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London, England, 1838-09-06 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SEPT. 5.

Ann Gosling was indicted for assaulting Emma Bonner, a
girl about twelve years of age.
Mr. RYLAND stated the case on the part of the prosecution,
which was instituted by the Guardians of the Poor of the
Strand Union. The prosecutrix was an orphan, about twelve
years of age, and when eight years old was placed in the
workhouse of the parish of St. Anne's, Soho. Since the
passing of the Poor-law Amendment Act that parish had been
joined to the Strand Union. Up to the 29th of March the
child continued in .the Union workhouse. The defendant
and her husband lived in Tottenham-street, Tottenham-court-
road, and on the day above-mentioned the prosecutrix was by
the officers of the Union placed eut with them as a servant.
She continued to live with them until August, when in conse-
quence of some communication made to the officers of the
Union by a Mr. Rees, a tradesman who resided in the neigh-
bourhood of the defendant's house, the prosecutrix was taken
away from them and again placed in the workhouse. After
hearing her statement of the treatment she had received at
the hands of the defendant, the officers had her person ex-
amined by the surgeon, who found several severe bruises on
her back and shoulders, that a quantity of her hair had been
torn out by the roots, and that she had received other injuries
of a very severe nature, to such an extent that she had been
under the care of the surgeon ever since.
At the close of the prosecutrix's evidence a long consulta-
tion took place between the Counsel on both sides, which
ended in an offer on the part of the defendant to pay the pro-
secutrix 51., and which was acceded to on the part of the
Counsel for the prosecution.
Th• defendant then withdrew her plea of Not Guilty, and
pleaded Guilty to the indictment. The Court then sentenced
her to pay a fine of one shilling.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

A man named John Clement was charged with robberies,
by which he was said to have lived very comfortably for some
considerable time.

His practice was stated to be as follows:—Coopers are in
the habit of purchasing casks from persons who are believed to
be in the trade, and the prisoner, who is acquainted with the
technicalities of the business, went to a cooper, and said that
he had three or four puncheons to dispose of. An agree-
ment was made for thirty or forty shillings, and the prisoner
pretended that one pound or twenty-five shillings were due
upon the purchases, and persuaded the cooper to send a man
with a truck and the necessary sum. The prisoner prevailed
upon the truckowner to give him the money, while he walked
in at one door of a public-house, where he said the puncheons
lay, and walked out at another. His success was for some
time very great.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL desired that the prisoner should
be taken before a magistrate for the county, as must of the
robberies were said to have been committed there.

Several poor persons who had been thus plundered were
in attendance to prefer charges against the prisoner.
A young man named David Hogan, who had all the ap-
pearance of an unsophisticated countryman, was brought be-
fore Sir CuArum( MARSRALL under the following circum-
stances :

Judah Josephs, a lad between fourteen and fifteen years
of age, the son of a Jew clothes-seller in Harrow-alley,
stated that the prisoner walked into the shop on Tuesday
evening, and after looking at and bargaining about some
clothes, contrived to conceal two waistcoats in his hat. Wit-
ness, however, observed him hold the bat in an odd manner,
accused him of stealing some of the clothes, and found the
waistcoats in his hat. An officer, who was called in, took
the prisoner into custody, and upon searching found upon him
a third waistcoat. The witness stated that he had been left
by his father in care of the shop, and that while the prisoner
was pretending to be purchasing nobody was present but the
prisoner and the witness.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL asked the prisoner whether he
wished to put any questions to tho lad? Prisoner—l wish to
ask him whether he did not receive half-a-sovereign from me,
and give me two half-crowns in change? Witness—Not at
all. You never gave me any money and I never gave you
any change.
Prisoner—Never gave you any money 1 How can you say
so? Witness—l do say you never did.
Prisoner—l gave you half-a-sovereign. You wanted five
shillings for the two waistcoats, and I said I could only give
you four, and I wanted you to give the other shilling when
you were handing me the change, and I insisted upon it, and
would not leave the shop without it.
Sir. C. MARSHALL—But how do you account for the pos-
session of the other waistcoat which the policeman found upon
you ? Prisoner—l bought that and the hat I wore from a
boy in the alley just before I went to deal with this young man.
It was much against my will I went into the shop, it was so
dark, but he prevailed upon me, and he saw me the moment I
bought the waistcoats from him put them into the hat. A
crowd of Jew fellows on hearing the dispute abused me, but I
was resolved not to go without my change, and then he charged
me with stealing.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL—What does the officer say ? The
officer stated that the prisoner made exactly the same state-
ment to him which had been just made to the Alderman, and
the money found upon the prisoner was just two half-crowns.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL (to the boy)—Now, you are upon
your oath. Do you persist in saying that this man gave you
no money ? Judah Josephs—l do. I've sworn a very bitter
oath. He did not give me a farthing.
Mr. HOBLER—Did he give you half a sovereign ? Witness
—No.

Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL (to the prisoner)—What did ou
buy these waistcoats for ? Prisoner—To sell again in the
country. I had ju3t come up from Gravesend, and had been
harvesting in Kent, and I intended to go down to hop.
The officer said that in no respect had the prisoner's state-
ment in the Justice-room differed from the statement he had
made upon being charged with the offence.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL—It 1S a difficult matter to judge
in this case. Has the prisoner any friends to speak as to his
character ? Prisoner—l have a brother who owns 50 or 60
cows, and if he is sent for to Whitechapel he will come. I
never cheated or robbed anybody in my life.
Sir C. MARSHALL—Why did you not send to inform him
of the difficulty in which you were placed ? Prisoner—l had
nobody to send any where.
Sir CHAPMAN—Let him be sent for. . _

The father of Judah Josephs stepped forward and said that
he could swear that the waistcoat which the prisoner said had
been purchased from a boy in the street was his property. He
knew it by the initial of his first name in the lining.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL—Do you swear that it is your
writing ? Witness—l do, and I can bring others to swear to
it too. The writing on the other waistcoat is not mine.
The prisoner was not at all touched by this testimony, but
proceeded to detail the particulars of the purchase of the
waistcoat more minutely.
Sir C. MARSHALL said that the father of the boy certainly
threw additional weight into the scale on the side of the
prosecutor.
The brother of the prisoner soon afterwards arrived, and
stated that he was, as he had been described to be, the owner
of a great number of cows, and that the prisoner never had
acted in such a manner as would justify the suspicion that he
was capable of a dishonest action.
Sir C. MARSHALL, in remanding the case, advised the pri-
soner to be very cautious, whatever might be the result of the
investigation, how he went to purchase waistcoats in Har-
row-alley. _ _ _

Prisoner—l shall take care in future, my Lord, you may
depend upon it.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

Domingo de Sousa, a black man, of horrid aspect and
powerful structure, was charged with begging and with break..
ing the right leg of Samuel Daniels, a Mendicity Society
officer, in two places.
The prisoner was seen by Daniels begging in Soho, and
knowing him to be an incorrigible vagabond as well as im-
poster, he followed him to take him into custody. Having
met policeman Sullivan, he asked him to give assistance, as
the black fellow possessed prodigious personal strength, and
invariably made a desperate resistance. Having come up with
the prisoner he told him he must take him to the station-house
as a vagrant. The prisoner threw down a basket which he
had in his hand, and said, " Me no go wid Mendicity -."
He then struck him a violent blow on the breast, and tried
to close and throw him down. Sullivan came up and seized
the prisoner, and received a bite which brought blood,
and some severe blows on the chest. Policeman Merchant
came up and was likewise attacked by the prisoner with
all the activity and ferocity of a tiger. The prisoner
was moved on for a short distance; but when he got into
Portland-street he made a sudden spring, shook himself clear
of policeman Sullivan in an instant, closed with Daniels, and
hurled hire to the ground with such force as to break both
bones of his right leg. After inflicting with his knee a shock-
ing injury on policeman Sullivan, he sprung away, but was
caught by policeman Merchant, between whom and himself a
fierce struggle ensued. The policeman was strong and re-
solute, but such was the fury of the prisoner that he would
have got loose had not Sullivan recovered, and come forward
to his assistance. The resistance of the prisoner was de-
scribed as more resembling the attack of a wild beast than of
a human being. His physiognomy, which closely resembled
an ourang outang, was hideously distorted. His eyes rolled
furiously, and he bit at his opponents, using a kind of growl,
so ferociously, that it was astonishing he did not succeed in
making his escape. Daniels was conveyed to Middlesex Hos-
pital, and only discharged on Tuesday last.
Mr. DYER said the present case was of a very serious de-
scription, and he should send it to the Sessions.
The parties were then bound over to prosecute.
The black man, as he was removed, gave a caper of exulta-
tion, and called out, " Me berg glad me break de Mendicity
-- leg."

