The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-20 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

AlitiLini-Hottst.—lnformation was yesterday given to the
Loan MAYOR of a new way of raising the wind, and we take
the opportunity of as speedily as possible announcing it, afi the
charitable, institutions of the metropolis may be imposed upon
by similar means, if not cautioned against a plan which is cer-
tainly very ingenious, and which might in this case have turned
out more profitable to the man who hazarded his neck for a mere
trifle.
The superintendents of the Royal Infirmary for children in
Waterloo--road were waited upon by person, who said his name
was Newton, and that he had been commissioned by a Mr.
Bailey to:pay into their hands the amount of a legacy 1:-..ft to
that institution by the late Mrs. Barnard, of Ipswich. He
showed the letter Which he said communicated this instruction
to the Secretary, who was gratified at hearing of so kind and
liberal a contribution to the funds. it was as follows:

" Ipswich, Oct. 3, 1825.
" Mr. Newton,— You left home for town before I had fully-
told you all I wanted you to do. You ought to have come up,
to me before you started. You know lam executor for the late
Sirs. Francis Barnard, formerly of this place, who died at
Mitcham. She has left by her will "15/. to a charitable institu-
tion called the Royal Infirmary for Children. Waterloo-road.
(I understand over Waterloo-bridges) As this .legacy is or-
dered to he paid immediately, I wish you to go and pay it, and
enclose you a bill accepted by bankers in London for that pur-
pose. This legacy is directed to be paid, free of duty ; so you
must ask the Gentlemen, Secretary or Treasurer, to take the
trouble to pay the duty for me at the Legacy office, and he can
send me the formal receipt when that is done. (Mr. Hammond
informs me that can't he done yet, as I have not got the pro-
bate.) You must, therefore, pay to, the institution 25!. and
2/. 10s., and get the Secretary to acknowledge it to you in one
of their printed forms.—YOurs, obediently,
" 11. BAILEY."

There were two or three lines which were partially erased,
but they were intended to favour the imposition, and treated of
commercial transactions, viz. the sale of a cargo of wine, which
the writer's brother had for sale. The letter contained a bill
of exchange for '291. 45., which was dated Ipswich, 11th eighth
month, 1825, and drawn upon the house of Fry and Chapman,
bankers, Mildred's-court, Poultry, by William Knox, and
the words " Accepted Fry and Co." were written across the
face. There was-not the slightest suspicion of genuineness of
the bill, and the difference between the amount of the pretend-
ed legacy, including the duty, was handed over with tee most
sincere and hearty thanks to the welcome visiter, who pocketed
no more than 11. 14s. by this hazardous enterprise, and who
certainly might have as safely speculated upon treble that sum.
The bill was, we believe, passed into other hands, when it was
found that the acceptance was a forgery. Every inquiry, was
made into the circumstances mentioned in the letter which con-
tained the bill, but it was ascertained that the detail was in
every particular a fabrication.
At the Bull Inn, Aldgate, to which this letter was directed,
the landlord knew nothing of the person named Bailey, and it
was conjectured that the man who committed the forgery had
waited about the door, and taken it from the postman.
The LORD MAYOR, who is treasurer to the abovementioned
institution, expressed his apprehension that Other institutions
had been imposed on in this specious manner. ,
An unfortunate shipwrecked seamhn applied to the Loan
MAYOR for advice. He had been wrecked off Yarmouth, and
had neither employment, nor friends, nor money. He said he
was starving.
The Lonn MAYOR asked him Whether lie had applied to
the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life
from Shipwreck ?
The seaman said he had, but was told there that the regu-
lations of the Society had reference not to those who were
saved, but merely to those who were instrumental in saving,
and that he had therefore no claim upon the funds of the
establishment.
The LORD MAYOR said he believed the applicant must have
misunderstood the answer given to him. The Institution could
not, in his opinion, have such limited operation, but must pro-
vide some assistance for unfortunate poor fellows whose lives
were just saved.
The seaman persisted in his statement, and the Lord Mayor
sent an officer to the establishment to ascertain the fact.
The officer, upon his return, reported that the seaman Was
not Mistaken ;---that the funds could not be extended to his
case, for the reasons specified.
I The LORD MAYOR then suggested an application to the
" Seaman's Friend Society," but he was informed that that
Society took care of the souls of sailors, but not of their battles.
This suggestion was therefore relinquished.
His Lordship said he regretted 'that the Institution first al-
luded to, and to which he was a contributor, did not extend
its benefits to the unfortunate shipwrecked. That Institution
had certainly done immense service. • It had been long found
extremely necessary in consequence of the ferocious system
long in practice on parts of the coast, where the most cruel in-
difference about the dreadful calamity of shipwreck was engen-
dered by the love of plunder. He rejoiced to learn that the
exertions of the Society hail had the effect of introducing a
Christian spirit amongst those whose forefathers considered it.
excusable to add murder to the list of sufferings which the ship-
wrecked underwent. He had himself seen an instance some
years ago of the old passion' of those on the sea-coast. As he
was passing in a boat at Weymouth to look a t the wreck of the
Abergivenny., a dead body floated near the boat, and one of
the boatmen immediately seized it, putrid as it was, and shoved
his hands into all the pockets.in expectation of plunder. ThiS
feeling operated in days of old even among the pious of Corn-
wall, as was exemplified in the story of the parson there. This
parson, while he was preaching, perceived that his flock were
stealing out of the church one by one, and guessing that there
must have been news of a wreck whispered about, entreated
those who remained to stay, as he had some tidings necessary
to their salvation to communicate. He had been all this time
loosening his gown and band; as soon as he had succeeded in
doing which, he bounced from the pulpit, saying, " What I
want to tell you is, that in God's name we may all start fair."
The barbarous spirit was almost quelled, and the improvement
was mainly attributable, in his opinion, to this excellent Socie-
ty ; but he could not help saying, that it was a great oversight
not to assist those whose lives were saved ; and lie trusted that
some regulation to that effect would be adopted for that pur-
pose, or that a distinct society would be established for the bene-
fit of such sufferers. His Lordship made a practical comment
on his own words by most liberally relieving the seamen.

