The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—Williain Reardon, a young man
with a bad reputation among the police, was charged
with assaulting a Frenchman, named Mark Philipe.
The•defendant was first brought before Mr. Henry on
Friday morning.
The complainant a well-dressed man, then stated that
he was walking along the street the previous evening,
when the defendant accosted him with_ unpleasant
familiarity, pulled him on the shoulder, and said, "Give
us twopence, old fellow, for a drop of drink." Com-
plainant indignantly repelled his acquaintance, upon
which the defendant detained him by the collar, leav-
ing him no alternative but to call a policeman and
give the intruder into custody. When at the police-
station, the defendant had the infamy to say that the
complainant had been himself in custody for an inde-
cent offence.

Defendant—And so he has been. I was in the City
Prison myself with him. I had ten days, and he was in
for two months ; and such was his character that he was
not permitted to associate with us.
Complainant (raising his hands and looking into the
skylight of the court)—Good God ! the base, the wicked
accusation :

Mr. Henry—You need not feel hurt, because, if the
charge is false, I will take care that it recoils against
self. He is a very bad character. Did the prisoner men-
tion this at the station.

Inspector Dodd—He did, your worship, but I don't
believe a word of it. I certainly would not believe him
upon his oath.
The prisoner—What I say is the fact. Let one of
your constables go down and see into it. That is the

point.
Mr. Henry—Oh, there will be due inquiry, as he in-
sists on repeating the charge. The complainant having
his own character in view, will, I dare say, be glad
enough to go with one of the officers to see the city
gaoler, who can disprove the imputation, if it is false.
Complainant—lt is false—it is wicked—it is mons-
trous.

' The case was then adjourned till Saturday, to admit of
the proposed inquiry.
The court, however, had hardly been cleared of the
public when the complainant returned, and wished to
speak privately with the magistrate. He said he was
very sorry—very much ashamed—but, in the presence
of the public, he did not like to admit that be had ever
been in prison. Unhappily, however, it was too true.
He was in prison two years ago, having been committed
for two months by the Lord Mayor.
Mr. Henry -When the prisoner was present you
stated, on your oath, that the accusation was false.
Now he is absent, you admit the fact. This is scarcely
creditable to you. However, the case is remanded.
The defendane was again placed at the bar on Satur-
day, and Inspector Dodd reported that due inquiry had
been made; but the gaoler could not identify the com-
plainant as a former prisoner.
Availing himself of this lucky accident, the French-
man now wished to back out of his former admission,
and to reassert that the accusation was false, which he
did with a look of injured innocence.
Mr. Henry said he could not deal with the charge
upon the evidence of a person who had prevaricated so
flagrantly, and accordingly dismissed the case.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Thos. John Williams
was brought up for final examination, charged with
having stolen jewellery valued at 2501., the property of
Sir Robert Pigott, Bart.
Sir Robert Pigott said—l live at No. 43, Albemarle-
street. The two rings are my property, and worth
about 701. On Friday, the 19th of August last, the
rings were missed by Lady Pigott from her bed-room. I
have no knowledge whatever of the prisoner, and may
state that, previous to this last robbery, an emerald or-
nament of considerable value was missed from my house.

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Elizabeth- Summers, lady's maid to Lady Pigott, said
drol
—On the 19th of August, I • l sed two rings from a
safe at 11 o'clock, and missed about two o'clock of
the same day. I do not know the prisoner.
William Henry Madden, a dealer in enamels, of No.
419, Oxford street, said—On the 19th or 241 b of August,
the prisoner came to my shop and askeorthe price of
some enamels. I told him the price, and he then
asked me if I bought such things as diamond rings. I
said I did. The prisoner then said a lady who had a
law suit, had commissioned him to dispose of a pearl
necklace ; that she did not want the matter to be made
known, and that he would bring some rings to look at
if I thought I would buy them. Previous to this con-
versation, prisoner had been to my shop and bought a
looking-glass. The prisoner went away, and in about
a quarter of an hour returned, and showed me the two
rings now produced. He told me they cost 180/. I
raid I did not think their value was so great, and that
I should not like to buy them until I had first taken the
advice of persons who knew the value of such property.
The prisoner agreed to this, and he went to a pawn-
broker's in Drury-lane, who said he would not lend 201.
on the rings. Ultimately I agreed to give the prisoner
221. for them.

