The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-25 00:00:00

MIDDLESt,:. SESSIONS.

I,7esterdq.the Quarter Sessions foi• the County
of Middlesex cotnmenced at the Sessions 1-louse,
Clerken well ; Mr. MAINWAIUNG in the Chan-.
Geo? ge Shew was indictei fora misdenioa,alur,
in suffering a prisoner charged ‘vith felony to
escape out of his custody in August last.
• The Counsel for the prosecution statei, that
the defendant was fieridborough for the Holborn
division; in the parish of St. Giles. On the 2.A.st
of August; a man, whose name was unknown, got
into company with an unfortunate woman of tike
name of Mathews ; and when he had been iu het;
apartments some time., be seized an I ndiapk hand-
kerchief, and tan off. Site followed ands secured.
him, .and.he was taken to the-watch-pouse, where
the de!'endant, who presided that, night,. took
down the charge of robbery;
,but wrote it on a
ipieee of paper instead of entering it in the Pioper
book. After this betook a one-potind note from
the prisoner for his appearance ; but the next
morning he endeavoured to prevail on Mathews
to accept a crown and abandon the,charge., She'
replied that •it was not the worth •the handker-
chief; hilt at last she was_conipelled to accede to
the proposal, Shew obsci•ving that .he could .ar-
ranpsde•the matter with the Mlgistrates, as he had
not entered the charge in the book: The Tobber,
never appeared to get the one- pound not e.re-
turned. These circumstances having come to the
knowledge of ,the. Watch Committee, they insti-
tuted the present proceedings ; and -sprevionsty to
the finding of the bill. Shew t (Attest ed the watch-
man mid the unfortunate woman not to appear,
thus aggravating the offence of which he had been
guilty.
The Counsel for the defendant said, that the
man not being -satisfied with the ‘VOitlah'S colt-
duct, and wishing' to get hack some of the money
which:lie had given her, he snatched the-kerchief
from about her neck, and he was immediately
charged with a robbery. Tile defendant was a..
respectable man residing in Middle-row, Holborn.
At the watch-house the woman' only charged the
man with itiLtreating her, and not with any felony.
As a security for the malt's appearance he took
the note,• but he never made any, secret of that
circumstance.

The CHAIRMAN said, that nothing of criminality
appeared in the defendant's conduct. Verdict,
Not
Robbq Hodges was found guilty of assaulting
'John Ben well. The parties were both brokers;
and a dispute hawing arisen 4respeeting a lot which
.was knocked down to the defendant at a sale, the.
latter thought proper to knock ►town the prose-
cutor, who was 'in consequence of the blow 'de-
privedof his senses for 20 minutes.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE:

NIANSION4-1017sE.
SALMON OUT OF SEASON.--lesterday the Gen"-
tlenwn Yeomen of Billingsgate brunght before the
'LORD MA.YOK several baskets .of fresh salmon,
charged to be salmon out of seas'on, being full of
spawn. Several respectable salesmen from Thames-
street appeared before his Lordship against this
charge, and pleaded, that the 10th of October wids
the time allowed for salthon to be .out of season;
that the salmonin question might have been taken
before that time xt Newcastle and Berwick, and
they had sent theni to the Lomten market:
His Lot dshiphaving given a patient hearing on
both sides, told the salesmen, that he must prt.i
hibit the sale of the female salmoa in' their pre-
sent state; the female t fish being produced, he
condemned it, and told then, that if any salesman
exposed salmon, full of spawn, he "w6-61d-he con-
victed in the penalty. 'Cloy promised his Lord-
ship to COnto.llll to hIS reconiniendatitin,
.11)V."-STREET.
Yesterday John .Fee, charged with stealing a
handkerchief from Mr.. Evans, was committed for
William. Gardener, Henry Yates, Sophia Crouch.,
and Sarah-Gardener, were charged with stealing a
box, and 2cwt. of soap, the property of Mr. Bon-
chin, King-street, Holborn, who stated, that on
the evening of the 2Uth instant, the street door
being open, the box with the soap was stolen out
of the passage, anti a truck, which N, as placed
outside the shop-window, was used to carry it
away. Soule of the patrole discovered the pri-
soners at the lodging of Crouch, in Charles7street,
Drury-lane, where they also found the box and
soap. The male prisoners were fully committed
for the stealing, and the females for receiving the
property, [snowing. it to have been stolen..
N. Edgeworth was examined on a charge of bi-
gamy. Both marriages being pi...vet', he was
committed for trial at the Old Bailey.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Anne Simpson, a chandler shopkeeper, was con-
victed in the penalty -of Is. per ounce on a great
quantity of bread short of its legal weight, fOund
in her possession by Gillniore the officer. The
penalty amounted to 3/. 11 s. Gd. and 1/. costs.--
The woman woman baying obserVed that she 'did not
make the bread, and that she had purchased it
from a baker with whom she regularly dealt, the
Magistrates expressed their regret that the baker
himself was not before them, as the short weight
was so considerable, and said, she must make the
baker pay the penalty and costs, by deducting
41. 11 s. 6d. from his bill. -
Sarah Smith was charged on suspicion of hav-
ing stolen a it. Note from Willianiiiardy.—Coin-
witted.

GLASGOW, OCT. 19.—This day Win. Iliggink and
Thomas Haruki, who were sentenced to be hatiged
at the last Circuit Court of Justiciary, were exe-
cuted upon a drop in front of the new jail. Be-
ing Catholics, they were attended by the Rev.
Mr. SCOTT, of this city, and the Rev.
of Paisley, both Catholic Clergyman. They were
brought into the hall about a quarter-before three
where.they lemained only a short tinre,
and were afterwards conducted to the scaffold: In
their belutvi.,or they evinced the utmost resigna-
tion and • fortitude. An immense concourse of
spectators attended.—Monday morninK,.a.respite
during his Majesty's. pleasure, arrired at GLI'SgoW,
for John Thonison, one of the three men sew.,

teuctil to be wil:cutecl tberc forsobbeq.