The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.
A young nun named William Rich, servant to Major
Walter Scott Cameron, of the United States, waited
upon the Lord Mayor about three weeks ago in conse-
quence of the mysterious and unaccountable disappear-
ance of his master, who, upon his arrival in London,
took up his quarters at the Bull Inn, Aldgate. The
young man brought with him his master's trunk, in
which, if the Major left any property behind him, it was
probably deposited. The Lord Mayor gave directions
to John Forrester, the officer, to assist the applicant in
his inquiry, which has proved ineffectual, and yesterday
his Lordship stated that be should cause the trunk to
be broken open to ascertain whether it contained any-
thing likely to aid the search or abate the fears enter-
tained for the safety of the owner.
The statement of Rich was to the following effect :
Major Cameron arrived at Cowes, isle of Wight on
the 4th of July, in the Charles Carroll ship, Captain
Crosier, from New Orleans, and engaged Rich as com-
panion and servant in London na the 7th, on the night
of which they went to the English Opera House to-
gether. On the Bth, 9th, and 10th they visited several
parts of the metropolis, and on the 11th they again
went to the English Opera House, where the Major
met a lady whom he accompanied from the theatre, and
who appeared extremely unwilling to let the servant
know where the master was going. On Sunday, the
12th, he returned home to breakfast, after which he
repaired to the American Coffee-house the last time
and place at which the Major was seen.
The LORD MAYoR asked what money the Major ap-
pearedo be possessed
London to of, and whether he had any
friends in o

Rich replied that the Major, mentioned incidentally
that upon leaving Philadelphia, which seemed to be his
native place, he had 2501. in his possession, out of
which he paid for his passage to England. He (Rich)
supposed that his master might have 2001. when they
met. On July 10, two days before his master's disap-
pearance, he ripped, by the Mjor's direction thirty
sovereigns from a sort of bag, each of the sovereigns
having been kept separate from the rest, but whether
the Major had more money in his pocket on leaving
the Bull Inn, he could not tell, and he had no reason
to believe the Major had friends or acquaintances in
London.

The LORD MAYOR supposed the Mljor was of
Scotch birth.

Rich said his master had mentioned to him that his
father and mother were Scotch, but that he was him-
self a native of the United States. He certainly spoke
very much in the American style, and was in the habit
)f using the words " I guess," and " I consider," fre-
quently. His age was about 25 or '26 years, and he
!lad a sort of American shuffle in his gait.
Tie LORD Mayon—Did it appear to you that he
had any prticu:ar business in England ?
Rich---.No, my Lord he came merely to see the
country, according to what he mentioned to me, and it
was his intention to visit France and Italy. ; have,
with the officer's assistance, made inquiry of Ambassa-
dors and Consuls, and in every imaginable quarter, but
can get no tidings whatever of him.
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nsgaiiidshthoapt hHaodt'lsseee, but it wasn the female
whom the Major accompanied on the night of the 11th
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evident that she had had no communication with him
since that time.
The Loft]) MAYOR intimated, that in a day or two
he should order the trunk to be opened if the Major did
not appear.

• • -
A man named Alexander, who had been employed to
drive pigs from a Sc Ali wharf to Smithfield, was charged
with having goaded a gentleman, and cruelly beaten
one of the pigs, and also with having caused gre.t dia.
order.

brought The
in
The defendant, it appeared, had nineteen pigs to
drive to market, and the poor animals having been
Irish pigs, and required different kind of driving. The
ran into a shop.
defendant, who was an experienced driver, knew the
fact, but chose,Scotland,' were much more shy than
f!oria his inhumanity it was stated,
to drive them more Hi&ernico, or Irish fashion, and
eoad?d one of them in particular so sharply that she
passing told the defendant that he was a brute, and im-
mediately received a poke of the goad, which compli-
ment was A gentleman who happened to be
returned with a slap on the head. A great
obstruction and disturbance was the consequence, and
the most effectual way of putting an end to the row
was adopted by the police, who drove the driver to the
Compter, and put the pie's under the protection of a
person who treated their national
peculiarity with greater
respect.

The LORD MAYOR—WeII, defendant, so you were
not satisSed with goading the
pigs, but you must goad
the people ? What have you to say ?
The defendant said that It's pigs were very timid,
and, contrary to what had been stated, be had been
' most gentle with them, for the fact was that rough
driving with the Scotch breed completely defeated its
object, and added to the difficulty of getting them to
market. Sometimes a pig took it into his head to do
the most wrong things, and such was the case with
those he drove. A toga in the ribs
generally set all
right, and he made a gentle poke at the pig, hot the
goad accidentally touched the head of a gentleman,
who immediately turned round and struck him, and
thus provoked a quarrel.