Police Sergeant Lockerby, 23 E, said, on the 24th of
August he heard of the robbery, and having ascertained
the rings were in the possession of Mr. Madden, he
traced out the prisoner, and took him into custody at
his lodgings, No. 10, Malton-place, Euston-square.
When told that he was apprehended for stealing jewel-
lery belonging to Sir Richard Pigott, he replied he
knew nothing whatever of the charge. He denied sell-
ing any rings to Mr. Madden, of Oxford-street. The
prisoner admitted that be knew Mr. Madden, but as-
serted that Mr. Madden would not say that he bought
rings of him. Mr. Madden was sent for, and he at once
pointed out the prisoner as the person from whom he
had bought the two diamond rings. Witness men-
tioned to the prisoner that an emerald ornament, worth
1301., had also been stolen. The prisoner, however,
denid all knowledge of the loss. The prisoner sent for
witness when in the House of Detention, and told him
he had bought the rings of a person who was at present
out of town, but who would be called to give evidence
of that fact when he was tried.

The prisoner reserved his defence, and was fully corn.

mated:

CLERKENWELL.—Mr. John Sampson, a roaster
basket maker, residing in St. John-street, Clerkenwell,
was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a charge of as-
saulting a journeyman of the same trade.
Mr. Wontner, solicitor for the prosecution, said his
client was connected with a number of men who had
joined in a "strike," or combination for an increase of
wages. The complainant, with several men in his trade,
anxious to provide for their wives and families, sought
employment, and while at labour unloading a waggon in
front of the premises of the accused, the latter became
excited from some unexplained cause, and after some
few angry words, knocked down the prosecutor.
The above facts having been proved, Mr. Tyrwhitt
said that the assault was unprovoked, and the defendant
would have to pay 405., or suffer one month's imprison-
ment.

MARYLEBONE.—A youth, name William Phillips,
was charged, on his own confession, with having stolen
a watch and about 2/. in cash from his uncle, Mr. Baker,
residing in the Edgware-road.
Police•constable 374 D stated, that on the previous
night, while on duty in the Edgware-road, he was ac-
costed by the prisoner, who voluntarily gave himself
into custody, stating that he had robbed his uncle of the
aforesaid property. He (witness) thereupon took him
in charge, and conveyed him to the station-house.
Frederick Baker (prisoner's uncle) said that his brother
had been robbed of a watch, a ring, and a considerable
sum of money. The prisoner had been on a visit to
witness's brother, from whom the property alluded to
had been stolen.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, admitted his
guilt, and said that knowing he had committed a crime,
he could not rest quietly until he had given himself up
into the hands of justice.
The witness Baker said that the prisoner's father was
a highly respectable man, an inspector of police, in
Surrey. He know not where the prisoner was, and felt
exceedingly anxious respecting him.
The prisoner was remanded.

WORSHIP-STREET. —John Richard Clark, was
placed at the bar, upon a charge of burglariously en-
tering the dwelling of Mr. Wincott, of Pool-terrace,
City-road.
On Friday evening Mrs. Wincott was opening the
street door, when the prisoner jumped out of the parlour
window, and ran off; but was pursued with a cry of
" Stop thief !" and captured. Upon examination of the
parlour it was found to have been ransacked, and the
looking-glass' various dresses, and other articles, heaped
up, ready to be carried away. The prisoner exclaimed,
" Oh, pray, don't take me !" and so worked upon the
feelings of the prosecutrix that she said, " Well, I for-
give the man, as lie has not taken anything away."
Toomey, 235 G., had previously observed the prisoner
and two others loitering about the place.
The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial.
John Davey, a rather elderly man, who was formerly
groom to the present Earl of Winchilsea, was charged
with feloniously marrying Sarah Gawthorn, of Shadwell,
his wife Mary being then and still living.
Michael Coles, parish clerk of Great Weldon, in
Northamptonshire, proved that he had known the pri-
soner 33 years, and was present at his marriage with
Mary Richardson, in January, 1823, and he saw the
female alive last week. It was now proved, however,
that he some years ago married the second wife at
Spitalfields, and then described himself as a bachelor.
The prisoner alleged that he thought his first wife was
dead, as, while at Reading, he received a letter informing
him that such was the fact, and he therefore thought
himself at liberty to marry again.
He was committed for trial.

