The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-ST REET.--Yemerday James Hayes, alias BUTS-
dough; Was brought before Kr. Illrwiiistrt.r., charged with at-
:tetrrptivg to murder's woman of the name of Mary Taylor. The
prisoner, it appeared, had-.ozzliabited with the above-named
woman for a long time past; but a few days ago, she was
obliged to' leare Mtn in conietinenre of his hrutartreat-
mutt, and his repeated threats to murder her. She, went to
her mother's where, yesterday morning, he found hit, and
accused. her of having. deacited hlin to live with another man of
the name of Leary. She denied it t and he knocked her down,
cutler with a pocket knife, and afterwards beat her with the,
hg of a mahogany table, which he broke up for the purpose,
until She was senseless. Her mother received a stab in the
throat in endearoiiring. to defend hei.—NenrgeS3n's assistant
pronounced the Unfortunate woman to her in is very precarious
state,- although nut in iintriediate danger.—The prisoner in hilt
defence said she was unfaithful to hint, and moreover had
robbed him; and he could not bear it. He was remanded.—
NiTilliain Mires wax finally examined on therges,of
uttering'fOrg,-.4 rive. pound Bank.notes.

SIMPLE REMEDY SOR BLIGUT.—Save the water
in which potatoes lire boiled, and when cold Wash the tree with
it.' A brtish 'l* tile hest' thihk.kir the impose: the alters.
tion in the appearance -of the tree in a kW' hours is astii
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DREAnFUL AFFRAY
114-Wf3IiPteROSS:STREET PRISON.

Upon the application of Mr. Spencer the
Governor of the Whitecross-street prison, Mr. Aliennan.
\Vat-rum...sr, (the Magistrate upon the rota for the week at
the, GuildhaleJustice-room), accompanied by the City Solicitor,
and Mr. Bertsford, the Magistrates' clerk, attended yesterday
morning at the prison, to investigate the particulars of a dread-
ful affray which had occurred among the prisoners the night
previous, in which several persons had been wounded, and is
feared some of them dangerously. The Sheriffs being
engaged at the Sessions at the Old Bailey, Mr. Clarke, the
Under Sheriff, attended to assist in the proceedings.
The affray, it appeared, had originated on account of the
performance of a ceremony termer caning," well-known in
all of the debtors' prisons; the object and manner of perform-
ing which was fully explained in the course of the evidence......
The person charged was a very powerful Irishman, describing
himself as a Captain Frederick Kelly.
John Duncotnb Bentham stated, that it was the custom in
the gaol, and had been so, he believed, from its first erection,
for the prisoners in every separate ward to call upon every new
corner into their ward to subscribe the sum of 16 shillings
to the expenced of the ward, for coals, wood, swabbers,
and on failure of payment, or giving some property to the
steward of the ward as security for that sum, to cat" him.—
yightht,e to
persons tast t o
covering " cat"
This operation was alwayi done by the prisoners of a different
done bn
ward. He was not in the same ward with Captain Kelly, and
hadh
. beenw h
iaishk asked, therefore,
explained *
o Tuesdayn a
themselves with the bed-rugs as a disguise, and proceeding in
a body. after the hour of bed-time, and taking some part of the
individual's property—his coat, hat, shirt, or otherwise, which
was detainedEtill he paid the amount. On proceeding to Kelly's
ward, he had been aware of what was about to be done, and
fastened the door. A slight force burst that open, and Kelly
was asked quietly to pay his dues ; he said he could nor then.
but he had given security for them to Mr. Foster, the
steward
of the ward. This, upon inquiry, was found to be false; the
discovery of course incensed them, and they were proceeding to
" cat" some of his property, when he offer them his anuff-box,-
which, he said, had cost him a guinea. The steward, upon
looking at it, refused to take it, as not of sufficient value: Capt.
Kelly then became extremely violent, took up a quart pot,
and swore " by the Holy Jesus" he would break the head of
any one who attempted to approach him. Robert Cauch,
a prisoner, wrested the pot from him, upon which Kelly
drew his penknife, and with dreadful imprecations vowed he
would stab the first man who dared to touch him. Upon this
there was a push forward, and one or two of the foremost were
shoved upon Kelly, who immediately struck in all directions
with his knife, and wounded several. He was at length over-,
powered, the watch called, and the Governor alarmed, who had
him conveyed to the strong room for the night.
The same story, varying only in a very few unimportant par-
ticulars, was stated by several other witnesses, all of whom.
agreed that no hands had been laid upon Captain Kelly when
he stabbed Cauch, the latter having only been pushed farwarde
upon him.
John Sutton, the individual most severely wounded,:said no
violence was attempted toward Capt. Kelly, that he himself sen•
sorted with him, desired him not to be in a passion, and to give
them his coat, and they would return it back again. He how•
ever, refused with many oaths, brandished his knife, and said,
" Come on, lam ready for you." By the shove from behind,
he (Sutton) fell upon one of the beds, face downwards, when
he received two deep stabs from the knife in Captain Kell 's
hand, one in the kidneys, and the other on the !shoulder. Be-
side Cauch, Kitson and Davison were also wounded.
Several other witnesses were called to prove that this violence
on the part of Captain Kelly was premeditated; that be knew
he was to be " ratted" that night, and on going up to bed had
said he would rip the guts out of any body that attempted it.
Mr. liradd, the surgeon, had examined the state of the wounds
of the four persons hurt in the affray, and was happy to say,
that though severe there were none of them mortal. Capta
Kelly in the affray had also been hurt ; there was a contused
wound of some length on his forehead ; but the bone had not
been injured.
Mr. Spencer, the Governor, produced the knife used by the
Captain, a small pen-knife,° which must have been used with
great violence, the blade alone not being of sufficient length to
inflict so deep a wound as that on the loins of Sutton. A part
of the haft must also have entered his body.
Captain Kelly appeared by no means anxious to enter into
any defence of his conduct, seeming to think himself fully jus-
tified in resorting to such means to defend his property, and
asked with much warmth, what right had they to force into his
room, and rob him of his property ? They had, he said, taken.
away his hat and his shirt, and he claimed to have them re-
stored.
Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN observed, that as Captain Kelly
knew what the object of the parties was, and that It was lust
their intention io do him any bodily harm, he could not, under
the circumstances be justified in making use of a deadly
weapon, and he (itfr. Alderman) was quite sure, that upon
reflection Captain Kelly would have felt great sorrow if death
had ensued through his violence. If any injury had been
sustained by him, or if he had been apprehensive of any attack
upon his property, he should have appealed to the Governor for
' or redress, and if not protectionsatisfied with his conduct,. the
Magistrates of the city might hays: been appealed to, and the
law was open to him. His violence, therefore, was as unne-
cessary as it was dangerous.
A commitment was made out against Captain Kelly, who, it
was understood, expected to have been liberated as a debtor in.
the course a a few days.
The reason for the term " catting" was explained to be, that
the time for thus enforcing these dues was always night, and
the signal for assembling together for the purpose was the
mewing like cats.

