The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-22 00:00:00

I'OLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

ENTRAOWnINARY CASE.--Yesterday morning, a
young man, respectably dressnd, although -slo-
venly, was brought to the Office in the custody
Of iDickons and another Constable, as strongly
secured as if ))e had committed murder, forgery,
or any other heinous offence : they e.-e-rc accom-
panied by a young man, genteelly dressed, and of
a very gentlemanly appearance. On, the nature
of the offence being enquired into with which the
prisoner was charged, it was 'stated, desertion
from his Majesty's Navy. Sir NATHANIEL CO-
NANT, the sitting Magistrate, however, observed,
the charge was not sufficiently satisfactory to him;
upon which, the young man, genteelly dressed,
who accompanied the prisoner and the Officers to
the Office, stepped forwards and stated himself
to be the brother of the prisoner, who had been
a midshipman on board his Majesty's brig the
Mosquito, from which he had deserted in the
West Indies, where he had made away with all
his property, and had found his way home on
board a merchant ship about two months, during
which thee he had been living a• most dissolute
life—he had obtained money and property in-his
father's name ; and, if his father had 50,0001. a-
year, he had no doubt but his brother would
spend it ; and the object of the family was to get
hiM to sea•again.

The Prisoner professed his willingness to go to
sea again, but objected to the force that was at-
tempted to be exercised,against him, and that he
was ready and willing to enter into the Navy
again' as a volunteer. This was deemed a very
fair proposition ; but his,brothe►' did not give any
credit to his proposal,- saying he had proposed to
do so fifty times during-the last two months, but
had escaped from him every time. The Magis-
trate proposed, that to prove his sincerity now,
one of the Officers who brought him in custody
to the Office should Conduct the prisoner, with
his brother, on board the tender, which was
agreed to. The prisoner ha's been -conduct-
ing himself in the most extravagant and un-
governable manner poSsible (hiring the two
months he has been in England, so much so, that
his father left his house about a fortnight ago,
and declared he-would not return home till the
prisoner had left it. The prisoner was•considered
deranged, and a man who has been in the habit
of taking care of persons in that afflicted state
was engaged to attend him, whom the prisoner\
knocked down seven times on Thursday. A
Doctoarom Hackney, who is in the practice of
attending deranged persons, was sent for to at-
tend him, who, after a full examination of him
and his conduct, pronounced him perfectly sane,
and ascertained that his extravagant and unma-
nageable conduct had procee•led from his taking
a large portion of laudanum. It is understood
that he has consumed 20001. during the last two
months.

Yesterday morning Mrs. C his mother, came in
her carrittge to the Office, and engaged Dickons
to take her son into custody as a deserter, being
the only source left to save him from destruction.
Dickons accordingly went_to the house in Chan-
cery-lane, when he found him in bed ; he got up,
and behaved with composure ,and calmness, and
allowed the. Officer to search, in case any thing of
a poisonous nature should be •concealed, and he
afterwards came very quietlyto.the Office.
QUEEN-SQUARE.

Mr. John Townsend, of Cheyne-walk, Chelsea,
exhibited a complaint yesterday against the driver
of the hackney-coach,, -No. 53, for assault and
abuse. Mr. T. having hired the coach and arrived
at the end of his journey, he offered to pay the
fare, provided the coachman would give him a
ticket. This the coachman yefuscd, instantly seiz,
ing Mr. T. by the collar, swearing that he should
not move till he paid.the fare.—Convicted in the
penalty of 20s. and costs, for the abuse, Mr. T.
abandoning the charge of assault, because the
coachman said proceedings at the Sessions
.would
ruin him.

Thmnas Johnson, a private in the Ist regiment
of Guards, was re-examined, on the charge of
having stolen fr,nn John Boag a new hat, value
28s. by breaking into his apartments at the Rose
and Crown, Dartmouth-street. The hat he af-
terwards sold at a sale-shop in Monmouth-street,
for 9s. The shopkeeper identified the prisoner as
the man who sold the hat and a setjeant in the
_prisoner's company said that he was a very bad
character, constantly thieving something or other.
Fully committed to Newgate for trial.