The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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appearance never
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The officer stated that as be was acco.mpanying the
prisoner and another thief who w •
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were in his custody, the
former contrived to slip awaY.
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hended him in a public-hou Witness however
se soon afterwards.
Sir PETER LAURIE —j suppose you have nothing
to say, prisoner? Prisoner—Yes, My Lord : I could
not help running awa
away if I cou'd. .., y.. It was my business to run
.1.., was the officer's business to pre-
vent it.

Sir PETER LAURIE—But you know it is an offence
to make an escape from an officer? Prisoner—Please

Sir PETER LAURIE asked the butcher's man who at-
tended to abide by the decision of the Magistrate, whe-
ther be was aware that tricks of the kind described by
the complainant were played by the butchers.
The butcher's man said it was no trick, it was merely
a practice to make meat saleable.—(A laugh.) It
was usual to rub lamb with grease, but not mutton. The
thing was done when the lambs were killed.

Sri' PETER LAURIE—And you double rub them, I
suppose, when they begin to be rather high ?
The butcher's man—No, we never rub decayed meat
at all. If he had brought the leg of mutton back on
Sunday morning before he cooked it, I could have
changed it ; but when I sold it to him it was as sweet
as a nut.

Complainant—l assure you, my Lord, when we too,
it out of the pot we could not stand the room. I un-
derstand the tricks played by butchers. If I had
brought it to him on the Sunday morning, he would
not have listened to my complaint, on the ground that

it would be a violation of the Sabbath.—(g laugh.)
The butcher's man declared that he always changed
the joints which were brought back to him on the Sun-
day morning.—(A laugh.)
Sir PETER LAURIE The complainant has you
there, for it seems you are accustomed to sell meat
which requires to be well greased.—(Great laughter.)
The butcher's man—ln such weather as this every
one knows we cannot answer for the keeping of meat.
It goes off in a night.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I have every reason to believe
that such is the case.

Complainant—But, my Lord, this meat is in a very
bad state.

Sir PETER LAURIE—WeII, I think the fairest way
of deciding is to divide the expense between you. Let
the butcher pay back half of the money he received,
and Mr. M'Carthy will be so good as to smell his
meat in future before he buys it.
The butcher's man—Very well, my Lord, it shall be
as you desire.

Mr. Hobler—And, Mr. M'Carthy—
Complainant—Yes, sir.

Mr. Hobler—When next you go to market, his
Lordship hopes you will be sure to take your nose with
you.—(A laugh.)

BOW-STREET.

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Drummond, the bankers, and another
defraud jforgingalJames
for 3701., with intent to defraud the same firm, was yes-
terday brought up for final examination, and after the
evidence, which appeared fully reported on the 12th of •
August, had been read over, he was ordered to be com-
mitted for trial on each charge. The prisoner was again
charged with forging a cheque for 200/., with intent to
defraud the Surrey, Kent, and Sussex Banking
Company.
Mr. Bush, Solicitor to the Society for the Prevention
of Frauds and Forgeries, conducted the prosecution, and
Mr. Humphries appeared for the defence.
Wm. Croker, a ticket-porter in Doctors' Commoqs,
stated that about the middle of last March, the prisoner
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half. PUpon the arrival of the prisoner, "be sent a
letter directed to Mr. Ellis, Fenchurch-street, for
which witness was to wait for an answer, and on his
returning, the prisoner gave him a cheque for 2001.,
for which he was to get notes and fifty sovereigns at the
Surrey, Kent, and Sussex banking houses, Lombard-
street. Witness could not identify the cheque, nor
did he know to whom it was payable ; but when he
delivered the money to the prisoner, he said be had to
go to an oil manufactory, and after a delay of about
twenty minutes, he desired witness to get
change at the Bank, and to bring it to him at the
Ship Tavern ; but as he was going up the Minories, the
prisoner took the notes, and after entering a shop, he.
brought them out again, having something written upon
them, but it being blotted witness could not read it.
The 501. note produced was among those which had
been cashed, and on witness returning with the gold and
Mr. Thomas Sheene, Clerk in the London nil
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innuntilhim fi
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for
his trouble, and
bar.
Country Joint Stock Banking Company, formerly the
Surrey, Kent, and Sussex Banking Company, remem-
bered having, on the 28th of February last, paid 2001..

the amount of the cheque produced. The money •,,a9
paid in two notes, one for 1001., and another irjr 501.,
and the remainder in gold.

