The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

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HATTON . GARDEN.
A MAD IRD;I4 POET. —A tall, 31,1)&1-, CCCZTltrift
personage, who gave his name egi:taZn Roth, of CAnier.
street, St. Gile3's, was bronoh. isle tiy a policeman of she E
division, ,charged with being drunk and disorder ly in the public
streets.
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The policeman stated that on Sunday morning last the pri.
soner was in Great Russell-streetrßloomsbury-square, dancing
on the pavement, and ilourishiro, a ever his hcad-and
singing. He intentionally pushed apinst'several ladies ana.—
gentlemen, and witness took him into custody.
Mr. ROGERS—Pray, how do you procure your living ?
Prisoner—(speaking through his nose, and in a broad Irish
brogue)—Why, yer wertchip, I was formerly a sel:o il-mas-
!het' in Ireland ; but sure I did t insult any one.
Mr..BoeEtte—How do you get your living now? Prisoner
—lt is as well-as I can, yer wertchip. My big boy, and God
bless him, is the chief support Wale ; he is an itic'ucthrous
boy, and God protect him.
Mr. Mallett, the clerk—Oh, sir, the prisoner is well knsc-•
he possesses talent as an extemporaneous poet. He could
an acrostic now if it were required of bins.
Prisoner (taking a pinch of s .uff, and, starting)—To be
sure I could. Give me a pen and ink, and I'll do it
med;a!ely. But sure it isn't poethry that'll keep a maw
now-a-days.
Inspector Jenkins said that the prisoner was one of the
most enthusiastic poets that ever he heard of, for ever since he
had been in custody he had been bawling out effusions of his
own fancy, in which the police came in for their portion of
abuse, and even up to the period of his being brought before
1 is Worship he seemed to hold prose in perfect contempt.
Mr. ROGERS—What have you to say to the charge ? Pri-
soner—l only met with some frinds, and for ould acquaintance
sake we took a drop together, when they would make tria
give 'em a bit of my own poethry ; so the idaer saized me
in the sthreet, and I danced to the tune, but sure an yer
Wertchip it was the dhrink, and not myself, if anything wrong
was done.

Mr. ROGERS said, however clever be might be at poetry, be
was not to annoy the public, but his efforts should be confined
to his study. He would discharge him, but he cautioned him
as to his future conduct.
Prisoner—Och ! then, Heaven bless your Wertchip, it 'ill
be the last time. He then took a pinch of snuff, and on get-
ting into the outer office, he delivered himself of an impromptu
verse in praise of Mr. Rogers, and quitted the office.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.--el Court of
Common Council was field yesterday for general business. Thenc:sem-
brancer reported that the Farringdon-street Improvement Act had
passed both Houses of Parliament, and received tha Royal Assent.
The Court, on the motion of Sir Matthew Wood, referred the said Act'
to the Farrinedon.street Improvement Committee to be carried into
execution. Th., Remembrancer then reported that the ROyal Ex-
change improvement Act and the C 4321 Renewal Act had passed both
H asses of Pai:anreet, and would s^Con receive the Royal Assent. The
Court thereupon referred the first Act to the Royal Exchange Com-
mittee to be carried into execution, with directions that no contract
should be entered in'o fur rebuild' tg the Exchange until roe plans,
which shall be approved by the Committee as entitled to premiuMs„
should be submitted to the Court. The Day and Night Police Comte
mutes rrese.ated a report of their pruceeditigs on the Bill for establishin
a day and night police in the City, which they had deemed expedient
not to prosecute further in the precast Session of Parliaments
. A person named Cape brought his own sin, a child
only ten years of age, before the magistrate at Guildhall, on a charge
of theft, stating that he had no hope 01 reelaiming him. The nragis:
trate having refused to commit the child, the constable who had him in
charge said that, when the little NloW Was given into his custody fur -
stealing, instead of taking him to Prison he led him home and tec:k care
of him there during the night. It was the child's misfortune to have a
stepmother who did not live on guoti terms with his father, and he be-
lieve., the boy's misconduct had been induced by hunger. lie (ihe
constable) sent the child up to his stepmother to request her to come
down-and 'peak to him; she, however, refused to do so, and he over-
heard her vociferating, " You little devil, I can't bear the eight of ye."
He understood at once the poor boy's pitiable case., The father, who
seemed almost heartbroken, did not say a word in favour of the gentle.
nets and kindness of his second wife, but risked ii there was not some
place where he could place his child to be taken care of, 00 payment of
a serail weekly stun. The megistrive recommended him to make some
arrangement of that sort immediately, and the child was discharged.
