The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Admiral Sir Charles
Ogle gave his second grand entertainment to upwards
of 200 guests, comprising the officers and their ladies
of the heads of the Government departments, the ships
in commission, the regiments in garrison, and the re-
sidents of the borough, this evening at the Admiralty-
house.

Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., M.P., accompanied by
Lady Emily Dundas and the Hon. Auguatus More-
ton, passed through Portsmouth yesterday en a visit
to Mr. Dixon, at Stanstead-park, whence the First
Naval Lord of the Admiralty and Lady Emily will
proceed to visit Vice-Admiral Warren. Admiral
Dundas visited Sir Charles Ogle on passing through,
and made a cursory inspection of one or two objects
in the dockyard, remarking, en passant, on the ex-
pense of the Terrible steam-frigate, which vessel in
retarded in her equipments considerably by the want
of her gun carriages from Woolwich. The whole of
the interval fittings of this vessel have been deranged
this refit, and a complete metamorphosis between
decks has taken place from Captain Ramsay's cabin
funs ard. This, however, is not the caprice of the
captain or officers, but is the result of a change of
armiment and concomitant circumstances. Some
portions of her engine gear are also at Woolwich.
The Rolla, 10, Commander Ellicombe, lately from
the coast of Africa, was paid off all standing this day.
She is now to be attached to the flag ship Victory, as
a training-ship for boys, 200 of whom will be placed
upon the Victory's books immediately for that
purpose.
The Rifleman, new screw gun-boat of 200 horse
power, after numerous trials under various circum-
stances of defective machinery, alterations of screw,
&c., is at length dispatched to Woolwich, having pro-
ceeded thither this morning, in charge of the officers
and men who brought the Gorgon to this port, to
have suitable engines substituted for those she new
has. Miller and Ravenhill made the Rifleman's en-
gines, but, like those of the Amphion, they have never
been effective.

The Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin,
picks up men very slowly, although there are hun-
dreds unemployed at this port. Men seem to have an
insurmountable antipathy to heavy ships, especially
such as have half-a•dozen prisons on board of them.
The Rolla was this day paid off, but out of about 50
disposable seamen, we do not expect ehe will contri-
bute a man to the Prince Regent's complement.
When the Recruit, 12 gun iron-brig, was paid off at
this port a couple of months since, the Belleisle, 72,
and the Bellerophon, 79, were the only ships in want
of men here, and yet, out of 60 blue jackets so paid
off from the brig, only one entered for the Belleisle
and one for the Bellerophon, all the others entered
small vessels commissioned at the eastward and west-
ward. The only inducement for a sailor to enter a
large ship is popular officers ; but where an increase
of labour and a decrease of comfort are offered them,
their pay being the same as in a small vessel, it is not
reasonable to expect large ships to be speedily manned
as more favourite craft.

The Avon steam. surveying-vessel, Commander
Otter, is ordered to convey to Cork one subaltern,
two sergeants, two corporals, and twenty-three pri-
vates ; of this division of Royal Marines, to be placed
under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher,
Commander-in-Chief on the Irish station.

The Mercury tender returned from Sheerness to-
day.
The Kite steam-vessel, Master Commander Ballis-
ton, is fitting for towing service at Bermuda.
The Firefly steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
Ponsonby, fitting at this port, will be ready to take
the second mail to the coast of Africa by the end of
next month.

The Sharpshooter iron steam-vessel, sister vessel
to the Rifleman, was finished this day by Mr. Hay and
his employes, under whose hands she has been receiv-
ing a coat of Hay's adhesive substances on one side,
and the composition of a Mr. Chanter on the other,
for some time past, and will be ready to go out of
dock for trial or commission to-morrow.

The Plumper auxiliary screw-brig, building by Mr.
Fincham, under one of the new slips, has her first
planking on and beams across for laying the decks.
She will be complete in about another month.
The Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, on the ad •
joining slip to the Plumper, has a gang of shipwrights
and caulkers employed upon her, making the altera-
tions in her after run and bilge, alluded to as having
been resolved on some time since.

The Leander, 50, new frigate, built on the design
of Mr. Blake, the late master-shipwright of this esta-
blishment, is receiving the last offices of the artisans
employed upon her (viz., a coat of ordinary colour
paint,\, prior to being floated out of dock.
The Retribution steam-frigate is in the master-
rigger's department. She wants only her funnel to
render her machinery workable. She is otherwise
being brought forward with speed as an available
steam-ship.

