The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

SINGULAR OUTRAGE AND DARING. 11,0411.ERY.
The 16114iALL.—Yeitertlay morning' the fifilow ing partico-
lars-of a daring and extraordinary highway robbery were'giren
at this Office before tbe,Alagistrates. Sarah Ailley, a young
woman, a native of Southampton, stated that she had been on a
visit to some or herrelatiohs at Brighton for some time
On her return from thence to London on'Sunday :last, when
she arrived within about two miles and a half of Croydon, froth
• Reygate, she was stopped by two emit, bah. Of-ivltinn Were
:dressed like sailors. When she first saw them-they were lying
crouched up in a ditch by the read_ side.;
~Thee moment she
Pasiedlfieni, which was, as near as she could judge, between
11 and 12 o'clock in the day; one of thethealled after 'her, say;
ing, " what a pity it is 3rou have come from the.fair so soon ;
and then, running; after her, held her until his companion got
out of the ditCh and joined hint. This lattorperson, on coming
up, cursed ber and said, " this bundle (weaning a quantity of
clothes she carried tied up in a silk handkerchief) belongs to me."
She became' Marbled, and cried out, upon which both the men
used dreadful menaces and imprecations, declaring that if she
did not instantly give up all the money she waa possessed of,
likewise the bundle she carried, and strip off' all the clothes she
had on her, they would murder her.' he terrified girl then
pulled out her little stock of money; which bad been presented
to her by her, relations, amounting to sovereigns, one
.half-
croWn piece, and one 'shilling, and, handing it to the thieves,
supplicated that they would be contented with what they had
got, and not deprive her of any thing else ; upon which the vil-
lain 3 exclaimed with an oath, " If we ipare your. life we will
have your .clothes." One of the Men then 'Caught both her
hands in one of his, while with the other he held a large knife
up to her throat, threatening to cut it across if she attempted
the least resistance, or offered to make any noise. During this
time, the other fellow was engaged in taking off' her clothes, all
of which he divested her of, except her shoes and stockings.—
When she was completely naked, they desired her to stand on
the spot where she was stripped, while they went to conceal the
bundle of clothes. - On leaving her, one of them said, " We
will come back and murder you for taking so much notice of
us." On- crossing the hedge, one of them dropped a small
bundle, exclaiming, with an oath, " You may have that; a
there is somethihg coming." They then both ran off, leaving
• her in the way desCribed. Upon opening the bundle which they
flung at her, she found in it the clothes which she now had on
her back, all'of which she had time to re-dress herself:in be-
fore a human being came eking to witness her situation. She
:proceeded to state, that when she put on her clothes, she
walked forwards towards Croydon, and on the road: inet;with '
&female, whose name she has since learned to be Skinner, to
whom she related all that had happened to her; this person she
said, generously conducted her home to her house, which is
next
,aooi to the Rose and Crown public-house at Croydon,
from whence, after having'recovered from-the fright, she came.
on to town to some of her friends residing in Long4ane, whO
advised her to give information of the above circumstances at
the office. The girl then gave a description of the robbers. Sir.
ALLEN, upon hearing the above accounts expressed his asto-
nishment that such a daring robbery should have been corn-
milted in the day time on so populous a road, and asked her
-what length of time elapsed from the period she first saw the
men until they went away.? She replied that she should think
near an hour. The Magistrate again expressed his surprise at
• this fact, but the girl positively asserted that every word she
uttered regarding the transaction was correct. —Mr. ALL tl4
then gave Hall the chief constable directions to proceed to the
place.; where such a-daring outrage and robbery was committed,-
and make all inquiries respecting it, in order to apprehend the
perpetrators if possible.—The chief constable left town yester-
day for that purpose.

