The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-08 00:00:00

HATTON GARDEN.

Yesterday Noah Head alias Rade, Joseph Noel, and Louis
Noel, was finally examined, charged with various acts of
swindling, when the office was excessively crowded.
Mr. Reading, coachmaker, of Mortimer-street, Cavendish-
square, stated that in the early part of last year the prisoner
was acting in the pretended capacity of butler, footman, and
coachman, to a swindler passing by the high-sounding title of
Colonel Frederick Pouless de Essetenne, who practised the
most extensive swindling transactions all over the town dur-
ing the last five years. In 1833 and 1834 he resided in
King-street, Portman-square, afterwards in Old Burlington-
street, then in North-crescent, Bedford-square, and subse-
quently in Dorset-street, Salisbury-square, in the rules of the
Fleet, and lastly at Norman Villa, Fulham, where he took
a splendidly furnished house of Mr. Carter, at 2001. per
annum, and referred to a solicitor of Gray's Inn-square who
gave him a most respectable character, and represented that
he was fully competent to pay the rent, &c. On getting
possession of the house his next step was to get a carriage
and pair of horses; the carriage being one of the most
elegant description, was obtained from him (Mr. Reading),
on having been referred to his solicitor. The Colonel
spoke very largely of his intimacy with the nobility, and
also referred to Prince Esterhazy, Count D'Orsay, and other
distinguished foreigners, to whom, lie said, he was intimately
known, but that he would not apply to any other person before
he called upon Mr. King, being reluctant, he said, to trouble
his private friends, as he bad no doubt Mr. King's reference
would prove perfectly satisfactory. He (Mr. Reading) ap-
plied to Mr. King, and feeling satisfied Is ith what he said
he parted with the carriage. A pair of horses and harness
were also obtained from Mr. Wilkinson, a livery-stable keeper,
of Portman-mews, Portman-square, by the prisoner, when the
Colonel was driven about by him in splendour, an the grand
appearance of his equipage lulled everything l* suspicion,
and the tradesmen of respectability were victimised withim-
punity. Having discovered that the Colonel was a swindler,
he determined on getting hack the property by force, and he
employed several persons, who proceeded to the residence of
the Colonel, and lie succeeded in getting back the carriage.
He obtained another carriage from Messrs. Marks, of Lang-
ham-place, and after robbing the house at Norman Villa,
Fulham, and pledging the articles, he, with his gang, ab-
sconded, it is said, to France.

Thornton, 53 11, had traced numerous parties who had been
swindled, in conjunction with a fellow named Chapman, who
acted as servant to the Colonel.

Mr. ROGERS said that he would remand the prisoner for
another week, to give the parties an opportunity of bringing
forward evidence to establish their cases, and he directed the
officers to use every exertion during the time.
The prisoner was then taken from the bar. The police
have been active in their inquiries to trace the Colonel, but
without avail.

MARLBORO UGH. STREET.
.111 r. Edward Cartwright, was brought before Mr. Di Eli,
charged with having created a disturbance at No. 12, Great
Ryder-street.
In defence, the defendant said the house belonged to his
wife, and he thought he had a right to go to the place if ho
thought fit.
Bail was tendered, and the defendant vas discharged.

COMBINATION.---The Catholic Archbishop Mur-
ray has published an address to the operatives of Dublin. It
commences thus :—lt is now a matter of public and painful
notoriety, that crimes of a most atrocious character have been
openly imputed to certain sections (I believe small ones) of
one of the most valuable classes of men of which our commu-
nity is formed—the working tradesmen of Dublin. Of this
extens;ve and important class, composed of members of all
religious persuasions, you are known to constitute a consi-
derable portion. Whether or not those accusations can be
fully sustained, if so, whether the infatuated individuals
who would
wosutladinbe, or,
be
capable
of
such
atrocities,
take the trouble of
professing any outward form of religion, I do not now stop to
examine ; but the mere possibility that any of you should be
seduced, by persuasion or example, into aline of conduct that
would be disgraceful to your religion, and ruinous to your sal-
vation, has given a fresh impulse to my solicitude for your
happiness, and moved me to caution you, with all the earnest-
ness and affection of a parent, against giving the least coun-
tenance to any system (how advantageous soever it may ap-
pear) that would lead to crimes such as those to which public
allusion has been made.

