The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HATTON-GARDEN.
Margaret Read, an Irishwoman, was placed at the bar,
charged by Ellen Shea, another Irishwoman, who appeared
ill, with having robbed her of six shillings.
The prisoner during the examination set up an Irish
howl, and affected to cry, whist she clapped her hands and
alarmed the neighbourhood, and occasionally exclaimed,
" Och ► let me talk two words." She denied the charge.
Mr. BENET; to procure further evidence, remandesl
the prisoner.

MAR YLEBONE.
Yesterday John Banks, a well known desperate charac-
, ter, who had on several occasions been committed from
this and other offices, was brought up in custody, together
with William "forger, char.,ed with burgla,y and robbery
at the house of Mr. Stevens, Pond-street, Hampstead.
In reply to the charge, the prisoners said that after
seeing prosecutor (who was very drunk) home, they were
going alonng the road towards Hampstead, when a person.
who was a perfect stranger to them, thrust into the hand,
of Banks a small bundle, with respect to the contents of
which neither of them knew an) thing.
The prisoners were remanded for further examination,
and it is expected that other parties in the vicinity of
Hampstead, whose dwellings have within the last few weeks
been burglariously entered, will be able to prove more cases
against them.

MANCHESTER COTTON TRADE, FRIDAY EVEN-
' ING.—The demand for printing calicoes continues unabated,
and a further advance, corresponding with the advance on
' Cetton, has taken place since this day se'nnight. The de-
mand for prints is unexampled, the chief of which are for
the Brazils, United States, and East Indies. Fustians are
also in excelent demand, and the prices understood to be
remunerating. Yarns dull, and must continue so till nearer
spring. At present no inducement to buy, on account of
the closing of the continental rivers.
EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURE AT THE HYDE
PETTY SESSIONS, NEAR MANCHESTER.—At the above
Sessions this week, after the Court was cleared, a most
extraordinary case came before the Magistrates. George
Eden, shoemaker, Stayley-bridge, was charged with havin;.l
violated the persons of no less than five of his female appren-
titles, aged respectively t went) -one, seventeen, sixteen, fifteen,
and thirteen years. Eden, it appeared, has been in the habit,
for four or five years, of applying to the o%etseers of Ash-
ton for females, to learn, as he stated, the business of shoe-
binding, but invariably sent them to the cotton-mills,
whose wages he always received. They were also stinted
in the quantity of their food, and the quality anything but
good. To accomplish hit brutal object, he has been in the
habit of refusing the girls their holiday dresses, unless his
wishes were first complied with. When threatened with
exposure, he has not only cruelly beaten them, but further
restricted their too scanty meals. The details would be
unfit to meet the public eye. He was remanded till Satur-
day, to enable one of the witnesses to bring further evi-
dence. The sensation is extreme.—Front a Correspondent_
LETTER IROM LORD WESTERN TO EARL
SPENCER.—In the Chelmsford Chronicle of to-day there
appears a letter from Lord Western, the object of which
is to make known the successful results of his own expe-
rience in creating a new and distinct breed of sheep,
placing Merino wool upon a Leicestershire carcase, " per-
haps not exactly resembling the short finest clothing wool
of Saxony (continues his Lordship), but a fine combing
wool, superior to any that has heretofore been grown. It
is possible that similar attempts have been made by other
persons, but they have not been carried out upon any ge-
neral principle of extensive application to my knowledge."
The Manchester Anti Corn-law Association, so
lately formed, has now enrolled upwards of 1,000 members.
No one can become a member except on the payment of an
entrance fee of 55., so that there are no names for mere
display. George Hadfield, E.g., solicitor, has off,:red to
contribute lOU whenever the funds of the Association
reach 900/.

Wheeler's Manchester Chronide,the oldest of the
Manchester Journals, established about 60 years ago, has
within the last few days changed hands. A section of the
Tories have, it is understood, found the ways and nican,.
Mr. Leicester, its present editor, iy it is understood, to be
its future one.

MANcHEsTER.—The election of Councillors for
this borough is now on the eve of taking place. The To-
ries, or rather those who have hitherto been considered the
heads of that party, have advised that no opposition should
take place, inasmuch, as any such proceedings on their
part, might scent to sanction the Charter as a valid instru-
ment ; and which eminent counsel they avert, maintained
as being worthless. This advice, the more ardent of the
body refuse to act upon, and instead of art undisputed vic-
tory on the part of the Reformers, a fierce contest is now
anticipated.
PIMLICO PALACE.--A Morning Paper says,
" The contemplated improvements west of the now Palace
have eorarnette,d, when the a‘,nues leading through Pim-
lico will be considerably improved, and the Palace more
isolated than it is at present. The alteration will greatly
flaprove the neighbourhood, and the approach to the Place
he suitable to a .)al rositienee."—(A greater atidinfiiutely.

more extensive improvetncnt would tot effteted by eithcT
restoring the Park foot-paths to their original form, or
paving a part, so that the public might w,dk instead of
being compcllcd. as they now aro, to wade through it ant b
deep ih mud. This is an improvement all those who walk
this way require. Thos, inhabitants of Chelsea and Pim-
' lico who ride or drive complain that from not being pet mit ted
to pass through the Park, unless thy are of the privileged
caste, they are constrained to talc- a cireuitous route of a
mile or more. It were a consummaion devoutly to be
wished, that her M,st Gracious Majesty would be pleased
to cause the abolition of this system of exclusivenes,,, as
well as to effect a restoration of the good o'd dry paths of
former days, when people mkt well; without danger of
death free cold.]