The .Afax steam-guaniship i 3 in the bands of Cap-
tain Horatio Austen, C. 8., and assistant, resolving
upon the establishment of her propelling powers, &c.
The Blenheim steam-guardship, Captain Baynes,
is in the basin, re-fitting and undergoing sundry al-
terations and improvements.

The Corrnorant and Cuckoo steam vessels are in
the engineer-in chief's department, and will be the
first steamers whose machinery will be repaired by
the new steam establishment at this port, which will
colmence. work next spring.

Wind N. by E. INlOderrite breezes and hazy wea
ther—five o'clock P.M.

MURDER OF A CHILD DT ITS MOTHER—Consider-
able sensation waa occasioned on Thursday last in the
neighbourhood of Great Waltham, in this county, by a
report that an infant, only 14 days old, had been mur
dered at North-end, its mother having cut its threat with
a razor, which unhappily proved to be true, for upon
some of the neighbours entering the house of Charles
Prior, a labouring man, the child was discovered in bed
with its mother, weltering in its own blood, the head
being almost severed from the body. When found the
child was not dead, but expired in a few minutes, and
before a surgeon could be called in. From the circum •
stances which have transpired there is every reason to
believe that the unhappy parent was at the time in a
state of temporary derangement, strict orders having
been given by her medical attendant, a few days pre
viously, that she should not be left alone. An inquest
was held at the Butcher's Arms, Black Chapel, on Friday
afternoon, before Mr. C. C. Lewis and a respectable
jury, at which a verdict of " Wilful murder" against
Martha Prior was returned, and the Coroner issued his
warrant for her committal. The accused woman, who
is vet unfit to lee removed, is under the strict surveillance
of the police.—Essex Herald.
DEATH or SHERIFF SPEIRS.--It is with feelings
of the most poignant sorrow that we record the death of
Graham Speirs, Esq., the Sheriff Depute of Edinburgh--
shire, which took place between one and two o'clock on
Saturday morning at his house, near Wardie ; the
learned gentleman has fallen a victim to the prevailing
epidemic. Sheriff Speirs was aged about fifty- three.
He entered life as a naval officer, but having quitted the
service at the peace, turned his attention to the law, and
in 1820 passed as an ad►ocate at the Scottish hr.—
/Vora British MaiL

THE NEW. COMET.—The Diario di Roma of the
15th of December says—" We announce with pleasure
the re-appearance of the comet discovered in this capital
on the 3d of October last. Having advanced with great
rapidity towards its point of extreme declination in the
southern hemisphere, and become invisible to all spec-
tators, it is once more beginning to make its appearance
above our horizon, a few hours before sunrise. On the

morning of the 10th we discovered it near the point
which our previous calculation had assigned it." The
above communication is supplied to the Diario from th•
observatory of the Roman College, and may, therefore,
be taken as official astronomical information.

THE MODEL -LODGER.—He is a quiet gentleman.
A smile is permanently settled on his clean face. He
wipes his boots on the mat before he walks up stairs.
He pays a high rent, and has few friends. He leaves
his drawers open. He has a cellar of coals at a
time. He takes in a newspaper, and is not in a hurry
for it in the morning. He is never out later than
ten. He shaves with cold water. He•nover adds up a
bill. He is fond of children. He likes to buy them
sweetmeats, and to take one: occasionally to the theatre.
He never has supper. He never dines at hoipe, ex-
cepting on a Sunday, and that rarely. The landlady
orders then his dinner; it is generally a very large joint,
with plenty of vegetables, a very. large pie, and a very
large slice of cheese. He never inquires for the joint,
or the pie, or anything, the next day. He lends his
books cheerfully. He is in doubt about the exact num-
ber of his shirts. lie rarely rings the bell. He pays for
extra without a murmur. Rather likes music. Does
not object to a flute and a piano playing different tunes
at the same time. Ile is never in arrear with his rent;
if it is not paid the very day it becomes due, the
reason is because he has paid it the day before. The
model lodger is sheepish, rich, and contented.—Punch's
Alasanack.

