The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

QUEEN- S QUARE.
Mr. Moran, an inspector of the B division of police, yester
day applied to Mr. White, the presiding Magistrate, for his
instructions under the following circumstances :--
The inspector, who was accompanied by two or three females,
and a poor dirty-looking, emaciated boy, of about twelve years
of age, stated that, while cn duty the previous night, at the
station-house, in the New-way, Westminster, Catherine
Moore, the daughter of the proprietor of a house, No. 55, Or-
chard-street, desired to see him, informing the constables that
she had something of importance to communicate. On being
admitted, she stated that she occupied a sleeping room on the
first floor, the adjoining one being tenanted by a shoemaker,
named Robinson. At different periods herself and lodgers
had been much alarmed by the violence of this person, whose
wife had quitted him in consequence of ill-usage. At about
half-past twelve the inmates were alarmed by the shrieks of
the boy, whom they could distinctly hear was being chastised
most unmercifully, and the beating and cries of the poor boy
continued for so great a length of time that the woman, Ca-
therine Moore, broke open the door, and, in consequence of
the dreadful state in which she found the lad, hastened to the
watchhouse.
On receiving this information the inspector immediatly ac-
companied his informant to the room, where he found the
father in a violent drunken state, and the boy covered with
blood. He inquired the reason of such brutal treatment, and
the fellow said that he had done it, because the lad had not
kept his supper hot. He did not at the moment apprehend
the man, because knowing where to find him, he was desirous
of first having some advice from the Magistrate.
The boy was stripped in the presence of the Magistrates,
and his whole frame bore ample proofs of the brutal treat•
ment to which he had been subjected.
Mr. WHITE then directed the inspector to bring the mai
before him.
At the time the office closed, the inspector had not been
able to apprehend the accused, the latter having absented
himself from home.

WORSHIP-STREET.
E. Wilkinson, the wife of a lighterman, Mary Read, and
Elizabeth Harding, the latter the housemaid, and the former
the cook, in the family of Mr. Steinsteller, silk manutacturer,
in the Wenlock-road, and whose private residence is in Fins-
bury Circus, were brought up for final examination, charged
with having been concerned in a robbery of plate, valued at
211., consisting of tea and desert spoons, a silver milk-pot,
&c. Elizabeth Harding was discharged. The other prison-
ers were fully committed.