MAX S I 614410 U SE. —T WQ poor Irishwomen appeared yester-
'day before the Lord Mayon in die depth of distress, to beg
his Lordship's interference with the gentleman who owned the
house in which they lived, in order to prevail upon him to have
mercy on them-and restore to them their little properly..
case expostulation should fail, they entreated that his Lordship
would immediately take the offender into custody, for doing
the most cruel thing that ever was done to the poor Irish. The
very hard case of these poor women was as follows:
One of -theM is a widow and has five children. The other
also has a family, and her husband has been nine years quite
destitute of reason. They are industrious creatures,. and'
regularly paid for their lodgings by the week. Irnmediatelj.
after they-discharged their last bill to the landlord, .who resided
in the house,. and who was able to earn three or taut, guineas a
week, the ground landlord entered the house with an execu-
tion for rent ; and notwithstanding their solemn assurances that
they did not owe: a- farthing, stripped- their room of all their
furniture, which they had toiled hard for "upon their bare.
knees," to get together, and left them nothing but the walls.
The very beds and blankets were dragged away, and' their
children were left upon. the floor without a stitch of covering
upon them for the last three nights. They had applied to the
parish officers, who knew them to be honest, sober, and in-
dustrious, for advice, and were told by them that the best
person to whom to mention what. had occurred was the Lord
Mayor, as they Consideredit was little if any thing less than.
robbery to take away their little property under such circum-
stances.

The Long 31Aroa asked them whether the goods of the
person who had possession of the house were Of sufficient value
to. parthe demand, as in that case their property must bere..
stored to them.
The poor women were not able-to answer the question, but-
they believed there was not sufficient to discharge the demand.
The LORD MAYOR—" Then the- landlord 'hits 'certainly a
right to seize upon. your goods whether you have paid your
rent or not. lam extremely sorry at your condition, but I
cannot-relieve you."
The:two Irishwomen then burst into tears They feared the
poor Irish. were dooMed to. hear more than ever; that. they,
had nothing to expect 'either in their own or in any other
country. •
The Lord MAYOR desired them to go back to the Overseen
of the parish in which they lived,' and to inform them of all the
particulars, from. which a Judgment could. be formed as to the
legality of the distress upon the _furniture not belonging, to the
person who rented the house. He: trusted. thattheinterference
of the-parish to save two poor families from-:the workhouse, by
inducing_ the claimant -for rent to resign the property, would
have the,desired effect.

They cried bitterly on finding this was their only chance of
regaining their property. They were, sure they must eithei
prepare for the workhouse, or be sent over to their distret.sed
country, where there was nothing far them in the world.

The LORD MAYOR observed, that if he interared in a pecu-
niary manner, in a case like this (and the temptation to do so
was ♦ery strong he admitted) there• was scarcely a landlord of
tenements in the city, of this nature who wmild not occupy
himself in distraining upon the poor.

The late Earl of WurTwoutit was born in
1760; appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at
Warsaw, in 1786 ; Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Denmark
in •1800; advanced to the dignity of the Peerage
of Ireland, March 21, 1800, by the titleof Ba-
ron Whitworth, of Newport Pratt, county
Gal-
way; appointed Ambassador to Paris in 1802," in
which situation his prompt and dignified repres-
sion of the intemperate address in full COurt of
the Ruler of France, is justly celebrated through-
out Europe ;" a Lord of the Bedchamber in
1813 : created a Peer of Great Britain and Ire-
land, June 1, 1813 by the title -of Viscount
'Whitworth, of Adbaston, county Starrad ; and
*in the same year sworn of the Privy Council 'and
,
constituted Viceroy of Ireland ; adVanCed' to
.the dignities of Baron Adbaston and Whit-
worth, Sept. 30, 1815; married- April 1, 1801.,,
Arabejla Diana, Duchess of Dorset, widow. of
4ho:Prederick. Sackville, Duke_ of- Dora.
set,.l.-eld.ost daughter and co-heiress of S:it-Charles'
CO eri,'-of 'Orton Longueville, Bart: byyCatherines
COUirtess of Liverpool.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

!-
COURT .OF EXCHEQT7EItiIAY
• 111;€ KING v.. THOMAS lILEWETT--•l4*-AW
This was a prosecution instituted by the Attotincy,P.e.tiet.il
againit thedefendant, a brewer, for using certain 'drop-ill I.lls
bretwings, and illegally mixing, strong. 'imitable-hive-10i die
purpOke of making table-ale. 'The drugs Oarged being.tAtel.
were coctilus indices, hartshorn shailings 'Alb, And cittratt et
gentian, and also Spanish juicc, flour, and salt. The case Was
conducted by Mr, Solicitor-General, • • '
Utnund floWson, who had been a brewer, was engme.d by
the defendant to instruct him in the 'art of Airewirig. 7ht4:vit-
ness detailed the particulars of his tising4.-ort rime. siArerai, occa,
sions, the drugs and other articles-charged, . and:the; mixing of
the beer, and also of his having gone With the defendant to
Mr. Jacobson's, in Gracechurch-streets. and there vurehosi'd
.51b. of Spanish juice, llb. of coculus indices, olchilis and
extract of gentian, and that flour and salt-were also used in the
brewhigs. •