MILITARY EMIGRATION TO NEW ZBALAND.—
BELFAST, DEC. 24.—The Anne, Government transport
ship, with volunteers from the pensioners of the United
Kingdom, has been lying for the last two months in the
Lough, opposite to Carrickfergus. in consequence of
small pox and measles having broken out among the
children, but as they have now completely recovered, the
vessel sailed on Wednesday for New Zealand. We
have never seen a vessel better fitted up for the comfort
and accommodation of passengers. We understand that
ere long another batch of the enrolled pensioners will be
allowed to extend their services to New Zealand. There
will shortly be an addition made to the local companies
of this district, from the reserve.—Banner of Ulster.

[ADYEETISEMENT.]—The pre-eminence of Hollo-
way's Pills for the Cure of Bad Digestion and Liver and
Stomach Complaints.—The superiority of Holloway's
Pills are a safe and effectual remedy in all cases where
the stomach is deranged, the digestion impaired, or the
liver diseased, is universally acknowledged by all classes
of society throughout the civilised world. For the cure
of those complaints they surpass every other medicine
hitherto discovered, they act so directly upon the disease,
that sufferers need only to give them a trial to be con-
vinced of their efficacy, particularly those persons who
have had their maladies aggravated by a long residence
in India. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Hollo-
way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
_ MANSION-HOUSE.

The LORD MAYOR said he—hliTeceived several
letters complaining of a species of swindling, which
not only affected the press, but was accomplished
through the instrumentality of that power. His
Lordship then read the following :
"My Lord,—l hope your Lordship will excuse my
taking the liberty of addressing you on the following
subject:—
_

a. An advertisement, of which I subjoin a copy, made
its appearance a few weeks ago in the Notional, a Glas-
gow paper; and from the statements therein made I was
induced to remit the advertiser lOs., being the sum
charged by him for a quarter of the Times. In return I
only received three papers, the last one about a fortnight
since. On the papers having stopped coming I wrote to
the individual, stating this to him, and requesting him
to see them regularly transmitted, but I have not beard
from him, neither have any of the papers made their
appearance, and now I have but little doubt that the
advertiser is a complete swindler.
" I make your Lordship aware of the circumstance so
that you may institute such proceedings as you may
consider best, either by punishing the fellow, or, if that
is impracticable, make the matter public, so that he
may in future be preventel from carrying on this ne-
farions imposition, and imposing on the public.
" If your Lordship cause anything to be More in the
matter, I hope I may bzi made acquainted with the
result.

" I remain, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's most obedient servant,
" THOMAS RODGIE.

" Perth, N. 8., Dec. 25. -`
66 ADVERTISEMENT.—' The Times, Herald, or Chronicle
posted the evening of the day of publication at 20s. per
quarter; sent the evening of the second day at 10s. per
quarter. Any of the Sunday papers sent by Monday
evening mail at 33. Gd. per quarter. The subscription to
be paid in advance. Apply to Mr. —, news agent,
Wilmington-square, London, No other papers
can be supplied.' "
Rhoscrowther Rectory, Pembroke, Dec. 24.
" My Lord,—Believing that the best method of COUR-
teracting the plans of the London swindlers is by re-
porting them to your Lordship as their proceedings rsay
come to light. I take the liberty of troubling you with
the following statement:—
_ _

" An individual lately advertised, in our local papers
describing himself as - of --,Wilmington-square,
London, professing to furnish the London papers at re-
duced prices a day after the date, and especially offering
any Sunday paper by Monday's post at 3s. 6d. a quarter
payable in advance.
" Seving nothing unreasonable in this, I wrote to the
above address, ordering the John Bull for a quarter, and
asking how the money should be paid. In reply, I duly
received a John Bull by the Monday evening's post,
with a requt st that I should forward the 3s. 6d. by Post-
office order on the head office.

" This I did, and, as your Lordship probably antici-
pates, not another John Bull have I had. Of course I
wrote about it to Mr. , who duly answered, laid
the blame upon his clerk, and promised that he would
himself condescend to address and post my paper. But
still no more John Bulls. Possibly your Lordship's ex-
posure of this trick may tend to prevent others from
becoming customeia paners by Monday's
post of Mr. ---, news agent, --, ..
I have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant,
" G. A. COCKBURN."

