The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-19 00:00:00

THE WEEK.

ASSIZE INTELL GE NC.

,nicE.—SP-ECIAL JURY.
the
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.IRCUIT.—Grotio'EsTRR, Aua. 16.
Major Rice, of Llynv
This waatsi:ana:lnaaAcaGtriEtoinlven.brougk`„ by the plaintiffs, who are
bankers
townfroin othe L defendant,iand o v
e ry
, upon a promissory note, alleged to have
been in ,10L
him, and which he refused to pay, upon
th.o gm,- - ~,,,. 411( that the I..rain,-)neracre°:ieler
.
.ne case which had occupied part of three days, term:-
lindorsement was a forgery.
nated in a Juror being withdrawn.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.

these sessions commenced to-day (Tl,:ursday) before Mr.
prisoners for trial for minor
CONST and a Bench Gf Magistrates. There were only 16
offenees. Nothing of any public
interest occurred.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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MANSION-HO UsE.
•
The, .7...,,uLD MAvou privately :
mvesgated a case of
allege fu forgery on tile Bank of; England, to the amount of
7,SUO/ , And in a fcwminutes adjourned the examination
for one mouth, in consequencc of the absence of evidence.
All parties agreed, it was said, for the purposes of justice,
that the inquiry should be strictly priVate,,wilich it was, in
the most complete sense of the word.

LAMBETH-STREET.
Yesterday, William Perry, an Irish labourer, was brought
before Messrs. COMBES and HAttnw,ck for final examina-
tion, on a charge of stealing a blanket, the property of
Wm. Sheen, who, it will be rectdleCted, has been tried for
cutting his child's head off.
Sheen, who appeared almost in a dying state, stated that
the prisoner and his wife had occupied a room in his house,
and after they had left be dic.,covered that a blanket belog,-
ing to him had been stokn.
The prisoner declared solemnly that there had nit been
a blanket on the bed during he whole time himself and his
xrife occupied it ; and therefore he could net have stolen
one of it.
The Prisoner was discharged.

Yesterday a girl about 19
THAMES, 07_,-,'FICE.
fore Mr. BRODERIP,
state of pregnancy, who 'appeared to be suffering much
sleeping in the o
from want of proper sus4, years of age, in an advanced
enanee and rest, was brought be-
St. George's iv iie sitting Magistrate, on a charge of
the East.
13''.,n air on the steps of the workhouse of
A policen,,,,
girl had or;
streets named Wiltshire, 249 K, said the poor
home, and, to save her from perishing in the
'ne had brought her before his Worship. She had,
to h'.s knowledge, been sleeping in the streets for several
n..ghts. On Tuesday night he allowed her to sleep in the
doorway of the National School of St. George, and di-
rected her to apply to the parish officers. He believed she
had done so, but had been denied relief. On the succeed-
ing night he again found her on the workhouse steps in the
most exhausted state, and he took her to the station-house,
where she was provided with some refreshment.
The girl, on being questioned by Mr. BRODERIP, stated
that her name was Sarah Chapman, and she had been living
in the capacity of housemaid to a printer in Westminster,
where she formed an intimacy with a young man, named
George Middleton, who promised her marriage ; but, after
effecting her ruin, he refused to perform his promise, and
her mistress, on discovering; her situation, discharged
her. The father of the child, of which she was then
pregnant, refused to assist her ; and having no friends
to apply to, she solicited the assistance of the Queen-
square Magistrates, who said they had no power
to interfere or to call upon the father of the child to
give security for its support. She next waited on the
parish officers of St. Margaret's parish, who refused to re-
li2ve her, and told her to go to her own parish, St. George,
'in which she had a settlement, On applying to the over-
seers of St. George's, vv'nere there is a board of guardians
elected under the new poor law, she was told they could
do nothing for her, and would not receive her until she was
regularly passer:', to them by an order of removal. She
went to the overseers or governors of the poor of St.
Margaret's, 'who refused to pass her, and referred her back
to St. Gee.rge's. She begged for admittance into the work-
house tf that parish, but the door was closed against her,
and 'not knowing what to do or where to go, she lay down
0.-a the steps until the policeman removed her. She called
as that office a few days ago, and met with an answer similar
to that she received at Queen-square.
Mr. 13fiovEafe asked her when she expected to be con-
fined
The girl said that event would take place at the end
of the month—that she was quite unprovided with neces-
saries, and that if the Magistrate did not interfere for her
she and her babe must perish.
Mr. BRODERIP lamented that he had not the power of
compelling either parish to assist the prisoner, who ought
not to he left to perish in the streets, or give birth to a
child in the public highway, which must inevitably happen
if she was not relieved. He would write a note to Mr.
Gregory, one of the Queen-square Magistrates, in whose
district St. Margaret's parish was, and recommend her case
to his consideration.
Wiltshire (whose humanity to the young woman de-
serves great praise) was then despatched with the note to
Queen-square Police-office. On his arrival there with the
girl he ascertained that Mr. Gregory was at Marylebone-
office. Mr. Broderip's note, however, was opened by ano-
ther magistrate, who gave the policeman a letter directed
to the officers of St. Margaret's, and ordered him to take
the girl to the workhouse. On Wiltshire communicating
his business to the relieving officer, at St. Margaret's work-
house, he told the girl to go and wait in the yard among
the other applicants for relief until the Board met in the
evening, and said he did not think they would relieve her.