Bow-sTrtEET.—Yesterday an information was heard before
Mr. HALLS against Lord Listowel, for having his name on a
cart in letters of chalk instead of paint, as directed by Act of
Parliament.
The infortriation was laid by the well-known Johnson, whose
men, Stringhall and another, a short time ago saw a cart be-
longing to his Lordship in the high road, near Kingston-house,
Kensington, his Lordship's residence, with " Lord Listowel"
chalked upon it.
A. solicitor on behalf of the noble defendant at once admitted
the offence, and stated that it was entirely owing to ignorance
or carelessness on the part of the servants. The cart had been
newly painted, and the servants, wanting to remove it only from
one field to another, thought it would be sufficient to chalk the
name upon it. He merely stated these facts that they might
operate in mitigation of the penalty.
Mr. HALLS said there was no alternative but to inflict a
penalty; but under the circumstances, he should put the very
lowest—namely, 40s. and costs. The penalty and costs were
immediately paid.
Henry Taylor, a known thief, though a mere lad, was brought
up, charged with stealing a watch, the property of file. Rose, a
watchmaker and jeweller, in the Strand.
The prisoner went into the shop yesterday morning, and
asked to look at a mourning ring, which he tried on, but it was
too large, and be was leaving the shop, when a young man,
named Tokely, who happened to he standing at the door, look.
Mg at adouble-barrelled gun, saw him take a watch from the
counter, and put it into his pocket. lie seized him by the col-
lar, as he was issuing from the door, and taking hint back to
the shop, the prisoner took the watch from his pocket, and at.
tempted to put it among some others that were lying there, but
was prevented by Mr. Thacker, the manager of the business.
The prisoner denied taking the watch. lie was fully committed
to Newgate for trial.
"Thomas Thompson, a journeyman farrier, in the employ of
Mr. Wooden, a veterinary surgeon, in Long. Acre, was brought
before Sir RICHARD BenstrE, charged under the Combination
Act, with deserting and neglecting to finish his work. The de-
fendant was quite an old man.
It appeared by Mr. Woodin's statement, that it is the cus-
tom in the trade to engage workmen by the week, and it is con-
sidered imperative upon the journeymen to remain for the week,
and equally so upon the master not to discharge the journey.
man until the Saturday night. The prisoner was. engaged . for
a week, and came on Monday, but left early in the afternoon,
and he and the rest of the workmen were getting drunk to-
gether the whole of Tuesday, and refused to return to their
work,• to the great injury of Mr.•Woodin, who was obliged to
send several horses away without being attended to, and who
lost oneeer two valuable customers in consequence. . .
Sir R. BIRNIE told the defendant,. that unless he could
give a very good answer to this charge, he should send him,
under the. Act of Parliament, to the House of Correction for
three monthe:
Thompson pleaded great contrition, and that the other men
set him the example of going to the public-house to get drunk,
and as he could not work :by himself, he went and got drunk
with then). He was not aware that the law was so severe; be
twbargsi anvehewould
with v
man anlaergeer •
oflfamenill,agaanidn. if his
~irorship would
Sir H. Bina:lN.—You are entirely at the mercy of your mas-

