The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HATTON-GARDEN.
Yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock, the 1
the yard,
and two slates, each weighing 321b5., fell into
their charges.
a part of the roof of this office, which is foury
where the constables were in waiting with
officer of
One of the slates fell on Beecham, a very active
above the hip•
the G division, and entered his side, just
.bi
and the
e,
The poorlellow dropped down utterly insensible,
it
was
blood gushed from the wound so copiously
that
medical aid
thought he would have bled to death before me
ed
storiesnd
h gobff,
could be procured ; but the hemorrhage having been stop')
Our readers may form some idea of the force
unded
hole. wmars. removed Laing.. in a hackney coach to the hospital;itbbyworhdicehr
the slates fell, when we state, that the one which w9stcoat,
the officer, cut open a great-coat, under coat,
otherbelt, andpen
ettrroaltvesde rtsh, beforeegro
un
dit t
o the reacheddep
diately ordered to examine the roof, in order to its repair.
half, where it remained upright. A surveyor was unll
John Cronan, an Irishman, was charged with assaulting
police-constable 157 G. t thh
ofe flesh
af aat and
at, h:e:
u 1r
rTheenoi
nffiacer with state aat
feedmtal
ea,t
aonnd Sundaynightbeing
desiredth e p rtiosognoe rasviv:yqs
he objected,' and struck witness, but not violently. ~
Mr. LAING asked if the defendant was not known att most
office ? Mr. Mallett, the chief clerk, said he was a
dangerous character, and had often been charged there'
once for an offence which nearly cost him his life.
Mr. LAING—Why, is this the notorious Cronan who
Fuuer
stabbed a policeman ? Mr. Mallett—The same ;
was the name of the officer. L,
ont Yes ;
Mr. LAING—Is he now living ? Mr. Mallet...-.
mhs ;
but his life was despaired of for more than twelve
he is still in the police of the E division.
/flitted.
Mr. LAING—The prisoner, I remember, was com
for trial. What became of him at the Old Bailey?
Mallett—He was found guilty, and sentenced to death' e?
Mr. LAING—HOW is it, then, that he is now at large
Mr. Mallett—From some cause or other, which I c'e_w
never ascertain, he was reprieved, and escaped with a le
months' imprisonment. b. el
Mr. LAING told the defendant that he was incorrir
and having advised him to take care what he was about,
discharged him.
The Bishop of Norwich has been suffering for soraLies
time with an attack of influenza. His Lordship is some°
better, but is still exceedingly weak.
The Government appear to be so well satisfied, aftraiter
eighteen months' experiment with the working of the C noy
Criminal Court, on the principles of speedy justice and 00°,0
that it is said to be in contemplation to extend the jurisdiaen,
to fifteen instead of ten miles around the metropolis, which
larged circuit will comprehend several additional Populous
towns and villages. r act
BISHOP WEST'S CHAPEL, PUTNEY.—" -emits
to learn that this beautiful specimen of ancient architectUre
tbiS
just been destroyed. Had the church been rebuilt, an- does
er
chapel preserved, no harm would have been done ; but it fect
seem pitiable to have thrown down so small and yet o be.
an example of the style of Henry VIII., like to which vie
041.
lieve very few remain in the kingdom to illustrate that Peri
—Literary Gazette.
r” • • a the
The Duke of Wellington has all but male
interests of his party with our Government, by his evide°ce
A 1'
before the Committee on Corporal Punishment in the,":111b1
He attempted to extol the excellent results of floggin:,: no
showing the groundless assertion that there was little
discipline in the Prussian army, in which flogging is nuun" use
It is indeed discreditable for so great a general as the life
of Wellington, to advance an opinion which provesarempb3ll
ignorance of the state and organization of foreign
The French are better informed on such matters, and Mar3ge.
Maison's testimony would have been a very different °•ti,
Does the Duke not know that the Prussian soldier is °i
te
zen. and would he have citizens flogged ? Make your poso
s)ldiers to belong to a more respectable class of society, be,
flogging, without its being legally abolished, will of itself/0g
come unnecessary. It is no uncommon thing with tlet4l elite
by a sentinel, with whom we have been at a soiree in ,
of society the evening before. Is such a man likely to _
mit an offence for which your military laws decrennim
ging ? How cruel, how inconsiderate is it for your
,:;:og
to allude to the period of the allied troops en`-` t
vian
Paris. Then, indeed, there might have been some for
of discipline in the Prussians, and for the same 'vas"' the
there was not one among them who was not aggrieved by the
ill-treatment of members of his family by the troops ° fat
A - t
great conqueror, not one among them whose heart bled the
the wrongs his country had sustained under the iron rod °
fd
French. But let the Duke compare our present militSloo
cipline (and since that time the King has done away with srat,
more remnants of corporal punishments—l allude to the P
tenstrafe), it will bear the comparison with that of any a':11//ose
Europe, he may rely upon it, and most of all with that of th
e 0
armies where flogging is the order of the day. This bag_ib.egeb
indisputably proved by the combined manoeuvres at 111 be
last year, where our officers turned away in disgust frorn,ich
numberless flagellations going on in the Russian camp,
would not have been numberless had the discipline been ese
plary.—Berlin Courier.