The Loan MAYOR said, the practice described in the
above correspondence was not confined to the agent
in the vicinity of Wilmington-square. He had re-
ceived several letters charging other persons who
called themselves newspaper agents with similar
frauds, and he was given to understand that at some
of the newspaper offices those persons were well
known to be most accomplished impostors. He
should be very happy to have the opportunity of pre-
siding as magistrate if any case of the kind were
brought forward. It was odd enough, and it placed
the impudence of the impostors in a very strong light,
to see that the accused made those the instruments of
their fraudulent dealings who were the most power-
fully qualified to expose and ruin them. The follow-
ing was, his Lordship said, an illustration of another
kind of fraud which had, he believed, been very suc-
cessful of late:—

" Weston-super-Mare, Dec. 1847.
"My Lord,---I humbly beg to apologize for the liberty
of this address, but request to lay before you a system
of fraud which has been resorted to by certain parties
styled (here the writer gives the name of a publication
and an address in the neighbourhood of Blackfriars-
bridge), there being no printer's or publisher's name
affixed. About two years since a man, going in the
name of , visited the various watering-places on
the Somorsetshire coast, and prevailed upon many un-
suspecting parties to subscribe their names to a work
which he said he was then getting local information for,
named as above, and which was delivered in numbers

regularly, monthly, at 33. each; and the better to in-
duce tradespeople and professional persons to put their
names down, he held out the inducement of the ben( fit

of having their circulars inserted, but never produced
any conditions whatever relative to the publication,
which he may since have attached to the list of sub-
,cribers. After obtaining the signature, he assured the
party that the local description would not exceed one or
two numbers at the most, and that each number would
contain three most splendid engravings, to be drawn
and engraved by first-rate eminent artists, after which
some few numbers were left and paid for on delivery,
which upon examination were found to be a despicable
production, very deficient, and lamentably deficient in
the number of pages end the letter-press, and the namt s
of the engravers erased, and only two engravings in-
stead of three, as promised in the address on the cover.
In consequence of which defects I told the person on his
. . _ .

next visit that I should decline taking any more.
"I have shown the numbers to a respectable publisher,
who assured me that it was a gross imposition upon the
public to get rid of an inferior and unsaleable work, and
pronounced it worthless. From the time of my taking
the first lot of numbers (about two years ago), till thec
27th ult., I have never seen or heard anything of the
parties, on which day a man left a parcel at my house,
which upon being immediately delivered to me, I read
the bill affixed, and found it contained a charge for 23
numbers of the -, 31. 95., and binding 35., making a
total of 31. 12s. ; upon which I instantly returned the
parcel unopened to the bearer, saying that I should have
nothing more to do with the work, which he obstinately
refused to accept, but requested me to return it to Mr.
-, Paddington, which I did per train on Monday the
29th, and paid the carriage ; and on the following Wed-
nesday I received a threatening letter in the name of
--, and on the 13th inst. was served with a copy of a
writ. I beg to state that Mr. -- has selected two per-
sons only in each place, whom he intends to prosecute,
although the list of subscribers contained the names of
clergy, lawyers, surgeons, and a barrister and magis-
trate, residing in this town,but all of whom have rejected
the book with disgust. The following are the names of
the places he has chosen, viz., Burnham, Clevedon, Wes-
ton-super-Mare, Yalton, and Bath, which as yet I have
heard of, and the inhabitants of which are persons chiefly
in the middle ranks of life whom he has chosen out to
victimize.

"I must again apologize to your Lordship for the
lengthened detail of the circumstances attending the
glaring imposition intended to be practised upon me, and
humbly solicit your advice and protection.
"I have the honour to be, my Lord, your most obe-
dient servant, " W. H. BRICKMAN."
The LORD MAYOR said he mentioned the subject
of the correspondence for the purpose of giving the
respectable press of the metropolis the opportunity of
remedying, by their power and skill, an evil which he
feared was beyond his reach. If, however, it was in-
timated to him that he could assist in abating so
grievous a nuisance he would proceed at once to act.
GUILDHALL.
Yesterday, some poor men fromu idaYwno rokst sohgc
tiervoeteytr
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clerk Upon
the aid of Mr. Alderman Wilson to recover some
papers relating to their claim and pedigree which they
requiringlodgedhadttt thtehwithrei
officep
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should
without an order from the magistrate.