LAMBETIL—Mr. George Brown, a cowkeeper, and
the owner of a dust-yard in South-street, Walworth-
common, appeared before Mr. Elliott to answer a sum-
mons under the Removal of Nuisances Act, for per-
mitting a nuisance on his premises, stated to be most
injurious to the health and comfort of the inhabitants of
the neighbourhood.
It was proved by the Inspector of Nuisances for St.
Mary, Newington, that the defendant not only kept
swine, but that he permitted, in spite of the remon-
strance of the inhabitants, an accumulation of filth,
composed of night soil and offal, in his dust-yard, the
stench from which was so great, that many persons had
suffered severe nausea and illness.

Witnesses were produced to prove this, and that, at
a time when cholera had made its appearance in the
parish, the nuisance was becoming really alarming.
The defendant was convicted in a penalty of 20s. and
costs, the magistrate informed him that unless he at
once and entirely removed the nuisance, the full penalty
would be enforced.

Dr. Bushell, a member of the Sanitary Board of St.
Mary, Lambeth, applied for a further summons against
Mr. George Frederick Carden, the barrister, and
brother of Alderman Carden, for continuing the nui-
sance in his yard, in the vicinity of Lambeth-walk. A
previous summons had been issued against Mr. Carden,
for Thursday, but he had failed to attend.

A medical certificate having been put in, stating the
dangerous character of the nuisance to the public health,
a second summons was issued against Mr. Carden, and
the officer was directed to serve it on him as soon as
possible.
George Quennell, a chairmaker, who has been in cus-
tody since Monday week, on a charge of kicking his
wife in so brutal a manner that she was obliged to be
taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where her life was for
some time in danger was finally examined, and fully
committed for trial at the Old Bailey.
Richard Halkham, a hawker of sand, who had been
examined on the day before on a charge of cutting and
wounding Mrs. Smerdon, was finally examined. The
prisoner had been remanded for the attendance of Dr.
Flower to give his evidence as to whether a wound over
the left eye had been caused by the fist merely, or some
sharp instrument. '

Mr. Flower attended, and said it was possible the
wound might have been inflicted with the nail of the
thumb protruded through the fingers when the blow
was given, and upon this evidence the magistrate dealt
with the case summarily, and inflicted a penalty of 51.,
or one month, the prisoner having already been in
prison some weeks.
John Handley, a ruffianly-looking fellow, was con-
victed in a penalty of 31., or one month. for an assault
upon the person of Jane Kelly.

SOUTHWARK.—WiIIiam. Searles, a labourer, of
Eynesford, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged
with causing the death of Elizabeth M'Donald, an un-
fortunate female, by throwing her from his van, the
wheels of which passed over her, on the morning of the
27th ultimo, in the Old Kent-road.
Inspector Snead, of the M division, informed his wor-
ship that, on Tuesday morning last, a female was thrown
from a fruit-grower's van, near the canal-bridge, in the
Old Kent-road, and picked up by the police, in whose
custody she died.
On the information of a lad, named Tuck (who has
since been in custody for felony), a carman in the employ
of Mr. Booker, a fruit-grower, at Halstead, was appre-
hended on the same day, when the lad distinctly swore
that he was the party who threw the deceased from his
van, and ran over her.