WEATHER•SBERS.—From Mr. Murphy's state-
ment we shall have very little frost in February, except on the
Ist, 17th, IBth, 19th, 25th, and 26th ; whilst Atkinson's table
intimates that the frost will continue to the 24th of that month,
and then we shall have some heavy snow.

PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO THE

BISHOP OF NORWICH.

On Thursday last the village of Alderley was a scone of
much en'itement and gaiety, and the circumstances con-
nected with it will not soon be forgotten by the parishioners.
It was on the occwdon of presenting a piece of plate to
their late respected Rector, the Rev. E. Stanley (now Dr.
Stanley, the Bishop of Norwich). The school-room chosen
for the ceremony was decorated in d very tasteful man-
ner, tinder the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Bagaley ; the
walls were adorned with laurel and ivy, whilst from
the beams which supported the roof were suspended fes-
toons and garlands constructed from the foliage of ever-
greens,. The interior, upon entering, presented to the ima-
gination a grotto teeming with vernal clothing, and pro-
duced a striking contrast to the hoary aspect of the country
without. A flag was " floating in the breeze" from the
steeple of the parish Church, the bells of which rang merrily
during the day. The trees in the vicinity of the school %%ere
decorated with flags and banners, and as the villagers wended
their way to the scene of attraction, a stranger might con-
clude, from their cleanly attire, and the expression of satisfac-
tion depicted in each countenance, that some matter of local
importance was about to he transacted, and of a nature that
want home to the heart's of all. .

1
he piece of plate, which was of elegant and exquisite
workmanship, consisted of an inkstand of two square glasses
mounted on a frame of solid sifter, with carved edges and
claws. On one end the arms of the Bishop of Norwich were
engraved, the Stanley arms at the other, and a mitre fixed in
the centre, and a large handsome silver salver of circular form,
with carved edges, and centre, the gift of Sir J. I'. Stanley
and family, was also exhibited in the room, both bearing suit-
able inscriptions.
The inkstand and dish was presented by Mr. Walker, ac-
companied by a nest address, which called forth from his
Lordship a feeling and impressive reply, for which we regret
we cannot find space. At the conclusion of his Lordship's
speech, the parishioners formed in procession, and accompa-
nied the Bishop to the precincts of the rectory, and there,
after giving three cheers, and one cheer more for the Bishop
and his lady, and three cheers for the Rev. Mr. Bell, the late
curate of Alderley, separated, highly pleased with the occur-
rences of the day.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrival.--Feb. 3, the Huddersfield, Hall, from Bombay,. At
Liverpool, sailed Sept. 25, and from St. Helena Oct. I.
Arrival at Bahia.—The Siam, Boadle, Nov. 23, from Lon-
don, and sailed Nov. 27 for New South Wales.
Arrival at Table Bay ( Cape of Good Hope. )—The Packet
Schirling, Nov. 21, from London and Falmouth.
The Rapid, Head, from Bombay to Liverpool, has put into
Castletown, leaky, and damaged in sails, rigging, &c.
Passengers per Perfect, Snell, from Bengal (expected)--•
Mrs. and Capt. Orr, Dr. Birt And Mr. Check.
Passengers per Coromandel, Dixon (late Boyes), front
Bengal (expected)—Mrs. Colonel Peckett, Mrs. Colonel
Cramer, Mrs. Dallas, Mrs. Fitzgerald And child, Mrs. Bates
and child, Mrs. Place and two children, Miss Beckwith,
Lieut.- Colonel Cramer, of her Majesty's 62d Regiment;
Capt. Cotton, 67th Regiment, N. I. ; Lieut. Hudson, 67th
Regiment ; Licut. Fitzgerald, Artillery ; Lieut. Brook, 3lst
Regiment; Ensign M'Matson, 44th Regiment; Dr. Agnew;
William Bales, Esq. ; Master Bray.
Passengers per Queen Mab, Captain Ireland, from blengal
(expected)--Mrs. Webb and child, Rev. Mr. Webb, Mr.
Lees.
Passengers per Minerva, Ireland, from Madras (expected,---'
Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Cherry, Mrs. Rowlandsonf
Mrs. Baylis, Mr. Heath, Brigadier 11. G. A. Taylor, 11.
Viveash, -Esq., Civil Service ; Oude Viveash, Esq., Attorney-
at-Law ; Robert Eden, Esq., Civil Service ; Captain f•
Straton, Bth Light Cavalry; Captain J. Baylis, Nat. Vet'
Bat. ; E. B. Elton, Esq., Civil Service ; M. Heath, Esq. ;
Licut. H. Mann, 49th Regiment Native Infantry ; Lieut. fl•
G. Wade, Artillery; Lieut. T. L. Place, 44th Regiment
Native Infantry; Limit. A. M'Leod, her Majesty's 62d Regi-
ment ; Lieut. E. W. Lascelles, Lieuts. D. A. Court Brief
C. Leagram, H. W. Mayce, A. H. S. Young, Basel Grey,
R. Spring, and J. J. Oakley, her Majesty's 45th Regiment;
Ensigns H. Creighley, Mounsell, Blenkinsoppp, and J. q.
Cuff; Assistant Surgeon Hunter, Mr. Middleton, and 13 pri-
vates her Majesty's 45th Regiment, and nine children.