Cross-examinedlslington-ereen
;habdy 3lbecn j
been out volfs.L.7buliand beeesssinneea blt eT
*the'lattaCrt
part' of 1820. He was formerly a clerk at Messrs. Cootie
He failed in business in 1820. lie settled with all
hie creditors; some were paid in full; some 7• in:- be
pound. Had taken the bdiefit of the Insolvent Act. Had
been out of a situation since 1820. When in hueiness, 'had
been informed against for mixing beer; for nothing else. 1-I
discharged under the Act inSeptember last; went to -instruct
.the defendant shortly afterwards. ,Knows a Mr. Mason, Did
not know that Mr. .Mason advanced any money to get hien-nut
of prison. Mason introduced hint to defendant, who was then
an utter stranger to him ; he knew Mason well ; understood
that defendant bad been.a clerk at the Bank; it was tasted by
Mason, that the .beer which his nephew had brewed had not
given satisfaction ; he was to receive a remuneration Per. his
instruction—a sum beyond his board and 'edging ;is tnatried,
has a wife-and seven children ; went on the 30th of September,
and began brewing on the ht of October;
.meant to say that
on the first day Mead came to him at the copper side, Arid
brought two percels, -one was hartshorn shavings, the other
coculus indicus ; he. knew the latter. well ; he- declined
,an-
swering whether he had ever used it ; defendant is married;
witness never took any indecent libel-ace- with his (ffie• de.
fendant's) wife; never kissed her; on one- day she asked -him
to bring 'her some snuff, 'he did so, and ske asked- wbat was
to pay ;he had taken her by-the hand, arid leaned fore and
with an intention to kiss her.
Mr. JEntrts.—Come Sir, I will .not have snuff. nor dust
thrown in my eyes. Did you never kiss her ?
Witness—l never have attempted it, but in the Seay I have
named ; was not dismissed on account of taking liberate with
Mrs. Mead ; had told Mr. Norton that he would lay air infer.
motion against Mead if he-.waslXit settled with ; he shewed him
the information he had written; he made memorandums a,.
different times but not while he was in the service. of Mead ;
believes he made some before he sent in his bill to Mead : left
Mead on the 13th October; gave the origina/ inemorariderirs to
the 'Excise; he made memorandums on the Sunday after he
went to defendant's ; he handed over to the. Excise the parts. '
culars of the drugs used, and the-mixings,, -and also the days;
he of them from his own mind; ;lames Pepper, who was
stoker, was present at the mixings; deed told him- thst •
sometimes mixed halt' strong beer and • half small ; sometitnes
5 of small and 4 of strong.
Re=examined by the SeerciTon-GEiegn.tr.,—/lad said to
Mead that he was sorry that he had been celurientateii by, the
report that he lid kis:sett bee.tvii-'w.rftl7eXPlaisied what had
•taken place; he shewed Norton a memora.ridttne-of -the' bre, .
ings ; Norton is a friend of Mason's; never exhibited the me-
=rand= to Mason sheaved the memorandum to Mr. for.
ton, in consequence of his-telling him that he had not giiretikny
instructions to Mead ; he kept the heats that he used. a secret,
because he had not-been paid ;he told Mason that his nepliew
was using dnags, and recommended. him to advise him not es'
do' so.