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inflictions vaoretdvh eei rar
bwpodoitiro;kfffmuoplreunitnthi:issehbetmuotetnnonet tome,
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months'etpc.ouire
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Mr. WOodin said he had suffered severely from the (s°-"of his
'tiresmiadfrite. linitilltilrizfg:runiinEilt:h'ae
tiatitnkrde seemingamhasi.shnanrepr
narrow escape he had met with would deter others in toe
to the humane forbearance of his maadstmer7foirti°hrii:
trade, tiri aot i,ffi
6ra nAyrtonfEtNhTscua
ed the
defend . • ' debt
ant, tellmghowever; that he was entirely in e
in
Bow-streetliAl,f t hie,
a,fturol ll
waited i of
ut:or ene
i‘mi
ro.ntl
EDGERS, s.
contrition,- be beef the
pe *on!
_he
tread-mill. Ile might, however, tell all his brethren Drllfor
smr:
c beforer him
iliimu (Sir R. 13irni:tit to
neglecting their work, they ivould most assuredly be s`
Tv,. of & .
and infortned him that yesterday morning, as some beYswrolls . •
taken
they fourid the fragments of a linen shirt, Which'syss
at piny
near a stagnant pool of water in the Bagnigge„„coid,
s, where some excavations had been lately made ter`- tea '
saturated
a,
with bloteal, and enfolded ,n it was some hair, and of coarse ..
human skull. - The whole was wrapped. up in a piece °L. re •
clothing, The Patrol added, that in consequence of'flie lon_eal,
ness of the roads in that neighbourhood, many robberies bae:
place.—The Magistrate directed all the officers to 113
inquiry into this horrible affair. „„„.v it re:
the Magi wero,
LA:mlitTit-STREET. Mrs. Kingston, who, it ',"'-i b a
membered, was charged with attempting to poison her ITsb!ned
by putting oxalic acid into his tea, appeared here yesterdYi'.ere.
applied for a warrant against him for refusing to maintain
,r'__._
Mr. Kingston voluntarily came forward, and expressed his
told
diness to enter into the merits of the case.__Mr• NITT.II4. con'
the lady, who was dressed very superbly, that he-did P''„,",„.D. •, '
sider there was any necessity for the interference .of the re. ,
chial authorities. On the late inquiry it appeared thata,h_q: s.
in,hite,44,a.
conduct was so extremely bad that it was a bar to all cl Ire . e.
husband'siunpoanshiteurati
o situation
which
left affectionnodoourbptrootefchtieorn.inilideeilittayd, fouturne': , ,
d tilers..:_
were strong reasons to suppose that ,her
had contenai
more horrid crime, viz. the destruction' of her husband: '-'to.,.;A
was, however, the wife of Mr. Kingston, and if lie retll5,F2J
~ .
ii%siras. pKlaincgesttovnhimelia
maintain her, she could apply to the parish ; hut, eea,lueed•
the worthy Magistrate, I would recommend them to tase re-,e,
into` the work-house, and, Madam, I can assure your thatcet7,%
dweilnlonreoptlaygrbeeutwrietthiryezr gay appearance.
0,4,:e
QUEEN-SQUiRE.—A middle:aged female came be,ol-0.0,.
:`.
Magistrate, evidently in a state of insanity,- and cen'Pefels;
that she had been robbed of her genius by the Duke u4elfas
rence, or some of the Royal Family. She described herself bad;
One of the first poets in this or any country ; that s"woth i.,
written a variety of poems and other works, which viere.li tio
20,000/. ; but they had been stolen frdin her, and Were tri„irae.; .
possession of the King himself, the Duke of York, or theii3 .
~
of Clarence—she could not. tell which ; but, she thoPa,etn,
the handa of the Duke of Clarence. She had applied Or a&
here
but the Duke would not- return them, and told her' e row';.:, ,
remunerate her fourfold for them. Sorne.of thern haTeatres• .: :
ever, been dramatised, and even now performed at the td"jeoati,
M‘Donald, the publisher, 111`Carthy, the botanist,' tio , write
the actor, had conspired against her ; but she would 13°';inetl.
her works over again; she would punish those whop e;ea td, .
them as much as she could.—The Magistrate endea es not. .'
persuade her that she was mistaken.—She said; she wo'boold , ,
Had she not purchased an annuity of 40/. a year,. she red he.
have become a pauper.—The Magistrate said, he feaoxce, •
~
could not render her any assistance, and she quitted the w_ ~ •
, , Was -
William Everett, a gentleman who fills a public paf-4ii in ,
accused by his wife with endangering her life, " every ew ,
the day anti every hour in the night." is
leg 4 Mat orderiier
Harriet Williams, who had lived three months in colvioper
ant's house, deposed that, about ten days ago, she !va'sc •eitd
at between four and five o'clock in the morning y
;m"isshtreesgsd,t
aunpd,
foundwhen shhieniheard
holding her
ill-using her. Monday and Tuesday week her Master 11)111_ ',Act
gentlemen home to dinner, when they indulged in dris.:lfijo
at supper her master threw the knives after her mistreeaeewe„,..
must have been murdered had not the visitors gotrb t_wstoii
and caused the• knives to be put.entirely out of he.
„IT! cow
way for the remainder of the evening. She was herse.lfjq.; di,
tinual fear of her life, and had not a moments peace• bind/;
had seen her mistress in bed, and her master in a rage "
her shoulder. hotl
Mr. Ferdinando Mess., who lodged with defentlat.itivil,livi'erii.-
wife during the night of the 24th, distinctly heard ble mil- ''' ' •
in the bed-room next to him, and lie afterwards rfa: ae,,an ~.
with a black eye: Witness had seen Mr. E• kick hihelloiliiii,
calling her names, tell her to get out of his Way; but
....4
able to account for their difference. a clati'",
masterilersbwt 1.
1.1 lai.
irsit.l ;off; . . •
Ni'illiam Everett, on being addressed by Mr.l%th.i;eees„ceoting ,'
that he should not deny what Mrs. Everett had' eazak'e`tronde,.
mental and bodily disease, from ill 'Usage by, both u't ado Pr herself. He had been labouring, and still laboured,,_v ew 01
his wife's family ; and as to himself, he would cone_ee dire such
thing their Worships might decide on rather than ,„ bati,.be'''
a life. He complained that his wife's temper Was
sause"she knew him to be extremely irritable and, we u'e but 107
bear from provoking him. He'had no children by De;verett. IA
been a father toiler child by a former husband• Mrse he
had of
added, had been ill ever since their marriage, an her.u.ile rut -
only been a father to her child, but even a nurse to ,acoua
been the victim of a lon-rotractM income,,'_°_,YibasseD
lating his expencea ant/narrowing his had et, wheal°
his feelings so mile b, that lie sometimes. hardly knew I;vereft!'
he was himself or not. He had many.times said to
ile:'" 5:. Or ,
when differences Were beginning to rtse between .e of PI:
sey, don't aggravate me ;, you know the irritactiplytiorint
temper;. I, may happen to strike a fatal blow,.%chi „h_ nov rogn_. ,
me to the gallows, and lay you in the gravel 11„;...5.1;yere,::
tinned that at one time, when he was very ill, -LI; to eol,'
dela tills
brought in a tall Chelsea pensioner, who Preteneic upon „
from a private mad-house, to take charge of him. P . ...,. fa
1';
}I rl° On- ,i:
occasion wrote to his wife, offering terms of sepanit " An
had determined not to go near her any more. ge,„ "drabber
of liquor vas such, that every thing went wrcmg ; a'''..joa he'.
gallon of brandy a week, though he continued to ca
D,
e,' bee:
against that vice. use, Iv-1;0
Mr. Moss, the gentleman •:vho lodged in the ho . , fes. . ,
asked by the 3lagistrates, whether he had observead, .21.,f....0ciet,
'ew t
he had observed it two or three times. He wisl e!.lloe.driaAe
wild Innis D,
fairness to both parties, that Mr. Everett w , . e
0.01
ills, thi L. I.'l „skit T.,
rest to be given to drink ? Mr. M's. reply
half a gallon of gin at one sitting. -
were '-.- coo.
Mr. WHITE observed, that there sometimes to r° tard.
which it Was reasonable, as it was always desirable',and,.
10.
'ifferen,es between boo
mend an oblivion of all u - . keweyr, !et,
• -and Pto reconcile them. Tins, ri pc ineyo,
Mr., Al ansi..m.crie-e-Half a gallon, did you say ? acrtl,2:lo,
Wives
;id seCO-1 •
table; but in the mean time, after what had tran. ire r
that .Mr. Everett should find
dence, it was necessary „
._,,,. ,,i
to keep the peace towa,ds his wife
__-----
. _
one of those cases in which a separa seems
spired _a in lio