He was remanded until after the inquest, which sat
on Thursday, and was adjourned until Tuesday next.
Since then witness had received information that satis-
fied him Mr. Booker's carman was not the man ; and,
on Friday, he proceeded to Halstead, and found the pri-
soner at work in \Vested Farm. He (the inspector)
took the prisoner into custody, and brought him to
London.

Mr. Combo observed that the boy Tuck must have
been a great liar, as, on the last examination, he swore
positively to the other man.
Police-constable 113 P stated that, on Tuesday morn-
ing, he was on duty in the Old Kent-road, and, about
two o'clock, he saw the prisoner in a van, loaded with
fruit, and, when at the bridge, he stopped and took up
the deceased. Witness heard the prisoner say to her,
" I'll give you a ride ;" and it appeared to be in answer
to her request. Witness advised the prisoner to go on,
and have nothing to do with her.
The prisoner said it was quite right what the con-
stable had stated. He let the female get up, promising
to give her a lift to the borough, when she fell off the
van, and he fell after her. He called a coffee boy and
another lad to assist him to lift her out of the mud, but
they would not.
Inspector Stead informed his worship that he should
be able to produce further evidence against the prisoner
in the course of a day or two, which would be very im-
portant.
Mr. Combe said under the circumstances he should
remand the prisoner until Tuesday, on which day the in-
quest would be resumed.
At a late hour, six persons, carrying on business as
bone boilers, horse slaughterers, and gut manufacturers,
in Green-street, Friar-street, Southwark, a very densely
populated neighbourhood between the Southwark-bridge-
road mad the Blackfriars-road, appeared to anwer sum-
monses obtained by the parish authorities for causing
nuisances to exist on their premises injurious to the
health of the inhabitants.

The first case taken was against Mr. Richard Trotmas,
bone boiler, 30, Green-street. He was charged with
having upon his premises a large quantity of bones in a
boiled and unboiled state, and a quantity of animal and
other matter, so as to be a nuisance to, and injurious to
the health of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
Mr. William Endean, one of the parish officers and
inspectors of nuisances for Southwark, produced a copy
of a notice signed by two inhabitant householders, which
be served on defendant on the 15th of September. He
had since visited his premises two or three times. The
last time was on Saturday morning. He then found a
large accumulation of bones in the yard. The dwelling-
house was in front, and there were some hundreds of
tons of bones heaped up in the yard ; some under cover
and some exposed. There was a heap as high as the
Police-court, which emitted a very offensive smell. The
place was surrounded by small tenements, crowded with
poor people, and among whom disease was spreading.
Witness went there along with Mr. Waken, the parish
surgeon, and examined the place, and he certified that
the smells proceeding from the defendant's premises were
injurious to the health of the inhabitants.
Mr. Clarkson, in a very lengthy speech, contended
that his worship had no jurisdiction in the matter, and
he must dismiss this and all other summonses, inasmuch
as the act of Parliament gave him no right to interfere.
After an argument on both sides, Mr. Combe said he
had no power to interfere, as nothing had been proven
to show that there was any extraordinary excess. What
defendant had had on his premises was merely what he
required in trade ; therefore he must dismiss the sum-
mons.

A similar summons was next heard against Mr. Curtis,
gut manufacturer, in Green-street, which was also dis-
missed.

