets forth at five o'clock in the morn-
ing, and ret.r,,s from York to Stamford, by Huntingdon to
London, ;II :e- , ,',-:, s more, allowing passengers 141 b.
weight, and all :•-,,:.ve, 3d. per pound."