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COAT, IIIARIET, OcT. 19. 11;1'104
Adair's, 37s 3d—Burtion, 38s—Beaumont, 365 6(1-";rgi<
Primrose, 36s 6d—Ellison Low, 34s 6d—lieaton,, °,7;104:
Heaurn Alain, 39s 3cl to 393 6d-,HolYwell, ;e3s 6a--4', 0 0:0
worth, Ms 9d—Liddel's 31ain, 35s 9d—Ord's dbugt, 9a<
—Pelaw, 37s—Perey East, 37s—Pontop IVitalsof, °.56: 64, ~;.,i
Townley, 375--Willington, 40s 9d to 41s—IVY ,rd toe
\Valls End Eel and Co. 41s to 41s 6d—Walls Enti.,notggv'
and Co. 42s—Walls .End Brown's 36s—.Alralls Po,".:ooiir,
ton, 398—Walls End Green's 37s 76:1—Walls End_TP",hool;
36s 6d-11'2111s End Newmarch, 39s 9d—NValls Bncl I'4 r,,
berland, 39s 6d—Walls End Pawson and CO. 38i-- SI .1017
Riddell's, 41s--NValls End Russell's 41s 3d to 42('-1-__lse
End Niralker_, 40s 6d—Cowpen 36s—liartley, 56s 0d r, 400!"
cett .51ain, 37s 6cl—Hedworth'3lain, 35s 6d—byon 5,1-,
Russell's Lyon's, 40s 9d—Russell's Hetton's %Valls V" ortqr
Walls End Hetton 435--Walls End Hutton s, 54s ,-_o(_
End Lainbton, 43's
—Walls End Springwell, 570 6a-a.40.'
End Stewart s, 43s—';ibips at market, 621—ShiOs sow,
Unsold, 71.