n OA X.—Yesterday morning,a somewhat stoma.
iniwnni
inft,
tahoaxagainst
egatspnoi
ntwr
reports,
st
,tithilTmlaah:ye,edontoinwnotcohtfenfuoAspreo:sombnumethnaecteehdeport
bbe.etfsogre", litadofieoeurn dwelortigthedir
llibilityinofththeewapuyboflicruwnas-
fiewanw guineas, ,
more-especiallya person nrasto
aesxhthibeigut himself
Ttohethbeaiatmuoll'asnrteadioflay
increased by certain Intelligible hints, as to a breakfast to be
given on the occasion. The Murraygate WAS all astir; while the
Cowgate and the adjacent streets chewed how deeply and general)/
expectation had been excited. Every gig, and alarms *Very
decayed hack was engaged ; Mr. Cash. was entered for every
vacant seat in the mail coach ; and at an early hour the road
was crowded by persons pushing along on foot, ne expos.,
Ing themselves to the perils of shattered vehicles and horses,
to witness the feat. Even the country round poured forth its
natives; persons of both sexes, who have no taste for the beauty
of a summer morning, • were seen, by six o'clock, rubbing their
eyes, and pressing towards the foul-mile stone ; some were
even a-foot berore that time, and had taken their post at Clay-
people looked upon each other, and wondered why they h_
road.st, raised For ua
upnolteridiyinkpeastiancndcesttioolesk,
tthoecompiameesonfil
cue vnioesvitro,fitnah;
il
come there. Aleanwhile,; an attempt was made to extend the.
that thefeat war
performing flarther on ; but the suspicion of our townsmen
reesitriumanin,gandtogitvoiwn;
ouwittlicoat, vest,
_ and
that
deception,
other
notael.r t
to be
was not
of
iaaontityri
trig
right;.
some
btgau to compare notes, ••and
r put to rest. Conjectures went abroad
found that the accounts which they had received, espe-
cially with regard to the breakfast, did not agree with each.
other. Still they were ashamed to admit that they had been.,
im upon. Excuses began to be framed by them for being
soul stir ; one person said he was accustomed to take a wallc,
to the country of a morning, and was not aids way ; another.
took his usual ride in the same direction; a third had some
message to carry to a friend who had summer quarters; eile.
ther.had to breakfast with some lady tot whom he patiok
attentions; while a fifth was absolutely obliged to call upon tall,
cousins
.who were in bathing quarters at Droughty. erry. In
short, the meeting seemed to have taken place by sheer aCCi"
dent. To cloak their chagrin, the parties separated thriugh this
country, every one with a look of business ; and ;bout nineo'clock,many a weary wigin might be seen entering the town
from the Seagate and other id:ls—for kw took tha duvet road-
covered with dust and sweat, digesting their - disappointrneet
instead of their breskfest.—f.Dertiee ("perk, 19 )
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