The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-26 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

YesterdaY'another investigation took place be-
fore Mr. ,TARES, relative to Captain Hasana, of
the Turkish schooner the Gelea, for violently. as-
saulting and -wounding Ciragno, one of his seamen.
The evidence was the same as on the former oc-
casion ; .but - Mr. ALLEY, who attended for the,
Captain, contended, that the charge could not. be
maintained before a Magistrate, as the offence was
Stated to have been committed in the county of
Kent, whereas whatever- took place was on the
high seas, and only:cognizable before the Admiralty
Court.

Mr. NAltEs coinciding with the Learned Gen-
tleman, the complaint was dismissed.

HATTON-GARDEN.
EARLY DRPTlAVlTy.—Yesterday a
an of nine
boys, the eldest of whom did not excee;l 19 years
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age, wero. brougit' fOr•exaiiiiitazion'befoit they
Sitting Magistrate ;. therwere apprehended
.on
the preceding night through the vigilance of James
Hancock and John Hutt, two very active officers,
at the Shears public-hawse, in Chequer-alley,
Whitecross-street. •
Hutt, the Officer, stated, that the Shears public-,
houSe, where thq had taken the prisoners ou
suspicion of being .cooneeted with some of ,the
gangs of pickpockets, housebreakers-, &c. was
well- known as a most notorious nest for 'all per-.
sons of such character, and that it was dangerous
for persons to pass that way after dark. In Con,,
firmation of this he produced.two women who
were knocked down•and robbed of their cloaks a -
few nights ago., by part of the gangs who frequent
the above house, and who attended the Office
now to sec if they could recognise any of the per-
sons who robbed them among the prisoners, but
after seeing the prisoners they were not 'able to
speak to either of them. The landlord. of the
house, Mr. Lloyd Jones, now present, received.
the stab of a knife in the side from one of them,
a few weeks ago, which nearly killed him, and
for which offence the man was tried last Old
Bailey Sessions, and received sentence of death ;
witness was informed by his. brother Officer, .
Hancock, that among the desperate characters
that frequented the above house were four noto-
rious house-breakers, who were now loose on the
town, having lately returned froM transportation
before the expiration•of their time, and who were
heard to say, that they would shoot any Police-
Officer who dared attempt to• apprehend them,
and that they carried loaded pistols about them
for that purpose; that witness anti his brother
officers went Well armed, between ten and eleven
o'clock on the preceding night, to the above
house in order to apprehend them, but the pri-
soners were set to resist the entrance of the of-
ficers,
'whilst they effected their escape the back
way, and they secured the nine prisoners now at
the bar, viz.-
1. James Mackay, alias Keeling, aged 17 years.
2. William Merritlew .
a. john Connell l5
4. William Waters. lO
5. JoSeph Edwards
6. John anks
'7. John Cole
$. George Porter ,
9. James 11.6% re
Some of the prisoners were well known bad.
characters, particularly Wtters, who had been.
frequently in custody on. various charges, anti:,
who was once taken along' with Jones, a boy,
who was tried and received sentence of death last
Old Bailey-Sessions. Mackay and Connell were ,
reputed thieves : each of, these three prisoners
were sentenced to ten,days imprisonment in the ..
HOnse of Correction, and there to be well whip-
ped. George Porter, a runaway apprentice to a
law-writer in Chancery-lane, for whom his master
had a warrant, and who of 'late frequented the
Shears; was ordered to be taken into custody
and delivered up to his master. Merridew was
discharged, at the request of his master,
watchmaker. John Jenks, another of the pri-
soners, apprentice to a watch-finisher, was the
only one amongst them whose character appeared
faVourable, he having a good character from big
master ; he had gone inadvertently into the house
to have a pint of beer a few minutes before they
were apprehended ; he was also discharged. Ed'
wands, Cole, an&Howe, being suspicious charic'
ters, and' haviilg no person to speak-fob'- thenip
after being severely reprimanded, were discharg
ed. The landlord of the house, Mr. Richard.
Lloyd Jones, was then called to a severe account.'
by the Magistrates, with regard to the house,•
and cautioned as to his future management of it.