The ALDERMAN inquired what property they had ?
The spokesman of the applicants said the Trout-
beck estate, which was recently inquired into upon a
petition of right at Westminster, when after an in-
vestigation which lasted a week, a verdict for 340,0001.
was given in favour of two women ; and the appli-
cants deemed the recovery of the papers of very great
importance to them.
Mr. Alderman WILSON said the Act of Parliament
forbade him to interfere with papers relating to the
title of real estate to such amount. He was limited
to the value of 151. He could make no order on the
society. The papers were recoverable by action, but
in no summary manner.
Boxing-day produced rather more than the average
number of cases of drunkenness and riotous conduct.
In two instances, where the police were roughly
handled, the Alderman directed the delinquents should
be prosecuted by the City Solicitor.
Michael 211‘ Cuddy, John Doran, and Kitty
M'Cuddy, were charged with assaulting the police.
Mr. Marks, a printer and publisher, in Long-lane,
overheard an unusual noise in his shop, and found
his wife refusing to give a Christmas-box to Michael
M'Cuddy, who was drunk. He was a purchaser of
small publications, and, as he would not leave, Mr.
Marks used some force, and was assaulted by Michael
M'Cuddy. The latter was given into custody. On
the way to the station he said something in Irish to
his companions, and then commenced kicking the
constable's shins. The officer procured assistance,
and while they were strapping his legs, as he was a
determined kicker, he drew a knife with a long
blade, and tried to stab one of the policemen. The
other prisoners assisted in the attempt to rescue.
Upon
Ahldeearrminagn the prisoner
isonsearidhanded
hadra drawn n a
not knife,power
to
sufficiently punish such an aggravated offence, and
Mr.
he directed the City Solicitor to prosecute the pri-
soners at the sessions.
Robert
° sieY' a labourer, was also charged with
an assault.

Robert Douglas, a policeman, was conveying two
drunken men to the station, when one of them slipped
down, and the prisoner came from amongst the crowd,
and gave the officer a heavy kick on his hand, and,
as this did not make him let go his prisoner, he deli
berately struck the officer a violent blow on the side
of the face with some hard substance, which he got
rid of and intermingled with the crowd. The officer's
face was cut in a jagged manner. It was clearly not

a,wound from a knife. He was so much injured he
was obliged to let his two prisoners escape, and
ano'her officer secured Oxley on the spot.
Mr. Alderman WILSON directed the City Solicitor
to prosecute this case at the next sessions also.

BOW-STREET.
Appleton, formerly an assistant to Messrs,
Shoolbred and Co. linen drapers, Tottenham court-
road, WdS charged with having embezzled several
sums of money collected by him on behalf of his em-
ployers.

The prisoner went into the prosecutors' employ in
January last, and soon after that period was sent
with goods to different persons, from whom he was
authorised to receive payment for articles delivered.
In one of the cases proved in evidence the prisoner
had received 21. 198. from a lady at 'West Moulsey,
in Surrey, although he only accounted for 303. to the
cashier of the establishment ; and on another occasion
he received lls. from the housekeeper of Lady Wight-
man, of Eaton-place, Belgrave-square, without ren-
dering any account whatever of the same to his em-
ployers. The receipts presented by the prisoner were
produced in evidence against him, and also certain
letters which he had himself written upon the
subject.

prisoner was fully committed for trial, and,
there being other similar charges against him, Mr,
Jardine refused to admit him to bail.

WORSHIP-STREET.
A thickset young fellow, named Thomas Smith,
recognized by the police as an an old acquaintance,
was charged with the following aggravated outrage
upon an elderly person named Taylor, a copperplate
printer, in Britannia-street, City-road.
The prosecutor, who exhibited a fearful cut over
the left eye, another down the forehead, and whose
right eye was almost entirely closed, stated, that
having entered the parlour of a neighbouring public-
house on the preceding evening to peruse the news-
papers, feeling much fatigued, he dropped asleep, but
was shortly afterwards awoke by a man's hand being
thrust into his waiscoat pocket, where he had placed
his money. The prisoner at the same moment walked
quickly across the room to an opposite table, on which
he buried his face in his hands, pretending to be
sound asleep; but, rapidly as it was done, it
was not enough so to escape the witness's observa-
tion, who raised his head and charged him with the
attempted robbery. The prisoner, who affected to be
very indignant, instantly got up, and after loading
him with the foulest abuse, commenced beating him
about the head and face in such a brutal manner that
it was only with great difficulty that, upon escaping
from him, he could stagger to the front of the bar to
seek the protection of the landlord. Before the latter
could interfere, however, the prisoner again attacked
him, knocked him down with several blows in rapid
succ-ssion, and ran out of the house; but information
of the outrage having been furnished to the police, he
was in a few hours after traced to his lodgings by one
of the officers, who burst in his door, which he bad
barricaded, and secured him.

