The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. of
ANAITXWARD SUBJECT.--Yesterday, w
Yesterday, during the hol
business, 11r. Brooks, the celebrated anatomist, of Blenhelii
street, came to the office, and stated that on Thursday night 4
returned to his house about eleven o'clock, when he procee;
3
to his drawing-room; whilst there, and just before be,.
retiring, he thought he would look and see if all was safe.
With this determination he examined behind the curtains a.."„,
other places, and at length, he came to the sofa; on stoopLT
he beheld the leg and breech of a man, clothed in a cover
ing of dark cloth, whom he pulled out, on which the fel%
seeing he had an open space, jumped up on his legs)
endeavoured to force something into Mr. Brooks's .ruout •
but being too strong for him, he frustrated the fellow's tie;
sign. A struggle ensued, when they both fell down, en:
although the door had the chain up, yet the fellow by soot
means made his escape. Whilst he was keein
he called out murder lustily, but neither his neighbours nor the
watchman came to his assistance. Had they done so the fellovh
whose intention was to rob or murder him, would have bee/1
taken.—The Magistrate here asked Mr. Brooks in a lox tone:
or at least so we understood, whether any resurrectionist WI
brought in a subject before his hour was come, who, being
alarmed, might have so exerted himself to escape from l'r!l'
was most probably horrible to his feelings ? To this question
we understood the anatomist to give an answer in the negative;
and a pupil observed that it could not have been a resurrec-
tionist,, as his clothes were not greasy.-.-The worthy IOW;
straw then desired the officers to make inquiries, and endearoe
him at ball
to bring the offender to justice.

MARYLEBONE.
EXTENNSIVE SWlNDLlNG.—yesterday, T. hewitt
re-examined charged with swindling.-Mr. Passmore, of, the
Rising Sun, Somers-ToWn, stated, that The prisoner came to
his house, and said his brother-in-law was. Steward to the
Archbishop of Canterbury, handed him an estimate of Pou'e
buildings he said he had to erect, and asked if it would be CO
venient to pay the men at his house; being answered in w't
affirmative, he, after some conversation, said he was in 111311
of '2l. in silver, which witness produced,' and on turning rusi
back, the prisoner decamped. Mr. Maycock, builder, of Portllll,
Town, said the iirisoner had duped-him out of M. by promiil2tP
to procure him tne above job. Among the other dupes
Smith, of Paddington Wharf, from whom he obtained 51., an
Mr. Smith, of Portland Town, of 'll. There were sever,
(Aims, but the Magistrates thought the above sufficient,
committed him for trial. were Di ri

LAMBETH-STREET.
THE CONVICT 'FEIIIIIS.—The investigation touching the
innocence of Catherine Ferris, now a convict, under sentence (?:
death, was yesterday resumed. The witnesses who now ma.
tended proved the apprehensiori of 'the two girls, Shute 3%
Furze, and their admission that they and Davis were the partie
who committed the robbery, and that Ferris was perfectly in"
Docent. The two men, who had seen the girls surround Mr":
Marsh, the prosecutor, as they supposed, fbr a lark, stated tha.r•
they had visited Mr. Marsh in the Lunatic Asylum, and won..
fled his person.—A Memorial was then directed to be drawn up'
to be presented to the Secretary of State, and the Magistrate'
did not doubt but it would lead to the most favourable result.

TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK..
A tradesman of respectability, named Samuel Towers, 0'
peart:tl before the Magistrate in a State of mind not •easily
de
scribed, to charge his daughter, Jam Towers,with acts ofa
Very
serious nature. He stated that she was in the habit of stayiri
out late almost every night, keeping the most. abandoned eon;
pany, and when in want of money, creating mobs and riot roue
1115 house and breaking his windows. H e.. complained in par;
ticular of her conduct last night coming
drunkennesS. She smashed every window in her reach, and t?''
did not know where it would have ended had he not given herr,'
charge. The girl endeavoured tojustify her conduct, but failed
t:
as shecould earn 7s. per week at her business, and the fathe,
home in a state
agreed to alio* her 3s. more. Mr. Alderman Smini, afte
advising her in the most feeling manner to alter her conduct-9
particularly as to her father, told her that if she came before
him again upon a similar charge, however unpleasant, his (It"-
would compel him to commit her to the House of Correcticlu

UNION-HALL. •
The numerous and daring robberies that• have been lately
committed in the neighbourhood of the Cobourg Theatre %-
boys, who go in gangs of from four to eight, have at lengt,_
attracted the attention of the Magistrates, who ordered tl.°
officers stationed about that place to disperse all idle OA-,
racters, and bring before them such as lurked about for
the purpose of committing depredations. The officers, in ell
their rounds, observed four boys trying to remove a
paper at the door of Mr. 111‘Mahon, stationer, Waterloo-robt,l'
in doing which the pile fell, but they succeeded in appreheoz
mg two of them. One gave hit name James Ellis, the oth"
John Davis, both under 14 years of age. The ream of paPer
.
produced was valued at 6s. Had not the officers secured then'
they would have made good their retreat with it; as they 114'.
cut the strings which fastened it. Mr. M`Mahan stated, tha,b_
it was a practice amongst these juvenile thieves to cut or cral'e
a window one night, and next night commit a robbery on 0,
premises; this scheme rendering the punishment; in case
detection, much lighter.
Two more boys were brought in from the same neighl
hood. The officers stated, that seeing a consultation of as
held near a stationer's shop, they placed themselves where thq
could watch their manoeuvres ; when the two prisoners, name;_
John Iletchinson and Geo. Lewis, thrust_ their hands throllP
the glass, and with the greatest dexterity, seized a lot of Elar;
inn cards, &c. Five packs were taken on them by the otitcere
who intercepted them in their flight. The whole of them. Of
remanded; they are known to the officers as reputed thieve
and no doubt will be sent •to the Regions of Penitence s'
Brixton.

