The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-04 00:00:00

UN7 SEPTEMBER 4, 1847.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
The Loan MAYOR said he had just received a letter
from his friend Sir Peter Laurie, who was in Scot-
land, enclosing a communication relative to Mr.
Joseph Ady.
His LORDSHIP then read a letter signed W. M.
Pierce, and dated West Ashby, Horncastle, together
with which the writer had transmitted the following
letter addressed by Ady to Mrs. Pierce :
" August 7, 1847.
" Madam,—Your husband has embarked in an un-
dertaking rendered illegal by various Acts of Parlia-
ment, subjecting him and yourself and your junior
children to serious liabilities and insults. He may be
dragged from his home as a felon at any hour of the
night or day, confined in a felon's stone cell, without
glass window, upon straw and water. The police may
intrude themselves into your apartments, possess
themselves of your cash and jewels, paraphernalia,
and leave you to the tender mercies of the law. On
the receipt of twenty shillings I will point out the
disease and remedy.—Respectfully,
"JOSEPH ADY, Accountant.
"5, York-street, Charlotte-street,
Whitechapel, London.
" One of the bishops was in a similar case. Tie
paid my fee, took my advice, and escaped unscathed."
The LORD MAYOR said he considered the letter
signed "Joseph Ady" constituted an attempt to ex-
tort money by threats, and if any case resembling that
of which notice had been given to him by Sir Peter
Laurie were brought before him, and shown to be
under his jurisdiction, he should most decidedly act
upon that view of it. Innumerable letters had been
transmitted by Ady to all parts of the country, and
addressed to the wives of persons whom that indivi-
dual represented as being in great peril, and the
utmost alarm had of course been occasioned, particu-
larly in instances where the heads of families hap-
pened to be from home.. His Lordship declared that
he felt most strongly for the multitudes who had been
duped by this indefatigable tormenter, and that if it
was not for the indignant exposures made by the
press, there would have been much' greater occasion
for sympathy. In conclusion, his Lordship ex-
pressed an opinion that a great deal might be done
towards checking the nuisance by placarding public
places in the various towns with bills, cautioning all
persons against the imposter.
Francis Thomas Griffiths a young man who was
in the employment of Mr. *est, jeweller, in Lud-
gate-street, was charged with having committed a
forgery upon the London Joint-stock Bank, to the
amount of 1151. 10s.
Messrs. Bush and Mullens, the solicitors to the
Committee of Bankers for Protection against Forgery
and Fraud, attended for the prosecution; Mr. Wont-
ner appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Kay, a clerk in the London Joint-stock Bank,
stated that a cheque purporting to be drawn by Mr.
West, who kept an account at that establishment, for
1151. 10s., was presented at the counter and paid on
the 16th of August last, with a Bank of England
note for 501., No. 38,649, and 651. 10s. in gold.
The cheque was drawn in favour of Mr. Wild, or
bearer.
Mr. Thomas West, jeweller, of Ludgate-street,
stated that he knew the prisoner, who had been in
his employment about twelve months, and had left
him in 1845. The cheque produced was not in wit-
ness's handwriting, and he had never authorised any
one to sign it for him. He was acquainted with the
prisoner's handwriting, and the writing in the cheque
looked like the prisoner's handwriting. The signa-
ture was evidently a copy of witness's, but the body
was not a copy of his handwriting. He believed the
name of Wild in the cheque was in the prisoner's
handwriting.
On his cross-examination, witness stated that he
had expressed the same opinion on that day week in
the London Joint-stock Bank, that he knew the
prisoner's father, but had had no communication with
him upon the subject, and that he knew nothing of
the prisoner since 1845.
Mr. Archibald Griffith, clerk in the issue depart-
ment of the Bank of England, stated that the 501.
note above described had been brought to him in the
name of " Wild" for fifty sovereigns, which he ac-
cordingly gave for it.
Michael Haydon (policeman 274) stated that he
took the prisoner into custody in Cavendish•street,
Horton, at eight o'clock that morning, and found
in his pockets a gold watch, some trinkets, and so.ne
silver.
The prisoner -waa remanded.
CLERKE IV WELL.
Mr. Edward Pratt, a furniture broker, of Liver-
pool-road, Islington, was charged by Mrs. Caroline
Passmore, with an assault.
The prosecutrix deposed that her husband, prior to
the 14th of August, carried on the business of a sad-
dler and harness maker at No. 12, Compton-street,
Brunswick-square. On the afternoon of that day,
about half-past five o'clock, she was in the drawing-
room with her four children, when the defendant, in
company with three men, broke open the street-door
with a crow-bar; and after entering the house de-
fendant ordered the men to force her down stairs.
