The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

TV ORSHIP- STREET.
Yeste.rday Mr. Clarke, a chemist and druggist, residing
at Hackney, came to this Office to give information of the
mysterious disappearance of a youth, named Frank Collis,
who has been missing since last Friday. The youth, who is his
apprentice, between 16 and 17 years of age, and respect-
ably connected, had been into Northamptonshire to visit
his friends, and returned to London on Friday last by the
Daventry coach, and it was ascertained that he arrived
about half-past five that evening, at the Three Cups Inn,
Aldersgate-street, but from that time all trace of him was
lost, and the most serious apprehensions were entertained
for his safety. There was not the slightest suspicion of his
having voluntarily absented himself, and it appeared certain
that he had not done so, for he had left at the inn a tra-
velling bag containing his apparel and other things, and was
to have sent a note for them by the Hackney carrier. The
applicant and a friend had been two days in pursuing their
inquiries after him, and yesterday Mr. Stutfield, resident
magistrate at Hackney, advised them to apply at this office.
Mr. BaounnroN said the only assistance he could ren-
der was by referring the case to the reporters, in order that
the newspapers might give publicity to the application.
The youth was described as of short stature, but stout
with light brown hair, and has an anchor, with the letters
" F. C." pricked in his left arm with' Indian ink. He had a
silver hunting watch, and money in his pockets at the time
of his disappearance.

UNION-HALL.
Yesterday, William Mann was brought before Mr. JE-
REMY for re-examination, charged with intermarrying with
Maria Lister, his first wife being still alive.
The circumstances attending the charge were of rather a
singular description. The prisoner, a tall fine looking man,
is at least twenty years the junior of his first wife, who since
his apprehension has manifested a strong desire to have him
punished to the full extent that the law will allow. The
second wife, a sprightly well-looking young woman, on the
contrary, has evinced great anxiety that he should escape
from the consequences of the charge, although her mar-
riage to him is rendered null and void ; and with this view
has quitted London altogether, for the purpose of keeping
out of the way while he was in custody ; so that the ab-
sence of her evidence might ultimately lead to his discharge.
Her testimony, however, was dispensed with, and the case
proceeded.

The MAGISTRATES, after hearing evidence, committed
the prisoner for trial, but intimated that they should accept
of bail for his appearance to answer the charge.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday an inquisition was held before Mr. HIGGS, at
the Hole in the Wall, Grosvenor-mews, Hanover-square,
on the body of Grace Duflow, whose death appears to have
been mainly caused by a lamentable habit of excessive
drinkin-, of ardent spirits.

The husband of the deceased was formerly coachman to
Lady Salisbury ; the deceased herself had lived in the
family of Lord Sefton. The husband had lately become
insane, and was with the deceased living in Grosvenor-
mews ; the liberality of the Noble families in which they
had once lived, supplied them with the means of a comfort-
able subsistence, but which unhappily, in the case of both,
was perverted to'the procuring of intoxicating liquors, in
which they indulged to a melancholy excess. The effect on
the deceased was to bring on a wasting illness, under which
she was attended by Mr. Moore, surgeon, of Arlington-
street, at the desire of Lady Salisbury. Even while thus
attended, and while stretched on her dying bed, it appeared
from the evidence of her sod that the unhappy propensity
for ardent spirits was still indulged, and the lad had within
the last fortnight fetched her two bottles of brandy. Ver-
dict—" Died from natural causes, greatly accelerated by
habits of excessive drinking."
FATAL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.—On Monday a
lengthened inquiry (which did not terminate until after
eleven o'clock at night) into the circumstances attending
the death of James Booney, aged forty-two years, a brush-
maker, residing at No. 4, King-street, Soho, took place
before Mr. HIGGS, deputy coroner for Westminster. The
deceased had for some time been in the employ of Messrs.
Newton and Cook, the extensive brush manufacturers in
Prince's-street, Leicester-square. On Saturday night last
the workmen belonging to the firm had a supper at the Black
Horse public-house, Coventry-street, which house the de-
ceased left, rather the worse for liquor, about half.past
twelve o'clock. Shortly before one o'clock on Sunday
morning, Police Serjeant Covington, C 9, while on duty in
Prince's.street, observed the deceased coming towards him,
but before he reached him he rolled off the pavement, and
fell into the road. He immediately went and lifted him
up, when he found the deceased was bleeding from a
wound over the left eye, and quite insensible. With the
assistance of two persons who were passing, he was con-
veyed to the station-house. In about two hours afterwards
he appeared quite recovered from his drunken bout, and at
nine o'clock he was bailed out by a friend ; but immediately
on his obtaining his liberty, he went to a neighbouring pub-
lic-house, and drank a quartern of gin. Deceased then
went home, where, between eleven and two o'clock, he again
drank large quantities of gin ; one witness stating that he
had drank five or six ale glasses full of gin, one after the
other. 'While drinking the last glass he fell insensible on
the floor, when he was carried on the back of a young man
up stairs, and laid on a bed, where, in about an hour after-
ward, he was found on his knees, with his head doubled
under him on the pillow, the gin running out of his mouth,
and quite dead.
The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased died
from apoplexy, produced by a concussion of the brain while'
in a state of intoxication."