The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
On Saturday a desolate-looking man, who said his name
was Russell, was brought before the Lord MAYOR, charged
with having acted in a disorderly manner in the neighbour-
hood of Billingsgate-market, at half-past one in the morn-
ing. The keeper of a greengrocery warehouse stated that
the defendant walked into the shop, which was opened at
an early hour for the accommodation of the market people,
and after using a great deal of unintelligible language,
threatened to smash everybody in the place.
The LORD MAYOR—Smash ! This poor fellow couldn't
smash anybody.

Defendant—No, my Lord, I could not. I couldn't be
smashed myself. You might blow me to pieces, but I defy
you to smash me.
The LORD MAYOR—What are you ? You don't seem
to be in good plight. Defendant—l am a poor player,
my Lord, and I had taken gin upon an empty stomach.
The LORD MAYOR—You had no dinner, I suppose ?
Defendant—Dinner ! What's that? If it's anything
of occupation to the jaws, I know nothing about it.
The complainant said he never was so much abused
in his life as he was by the person who stood at the bar ;
and who, although dressed in a suit of rags that would dis-
grace a modern pauper, called himself a perfect gentleman.
Defendant—Pauper! You called me a thief. I frowned,
but I disdained to articulate upon you. It was with some
inconvenience to myself that I put on this suit of mourn-
ing ; for, the " times are out ofjoint."
The complainant looked and laughed at the dress of the
unfortunate player, which appeared to be a memorial of the
loss of all his hopes.
The LORD MAYOR—If you lead such a life as this, you
can't be respectable in your dress. You Iola:: as if you
slept in your clothes.
Defendant—And so I did, my Lord. This (holding up
his coat) is the only covering I have had on me for some
nights ; so that I may say, with Lady Macbeth, that I
peep through the blanket of the dark, or a dark blanket,
which is the same thing.--(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—But you are not to disturb the
peaceable inhabitants of the City for your amusement.
Defendant—l was peace itself until this man accused me
of dishonesty. He might have enjoyed my poverty if he
pleased. In my turn I have my laugh at the wealth of
fools, but he thought I would do what he would do in my
situation.

The complainant here declared, for the first time, that
the player had struck him.

Defendant—Not with my fist, upon my oath. I smote
you with my eye, to be sure, and that would have been
enough to shatter you, if you had not been such a poor ig-
norant hound.

The LORD MAYOR—I do not believe that this poor fel-
low touched you.
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Complainant—He did though. He knocked me about,
and swore he'd do for me, and he intended it.

Defendant—His Lordship won't believe you ; Le th:Llks
that you belong to the " Mendacity Society."
Complainant—lf I did, I'm blessed if you wouldn t cut
away like a good un, to stow your begging letters.
The LORD MAYOR (to the defendant)—You Inty go,
and I advise you, my good friend, to get into the Tempe-
rance Society as soon as you can.—(A laugh.)
Defendant—l am the cardinal virtue itself. You may
talk of the chameleon, a travelling tragedian can beat it
hollow. The poet says that man wants but little to eat ;
the player proves that man wants noting at all.
The poor fellow then returned thanks in a very respect-
ful and grateful tone to the Lord Mayor, put his thumb
to his nose on looking at the complainant, and, shaking his
dark blanket, slipped out at the side door.
A private examination took place before the LORD
MAYOR in a case in which some mysterious correspondence
was referred to. A packet of letters was by mistake taken
to one house in the City instead of another by the servant
of a gentleman of rank, who was the bearer of it from
Germany to this country. The packet was directed to a
foreigner who lodged in the house to which it ought to have
been brought, and was partially opened and perused by an-
other foreigner who lodged in the house to which it ought
not to have been brought. Several days elapsed before the
party to whom it was addressed learned that an error had
been committed in the delivery, and when an indignant ap-
plication was made for the packet the answer was a refusal
to give it up, on the ground that it contained matter of a.
very serious nature connected with the French Government.
The LORD MAYOR, after having examined some wit-
nesses and consulted with Mr. Hobler, said that as the
enclosures in the envelope alluded to some persons much
better known at the west than at the east end of the town,
and were at the same time quite enigmatical, he thought
the most advisable way of dealing with the matter was, to
refer the correspondence to the Secretary of State for L 1
Home Department.
It would be improper to state the particular. of tin
transaction at present, but it is necessary to mention that
several ridiculously exaggerated rumours are dhg,ersed
about the hall and the police room.