She clung to the doors, when they hammered
her hands to make her leave go, by which the
bone of one of her fingers was broken and
dislocated. Her side was injured, and she was
confined to her bed for three days, under the care of
a surgeon. They subsequently carried her down
stairs, and with violence threw her into the street
and shut her out.
Cross-examined—Her husband was a tenant in
the house. A distress had been put in for arrears of
rent. there were two quarters' rent due. She ap-
plied to her landlord for three days, which was re-
fused, and the whole of her furniture was seized.
Mr. Robert Cressy, of No. 13, Compton-street, de-
posed that he saw the prosecutrix thrown violently
from the house on the pavement, and kicked by one
of the men accompanying the defendant, who was
there and assisted in throwing her out. She was in
a fainting state, and he (witness) went to her assis-
tance.
The solicitor for the defence handed in a stamped
agreement between Mr. Passmore and the landlord.
Mr. TYRWHITT said the case was one which he
would not take upon himself to decide, but would
leave it for a jury, but bail would be accepted for de-
fendant's appearance.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday a fashionably-dressed man, named
Edward Charles Butler, who described himself as a
gentleman, was charged with having obtained, under
false pretences, a gold watch and chain, the property
of Mr. Robert Last, a silversmith and watchmaker
at Yarmouth.
The prosecutor stated that on the afternoon of
Wednesday last the prisoner entered his shop, accom-
panied by a gentleman named Stagg, whom he had
previously known, and representing himself as " Cap-
tain Butler, of the army," requested to be shown some
gold watches and chains of the best quality, a num-
ber of which were accordingly exhibited to him ; and
he having selected a watch and chain of the value of
241., requested witness to call early the next morning
at the York Hotel, where he was staying, for the
money. The prisoner then left the shop with the
property ; and on calling at the hotel at the time ap-
pointed, he was informed by the landlord that Cap-
tain Butler had never lodged there, and was merely a
casual visitor but that he would probably hear some-
thing about about him at an adjoining cottage. He accord-
ingly proceeded there, and was answered by the land-
lady, who told him that the captain had left early that
morning, and on asking her whether he had removed
his luggage, she answered that he had not any, as all
his property consisted of two shirts, a collar, and a horse
rug, which had been taken away. From some subse-
quent information he made his way to the telegraph
station, where be gave a minute description of the
prisoner, with directions for his apprehension, and
while there he met a female named Cullingford, who
had gone to give similar information respecting a
diamond ring which he had obtained from her. He
subsequently received an answer by telegraph, re-
questing his immediate presence in town ; on arriving
he found his watch in the possesion of the police, and
the prisoner in custody.
In answer to the Magistrate, the prosecutor stated
that he had been since informed by Mr. Stagg that
the prisoner had been introduced to him as a cap-
tain in the army and member of a lodge of Free•
masons, but he had only known him since the pre-
vious Sunday.
Sergeant Price stated that after the arrival of the
train, at four o'clock that morning, he succeeded in
tracing the prisoner to the Guildhall Coffee-house,
where he found him in bed, and the watch lying upon
the table, which he secured, and took him into cus-
tody. On searching he found a diamond ring upon
his finger, and two dice in one of his pockets ; and
the porter at the hotel afterwards handed him several
false dice, and other implements of gaming, which
were found concealed between the bolster and mat-
tress of prisoner's bed. On learning the nature of
the charge the prisoner told him that he had been
unexpectedly compelled to go to London to settle a
bet of 501., and that it was his intention to return
speedily and arrange the prosecutor's claim.
In answer to the charge the prisoner declared that
he received the watch upon the distinct understanding
that it was not to be paid for until the following Sa-
turday, and that a proposal was made by Mr. Stagg

to allow it to remain in the shop until that day, but
the prosecutor pressed it upon him.
Mr. ARNOLD considered that a prima, facie case had
been established against the prisoner, and said that he
felt it his duty to remand him, but had no objection
to accept his own recognisances in 1001., and two
sureties in 501. each, his !or appearance.
LAMB Elll.
William Ablett, a costermonger, Sarah, hii wife,
and Rebecca, his mother, John Green, Phcebe, his
wife, and Maiy Pledge, were placed at the bar before
Mr. Elliott, for final examination.

