The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

G UIL D HAL L.
On Saturday Mr. Adolphus. attended before Mr. Alder-
man FAIIEBROTHER, on behalf of Mr. Long Wellesley,
complainant in a case of assault against Mr. Derbyshire.
His client had, on further consideration, decided not to
prefer his charge before a magistrate, but go to the sessions
and indict; and therefore they would offer no evidence in
support of the summons. At one o'clock Mr. Derbyshire
attended, but the case was not, of course, gone into.
- . . BOW- S TREE T.
In the forenoon of Saturday Mr. Harmer came to this
office and applied for the discharge of Rhoda Head, alias
Williams, committed by Mr. MiNsiittm. on Tuesday last
as an accessory after the fact, in the murder of Frances
Bighorn, and ordered for re-examination on Tuesday next.
The liberation of the prisoner was, we understand, in con-
svience of a suggestion to that effect by the Judges before
whom the prisoners were tried at the Old Bailey on Friday,
but there was another object in granting her discharge,—
namely, to obtain a full confession from Bishop and Wil-
liams, both of whom declared that they would not make
any further disclosures until Rhoda Head was liberated
from custody. Mr. Alinshull, under these circumstances,
at once consented to the young woman's discharge, which
was immediately forwarded to Newgate, and taken direct
to the House of Correction, by Mr. Harmer and Mr.
Corder, who returned to the prison in a hackney-coach
with Rhoda Head. She was immediately introduced into
the presence of Williams and Bishop. They were all
sensibly affected and wept bitterly for some time. Rhoda
Head, as previously advised, impressed upon her husband
and father-in-law the necessity of making a full and ample
confession of their guilt, which they both promised to do.

LAMBETH-STREET.

i❑ consequence of a strong suspicion being entertained
that the body of Mrs. Walsh had been removed to the
anatomical theatre of Mr. Grainger, in Webb-street,
Borough, Mr. NORTON requested the attendance of Mr.
App'eton, the curator to that establishment, with the view
that something might be elicited from him on the subject
which might prove important evidence in the case. Ac-
cordingly, on Saturday, Mr. Appleton, accompanied by
Mr. Filcher, demonstrator of anatomy at Mr. Grainger's
school, waited on Mr. Norton, and bad a lengthened con-
versation with him and Mr. Smith, the vestry-clerk of
Whitechapel. They denied all knowledge of the body of
Caroline Walsh, and Mr. Appleton produced a book, which
he said, contained the entries of all the bodies purchased
for a length of time for the use of the school, their descrip-
tion, and the names of the persons from whom they had
been purchased, but none of the bodies from the descrip-
tion there given of them resembled in the slightest degree
that of Ciroline Walsh.
Mr. NORTON remarked, that one of the reasons for sup-
posing that the body had been taken to the theatre of Mr.
Grainger was, that the female Cook, alias Ross, had been
seen to come out of a gin-shop in the vicinity of that esta-
blishment on the Tuesday evening preceding the Friday
night on which Mrs. Walsh is alleged to have been
" Burka," in company with three suspicious characters,
and who there was every reason to believed were reputed
resurrectionists, and it was conjectured from this circum-
stance that (she) Cook might have been bargaining with
these men for the body of her intended victim. After
some further conversation, which was carried on in an
under tone, Mr. Pitcher and Mr. Appleton left the office,
having first expressed their willingness to do every thing
in their power and give what information they could to
promote the ends of justice.
QUEEN- S QUARE.
On Saturday Susannah Townshend, an elderly woman,
nurse in the sick ward of St. Margaret's workhouse,
Westminster, was brought before Messrs. AlAnarorr and
WHITE, by the directions of the overseers, charged with
cruelly beating a poor little orphan boy, about seven
years of age, one of the inmates of the workhouse.
It appeared that the poor boy had been placed in the
sick ward of the workhouse, on account of a disorder in his
eyes. On the previous evening, as he was going to bed,
the nurse pulled off his stockings, and finding that they
were wet, she got a cord, and having tied his hands and
feet, she took a thick leather thong, and beat him i❑ the
most cruel manner over his eyes and face, which was com-
pletely covered with large weals, and had a most frightful
appearance.
Air. MARRIOTT asked the child if the nurse struck
him on any other part but his face?—The boy replied
that she only lashed him on the face.
Mr. Green, a surgeon, and overseer of the parish,
having heard of the treatment the child had received from
the nurse, considered it his duty to bring the case before
the Magistrates.
Mr. MARRIOTT. after paying a well-merited compliment
to the overseers for their humane conduct, asked the
woman what she had got to say to the charge.—The
woman had nothing at all to say.
Mr. MARRIOTT said that it was a most serious offence
to beat a poor helpless child in such a merciless manner,
and he was extremely glad that the overseers bad brought
the case forward. He considered her to be a very dan-
gerous woman, and it was fortunate for her that she was
not standing at the bar of the Old Bailey to be tried for
her life, instead of being brought to a police office on a
charge of assault.
The Magistrates fined her 405., and in default of pay_
ment she was committed to prison.
John Scott and James Wood were finally examined,
charged with defrauding a number of persons of different
sums of money, by delivering sham parcels, manufactured
at their depot in the Almonry.
The prisoners offered no defence, and were fully com-
mitted for trial.
THAMES P 0 LICE- OFFICE.

On Saturday William Fuller, the steward, and William
Manning, a seaman of the ship John, from Hobart-town,
were brought before Mr. BRODERIP for final examination,
charged with stealing a valuable diamond ring at sea,
worth 250 guineas, which was afterwards recovered by the
Thames Police, under very singular circumstances.
Thomas Braidwood Wilson, Esq., M.D., of the Royal
Navy, stated that a precious stone in the ring in question
cost 200 guineas in the rough before it was cut and set,
and it was intrusted to his care by the wife of the High
Sheriff of New South Wales, to bring over to a lady of
distinction here. One night during the voyage he dis-
played the diamond ring and other jewellery to the Captain
and passengers in the great cabin, and while doing so, the
steward stepped out of the pantry and fixed his eyes very
eagerly on the diamond ring, and listened attentively to
his description of its great value. A short time after this
the ship made the Island of Ascension, and while be was
ashore he recollected that he had left his cabin-door open,
and the eager gaze of the steward flashed across his mind, and
made him so uneasy for the safety of his valuables that he
hastened on board, but finding on a casual glance that the
jewels which covered the diamond ring were safe, he looked
no further at that time. On the 14th of October, vihsp
they met with a trade-wind, he commenced arranging his
letters and correspondence, and discovered that the dta•
mind ring was stolen. He at once suspected the stewart,
and told him he was the thief, and that he must have
stolen the ring while he was ashore at Ascension ; but
he denied all knowledge of the robbery, and behaved very
ostentatiously, offering to produce his boxes and ham-
mock to be overhauled, and threatening to have him up
when he got to London, for defamation of character. The
conduct of the steward was narrowly watched on the
voyage, and a reward of thirty guineas was offered for tbe
recovery of the property ; but the diamond ring was not
recovered. Three weeks ago, when the ship arrived off
Cowes, lie left her, came to London, and gave information
to the Thames Police.
George Adams, the cabin boy, stated that on the night
the jewellery was displayed, the steward said it would b
a good haul, and two days afterwards repeated the same
words, and asked him where the doctor kept the diamond
ring. Witness told him he should not like soy thing to