The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
A lad, named William Jennings, was brought before Mr.
Alderman LAINSON, on suspicion of having knowingly
assisted another person in defrauding Messrs. Giles and
Co., oil-merchants, Tooley-street, of a cask of white lead
and a cask of putty, value 101., by means of a forged order,
Purporting to be written by Mr. John Chamberlain, of
Lisson-grove.
Mark Flowerden, clerk to Messrs. Giles and Pilcher,
stated that the goods above mentioned were delivered, about
a fortnight ago, to a man who produced the order, but who
is not in custody. On Thursday he brought a second order
for goods to the amount of 15/. ; but they were not deli-
vered, upon a suspicion, which proved to be well founded,
that the order was not genuine. A lad, who saw the goods
delivered, recognized a person who accompanied the car-
man ; and the latter being traced out, was given into the
custody of Havill, a policeman of the M division. The
carman (the prisoner Jennings) gave all the information he
could as to the man by whom he was hired, and also as to
the place where the goods had been delivered ; and to the
latter Mr. Chamberlain accompanied the policeman.
The policeman said the owner of the shop, Mr. Mason,
a dealer in marine stores, in Neville's-court, Fetter-lane,
acknowledged he had purchased the goods, and pointed out
the party. He bought them of a person named Jem the
Painter, living at Islington. Witness hesitated as to whe-
ther he should be justified in locking Mr. Mason up, and
all Mr. Chamberlain would say was, do your duty : but he
went out to get advice, andibefore he returned Mason con-
trived to escape.
Mr. Alderman LAINSON said that was extraordinary.
Mr. Chamberlain expressed his conviction that the police-
man had been bribed. Mason offered him fifty pounds to
let the matter drop, but he refused to take the money, and
ordered the policeman to keep him in custody, while he (the
witness) obtained further assistance. When, he returned
the bird had flown.
Sergeant Waller, of the City Police, believed the police.
man had been tricked, for he examined the place.
Mr. Alderman LAINSON, having heard the city'7officer's
statement, was satisfied that Mason might have eluded his
vigilance. As the prisoner Jennings had honestly given all
the information in his power there was no reason for de-
taining him. He must, therefore, be discharged, and he
hoped the police would endeavour to retake Mason.

UEEN- SQ UARE.
Two men, named Morley and Stalker, both in the ser-
vice of Mr. Hoofe, of Hammersmith, the contractor for
cleansing the Serpentine river, in Hyde-park, were charged
before Mr. BURRELL with stealing 231bs. of eels from a
dam formed in the river. Charles Griffiths, the superin-
tendent of the Humane Society's establishment on the
banks of the Serpentine, stated that at nine o'clock on
Friday evening he observed both the men busily employed
in spearing the eels. He called upon them to desist, which
they refused to do, and he then applied to the sentry on
duty, who threatened to fire upon them, unless they came
to the shore ; they then surrendered, and were taken to the
station-house. One of the prisoners was a watchman, em-
ployed by the contractor.
Hembury, the park-keeper, stated that the fish were the
property of the Duke of Sussex, the ranger of the park.
Mr. BURRRLL discharged the men, as it appeared that
the fish had been found " in the nsud," and not in the water.

MARLBORO U GH- STREET.
' A cab-driver, named Forrest, was brought before Mr.
CONANT, charged on the police-sheet with having been
found drunk in his cab the overnight.
Serjeant M'Donald said the defendant was seen in his
cab fast asleep, while the horse was leisurely trotting. along.
The horse turned into Ryder's-court, and then a policeman
came up, who, after depositing the defendant in the sta-
tion-house, took the cab to the green-yard.
Mr. CONANT would let the defendant off without paying
the usual fine, as he had to defray the green-yard expenses
for his horse and cab.