EFFECTS OF PASSION.—Mr. Caines held an ill'
quest on Thursday last, in this town, on the body of Elizabeth
Stroud, who come by her death from the following circus'
stance ; on Sunday week last, her husband, George Stroud,
a leather parer, was cleaning his half-boots, and took a pio.
of a candle for the purpose of greasing them, to which his°
wife objected, and which caused words between them, rib,el,
Stroud (who is a man of a very passionate temper,) struck PI
wife a heavy blow, with the boot, on the head, and as there!
was a stout iron clamp on the heel, her head was cut in
is
shocking manner; the poor woman suffered much the whole
the week from the effects of the blow, and on Sunday las
she became very seriously ill ; William Tomkins, Bsq.,
geon, was called in, and after examining the poor woman °
head, predicted that it would cause a locked jaw, which unf°°-
tunately proved too true, and the poor creature died on I\l°°,;
day, after enduring the most excruciating agonies; a ni°'
respectable jury was summoned (for which Patten the cote
stable was highly commended by the Coroner,) who after
patient investigation of the case, returned a verdict of ins";
slaughter against the husband, who was immediately committed
by the Coroner.—Somerset County Gazette.
An absurd story has been the round of the
going
tnvn
papers, that a young woman was seen floating past the
of Woolwich on the ice, that she was afterwards seen bet°,
Snr7
Greenhithe a lifeless corpse, and that her body has bee r
floating up and down the river for three weeks, with binds
prey (we never heard of them before on the Thames) feeco4
upon it. A similar rumour was in circulation a fortnight ago
S•P
and we then gave no credence to it. Subsequent inquiries
have satisfied us that, like the sea-serpent of the Americaqt;
it has no foundation except in the inventive brains of certain
" accident makers," and the credulous fancies of old women
and children, ever ready to believe in anything bordering
°
the marvellous. We understand that a large ice-berg, „
on which a quantity of soot had been thrown, was mistake:
for a whale a few days ago, and it was reported that the hug;
fish had been captured by the Thames watermen, and the
blubber divided among them. They would like such a Priz
just now very much.
COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—The first eve& pga
meeting for the season of the College of Physician was bel
on Monday evening in the great room of the college in Traci
falgar-square. A more crowded attendance of members O
visiters has, perhaps, never occurred. Every part of the room
and of the ante-room was filled to suffocation. Sir 1-1010
Halford, the president, was supported, on the right and left 11
a strong muster of the nobility, clergy, members of the legal
and medical professions, and scientific and literary inell"
Amongst them his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge'
the Duke of 'Wellington, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord Fit'
gerald, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lond°A°'
the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Lancelot 51'41--
well, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Justice Park, Baron Bolland, P;
ron Gurney, Mr. Justice Patteson, &c., together with a bes
of Members of Parliament. The president read a paper, ret;
commending in eloquent terms, the uniting of medical wife
theological knowledge in the attainments of missionaries to tnitu
eastern nations, and pointing out the great advantages Trilled
would result from such a connection. From the very crowded
state of the room it was exceedingly difficult for those w"
were not in the immediate vicinity of the chair to hear the
whole of this very able paper. The reader was understood tr
say, that great progress had been made in China and otlle
Asiatic countries, in the healing art by the energy of the mis-
sionaries, and that vaccination and other European impr°°e
in
ments medicine had been introduced by their instruroentai
lity. Sir Henry also took a view of the state of nations
physiology and pathology of science, as understood in Chin°'
and pointed out the absurdities of the system of the ni%
tives. At the conclusion of the delivery of this paper ta-
company began to depart. His Grace the Duke of Welling'
ton was cheered by the company as he quitted the room.
SUICIDE OF A WIDOW LADY.--Yesterday'-
Coroner's inquest was holden before Mr. Payne, at the 13Ines
coat Boy, at Lant-street, Southwark, on the body of a wido°,
lady named Close, about sixty years of age, who hung heraell
with a card. Mrs. Louisa Norman, No. 30, Lant-strect,
only knew the deceased by the name of Close, who had beel
her lodger about 19 weeks. Witness believed that she woo;
a trifling sum of money by stay-making. On Thursday le!
witness saw her for the last time alive, about eleven o'clock 15J
the morning, when she complained of being poorly, and sal
that she would go and lie down in bed. The next day, as
she had not seen the deceased, she went up to her room, Irhe-
she found her suspended from a hook in the ceiling by a roPe"
The body, which was stiff and cold, was instantly cut dovo,'
the
vans a parochial surgeon, attended, who stated that liief
had been extinct 24 hours. By the Jury—l knew nothing '3
the deceased. She was a very steady woman. She co
plained of not having any work to do. Her manners 311,
appearance were highly respectable. The inquest was
journed to six o'clock that day.