WEsTmussTEn-mtIDGE.—The removal of old
London-bridge has beets of very serious and "constant injury to this
structure, the current having, by its constant action, undennlned the
whole fabric. The principal cause of its dangerous and defective state
arises front the piers having been built in caissons, and loWered down to
the bed of the river, without removing the stratum of gravel and sand.
The engineer who constructed it likexise neglected the precautionary
measure of fixing sheet piing round the piers, excepting in the case of
four, and it has therefore been rendered ,4secessary to surround all the
remaining piers with coffer dams, for the purpose of effectively securing
their foundations. This will be done by driving sheet piling into the
substratum, which is clay, as well as other measures for security. The
works have already commenced, and the amount of tender is 87,0001.
Westminster-hridee in its day was considered a great architectural
beauty, but the road line is one of the worst for traffic. The repairs
will ccet, it is said, nearly 90,0001. ; aid after all this enormous
outlay, this bridge never will or can be a good roadway for vehicles,
whether heavy or light ; its line being a large segment of a circle is
contrary to every just and useful principle in bridge building or road-
making.
SIR DAVID SCOTT'S PENSPON.—ny
having applied to us for information regarding the ciNrc luamstances whiersons
ch
enabled Sir David Scott to obtain his pension, we will state the facts,
as
far as we are acquainted with them. In the month of March, 1823, a
letter, unsealed, and in which great liberties were taken with the cha-
racter of George the Fourth, was plated on the table of one of our libra-
ries. This letter, which, we understand, contained the address of the
writer, having found its way into the hands of Sir David Scott, that at.-
' tive magistrate, accompanied by Mr. J. T. Trangmar, of Boyee's-street„
a headborough, proceeded to the house of Mrs. Newnham (the same that
is now occupied be Messrs. Cooeer, the solicitors), where the authim of
the libel lodged, and took him into custody. His name was Griffiths, a
surgeon, practising in the town, A pair of pistols, loaded with slugs,
belonging to the prisoner, was taken possession of by Sir David, who
drew the charges on the spot. Four headboroughs constantly remained
with Griffiths for the space of three or 'our days slid nights, during
which period he underwent several examinations, all strictly private. The prisoner, on the fourth or fifth day, was committed to Lewes House
of Correction, whence, about a week afterwards, he was transferred to.
Bedlam as a lunatic. About two years subsequent to this event, Sir
David Scott succeeded in getting his pension. The affair at the time
caused little or no sensation. Twelve years passed away, and the lucky
Baronet had quietly pocketed more than 5,0004 of the national money
for the apprehension of Griffiths, whets, infortunately for him, public
opinion prevailed upon the Gm-eminent to institute an inquiry into the
claims of those who received pensi• ns. Sir David Scott was subjected
to tit's ordeal, and his pretensions were fours.! to be invalid. Griffiths
was never coasidered by the persons in whose house he lived as any
thing like the desperate sort of character which report subsequently lee
presented him to have been.—lirVton Herald.
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A girl, named Hannah Itolieists. . only PJurie-en
ye rs of a ;e, was yesterday brought before
.the Magistretee ei Hetton-
g r en, charged with Flavin: alto:opted lo drown herself in a pond at
P:!ge of her father had induced her to
;slip ton. Toe girl said the ill.ii
: ttempt self destruction. The father, being sent for, stated that he had
I een oblige .to chastise the prisoner for Lel lee late hoers, The girl
w is delivered over to her father.
. SINGULAR CASE.—Three private soldiers, two of
them belenging to the 90th, and the other to the old 40th Regiment,
quarts red at Cambridge in the month cf July last, went over to a feast
htld at Histon, a neighbouring village; during their stay they took the
opportunity of watchirg some six or se.ven young men who had grate
from other villages toe enjoy the feativitics of the feast ; and when these
soldiers saw their intended victims were pretty well effect-ed by intoxi-
cation, they went to them upon their recover y and total them that they
' had beed a satiated the prevloes evening, arid unless they paid smart to
thewm
iii tlatthe s would be hail off to the teeimenial quarters, The poor fel,
Ips, r a'arm, although perfectly sure no enlistment had taken
pia ee were itidstesel to give these privates some 45., some 10s., and some
12s ,in order to prevent disagreeable eensequestees. The money thus
obtained, the sot tors dealt out freely isa beer, -which gave rise to some
suspicions ; accordingly, a yoking man from Girton, who had been thus
created, nentimed the aubject to a a Adler at Cambridge, and theruatter
was ver y 300{1 put into a train of inquiry by the regimental sergeant, and
efterwelds by one of the officers. The consequence is, that a district
c .uremartial i: ordered by the Horse Guards to sit at Ipswich this week,
and the several poor fenewo thus entrapped have been summoned to
attend at that planes one of them, of the name of Barrett, is a small
farmer at CettOnham, having a wife and three children, and being him.