INSTRUCTION TO CORONERS' JURIES,---" Tem•
porary insanity" is uniformly the verdict of your " crowners'
'quest" on such occasions (suicide); even a physician of any
repute will honestly state on ordinary occasions, particularly
when the patient has the benefit of his skill and experience in
helping him to leave this wicked world, that ho died of such
and such a disorder, and w ill manfully state the name of the
disorder, and the world gives him credit for his skill and in-
tegrity. Would gentlemen serving upon " crowners' quests"
imitate this heroic example, instead of recording the foolish
verdict of " temporary insanity," they would say, " The de-
ceased didn't know what to do with himself!" This would be
intelligible, and the faculty might stumble upon a remedy ;
but " temporary insanity" is too transitory, too fugitive, to be
grappled with, too vague and indefinite, in its very name, ever
to do any good, and the patient is generally " past all surgery"
before one suspects he is attacked with insanity, be it ever so
temporary or evanescent ; but in honestly recording that " he
didn't know what to do with himself, and thereby came by his
death," it would be but doing justice to that interesting malady.
Thus it could be easily observed in all its stages, from its in-
cipient symptoms at the gaming or any other well-garnished
table, where it sometimes takes its rise, through all its phases
and evolutions, till the malady comes to a head, and a man
blows out his brains. The disease, through each •f these
changes, might be stayed in its progress, and society might be
benefited by the honesty of the verdict.—From an amusiv.g
article in Bentley's Miscellany, entitled " What Tom Biuks
did when he dilln't know what to do with himself."

A young man of the name of Errington, a mason by
trade, only about 21 or 22 years of age, and who had beent
married only three weeks, after he had been drinking on Sa-
turday last with some of his companions, and got into a state of
intoxication, said he would leap down the pit, meaning a col-
liery close by, called Broomside, belonging to the Marquis of
Londonderry, and situate about two miles from the city of
Durham ; and most melancholy to relate, after setting up three
huzzas to his comrades, in token of courage and heroism; he •
leaped down, to their utter consternation, and, as we under-
stand, was killed instantly. No reason has been assigned
for his committing so monstrous an act.

SECOND-HAND SILVER WATCHES.
A variety of some dozens may be selected from, price Two Guineas
each ; some rather more modern, Two and a Half Guineas each ;
and an assortment quite equal to new, Three Guineas each. The
whole have been carefully examined, and are warranted. T. COX-
SAVORY, Watchmaker, 47, Ccrnhill, London. N. B, Second •
hand Watches purchased in exchange.

BIRTHS.
On the Bth inst., the lady of W. M. Berkley, Esq., Stockwell-
place, of a son.
On the 16th inst., in Bryanston-street, the lady of John Selby,
Esq., of a son.
On the 15th inst., in Hill-street, thelady of John Wilson Patten,
Esq., M.P., of a daughter.
On the 15th inst., at Connaught-place, West, the lady of Sir H.
Freeling, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 2.9 th ult., at Florence, at the house of the British Resi-
dent Minister, Edward Marcus Whyte, Esq., of Hotham House,
Yorkshire, eldest son of Robert ',geyser, Esq. to Florence, third
daughter of the late Captain C. M. Walker, R.N.'
On the 9th of April, at Sehore, Bengal, Captain Wm. Riddell,
of the Hon. Company's 60th Regiment of Native Infantry, to Mar-
garet, youngest daughter of the late Captain John Wilkie, of the
Bengal Army.
On the 13th inst., at Henfynyw Church, Cardiganshire, Thom; s
Watkyn Maddy, Esq., of New-hall, Montgomeryshire, to Jar.e,
the eldest daughter of A. T. J. Gwynne, Esq., of Monachty, Car—
diganshire.
On the Bth inst., at St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney, Mr. Jan
Crossley, London, to Sarah Mary, second daughttle tbf the late T.
Glascott, Esq., Wreasbury, Buckinghamshire.
On the 13th inst., at St. Andrew's Plymouth, Frederick Ked-
dell, Esq., of London, solicitor, to Rosa, daughter of J. P. Lock-
hart, Esq., President of the Council of the Island of Dominica.

lED.
On the 14th inst., at ChelseD
a, Mary, daughter of Mr. Wrents.
more, of Lincoln's Inn fields, aged 5.
On the 14th inst., at Sterufield Rectory, Augustus Erule, aged
one year, youngest son of the Rev. J. D. Monfi.
On the 13th inst., in Rochester, G. P. Wyndeyer, Esq., of.
the Ordnance-office, aged 43.
On the 13th inst., at the Buckling, Norfolk, Wm. Henry FeP,det
Esq., of Netherfiel House, Herts, and late of the Ist Regimr.mt of
Grenadier Guards.

On the 15th inst., at Charterhouse-square, Charlotte, widow of
G. Spey, Esq., aged 68.
On the 11th inst., at Dorchester, Duncan APLare,d, Esq., a prO-
prictor, and for upwards of 35 years the commerfital traveller front
London of the Carron Company.
On the 16th inst., Samuel, the only child of J. Cowie, Esq., 01.
Mornington-crescent, aged 6.
On the 27th ult., at lalta, Henry Lister. L. Kaye, of the 47th
Regiment, youngest son of the late Sir J. L. Kaye, Bart.
On the 11th inst., at Leamington, Catharine Sophia Power, the
eldest daughter of John Power, Esq., of Berwood House, Erd.nir
ton, near Birmington.
On the 14th inst., at Highgate, Robert Isherwood, Esq.
London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of Dle•
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of AI iddlesex.—TgeSday, July 18, 1837.

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