SETS OF PLATED DISH COVERS, WIT-14
STRONG SILVER EDGES, may be selected of varioP,
Patterns, price 16/. the Set, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Work"
Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Lon d,
(Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). The Set consists of
cover 20, 18, 14, and 12 inches diameter. lot
N.B.—The three Show Rooms contain a large variety of suPer
of
Silver-edged Plated Goods. A Pamphlet, containing a List
Prices and Drawings of Silver Spoons and Forks, Silver PIM;
Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, or will
forwarded in answer to a post-paid application.

BIRTHS.
On the 29th ult., Emma, the wife of Wm. White, Ecq., sur-
geon, of Ileathfield, Sussex, of a son.
On the sth of August last, at Sydney, New South Wales' thg
lady of W. M. Manning, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. On the ad inst., at Starlets, Berks, the lady of the Rev. •1 -
Austen Leigh, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
ett,
On the 13th ult., at St. Margaret's Church, Mr. John Wil.rn
eldest son of Mr. John Willmett, solicitor, late of Rochester, '-
Eliza, eldest daughter of the late Mr. G. Crispe, bresier, of Sot'
ton Valence, Kent.

DIED.
On the 31st ult., in Smith-street, Chelsea, Wm. Blake, Egg"
aged 57, third and youngest son of the late Sir F. Blake, Bart' •
On the sth inst., in Edgeware-road, Andrew Todd, Esq., '3
his 74th year.
On the 6th inst., William, second son of E. Oxenford, EVI, of
Alecklenburgh- square.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of
112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county
of Middlesex.—Thursday, February 8, 1838.