The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-11 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

CLEVES, APRIL 4. —The accounts which the Dutch
Papers give of tl•e disturbances here are in many points
exaggerated. A battalion of the 13th Regiment of in-
fantry has arrived here to.day ; two companies are quar-
tered in the town and the rest at Calcar and the neigh-
bourhood. Part of the 11th Regiment of Hussars is guar.
tered in the environs. It is said, and the cfficers themselves
are of the same opinion, that these troops have come
thither less in consequence of the late trifling disturbances
than because they are destined, with the numerous corps
at. Cacfeld, Geldern, Meurs, Rheinberg, and the interme-
mediate places, to occupy the province of Limburg, and
especially the the town of Venloo. His Royal Highness
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands is at the head of the
15th Regiment of Infantry.
THE HAGUE, APRIL 7.—His Imperial Highness the
young Grand Duke Alexander, who continues diligently
to visit all our public institutions, has sent to the Burgo-
master of this town a sum of 2,000 florins to Le distributed
among the poor.
AMSTERDAM, APRIL s.—We have great pleasure in
being able to announce that the objections raised by some
of the South German States to the ratification of the com-
mercial treaty between Holland and Prussia are removed,
and that the ratifications were exchanged at Berlin on the
2d instant, the assent of some smaller States, which is yet
wanting, will soon follow.—Handelsbled.
We learn that Lieutenant-General the Prince of Hesse
is appointed Governor of Luxemburg, in the room of the
Prince Hesse Homberg, lately deceased.—Dutch Papers,
April 9.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 15.—A1l is in motion here,
and war as good as begun. Couriers arc constantly
arriving from the head-quarters of the Seraskier, and
going back. to them. lhe army on the Taurus is con-
centrated, and has already made a movement in advance.
It now depends on the disposition of Ibrahim Pacha whe-
ther the signal for attack shall be given. The Foreign
Ministers do their utmost to preserve peace, but their suc-
cess is problematical.—Allgemeine Zeitung.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CROYDON RAIL-
ROAD ENTRANCE.—On Tuesday an inquest was held in the
board-room of Guy's Hospital on view of the body of
William Sheen, aged 39 years. It appeared from the evi-
dence that the deceased was a labourer employed at the
entrance of the London and Croydon Railway at London-
bridge, and on the 18th ult. while in the act of untying a
cord for the purpose of removing one of the polei, the pad-
lock gave way, and the whole top part of the scaffold came
down, the deceased falling nearly forty feet, with his back
across a column of stone. He was immediately conveyed
to the above Hospital, when on examination the spine of
his back was found to be severely injured. He gradually
sank, and expired on Monday afternoon. Verdict—" Ac-
cidental death."

The Nassau Balloon will commence its aerial
voyages this year by an ascent from the Montpelier-
gardens, Cheltenham, on one day before the 13th of the
present month.—Cheltenham Gazette.
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF CHILD-BIRTH
AT SHOREDITCII —An inquest was held on Tuesday, on the
body of the infant to which reference was made yesterday.
It was proved that the mother had shown the body to a
lodger in the house before the circumstance of her having
given birth to a child was noticed. With respect to the parts
of the body missing, the surgeon had removed the lungs to
make an experiment on them, and the leg had been carried
off by a cat. Verdict, " Found Dead." The mother will
be examined at Worsh'p-street when sufficiently reco.
vered.

SUSPECTED MURDER AT BRIGHTON.—Abou

twelve o'c!ock on Sunday morning the neighbourhood of
Edward-street, leading from which are several of the
lowest streets in Brighton, was thrown into a state of great
excitement, in consequence of the discovery of the body of
Mrs. Julia Johnson, the wife of a vagrant-hotel-keeper,
who resides in Nottingham-street, with her throat cut in
the most dreadful manner ; and from the circumstances
attending the discovery of the body, and the absence of
the husband from home that morning, it was supposed that
he had cut his wife's throat with a razor. The alarm was
first given by another lodging-house or vagrant-hotel.
keeper, named Donnelly, who it appeared had visited the
residence of the deceased, and, finding the door locked,
suspected, from a previous knowledge of the parties, that
the deceased had laid violent hands on herself. The front
door continuing locked for some time, a man named Jones
got into one of the up-stairs windows, and on going into
the front room of the house on the ground floor, he ob-
served a small press bedstead, and on removing a blanket,
deceased was found stretched upon the bed in a pool of blood.
The room was about nine feet square, and in the farther
corner from the door the bedstead stood. According to
the evidence of Jones, deceased was lying in a position as
if she had been asleep upon her right side, her right arm
resting under her head, but, about three inches from her
face, and her left arm lying in a pool of blood near her
shoulder. The left leg was lying over the right one. De-
ceased wore a nightcap and a blue handkerchief tied round
her chin, both of which were nearly cut through by the in-
strument which inflicted the fatal wound. A razor was d
covered lying on her pocket without any visible signs of
blood upon it and shut. And what is sill more remark-
able, and tending to increase the suspicion that the deed
was not committed by herself, another razor was lying
with the blade shut upon the top of the bedstead, beside
an open razor-case. This razor had a few spots of blood
upon it, and ha, every appearance of having been wiped.
No other instrument with which the wound was likely to
have been inflicted could be found. The husband was
apprehended at Worthing, and on being informed of the
state in which his wife bad been found, merely observed,
"That it was no more than he expected; he bad that
morning left her for the purpose of taking some of his son's
clothes over to Worthing, and she had so often threatened
to make away with herself that he never paid much atten-
tion to what she said." It was proved that the blundle
which Johnson was seen to carry contained the clothes of
a young man. He was then brought back to Brighton in
custody of the officer, and was present at the Coroner's in.
quest on Monday, which, after lasting fourteen hours, was
adjourned. On Monday morning a hankerchief was found
under a table in the room stained with blood, apparently
as if it had been used for the purpose of wiping off some
blood. When this handkerchief was produced Johnson
owned it, and said that it was occasioned from wiping his
own face after havinglhad a fall.
Marshal Clauzel, who left London on the Ist of
April, stayed only a few minutes at Boulogne, and imme-
diately set off for Paris. We learn from a good source
that the journey of the Marshal was the subject of much
conversation among men in power, and created much an-
noyance at the Chateau. A person who. from his po-
sition, is likely to be well informed, states that in high
quarters there-was no misconception as to the motive of the
Marshal's journey, and that it was less with the object of
visiting the English manufactories than to have a con-
ference with Prince Louis Napoleon.—Le Progress du
Pas de Calais.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A bluff, merry looking fellow, who gave the (we be-
lieve) fictitious name of Tobias Nickleree to the person
who on the preceding night booked the charge against
him at the station-house, was brought before the LORD
MAYOR, charged with having been drunk in the streets.
As there was reason to believe that the defendant was a
gentleman of fortune, and a Magistrate in a distant
county, there was a sort of sensation in the room when
he appeared.
A policeman stated that he saw the gentleman at a
late hour in Tower Ward, moving along in a semi-cir-
cular sort of way, and evidently ignorant of the figure
he cut. Witness followed bin', in order that he might
fall into no bad hands, and perceiving that there was a
very ill-looking fellow
.hanging about him, determined
to place him in the statlon:house, as the safest lodging in
which he could be deposited for the night. The de-
fendant had a great deal of money about him, and after
he had what he called a "slap-up snooze" by the fire,
sobered down into a reasonable being by five o'clock,
when he was allowed to depart, but not without giving
security to the Inspector that he would appear before
his brother Magistrate, the Lord Mayor.
The LORD MAYOR—Who was the person who fol-
lowed him ? Policeman—l believe he is porter at the
inn where the gentleman resides.