seie thirty-five years of age, and consequently not likely to enlist as a
soldier. and, as well as the others, was utterly astnnished when he was
informed by the soldier that such was the caw, and Barratt's wife and
the relatives and connexions of the young men have been in great
troubee Tho circumstance have excited considerable sensation in the
s:veral villages, and should these soldiers again mate their appearance,
they will undoubtedly receive such a welcome as will teach them not to
practice those nefarious and cruel plans for the failure. We have hearst
this kind of offence is not uncommon, bait severely -punishabio When
, eta
disc 'very is matte of the otrenders.—Cambridge Press. -
An attempt was made two days ago, in the notiiitt.Of
a servant girl in the Passage Saucede, Rise Sr Denis, which in
*owe re-
specie resembles the crime for which Jedln has just suffered the highest
re nalt yof the law. The p: or girl,
lian4Ml VictoireJoiset, on going up to
the room on the I eeend floor, found three men iel it, packing up her
things, She Fad no sooner given an alarm than she was forted into the
room by the villains, and the door was locked. }ler cries had, however,
been heard by the porter of the Passage, who rushed up stairs, and, hay-
. ing burst open*the doer, found her on the bed, almost in a dying state,
being nearly stifFeoated by a quantity of ashes which had been forced
into her irouth, and having received a severe bruise on the head with an
iron bar, the mortal effect of which had only been prevented by her comb.
The men had escaped- with the essistanee of wane scaffolding erected
against the house for repairing it.
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY„The ordinary meeting
ml general business was held on Thuts4,4 aftnuipon it, the museum.
Leleetter.square ; Benjamin Bond Cabhellell.l, V.R.S., in the Chair.
The Secretary read the Report of the Connell, .freus %Odell-it nppeared
that the total receipts in duly were 1 fe/9/. ' tale
lad been expended
en the farm at Kingston for rent, 90/. ; in the gardetss, R 391. ; the mu.
Baum, 111/. ; and the gereral estebliahment, lnst ; arid also invested
in the Three per Ceat. Consols. 7191. The nember of visitors to the
museum was 596 from ulusm 71. 4e was :Deceived; aed to the yOulesat
30,850, from whom 1,242/ 3s. Vas reee!ved. - The Report further stated-
that the experiment of feeding the larger animals on horaefbrah hank
gone on favourably.
l
The. turnip crop in this district ayes 4xtremely pros-
porous ; the plant seems generally goad, euVtate. a teneise lass been in
all respects favourable. Refreshed bytte: , reaueest i slaw lmtle anagentrf
moved by the brisk breezes of wind lee ;acerb of theleautiteaassor hat
been steaeily promoted, and ;;:ere is every aPPear4jk-alari
-crop. The (tankers tie. been rather freublet!ole in particularc..nsnot.,.
net being
bus Vre it'Ar-vilene by them is not materi_l, their ,p t
I
very ZXtensive.—Norfolk Chrcnicle. % _ _

Since the committal of Edward Specclileyahas!ln
Brown, for robbing Miss Auterac on the 18th tilt., and attempting to
assassinate a gentleman named Senior on the '2lst ult., in the lane by
Holland House, Kensington, considerable doubts have arisen in the
minds of many perso,s as to his sanity. The doubts derive additional
force from the fact that more than one of his family has been deranged.
and that his father wac, during twelve months, the inmate of a knalic
asylum. Ills own deportment, before and since his committal, tends to
the same conchision His trial will take ware at the next Session of
the Ce..tral Criminal Court, which c mmence on Nfondav, the "Mr
yesterday
instant. Mr. Senior, we are happy to say, has recovered from the etrectx
robbed mu& coped
of the prisoner's attack.
A young man, named Fenlow, was
c ,arced at the Town.hall, Southwark, with basing
wit!) the wifeA. mr. Ve,ey, a publican, of Bourne, in Lincolaskire, appeared fr..m the evidenve that the guilty pair had carried wirh thew fruan the country a considerable • "'' `"ein
rtnantity of plate. The prisoner was
mult.