William Bourne proved the brewing on 25th April ; went
with Mr. Smith, the exciseman, to Mr.. Mead's ; he was at
home; .Mead said h
,a went with -Howson to the chyinist's shop
to purchase the drugs ; that he did not use them ; but it tho 7
were used, .they were used by Howson ; Mead paid for their.
Cross-examined—Did not go to get evidence, hut to look
the preniises; he told about the drugs,' id the course of convey.
cation:, without being asked ; he did -not say that he never used
any drugs in his life ; did not tell him that he was coming hen!:
as a witness; had the.a no thought of it; he Mid the Board of
Excise all that passed.
William Smith surveyed Mead's premises ; went there with
Bourne. Mead said that the prosecution was for using drugs ;
he said he had not bought any drugs; that he accompanied'
Howson to some place where Howson purchased something,
but what it was he did not know. •
Cross-eiamined.—He did not say who paid-for them; don't
recollect that he did.
Mr. JEnvie;for the. defendant._ Admitting that thisprosecu-
tion was. instituted from the best of motives, it would be
'for the
Jury to say, whether- it was supported by evidence'on.--which
`they could rely. The penalties' sought to be recovered were
1,6001. They had heard of theaituation-in life of the defendant ;
he was for a year or two out of employ, and after that period,
in. the. month of June, in the last year, commenced brewing at
a small concern at Poplar. His uncle, Mr. Mason; knowing
him to be inexperienced in the art, in the month. of September
brought Howson to him, that he might instruct, him. _lle
should show that Howson was to give- his advice gratuitonily,
in return for the kindnesses which he had received-forty Mr.
Mason, and when he was without employ. The LearnedCOfinsel then corrirnented on the whole of the evidence given by
Howson, and contended than it. was improbabkei and' that it
was altogether too highly coloured _.to be believed. For the
• pretended' instructions Howson had sent a bill to the defendant
thus made out:—" Giving you instructions and brewing four
barrels of beer,.2ol. ; and going with you, to the Borough,. and
elk,' to purchase drug's; 10s.; ' and sent with this bill a letter,
demandingpayment befOre the following-Tuesday; to prevent
other steps being taken. Had the- defendant l paid. this hill,
then he would. have been had in a cleft stick,, hooked safe and
fist, for he would • thereby have adMitted having the drugs._._.
He contended! that• the.defendant wuu wholly igntiran t of such
things being used, and if they. hadheen used, they could. Only.
have beets used' by the witness himself; -and without the de-
fendant's knowledge.
Mr. Benjamin Mason, uncle of the defendant, proved that
Howson was to instruct defendant- in the-art of brewing, and
was to have board andodging; but' nothing was said'abautany
(,further payment';, he told wituestrite should' be' happyJtbldo
' any thing for him, in consequence of his having raised- tesub-
scriptian far hint, and assisted in obtaining his. release from
TriPn.
•

Mr. JE RV I S.--Has the witness Howson admitted tb,yotr. that
'on two occasions he had attempted to kiss or to take indecent
liberties with the wife t)f the defendant'F' •
The SOL ICITO It-0104E12AL objected-to the quebtion; on the
authority of the case of " Harris v. Tippet:"
The LOAD CHIEF BARON- admitted= the' 61i ection to he
valid, the question not beiNrrelatiyeto,tbefacts in ikque.
The evidence of this witness and another; whoni
intended.to Call to the sarnesfact, wles therefore not taken.
The SCU,ICITOR-GENERAL replied- attgreat` lerwth ; and
contended that the-defendant had no right to complain of the
witness Howson, he being recommended by his uncle, who had
,known him for years. -
Verdict for the Crown for two penalties, 4001.

Yesterday morning about roar o',alockl as a
• -, • ,
watchman was going his rounds in the neighAntirhood-ofgeOrge-
row, in the parish of Bermondsey, lit.disitptered:tlie bodpof a
man lying with his thce downintrds in a ruill-ititarn, in which,
although not above two feet and h half :deeib- be wee drOwned.
The deceased was observedln a state
-of fat Vvetiliear the•Geoige
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public-house, the Preceding evening; and-itsit suppo ,-that as
he was passing along the road' he fell 'over a- g wilch
guards the stream, and being unable to- extricate irntelfiras,
Unfortunately drowned. Ills name is not kAown. Thefollow.
ing iS a description of his persou'and clothes, lie is appereiltly
about fifty years of age; and-is of fair coMplexion. Rix dress is
shabby black, his linen is marked witik.thc initials I.,8„; and in
his pocket were fOund a pair of:sifiiespeciades; Anita pair, of
'scissors. The botijr was taken-,to- Benneadser wo?kchbase,
'where it now lies awaiting the imply"- before the 6watt-for
:the district.

t/BLIC WIIIPPY G:--,—Aprord tng. to the .son-
tente passed at the Perth'Circuit Court; Dtmald Crerar uaer.
went` the punishinent -of .p.uW' whipping, on f;tiday
through the streets ofTirth, previous to'ii going into banish.
ment, for- assaulthig antrulairafpg ati offltet of 'excise at -Aber-
feldy„.