When called upon for his defence, the prisoner de-
„r .ttpilioted robbery was
i.hout the slightest foundation, and orignieuu......—
drowsine!..s of the prosecutor, whom he had certainly
beaten more severely than he intended, but he consi-
dered himself justified in retaliating under such a
serious accusation, and hoped the magistrate would
let the case stand over to afford him an opportunity
of producing witnesses in refutation, and to depose to
the excellence of his character.

Mr. HammlLL, therefore, adjourned the case for
several hours, at the expiration of which the prisoner
was again placed at the bar, but the description of
witnesses now in attendance was quite the reverse of
those the prisoner had anticipated, for Inspector
Pascoe, of the N division, stood forward and recognised
him as having been, to his knowledge, for years past,
the constant associate of thieves and the very worst
characters in that and the adjoining district, while two
other officers proved that he had not been long since
convicted upon a charge of burglary, and sentenced
to six months' hard labour for it : and that he had
also been in custody for committing a brutal assault
under nearly parallel circumstances, on a previous
occasion.

It was acknowledged that another person was in
the room at the time the alleged robbery was
attempted ; and though no suspicion could be enter-
tained against him, as he was stated to be a friend of
the prosecutor, yet as he was not in attendance to
formally prove he was not the person who had made
the attempt, . .

Mr. HAmmiLL determined to deal with the case as
one of aggravated assault, and, after commenting upon
the prisoner's brutality, sentenced him to pay the
hight,st amount of penelty, namely, 51., or, in default,
to undergo two months' imprisonment in the House
of Correction ; and, as he could not pay the fine, he
was carried off in the van.
CLERKENWELL.

Dennis Brien, a powerful-looking IriShman, was
charged with having committed a cowardly and
violent assault upon Mr. Edward Cowell, of the
Bricklayers' Arms, Whitecross-street, St. Luke's;
and also with having brutally assaulted policemen
246, 125, 147, and 31 of the G division, who were all
severely injured.
It appeared that on Monday night, about half-past
11 o'clock, the prisoner and about a dozen of his com-
panions were observed walking in Whitecross-street,
aryl behaving themselves in a most violent manner,
and on their arrival at the house of Mr. Cowell, they
entered, and conducted themselves outrageously.
The police then interfered, and a dreadful riot ensued.
The landlord was attacked, and at length the prisoner
struck him a tremendous blow on the eye, upon
which he was seized by constable 246 G, who was
immediately knocked down, and jumped upon whilst
he was on the ground. The prisoner next attacked
the other officers with great ferocity, and inflicted
serious injuries, they being since under mt dical treat-
ment, and quite unfit for duty.
Inspector Gibbs produced certificates as to the dan-
gerous state of two of the officers injured.
The prisoner was remanded.
Another Irishman, a labourer, named Daley, was
charged with breaking a plate glass window, the pro-
perty of Mr. Cooper, of the Pied'Bull, High-street,
Islington.
It appeared that an immense mob of Irishmen col-
lected together on Monday evening, and went about
demanding Christmas boxes. They besieged Mr.
Cooper's house, and conducted themselves like savages,
and the prisoner, on being prevented entering the
house, wilfully and maliciously broke the plate-glass
window, value V. The conduct of the mobe was so
disgraceful and violent, that the police was called upon
to interfere, when an attack was made upon them,
which led to a desperate conflict, in which both sides
suffered severely. The police, in self defence, were
obliged to use their staves, and some of them were so
dreadfully injured that they are now unfit for duty,
and under medical care.

The prisoner was ordered to pay the 2/. for the
damage dome, or receive a commensurate term of im-
prisonment.

Nearly the whole of the day was occupied in the
hearing of charges of drunkenness and assault of
little or no interest.

TflA,TrEs.