HAMMERSMITH. Joseph, Salter, who was de-
scribed as an off-bearer in a brick-field, was brought up
on a warrant charged with having absconded from his
employment before a contract, which he had entered into
with a man named William Selling, the agent to Mr.
Smith, a brickmaker, to serve him during the brickmak-
ing season, had been completed.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Martin, solicitor, appeared for the prosecution,
and stated that the prisoner had previously been sum-
moned for a similar offence, but, upon his promising
not to leave his work again, was forgiven, and the com-
plaint was dismissed. He continued at his work for
some days, but, on Wednesday fortnight, he again ab-
sented, and had not since been to the place. Such con-
duct was a great loss, not only to the employer, but to
the gang, who were unable to go on with their work
until another man had been found to fill his place.
Several men during the season had been punished for ab-
senting themselves from their work, yet it did not appear
to make any impression upon them. Such conduct
seriously affected the building trade, as the brickmakers
were unable to make so many bricks, their gangs being
frequently stopped by men absconding.
The prisoner, in defence, said he was unable to go to
work in consequence of there being no " pug" boy in
the gang.
Mr. Paynter said there did not appear to be a shadow
of an excuse for the prisoner ; he had not only injured
his employer, but he had actually been the cause of his
fellow-workmen losing th• opportunity of making 100,000
bricks, for which they would have had upwards of 201.
Such conduct could not be allowed, and he should en-
deavour to put a stop to it. He committed the prisoner
for the full term—namely, three months with hard labour.

The prisoner was completely taken by surprise at the
decision, and left the dock crying.

HALIFAX.—We have again had a dull market in our
piece hall, and but few worsted goods of any sort have
changed hands. The yarn trade is by no means brisk,
and prices are much the same. Wool is quiet, with the
turn in favour of the buyer.

ROYAL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND ART.

On Friday the third annual general meeting of the
corporation took place at the lecture-room of the insti-
tution, Leicester-square, Mr. Noel Hoare in the chair.
A report was read, which stated that the sanguine
hopes expressed in the last report as to the • opening
of the building had been again frustrated by the same
cause as was then referred to, viz., the want of
funds. At the date of the last report 4,517 shares
had been subscribed for, and 14,500/. advanced by
the council by way of loan ; and from the state of
the money market at that time there seemed every
probability of the remaining shares being speedily
taken up. Since then the loans had been for the
most part paid off, and a considerable number
more shares subscribed for. They were now being
taken up by the public at a very steady rate without
being advertised, so that there could be little doubt as
to the completion of the share list before long ; but even
this advance was quite insufficient for the purpose of
rapidly carrying on the works, and the council had
again come forward, with three exceptions, and had
furnished the means of obtaining the requisite funds for
the completion of the building and its appurtenances.
They believed, therefore, that no obstacle now existed
to the speedy and complete re-opening of the institution
to the public. Although quite a novelty in point of
style, the opinion of the press, and of the architects and
other scientific men who had visited it, had been una-
nimous in pronouncing the building to be quite
unique—a fact which in itself would be found to
be a great attraction to the public. The directors had
secured the co-operation of many influential men
in the sections of engineering, the fine arts, music,
&c. They had received a large collection of works
of art from various eminent persons, amounting in value
to some thousand pounds, which had already been de-
posited in the institution. With respect to the prepa-
ration for opening the institution, the council might
state that the building in all its essential points was
complete, and in a perfectly satisfactory state as far as
stability was concerned. The report concluded by
stating that, from the preparations now in progress,
there was every reason to believe that the public would
be pleased with the result of their endeavours.

The balance sheet showed that the receipts amounted
to 60,8341. ss. 2d., and the expenditure to 60,1121.
16s. 10d., leaving a balance of 7211. Bs. 4d.

The report was adopted, and a resolution was passed
authorising the directors to raise a sum of money not
exceeding 25,0001. on mortgage of lands tenements and
hereditaments of the corporation.
Various other resolutions of a routine character were
passed, and the business terminated.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS,

MALTA, Sept. 22.—The lighthouse recently erected on
Cape Giordan, in the Island of Gozo, will be lighted on
the 15th of October next ensuing, and on every subsequent
night. Its revolving light will be visible once in every
minute.

BUOYS OFF CHERBOURG.—The forts on the eastern and
western heads of the breakwater At Cherbourg having at-
tained a sufficient height to render the buoys which indi-
cated the position of the works under water of no further
service, they will be removed after the Ist day of November
next. Ships drawing 10 feet of water and over should
give the low-water edge of the breakwater a berth of half
a cable, so as to clear the shelving part of under water.