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The Magistrates, Mr. DYER and Mr. CONANT, were
called upon to award the customary gratuities to the per.
sons who, in alleged cases of fire in the chimneys, were the
parties who brought the first, second, and third engines to
extinguish the fire. These cases, from their great number,
and the sort of evidence which generally serves to establish
the proof, cause much dissatisfaction to the housekeepers
within the district of this office, and constitute a very heavy
tax on theirF purses. Now the dark nights are coming on,
the harvest of a number of persons, who, though not them-
selves regular firemen, appear to subsist entirely upon the
rewards thus obtained, is about to commence. The cases
are generally those of fires in chimneys, and all the proof
brought, in the largest portion of the cases, is some ragged
urchin, who swears that he saw " sparks" issue from the
chimney-pot. To bring proof that no fire whatever was in
the chimney is a waste of time, as the very poking of the
fire, or sudden blast of air up the chimney, will be sufficient
to carry up a few sparks, which may become visible to one
person, and not to another. One of the cases was against
Mr. Hansard, printer, Cross-lane, King-street. A lad swore
he saw sparks issue from one of the chimneys. It was ad-
mitted that such a circumstance did possibly occur, as it was
the engine chimney, and the same appearances would present
themselves every time the door was opened, or coals put on
the fire. No one in the house was aware that the fire en-
gines had been sent for, and when they arrived there was
nothing for them to do, as there had been no fire. Mr.
Hansard had been summoned a number of times, and had
paid the rewards, and was likely to be summoned every
day, if a few sparks, from which no danger could possibly
arise, were to constitute the legislative meaning of the
chimney being on fire.—The lowest reward, about 455., was
awarded.

MAR YLEB ONE.
William Twyhanz, a middle-aged, decently-dressed me-

ebanic, residing at No. 4, Steven's-street, Lisson-grove, was
charged with having attempted to murder two of his chil-
dren, by cutting their throats with a razor. William An-
derson, the landlord of the house in question, stated that,
on the previous night, the prisoner came home intoxicated ;
and after alluding to some money, which he owed for a
few weeks' rent, exclaimed, in a great rage, " I tell you
what, by G—d, it's of no use talking any nonsense about
the matter—l mean to kill both my children, and then die
beside them myself!" Witness expostulated, in mild terms,
with the prisoner, and at length prevailed upon him to go
to bed. He, however, had not been long there before a
noise was heard in the apartment ; and on another lodger
rushing up stairs to ascertain the cause, he discovered the
infatuated man in the act of attempting to put his diabo-
lical threat into execution with a razor.

Thomas Cumley—On entering the room saw the pri-
soner standing over his children, who were fast asleep in
bed. A razor, which he firmly grasped, was open, when
witness being convinced from his manner that he was then
about to perpetrate the dreadful deed, sprang forward, and
after a desperate struggle, wrested the weapon from his hold.
Several witnesses spoke to the previous good conduct of
the prisoner.
In reply to the charge the prisoner, owing to his being
behind with his rent, and also short of work, had, in order
to cheer his spirits, taken too much drink ; he would not,
for the world, injure either of his children, and would take
care not to offend in future. The prisoner was held to bail.
Charlotte Hart, a young woman of decent appearance,
was placed at the bar, together with her four children, one
of them an infant at the breast, charged under the follow-
ing distressing circumstances :—Policeman, 50 D, on the
previous night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, found
the wretched family sitting on the step of a door in York-
road, Bryanstone- square ; they were shivering with cold,
and for shelter witness conveyed them to the station-house,
when the poor woman expresed her heartfelt gratitude for
the accommodation thus afforded.
Mr. SHUTT (to the prisoner)—Flow is it, my good wo-
man, that you are found about the streets ? Prisoner—l
had no friends to go to, Sir, and was compelled to lie down
and rest with my children in any place I could find.
Mr. SHUTT—Is your husband living ? Prisoner—He is,
Sir, but he left me yesterday, and I positively declare I
know not where to find him.
Mr. SHUTT—Why did he leave you? Prisoner—He
ran away nearly distracted, and well he might; Sir. We
have lived for some time in William-street, Lisson-grove,
and, as work has lately been slack, we owed several weeks'
rent, for which the landlord seized, and, on Friday, sold
every article of furniture we had in the world. We were
then turned out into the street to shift for ourselvet.
Mr. SHUTT—What is your husband? Prisoner—A gar-
dener, your Worship.
Mr. SHUTT—TO what parish do you belong ? Prisoner—
Hackney, Sir.
The worthy Magistrate, after presenting the distressed
woman with some silver in order to alleviate her immediate
wants, directed her to make application for further assist-
ance to the overseers of the parish above-named.