• A French gentleman, named Pourralk has recently
arrived in London, bringing with him a tilbury, which pos-
sesses some new and important features as relates to the bar-
ness and carriage. This vehicle has the same appearance as
any other fashionable carriage, but the horse is harnessed with
the usual apparatus in such a manner as that in the event of
his running away the driver can immediately release him from
the shafts without the least risk to himself, or damage to the
vehicle or public. The harness is very simple, and a horse
can
ibrmi he put to in a fourth of the time at present occupied in
per ng that operation, and the horse carries very little
more than a saddle-horse. The harness is also mull more
easily kept in order. The axletree is constructed tipon anew
principle, which combines the advantages of possaoing greater
strength, and makinc, the draught more easy to the-horse: On
Thursday' last M. P'ourrat, at the request of the Stewards of
the Dove house Race Meeting, at Pinner, exhibited his ve-
hicle on the course. He mounted, accompanied by his groom,
and when the horse, a very spirited one, was at full speed, he,
in an instant, released hint from the shafts, and in a moment
afterwards alighted from the vehicle amid the plaudits of the
numerous company assembled. He repeated the experiment
several times with the same result. The invention appears
likely to create a complete revolution in the present system of
building carriages and harness-making.
FUNERAL OF A TURKISH OFFICER.—Several
Turks, sent by the Sultan from Constantinople, have been some
time at Woolwich, to learn gunnery and the art of war. One
of them, a promising young man, died a few days since, and
on Friday last his remains were deposited, without religious
ceremony, in the ground of the depot, near the Hospital at
Woolwich. The deceased being a Mahometan, our Christian
rites were inapplicable. The Turks have a dread of contami-
nation in life or death, by coming in contact with unbelievers,
and their first desire is to have their bones deposited where they
may remain undisturbed by infidels. In the present instance
the body was followed by the Turkish officers who had been
associated with the deceased. A party of soldiers led the
way to the ground, and the interment took place near the Ma.
gazine. The MahOmetans only uttered one exclamation in
the Turkish language, meaning " Farewell." A volley over
the grave concluded the ceremony. Gtneral Dundas, whohad known the deceased, attended the funeral.
In the discussions which arise in the provinces an
the
usuitbhjerttheomf fiinuanscuems,uway
aclergyman
general-
up
or ()tiler y found mixed
. At Brighton. all tb.o
townsfolk seem to be in arms on the subject of an additio•aal
100ar, /. per at r annum,
ast win con ith which they have been charged
sasocce his claiming that mother
other
by I.:heir
Vicle, v
person.
The atightonians, looking at this in a commercial
point of xiukt, say that, if the business of a merchant i.nocases.
he employs an additional clerk, and so they conceivr, h.: should
act with regard to any additional assistance he, may want,
seeing the emoluments arisinv :irom weddings. christenings,
B,c, must keep pace Alfe increase a the j'aliabitants, and
they, therefore, protest against beingeharTjed with the new
chaplain's salary.