A murder having recently been committed at C°Arftibi;
the culprit was not apprehended ; but he was known, 1117;,-b
description sent to the Admiralty in England. An Enr4nci,
man made his appearance before the authorities of the
and accused himself of the murder; he was sent on b"B,l"tia°o
pre lat~
isoner.
ship,raui was solely
snoeaernl
erediry cbetylont vnwseoeyacmseudsreheatoonhrsti
ImLtyasol
discoveredelnil London,
doanw,piatwshsha theegttrheheaatgt
rtohafet dso:ebhsjwece
ct o hrga,
ood lye
lowance of chocolate and grog so liberally provided for,
have beento
sailors by the
eßrreitis h
inßabelais.—French Government.aelisa— nch Paper.
FreThe traveller

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MARRIED. at
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late J. Sewell, Esq., of Upper Kennington-green.
On the 28th ult., at Rye, Sussex, Mr. Lewis Haddock Itil of.
of Camberwell, to Harriet Mercer, only daughter of the late
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of the late W. Lucas, Esq., of Stroud-green, Hornsey•
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John Dalton, Esq., of the Priory, Peckham, Surrey, Eliz
eldest daughter of C. Ooles, Esq., of Peckham-lodge. Esa., of
On the 28th ult., at St. James's, Thomas Compton, oh,t3
Little Hampton, Sussex, to Sarah Mary, widow of the late
Welsh, Esq., of Gray's Inn.
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Charles James Carlton, of Liverpool, to Miss Caroline WI
youngest daughter of the late Mr. W. Baynes, of

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at his residence in the
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On the 28th ult., at No. 10, Burlinon-street, Bat_ ~i e.
Bath, (.3.
gt
months, Lewes Edward Barnard Cary, the infant so -
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worth, sincerely regretted, Susannah, aged 74, wife °I
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21, t
who was ::
Francis de Grey, youngest son of Lord Walsinghase,
fortunately drowned in the river Medway.
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Ch
9th On the urch, Surreyult., at, aged BWalworth, Mr. Thomas 2.
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2
years a clerk in the Bank of England.
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MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY
General—Hngonin, 4 Dr. R. At t'
Colonels--Watts, h. p. Indep. Co. ; Williamson. C.D.,
Majors—J. Rose, late of Inv. • Leigh, late of R. Inv*
B. Mares -;
Captains—Borough, 39 F. ; S'p ;
ellen, R. Art. ; Vine'o4 F. • '—
Simon, late of European Gar. Co._ Fergussone, IL P• -' 3 Lige
Campbell, h. p. 79 F.
; Gardiner, Unatt. ; Purgold, b. l'• . For,.
Bn. Ger. Leg. ; Koch, h. p Brunsw. Inf. ; Afairnburg, h. gyred,.
Bell, 77 F. ;
;FA;leelanaYrtietistsv:,hir'r°
Vet. Bn. ; Duff, Unatt. ; 13rabyn, late of Garrison Co. ;
14 F. ; Chatterton,llrain
land, h. p. 50 F. 55 r- ;
Lieutenants—Wolker, 6 F. ; Fortune, 31 F. ; ll°Pecier, b• P.
vciirigph. t„),
61aFt e. of;
EliOnsl,th.
.Vl.). 835.
77 F. ; Hinchley, h. 2 Gar• Bn. ; Pilfold, vaatt. ; "
of 7R. Vet. Bn.' P.
*
En,igns-111arshall, late 2 R. Vet. Bn. ; Fraser'
Bn. ; Mackenzie, late 7 R. Vet. Bn.
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Medical Department—Dep. Insp. Gen. Irwin, A n
t Ger. Leg;
Quartermaster— Walsh, 40 F., on passage from 80irn.....ba7- ~ ~,'
Surg. Bell, IF. ; As. Surg. Mathaie, h. p. 4 Line •Gilit•
shef
Barrackmasters—Major Bennett, late 5 F. ; Captain
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