Dofendant—He is the boots at my inn. I took him
out with me in the morning.

The LORD MAYOR—And you kept him out I sup-
pose to take care of you at night Defendant—A man
can't be too cautious in getting through the streets of
London at night.
The LORD MAYOR—Particularly a man who is in
the habit of getting drunk. You seemed to have bee❑
aware of what was to happen.

Defendant—l hope your Lordship does not suppose
it is my habit?
Inspector—The gentleman was here before, my
Lord, for being drunk, and upon the former occasion he
lost a gold watch.
Defendant—That is true. But I know no other
instance.

The LORD MAYOR---Well, I can only say that I am
very sorry to see you in so discreditable a condition. It
is a scandalous offence in a person of your years and
respectability. I understand you had a couple of
hundred pounds in your pocket ?
Dcfendant—Oh ! considerably more, and ail is safe.
but I should have been safe with poor boots too.
_ _

The LORD Maron—Well, I am in the habit of
fining persons in indifferent circumstances five shillings
for drunkenness. I dare say a person in your station
in life will have no objection to give a trifle to the school
of the Ward in which you were found.
Defendant—Not the least.

The drunken Justice then handed over a sovereign
and departed evidently determined not to let the las'
night's liquor die in him.

A young man of very fashionable appearance, named
Richard Phillips, was charged by Mr. Thomas Rogers,
of Clerkenwell, under the following circumstances :
Mr. Rogers was, he said, walking with a female
friend in King William-street at ten o'clock on the pre-
ceding night. Suddenly the lady was pushed by the
defendant, who was accompanied by two or three other
persons, and who burst into loud laughter at the feat.
Several females immediately came up and said that
they had been treated in a similar manner by the de-
fendant and his associates, and witness, when the police-
man came up, resolved to give the principal offender in
charge. The defendant thereupon struck him a blow
on the face, and also acted most grossly and violently in
the station-house.

Defendaut—inever struck a blow,till I was called a
blackguard, and then there was no alternative.
The LORD MAYOR-But you had no right to strike
him.

Defendant (drawing himself up, and looking round
upon the crowd)—Not strike! Oh !
The LORD MAYOR—Pray who are you ? Dcfen-
dant—l am a gentleman, and I am going to the bar.
Mr. Nobler—Why, you arc come to the bar already,
my good Sir.—(Laughter.)Policeman—He said he was a Yorkshire squire, with
a large fortune; and I found nothinn in his pocket but
three halfpence and a flash 501. note.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYoit—A flash 501. note ? Defendant
—I admit that it was very unfortunate that I should
from curiosity have put that note in my pocket. I found
it amongst some papers which I was looking over, and
never having seen anything of the kind before, I kept it
to show to others who are as ignorant of such things
as myself.

The LORD MAYOR—You have got youself into a
disagreeable dilemma, and before we part you must
show me that you are not one of the swell mob.—
(Laughter.)
Defendant—The swell mob !

The Loan MAYOR—Yes. What am Ito think of a
person who calls himself a gentlemen and has nothing in
his possession but three halfpence and a flash note?
Mr. Joseph Jenkinson, a young man of respectable
appearance, here stepped forward, and said that he
knew the defendant to be a gentleman who was going
to the Bar, and to be the son of a gentleman of pro-
perty, deceased. Witness knew that the 50/. flash note
got into the possession of the defendant in the way that
had been stated. The defendant's relative happened
to be executor to a lady who lately died, and amongst
her papers was found the note which occasioned such
suspicion. The note was exhibited to witness as a
curiosity.

The LORD MAYOR—If the defendant is the gentle-
man you say he is, it cannot be difficult for him to find
some gentleman in London to corroborate your testi-
mony as to his character.
The complainant said it was his intention to prose-
cute the defendant, who was then remanded.