A Jersey paper states that great apprehensions are
entertained in that island for the safety of the brig Betsey,
belonging to Mr. Le Gros, which has been absent from New-
foundland, homeward-bound, considerably beyond her time.
Should the worst fears be realized, nearly sixty human beings
will be deprived of their natural protectors.
DECREASE OF THE BALTIC.—It has been ob-
served that the waters of the Baltic are undergoing a gradual
decrease, which seems to arise from some elevation of the sur-
face of the bottom and coasts of the sea. Ancient marks are
traced upon the rocks, which indicate the former level of the
waters, and these are now considerably above the surface of
the sea. The Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburgh
has called to this subject the attention of Prince Menze-
koff, Minister of Marine, and instructions have accordingly
been given to Captain Lieutenant Reinecke, who is charged
with a survey of the Coast of Finland, to observe with accu-
racy the present elevation of the existing mark above th e
level of the sea, and to make new marks in the rocks at
known heights to serve for future observation.
WATER AND STEAM.—Hard water, by boiling,
may be brought nearly to the state of soft. A piece of chalk
put into spring water will soften it. When the steam from a
tea-kettle appears cloudy, it should be taken off the fire, as
the water is then fast boiling away. Keep the top of a kettle
bright, as a polished surface keeps in the heat.
On • Sunday afternoon the mortal remains of the
unfortunate man, Edmund Taylor, a cooper, who was stabbed
by a seaman named Robertson, at the instigation of an infamous
woman, Helen Collins, who are now in Newgate, were con-
veyed for interment from the deceased's late dwelling to the
Church of St. George's-in-tbe-East, Ratcliff-highway. A
great number of persons followed the funeral procession. The
people behaved with great decorum.
In the gale on Sunday night last, several boats en-
engaged in the herring fishery at Clovelly, foundered while
anchored at their nets. Twenty-one men perished, one of
whom was from the Lizard—men who were there on the
fi-hery, not liking the state of the weather, had quitted a few
days before to return home.—Falmouth Express.
On Sunday morning Mr. Woodfield, a hairdresser
and perfumer, in Church-lane, High-street, Windsor, cut his
throat in a dreadful manner at his own residence, and survived
but a very short period after the perpetration of the act. The
deceased was a young man, and bad latterly suffered much
from a violent attack of brain fever.
SPURIOUS COIN.—A large quantity of spurious
fourpenny pieces, or, as they are usually called, " Joes," pro-
fessing to be of the present reign, have lately got into circula-
tion. They are not well executed.
THE BAGPIPES.—In a report of the Reform As-
sociation Dinner, that took place at Aberdeen,' on Wednesday
evening, the following parenthetical passage occurs :—Here a
man disguised in tartans, stood up in front of the orchestra,
and, with much ferocity, blew the " Reel of Tullochgorum"
upon a most barbarous and abominable instrument of noise
called the Highland bagpipes. This same person thought
proper, also, to continue blasting away in the lobby upon this
horrid machine during the time that grace before dinner was
saying, which tended in some measure to dissipate the devo-
tional feelings of the Association. He also at different periods
of the evening afflicted the company with more of this wicked
and hateful disturbance—for such the bagpipes are when played
within doors, though on the top of a hill they are very tolerable.
WEATHER AT COVE.—Nov. 3.—During the
whole of yesterday, and a part of the night previously, it blew
a perfect hurricane at W. N. W., but without doing any damage
amongst the shipping in the harbour. - The barque Albion,
of Cork, from Quebec, in working in, about 2 P. m. yesterday,
missed stays, and got ashore inside the Light House, but was
got off again at high water, without sustaining much injury.
The barque Boddington, bound to Africa, fortunately got in
before the gale had set in heavily ; she had lost her bowsprit,
boom &c. The other vessels at Cove are the Agnes, from
J' '
Gaspe ; Town of Ross, from Quebec; Charlotte Caroline,
from Stockholm, leaky; Arab, transport, for Halifax; Idea,
from Quebec; brig Henry, and a few coasters. No doubt
we shall hear of many casualties at sea. The wind being off
the land, vessels on ails coast could easily keep off shore.
To-day we have the wind in almost the opposite point, being
at S. S. E., and likely to blow strong.—Cork Reporter.
On Sunday afternoon, between three and four
o'clock, the driver of the cab No. 1,630, being at the time
much intoxicated, was proceeding along Marylebone-lane, in
the direction of Oxford-street, driving his horse at the rate of
from twelve to fourteen miles an hour, when he drove the
wheel of his cab with tremendous violence against those of the
carriage of the Rev. Dr. Dodsworth, residing at Ho. 7,
York-terrace, Regent's Park. The collision was so tremen-
dous, that the cab was broken in pieces, and the driver, horse,
and cab knocked down. Assistance being rendered, the po-
lice stretcher from Marylebone-lane police station being pro-
cured, he was removed on it to Middlesex Hospital, where he
lies without hopes of recovery from the injuries lie sustained.
The Reverend Doctor rendered every assistance in his po r
to the unfortunate sufferer who was the cause of the accident
by his furious driving. The Doctor's carriage was proceeding
at the moderate rate of about six miles an hour.
CAPTAIN CHAMIER'S NEW NOVEL. 16
singular circumstance, that in the era of naval novels, one 01
the most fertile subjects for such a work that has
ever pre-
sented itself, has hitherto been overlooked or neglected.
" The Mutiny of the Bounty" is an event in our naval an-
nals, quite unparalleled, as regards the personal interest
which its circumstances involve, and it is, we
this event, that Captain Chamfer has founded understand, on
his forthcoming
" Jack A dams, the Mutineer." The very name excites the
greatest interest, in those especially who are acquainted with
the details of the story, and to those who arc not, the story
may be described as uniting to the unequalled interest of De-
foe's best fictions, the additional charms of infinite variety
and of absolute truth,