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IRTH. G'l'ades %ill
At Brighton, ohthe IBth nst.,quare, of a ion.
tbe l
Esq., of Burton-crescent, RussielLs

HARRIED• , ••• t,; 1330/,,
?At St, Mary-le-Strand, on Wednesday, the 19th ill, wid
rOsh, Esq., of Ray-lodge, Woodford, to Eliza ,f.
of William Lewis, Esq ,of Lion-house, ,Stamford-hP:,,,,,e11,(
On the 19tb inst 't
St L ence Jewry, Mr. :"hter °
~ 3 . awr
Great surrey-street, to Margaret Sophia, second dO6
the late Major Burn.

the late Olt
PIED• s cobs
Berners-street. ' ' rs siertir°
nateSEataurrldaanydlapsrte,sellriltreSotiannstuesesl
vJoaiscoabg,e
$407 Ye° it, . op
Wednesday the 19th inst., Mr. Thorns ... 40
r flarcoq e 0
On Tuesday last, at his house in Conn ght-tetrac too,
apoplectic fit, James Winekworth, E5Cl' • f iiiligirn 6 lie°
At. Hexliam, on the 15th in Sarah, Wife°. johes ori oil
hurne, watchmaker. She was nu,t "hose ilillief
the preceding day,- when and slate fellrom trlef _ oceasfo
chair on which she was staing, and the frig IT.
deith.

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lotsci,is SQl(‘
• Plish efor the Poorais
thivlcE, No. 11'3, Strand,. by J. 0-