Mr. Samuel Carter, wax and tallow chandler, Black-
man-street, Blackfriars, proved that his name on the
check was a forgery, and he never authorised the pri-
soner to write his name upon it or any other document.
Witness had known the prisoner when he lived in the
service of Messrs. Price and Co., Vauxhall.
Mr. Bush said, that if it was thought requisite he
could, at a future day, bring forward evidence to prove
the number of the notes which had been received for
the check, which, by the testimony of the last witness,
appeared to have been a forgery.
Mr. TWYFORD considered that the forgery had been
clearly made out in z Lich a satisfactory manner as to
authorize him to send 't to a jury.
The witnesses were then bound over, and the pri-
soner was fully committed.
A case of embezzlement was about to be gone into
against the prisoner, but as the evidence in the forgery
cases were complete, it was considered unnecessary to
investigate the circumstances connected with the minor
offence.

Q UEEN- S Q UA RE.
Robert Cotton, son of the Rev. Dr. Cotton, the late
Ordinary of Newgate, and driver of one of the Railway
Omnibusses plying between the Golden Cross, and the
Birmingham Railway, was charged by Carter, the in-
former, with not exposing his badge.
The informer proved that on the 2d instant, be was
at the Golden Cross, when he saw the defendant on
one of the omnibuses as its driver, but he could see no
the defendant unbuttoned a Wlntosh, and an wider
badge exposed. Witneistswasaskeadbshoi
coat before the badge was brought to light. The
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defendant bad been fined at this office not long since
absolutely
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for a similar offence.
The defendant did not deny the charge, and
Mr. JEREMY said he supposed the defendant was
ashamed of his calling, and if he was so he must no
longer be a driver, for
the badge should be worn, and as the defendant bad
already been convicted in the mitigated penalty of 55.,
he should now increase it to 10s., and double the fine
every time he might be charged with the same offence
hereafter.
The defendant paid the fine.

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IMPORTANT WD OE
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CONSTITUTES
DRAMATIC PERFORMAMCE.—ROYAL UNION SALOON,
SHOREDITCH.—The neighbourhood of the office was
crowded from an early hour yesterday morning, in coma,
quence of a report that the G division of Police had,
on the previcus evening, captured the actors and the
whole of the audience of the Royal Union Saloon,
Shoreditch.
Mr. BROUGHTON was on the Bench, as was Mr.
MILLAR, a county magistrate.
Mr. Adolphus stated that he attended by de-
sire of Mr. Lane, the proprietor of the Saloon, for the
purpose of defending the persons taken into custody on
the previous evening. Shortly after eleven o'clock,
William Freeman, Sen., Matilda Freeman, his wife
William Henry Freeman, his son, a lad abaut ten yo,,rs
of age ; Harriet Briton, Ann Cousmere, Ellen CI
mere, two children, Rebecca Maxwell, Maria Lvie, wife
to the proprietor, and who acted as check-triker,
Re-
becca Maxwell, Charles Buller, Wm. %al.; and Ed-
ward Baine, were placed at the bar charo,A, under the
46th section of the new Pace Act, with being
present during the performance of s;,:a-e plays,
I; and
dramatic entertainments, at a house gitua.te a,
b 3, High-
street, Shoreditcb, such house not, being licensed'agree-
ably to the provisions of the Act of George IL The
prisoners constituted the corps dramatique, and were

EV VNING EDITION.

in their stage costume, the ladies wearing shawls, of
which by direction of Mr. Broughton, they were di-
vested, and having passed the night in the Station-house,
the contrast between their jaded looks and their gay
attire was excessively ludicrous—and its effects was con-
siderably heightened by the paint on their faces having
become partially disarranged, most probably from the
heat, so that in many instances noses were red and
cheeks were pale and moustachios were solitary ; pri-
soners, constituting the audience, to the number of
seventy-seven, were then introduced, and if the gathering
at the Royal Union Saloon is to be judged of frrAil this
sample, it most marvellously resembled the gathering
at the cave of ACtullarn.