MARY LEB ONE.
BRUTAL ASSAULT.—Yesterday, Thomas Ruebridge, pro •
prietor and driver of a cab, was charged with the following
outrageous assault upon Robert Franklin, of Boston-street,
Regent's-park.
Complainant, whose right arm was in a sling, the shoulder
being dislocated, stated that between twelve and one o'clock
on the night of the Tuesday previous he was going home,
when just by a coach stand in Boston-street he met a young
girl, whom he accosted, and asked to have something to drink.
The defendant, whose cab was on the stand, and who was sit-
ting on the steps of a door, came up, and saying, " You long
slab, if you don't go off I'll knock your eye out," up with his
fist, and struck him in the eye. The force of the blow
knocked him down, and, on getting up, he was again felled to
the ground. On recovering himself he found he was in the
shop of a surgeon, and that his shoulder was dislocated. He
was subsequently conveyed to an hospital, where he would,
no doubt, hays to remain some time.

A certificate from the hospital surgeon was put in, stating
the nature of the injury, and that the complainant would no
doubt not be able to use his arm for six or seven weeks.
It was here stated to the Magistrate that the defendant had
frequently been similarly charged. The last time was for
biting off a man's thumb.
The defendant having expressed his willingness to make
the complainant some recompense,
The Magistrate consented to that couts,:s: and
The defendant, having given the complainant three guineas,
was discharged.

HAT7'OIV-GARDEN.
It will be recollected that a few days ago the parish aut:2°-
rities of St. Andrew, Holborn, brought before the Magistrates
a lunatic named Langdon, for the purpose of being passe
to Hanwell Asylum, when Mr. Bennett refused to sign the
order merely upon the opinion of the parish doctor, as the
man gave answers which appeared reasonable to the bench.
Langdon was taken to the workhouse, from which he escaped,
and he had been guilty of the most outrageous acts, and he
was again apprehended and brought before the Magistrates.
Mr. White and other medical gentlemen were sworn as to
his insanity, and stated that the prisoner had been three years
confined in Hoxton madhouse.
Mr. BEN TT asked him what ailed him ? Langdon—Yee
asked me that the last time I was here, I believe.

Mr. BENETT-What were you brought here for? Lang'
don—That I can't say.
Mr. White said that he had behaved violently towards bill
wife, and broken the windows.
Mr. BENETT-Why did you break the windows and M-
use your wife ? Langdon—Why, it was better to break the
windows than knock down my wife; you say I am mad, but
don't say so ; I can't say who is mad here, but I know I as
wild enough because I am brought here without my dinner.
Mr. BENETT—Have you ever seen a madman ? Langdon
—I dare say I have.
Mr. BENETT-Did you ever see mad people in lloxtoe
Asylum ?
The prisoner entered into a wild discourse which evidently
indicated insanity, and the Magistrates signed the order for
his admission.

Yesterday several beer-shopkeepers were summoned to an-
swer the complaint of Byers, the informer, for keeping open
their houses for the sale of beer during the hours of divine
service on the Sabbath day. In caselw here the evidence was
clear the Magistrates convicted in the penalty of 40s. and
costs, being the lowest penalty under the Act of Parliament,
and in some instances the parties were merely ordered to
pay costs.
John Bolles, a ruffianly looking fellow, was examined,
charged with having committed an outrageous assault upon
Sergeant Mason, No. 15 G division, by which his life is placed
in danger.
It appeared that on Tuesday morning last between one and
two o'clock, a disturbance took place in West. street, Saffron-
hill, when Smith, 79, White, 46, and Sergeant Mason, the
injured man, interfered, on which they were attacked and se'
verely maltreated, and the prisoner, seizing on a large stone,
flung it at Sergeant Mason's head, and, striking him on the back
part of the head, felled him to the ground, and he was carrisd
away insensibie for medical assistance.
Mr. WHITHAM inquired as to his etate.
The Inspector replied that he was still in danger.
The prisoner was remanded.

