The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGLNCE.

Qtyrnar-SatrAnn.---Yesterdzty Miuy Au Pear se, usually
denominated Lady Barryntore, was brought up from the watch-
house, charged with robbing SaMuel Polton. The prisoner,
in defence, said she was only discharged from Tothi!fields
Prison on. Saturday rimming, and after leaving the prlion" she
met a Gentleman with 'When' she had been acquainted at the
time she lived with Lord.parrymore ;• seeing she wore no bonnet
be gave'her some money; and, said she,',in an independent
tone, you should not be surprised to see me with half a dozen
shillings:; 1 Could hive 101. The loss of the }prosecutor was
stated to be 1/. 10s. amongst which was a sovereign. The pri-
soner was full of spirits, and appeared to scoff at the officers and
1110ffistrates.—Site was committed for further extnninatien. •
nutvir.noxr, Orricr..—Yesterclay several' of the lower
orders of Trish Wen charged with riotous condUct, arising out
Of animosities between
.parties.of Cork and Limerick men.—
'Some of the of&nderst Were held to bail, and others discharged
op paying their fees.
MAitr.tionotrott-STnEET.—YesterdaY ifaitit';and .21fdry
.t&4:4; husband and wife, were charged before Mr. ,OONTANTi
thillldgistrate at this office, with highway robbery.
Josh. 'Gardner, . Chelsea pensioner, stated; that .on Friday
night last he went into a pallet:house,' at ChelSea,.Where 'he
• met the two prisoners. He sat and drank with them for some
tlme,'during which lie took tome money out Hof`.his:pocket, and
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counted it. They all left' the house together about 12 o'clock,
anti witness not knowing his way very well to, the Duke of
t be, asked the prisoners
this they undertook to do, but, instead 'of •lead.
rnordic irpetutbl iileii-nho ; ttse2 where he lodged
Mg him towards home; they took Mtn into the Five Fields,
When the male•prisoner knocked him down with a desperate
blow, and planting his knee on witness's.stomaeh, called to the
woman for a knife; witness then called out murder, but the
woman seized him by the throat, an. thrust her a
into his
mouth, to prevent his making any MISC. The male
_prisoner
then took out the money, which was in his jacket pocket, and
both went'Off: The witness stated that when the prisoners
robbed him there was not so much money in bitipoeketiorwhert
he left the Public-house, because as they were proceeding'
wards the public-house, the prisoners stopped behind.. 4
and during that time a soldier came up, put his hand into wit.
neves pocket, wok out and walked off:
The prisoners being called on for their flerene6 SO% that trim
prosecutor and themselves Were old friends, ,and seeing that he
Fcits vtry drunk, they, were slimily? him. the WAY borne, and
took the money to tad care of it, lest it should be 14i..
i4ir. ,cto r said they must tell that story to a Jury, rand
committed both the prisoners for

The rhormium Tsriax, or New Zealand Flax
Plant, which was the cause of the firit planta-
tion of our convicts at Botany Bay, in 178/, is
found to be an indigenous ;.Taut of the south of.
Irehnd, growing there luxuriantly. A sample
of this hemp or flax has been sent to London.—
It is to he remarked that the cultivation of this
line plant is not yet begun in Newflolland, not.'
,withstanding our great distress for 'hen-1p during
the great part of the last war; and it 'appears
curious that the discovery of this hempen pro.
dtidtlon his net been made before in Irelaild, and
now by cin N108111'90.11.
Last•week two young men, of corresponding
ages, applied at our Dispensary, at: the same time,
for;Surgical relief from a state of suffocation, un-
der-the following circumstanceSl.-,One of the
sufferers' had accidentally' 9vraliviwed a plum.
stone, and the other, also too large apiece of aid.
=Hood to pass the gullet. 'f h, introduction
of the instrument, however, 'by Use Medical at-
tendant soon relieved them from. the ,distrossiiig
state under, which they were labeurinfc. But
,what makes the circumstance still more reerarkai.
ble is, that both of them, a few years ago, by
mistake, swallowed some burning tigtridi tho one
oil of 'vitro!, the other aqualortis, and' both are
,unknown to each other.--(Siockporq .tfdoeftiser.)
Flte proprktors of the Blantyre cotton mills
have lately it trodaced the system et paying Ow'
labourers' wages on Monday iiistead of Saturday,
and it has been attended with -most beneficial
effects,—(Edinburgh Coward.)