A young man named James West, described as a
labourer, was charged with feloniously receiving a
gold watch and gold chain, the property of Mr. Wm.
Hoare, wine cooper, of No. 16, York-street, Philpot-
street, Commercial-road East.
The prisoner's sister, Ann West, was before the
same magistrate on Monday charged with stealing
the watch and chain,and was remanded. At an early hour
on Monday morning, the prosecutor, who fills a respon-
sible situation in the St. Katharine's Dock, was on his
way home, when he was accosted by the woman, who
persuaded him to accompany her to her lodgings, at
No. 44, Baker-street Stepney. He was in her com-
pany about ten minutes, when she took the watch
out of his pocket, and put out the light. He strug-
gled with her for some time, and called for as-
sistance, but no person in the house came to his
assistance, and the woman succeeded in getting
the chain off his neck, knocked Mm down, and,
to prevent his following her, capsized the table
and plaeed it in the doorway. She then ran
down stairs and succeeded in making her es •
cape with the watch and chain. Mr. Hoare called
for the police, and two constables came to his assist-
ance, and liberated him from the house. On the same
morning Kelly, an active officer of the H division,
No. 119, went to No. 21, John's-place, the resilience
of the woman, and was informed thaatndsho:eapwonasmnaohtinagt
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admitted that she had stolen a watch and chain and
given them to her brother to pawn for her. After
tha woman was remanded on Monday, Kelly went in
search of her brother, and, on the same night, found
him at a house of public entertainment in Gray's Inn-
lane, where upwards of 100 Irish men and women
were dancing to the music of the bagpipes. Kelly
in causing James West
succeeded, by a ruse,
to leave the room, and took him into custody.
This was no sooner made known to the Irish
than a rescue was attempted ; but Kelly had
concerted his measures so well that he frustrated
their intentions and secured his prisoner, who gave
up to him a pawnbroker's duplicate relating to a gold
watch and guard, pawned on the same day by the
prisoner, with Mr. Sowerby, a pawnbroker, for 3/.
The property was produced and identified by the
prosecutor. Kelly asked the prisoner what he had
done with the money he raised on the watch, and he
said he had spent the lot. Kelly found ss. only upon
him ; but 2/. 15s. more was afterwards delivered to
the officer by the prisoner's mother, which made in
all 34, the sum raised on the watch and chain.
Mr. YARDLEY remanded the prisoner until this
day, when his sister will be brought up with him,
and they will then be committed for trial.
LAMBETH.

Mr. ELLIOTT requested our reporter to acknow-
ledge the receipt of et 10/. note, No. 22,876, from

" P.," and also 51., through the Commissioners of
Police, from the Earl of C--.

TVESTMINSTER.

Thomas Lelford, formerly under-butler in the
establishment of the Duke of Gloucester, and late pro-
prietor of the Lownde's Arms, near Belgrave-square,
was finally examined, charged with forging two bills
of exchange.
Mr. Abel Birch, of No. 5, Middle-row, Knights-
bridge, furnishing undertaker, stated that the pri-
soner, who was known to his sons as the former pro-
prietor of the Lowndes' Arms, came to his house
about the 4th of September, and requested to be
favoured with cash for a bill for 19/. 15s. 6d , bearing
that date, drawn by Thomas Letfor,l, and purporting
to be accepted by Mr. Anthony A. Harrison, at three
months. As he had known Mr. Harrison as a highly
respectable man for upwards of thirty years, he did
not for a moment hesitate to cash the bill, which was
made payable at the Lord Nelson, King's-road, and
gave the prisoner 191. 10s. for it. Prisoner paid him
another visit about the Bth of October, with a second
bill for 10/. 9s. 61., drawn by Thomas Letford, and
purporting to bear the acceptance of Joseph Salo-
mons, Red Lion, Tottenham-court-road, payable at
the Union Bank, Argyle street. Prosecutorobserring
that it was accepted by a licensed vietualler, and
considering most of them to be " safe " people, also
discounted this, but shortly afterwards discovered that
he had been defrauded.

Mr. Anthony Allenson Harrison, of No. 4, James's-
cottages, Hammersmith-road, a retired publican, who
formerly kept the Lord Nelson named in the first bill,
proved that the acceptance to it was a forgery, nor
was his name even spelt correctly. He had known the
accused for several years, but never had a bill trans-
action with him.

A clerk to the Union Bank said that no person
named Joseph Salomons ever had an account there.
James W. Jones, 50 B, proved taking the prisoner
into custody, and added that there was no such sign
as the Red Lion in Tottenham-court-road.
The prisoner, who made no defence, was fully
committed for trial.