Mr. Superintendent Macy, of the G division, produced
the written authority from Mr. Mayne, by which he was
authorised to enter the house in question and make all
therein prisoners. He did not take Lane, the proprietor,
into custody, as he intended proceeding against him for
a penalty of 20/. under another Act of Parliament.
There were 900 persons present when he entered the
Saloon, of whom he had detained only thosa present.
There was a stage at one end of the Saloon.
Cross examined by Mr. Adolphus—There had been
no complaint made of this Saloon by any of the pa-
rishioners, and some of the pari‘h authorities were pre-
sent to give testimony in favour of Lane, who told him he
was petitioning, for a music license, but had not ob-
tained one.

ilnspector Robinson, G division, described the circum-
Istances under which the capture had been effected.
There was a stage at one end of the room. Did not
( see•any moving scenery, When he entered there were
) two persons dressed as sailors on the stage, and a woman
i dressed in character. They rushed down as the police
entered, and the woman endeavoured to tear off her
f stage dress.
Thomas Wake, a warehouseman residing in the City-
road, went to the Royal Union Saloon on Monday even-
t ing. Had a pint of ale at the bar, for which he paid two-
! pence. He went towards the door of the Saloon, and
i was stopped by Mrs. Lane, who demanded fourpenee,
i which he paid, and obtained a ticket, on which was
marked, " One pint of ale." Entered the Saloon, and
had the ale. Saw seven persons singing on the stage.
Then one person came on and sang. These persons
, were not dressed in character. Persons dressed in cha-
racter afterwards came on the stage, but before they
said anything the police entered.
Policeman Redmond, 22 G, went to the Royal
i Saloon last evening in plain clothes, he corroborated
the last witness, and stated that the prisoner Buller,
had previously sung a song dressed in the costume of
1 a soldier. The bill of the performance was then put in,
i from which it appeared that the performance consisted of
a concert, of a quartette called " Old and Young," and
a septette called the " Battersea Lovers." This was
the case was for the prosecution.
I Far the de ence Mr. Adolphus contended that
! nothing had been sho..vn to prove that the defendants
were present during the performance of any stage play
or dramatic entertainment. Lord Tenterden had held
t that to constitute a stage play, it was necessary
to show that persons had been engaged in sus-
taining characters making responses to each other,
and making out a story by means of those re-
sponses i nothing of the sort had been attempted here.
In the case of the Royalty, it had been held by Lords
Thurlow and Kenyon that the performance of Harle-
quin, Columbine, Pantaloon, and Clown, did not consti-
tute a stage play a dramatic entertainment. If these
persons were infringing the law, the police would have a
right to break into any house where singing was going
on, and take all persons into custody. He was afraid
tilt re was one law for the rich and another for the poor,
and would ask if Mr. Mayne would sign an order or Mr.
Macy execute it, for taking noblemen and gentle-
men into custody for listening to Grisi or Lablache, if
they were singing in an unlicensed room ? The Act was
one of great severity, and therefore must be strictly con-
strued, and he trusted the worthy Magistrate would
not convict upon such evidence.
Mr. BROUGHTON said he had asked the Magistrate
sitting by his s.de his opinion, and he was glad to find
it coincided with his own. He could not agree with
Mr. Adolphus. Moving scenery was not necessary to
constitute a stage play. At the Theatre Francais, in
Paris, even in his remembrance, there had been no mov-
ing scenery. With regard to concerts, the performers
at those entertainments always sung in plain clothes,
and not, as in this instance, in character. If Lablache
were to sing in character at an unlicensed place, where
money was taken for admission, he did not doubt but
that the police would take both him and his
audience into custody, although they might be
noblemen and gentlemen. Those who had effected this
capture did not wish for severe punishment. The law
authorized the infliction of a penalty of 40s. on each
person present, and in default of payment a committal
for one month to the House of, Correction. In.the
pre-sent case he should fine Mrs. Lane in the sum of 20s.
or in default of payment commit her for 14 days. On each
of the actors, with the exception of the children, whom
he should discharge, a, fine of. five shillings, or a week's
imprisonment, and on each one of the audience he
should inflict a floe of one shilling. The fines for the
actors were immediately paid, and they were discharged.
The audience having last night paid four pence for ad-
mission to go in, paid this morning one shilling for per-
mission to go out. Mr. Superintendent Macey, and
Mr. Inspector Christovin acting respectively as money
takers, and check takers on this occasion only.

SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS TO

NEW ZEALAND.