Q UEEN-SQUARE.
Alfred Burford and Henry Beaston were yesterday charge'
with stealing a quantity of nuts from the grounds of the Hail-
cultural Society at Chiswick.
A police constable proved that the boys got over the Toll
the previous night and on their return he apprehended then
with the nuts in their possession. Burford had been previously
convicted for a similar offence.
They were convicted in the penalty of 51. each, or one
month's imprisonment. One of the gardeners informed VI
Magistrates that the damage done by boys to the grounds a"
fences was very considerable.

UNION-HALL.
Sarah Melton, the occupier of a house in Providence-street.
Walworth, was summoned under a clause of the Mutiny A,c!
for harbouring Sergeant Pearson, of the Rifle Brigade, "-
deserted from his regiment, after having committed felorl•
Sergeant Pearson, it will be recollected is the person win
escaped from the Tower some time ago, with two other Inca
belonging to the same regiment, who were incarcerated tog&
ther, and were to have been tried by a Court-martial. Pear-
son, it appeared, on his liberation from confinement under t",,
extraordinary circumstances already detailed, went off lair°,
diately to the defendant's house, and although known to be
deserter, was admitted as a lodger, and lived there with
female up to the time of his apprehension by an officer of th,e
same regiment. Since Pearson was taken into custody tat
Commanding Officer of the Rifle Brigade gave directions
proceedings should be adopted against the defendant for hi%
bouring the sergeant, and evidence to this effect having be%
produced, the defendant when called upon for her defence sal,
at
u
that she had known Peason previously to his having desel:te
and knowing him to be of a respectable family, she admitt:
that she did not refuse to give him lodgings in her ho?tsof
The defendant was fined 20/. for the offence, and is defaul
payment was committed.

W R SHIP- STREET.
A young female, named Eliza Caroline, was brought befora.
Mr. GnevE, by Sergeant fl 3. The prisoner was
found
shortly before wandering about Spitalfields, surrounded by 3
mob of persons who had been attracted by her violent language'd
Inquiries were set on foot respecting her, and it was
ascer-
tained that she had lived in some respectable families, and bad
borne an excellent character, but that unfortunately she 110
formed an acquaintance with a young man named Walker,. fre_
whom she became attached, and who, after having effected ben
ruin, deserted her. She had been deprived of reason faithless
since. That afternoon she accidentally met her faill„eo
lover, when he spurned her with such violence as to Pr°"-
the excitement under which she was found labouring. „use
The Sergeant said that the mother of the girl kept a "re,
of ill-fame, and had turned her daughter away because she
fused to follow a life of infamy.
under tbe
Mr. GROVE gave directions for her being placed
care of her friends.—While at the bar the girl heaped cons'.
imprecations upon the author of her ruin.

THAMES-OFFICE.
Yesterday Captain Spicer, the Master of the IY"'"ncl,
Greenwich steamer, was brought before Mr. Green7°a..
charged under the Wilful Damage Act with wilfully and
et?
liciously running foul of the Naiad, a Woolwich steam:.
which also takes in, and puts out, passengers at Greenwiino,,
Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced the defendant to pay 2"doo•
the amount of the daniage, and the costs, and seriously a
nished him as to his future conduct.

10'
CHARACTER OF MEHEMET ALT,__. The ta-
of the Pasha must be acknowledged, and several enlighten :9,
traits of mind and sentiment, and improvement of reessurthe
must be ascribed to him; but much of that which strikes .pg
eye would adpear, on investigation, to be but the ernbc/cievil
of Turkish principles in European forms, and legalieing erf
by systemizing the power which inflicts it; and, after Ow,
concession due to such improvements as he may bavitii,l, be
duced, and to the extraordinary energy and ability by w.
00
has guided his career, there ought to be but one oPin'°-01,
his political position—that it is a serious evil to the c°„7•,nd•
and to all the public interests depending or. it. —Lord
say's Letters on Egypt.

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BIRTHS. rot,
On the 3d inst., at Bognor, the lady of Sir Henry pur
Bart., of Scotton- Hall, Norfolk, of a son and heir. street'
On the 4th inst., Mrs. Eavestaff, of Great Russell-
Bloomsbury, of a daughter. •
On the 31st ult., at Madehurst, Sussex, the lady of Martin
Smith, Esq., of a son.
On the 3d inst., at Leamington, Lady Howard, of a son. gef•
On the 4th inst., at Breadsall Rectory, the lady of the
Henry R. Crewe, of a daughter.

J. •I
Jo.