On Monday morning the parties attended the
wedding of the prisoners William and Sarah Ablett,
at Newington Church, and after the ceremony they
all got into a cart and drove for a ride towards Brix-
ton, stopping at various public-houses as they went
along. They all got drunk, and on their return,
while going down Brixton-hill, they drove the cart
against an omnibus. Sergeant John Hamilton, 18 P,
perceiving the danger they had escaped, and Also that
neither of the parties were capable of driving, caught
the horse by the head and stopped them. The in-
stant he did so, Green and the other prisoners got
out of the vehicle and set upon the sergeant in the
most savage manner. They knocked him down
several times, kicked him while on the ground in a
savage manner, and had it not been for the timely
arrival of assistance, they might have killed him on
the spot. As it was they broke one of his fingers in
two places, and otherwise very seriously injured him.
Mr. ELLIOTT remarked, that any punishment he
could impose upon the male prisoners would fall far
short of that which their outrageous and brutal con-
duct called for, and he should therefore commit them
to the sessions. Rebecca Ablett was to pay a penalty
of 405., or in default fourteen days' imprisonment;
and the other three, Sarah Ablett (the bride), Phoebe
Green, and Mary Pledge, he should commit tb prison
for one month each.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 3, 1847.
Ist Dragoon Guards—William Edward Wallace, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Briggs, promoted, Sept. 3.
th Dragoon Guards—Brevet Colonel George William
Horton, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant
Colonel, vice Robert Richardson, who exchanges
Major John Charles Hope Gibsone to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Horton, who retires; Captain
Sir Harry Darell, Bart., to be Major, by purchase, vice
Gibsone ; Lieutenant Pearson Scott Thompson to be
Capt ain, by purchase, vice Sir H. Darell; Cornet Allen
Noble Adams to beo-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Thompson, Sept. 3. 7 ,f 1
7th Light Dragoons..-e Cornet Joseph Trennery, from
10th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Grogan, ap-
pointed to the 12th Light Dragoons, Sept. 3.
10th Light Dragoons—Captain William Murray,
from 97th Foot, to be Captain, vice Pattinson, who
exchanges; Henry Alexander, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Trennery, appointed to the 7th Light
Dragoons, Sept. 3.
12th Light Dragoons—Captain Samuel Pole, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Thomas Ber-
nard, who exchanges; Lieutenant Richard Hugh Smith
Barry to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pole, who re-
tires; Cornet Thomas George Alexander Oates to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith Barry; Cornet
Charles Edward Grogan, from the 7th Light Dragoons,
to be Cornet, vice Oakes, Sept. 3.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis Locker
Whitmore, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet
Major Mayne, who retires ; Ensign George Taaff to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Whitmore; John Francis
Girardot, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Taaffe,
Sept. 3; Gentleman Cadet Gilbert Andrew Amos, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Girardot, appointed to the 43d Foot, Sept. 4.
7th Foot—Ensign John Forster, from 43d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Charlton, deceased,
Sept. 3.
9th Foot—Captain Charles Henry Leslie, from 80th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Tyler, who exchanges, Sept. 3.
12th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Peter Mackey, M.D.,
from 9th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Heffernan,
appointed to 17th Foot, Sept. 3.
17th Foot Assistant Surgeon Nesbitt Heffernan,
M.D., from 12th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Thomson, promoted in 69th Foot, Sept. 3.
22d Foot—Lieut. Thomas Hanson Ratcliff to be Pay-
master, vice Langford, oismissed by the sentence of a
General Court Martial, Sept. 3.
35th Foot—Henry Edward Moore, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Hughes, whose appointment has been
cancelled, Sept. 3.
37th Foot—Major Francis Skelly to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase; Brevet Major Brownlow
Villiers Layard to be Major, vice Skelly; Lieutenant
Jones Butler Staveley to be Captain, vice Layard; Lieu-
tenant henry Thomas, from 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Staveley, Sept. 3.
43d Foot—Ensign John Francis Giardot, from the Ist
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Forster, promoted in 7th Foot,
Sept. 4.
48:h Foot—Lieutenant David Douglas Wemyss, from
17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Massy, promoted,
Sept. 3.
52d Foot—Chidluy Downes Coote, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Lethbridge, wii,se appointment has
been cancelled, Sept. 3.
67th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William Nes-
bitt Orange to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase;
Brevet Major Thomas Josephus Deverell to be Major,
vice Orange; Ensign James Anderson to be Adjutant;
Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas M`Grath to be Quar-
termaster ; Assistant Surgeon John Samuel Charlton,
from 63d Foot, to be Surgeon ; Assistant Surgeon John
Henry Dundas, from 52d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon,
Sept. 3.