A scene of a most appalling description oc
, curred in this City yesterday noon, betwem twelve and al
o'clock. John Ward, the private belonging to the d P°to,°
the 47th Foot, whose commitment to. Westgate gaol
lately noticed, for breaking a pane of glass in the shop it c
?'
(low of Mrs. Jager, silversmith, on ..the Parade, and steal;
°t7
two watches, which he afterwards returned,
since his committal shewn evident symptoms of insanity;'
and was in consequence of his making a great noise in titi.
night and disturbing the other prisoners, confined by him"'
«hen the gaoler took his dinner to him yesterday, on his open'
ing the door of his cell, Ward immediately sprung past nit
tad going to the top of the tower threw himself over he
battlements, on the north-west side, when, dreadful to
relate; his }rains were dashed out on the pavement of the
bridge, and he was instantly deprived of existence. One of tild
other prisoners happening to be on the tower at the time, a%
seeing what he was about to do, caught hold of his foot as "
was throwing himself over, but finding that he was endangeriel
h s own life, he was compelled to let go his hold. A 1.34Yt1g
was passing at the time, had a very narrow escape, as the ne%
of t'ie unfortunate deceased struck her bonnet. A Corone!,
Inquest was held on the body yesterday, before Mr. Nutt, O:t
rcner of the City, when after a patient investigation, a verui"
of "Insanity" was returned.—(Kentish Ga.ette, Dec. 16.)

" Remember Love, remember," by PAIIOI
and sung by Miss LOVE, is the prettiest BitVat.`
v,e have heard for some time, and does great
credit to the Writer and Composer,

WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
ti WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY hereby g've no-
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St!id9 Pursuant to the. directions of the Act of Parliament,
pikiTne West India Dock House, No. 8, Billitet-stinare, 00
th lAY, the 6th day of January next, at One o'Clnek in
,i' If
at which Meeting a DIVIDEND will be de.
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West
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is PRICE OF STOCKS THIS
Nnk tit k .oc
a Per Cent. Ited. 791 i 81 8i
oPer Cent. Cons.
.Per Cent B4ll
,1-11tto Red.
Per Cent. New
!Mitt liatik Long Ann. 19 181 19
titock
04)itto Bonds ... 70 80 70 die.
'°l4ll Sea St 6.:

FRICF.S or FOREIGN FI
Austrian Bag, 5 p. cent. 90i 13
Brazilian Bds
1825
Scrip
..oenos Ayres Bds
Bds 6 per cent —
eholomin
huo• do. 1824 ... 5Gi 5 64: 6
6 per cent lOO
("o. 1825
Week Ws
4-'O. 1825
55i 16
Alexican llds 5O
N. 1825 58.1i1i 79 81

oAy AT ONE O'CLOCK.

OM Annuities
New Ditto
Ex. BillBlooo/.10. 40 6068 dis.
Ditto 500/. 1;d.... 35 55 dis.
Ditto Small 10. ... 10 20 dis.
Ditto Advertised
Bank for Acct.
India for Acct.
Cons. for Acct.

NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Mexican Scrip
Neapolitan, 5 per cent.
Neapolitan do. 1824
Peruvian Bonds
Do. Scrip
Portuguese Bonds 7B 9.1
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Ditto New 90
Russian, New, 5 p. et. 8. 34
Spanish 1821, 4 per et. 133 12ii
1823
French Rentes,s p. c. ---c.

Exchange ... —f.
3 per cent. 62f. ex thy.
--- Exchange ... 25f. 10c.

PRICES OP SIIALIES AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Anglo.Chilian Mining Company Per Share.
•
Rolivar Mining Company 13
4
Pasco Peruvian Mining Company 4i
dew United Mexican Mining Company 15 14
Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company
Protector Fire Assurance Company
British Rock and Patent Salt Company

TRICE OP IRISH STOCKS, DEC. 13.
6°
Bank Stockl Mining Company l4 pm.
v• Deb. 3_ i per cent.... 944 A St. Patrick Insurance. i I dis.
(;!Per cent. New do. 1004 i Patriotic ditto
ov• Stoek, N per ct. ... 891 R Royal Irish Mining
s'°'l3ols 3 per cent.
.(I.oyal Canal Stock
i,*land Canal Stock Provincial Bank -
!tto Loan, 4 per cent. ... I Fish Shares
Ditto Ditto, 6 per cent. ... 70 I New Brighton

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