Steer, helmsman, till you steer our way
By stars beyond the line—
We to found a realm—one day—
Like' England's self to shine.
CHORUS.
Cheer up I cheer up ! our course we'll keep
With dauntless heart and hand,
And when we've ploughed the stormy deep
We'll plough a smiling land,
A land whose beauties importune
The Briton to its bowers,
To sow but plenty's seeds and prune
Luxuriant fruits and flowers.
CHORUS—Cheer up ! cheer up !
A sunny land with various sweets
Of healthy plains and hills,
With giant woods to build our fleets,
And floods to drive our mills.
CHORUS—Cheer up! cheer up I;
There tracts uncheered by human words,
Seclusion's wildest holds,
Shall bear the lowing of our hi ds,
The tinkling of our folds.
CHORUS—Cheer up 1 cheer up !
Like rubies set in gold shall blush
Our vineyards girt with corn,
And wine and oil, and gladness gush
From Arnalthcea's horn.
CHORUS—Cheer up ! cheer up
Britannia's pride is in our hearts,
Her blood is in our veins,
We'll girdle earth with British arts,
Like Ariel's magic chains.
CHORUS.
Cheer up ! cheer up I our course we'd keep
With dauntless heart and hand,
And when ve've ploughed the stormy deep
We'll plough a smiling land.
T. CAMPBELL.

London, 16th August, 1839.

ART OF FLOATING.—Any human being who
will have the presence of mind to clasp the hands behind
the back, and turn the face towards the zenith, may float at
ease, and in perfect safety, in tolerable still water,—ay, and
sleep there, no matter how long. If not knowing how to
swim, you would escape drowning when you find yourself
iu deep water, you have only to consider yourself an
e t ply pitcher: let your mouth and nose, not the top part
of your heavy head, be the highest part of you, and you
are safe; but thrust up one of your bony hands, and down
you go, turning up the handle tips over the pitcher.
Having had the haßpine 4o prevent one or two drown-
ings by this simple in , we pith ish it for the benefit
of all who either love aquatic sports or dread them.—
Walker.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—CAUTION TO
SFORTSMEN.—It is our painful duty to record a frightful
accident which occurred on Thursday last to Mr. Potten,
Landlord of the Star Inn, Burnham, whilst shooting with
Mr.
i,r- Win. Bridge, of the Rose and Crown, Southminater.
They were leaving a field of Mr. Croxon's, of Cricksea,
and e
atering one belonging to .Mr. Hews, of Burnham,
when Mr. P. having first mounted on a h;gh bank, Mr.
' Bridge requested him to take his gun fur h'm ; Mr. Puttee
was in the act of complying when a twig, it id supposed,
caught the trigger,
passed throughthe gun went off, and the contents
roughthlower
part of Mr. Potten's head. The
under jaw was completely carried away, with a great pur-
-1 tion of the upper, and the whole of the teeth and tongue,
the latter being subsequentlyi; ocrrndln the stubble, near the
spot. Notwithstanding ziai.efuhmutilation, the un-
fortunate sufferer walked into
Bridge having immediately left him urnham.road, Mr.
aid. He has since remained perfece.e Procure medical
je. sensible, but not
the slightest hopes of his recovery
marriedeon Sunday last
entertained. Mr. Potten is a
mily, and is highly respected in his s'et. man, without fa.
lee4tY.a—st
Essex Herald.
Zrilnua Much excitement has exis'ecl
week at Hounslow. About 14 or 15 months°a
con-
sequence of the dark and dangerous state of gilt), uninslow
owing to the immense traffic along the great western road,'
passing through that town, some public-spirited individie.ls
residing in the neighbourhood, at the head of whom was
Mr. H. Pownall, of Spring-grove, commenced a subserip_
tion, for the purpose of lighting it with gas, and in Septem-
ber last, the enlightenment of Hounslow was celebrated by
a public dinner at the Rcse and Crown Inn. Since then
the gas lights have been maintained out of the surplus of
the subscription, but that source now failing, the parochial
authorities of Isleworth and Heston, in which parishes
‘,lounslow stands, were applied to for the assistance of a
tal,l to defray the expenses. Accordingly, on Thursday
best la vestry meeting was held at Idleworth, to take into
coati ration the propriety of watching and lighting, or
lighting only, according to the 3d and 4th William IV.,
"IL 90, sec. 73, when, after a long and stormy discussion,
a poll was demanded, when there appeared, for the light-
ing, 16—against it, 28. On Saturday a similar vestry was
held at Heston, Mr. Churchwarden NVhiting in the chair,
when, after a noisy argument, there appeared, for darkness,
68 —for light, only 1 1 The inhabitants of Hounslow,
loving darkness rather than light," the public will again
ave to make their way through that town how they can.