69th Foot—Major William Blackburne to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, without purchase; Captain Charles James
Coote to be Major, vice Blackburne; Lieute-
nant Thomas J. Kearney to be Captain, vice
Coote; Lieutenant Rodney Payne O'Shea, from 17th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bowen, appointed Adjutant;
Ensign William Shepherd Milner to be Lieutenant, vice
Kearney; Gentleman Cadet Henry C. Strickland, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Milner ;
Lieutenant Edward Bowen to be Adjutant; Colour Ser-
geant Robert Smyth to be Quartermaster; Assistant
Surgeon John Bathurst Thompson, M.D., from 17th
Foot, to be Surgeon; Arthur Stewart Willocks, Gent.,
to be Assistant Surgeon, Sept. 3.
76th Foot—Major John Heneage Grubbe to be
Lieutenant Colonel, without purchase; Bsevet :Major
Robert Clifford Lloyd to be Major, vice Grubbe; Lieu-
tenant Thomas Tydd to be Captain, vice Lloyd;
Lieutenant Ralph Dudgeon, from 17th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Brett, appointed Adjutant ; En-
sign John Cumming Clarke to be Lieutenant, vice
Tydd; Gentleman Cadet Edmund Young, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Clarke;
Lieutenant Wilford Brett to be Adjutant; Sergeant-
Major Henry Tyler to be Quarter-master; Assistant-
Surgeon Henry Cooper Reade, from the Staff, to be
Surgeon; James Crerar, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon,
Sept. 3.
80th Foot—Captain Henry Crickett Tyler, from 9th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Leslie, who exchanges, Sept. 3.
82d Foot—Major John James Slater to be Lieutenant
Colonel, without purchase, vice M`Kay, deceased;
Brevet Major Charles Francis Maxwell to be Major,
vice Slater ; Lieutenant Frederick William Diggle to
be Captain, vice Maxwell ; Ensign Francis Hutchinson
Garner to be Lieutenant, vice Diggle ; Gentleman Cadet
John Gordon, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, vice Garner, Sept. 3.
86th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Beatty, from
97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Shea, whose ap-
pointment has been cancelled, Aug. 13.
89th Foot—Carrick Darby, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hardy, who retires, September 3.
97th Foot—Captain Richard Pattinson, from 10th
Light Dragoons to be Captain, vice Murray, who ex-
changes, September 3 ; Lieutenant Richard Charles
Nl•Crea, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Beatty,
appointed to the 86th Foot, August 13.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant. Surgeon William Ru-
therford, M.D., from 62d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon
to the Forces, vice Reade, promoted in 76th Foot,
Sept. 3.
, .
BREVET,—Captain Samuel Pole, efytnhve.
2132. t h Light
Dragoons, to be Major in the Army
UNATTACHED.—Brevet Major William Bindon, from
hase—Lieutenant John
RpnoryeahlaNsee,wsfeoput.nd3l.and. Companies, to be Major, without.
impeunrct;
Lieutenant George
To be Captains,
Doorman, from 53711thRouegt
Walter Scott
um —LieutenantLockhart,
17th Foot., Sept. 3.
Hof
LiMtghEheemsl(36Mat hAeNsLsnii tgehr, from
goons, has been permitted to as-
sume the name of Scott, in addition to ar.d after that of
Lockhart.
BANRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Jesse Mills, draper,B DidANKRUPTSmarton, Gloucestershire.

Edward Brooke Larkman, coal merchant, Welling-
ton-terrace, Wandsworth-road, Surrey, Sept. 11, at one,
and Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Smith
Barnard's Inn, Holborn. ,
George Armfield, jun., coach builder, Croydon, Sept.
11, at three, and Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall• street;
Dynes, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Drummond and Till,
Croydon.
Sarah Chalener, milliner, Charles•street, Westbourne-
terrace, Middlesex, Sept. 13, at twelve, and Oct. 15, at
halt past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan,
official assignee, Birchin-lane; Wood and Fraser, Dean-
street, Soho.
01.
Thomas vhinney,
licensed victualler, Panton street,
Haymarket, Sept. 11, at three, and Oct. 15, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee,
Birchin-lane, City; Shaw, Queen-street, Cheapside.
John Thies, bread and biscuit baker, 01d Broad-
street, City, Sept. 13, at twelve, and Oct. 15, at two,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Birchin-lane, Cornhill ;
Thomas Pye, timber mcert.olas,
Sept.ll, at eleven, and Oct.
of Bankruptg.
Cornhill; R
Guildhall chambers.
King's-road, Chelsea,
at twelve, at the Court
TayhloCa:ll°nofficial assignee,
official assignee, Birchin-lane,
Cannan,
____ William-street.
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